2016 Algarve Cup squads

This article lists the squads for the 2016 Algarve Cup, the 23rd edition of the Algarve Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the Algarve region of Portugal from 2 to 9 March 2016. The eight national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.

The age listed for each player is as of 2 March 2016, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.

Belgium announced their squad on 21 February 2016.^[1]

Head coach: Ives Serneels

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Justien Odeurs	(1997-05-30)30 May 1997 (aged 18)	9	0	Lierse
2	3MF	Davina Philtjens	(1989-02-26)26 February 1989 (aged 27)	39	4	Standard Liège
3	2DF	Heleen Jaques	(1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 27)	55	1	Anderlecht
4	2DF	Maud Coutereels	(1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 29)	48	4	Standard Liège
5	2DF	Lorca Van De Putte	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 27)	44	2	Kristianstads
6	3MF	Tine De Caigny	(1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (aged 18)	12	4	Lierse
7	3MF	Elke Van Gorp	(1995-05-12)12 May 1995 (aged 20)	11	3	Lierse
8	3MF	Cecile De Gernier	(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 29)	26	5	Standard Liège
9	4FW	Tessa Wullaert	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 22)	37	25	VfL Wolfsburg
10	4FW	Aline Zeler (captain)	(1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 32)	70	25	Standard Liège
11	2DF	Janice Cayman	(1988-10-12)12 October 1988 (aged 27)	47	8	Juvisy
12	1GK	Nicky Evrard	(1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 20)	12	0	Gent
13	3MF	Marlies Verbruggen	(1988-01-08)8 January 1988 (aged 28)	37	0	Anderlecht
14	3MF	Lenie Onzia	(1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 26)	14	4	Twente
15	2DF	Laura De Neve	(1994-10-09)9 October 1994 (aged 21)	3	0	Anderlecht
16	2DF	Nicky Van Den Abbeele	(1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 22)	14	0	Lierse
17	4FW	Jana Coryn	(1992-06-26)26 June 1992 (aged 23)	6	0	Lierse
18	3MF	Anaelle Wiard	(1991-03-23)23 March 1991 (aged 24)	14	5	Anderlecht
19	3MF	Silke Demeyere	(1992-06-20)20 June 1992 (aged 23)	2	0	Lierse
20	3MF	Julie Biesmans	(1994-05-04)4 May 1994 (aged 21)	33	2	Standard Liège
22	2DF	Laura Deloose	(1993-06-19)19 June 1993 (aged 22)	2	0	Anderlecht
23	2DF	Elien Van Wynendaele	(1995-02-19)19 February 1995 (aged 21)	5	0	Gent
24	4FW	Tine Schryvers	(1993-03-11)11 March 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Vålerengens

Canada announced their squad on 27 February 2016.^[2]

Head coach: John Herdman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2	2DF	Allysha Chapman	(1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 27)	26	1	Houston Dash
3	2DF	Kadeisha Buchanan	(1995-11-05)5 November 1995 (aged 20)	49	3	West Virginia Mountaineers
4	2DF	Shelina Zadorsky	(1992-10-24)24 October 1992 (aged 23)	9	0	Washington Spirit
5	2DF	Quinn[a]	(1995-08-11)11 August 1995 (aged 20)	15	3	Duke Blue Devils
6	3MF	Deanne Rose	(1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 16)	6	3	Scarborough GS United
7	2DF	Rhian Wilkinson	(1982-05-12)12 May 1982 (aged 33)	170	7	Unattached
8	3MF	Diana Matheson	(1984-04-06)6 April 1984 (aged 31)	176	17	Washington Spirit
9	2DF	Josée Bélanger	(1986-05-14)14 May 1986 (aged 29)	43	7	Orlando Pride
10	3MF	Ashley Lawrence	(1995-06-11)11 June 1995 (aged 20)	31	4	West Virginia Mountaineers
11	3MF	Desiree Scott	(1987-07-31)31 July 1987 (aged 28)	103	0	Kansas City
12	4FW	Christine Sinclair (captain)	(1983-06-12)12 June 1983 (aged 32)	236	161	Portland Thorns
13	3MF	Sophie Schmidt	(1988-06-28)28 June 1988 (aged 27)	142	16	1. FFC Frankfurt
14	4FW	Melissa Tancredi	(1981-12-27)27 December 1981 (aged 34)	113	25	Unattached
15	4FW	Nichelle Prince	(1995-02-19)19 February 1995 (aged 21)	11	6	Ohio State Buckeyes
16	4FW	Gabrielle Carle	(1998-10-12)12 October 1998 (aged 17)	4	1	Dynamo de Québec
17	3MF	Jessie Fleming	(1998-03-11)11 March 1998 (aged 17)	24	2	London Nor'West
18	1GK	Stephanie Labbé	(1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 29)	25	0	Washington Spirit
19	4FW	Janine Beckie	(1994-08-20)20 August 1994 (aged 21)	11	5	Houston Dash
20	1GK	Sabrina D'Angelo	(1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Western New York Flash
21	1GK	Kailen Sheridan	(1995-07-16)16 July 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	Clemson Tigers
22	4FW	Summer Clarke	(1995-09-15)15 September 1995 (aged 20)	0	0	LSU Tigers

