Colombian soccer team

The Colombian soccer team is the team that represents that country in official men's soccer competitions since 1924. Its organization is in charge of the Colombian Soccer Federation (FCF) and since 1936 is affiliated with both FIFA and Conmebol, of which it is an associate member. He played his first match on February 17, 1926 against Costa Rica, which he beat 4-1.

The Colombian national team has participated in six Soccer World Cups (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014 and 2018). In Brazil 2014, he had his best participation, reaching the quarterfinals, finishing in fifth place in the tournament. His greatest international achievement is the 2001 Copa América. He also obtained a runner-up in 1975 and reached the semifinals on several occasions. The 2001 title allowed them to participate in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup where they would reach the semifinals and later place fourth. The 'Tricolor', as it is known, would also achieve outstanding international participation, obtaining from the Games Central American and Caribbean Games the gold medal in 1946, the bronze medal in 1938 and the Bolivarian Games the gold medal in 1951 and the silver medal in 1961, 1973 and 1981.

Among the most outstanding players are the midfielder Carlos Valderrama (considered one of the best players in the history of Colombia, occupying 39th place in the ranking of the best South American player of the century XX published by the IFFHS in 2004), midfielder Marcos Coll (author of the only Olympic goal scored in a Soccer World Cup), goalkeeper René Higuita (chosen by the IFFHS as the eighth best South American goalkeeper of the XX century in 2004 and remembered for the play by the Scorpion), forwards Faustino Asprilla (ranked sixth in the 1993 FIFA World Player of the Year election), Radamel Falcao García (voted fifth best player in the world in 2012, according to the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or vote) and James Rodríguez (winner of the Golden Boot in the 2014 Brazil World Cup and the 2014 Puskás Award).

He was among the top 10 teams on the FIFA rankings on several occasions. Its best position has been achieved during the months of July and August 2013, ranking third in the ranking. It is currently ranked number 17.

History

Years 1920-1930: First appearances

In 1926, at the Moderno Julio Torres Stadium in Barranquilla, the first international match of Colombia was held. The match between a Costa Rican team and a Colombian team ends with the locals winning four goals to one.

Following the establishment of a single national soccer association (which had ended the teen and 20-something divisions) in 1924, executives first focused on a competition that brought together various departmental teams. Years later, in July 1937, to participate in an international soccer tournament organized to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Cali, the federation formed a team that combined players from various local representations. Despite the fact that the press was going to define it as the first team, the tournament in Cali was not considered an official competition.

Another of the first matches of the Colombian soccer team was on February 10, 1938, during the IV edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games. Led by Lieutenant Alfonso Novoa, Colombia took the field at 9:45 a.m. m. in Panama City against the Mexican soccer team, in a match refereed by the Uruguayan José Mirabal, who directed all the matches of the tournament. The Colombian team was made up of Escorcia, Lugo, Lara, Joliani, Herrera, Yepes, Marcos Mejía, Torres, Pastor Meléndez, Rafael Mejía. Luis Argüelles, Luis de la Fuente and Horacio Casarín scored for Mexico, while Marcos Mejía scored for Colombia. The Colombians obtained the bronze medal after two victories and three defeats, product of the triumphs against the local Panama (4-2) and El Salvador (3-2). At the end of the tournament, Colombia closed in third place, behind Mexico and Costa Rica, a team against which an unusual event occurred: after the awarding of a penalty in favor of Costa Rica, Colombians protested vigorously, for which the police had to to intervene, taking out two Colombian players. The compañeros continued the protests, and all left the field; with Colombia out of the field, the Costa Ricans took the penalty, scoring. The match then ended twenty minutes before the hour. As a result of these events, an official protest was made to the organizing committee of the games.

Colombia would return in August 1938, in the first edition of the Bolivarian Games, which was held in Bogotá and in which its roster was made up of players from Deportivo Municipal de Bogotá, a team that would later become Millionaires. It began with a defeat (4-2) against Peru, which was followed by another against Ecuador, a rookie in an official competition. The victory against Venezuela was the only one in the tournament, where Colombia finished in fourth place among 5 teams.

The last game of this tournament was played on August 16, 1938 against Bolivia and ended (2-1) in favor of the Bolivians, followed by a pause of approximately six and a half years in which the Colombian National Team did not played no international match

1940s: Early tournaments and international achievements

Colombia Selection at the 1945 South American Championship.

Although the Colombian Football Federation affiliated with the CSF (South American Football Confederation) in 1936, Colombia did not debut in a contest organized by it until 1945, the year of its first participation in a South American Football Championship. In said contest, for the first time the National Team faced the great teams of South American football, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, although it lost against all of them, including the Chilean team. However, they managed to beat the Ecuadorian team, draw against Bolivia, which was enough to finish in fifth place and obtain the Mariscal Sucre Cup for the best Bolivarian team in the tournament. Participation in the South American was important for the team, because it faced countries where soccer was already professional and had much more roots than in Colombia; furthermore, there was no national championship back then.

In 1946, the team obtained its first official title at the V Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla; In this contest, Colombia ended undefeated, beating Curacao (4-2), Venezuela (2-0), Guatemala (4-2), Puerto Rico (4-1), Costa Rica (4-1) and Panama (2- 1) in the final match. The first official title for Colombian soccer was obtained under the leadership of coach José Arana Cruz, who had the following list of players: Julio "Chonto" Gaviria, Dagoberto Ojeda, Gabriel "Vigorón" Mejía, Mario Marriaga, Víctor M. Brand, José Santamaría, Luis Eladio Vásquez, Luis Gastelbondo, Juan A. Quintero, Edgar Mallarino, Casimiro Guerra, Rubén Arango, Faustino Castillo, Octavio Carrillo, Gabino Granadas, Carlos Arango Medina, Jaime Cardona, Luis C. González, Fulgencio Berdugo, Dimas Gómez, Octavio Ruiz and Rigoberto 'Memuerde' García.

