1971 Women's World Cup squads

The following lists the squads for the 1971 Women's World Cup arranged by FIEFF, held in Mexico in August and September 1971. Six teams qualified for the tournament, with hosts Mexico qualifying automatically. Argentina 16 players represented Argentina. The team is known as Las Pioneras (the pioneers) and in 2019, an official Dia de la Futbolista Argentina (national women's football day) to celebrate women's football was enacted.2024-01-06 Jugaron un MUNDIAL de fútbol femenino, marcaron una época y reivindican su historia: quiénes son las protagonistas de México 71 https://tn.com.ar/deportes/futbol/2024/01/06/mundial-1971-el-dia-que-la-seleccion-femenina-de-futbol-lleno-estadios-y-goleo-a-inglaterra/ 2025-06-14 Todo Noticias esPujol Ayelén 2019-09-06 Inventaron el fútbol femenino en Argentina y lo disfrutan medio siglo después: cómo viven hoy las Pioneras https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/futbol/las-pioneras-nid2282614/ 2025-06-14 LA NACION esFerioli Florencia 2022-08-21 Día de la futbolista Historia y actualidad del fútbol femenino en Argentina https://elgritodelsur.com.ar/2022/08/dia-de-la-futbolista-historia-futbol-femenino-actualidad/ 2025-06-14 El Grito del Sur es2023-08-21 Día de la Futbolista Argentina: es tiempo de igualar la cancha https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/dia-de-la-futbolista-argentina-es-tiempo-de-igualar-la-cancha 2025-06-14 Argentina.gob.ar eshttps://documentosboletinoficial.buenosaires.gob.ar/publico/ck_PL-LEY-LCABA-LCBA-6175-19-5668.pdf Ley 6175 2025-06-14 Head coach: Miguel Bautista Cúparo GK Marta Soler yes 1971 8 15 1953 4 22 Universitario ARG GK María Fiorelli Universitario ARG 3 DF Ofelia Feito Universitario ARG 4 DF Teresa Suárez Real Italiano DF Virginia Andrada Universitario ARG DF Zulma Gómez Real Italiano MF Susana Lopreito 6 MF Angélica Cardozo captain Universitario ARG 9 FW Betty García yes 1971 8 15 1941 8 11 Universitario ARG 10 MF Elba Selva yes 1971 8 15 1945 1 14 Real Italiano 11 FW María Esther Ponce yes 1971 8 15 1945 6 1 Sporting POR FW Virginia Cataneo Universitario ARG Zunilda Troncoso Universitario ARG Eva Lembesis Universitario ARG Blanca Bruccoli Universitario ARG María Cáseres Denmark 16 players represented Denmark. In 2019, this winning team were inducted into the Danish Football Hall of Fame.DBU Kvindernes VM-hold fra 1971 https://www.dbu.dk/om-dbu/fodboldpriser/fodboldens-hall-of-fame/kvindernes-vm-hold-fra-1971 2025-06-04 DBU DAAhlstrom Frits VM-optakt 1: 52 år siden, Danmark blev verdensmester https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/fodbold/nyheder/vm-optakt-1-52-ar-siden-danmark-blev-verdensmester 2025-06-09 TV3 SPORT daDanmark har mistet en verdensklassespiller i fodbold https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/fodbold/nyheder/danmark-har-mistet-en-verdensklassespiller-i-fodbold 2025-06-09 TV3 SPORT da Head coach: Jørgen Andreasen GK Birte Kjems yes 1971 8 15 1949 4 9 Ribe Boldklub DEN GK Lena Schelke Larsen yes 1971 8 15 1947 0 0 Sundby Boldklub DEN DF Ann Andreasen Stengård yes 1971 8 15 1955 7 27 BK Stjernen DEN DF Annette Frederiksen yes 1971 8 15 1954 12 10 Ribe Boldklub DEN DF Ingrid Hansen yes 1971 8 15 1955 2 28 Herrested BK DEN DF Solveig Hansen yes 1971 8 15 1946 0 0 Rødovre Boldklub DEN DF Mona Jensen yes 1971 8 15 1951 0 0 AIA Aarhus DEN DF Lis Westberg