Denmark announced their squad on 9 February 2016.^[3]

Head coach: Nils Nielsen

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Stina Lykke Petersen	(1986-02-09)9 February 1986 (aged 30)	48	0	OB
2	2DF	Line Røddik Hansen	(1988-01-31)31 January 1988 (aged 28)	106	13	Rosengård
3	2DF	Janni Arnth Jensen	(1986-10-15)15 October 1986 (aged 29)	56	1	Linköping
4	2DF	Maja Kildemoes	(1996-08-15)15 August 1996 (aged 19)	5	1	OB
5	3MF	Simone Boye Sørensen	(1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 23)	21	3	Brøndby
6	3MF	Line Jensen	(1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 24)	41	1	Fortuna Hjørring
7	4FW	Sanne Troelsgaard	(1988-08-15)15 August 1988 (aged 27)	89	27	KoldingQ
8	2DF	Theresa Nielsen	(1986-07-20)20 July 1986 (aged 29)	90	3	Brøndby
9	4FW	Nadia Nadim	(1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 28)	58	12	Fortuna Hjørring
10	3MF	Pernille Harder (captain)	(1992-11-15)15 November 1992 (aged 23)	70	31	Linköping
11	3MF	Katrine Veje	(1991-06-19)19 June 1991 (aged 24)	75	6	Brøndby
12	4FW	Lise Munk	(1989-05-26)26 May 1989 (aged 26)	29	5	1. FC Köln
13	3MF	Johanna Rasmussen	(1983-07-02)2 July 1983 (aged 32)	137	36	Kristianstads
14	4FW	Frederikke Thøgersen	(1995-07-24)24 July 1995 (aged 20)	12	0	Fortuna Hjørring
15	3MF	Mie Leth Jans	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 22)	7	0	Brøndby
16	1GK	Cecilie Breil Kramer	(1987-03-25)25 March 1987 (aged 28)	9	0	Fortuna Hjørring
17	4FW	Sarah Dyrehauge Hansen	(1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 19)	1	0	Fortuna Hjørring
18	2DF	Cecilie Sandvej	(1990-06-13)13 June 1990 (aged 25)	15	0	SC Sand
19	4FW	Louise Lundsgaard Kristiansen	(1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 28)	9	0	Brøndby
20	3MF	Julie Trustrup Jensen	(1994-04-06)6 April 1994 (aged 21)	10	0	Brøndby
21	3MF	Nanna Christiansen	(1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 26)	58	6	Brøndby
22	2DF	Rikke Læntver Sevecke	(1996-06-15)15 June 1996 (aged 19)	0	0	Brøndby

Iceland announced their squad on 23 February 2016.^[4]