On April 6, 1949, the National Team played its first game in the professional era for the South American Championship, losing 0-3 against Paraguay. The team was then directed by the Austrian Friedrich Donnenfeld, who had arrived with his family in Colombia because of World War II, and Junior was his first team as coach, so the Barranquilla team was chosen to represent Colombia in the tournament, Donnenfeld being in turn the first European coach to guide a national team.

1950s: Downtime and return to competition

In 1949 there was a schism within Colombian soccer that saw the Major Division of Colombian Soccer (Dimayor) separate from the Colombian Soccer Federation itself, therefore, FIFA decided to suspend Colombia from international activities. This led to the time of El Dorado, a time of great signings in Colombian soccer, by not having to submit to FIFA regulations, it could considerably increase salaries, where it attracts many important players. This situation of internal freedom lasted until 1951, the year in which the "Lima Pact" between FIFA and Dimayor provided for the return of foreign players to their respective countries in October 1954. The Colombian senior team experienced a period of nearly eight years of inactivity that began on May 7, 1949 and ended on May 13. March 1957 with the return of the team in the 1957 South American Championship, although it should be noted that if it made its debut in 1954, the Colombian youth team in the first 1954 South American U-20 Championship, played in Venezuela, then called the Youth of America Tournament, performing well.

In 1951, a national representation made up of the players and coaching staff of the Valle del Cauca National Team would obtain its second official title for Colombia and the first in the framework of the III Bolivarian Games in Caracas. Peru (1-0), then fell to Panama (1-2) and then won two victories against Ecuador and Venezuela, both 2-1, thus obtaining the gold medal.

In 1957, after a long period of absence, the Colombian senior national team headed by new coach Pedro Ricardo López resumed their participation in the 1957 South American Championship, where they traveled to Lima to play in the tournament. The opening saw a loss (8-2) against Argentina on March 17. But Colombia achieved victory for the first time, beating Uruguay, thanks to Carlos Arango's goal, which set the result (1-0). On March 24, Colombia was beaten by Brazil (9-0), where they suffered the heaviest defeat in their history. The competition ended with a 4-1 victory over Ecuador, thanks to which Colombia avoided the last two places in the standings, finishing fifth out of 7 teams. In June 1957, Colombia faced its first Qualifying tournament for the Soccer World Cup, the preliminary rounds of Sweden 1958: it debuted with a draw (1-1) with Uruguay in Bogotá. That tie turned out to be the only game in which Colombia won the points: in fact, three consecutive defeats followed, remaining in last place, behind Paraguay and Uruguay. On June 23, Colombia played the first friendly in its history, against Paraguay, losing (2-1). Before, the National Team only played in official competitions.

1960s: Schism in Colombian soccer and the first World Cup

Poster with the participating teams of the 1962 World Cup in Chile.

In 1960 there was the strongest crisis in the history of Colombian soccer. It all started with the disagreement in the administrative and financial management of the clubs and leagues with Adefutbol (Colombian Football Association). So serious was the discord that at the same time the Major Division of Colombian Soccer had a high influence, since both entities had disputed the power of soccer in Colombia since the time of El Dorado.

In 1962, prior to Colombia's first participation in a Soccer World Cup, Adefútbol appointed Adolfo Pedernera as Colombia coach, while Dimayor appointed Rodolfo Kralj, then Santa Fe's coach. Finally, after intense meetings between leaders of both entities, an agreement was reached at the Conmebol congress called the "Río Pact" which led Colombia to participate in the World Cup in Chile. After the participation in the World Cup, Colombia was suspended again for about nine months.

In 1963, Colombia returned to participate in the South American Championship, in which it had last participated in the 1957 edition. With the presentation of a restructured formation (only the offensive line was substantially the same) Colombia lost the first match against Argentina (2-4). The competition ended with five losses and a draw obtained against Peru on March 24 (1-1), finishing in last place in the standings. In September 1963, the team played two friendly matches against Costa Rica, losing the first and winning the second.

In July 1965, the National Team played again for the 1966 Soccer World Cup Qualification. Included in the group with Chile and Ecuador, Colombia debuted with a 1-0 defeat at home against Ecuador, the match The subsequent saw a win against Chile in Barranquilla and two losses followed. After obtaining two points, the Colombians finished in last place in the group. The year 1965 ended with a victory (2-0) over Chile.

1966 began with another game against the Chilean team in the qualifier for the 1967 South American Championship (which was the only edition of the Copa América that developed a preliminary knockout round). The Chilean team beat Colombia (5-2) in the first leg in Santiago, qualifying for the Copa América after the 0-0 draw in Bogotá.

In 1969, the Federation decided to increase the number of matches for the Colombian National Team after the friendly with Mexico on October 16, 1968. In 1969, Colombia began a long series that took it to the field seven times before participating in the Mexico 1970 qualifiers. The objective of this series of friendlies was to prepare the team, improve their conditions and select the players for the qualifiers. On February 20, 1969, he faced a friendly against the USSR team, against which he lost 1-3 in Bogotá. The balance of these friendly matches was 2 draws and 6 losses. Conmebol's Qualification for the 1970 Soccer World Cup, opened on July 27 with a 3-0 victory over Venezuela, then after a 1-1 draw against the same team on August 2, they conceded four defeats in the four games remainder of the group against the selections of Brazil and Paraguay, which meant the elimination of the Soccer World Cup of 1970.

