Andorra women's national football team

Andorra

Association	Andorran Football Federation (Federació Andorrana de Futbol)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	José Antonio Martín
Captain	Marina Fernández
Most caps	9 players (3)
Top scorer	Alba López (2)
Home stadium	Comunal d'Andorra la Vella
FIFA code	AND
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	NR (25 September 2015)
Highest	133 (September 2014)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
Gibraltar 0–1 Andorra (Gibraltar; 1 July 2014)
Biggest win
Gibraltar 0–1 Andorra (Gibraltar; 1 July 2014)
Biggest defeat
Faroe Islands 8–0 Andorra (Ħamrun, Malta; 6 April 2015)

The Andorra women's national football team (Catalan: Selecció femenina de futbol d'Andorra) represents Andorra in women's association football and is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation, the governing body for football in Andorra.

History

Background and development

With a FIFA trigramme of AND^[1] and having become a FIFA affiliated in 1996, the national association did not respond to a survey about the status of women's football in the country. In May of the following year, the official who answered another survey from FIFA reckoned there to be 37 active female players, all described as "100% beginners/amateurs". It was further suggested women's football had begun that year in Andorra and that there had been no previous interest in any women's sport. There was no participation in national or international competitions, though three women were employed in the association.^[2]

As of 2009, the programme was geared for young girls with player registration starting at the age of six. There are only six women's teams in the country, all for girls under the age of sixteen and includes a national and schools competition.^[3] There is also a national women's competition that took place in 2010/2011.^[4] 16% of the money from the FIFA Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) is targeted at the technical development of the game, which includes women's football, sport medicine and futsal. This compares to 48% for youth football and 25% for infrastructure.^[5]

Between 1991 and 2010, there was no FIFA FUTURO III regional course for women's coaching, no women's football seminar held in the country and no FIFA MA course held for women/youth football.^[3]

The team

On 1 July 2014, the senior team played its first international game in the UEFA Development Tournament celebrated in Gibraltar. Andorra defeated Gibraltar by 1–0, scored by Alba at the 61st minute.^[6][7] The next day, they played its second international game, losing against Luxembourg by 4–0.

On 18 December 2014, UEFA announced Andorra would take part in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying. This was their debut competitive match at female football.^[8] In its first official game, the team lost 3–5 to Malta.^[9] Andorra finished the preliminary round with two more defeats against Faroe Islands by 0–8 and Georgia by 0–7.

On 30 June 2016, the Andorran Football Federation announced José Antonio Martín as the new head coach of the women's national team.^[10]

Stadium

Andorra's former home stadium, Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella.

From 1996 until 2014 Andorra played their home matches at the Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, in the capital city of Andorra la Vella. This stadium has a capacity of 1,800 people.

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Adidas	2014 – present

Manager history

• Joan Carles Ruiz (2014–2016)
• José Antonio Martín (2016–)