Head coach: Freyr Alexandersson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir	(1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 30)	38	0	Djurgården
2	2DF	Arna Ásgrímsdóttir	(1992-08-12)12 August 1992 (aged 23)	8	1	Valur
3	2DF	Hrafnhildur Hauksdóttir	(1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 19)	1	0	Selfoss
4	2DF	Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir	(1995-06-27)27 June 1995 (aged 20)	34	2	Eskilstuna United
5	3MF	Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir	(1988-09-28)28 September 1988 (aged 27)	22	1	Stabæk
6	4FW	Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 31)	100	36	Avaldsnes
7	3MF	Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir	(1990-09-29)29 September 1990 (aged 25)	87	17	Rosengård
8	3MF	Katrín Ómarsdóttir	(1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 28)	64	10	Doncaster Rovers Belles
9	4FW	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir (captain)	(1986-07-25)25 July 1986 (aged 29)	102	75	Valur
10	3MF	Dagný Brynjarsdóttir	(1991-08-10)10 August 1991 (aged 24)	57	14	Portland Thorns
11	2DF	Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 29)	66	1	Breiðablik
12	1GK	Sandra Sigurðardóttir	(1986-10-02)2 October 1986 (aged 29)	11	0	Valur
13	1GK	Sonný Lára Þráinsdóttir	(1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 29)	1	0	Breiðablik
14	2DF	Málfríður Erna Sigurðardóttir	(1984-05-30)30 May 1984 (aged 31)	23	0	Breiðablik
15	3MF	Sandra Jessen	(1995-01-18)18 January 1995 (aged 21)	11	5	Bayer Leverkusen
16	4FW	Harpa Þorsteinsdóttir	(1986-06-27)27 June 1986 (aged 29)	54	11	Stjarnan
17	2DF	Elísa Viðarsdóttir	(1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 24)	22	0	Valur
18	2DF	Guðrún Arnardóttir	(1995-07-29)29 July 1995 (aged 20)	2	0	Breiðablik
19	2DF	Anna Björk Kristjánsdóttir	(1989-10-14)14 October 1989 (aged 26)	16	0	Örebro
20	4FW	Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir	(1992-01-18)18 January 1992 (aged 24)	10	0	Fylkir
21	3MF	Andrea Rán Hauksdóttir	(1996-01-28)28 January 1996 (aged 20)	1	1	Breiðablik
22	3MF	Elín Metta Jensen	(1995-03-01)1 March 1995 (aged 21)	13	2	Valur
23	3MF	Fanndís Friðriksdóttir	(1990-05-09)9 May 1990 (aged 25)	64	5	Breiðablik

Brazil announced their squad on 22 February 2016.^[5]

Head coach: Vadão

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Bárbara	(1988-07-04)4 July 1988 (aged 27)	34	0	Foz Cataratas
2	2DF	Fabiana	(1989-08-04)4 August 1989 (aged 26)	69	7	Dalian Quanjian
3	2DF	Mônica	(1987-04-21)21 April 1987 (aged 28)	21	4	Orlando Pride
4	2DF	Rafaelle	(1991-06-18)18 June 1991 (aged 24)	22	2	Changchun Zhuoyue
6	2DF	Tamires	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 28)	49	3	Fortuna Hjørring
5	3MF	Thaisa	(1988-12-17)17 December 1988 (aged 27)	42	3	São José
7	4FW	Debinha	(1991-10-20)20 October 1991 (aged 24)	37	15	Dalian Quanjian
8	3MF	Formiga	(1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 37)	144	24	São Francisco
9	4FW	Andressa Alves	(1992-11-10)10 November 1992 (aged 23)	52	14	Montpellier
10	3MF	Marta (captain)	(1986-02-19)19 February 1986 (aged 30)	102	100	Rosengård
11	4FW	Cristiane	(1985-05-15)15 May 1985 (aged 30)	117	81	Paris Saint-Germain
12	1GK	Luciana	(1987-07-24)24 July 1987 (aged 28)	22	0	Rio Preto
13	2DF	Poliana	(1991-02-06)6 February 1991 (aged 25)	39	5	Houston Dash
14	2DF	Érika	(1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 28)	53	10	Paris Saint-Germain
15	2DF	Bruna	(1985-10-16)16 October 1985 (aged 30)	43	4	Foz Cataratas
16	2DF	Rilany	(1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 29)	17	1	Iranduba
17	3MF	Andressinha	(1995-05-01)1 May 1995 (aged 20)	31	1	Houston Dash
18	3MF	Maurine	(1986-01-14)14 January 1986 (aged 30)	62	8	Flamengo
19	4FW	Gabi Zanotti	(1985-02-28)28 February 1985 (aged 31)	33	2	Dalian Quanjian
20	4FW	Bia	(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 22)	27	4	Hyundai Red Angels
21	4FW	Thaís Guedes	(1993-01-20)20 January 1993 (aged 23)	36	3	Hyundai Red Angels
22	4FW	Raquel	(1991-03-21)21 March 1991 (aged 24)	30	6	Changchun Zhuoyue
23	1GK	Letícia	(1994-08-13)13 August 1994 (aged 21)	1	0	Corinthians

