Uruguay women's national football team
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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Uruguay national football team.
The Uruguay women's national football team represents Uruguay in international women's football.
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Nickname(s) | Las Celestes, Charrúas | ||
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Association | Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | Ariel Longo | ||
Captain | Valeria Colmán | ||
Most caps | Aída Camaño | ||
Top scorer | Angélica Souza | ||
Home stadium | Estadio Centenario | ||
FIFA code | URU | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 69 2 (15 March 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 55 (September – December 2008) | ||
Lowest | 81 (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 | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | Third place (2006) |
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The women's football section of the AUF 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]