1970s: Copa América Final

On May 20, 1970, Colombia faced the England team, thus beginning the new decade at the Nemesio Camacho stadium in Bogotá with a 0-4 defeat

In 1972, the Colombian team played five games, two of them valid for the Copa Independencia in Brazil, while the rest were friendlies with Peru and Venezuela.

On May 27, 1973, with the success over Haiti 2-1, with goals from Jaime Morón and José Ernesto Díaz, Colombia won a game again after almost four years; the last one had been a 3-0 victory against Venezuela on July 27, 1969). Then began the Qualification for the 1974 Soccer World Cup, in which they shared a group with Ecuador and Uruguay. Colombia scored in the first three games and won the final against Uruguay in Montevideo, reaching 5 points, the same as the Uruguayans, but Colombia was eliminated due to unfavorable goal difference (+1 compared to +4 for Uruguay).

1975 was entirely dedicated to the Copa América (which took that name for the first time). The debut was Colombia against Paraguay, the game was won 1-0 with a goal from José Ernesto Díaz. Three more victories followed that put Colombia in first place in Group C, with the maximum points, with a single goal conceded. With the 3-0 victory over Uruguay in the semifinals, in Bogotá, Colombia had a large advantage for the second leg, which ended in favor of the Uruguayans 1-0, qualifying Colombia for the first time to the Copa América final.. The final was played against Peru; the first game was won 1-0 in Bogotá, and the second was lost 2-0 in Lima. To define the winner, the final match was played in Caracas, the Peruvians winning 1-0 with a goal from Hugo Sotil.

In 1976, the national team played a match against Uruguay in Bogotá, losing 1-2. Later he approached the qualifying tournament for the 1978 world championship; in the debut they drew 0-0 at home against Brazil. The results that followed, a draw and a loss, prevented advancement to the final round of the qualifiers that took place in Cali between July 10 and 17. Activity suspended in 1978, Colombia played again in July 1979, initially two games against an experimental Spanish national, and then another two against Peru, thus closing their figurations in the 1970s.

1980s: Transition and new style

Carlos Valderrama greets Diego Maradona before the match for the third place in the Copa América 1987.

In 1983, the technical direction of the National Team was handed over to Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, multiple champion with Millonarios, Santa Fe and América, who, parallel to his work on the field, established a commission of notable personalities and soccer connoisseurs so that They will present proposals that will strengthen the Colombian National Team and help Colombian soccer progress.

The National Team stopped using the salmon-colored shirt in the 1985 qualifying rounds, the year in which the colors of the flag began to be used: yellow on the shirt, blue on the shorts and red on the socks.

On November 1, 1985, Colombia's elimination from the World Cup they should have hosted at the hands of Paraguay was sealed. Ochoa's team had to win 3-0, but they only reached 2-1.

In 1986, León Londoño Tamayo, president of the FCF, decided, on the advice of several Antioquia executives, to offer the position that Ochoa had left vacant to Francisco Maturana. Maturana began by summoning the Atlético Nacional roster as the team's base.

1990s: International Growth

The team was made up of a group of players who, led by Francisco Maturana and Hernán Gómez, led the Colombian team to appear at the international level, managing to qualify for three consecutive soccer world cups, and achieving important figurations at the South American level, such as the 2001 Copa América title. It had its antecedent in the National Team that had a brilliant participation in the 1985 Juventud de América tournament in Paraguay, which allowed it to qualify and participate in the U-20 World Cup in the Soviet Union that same year. Several of the players of the National Team directed by Luis Alfonso Marroquín, such as René Higuita, John Jairo Tréllez and Wilmer Cabrera and Bernardo Redin would be key pieces of the National Team that stood out from the 1987 Copa América held in Argentina, in which they held the Third place.

In the 1987 Copa América, the Colombian National Team played in the first round against Bolivia and against the favorite Paraguay, winning 2-0 and 3-0, respectively. Carlos 'El Pibe' Valderrama, René Higuita and Arnoldo Iguarán were the leaders of the team.

The National Team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by Chile 1-2, and would obtain third place in the competition after defeating world champion Argentina 2-1.

Colombians celebrated after Victoria 5-0 on Argentina in 1993.

Among the outstanding events of that generation are the scorpion of goalkeeper René Higuita during a friendly match against the England National Team at Wembley Stadium, which would later be chosen as the greatest play made in the entire history of football. Another historic achievement was the Argentina-Colombia qualifying match for the 1994 Soccer World Cup, in which the Colombian team thrashed its Argentine counterpart 5-0 in Buenos Aires on September 5, 1993, thus far becoming the The only team to score five goals against Argentina as a visitor, ensuring qualification for the 1994 World Cup in the United States. The 1994 team, perhaps the most outstanding of this generation, was given as a favorite to win the World Cup in the United States for several soccer specialists such as Pelé, who stated that "Colombia is my favorite team to be world champion". The Selection would not overcome the first round of that Cup.

After the elimination, defender Andrés Escobar, a player who was part of that team and who had scored an own goal in the game against the United States National Team, was assassinated in a discotheque in Medellín, under circumstances that have not yet been clarified.

Under the technical direction of Hernán Gómez, the National Team would qualify for the 1998 World Cup in France, in which it was eliminated in the group stage.

The maximum achievement of the Colombian National Team in all its history would be obtained under the direction of Francisco Maturana with the 2001 Copa América championship held in Colombia. Thus, a successful cycle was closed that would be succeeded by the failure to qualify for the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups.