New Zealand announced their squad on 12 February 2016.^[6]

Head coach: Tony Readings

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Erin Nayler	(1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 23)	34	0	Norwest United
2	2DF	Ria Percival	(1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 26)	119	11	USV Jena
3	2DF	Anna Green	(1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 25)	56	7	Mallbackens
4	3MF	Katie Duncan	(1988-02-01)1 February 1988 (aged 28)	108	1	Zürich
5	2DF	Abby Erceg (captain)	(1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 26)	119	6	Western New York Flash
6	2DF	Rebekah Stott	(1993-06-17)17 June 1993 (aged 22)	45	5	Melbourne City
7	2DF	Ali Riley	(1987-10-30)30 October 1987 (aged 28)	98	1	Rosengård
8	4FW	Jasmine Pereira	(1996-07-20)20 July 1996 (aged 19)	12	0	Three Kings United
9	4FW	Amber Hearn	(1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 31)	105	48	USV Jena
10	4FW	Sarah Gregorius	(1987-08-06)6 August 1987 (aged 28)	72	24	Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki
11	3MF	Kirsty Yallop	(1986-11-04)4 November 1986 (aged 29)	93	12	Mallbackens
12	3MF	Betsy Hassett	(1990-08-04)4 August 1990 (aged 25)	84	8	Werder Bremen
13	4FW	Rosie White	(1993-06-06)6 June 1993 (aged 22)	74	14	Liverpool
14	3MF	Katie Bowen	(1994-04-15)15 April 1994 (aged 21)	30	0	Kansas City
15	2DF	Meikayla Moore	(1996-06-04)4 June 1996 (aged 19)	10	0	Norwest United
16	3MF	Annalie Longo	(1991-07-01)1 July 1991 (aged 24)	84	8	Cashmere Technical
18	2DF	Catherine Bott	(1989-04-22)22 April 1989 (aged 26)	2	0	Forrest Hill Milford
20	3MF	Daisy Cleverley	(1997-04-30)30 April 1997 (aged 18)	3	2	Forrest Hill Milford
21	1GK	Rebecca Rolls	(1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 40)	21	0	Three Kings United
23	1GK	Cushla Lichtwark	(1980-11-29)29 November 1980 (aged 35)	0	0	Upper Hutt City
24	3MF	Kate Loye	(1993-05-15)15 May 1993 (aged 22)	1	0	Claudelands Rovers
25	4FW	Aimee Phillips	(1991-05-06)6 May 1991 (aged 24)	2	1	Forrest Hill Milford
26	3MF	Grace Jale	(1999-04-10)10 April 1999 (aged 16)	0	0	Eastern Suburbs

Portugal announced their squad on 22 February 2016.^[7]

Head coach: Francisco Neto

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Neide Simões	(1988-07-19)19 July 1988 (aged 27)	58	0	Valadares Gaia
2	2DF	Mónica Mendes	(1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 22)	30	1	Neunkirch
3	2DF	Inês Silva	(1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 18)	6	0	Fundação Laura Santos
4	2DF	Sílvia Rebelo	(1989-05-20)20 May 1989 (aged 26)	55	1	Fundação Laura Santos
5	2DF	Matilde Fidalgo	(1994-05-15)15 May 1994 (aged 21)	16	0	CF Benfica
6	2DF	Rita Fontemanha	(1993-11-13)13 November 1993 (aged 22)	2	0	Atlético Madrid
7	3MF	Cláudia Neto (captain)	(1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 27)	86	9	Linköping
8	4FW	Edite Fernandes	(1979-10-10)10 October 1979 (aged 36)	127	36	Valadares Gaia
9	4FW	Ana Borges	(1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 25)	75	9	Chelsea
10	3MF	Catarina Almeida	(1988-09-16)16 September 1988 (aged 27)	2	0	Clube de Albergaria
11	3MF	Tatiana Pinto	(1994-03-28)28 March 1994 (aged 21)	8	0	Bristol City
12	1GK	Patrícia Morais	(1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 23)	28	0	ASPTT Albi
13	3MF	Fátima Pinto	(1996-01-16)16 January 1996 (aged 20)	11	0	Santa Teresa
14	3MF	Dolores Silva	(1991-08-07)7 August 1991 (aged 24)	61	7	USV Jena
15	2DF	Carole Costa	(1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 25)	65	6	BV Cloppenburg
16	4FW	Diana Silva	(1995-06-04)4 June 1995 (aged 20)	7	0	Clube de Albergaria
17	3MF	Vanessa Marques	(1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 19)	26	2	Valadares Gaia
18	4FW	Carolina Mendes	(1987-11-27)27 November 1987 (aged 28)	48	9	Rossiyanka
19	3MF	Amanda da Costa	(1989-10-07)7 October 1989 (aged 26)	3	0	Chicago Red Stars
20	4FW	Suzane Pires	(1992-08-17)17 August 1992 (aged 23)	4	0	Santos
21	4FW	Solange Carvalhas	(1992-04-22)22 April 1992 (aged 23)	2	0	Anderlecht
22	2DF	Raquel Infante	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 25)	5	0	Åland United
23	2DF	Filipa Rodrigues	(1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (aged 22)	13	3	Atlético Ouriense

