Cuba women's national football team
| Nickname | Las Leonas del Caribe (The Lionesses of the Caribbean) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Elizabeth Cuff | ||
| FIFA code | CUB | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 94 (11 December 2025)[1] | ||
| Highest | 81 (December 2020) | ||
| Lowest | 102 (November 2010) | ||
| First international | |||
| Cuba 21–0 British Virgin Islands (Havana, Cuba; 3 October 2007) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Cuba 21–0 British Virgin Islands (Havana, Cuba; 3 October 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Canada 12–0 Cuba (Edinburg, Texas, United States; 8 October 2018) | |||
The Cuba women's national football team is the national women's football team of Cuba and is overseen by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba. In 2018, Cuba qualified for its first ever CONCACAF Women's Championship after finishing third in Caribbean Zone Qualifying.[2]
Coaching staff
- Updated on 22 March 2024 .
Current coaching staff
| Position | Name | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Elizabeth Cuff | [3] |
| Assistant coach | Luis M Elejalde | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Odelin Molina | |
| Fitness coach | Joel Cabrera |
Manager history
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2025
| 5 April Friendly | Peru | 2–3 | Cuba | Lima, Peru |
| 15:00 | Report |
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Stadium: Estadio Iván Elías Moreno |
| 8 April Friendly | Peru | 3–2 | Cuba | Lima, Peru |
| 15:00 |
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Stadium: Estadio Iván Elías Moreno |
| 2 December 2025 2026 CONCACAF W Championship Q | Cuba | 2–2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Santiago de Cuba |
| 15:00 UTC−5 | Aldana 53', 71' (pen.) | Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Stadium: Estadio Antonio Maceo Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala) |
Players
Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.
Current squad
- The following players were named to the squad for the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification match against Saint Kitts and Nevis on 2 December 2025.[4]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Alianne Matamoro Reyes | 19 January 2000 | 4 | 0 | Municipal | |
| GK | Lucylena Martínez | 28 May 1991 | 13 | 0 | La Habana | |
| GK | Elika Acea | 28 July 1994 | ||||
| DF | Katheryn Rodríguez | 10 September 2002 | 5 | 4 | UNAN Managua | |
| DF | Sheyla Wanton | 28 November 2002 | 0 | 0 | UNAN Managua | |
| DF | Yeranys Lee | 24 March 1999 | 7 | 0 | ||
| DF | Laura Moreno | 18 September 1993 | 8 | 1 | Villa Clara | |
| DF | Yaniuvis Suárez | 31 March 2001 | 0 | 0 | Santiago de Cuba | |
| MF | Eliannes Valdés | 19 July 2001 | 3 | 2 | Santiago de Cuba | |
| MF | María Álvarez | 28 March 2000 | 3 | 0 | Santiago de Cuba | |
| MF | Eunises Núñez | 24 January 2000 | 3 | 1 | La Habana | |
| MF | Nahomi Aguilar | 24 June 1999 | 0 | 0 | La Habana | |
| MF | Gianna Borrego | 7 October 2000 | ||||
| MF | Sabrina Bahamonde | 28 November 2000 | ||||
| MF | Lucy Amanda Brooks | 28 November 2001 | ||||
| FW | Maristania Mengana | 5 February 2000 | 7 | 1 | Santiago de Cuba | |
| FW | Cecil Aldana | 17 September 2003 | 0 | 0 | LDU Quito | |
| FW | Indira Hechevarría | 19 December 2003 | Santiago de Cuba | |||
| FW | Daimelys Regla Ribalta | 4 November 2004 | ||||
| FW | Delennis Acosta | 31 October 1994 | ||||
| FW | Kennys Castellanos | 29 January 1998 | ||||
| FW | Ana Josefa Fernández | 28 July 2003 | ||||
Recent call ups
The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1991 | did not enter | |||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||
| 1999 | ||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
| 2007 | ||||||||
| 2011 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2015 | ||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2023 | ||||||||
| 2027 | to be determined | |||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympics record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||||||||
| 1996 | did not enter | 1995 FIFA WWC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 1999 FIFA WWC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | to be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 73 | 27 | ||||||||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CONCACAF W Championship
| CONCACAF W Championship record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 1991 | did not enter | did not enter | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | |||||||
| 2014 | 2014 Caribbean Cup | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 12 | |
| 2022 | did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 28 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Pan American Games
| Pan American Games record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 1999 | did not enter | ||||||
| 2003 | |||||||
| 2007 | |||||||
| 2011 | did not qualify | ||||||
| 2015 | |||||||
| 2019 | |||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Central American and Caribbean Games
| Central American and Caribbean Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
| 2010 | did not enter | |||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||
| 2022 | to be determined | |||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CFU Women's Caribbean Cup
| CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 2000 | did not enter | ||||||
| 2014 | First round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | First round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ^ "Caribbean trio complete continental line-up". 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ La selección nacional absoluta femenina de fútbol de Cuba.
- ^ Cuba inicia su camino mundialista rumbo a Brasil 2027 (Facebook)
External links