The most outstanding exponents of this generation of players appeared not only in Colombian soccer, but also worldwide, such as Carlos Valderrama, Freddy Rincón, Faustino Asprilla, Adolfo Valencia, René Higuita, among others. It is considered by many soccer specialists as one of the greatest teams in all of history.

2000s: First Copa América title

In 2000, Colombia reached the Gold Cup final after beating Jamaica and Honduras in the group stage, the United States in the quarterfinals, and Peru in the semifinals. Canada came as the surprise of the tournament, after beating Costa Rica and South Korea in the group stage, Mexico in the quarterfinals, and Trinidad and Tobago in the semifinals. Canada went ahead in the 45th minute with a goal by Jeison Devos, and would later extend the lead with a goal by Carlo Corazzin from a penalty in the 67th minute. Canada would be the Gold Cup champions for the first and only time to date, and Colombia would be the Gold Cup runner-up.

In 2001, Colombia hosted the 2001 Copa América, was drawn in group A along with Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela, finished undefeated with an ideal score, beating Venezuela 2-0 with goals from Víctor Hugo Aristizábal and Freddy Grisales, Ecuador 1-0 with a goal from Aristizábal and Chile 2-0 with goals from Aristizábal and Arriaga going to the quarterfinals, in the quarterfinals they faced Peru, Aristizábal broke the score in minute 50 putting the 1:0, in In the 65th minute, Hernández scored the second goal of the game and 3 minutes later, Víctor Hugo Aristizábal scored his second goal, leaving the final 3:0 in favor of Colombia. For the semifinals the national team traveled to Manizales, on July 26 they faced Honduras. Colombia started winning with a goal from Bedoya at minute 6, to score in the second half Aristizábal the second goal, which gave the final result. The final was played in Bogotá against Mexico. In the first 45 minutes neither team scored a goal; during the second half after a free kick, Iván Ramiro Córdoba headed in the only goal of the game. Colombia broke all records by winning the Cup undefeated and without conceding a goal. Víctor Hugo Aristizábal finished as the tournament's top scorer with 6 goals.

In the South American Qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, Colombia would finish the qualifiers in sixth place with 27 points, 20 goals for and 15 against, the team would end with the same points as Uruguay who would qualify for the World Cup Repechage, but Uruguay had a difference of 6 and Colombia had 5, so they would not qualify for the 2002 World Cup.

Colombia Selection in a friendly match against England in 2005.

In 2003, as champions of the Copa América, the Colombian National Team had to participate in the FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in 2003. The tournament began on June 18 and concluded on June 29, so the Colombian team traveled to France to occupy a place in group A made up of France, New Zealand and Japan and the national squad. He would end up taking fourth place among the best selected from each participating confederation in the contest, but leaving a good image of football for the country.

In 2004, the Copa América was held in Peru during the month of July. Colombia arrived as the current continental champion after winning the championship in 2001. The national team, then led by coach Reinaldo Rueda, was drawn in Group A along with host Peru, Bolivia and Venezuela. They would end up occupying their second fourth place in the history of the Copa América.

In the qualifiers for the 2006 Germany Soccer World Cup, the Colombian team placed 6th with 25 points and failed to qualify for the World Cup that was held in Germany, Colombia was 1 point behind Uruguay, which qualified to the 2006 World Cup Repechage. Throughout the qualifiers, Colombia played with 28 soccer players and 2 coaches: Francisco Maturana and Reinaldo Rueda.

In 2007, the Copa América was held in the months of June and July in Venezuela. On February 14, 2007, the draw for the teams for the group stage was held. Colombia was placed in Group C together with the teams of Argentina, Paraguay and the United States. Colombia would end up eliminated in a disappointing performance with 2 losses and 1 victory, and a total of 9 goals against and only 3 in favor, this caused doubts and strong criticism for the continuation of coach Jorge Luis Pinto.

In the qualifiers for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the Colombian team obtained 7th place with 23 points and failed to qualify for the World Cup that was held in South Africa, Colombia would be 1 point behind Uruguay, which qualified to the Repechage of the 2010 World Cup. The technicians Jorge Luis Pinto and Eduardo Lara were in charge of the qualifiers.

2010s: Pékerman era and return to the World Cups

Game for the 2014 Soccer World Cup eliminations against Uruguay.

In 2011, the executive committee of the FCF decided to start a new process with a view to qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil; but before that, he would have to participate in the 2011 Copa América Argentina. For this, they appointed coach Hernán Darío Gómez as the new helmsman, in this tournament, Colombia reached the quarterfinals, where he fell to the Peruvian team. Weeks prior to the first match for the qualifiers for the next World Cup, to be held against Bolivia in La Paz; The technical director at that time, committed a non-sporting act, which forced the Federation to dismiss him from his position as absolute coach. However, taking into account that the qualifying date was close, the executive committee of the Colombian Football Federation decided to leave the position as DT to the assistant of the disaffected Hernán Darío Gómez, the Antioquian and former midfielder Leonel Álvarez, who assumes the reins of the national team, with a squad that included good players who were part of youth teams such as the successful Sub-20 team in 2005 and 2003. Among them were David Ospina, Carlos Valdés, Cristian Zapata, Pablo Armero, Camilo Zúñiga, Abel Aguilar, Carlos Sánchez, Macnelly Torres, Elkin Soto, Radamel Falcao García, Jackson Martínez, Dayro Moreno, among others. The results obtained during the first three dates, even when the revelation player for that moment James Rodríguez was summoned, were not those expected by the Federation, much less by the fans, so once again the executive committee decides to go back and seek foreign lands, with the sole objective of qualifying for Brazil 2014. At first, Gerardo Martino seemed to be the successor to the inexperienced Leonel Álvarez, but for economic reasons, he did not accept the offer or the task.