Pedersen captain yes 1971 8 15 1946 0 0 Boldklubben Orient DEN MF Inger Tulle Pedersen yes 1971 8 15 1950 3 8 Virum-Sorgenfri Boldklub DEN MF Asta Vig yes 1971 8 15 1949 5 22 Billum IF DEN FW Susanne Augustesen yes 1971 8 15 1956 5 10 Holbæk B&I DEN FW Helene Østergaard Hansen yes 1971 8 15 1941 0 0 Boldklubben Femina DEN FW Marianne Kamp yes 1971 8 15 1955 0 0 Skovlunde IF DEN FW Bente Jensen yes 1971 8 15 1951 11 9 BK Stjernen DEN FW Lis Lene Nielsen yes 1971 8 15 1951 8 29 Skamby Boldklub DEN Lone Nielsen yes 1971 8 15 1948 0 0 Hvidovre IF DEN England 14 players represented England. The team has been dubbed the "Lost Lionesses" by the media.Wilkes Louise 2023-08-04 Pioneers - the 'Lost Lionesses' of 1971 are celebrated in Manchester https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/lost-lionesses-manchester-football-museum-27456446 2025-06-13 Manchester Evening News enO'Neill Jen 2020-10-22 Sporting Reunions and their power within women's football https://shekicks.net/sporting-reunions-and-their-power-within-womens-football/ 2025-06-13 SheKicks en-GB Head coach: Harry Batt GK Lillian Harris DF Carol Wilson captain yes 1971 8 15 1952 6 DF Jean Breckon DF Yvonne Farr MF Marlene Collins MF Chris Lockwood yes 1971 8 15 1956 4 17 Chiltern Valley ENG MF Trudy McCaffrey FW Janice Barton Chiltern Valley ENG FW Leah Caleb yes 1971 8 15 1958 4 Chiltern Valley ENG FW Louise Cross FW Paula Rayner FW Gill Sayell yes 1971 8 15 1956 10 26 Thame LFC ENG Jill Stockley Valerie Cheshire France 17 players represented France. Copa 71 2023 Documentary film Rachel Ramsay (director); James Erskine (director) Dogwoof Head coach: Pierre Geoffroy MF Armelle Binard yes 1971 8 15 1953 1 9 FC Rouen FRA GK Marie-Louise Butzig yes 1971 8 15 1944 11 15 Vrigne-aux-Bois FRA Claudine Die Betty Goret DF Colette Guyard yes 1971 8 15 1952 10 24 Stade de Reims FRA FW Jocelyne Henry yes 1971 8 15 1954 4 9 Stade de Reims FRA Monique Hilaire DF Maryse Lesieur yes 1971 8 15 1950 2 27 Stade de Reims FRA Nicole Mangas Aline Meyer MF Michèle Monier yes 1971 8 15 1946 7 16 Stade de Reims FRA Régine Pourveux FW Jocelyne Ratignier yes 1971 8 15 1954 7 4 Stade de Reims FRA GK Ghislaine Royer yes 1971 8 15 1953 1 15 Stade de Reims FRA DF Chantal Serre yes 1971 8 15 1950 8 28 Stade de Reims FRA DF Marie-Bernadette Thomas yes 1971 8 15 1955 12 13 Stade de Reims FRA MF Marie-Christine Tschopp captain yes 1971 8 15 1951 1 25 FRA Italy 17 players represented Italy.FIGC 2024-07-04 Le Azzurre in sala, a sorpresa: squadra e staff al cinema di Brunico per COPA 71, il docu-film sul Mondiale femminile...mai esistito https://www.figc.it/it/nazionali/news/le-azzurre-in-sala-a-sorpresa-squadra-e-staff-al-cinema-di-brunico-per-copa-71-il-docu-film-sul-mondiale-femminilemai-esistito/ 2025-06-09 Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio it Head coach: Giuseppe Cavicchi GK Derna Isolini Real Torino ITA GK Wilma Seghetti yes 1971 8 15 1956 5 7 Olimpia Verona ITA GK Daniela Sogliani yes 1971 8 15 1954 1 20 Saronno ITA DF Claudia Avon Real Torino ITA DF Maria Castelli Real Torino ITA DF Maria Fabris Ambrosiana 1968 ITA DF Anna Stopar Real Juventus ITA MF Paola Cardia yes 1971 8 15 1952 6 25 Real Torino ITA MF Manola Conter Ambrosiana 1968 ITA MF Rosetta Cunzolo Real Juventus ITA MF Manuela Pinardi Vernici Milesi Parma ITA MF Elena Schiavo captain yes 1971 8 15 1948 1 14 Falchi