Argentina women's national football team

Argentina
Nickname(s)	La Albiceleste; (The White and Sky-Blues)
Association	Argentine Football Association
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Germán Portanova
Captain	Vanina Correa
FIFA code	ARG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	34 (25 March 2022)[1]
Highest	27 (June 2008)
Lowest	38 (October 2003)
First international
	Argentina 3–2 Chile ; (Santiago, Chile; 3 December 1993)
Biggest win
	Argentina 12–0 Bolivia ; (Uberlândia, Brazil; 12 January 1995)
Biggest defeat
	Germany 11–0 Argentina ; (Shanghai, China; 10 September 2007)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2003)
Best result	Group stage (2003, 2007, 2019)
Sudamericano Femenino and; Copa América Femenina
Appearances	7 (first in 1995)
Best result	Champions (2006)

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 as "La Albiceleste (The White and Sky-Blues)".

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.[2] Nevertheless, Argentina follows Brazil in the CONMEBOL standings.

History

The team played its first match against Chile on 3 December 1993, which ended in a 3–2 defeat. 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.

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.

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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

The team returned to play in the 2014 South American Games, with new coach Luis Nicosia, 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.

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. 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.

In 2016 the team "effectively" did not exist.[3]

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.[3]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of recent match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Void or postponed Fixture

2021

8 April Friendly	Argentina	0–0	Venezuela	Lezama, Basque Country, Spain
				Stadium: Lezama Facilities Attendance: 0

11 April Unofficial friendly	Basque Country	1–0	Argentina	San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
12:10	Corres 4'			Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Referee: Beatriz Arregui
Note: three round-robin 45-minute matches

17 September Friendly	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
14:00	Debinha 38' Nycole 50' Angelina 59'	Report	Bonsegundo 73'	Stadium: Almeidão Referee: Deborah Cecilia Correia (Brazil)

20 September Friendly	Brazil	4–1	Argentina	Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
14:00	Kerolin 19' Marta 37' Debinha 48' Yasmim 52'	Report	Larroquette 51'	Stadium: Amigão Referee: Thayslane Costa (Brazil)

23 October Friendly	Mexico	6–1	Argentina	Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico
16:00 ET	Mayor 42' (pen.), 43' González 47', 67' Sánchez 51' Montoya 85'		Bonsegundo 12'	Stadium: Estadio Gregorio "Tepa" Gómez

27 November International Friendly	Ecuador	0–0	Argentina	Quito, Ecuador
				Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

30 November International Friendly	Ecuador	2–2	Argentina	Quito, Ecuador
	Flores 28', 32'		Larroquette 5', 37'	Stadium: Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

2022

20 February Friendly	Colombia	2–2	Argentina	Cali, Colombia
	Usme 47' Ramírez 87'		Bravo 32' Singarella 88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

23 February Friendly	Colombia	0–0	Argentina	Bucaramanga, Colombia
				Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López

7 April Friendly

Argentina

0–1

Chile

10 April Friendly

Argentina

1–0

Chile

9 July Copa América Femenina	Brazil	v	Argentina	Armenia, Colombia
		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

12 July Copa América Femenina	Argentina	v	Peru	Armenia, Colombia
		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

15 July Copa América Femenina	Argentina	v	Uruguay	Armenia, Colombia
		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

21 July Copa América Femenina	Venezuela	v	Argentina	Armenia, Colombia
		Report (CONMEBOL)		Stadium: Estadio Centenario

Argentina Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

As of November 2020

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Australia	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10
Bolivia	5	5	0	0	34	0	+34
Brazil	13	2	1	10	9	45	−36
Canada	5	0	1	4	2	12	−10
Chile	13	5	3	5	17	21	−4
China PR	5	1	1	3	1	9	−8
Colombia	9	4	3	2	15	8	+7
Costa Rica	4	1	2	1	8	7	+1
Denmark	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Ecuador	5	3	0	2	11	7	+4
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
England	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6
Germany	2	0	0	2	1	17	−16
Guatemala	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Japan	6	0	2	4	0	12	−12
Mexico	6	2	0	4	8	16	−8
New Zealand	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9
Panama	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7
Paraguay	7	6	1	0	17	3	+14
Peru	5	3	2	0	7	3	+4
Scotland	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
United States	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21
Uruguay	7	7	0	0	27	3	+24
Total	105	46	13	46	192	198	−6

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of November 2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Carlos Borrello

Manager history

Carlos Borrello (1998–2012)
Luis Nicosia (201?–201?)
Julio Olarticoechea (201?–201?)
Carlos Borrello (2017–2021)
Germán Portanova (2021–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly home match against Chile on 10 April 2022.
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 23 March 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Vanina Correa	(1983-08-14) 14 August 1983	Rosario Central
23	1GK	Laurina Oliveros	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993	Boca Juniors

2	2DF	Agustina Barroso	(1993-05-20) 20 May 1993	Palmeiras
3	2DF	Eliana Stabile	(1993-11-26) 26 November 1993	Santos
4	2DF	Julieta Cruz	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996	Boca Juniors
6	2DF	Aldana Cometti	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996	Levante
13	2DF	Sophia Braun	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000	Gonzaga Bulldogs
16	2DF	Marina Delgado	(1995-06-12) 12 June 1995	UAI Urquiza
18	2DF	Romina Núñez	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	UAI Urquiza
21	2DF	Adriana Sachs	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993	Boca Juniors

