Argentina_women's_national_football_team

Argentina women's national football team

Argentina women's national football team

Women's national football team representing Argentina

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Argentina national football team.

The Argentina women's national football team represents Argentina in international women's football. Like their men's counterpart, the women's team has been known or nicknamed "La Albiceleste" (The White and Sky Blue).

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Women's football in Argentina remains largely in the shadow of the men in terms of play development and fan support; in women's sports in Argentina, field hockey and volleyball are also more popular. Almost all its members were amateur players until 1991 when the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino was founded to increase football popularity among women in Argentina.

The Argentina–Brazil football rivalry in women's football cannot be compared to that of men given the big differences between both countries; Brazil has the clear advantage in matches between them, and has been hosting a competitive professional women's league for many years, while Argentina recently introduced it in 2019.[4]

History

See also: Women's football in Argentina
Rubén Suñé, the first coach of Argentina in their history

The team played its first official match against Chile at Estadio Santa Laura on 3 December 1993, which ended in a 3–2 victory.[3] Coached by Rubén Suñé, the Argentina starting line-up was: Valeria Otero (Independiente); María Gérez (River), Gladys Rodriguez (Boca), Corina Riccheza (Boca), Marina Martinez (Boca); Otilia Del Valle Acuña (Boca), Patricia Vera (Sacachispas), María Elizabeth Villanueva (Boca), Karina Morales (River); Fabiana Ochotorena (Boca), Liliana Baca (Independiente).[5][6]

Two years later, Argentina got its biggest win over Bolivia, winning 12–0 in a 1995 South American Women's Football Championship match played at Estádio Parque do Sabiá. Argentina reached the final of that tournament, losing to Brazil 2–0.[7]

The team reached the final of the 1998 South American Women's Football Championship, losing to Brazil again, this time 7–1 in Mar del Plata. In the semi-finals, they beat Peru on penalties 4–3 in dramatic fashion, with the scores at 1–1 after extra time.[8]

In the 2003 Pan American Games, the team reached the semi-finals, where Brazil won 2–1 in a tight match. In the Bronze Medal match, Argentina lost 4–1 to Mexico, and finished in fourth place.[9] Despite a lack of investment and interest, the women's national team played its first World Cup in 2003. They were drawn in a group with Japan, Canada, and Germany; Argentina lost all three matches and scored only once, their lone score was Argentina's first official goal at a World Cup, and it was scored by Yanina Gaitán.[10][11]

After their world cup debut, the team went unbeaten for 14 matches from 2005 until 2007, including throughout the 2006 South American Cup, where they beat Brazil in the final 2–0 to become champions.[12] Their run ended when they lost a friendly with China 1–0 in June 2007. Three days later it got revenge though, and beat China by the same score. Since the team won the South American Cup, there were high expectations for the 2007 World Cup, played in China. However, the squad lost all matches again, including a record 0–11 loss to Germany.[10]

With the 2006 South American Cup title, the team qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, their Olympic debut. Argentina finished last with no points and only one goal in favor, although less goals were conceded than in the World Cup the previous year.[13]

The team returned to play in the 2014 South American Games, with new coach Luis Nicosia,[14] losing the opening match against Chile 1–0, but winning against Bolivia 4–0 and advancing to the semi-finals, where they won against rivals Brazil on penalties after a 0–0 draw. In the final, they won the gold medal with a 2–1 victory against Chile, which meant they won their first tournament since the 2006 South American Cup.[15][16]

In the 2014 Copa América Femenina, the team finished second in their group, behind Brazil, with three wins and one loss, and qualified for the Final Stage.[17] The top two teams in the final stage qualified for the 2015 Women's World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, and the third-placed team qualified for a CONCACAF-CONMEBOL playoff for World Cup qualification. Argentina finished last in the final stage and missed out on the World Cup and Olympics.[18]

In 2016 the team "effectively" did not exist, as the officials were more interested in investing in the men's side.[19] Following a long struggle to demand for better treatment, the team was restarted in 2017 and its former coach Carlos Borrello was reappointed as coach of the side.[20]

Argentina playing South Korea at the 2019 Cup of Nations

In 2018, Argentina finished third at the Copa América which qualified them for the CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off. Argentina defeated the fourth-place finisher from the CONCACAF Championship, Panama, in a two-legged play-off in November 2018 to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. In the team's debut, they managed a shocking 0–0 draw to Japan, former champions of 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, and gained its first ever point in any Women's World Cup. The next match was a narrow 1–0 loss to England, and then an exciting 3–3 draw to Scotland, after being down 3–0 with 25 minutes left. Although Argentina didn't qualify to the knockout stages, they put in a good performance, with two draws and one loss, finishing the tournament in the group's third place.[20] The women's team's performance was deemed to be one of the country's watershed moment for the long neglected women's side, especially after the disappointing shows of the Argentine men's side in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 Copa América.[10]