In 2012, José Néstor Pékerman became the technical director and with great changes that bore fruit, many of which were not liked by the press or the fans. New players appeared and others remained, players like Farid Mondragón, Aquivaldo Mosquera, Luis Amaranto Perea, Mario Yepes were given continuity; On the other hand, Aldo Leao Ramírez, Edwin Valencia, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Carlos Bacca and the youth players Juan Fernando Quintero and Luis Fernando Muriel were selected to be part of this process, achieving a combination of experience, youth and revelation. With José Néstor Pékerman, the National Team qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, finishing second in the South American qualifier, only behind Argentina.

In 2014, on the eve of the orbital tournament to be played in Brazil, injuries to key men for the National Team appeared, such as Radamel Falcao García, Edwin Valencia, Aldo Leao Ramírez, Luis Amaranto Perea and the dismissal of Luis Fernando Muriel. Once again, the Argentine strategist brought in new players such as Adrián Ramos, Víctor Ibarbo, Santiago Arias, Éder Álvarez Balanta, Alexander Mejía and Carlos Carbonero. Colombia was fifth in the World Cup. The best participation of the team in a FIFA World Cup so far.

In 2015, the National Team began the South American qualifying round for Russia 2018.

In 2016, Colombia played in the United States the special edition of the Copa América, which for the first time is held in a territory other than South America, facing the Conmebol teams in addition to the six best of Concacaf, finishing in the third position of the contest.

In 2017, Colombia qualified for its sixth World Cup and second in a row after Brazil 2014 in fourth position with 27 units. In the orbital appointment, they reached the round of 16, being eliminated by England from the penalty point, after a controversial arbitration by the American Mark Geiger invalidating a legitimate goal by Carlos Bacca in extra time. After his participation in the World Cup and after several meetings with the directors of the FCF, Pékerman announces the end of his cycle as head of the team.

2020s: Decline (2020-2022)

At the end of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the technical director José Pékerman decided to resign from the national team, culminating a 6-year cycle. The team began a new path towards the Copa América 2019 and the qualifiers for Qatar 2022 with Arturo Reyes as interim technical director in the friendlies of September and October 2018 where they faced Venezuela with a 2-1 victory, a draw with Argentina and in October they faced the United States where they won 2-1. This year's friendlies ended with a 3-1 victory over Costa Rica. Already in 2019, the federation met several times with Carlos Queiroz during the month of February, who officially took over as the new technical director on February 7, setting the Copa América 2019 in Brazil and the South American Qualifiers in Qatar as the main challenges. 2022. Queiroz debuted on March 22 in the friendly match against Japan in the city of Yokohama, being considered by some as a "rematch" of the match in the 2018 World Cup in Russia where they beat Colombia 1-2. On this occasion, the "tricolor" they beat the locals 0-1. On March 26, they visited South Korea in Seoul, losing 2-1.

On June 3, 2019, the team played a friendly with Panama prior to the 2019 Copa América at El Campín in Bogotá, winning 3-0. On June 9, they visited Peru in Lima in their last preparatory game where they won 0-3. On June 15, the team debuted in the 2019 Copa América facing Argentina where they won 0-2. On June 19, they faced Qatar where the game was very even, but in the end Colombia won 1-0. The team finished the group stage on June 23, facing Paraguay, which Colombia won 1-0. With this victory, Colombia ranked as the leader of group B with 9 points. In the quarterfinals Colombia faced Chile where they tied 0-0 in 90 minutes. They then fell 4-5 in a penalty shootout after a missed penalty by William Tesillo. Despite the elimination, Colombia finished the tournament undefeated and without conceding goals.

After the 2019 Copa América, the team faced friendly duels in September where they faced the current champion of the Americas in Miami: Brazil, where they tied 2-2. On September 10 in Tampa they faced Venezuela, a match that ended 0-0. On October 12, the team faced friendly duels in Europe, in Alicante they faced Chile where they tied 0-0. On October 15, they faced Algeria in Lille where the coach Carlos Queiroz experimented and changed the formation to an alternate team, the team was beaten 3-0. In November of the same year, the team defeated Peru 1-0 in Miami. On November 19, in Harrison, they faced Ecuador where they won 1-0, closing the year 2019 with a balance of 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

In 2020, the team began the Qualifiers for Qatar 2022. In October they beat Venezuela 3-0, days later Colombia drew 2-2 with Chile. In November they were thrashed 0-3 by Uruguay and days later they were again defeated 6-1 by Ecuador. This year ends with a bad moment for the team, leaving doubts about the continuity of Queiroz. On December 1, the federation announces the separation of Carlos Queiroz. In the qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the National Team Colombia placed 6th with 23 points and failed to qualify for the World Cup held in Qatar, Colombia was 1 point behind Peru, which qualified for the 2022 World Cup Repechage. Coaches Carlos Queiroz and Reinaldo Rueda were in charge of the playoffs.

