Uruguay women's national football team


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The Uruguay women's national football team represents Uruguay in international women's football.

Uruguay
Nickname(s)Las Celestes, Charrúas
AssociationAsociación Uruguaya de Fútbol
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachAriel Longo
CaptainValeria Colmán
Most capsAída Camaño
Top scorerAngélica Souza
Home stadiumEstadio Centenario
FIFA codeURU

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking
Current 67 Decrease 1 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest55 (September – December 2008)
Lowest81 (September 2014)
First international
 Uruguay 2–3 Paraguay 
(Mar Del Plata, Argentina; 1 March 1998)
Biggest win
 Uruguay 7–0 Bolivia 
(Montevideo, Uruguay; 26 June 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Argentina 8–0 Uruguay 
(Salta, Argentina; 13 April 2003)
 Uruguay 0–8 Colombia 
(Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004)
Copa América
Appearances7 (first in 1998)
Best resultThird place (2006)

The women's football section of the Uruguayan Football Association started in 1996 and the first official competition of the national team took place in the 1998 South American Championship. The best performance to date in the South American Championship came in 2006 when Uruguay earned third place.[2]

The Uruguay women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Las Celestes" or "Charrúas".

Uruguay plays their home matches on the Estadio Centenario.

Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

Current coaching staff

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As of 6 June 2021[3]
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Ariel Longo

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  • Gonzalo Ribas (2003–????)
  • Juan José Duarte (2006–????)
  • Jorge Burgell (2010–????)
  • Fabiana Manzolillo (2014–????)
  • Ariel Longo (????–)
  • The following players were named to the official squad for the friendly game against   Argentina in July 2024.[4]
Caps and goals accurate as of the 21 February 2023 match against   Denmark.[5][6]

The following list of active players were not called up for the latest match of the national team, but were called up for an A-level match within the last 12 months.

FIFA Women's World Cup

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Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

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# Player Year(s) Caps
1 Laura Felipe 2014–present 21

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# Player Year(s) Goals Caps
1 Belén Aquino 2019–present 10 15
  Third place: 2006

FIFA Women's World Cup

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FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1991 Did not enter
  1995
  1999 Did not qualify
  2003
  2007
  2011
  2015
  2019
   2023
  2027 To be determined
Total – – – – – – – –
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Summer Olympics record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
  1996 Did not enter
  2000 Did not qualify
  2004
  2008
  2012
  2016
  2020
  2024
Total – – – – – – –
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina

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CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1991 Did not enter
  1995
  1998 Group stage 8th 4 0 2 2 6 8
      2003 Group stage 9th 2 0 0 2 1 11
  2006 Third place 3rd 7 3 0 4 7 14
  2010 Group stage 10th 4 0 0 4 2 21
  2014 Group stage 7th 4 2 0 2 5 9
  2018 Group stage 8th 4 0 1 3 2 11
  2022 Group stage 8th 4 1 0 3 6 9
  2025 TBD
Total 8/10 – 29 6 3 20 29 83
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Pan American Games record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1999 Did not enter
  2003
  2007 Group stage 9th 4 0 1 3 3 16
  2011 Did not enter
  2015 Did not qualify
  2019
  2023
  2027 To be determined
Total 1/6 – 4 0 1 3 3 16
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

South American Games

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South American Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
  2014 Groupe stage 3 0 1 2 0 6
  2018 to present U-20 Tournament
Total Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 6
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "South-American Women's Championship 2006". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Selección Mayor Femenina". auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Convocadas para la selección femenina para fecha FIFA de julio". Uruguayan Football Association. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Uruguay - Uruguay - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Uruguay live score, schedule & player stats | Sofascore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 2 March 2023.