The Peru women's national football team represents Peru in international women's football and is controlled by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) (Federación Peruana de Fútbol in Spanish). They have been a part of the CONMEBOL confederation since its formation in 1996. The Peruvian team has yet to qualify for a FIFA Women's World Cup and is currently ranked 76th in the FIFA Rankings.
Peru's best result in major international competitions was in the 1998 Sudamericano Femenino, where they achieved third place. Peru also has never qualified for a World Cup and is almost always eliminated in the Group Stage of the Copa América Femenina. La Blanquirroja is coached by Emily Lima and plays the majority of its games in the Estadio Nacional in Lima.
In the early 2000s, Peru gained fourth place in the 2003 South American Women's Football Championship on home soil and won the gold medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games. The late 2010s saw a decline in Peruvian women's football, being eliminated in the group stage of the Copa America since 2003 and the same for the U-17 and U-20 team. In 2019, the team automatically qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games for the first time as hosts and placed 8th after losing to Jamaica. They only scored two goals and conceded seven. They finished last in their group with one point. In 2024, Peru won their first game in almost 20 years against Bolivia, winning 3-2 and later 1-0 in February. They automatically qualified for the 2027 Pan American Games as hosts.
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The Peru women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "La Blanquirroja" or "La Rojiblanca (The White And Red)". They are also often nicknamed ''La Bicolor (The Bicolour)''.
Peru occasionally play its home matches on the Estadio Nacional del Perú. The stadium has a capacity of 50,000. The VIDENA de Chincha, located in Chincha Alta is the home training ground of the Peru women's national team. Much like the Villa Deportiva Nacional in Lima, it features numerous training facilities and is receiving a renovation in 2025.[5] The Estadio Félix Castillo Tardío also located in Chincha Alta is being considered as the new home stadium for the women's national team.
^[...] the federation finally gathered its very best players into a national team camp. It was March 1998, and the third South American championships, to be played in Mar del Plata, Argentina, would be the occasion for the country’s first international appearance. [...] "In Peru, women's soccer is blossoming from the ground up". The Athletic. 1 April 2020.
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