In 2022, Néstor Lorenzo, José Pekerman's former assistant, was appointed as the new coach of the Colombia team, with a view to participating in the 2024 Copa América and the next qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Participation in World Cups

Chile 1962

Colombia Selection in the World Cup of Chile,1962

Colombia participated for the first time in the qualifiers for a Soccer World Cup in 1954, thirty years after the founding of the Colombian Soccer Federation. His first participation in a World Cup final phase took place in the 1962 Cup. On that occasion he did not exceed the first round. They lost 1-2 with Uruguay, 0-5 with Yugoslavia and drew 4-4 with the Soviet Union team, in a significant event for Colombian soccer in Arica on June 3, 1962; since in this match, Colombia managed to tie after losing 1-3 in the first stage and 1-4 at the beginning of the second; In addition, the only Olympic goal to date in the history of the World Cups was presented, scored by Marcos Coll. On the other hand, the Soviet Union team had goalkeeper Lev Yashin, considered the best in football history. In Colombia's first game against Uruguay, Francisco Zuluaga became the first Colombian player to score a goal in a World Cup.

During the following years, Colombia did not have outstanding participation in any important soccer tournament. It was in 1975 when the team led by Efraín "El Caimán" Sánchez reached the final of the Copa América, which they lost against Peru. In said tournament, the Colombians passed the first round with an ideal score over the teams from Paraguay and Ecuador; In the semifinals, they beat the difficult Uruguayan team by aggregate (3-1), to later lose the title in three games against the Peruvian soccer team (1-0), (0-2) and in the final match played in Caracas they lost 1-0.

Nevertheless, Colombia had to wait until the late 1980s to reach international prominence, when coach Francisco Maturana and a generation of players like Carlos Valderrama (elected the best South American player in 1987 and 1993), René Higuita, Freddy Rincón, Leonel Álvarez, Arnoldo Iguarán, Albeiro Usuriaga, Faustino Asprilla, Adolfo Valencia, among others. Thus, the first great achievement of this Selection was in the 1987 Copa América, a tournament in which they defeated the local Argentina 2-1 in dispute for third place. The Argentine team had high-level players in its ranks, some of whom had been champions in the 1986 Soccer World Cup.

Italy 1990

Colombia’s alignment before the match against Germany in the 1990 World Cup Football.

Colombia manages to qualify for the second time to a World Cup after finishing first in Group 2 with 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and having won the intercontinental play-off against a team from Israel that led the group in the final phase For the OFC Qualification for the 1990 Soccer World Cup, Colombia defeated the Israel National Team 1-0 in the first leg in Barranquilla, in the second leg they drew 0-0 in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, leaving a aggregate of 1-0 in favor of Colombia. Those led by Francisco Maturana traveled to Italy to compose group D together with Yugoslavia (which finished 5th in the competition), Germany (who prostrated itself as champion of the competition) and the United Arab Emirates.

For their debut they faced the United Arab Emirates, in a match played on June 9 at the Renato Dall'Ara stadium, the Colombians managed to take the 2-0 victory with goals from Bernardo Redín and Carlos Valderrama. On June 14 they faced Yugoslavia, but despite good football they were defeated by the slightest difference (1-0). Their final confrontation was crucial, as it would define whether they would qualify for the round of 16 or be eliminated in the first round. At that time Germany contained a luxury roster, in its squad they listed outstanding players such as Jürgen Klinsmann, Lothar Matthäus, Pierre Littbarski, Andreas Brehme, Rudi Völler among others, also commanded by the coach and according to many the best player in the history of the Germany team, Franz Beckenbauer. Despite this, the first 45 minutes ended 0-0.

In the second half, the same thing happened until minute 89 (with 1 minute left for regulation time), when Germany made it 1-0 with a score by Pierre Littbarski (who entered in the second half) after a pass from Rudi Völler on an individual play, a goal that put an end to Colombia's hopes and dreams of reaching the first round of a World Cup and advancing to the round of 16 in a World Cup for the first time.

But in spite of this, the Colombian team did not surrender, when the match was about to be finished just in the last minute of addition to the regulatory time, and in what was the last move of the game, it ended up becoming a final game of luxury and characteristic of the Colombian style, the short and precise touch, the particular move began thanks to the player Leone Alvarez who recovers the ball after a German attack.

In the round of 16 they faced Cameroon, in a match played on June 23. Despite the efforts of both teams, the first half ended 0-0 and the second half was the same, so the game went to extra time. If no goal was scored, the game would be defined by kicks from the penalty mark, but this was not the case since in the 106th minute the Cameroonian player Roger Milla scored the 1-0 after an individual move and he himself scored in the 109th minute the 2-0, taking advantage of a mistake in the start of goalkeeper René Higuita. Even so, Colombia continued to play to win, Cameroon opted to play defensively keeping their team in their same territory, but despite this, the Colombian team achieved discount with 4 minutes to go in extra time thanks to Bernardo's score Redín after a pass from Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama, in this way the final result of the match ended 2-1 in favor of the Cameroonians.

United States 1994

They qualified again four years later for the 1994 World Cup in the United States after beating Argentina 5-0 at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires during the last date of this knockout phase. It was still directed by Maturana who imposed a particular style of "touches" (succession of short passes), being part of the favorite teams before starting the final phase. The Colombian team was part of Group A, also made up of the host United States, Switzerland and Romania. In the first game, Colombia was beaten 1-3 by Romania, with a spectacular goal by Gheorghe Hagi hanging past goalkeeper Óscar Córdoba. The second game was also a defeat, 1-2 against the United States. In that game, central defender Andrés Escobar scored an own goal. The only Colombian joy was the 2-0 win over Switzerland. Colombia, which had arrived with wide favoritism by the local press and even by Pelé, after beating Argentina 5-0 in the qualifying phase, was eliminated in the first phase. Days after the elimination, Colombia faced a drama: his defense Andrés Escobar, who scored an own goal in the game against the United States, was assassinated a few days after his return to the country in Medellín.

