The Andorra women's national football team ( ca, Selecció femenina de futbol d'Andorra) represents
Andorra
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in women's
association football
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and is controlled by the
Andorran Football Federation
The Andorran Football Federation ( ca, Federació Andorrana de Futbol) is the governing body of football in Andorra. It was founded in 1994 and joined as a member of FIFA and UEFA in 1996. It organizes the football league, Andorran First Division, ...
, the governing body for
football in Andorra
Association football – commonly known as football (or soccer in the United States and Canada), ( ca, Futbol associatiu) – is a popular sport in Andorra. Prior to political developments in 1994, most football in the landlocked principality h ...
.
History
Background and development
With a
FIFA
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and having become FIFA-affiliated in 1996, the national association did not respond to a survey about the status of
women's football in the country. In May of the following year, the official who answered another survey from FIFA reckoned that there were 37 active female players, all described as "100% beginners/amateurs". It was further suggested women's football had begun that year in
Andorra
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and that there had been no previous interest in any women's sport. There was no participation in national or international competitions, though three women were employed in the association.
As of 2009, the programme was geared for young girls with player registration starting at the age of six. There were only six women's teams in the country, all for girls under the age of sixteen and includes a national and schools competition.
There is also a national women's competition that took place in 2010–11.
16% of the money from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) is targeted at the technical development of the game, which includes women's football, sport medicine and futsal. This compares to 48% for youth football and 25% for infrastructure.
Between 1991 and 2010, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching, no women's football seminar held in the country and no FIFA MA course held for women/youth football.
As part of the development of the national team, the Andorran Football Federation has a club in the Spanish women's league system with the name of ENFAF, competing in the Catalan Primera Divisió Femení Group 2 as of 2022-23, the sixth tier. Their B team competes in the Catalan Segoba Divisió Femení Group 2, the tier below.
The team
On 1 July 2014, the senior team played its first international game in the UEFA Development Tournament celebrated in
Gibraltar
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. Andorra defeated
Gibraltar
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by 1–0, scored by Alba at the 61st minute. The next day, they played its second international game, losing against
Luxembourg
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by 4–0.
On 18 December 2014, UEFA announced Andorra would take part in the
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
The UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition was a women's football competition that determined the 15 teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Netherlands in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 final tournament.
A total of 46 UEFA member nati ...
. This was their debut competitive match at female football. In its first official game, the team lost 3–5 to
Malta
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. Andorra finished the preliminary round with two more defeats against
Faroe Islands
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by 0–8 and
Georgia
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by 0–7.
On 30 June 2016, the Andorran Football Federation announced
José Antonio Martín as the new head coach of the women's national team.
On 18 September 2021, Andorra achieved its second win ever after defeating
Liechtenstein
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in a friendly match by 4–2.
Teresa Morató
Teresa “Tere” Morató Armengol (born 28 March 1998) is an Andorran professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Villarreal CF and the Andorra women's national team.
Club career
Morató began her club career at ...
scored a hat-trick, while the fourth goal was netted by Erica Gonçalves.
Team image
Kits and crest
Kit suppliers
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
2022
Head-to-head record
Season to season (ENFAF)
This is a list of the performances of ENFAF, the Andorran Football Federation's team in the Spanish women's league system.
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Manager history
* Joan Carles Ruiz (2014–2016)
* José Antonio Martín (2016–)
Players
Current squad
The following are some of the players who were called up for a friendly away match against
Gibraltar
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on 16 February 2022.
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 18 April 2021.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to a squad in the past 12 months.
Records
''Friendly games are not included in records''
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks.''
UEFA Women's Championship
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
See also
*
Andorra women's national under-17 football team
Andorran women's national under-17 football team represents Andorra in international youth football competitions.
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The team has never qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
UEFA Women ...
References
External links
Official website
{{National sports teams of Andorra
European women's national association football teams