1971 Women's World Cup squads

The following lists the squads for the unofficial 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. Incomplete.

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Head coach: Miguel Bautista Cúparo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Marta Soler	(1953-04-22)22 April 1953 (aged 18)	Universitario
	1GK	María Fiorelli		Universitario
3	2DF	Ofelia Feito		Universitario
4	2DF	Teresa Suárez		Real Italiano
	2DF	Virginia Andrada		Universitario
	2DF	Zulma Gómez		Real Italiano
	3MF	Susana Lopreito
6	3MF	Angélica Cardozo		Universitario
9	4FW	Betty García	(1941-08-11)11 August 1941 (aged 30)	Universitario
10	3MF	Elba Selva	(1945-01-14)14 January 1945 (aged 26)	Real Italiano
11	4FW	María Ponce	(1945-06-01)1 June 1945 (aged 26)	Sporting
	4FW	Virginia Cataneo		Universitario
		Zunilda Troncoso		Universitario
		Eva Lembesis		Universitario
		Blanquita Brucoli		Universitario
		María Cáseres

Denmark

16 players represented Denmark. In 2019, this winning team were inducted into the Danish Football Hall of Fame.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Head coach: Jørgen Andreasen

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Birte Kjems	(1949-04-09)9 April 1949 (aged 22)	Ribe Boldklub
1GK	Lena Schelke Larsen	(1947-00-00)0 December 1947 (aged 23–24)	Sundby Boldklub
2DF	Ann Andreasen	(1955-07-27)27 July 1955 (aged 16)	Stjernen Svendborg
2DF	Annette Frederiksen	(1954-12-10)10 December 1954 (aged 16)	Ribe Boldklub
2DF	Ingrid Hansen	(1955-02-28)28 February 1955 (aged 16)	Herrested BK
2DF	Solveig Hansen	(1946-00-00)0 December 1946 (aged 24–25)	Rødovre Boldklub
2DF	Mona Jensen	(1951-00-00)0 December 1951 (aged 19–20)	AIA Aarhus
2DF	Lis Westberg Pedersen (captain)	(1946-00-00)0 December 1946 (aged 24–25)	Boldklubben Orient
3MF	Inger Pedersen	(1950-03-08)8 March 1950 (aged 21)	Virum-Sorgenfri Boldklub
3MF	Asta Vig	(1949-05-22)22 May 1949 (aged 22)	Billum IF
4FW	Susanne Augustesen	(1956-05-10)10 May 1956 (aged 15)	Holbæk B&I
4FW	Helene Østergaard Hansen	(1941-00-00)0 December 1941 (aged 29–30)	Boldklubben Femina
4FW	Marianne Kamp	(1955-00-00)0 December 1955 (aged 15–16)	Skovlunde IF
4FW	Bente Jensen	(1951-11-09)9 November 1951 (aged 19)	Stjernen Svendborg
4FW	Lis Lene Nielsen	(1951-08-29)29 August 1951 (aged 19)	Skamby Boldklub
	Lone Nielsen	(1948-00-00)0 December 1948 (aged 22–23)	Hvidovre IF

England

14 players represented England. The team has been dubbed the "Lost Lionesses" by the media.^[9]^[10]

Head coach: Harry Batt

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Lillian Harris
2DF	Carol Wilson (captain)	(1952-06-00)June 1952 (aged 19)
2DF	Jean Breckon
2DF	Yvonne Farr
3MF	Marlene Collins
3MF	Chris Lockwood	(1956-04-17)17 April 1956 (aged 15)	Chiltern Valley
3MF	Trudy McCaffery
4FW	Janice Barton		Chiltern Valley
4FW	Leah Caleb	(1958-04-00)April 1958 (aged 13)	Chiltern Valley
4FW	Louise Cross
4FW	Paula Rayner
4FW	Gill Sayell		Thame LFC
	Jill Stockley
	Valerie Cheshire

France

Italy

17 players represented Italy.^[11]

Head coach: Giuseppe Cavicchi

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Derna Isolini		Real Torino
1GK	Wilma Seghetti		Olimpia Verona
1GK	Daniela Sogliani	(1954-01-20)20 January 1954 (aged 17)	Saronno
2DF	Claudia Avon		Real Torino
2DF	Maria Castelli		Real Torino
2DF	Maria Fabris		Ambrosiana 1968
2DF	Anna Stopar		Real Juventus
3MF	Paola Cardia	(1952-06-25)25 June 1952 (aged 19)	Real Torino
3MF	Manola Conter		Ambrosiana 1968
3MF	Rosetta Cunzolo		Real Juventus
3MF	Manuela Pinardi		Vernici Milesi Parma
3MF	Elena Schiavo (captain)	(1948-01-14)14 January 1948 (aged 23)	Falchi Astro
4FW	Maurizia Ciceri	(1953-09-26)26 September 1953 (aged 17)	Real Torino
4FW	Aurora Giubertoni		Ambrosiana 1968
4FW	Liliana Mammina	(1958-01-03)3 January 1958 (aged 13)	Montuori Palermo
4FW	Carmela Varone		Real Juventus
4FW	Elisabetta Vignotto	(1954-01-13)13 January 1954 (aged 17)	Real Juventus

Mexico

17 players represented Mexico.^[12]^[13]^[14]