France 1998

Colombia obtained its third consecutive qualification for the final phase of a Soccer World Cup, this time the 1998 World Cup. Colombia qualified with 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, also with +8 goal difference, thus adding 28 points in the classification table, which gave him third place and a direct place in the Soccer World Cup. After the draw, the Colombian team shared Group G along with the teams of Tunisia, England and Romania.

The national team traveled to Lyon to debut on June 15 against Romania. The only goal of the match was scored almost at the end of the first half by the player Adrian Ilie, thus obtaining the victory for the Romanian team by the slightest difference (1-0). In that match, the coach replaced Faustino 'El Tino' Asprilla before finishing the game, something that upset the player, considered one of the best in the team. A few days later, Asprilla gave strong statements to the press criticizing the coach, for which the latter, with the support of the team's players, decided to expel him from the squad and remove him from the World Cup.

His next rival was Tunisia, in a match played on June 22, Colombia took the victory with a goal scored by Léider Preciado at minute 83, for which he had to define the classification to the round of 16 against the England team, who had a good goal difference, so with a draw on any number of goals, the qualifier was the England team. The match took place on June 26, the England team opened the scoring at minute 20 with a goal by Darren Anderton and nine minutes later, David Beckham scored the second goal from a free kick. In this game, the participation of the Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón stood out, who was the great figure of his team since he saved numerous chances, thus avoiding a win. Thus, Colombia was eliminated in the group stage with one win and two losses. Despite the elimination, Faryd Mondragon was named the best goalkeeper in the first round of the World Cup.

Brazil 2014

Action of the shock against Brazil by the quarter finals of the World Cup 2014.

Colombia's alignment against Brazil.

Led by Argentine coach José Néstor Pékerman, Colombia qualified second in the qualifiers for the 2014 Brazil World Cup behind Argentina. For the first time in its history, Colombia scored 30 points in the qualifiers and was also seeded in the World Cup Draw, which allowed it to avoid the best teams in the FIFA ranking in the first round, such as Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Spain. This was thanks to their third-place finish in the October 2013 FIFA World Rankings. In the draw they played Group C, along with Greece, the Ivory Coast and Japan, winning all three games, beating Greece 3-0, beating the Ivory Coast 2-1 and culminating an excellent presentation in the group stage, beating the Asian team 4-1.

Colombia qualified for the round of 16 as the leader of Group C, so their rival in the round of 16 was the second in Group D, Uruguay. In this round, the Colombian team emerged victorious 2-0, marking the first time in history that the team qualified for the Quarterfinals in a World Cup.

In the confrontation with Brazil in the next round, Colombia was defeated 2-1, after a controversial arbitration. The team did an excellent job in the tournament, thus remaining the fifth best team in the world (and fourth overall in terms of total points), being the best result obtained in the history of the World Cups for the Colombian team, although this was not It was the only distinction that Colombia received after passing through Brazil 2014. It won the Fair Play award for being the team that promoted fair play, with 5 yellow cards in 5 games played and no red cards. For his part, midfielder James Rodríguez became the top scorer of the event, with 6 goals and got his first goal scored against the Uruguay team to be chosen as the best goal of the World Cup. In addition, this goal earned James win the Puskás award as the best goal of the year 2014.

In addition, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado was the player with the most assists and goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón managed to become the longest-serving player to play a World Cup match, playing 9 minutes against the Japan team. The fans who were at Brazil 2014 even chose Colombia as the team that celebrated the best after their goals.

Panoramic view of the Mané Garrincha de Brasília Stadium, prior to the Colombia-Costa de Marfil party, on June 19, 2014.

Russia 2018

Gol de Yerry Mina who achieved the tie to Colombia in front of England in the Russia 2018 World Cup.

Colombia qualified with 27 points in fourth place in the qualifiers for the Russia 2018 World Cup. In the draw held on December 1, 2017 at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, the team was placed in group H together with Poland, Senegal and Japan.

In the first match of the tournament, Colombia faced Japan and was defeated 1-2. Colombia's goal was scored by Quintero after a free-kick. In their second game against Poland, Colombia won by a score of 3-0, displaying exquisite football and also their all-time top scorer Radamel Falcao García scored his first goal in a World Cup, the other goals were scored by Yerry Mina and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado. The third game played against Senegal, Colombia won 1-0 and qualified for the round of 16 with a score by defender Yerry Mina after heading off a corner kick from the right side (Min. 73).

In the round of 16 Colombia faced England, after an agonizing 1-1 draw at minute 90+3 with a goal by Yerry Mina, Pékerman's team lost 3-4 on penalties, thus being eliminated from the world championship.

