The Peru women's national football team represents

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in international women's football and is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) (Federación Peruana de Fútbol in Spanish) as a part of the CONMEBOL federation. Peru's best result in major international competitions was in the 1998 Sudamericano Femenino, where they achieved third place. ''La Blanquirroja'' is coached by Marta Tejedor and plays the majority of its games in the Estadio Nacional.

History

On 1996 the Peruvian Peruvian Football Federation created the

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under de name of Metropolitan women's footbal championship (currently known as Liga Femenina). On that basis, in 1998 the federation gathered its very best players into a national team, whose first international appearance was the third

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played in Argentina.

Team image

Nicknames

The Peru women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "''La Blanquirroja''" or "''La Rojiblanca'' (The White And Red)''".

Home stadium

Peru play its home matches on the

Estadio Nacional del Perú The National Stadium of Peru is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lima, Peru. Its current capacity is 40,086 seats as stated by the Peruvian Football Federation without the lodges for some thousands more. The stadium was first inaugurated on 27 ...

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

2021

2022

Peru Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

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( 2003) * Lorena Bosmans ( 2006) * Jaime Duarte ( 2010) * Marta Tejedor (2013–2016) *

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(201?–2021)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

2022 Copa América Femenina The 2022 Copa América Femenina was the 9th edition of the main international women's football championship in South America, the Copa América Femenina, for national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. The competition was held in Colombia from 8 t ...

. ''Caps and goals accurate up to and including 18 March 2021.''

Recent call ups

The following players were also named to a squad in the last 12 months.