5	3MF	Vanina Preininger	(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996	Boca Juniors
8	3MF	Marianela Szymanowski	(1990-07-30) 30 July 1990	Espanyol
10	3MF	Daiana Falfán	(2000-10-14) 14 October 2000	UAI Urquiza
14	3MF	Miriam Mayorga	(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989	Boca Juniors
15	3MF	Florencia Bonsegundo	(1993-07-14) 14 July 1993	Madrid CFF
19	3MF	Mariana Larroquette	(1992-10-24) 24 October 1992	Sporting CP
20	3MF	Ruth Bravo	(1992-03-06) 6 March 1992	Pachuca
22	3MF	Estefanía Banini	(1990-06-21) 21 June 1990	Atlético Madrid

7	4FW	Amancay Urbani	(1991-12-07) 7 December 1991	Boca Juniors
9	4FW	Soledad Jaimes	(1989-01-20) 20 January 1989	Napoli
11	4FW	Yamila Rodríguez	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998	Boca Juniors
17	4FW	Erica Lonigro	(1994-07-06) 6 July 1994	River Plate
24	4FW	Catalina Primo	(2000-05-19) 19 May 2000	UAI Urquiza

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Lara Esponda	(2005-11-08) 8 November 2005	River Plate	v. Ecuador, 30 November 2021

DF	Nerea Agüero	(1997-10-14) 14 October 1997	Granada	v. Ecuador, 30 November 2021
DF	Giuliana González	(2002-06-18) 18 June 2002	River Plate	v. Ecuador, 30 November 2021

MF	Agostina Holzheier	(2003-09-30) 30 September 2003	River Plate	v. Colombia, 23 February 2022
MF	Magalí Natta	(2003-03-08) 8 March 2003	Platense	v. Colombia, 23 February 2022
MF	Maricel Pereyra	(2002-05-11) 11 May 2002	San Lorenzo	v. Colombia, 23 February 2022
MF	Vanesa Santana	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990	Sporting Huelva	v. Colombia, 23 February 2022
MF	Lorena Benítez	(1998-12-03) 3 December 1998	Estudiantes de Buenos Aires	v. Colombia, 20 February 2022
MF	Dalila Ippólito	(2002-03-24) 24 March 2002	Pomigliano	v. Colombia, 20 February 2022
MF	Paulina Gramaglia	(2003-03-21) 21 March 2003	Houston Dash	v. Ecuador, 30 November 2021
MF	Catalina Ongaro	(2003-03-26) 26 March 2003	UAI Urquiza	v. Ecuador, 30 November 2021
MF	Fabiana Vallejos	(1985-07-30) 30 July 1985	Santa Fe	v. Mexico, 23 October 2021

FW	Clarisa Huber	(1984-12-22) 22 December 1984	Boca Juniors	v. Mexico, 23 October 2021
FW	Yael Oviedo ^RET	(1992-05-22) 22 May 1992	Retired	v. Brazil, 20 September 2021
FW	Carolina Troncoso	(1991-02-28) 28 February 1991	Junior	v. Brazil, 20 September 2021

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

Captains

Vanina Correa (????–)

Records

Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 20 April 2021.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2003	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	15
2007	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	18
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	4
2023	To be determined
Total	3/8	9	0	2	7	5	37

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
2003	Group stage	20 September	Japan	L 0–6	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		24 September	Canada	L 0–3	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
		27 September	Germany	L 1–6	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
2007	Group stage	10 September	Germany	L 0–11	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
		14 September	Japan	L 0–1	Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
		17 September	England	L 1–6	Chengdu Sports Center, Chengdu
2019	Group stage	9 June	Japan	D 0–0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		14 June	England	L 0–1	Stade Océane, Le Havre
		19 June	Scotland	D 3–3	Parc des Princes, Paris

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	5
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
Total	1/7	3	0	0	3	1	5

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995	Runners-up	5	3	0	2	18	11
1998	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	18	9
2003	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	17	6
2006	Champions	7	6	1	0	21	1
2010	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	7	7
2014	Fourth place	7	3	1	3	11	10
2018	Third place	7	4	0	3	15	14
2022	To be determined
Total	8/9	44	26	5	13	107	58

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1999	Did not qualify
2003	Fourth place	4	1	0	3	7	11
2007	Group stage	4	3	0	1	8	5
2011	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6
2015	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
2019	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	8	1
Total	6/6	19	7	4	8	29	30

South American Games

South American Games record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
2014	Gold Medal	4	2	1	1	6	2
2018 to present	U-20 Tournament
Total	Gold Medal	4	2	1	1	6	2

SheBelieves Cup

The SheBelieves Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's football hosted in the United States.

SheBelieves Cup record
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	Coach
2016	Did not enter
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	1	11	Carlos Borrello
Total	1/6	3	0	0	3	1	11

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
"Se firmó el acuerdo para que el fútbol femenino sea profesional en Argentina". infobae (in European Spanish). 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
Chapman, Caroline (19 June 2019). "Women's World Cup: How Argentina lost their team – and then fought back". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
FIFA profile, FIFA.com (in English)

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[2] "Se firmó el acuerdo para que el fútbol femenino sea profesional en Argentina". infobae (in European Spanish). 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[:0-3] Chapman, Caroline (19 June 2019). "Women's World Cup: How Argentina lost their team – and then fought back". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019.