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The Canada women's national soccer team (french: Équipe du Canada féminine de soccer) represents Canada in international
soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
competitions. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for
soccer in Canada In Canada, soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The ob ...
. The team reached international prominence at the
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at s ...
, losing in the bronze medal match to the United States. Canada qualified for its first Olympic women's soccer tournament in 2008, making it to the quarterfinals. Canada's most significant achievement has been winning the gold medal at the
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in Tokyo. The team is also two-time CONCACAF Women's Championship winners, and two-time Olympic bronze medallists. A certain segment of the Canadian women's soccer fans are closely linked to the U-20 team (U-19 prior to 2006), partly due to Canada hosting the inaugural
FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-number ...
in
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, a tournament in which the team won silver in front of 47,784 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. Canada also hosted 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 ...
, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by England. Canada set the tournament and team record for attendance in the process, with 1,353,506 and 54,027 respectively.


History

The Canada women's team played its first international match on July 7, 1986, a 2–0 away loss to the United States. The team's first major tournament was the
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in Sweden, where the team achieved one draw and two losses in group play and failed to advance. Its first success in a major tournament was the
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship of women's national soccer teams organized by FIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at s ...
in the United States, where Canada finished in fourth place, their first time reaching the semifinals of a major global tournament. Canada hosted 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 ...
for the first time, where they reached the quarterfinals. The Canadian team won the bronze medal at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and its best finish in any major global tournament was its gold medal victory at the
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. Captain
Christine Sinclair Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward and captains both National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Portland Thorns FC and the Canadian national team. An Olympic go ...
has been called the "backbone" of the Canadian national team, earning her 250th cap in 2016, while ranking first worldwide in international goals scored by any player, man or woman. She was named Canada Soccer's female player of the year every year from 2004 to 2014, and has been nominated for FIFA's Women's World Player of the Year. Despite speculation otherwise, she confirmed in 2016 that she plans to compete in the
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and the 2020 Olympics. She also added prior to the 2016 Olympics that "The young players coming into this Olympic squad have brought an energy and passion to our team and they have risen the bar."


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


2023


Head-to-head record

;Key *The following table shows Canada's all-time official international record per opponent:


Coaching staff


Current staff


Coaching history


Players


Current squad

* The following players were called up for the friendlies against on November 11 and 15. ''Caps and goals are current as of November 15, 2022 after the match against .''


Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months. * = Injured * = Retired * = No longer eligible


Individual records

Bold players are still active.


Most capped players


Top goalscorers


Most assists


Most clean sheets (five or more)


Competitive record

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Tournament played fully or partially on home soil  


FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.''


Summer Olympics

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.''


CONCACAF W Championship

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.''


Pan American Games

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.''


Minor tournaments

* Algarve Cup *
2000 Algarve Cup The 2000 Algarve Cup was the seventh edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 12 and 18 March 2000 in Portugal with United States winning the event defeating Norway, 1-0, in the fina ...
Fifth place *
2001 Algarve Cup The 2001 Algarve Cup was the eighth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's association football tournament. It took place between 11 and 17 March 2001 in Portugal with Sweden winning the event defeating Denmark, 3-0, in the final game. ...
Fourth place *
2002 Algarve Cup The 2002 Algarve Cup was the ninth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from first to seventh of March 2002. This was the first edition where the tournament was expanded t ...
Eighth place *
2003 Algarve Cup The 2003 Algarve Cup is the tenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament hosted annually by Portugal. It was held from fourteenth to twentieth day of March 2003. The USA won the tournament defeating China, 2-0, in ...
Seventh place *
2016 Algarve Cup The 2016 Algarve Cup was the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 2 to 9 March. Teams Referees On 19 February 2016, FIFA announced the referees and the assi ...
Champions *
2017 Algarve Cup The 2017 Algarve Cup was the 24th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 1 to 8 March. Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a rou ...
Runners-up *
2018 Algarve Cup The 2018 Algarve Cup was the 25th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 28 February to 7 March 2018. The final was cancelled after torrential rain flooded the pitch: ...
Fifth place *
2019 Algarve Cup The 2019 Algarve Cup was the 26th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 27 February to 6 March. Norway defeated Poland 3–0 in the final to win their fifth title, a ...
Third place * Cyprus Women's Cup *
2008 Cyprus Cup The 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup was the inaugural edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Six national teams, including five senior teams and one youth team, were invited: Canada, Nether ...
Champions *
2009 Cyprus Cup The 2009 Cyprus Women's Cup was the second edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. The tournament was won by England. Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ...
Runners-up * 2010 Cyprus Cup Champions *
2011 Cyprus Cup The 2011 Cyprus Women's Cup was the fourth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. Format The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament. ...
Champions *
2012 Cyprus Cup The 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup was the fifth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 28 February – 6 March 2012. Format The twelve invited teams were split into ...
Runners-up *
2013 Cyprus Cup The 2013 Cyprus Women's Cup was the sixth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 3–14 March 2013. Defending champions France cancelled their participation ju ...
Runners-up *
2014 Cyprus Cup The 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup was the seventh edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place between 5–12 March 2014. France won the final over defending champions England. Fo ...
Fifth place *
2015 Cyprus Cup The 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup was the eighth edition of the Cyprus Women's Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Cyprus. It took place from 4–11 March 2015. Venues Squads Group stage Teams were placed into three gr ...
Runners-up * Four Nations Tournament *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
Fourth place *
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Third place *
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Runners-up *
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Runners-up *
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Champions *
International Women's Football Tournament The Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino ( English: International Women's Football Tournament) is an annual global invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football. Held every December in Brazil since 2009, the fi ...
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Champions *
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Third Place *
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Runners-up * Yongchuan International Tournament *
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Third place


SheBelieves Cup

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


Arnold Clark Cup

The Arnold Clark Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted in England.


FIFA World Ranking

''Last update was on July 12, 20221'' Source: Best Ranking   Worst Ranking   Best Mover   Worst Mover  


Honours

Major competitions * Olympic Games : Gold medalist (1):
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: Bronze medalist (2):
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* CONCACAF Women's Championship : Champion (2):
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...


See also

*
Canada women's national under-17 soccer team The Canada U-17 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the Canadian Soccer Association. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team. The team's most recent major tourna ...
* Canada women's national under-20 soccer team * Canada men's national soccer team * Women's soccer in Canada *
Soccer in Canada In Canada, soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The ob ...
* The Voyageurs * List of Canada women's international soccer players


References


External links

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FIFA profile

Canada Soccer records and results 2022
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