After the men's team winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup, this has created an expectation of scoring the first ever victory in 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. However, they only managed a 0–1 loss to Italy, a 2–2 draw to South Africa and a 0–2 loss to Sweden, finishing the tournament in the last place of the group stage.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void or postponed   Fixture

2023

6 April Copa Ciudad de Córdoba Argentina  1–1
(6–7 p)		  Venezuela Córdoba, Argentina
20:00 ART (UTC−3)
  • Cometti 90+1'
 Report
Stadium: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes
Attendance: 31,800
Referee: Adriana Álvarez (Argentina)
Penalties
9 April Friendly Argentina  3–0  Venezuela La Rioja, Argentina
16:00 ART (UTC−3)
Report Stadium: Estadio Carlos Augusto Mercado Luna
Attendance: 9,800
Referee: Laura Fortunato (Argentina)
14 July Friendly Argentina  4–0  Peru San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
20:30 ART (UTC−3)
Report Stadium: Estadio Único de San Nicolás
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Roberta Echeverría (Argentina)
24 July FIFA WC Group Italy  1–0  Argentina Auckland, New Zealand
18:00 NZST (UTC+12)
Report Stadium: Eden Park
Attendance: 30,889
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
28 July FIFA WC Group Argentina  2–2  South Africa Dunedin, New Zealand
12:00 NZST (UTC+12)
Report
Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium
Attendance: 8,834
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
2 August FIFA WC Group Argentina  0–2  Sweden Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00 NZST (UTC+12) Report
Stadium: Waikato Stadium
Attendance: 17,907
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
23 September Friendly Japan  8–0  Argentina Kitakyushu, Japan
12:00 JST (UTC+9)
Report Stadium: Kitakyushu Stadium
Attendance: 7,265
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
26 September Unofficial friendly Japan  0–0  Argentina Kitakyushu, Japan
Report Stadium: Honjo Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Note: Behind-closed-doors training match
22 October Pan American Games Group Costa Rica  0–0  Argentina Viña del Mar, Chile
20:00 PET (UTC−3) Report Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Priscila Vásquez (Peru)
25 October Pan American Games Group Bolivia  0–3  Argentina Valparaíso, Chile
18:00 PET (UTC−3) Report
Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Referee: Gabriela Arce (Paraguay)
28 October Pan American Games Group United States U19  4–0  Argentina Valparaíso, Chile
13:00 PET (UTC−3)
  • Bodak 15'
  • Kohler 20'
  • Villarreal 50'
  • Restovich 54'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Referee: Andreza da Siqueira (Brazil)
31 October Pan American Games SF Mexico  2–0  Argentina Valparaíso, Chile
17:00 PET (UTC−3)
Report Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Referee: Paula Fernández (Colombia)
3 November Pan American Games Bronze medal match Argentina  0–2  United States U19 Valparaíso, Chile
13:00 PET (UTC−3) Report
Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Referee: Stefani Escobar (Venezuela)

2024

20 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS Mexico  0–0  Argentina Carson, United States
16:30 PST (UTC−8) Report Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 2,521
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)
23 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS Argentina  0–4  United States Carson, United States
19:15 PST (UTC−8) Report
Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 8,315
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)
26 February CONCACAF W Gold Cup GS Argentina  3–0  Dominican Republic Carson, United States
16:00 PST (UTC−8)
Report Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)
2 March CONCACAF W Gold Cup QF Brazil  5–1  Argentina Los Angeles, United States
19:15 PST (UTC−8)
Report Dos Santos 82' Stadium: BMO Stadium
Attendance: 2,824
Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 7 July 2023.[21][22]
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Manager history

See also: Category:Argentina women's national football team managers

Players

See also: Category:Argentina women's international footballers

Current squad

The following 22 players were named in the squad for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.[31]

Caps and goals are correct as of 2 March 2024, after the match against the Brazil.[32]

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Recent call-ups

  • The following players have also been called up in the last twelve months.
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Captains

Records

See also: Category:Argentina women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 20 April 2021.
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Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place     Tournament played on home soil  

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: Argentina at the FIFA Women's World Cup
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CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

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CONCACAF W Gold Cup

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Women's Finalissima

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Olympic Games

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Pan American Games

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South American Games

For 2018 onwards, see Argentina women's national under-20 football team.
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Minor tournaments

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Head-to-head record

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By confederation

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FIFA World Ranking

See also: FIFA Women's World Ranking
As of 9 December 2022.[37]

  Best Ranking    Worst Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Mover  

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Honours

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Rozas coached Argentina at the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup.
  2. [N 2]
    Sources differ about the head coach: Luis Nicosia is cited as the manager and Ezequiel Nicosia is said to be part of the coaching staff in news reports.[27] In official match reports, the latter is cited as the head coach.[28] However, articles from AFA[29] and CONMEBOL[30] refer to both as the head coaches.
  3. [N 3]
    Cardozo and García captained Argentina at the unofficial 1971 Women's World Cup.

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