FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 team guide

World Cup apps including 2023
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Group A

NEW ZEALAND
Rank 25* 
Coach: Jitka Klimková CZE 
Key player: Ali Riley
6
Best finish: Group stage 5 times
Record: W0-D3-L12

NORWAY
Rank 12 
Coach: Hege Riise
Key player: Caroline Graham Hansen
9 1 
Winner 1995
Record: W24-D4-L12

PHILIPPINES
Rank 49 
Coach: Alen Stajcic AUS 
Key player: Tahnai Annis
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

SWITZERLAND
Rank 20 
Coach: Inka Grings GER 
Key player: Lia Wälti
2
Best finish:  Round of 16 2015
Record: W1-D0-L3

Group B 

AUSTRALIA
Rank 10 
Coach: Tony Gustavsson SWE 
Key player: Sam Kerr
8
Best finish: Quarter-final 2007, 2011, 2015
Record: W7-D6-L13

IRELAND
Rank 22 
Coach: Vera Pauw NED 
Key player: Denise O’Sullivan
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

NIGERIA
Rank 42 
Coach: Randy Waldrum USA 
Key player: Asisat Oshoala
9
Best finish: Quarter-final 1999
Record: W4-D3-L19

CANADA
Rank 6 
Coach: Bev Priestman ENG 
Key player: Ashley Lawrence
8
Best finish: Fourth place 2003
Record: W8-D5-L14

Group C 

SPAIN
Rank 7 
Coach: Jorge Vilda
Key player: Alexia Putellas
3
Best finish: Round of 16 2019
Record: W1-D2-L4

COSTA RICA
Rank 36 
Coach: Amelia Valverde
Key player: Raquel Rodriguez Cedeno
2
Best finish: Group stage 2015
Record: W0-D2-L1

ZAMBIA
Rank 77 
Coach: Bruce Mwape
Key player: Ireen Lungu
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

JAPAN
Rank 11 
Coach: Futoshi Ikeda
Key player: Yui Hasegawa
9 1 
Winner 2011
Record: W14-D4-L15

Group D 

ENGLAND
Rank 4 
Coach: Sarina Wiegman NED 
Key player: Rachel Daly
6 
Best finish: Third place 2015
Record: W15-D4-L7

HAITI
Rank 53 
Coach: Nicolas Delépine FRA 
Key player: Nerilia Mondesir
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

DENMARK
Rank 15 
Coach: Lars Søndergaard
Key player: Pernille Harder
5  
Best finish: Quarter-final 1991, 1995
Record: W3-D1-L10

CHINA
Rank 13 
Coach: Shui Qingxia
Key player: Wang Shanshan
8 
Best finish: Final 1999
Record: W16-D7-L10

Group E 

UNITED STATES
Rank 1 
Coach: Vlatko Andonovski MKD 
Key player: Alex Morgan
9 4 Winner 
1991, 1999, 2015, 2019
Record: W40-D6-L4

VIETNAM
Rank 33 
Coach: Mai Duc Chung
Key player: Huynh Nhu
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

NETHERLANDS
Rank 8 
Coach: Andries Jonker
Key player: Jill Roord
3
Best finish: Final 2019
Record: W7-D1-L3

PORTUGAL
Rank 21 
Coach: Francisco Neto
Key player: Jessica Silva
1
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0
 
Group F 

FRANCE
Rank 5 
Coach: Hervé Renard
Key player: Wendie Renard
5 
Best finish: Fourth place 2011
Record: W10-D3-L6

JAMAICA
Rank 43 
Coach: Lorne Donaldson
Key player: Khadija Shaw
2
Best finish: Group stage 2019
Record: W0-D0-L3

BRAZIL
Rank 9 
Coach: Pia Sundhage SWE 
Key player: Debinha
9
Best finish: Final 2007
Record: W20-D4-L10

PANAMA
Rank 52 
Coach: Nacho Quintana MEX
Key player: Marta Cox
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

Group G 

SWEDEN
Rank 3 
Coach: Peter Gerhardsson
Key player: Stina Blackstenius
9 
Best finish: Final 2003
Record: W23-D5-L12

SOUTH AFRICA
Rank 54 
Coach: Desiree Ellis
Key player: Thembi Kgatlana
2 
Best finish: Group stage 2019
Record: W0-D0-L3

ITALY
Rank 16 
Coach: Milena Bertolini
Key player: Cristiana Girelli
4 
Best finish: Quarter-final 1991, 2019
Record: W6-D1-L5

ARGENTINA
Rank 28
Coach: Germán Portanova
Key player: Estefania Banini
4 
Best finish: Group stage 2003, 2007, 2019
Record: W0-D2-L7

Group H 

GERMANY
Rank 2 
Coach: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
Key player: Alexandra Popp
9 2 
Winner 2003, 2007
Record: W30-D5-L9

MOROCCO
Rank 73 
Coach: Reynald Pedros FRA 
Key player: Ghizlane Chebbak
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

COLOMBIA
Rank 26 
Coach: Nelson Abadía
Key player: Linda Caicedo
3 
Best finish: Round of 16 2015
Record: W1-D2-L4

SOUTH KOREA
Rank 17 
Coach: Colin Bell ENG 
Key player: Ji So-yun
4
Best finish: Round of 16 2015
Record: W1-D1-L8


*FIFA ranking Mar 2023


Source: FIFA
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