Argentina women's national football team

women's association football team representing Argentina

The Argentina women's national football team is the team that plays for Argentina in women's international football. They are called "La Albiceleste," which means "The White and Sky-Blues." In Argentina, women's football is not as popular as men's football. More people follow sports like field hockey and volleyball. Most of the women who played football in Argentina used to do it just for fun until 1991 when they started a women's football championship called the Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino. This was done to make women's football more popular in Argentina.

Argentina
Nickname(s)La Albiceleste
(The White and Sky-Blues)
AssociationAFA
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachGermán Portanova
CaptainVanina Correa
Most capsMariana Larroquette (75)
Top scorerMariana Larroquette (21)[1]
FIFA codeARG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 36 Increase 1 (7 December 2018)[2]
Highest27 (June 2008; September – December 2009)
Lowest38 (October 2003 – March 2004)
First international
 Argentina 3–2 Chile 
(Santiago, Chile; 3 December 1993)
Biggest win
 Argentina 12–0 Bolivia 
(Uberlândia, Brazil; 12 January 1995)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 11–0 Argentina 
(Shanghai, China; 10 September 2007)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2003)
Best resultGroup stage (2003, 2007, 2019, 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage 2008
Sudamericano Femenino and
Copa América Femenina
Appearances8 (first in 1995)
Best resultChampions (2006)
Medal record
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team

When it comes to football matches between Argentina and Brazil, it's not the same as the men's matches. Brazil usually does better because they have a strong women's football league that has been around for a long time, while Argentina only started their professional women's league in 2019.[3]

References

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  1. MARIANA LARROQUETTE: “EL OBJETIVO ERA VOLVER AL MUNDIAL" on El Gráfico, 4 Jul 2023
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. "Se firmó el acuerdo para que el fútbol femenino sea profesional en Argentina". infobae (in European Spanish). 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-14.