Russia announced their squad on 21 February 2016.^[8]

Head coach: Elena Fomina

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Elvira Todua	(1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 30)	85	0	Rossiyanka
2	2DF	Yulia Gordeeva	(1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 28)	8	0	Chertanovo Moscow
3	2DF	Anna Kozhnikova	(1987-07-10)10 July 1987 (aged 28)	54	4	Rossiyanka
4	2DF	Lyubov Kipyatkova	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 25)	2	0	Zvezda-2005 Perm
5	2DF	Elvira Ziyastinova	(1991-02-13)13 February 1991 (aged 25)	1	0	Rossiyanka
6	4FW	Olesya Kurochkina	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 32)	51	19	Zvezda-2005 Perm
7	2DF	Ekaterina Dmitrienko	(1990-01-16)16 January 1990 (aged 26)	19	0	Rossiyanka
8	2DF	Daria Makarenko	(1992-03-07)7 March 1992 (aged 23)	30	1	Zvezda-2005 Perm
9	4FW	Anna Cholovyaga	(1992-05-08)8 May 1992 (aged 23)	27	3	Rossiyanka
10	3MF	Elena Terekhova	(1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 28)	66	7	Rossiyanka
11	3MF	Ekaterina Sochneva	(1985-08-12)12 August 1985 (aged 30)	71	19	Rossiyanka
12	1GK	Elena Kochneva	(1989-08-27)27 August 1989 (aged 26)	17	0	Zvezda-2005 Perm
13	3MF	Elena Kostareva	(1992-07-09)9 July 1992 (aged 23)	6	0	Kubanochka Krasnodar
14	3MF	Olesya Mashina	(1987-10-08)8 October 1987 (aged 28)	22	4	Rossiyanka
15	4FW	Nadezhda Smirnova	(1996-02-22)22 February 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Rossiyanka
16	3MF	Anastasia Pozdeeva	(1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 22)	8	0	Zvezda-2005 Perm
17	4FW	Ekaterina Pantyukhina	(1993-04-09)9 April 1993 (aged 22)	18	7	Zvezda-2005 Perm
18	2DF	Elena Medved	(1985-01-23)23 January 1985 (aged 31)	44	2	Ryazan-VDV
19	2DF	Ksenia Tsybutovich (captain)	(1987-06-26)26 June 1987 (aged 28)	75	6	Ryazan-VDV
20	4FW	Margarita Chernomyrdina	(1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 19)	4	0	Chertanovo Moscow
21	1GK	Yulia Grichenko	(1990-03-10)10 March 1990 (aged 25)	5	0	Rossiyanka
22	4FW	Elena Danilova	(1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 28)	24	9	Ryazan-VDV
23	3MF	Elena Morozova	(1987-03-15)15 March 1987 (aged 28)	74	15	Rossiyanka

Clubs with 5 or more players represented are listed.

Players	Club
12	Rossiyanka
8	Brøndby
6	Anderlecht, Lierse, Fortuna Hjørring, Breiðablik, Zvezda-2005 Perm
5	Standard Liège, Valur

Players	Clubs
23	Russia
22	United States
19	Belgium
17	Denmark
14	Iceland, Sweden
11	New Zealand
10	Germany
9	Brazil, Portugal
5	China, France
4	England
3	Canada, Norway
2	South Korea, Spain, Switzerland
1	Australia, Finland, Japan, Netherlands

National squad	Players
Russia	23
Belgium	18
Denmark	16
Iceland	14
New Zealand	11
Portugal	9
Brazil	8
Canada	3