Astro ITA FW Maurizia Ciceri yes 1971 8 15 1953 9 26 Real Torino ITA FW Aurora Giubertoni Ambrosiana 1968 ITA FW Liliana Mammina yes 1971 8 15 1958 1 3 Montuori Palermo ITA FW Carmela Varone Real Juventus ITA FW Elisabetta Vignotto yes 1971 8 15 1954 1 13 Real Juventus ITA Mexico 18 players represented Mexico.2021-09-01 Bellas y Airosas A 50 años del mundial México 1971 ¿El futbol no va con la condición de la mujer? https://semmexico.mx/bellas-y-airosas-a-50-anos-del-mundial-mexico-1971-el-futbol-no-va-con-la-condicion-de-la-mujer/ 2025-06-15 SemMéxico es2024-07-11 Fútbol femenil: TAN CERCA DE LAS NUBES, COPA 71 Morelia Film Festival https://moreliafilmfest.com/futbol-femenil-tan-cerca-de-las-nubes-copa-71 2025-06-15 moreliafilmfest.com esPérez Uriarte Giovanni Alejandro 2024-12-11 "Estamos desempeñando un trabajo": las futbolistas mexicanas de 1971 y la lucha por el profesionalismo https://moderna.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehm/article/view/77945 Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México 69 219–247 10.22201/iih.24485004e.2025.69.77945 2448-5004 free Head coach: Víctor Manuel Meléndez GK Yolanda Ramírez GK Elvira Aracén DF Irma Chávez DF Martha Coronado DF Bertha Orduña DF Paula Pérez DF Guadalupe Tovar captain MF Elsa Huerta MF Alicia Vargas yes 1971 8 15 1954 2 2 MF Patricia Hernández FW Lourdes de la Rosa FW Sandra Tapia FW María Eugenia Rubio FW María Hernández FW Teresa Aguilar FW Silvia Zaragoza FW Eréndira Rangel Cecilia Gallegos References External links 2024-01-06 Jugaron un MUNDIAL de fútbol femenino, marcaron una época y reivindican su historia: quiénes son las protagonistas de México 71 https://tn.com.ar/deportes/futbol/2024/01/06/mundial-1971-el-dia-que-la-seleccion-femenina-de-futbol-lleno-estadios-y-goleo-a-inglaterra/ 2025-06-09 Todo Noticias es Knijnik Jorge 2020-04-12 Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America: by Brenda Elsey and Joshua Nadel, Austin, University of Texas Press, 2019, viii + 358 pp., £27.95 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-4773-1042-7 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09523367.2020.1721973 The International Journal of the History of Sport en 37 5–6 501–503 10.1080/09523367.2020.1721973 0952-3367 subscription 2017-08-06 Da kvinderne vandt VM-guld: Sammenbrud i ørkenen, forsvundne trøjer og en 15-årigs hattrick i finalen https://www.berlingske.dk/content/item/399225 2025-06-09 Berlingske.dk da The lost lionesses https://bbc.com/sport/extra/LNoYd7se8m/the-lost-lionesses 2025-06-09 BBC Sport McLean Craig 2021-07-23 The Lost Lionesses: 'It's taken 50 years to feel valued' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/0/lost-lionesses-taken-50-years-feel-valued/ 2025-06-13 The Telegraph en-GB 0307-1235 Vintage : 1971, l'an I des Bleues en Coupe du monde https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Vintage-1971-l-an-i-des-bleues-en-coupe-du-monde/1027020 2025-06-09 L'Équipe fr 2024-05-17 Così nel 1971 le calciatrici fecero la storia: «Quel mondiale in Messico dimenticato da tutti fu un atto politico» https://www.corriere.it/sette/esteri/24_maggio_17/cosi-nel-1971-le-calciatrici-fecero-la-storia-quel-mondiale-in-messico-dimenticato-da-tutti-fu-un-atto-politico-cfefd0ab-6c0e-4f6e-b30b-cc04abc16xlk.shtml 2025-06-09 Corriere della Sera it-IT Women's World Cup Category:Long stubs with short prose