The Argentina women's national football team represents
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
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
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
and
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
are also more popular. Almost all its members were amateur players until 1991 when the
Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino
The Primera División A is the main league competition for women's football in Argentina. The tournament is ruled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with its first season held in 1991.
The competition was named "Campeonato de Fútbol F ...
was founded to increase football popularity among women in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
The
Argentina–Brazil football rivalry
The Brazil-Argentina football rivalry ( es, Superclásico de las Américas; pt, Superclássico das Américas) is a sports rivalry between the national football teams of the two countries and their respective sets of fans. Games between the tw ...
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.
History
The team played its first match against
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
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
The 1995 South American Women's Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 1995'') was held in Uberlândia, Brazil between January 8 and 22. It was the second staging of the South American Women's Football Championship an ...
match played at
Estádio Parque do Sabiá
The Estádio Municipal Parque do Sabiá, also known as Parque do Sabiá ("Thrush Park"), is a multi-use stadium in Uberlândia, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home ground of Uberlândia Esporte Clube and Clu ...
. Argentina reached the final of that tournament, losing to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
2–0.
The team reached the final of the
1998 South American Women's Football Championship
The 1998 South American Women's Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 1998'') was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina between March 1 & 15. It was the third staging of the Sudamericano Femenino and determined the CONME ...
, losing to Brazil again, this time 7–1 in
Mar del Plata. In the semi-finals, they beat
Peru
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on penalties 4–3 in dramatic fashion, with the scores at 1–1 after extra time.
In the
2003 Pan American Games
The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America.
Al ...
, 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
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, and finished in fourth place. Despite a lack of investment and interest, the women's national team played its first
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
in
2003. They were drawn in a group with
Japan,
Canada
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, and
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
; 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
The 2014 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Santiago, Chile. It was the 10th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. Santiago hosted this event for the second time, the first being in 1986. Most of the events too ...
, with new coach Luis Nicosia, losing the opening match against
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
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 2014 Copa América Femenina was the seventh edition of the Copa América Femenina, an association football competition for women's national teams in South America affiliated with CONMEBOL. The tournament was played between 11–28 September 201 ...
, 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
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 th ...
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, as the officials were more interested in investing in the
men's side. 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.
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
The CONCACAF Championship was an association football tournament that took place between 1963 and 1989. The competition is sometimes referred to as CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones.
The first Championship took place in 1963 and was CONCACAF's firs ...
,
Panama
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, in a two-legged play-off in November 2018 to qualify for the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. I ...
. 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
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, and then an exciting 3–3 draw to
Scotland
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, 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.
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
The 2019 Copa América was the 46th edition of the Copa América, the international men's association football championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. It was held in Brazil and took place between 14 June and ...
.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of recent match results, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2022
2023
Argentina Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com
Head-to-head record
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
As of July 2021
Manager history
*
Carlos Borrello (1998–2012)
*
Luis Nicosia (201?–201?)
*
Julio Olarticoechea
Julio Jorge Olarticoechea (born 18 October 1958) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defender. At international level, he represented Argentina at the 1986 and the 1990 World Cups, winning the former edition of the tournament. He s ...
(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
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
on 10 April 2022.
* Caps and goals accurate up to and including 23 March 2021.
Recent call-ups
* The following players have been called up in the last 12 months.
Captains
*
Eva González
Eva María González Fernández (born 5 November 1980) is a Spanish actress, television presenter and beauty pageant winner who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2003 pageant.
Early life
González was born and raised in the town ...
(2006–2010)
*
Fabiana Vallejos
Fabiana Gisela Vallejos (born 30 July 1985) is an Argentine footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footb ...
(2014)
*
Florencia Bonsegundo
María Florencia "Flor" Bonsegundo (born 14 July 1993), known as Florencia Bonsegundo, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF and the Argentina women's national team.
Club career
B ...
(2018–2019)
*
Estefanía Banini
Estefanía Romina Banini Ruiz (born 21 June 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina women's national team.
Banini has previously spent four ...
(2019–2022)
*
Vanina Correa (2022–)
Records
* ''Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 20 April 2021.''
Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina
Pan American Games
South American Games
SheBelieves Cup
The
SheBelieves Cup
The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's soccer tournament held in different cities in the United States in late February or early March. In its first three years (2016, 2017 and 2018), it was contested by the same four teams: the United ...
is a global invitational
tournament for national teams in
women's football hosted in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
.
See also
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Sport in Argentina
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...
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Football in Argentina
Association football is the most popular sport in Argentina and part of the culture in the country. It is the one with the most players (2,658,811 total, 331,811 of which are registered and 2,327,000 unregistered; with 3,650 clubs and 37,161 off ...
***
Women's football in Argentina
Women's football in Argentina has struggled to find a mainstream audience. While women's football clubs have existed in Argentina for decades, only in 1991 a group of clubs was allowed into the AFA (Argentina Football Association). Initially seve ...
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Argentina women's national under-20 football team
The Argentina women's national under-20 football team is the representative of Argentina in FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.
They have participated in the eight editions of the South American U-20 Women's Championship, t ...
*
Argentina women's national under-17 football team
The Argentina U-17 women's national football team represents Argentina in international U-17 women's football. Is the representative in all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that category. The national team has never qualified to a FIFA ...
*
Argentina–Brazil football rivalry
The Brazil-Argentina football rivalry ( es, Superclásico de las Américas; pt, Superclássico das Américas) is a sports rivalry between the national football teams of the two countries and their respective sets of fans. Games between the tw ...
References
External links
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FIFA profile FIFA.com
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