Player records Friendly games are not included in records Most capped players Rank Player Caps Goals Years 1 Alba López 3 1 2015– Bibiana Gonçalves 3 1 2015– Marina Fernández 3 1 2015– Daniela Rodrigues 3 0 2015– Samantha Reyes 3 0 2015– Margot Llobera 3 0 2015– Adreina Silva 3 0 2015– Sònia Carrancà 3 0 2015– Teresa Morató 3 0 2015– Top goalscorers Rank Player Caps Goals Years 1 Alba López 3 1 2015– Bibiana Gonçalves 3 1 2015– Marina Fernández 3 1 2015– Competition records World Cup record FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA 1991 to 2015 Did Not Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2019 To Be Determined - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total 0/8 UEFA European Championship record UEFA European Championship record Qualification record Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA 1984 to 2013 Did Not Enter - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2017 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 3 0 0 3 3 20 Total 0/12 3 0 0 3 3 20 Results 2014 Gibraltar  v  Andorra 1 July 2014 2014 UDT Gibraltar  0–1  Andorra Gibraltar Report López  61' Andorra  v  Luxembourg 2 July 2014 2014 UDT Andorra  0–4  Luxembourg Gibraltar Report Thompson Estevez Birkel Maurer 2015 Andorra  v  Malta 4 April 2015 2017 EURO Q Andorra  3–5  Malta Ħamrun, Malta 14:15 López  3' Gonçalves  57' Fernández  90+3' Cuschieri  5', 21' Theuma  24', 51' Carabott  45+2' Stadium: Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland) Faroe Islands  v  Andorra 6 April 2015 2017 EURO Q Faroe Islands  8–0  Andorra Ħamrun, Malta 11:00 Andreasen  20' (pen.), 45+1', 83' (pen.), 90+2' H. Sevdal  49', 62' F. Danielsen  69' Arge  90+3' Stadium: Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland) Andorra  v  Georgia 9 April 2015 2017 EURO Q Andorra  0–7  Georgia Ta' Qali, Malta 14:15 Matveeva  3', 6' Chichinadze  25' Tchkonia  26', 69' (pen.), 83', 85' Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan) 2016 Malta  v  Andorra 22 November 2016 Friendly Malta  v  Andorra Malta Malta  v  Andorra 24 November 2016 Friendly Malta  v  Andorra Malta UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1  Georgia 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6[lower-alpha 1] Qualifying group stage — 2–0 1–2 — 2  Faroe Islands 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6[lower-alpha 1] — — — 8–0 3  Malta (H) 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6[lower-alpha 1] — 2–4 — — 4  Andorra 3 0 0 3 3 20 −17 0 0–7 — 3–5 — Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers (H) Host. Notes: Ranked by head-to-head record (Georgia: 3 pts, +1 GD; Faroe Islands: 3 pts, 0 GD; Malta: 3 pts, −1 GD). Andorra  v  Malta 4 April 2015 14:15 Andorra  3–5  Malta López  3' Gonçalves  57' Fernández  90+3' Report Cuschieri  5', 21' Theuma  24', 51' Carabott  45+2' Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun Attendance: 210 Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland) Faroe Islands  v  Andorra 6 April 2015 11:00 Faroe Islands  8–0  Andorra Andreasen  20' (pen.), 45+1', 83' (pen.), 90+2' H. Sevdal  49', 62' F. Danielsen  69' Arge  90+3' Report Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun Attendance: 20 Referee: Paula Brady (Republic of Ireland) Andorra  v  Georgia 9 April 2015 11:00 Andorra  0–7  Georgia Report Matveeva  3', 6' Chichinadze  25' Tchkonia  26', 69' (pen.), 83', 85' Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali Attendance: 35 Referee: Yuliya Medvedeva-Keldyusheva (Kazakhstan) Current squad Joan Carles Ruiz named a 18-woman squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying matches against Malta, Faroe Islands and Georgia on 4, 6 and 9 April 2015. Caps and goals correct as of 9 April 2015, not including friendly games. 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Anna Maria Nieto 4 February 1991 2 0 ENFAF 13 GK Luna Marcet 29 March 1999 2 0 ENFAF 23 DF Alba Cayuelas 25 October 1992 1 0 Unattached 18 DF Bibiana Gonçalves 6 May 1997 3 1 ENFAF 2 DF Beatriz Moreno 20 December 1989 1 0 ENFAF 5 DF Daniela Rodrigues 13 April 1999 3 0 ENFAF 14 DF Samantha Reyes 9 August 1992 3 0 ENFAF 4 DF Margot Llobera 18 May 1996 3 0 Unattached 8 MF Adreina Silva 10 April 1993 3 0 ENFAF 17 MF Ariana Gonçalves 23 September 1999 1 0 ENFAF 3 MF Clàudia Cerdà 6 October 1999 2 0 ENFAF 16 MF Laia Pérez 4 March 1993 2 0 Unattached 9 MF Marina Fernández (captain) 11 May 1996 3 1 Pardinyes 19 MF Sònia Carrancà 7 February 1999 3 0 ENFAF 11 MF Tània Sànchez 14 April 1984 2 0 ENFAF 6 MF Teresa Morató 28 March 1998 3 0 ENFAF 7 FW Alba López 26 November 1991 3 1 ENFAF 10 FW Maria Ruzafa 7 August 1998 2 0 ENFAF Head to Head record against other nations Team GP W D L GF GA GD  Faroe Islands 1 0 0 1 0 8 −8  Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7  Gibraltar 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1  Luxembourg 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4  Malta 1 0 0 1 3 5 −1 Total 5 1 0 4 4 24 −20 References "Andorra: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". 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