Head coach: Víctor Meléndez

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1GK	Yolanda Ramírez
1GK	Elvira Aracén
2DF	Irma Chávez
2DF	Martha Coronado
2DF	Bertha Orduña
2DF	Paula Pérez
2DF	Guadalupe Tovar
3MF	Elsa Huerta
3MF	Alicia Vargas	(1954-02-02)2 February 1954 (aged 17)
3MF	Patricia Hernández
4FW	Lourdes de la Rosa
4FW	Sandra Tapia
4FW	María Rubio
4FW	María Hernández
4FW	Teresa Aguilar
4FW	Silvia Zaragoza
4FW	Eréndira Rangel

References

^ "Jugaron un MUNDIAL de fútbol femenino, marcaron una época y reivindican su historia: quiénes son las protagonistas de México 71". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
^ Pujol, Ayelén (2019-09-06). "Inventaron el fútbol femenino en Argentina y lo disfrutan medio siglo después: cómo viven hoy las Pioneras". LA NACION (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-14.
^ Ferioli, Florencia (2022-08-21). "Día de la futbolista | Historia y actualidad del fútbol femenino en Argentina". El Grito del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-14.
^ "Día de la Futbolista Argentina: es tiempo de igualar la cancha". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2025-06-14.
^ "Ley 6175" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-06-14.
^ DBU. "Kvindernes VM-hold fra 1971". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-04.
^ Ahlstrom, Frits. "VM-optakt 1: 52 år siden, Danmark blev verdensmester". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
^ "Danmark har mistet en verdensklassespiller i fodbold". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
^ Wilkes, Louise (2023-08-04). "Pioneers - the 'Lost Lionesses' of 1971 are celebrated in Manchester". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
^ O'Neill, Jen (2020-10-22). "Sporting Reunions and their power within women's football". SheKicks. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
^ 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". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
^ "Bellas y Airosas| A 50 años del mundial México 1971 ¿El futbol no va con la condición de la mujer?". SemMéxico (in Spanish). 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
^ "Fútbol femenil: TAN CERCA DE LAS NUBES, COPA 71 | Morelia Film Festival". moreliafilmfest.com (in Spanish). 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
^ Pérez Uriarte, Giovanni Alejandro (2024-12-11). ""Estamos desempeñando un trabajo": las futbolistas mexicanas de 1971 y la lucha por el profesionalismo". Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México (69): 219–247. doi:10.22201/iih.24485004e.2025.69.77945. ISSN 2448-5004.

External links

"Jugaron un MUNDIAL de fútbol femenino, marcaron una época y reivindican su historia: quiénes son las protagonistas de México 71". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
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". The International Journal of the History of Sport. 37 (5–6): 501–503. doi:10.1080/09523367.2020.1721973. ISSN 0952-3367.
"Da kvinderne vandt VM-guld: Sammenbrud i ørkenen, forsvundne trøjer og en 15-årigs hattrick i finalen". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
"The lost lionesses". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
McLean, Craig (2021-07-23). "The Lost Lionesses: 'It's taken 50 years to feel valued'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
"Vintage : 1971, l'an I des Bleues en Coupe du monde". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-09.
"Così nel 1971 le calciatrici fecero la storia: «Quel mondiale in Messico dimenticato da tutti fu un atto politico»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2025-06-09.

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[1] "Jugaron un MUNDIAL de fútbol femenino, marcaron una época y reivindican su historia: quiénes son las protagonistas de México 71". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2025-06-14.

[2] Pujol, Ayelén (2019-09-06). "Inventaron el fútbol femenino en Argentina y lo disfrutan medio siglo después: cómo viven hoy las Pioneras". LA NACION (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-14.

[3] Ferioli, Florencia (2022-08-21). "Día de la futbolista | Historia y actualidad del fútbol femenino en Argentina". El Grito del Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-14.

[4] "Día de la Futbolista Argentina: es tiempo de igualar la cancha". Argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2025-06-14.

[5] "Ley 6175" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-06-14.

[6] DBU. "Kvindernes VM-hold fra 1971". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-04.

[7] Ahlstrom, Frits. "VM-optakt 1: 52 år siden, Danmark blev verdensmester". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-09.

[8] "Danmark har mistet en verdensklassespiller i fodbold". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-06-09.

[9] Wilkes, Louise (2023-08-04). "Pioneers - the 'Lost Lionesses' of 1971 are celebrated in Manchester". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2025-06-13.

[10] O'Neill, Jen (2020-10-22). "Sporting Reunions and their power within women's football". SheKicks. Retrieved 2025-06-13.

[11] 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". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-09.

[12] "Bellas y Airosas| A 50 años del mundial México 1971 ¿El futbol no va con la condición de la mujer?". SemMéxico (in Spanish). 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2025-06-15.

[13] "Fútbol femenil: TAN CERCA DE LAS NUBES, COPA 71 | Morelia Film Festival". moreliafilmfest.com (in Spanish). 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2025-06-15.

[14] Pérez Uriarte, Giovanni Alejandro (2024-12-11). ""Estamos desempeñando un trabajo": las futbolistas mexicanas de 1971 y la lucha por el profesionalismo". Estudios de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de México (69): 219–247. doi:10.22201/iih.24485004e.2025.69.77945. ISSN 2448-5004.

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