This is a list of squads of the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...
, an international
women's association football
Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national t ...
tournament that was held in Canada from 6 June until 5 July 2015. The 24 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. The deadline to submit squads to FIFA was 25 May 2015.
Totals for caps and goals, club affiliations, and ages are as of the opening day of the tournament on 6 June 2015.
Group A
Canada
Head coach:
John Herdman
John Herdman (born 19 July 1975) is an English professional Manager (association football), football manager who is the head coach of the Canada men's national soccer team, Canada men's national team.
Coaching career Early career
Herdman beg ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 27 April 2015.
China PR
Head coach:
Hao Wei
A 29-player provisional squad was revealed on 17 April 2015, which was reduced to 25 players on 14 May 2015. The final 23-player squad was announced on 28 May 2015.
Netherlands
Head coach:
Roger Reijners
Roger Reijners (born 10 February 1964) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He is currently assistant manager of MVV Maastricht.
Playing career
Reijners turned professional with Fortuna Sittard and played in the 1–0 KNVB Cup Final defea ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 10 May 2015.
Claudia van den Heiligenberg was ruled out because on an injury and was replaced by
Shanice van de Sanden
Shanice Janice van de Sanden (born 2 October 1992) is a Dutch professional Football player, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Women's Super League club Liverpool F.C. Women, Liverpool and the Netherlands women ...
.
New Zealand
Head coach:
Tony Readings
A 20-player squad was announced on 19 March 2015. The final roster was revealed on 14 May 2015.
Group B
Germany
Head coach:
Silvia Neid
Silvia Edith Maria Neid (born 2 May 1964) is a retired professional German football player and manager. She is one of the most successful players in German women's football, having won seven national championships and six DFB-Pokal trophies. Bet ...
A 27-player preliminary roster was announced on 11 May 2015. The final squad was revealed on 24 May 2015.
Ivory Coast
Head coach:
Clémentine Touré
A 23-player squad was announced on 15 May 2015.
Norway
Head coach:
Even Pellerud
Even Jostein Pellerud (born 15 July 1953) is a Norwegian football coach and former player.
Career
Pellerud played for several clubs, including Vålerenga from 1974 to 1979 and Kongsvinger from 1983 to 1986. He was head coach for the Norway women ...
A 35-player preliminary squad was revealed on 23 April 2015.
The final 23-player squad was announced on 13 May.
Caroline Graham Hansen
Caroline Graham Hansen (born 18 February 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Norway women's national team.
Hansen started out her professional career playing in the ...
was ruled out because on an injury and was replaced by
Anja Sønstevold.
Thailand
Head coach:
Nuengrutai Srathongvian
A 28-player squad was announced on 19 May 2015. The final squad was named on 26 May 2015. On 6 June 2015,
Nattaya Duanjanthuek replaced
Irravadee Makris.
Group C
Cameroon
Head coach:
Carl Enow
A 25-player squad was announced on 17 April 2015.
Ecuador
Head coach:
Vanessa Arauz
A 25-player squad was announced on 24 April 2015. The final squad was revealed on 15 May 2015.
Japan
Head coach:
Norio Sasaki
is a Japanese football coach and former player who is currently the general manager of Omiya Ardija Ventus. He is best known for leading the Japan women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the Uni ...
The roster was announced on 1 May 2015.
Switzerland
Head coach:
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (born Martina Voss; 22 December 1967) is a German football manager and former player who coaches the German national team. She previously coached FCR 2001 Duisburg and FF USV Jena. As a player, she played as a midfiel ...
A 27-player squad was announced on 13 May 2015. The final 23-player squad was announced on 22 May 2015.
Group D
Australia
Head coach:
Alen Stajcic
Alen Stajcic (born 2 November 1973) is a former Australian soccer player and is the head coach of the Philippines women's national football team. While as a footballer he was a NSW Premier League player and an Australian Youth Representative.
...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 12 May 2015.
Nigeria
Head coach:
Edwin Okon
A 26-player squad was announced on 19 May 2015. The final squad was named on 27 May 2015.
Sweden
Head coach:
Pia Sundhage
Pia Mariane Sundhage (, born 13 February 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. She is the head coach of the Brazil women's national team. As a player, Sundhage played most of her career as a forward and retired a ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 11 May 2015.
United States
Head coach:
Jill Ellis
Jillian Anne Ellis (born 6 September 1966) is an English-American soccer coach and executive who is currently the president of San Diego Wave FC. Ellis coached the United States women's national soccer team from 2014 to October 2019 and won two ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 14 April 2015.
Group E
Brazil
Head coach:
Vadão
The squad was announced on 25 May 2015. On the eve of the tournament,
Rafinha was called in to replace
Érika
Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 4 February 1988), commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's yout ...
, who withdrew with a knee injury.
Costa Rica
Head coach:
Amelia Valverde
Amelia Valverde Villalobos (born 14 January 1987) is a Costa Rican association football manager. She is currently the head coach of the Costa Rica women's national football team
The Costa Rica women's national football team ( es, Selección fe ...
The squad was announced on 20 May 2015.
South Korea
Head coach:
Yoon Deok-yeo
A 23-player squad was announced on 30 April 2015.
Spain
Head coach:
Ignacio Quereda
Ignacio Quereda Laviña (born 24 July 1950) is a Spanish football coach who managed the Spain women's national football team between 1988 and 2015.
Playing career
Born in Madrid, Quereda was raised in Badajoz where his family moved when he was ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 11 May 2015.
Group F
Colombia
Head coach:
Fabián Taborda
A 25-player squad was announced on 1 May 2015. The final roster was revealed on 20 May 2015. On 2 June 2015,
Lina Granados was called up to replace the injured
Melissa Ortiz
Melissa Marie Ortiz Matallana (born 24 January 1990) is an American-born Colombian Olympic and professional footballer who plays for the Colombia national team as a striker or attacking midfielder.
Early life
Ortiz was born in West Palm Beach, ...
.
England
Head coach:
Mark Sampson
Mark Geraint Sampson (born 18 October 1982) is a Welsh football coach who was most recently a first team coach at Stevenage. He has also been a manager of the England women's team.
Playing career
Born and raised in Creigiau, a suburb of Car ...
The squad was announced on 11 May 2015.
France
Head coach:
Philippe Bergeroo
Philippe Bergeroo (born 28 January 1954) is a French former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. For France, he earned a total number of three international caps during the late 1970s, early 1980s. He was a member of the French sq ...
The final 23-player squad on 23 April 2015.
Mexico
Head coach:
Leonardo Cuéllar
Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican football manager and former player who last acted as the manager of América in the Liga MX Femenil. He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2 ...
A 24-player squad was announced on 11 May 2015. The final roster was published on 20 May 2015.
References
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