Latest participation and upcoming events

Qatar 2022 Qualifiers

The Colombian team began the Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 on October 9, 2020 with the first date, where they faced Venezuela in Barranquilla, beating them 3-0 with goals from Duván Zapata and a brace from Louis Muriel. Days later for the second date, Colombia would travel to Santiago to face Chile drawing 2-2 where Colombia began winning with a goal from Jefferson Lerma, then the locals turned around with goals from Arturo Vidal from a penalty and Alexis Sánchez, it seemed that the local would win, when Radamel Falcao scored for the final tie. In November of the same year, on the 3rd date, it hosted Uruguay at home in Barranquilla, where in a fairly low game for Colombia, the visitors dominated and thrashed 3-0 with goals from Edinson Cavani, Luis Suárez from criminal and Darwin Núñez. On November 17 for date 4, Colombia visited Ecuador in Quito, where the performance did not change for the coffee growers and where the locals achieved a wide advantage in the first half with goals from Robert Arboleda, Ángel Mena, Michael Estrada and Xavier Arreaga, then James Rodríguez added a penalty, in the second half Gonzalo Plata and Pervis Estupiñán sealed the rout 6-1, leaving Colombia in the seventh box with 4 points. Dates 5 and 6 that should have been played in March could not be played due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The teams he would face on these dates would have been Brazil at home and Paraguay as a visitor. On the date, 7 (5) played on June 3, Reinaldo Rueda made his debut as the new technical director of the team and would debut with a victory in Lima against Peru, winning by 3-0 with goals from Yerry Mina with a header, Mateus Uribe again with a header after a spectacular play by Juan Guillermo Cuadrado and the tricolor closed the rout, Luis Díaz after a right hand. On June 8, date 8 (6), the team received the Argentina team in Barranquilla where in the first 10 minutes the tricolor lost it 0-2 with goals from Cristian Romero and Leandro Paredes for the visit but in the second half, Colombia reacted with a penalty converted by Luis Muriel and with the spectacular performance of the Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina after two saves against shots by Lionel Messi and when the game was about to end he appeared in minute 90+4 Miguel Borja to seal the dying tie and save a unit. Climbing to 5th Position with 8 units.

In September 2021 the World Cup Qualifiers resumed with the dates 9 (7), 6 (8) and 10 (9) respectively where on September 2, the Tricolor visited Bolivia at the height of La Paz where they equalized 1-1 with goals from Roger Martínez to put the national team ahead but with 8 minutes to go, Fernando Saucedo equalized for the locals with an accurate mid-distance shot. On September 5, the team traveled to Asunción to face Paraguay, equalizing again 1-1 with goals from Antonio Sanabria to put the Guaraníes ahead but with Colombia dominating where Juan Guillermo Cuadrado in the second half would equalize by means of a penalty reaching 10 units. On September 9, the triple elimination date closed where the team received Chile in Barranquilla where from start to finish, Los Cafeteros dominated the match, defeating the Australes by 3 -1 with a brace from Miguel Borja, the first from a penalty and a minute later after an exceptional pass from Yairo Moreno and a wall from Rafael Santos Borré left Borja one on one with Claudio Bravo for the second goal, in the second half, Chile He came out determined in search of discount and achieved it through Jean Meneses after a lack of concentration in defense, but the Tricolor returned to take the rhythm of the game and Luis Díaz appeared for the third goal and sealed the magnificent Colombian victory, breaking a bad streak of 20 years without being able to beat Chile at home by qualifying rounds (the last one had been in 2001 in the qualifying round for South Korea and Japan 2002) reaching 13 points being in 5th position and with a difference at 0.

In October the World Cup Qualifiers resumed for the second time and will be triple again with the dates 11 (10), 5 (11) and 12 where the team visited Uruguay in Montevideo on October 7 where the Tricolor obtained a valuable goalless draw 0-0 after 20 years of not being able to score points in Uruguay, reaching 14 units while in 5th position, then received the leader of the qualifiers, the Brazilian team in Barranquilla where in an intense round-trip match, the tricolor equaled 0-0 without goals, taking away Brazil's undefeated victories and reaching 15 points, remaining in 5th position. On October 10, they finally hosted Ecuador at home in Barranquilla, where the Tricolor returned to a goalless 0-0 draw in a fairly short duel with little football for both teams. However, the team climbed a position to reach 4th position with 16 points, thanks to the defeats of Uruguay against Brazil, Paraguay against Bolivia and Peru against Argentina respectively.

In November the World Cup Qualifiers resumed with the dates 13 and 14 where the "Tricolor" visited Brazil in the city of São Paulo, falling 1-0 with a goal from Lucas Paquetá, dropping them to 5th position. On November 16, they received Paraguay at home in Barranquilla where the team returned to equalize without goals 0-0 where they deserved more for the process of the match, however thanks to the defeats of Uruguay and Chile, the team rose again to 4. th position with 17 units being in qualifying positions closing the year 2021.

On January 27 and February 1, 2022, the Qualifiers resumed with dates 15 and 16, the team received Peru in Barranquilla, where they lost by a minimum with a goal from Edison Flores, moving away from the positions of classification. Then he traveled to face the Argentine team in the city of Córdoba where he fell again 1-0 with a goal from Lautaro Martínez, vanishing his chances of reaching the World Cup by falling to 7th position with 17 points and -3 in goal difference although mathematically it has a very remote chance of qualifying. Finally, in the month of March, Date 17 was played, where he received a visit from Bolivia in Barranquilla, achieving a resounding 3-0 victory with goals from Luis Díaz, Miguel Borja and Mateus Uribe, reaching 20 units and correcting the difference at 0, maintaining the illusion of qualifying on the last day. On March 29, the Tricolor closed the tie by visiting Venezuela in Ciudad Guayana, where they won 0-1 with a goal from James Rodríguez after 26 years without winning by qualifiers in Venezuelan territory. However, after Peru defeated Paraguay, Colombia was eliminated from the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which had not happened since 2010.

Last matches and upcoming matches

Updated to the last game played on March 28, 2023.

Date	City	Racha	Local	Outcome	Visitor	Competition
24-09-2022	Harrison		GuatemalaWATER	1:4 (0:1)	COLColombia	Friendly Party
27-09-2022	Santa Clara		MexicoMEX	2:3 (2:0)	COLColombia	Friendly Party
19-11-2022	Fort Lauderdale		ColombiaCOL	2:0 (1:0)	PARParaguay	Friendly Party
28-01-2023	Carson		United StatesUSA	0:0	COLColombia	Friendly Party
24-03-2023	Ulsan		South KoreaKOR	2:2 (2:0)	COLColombia	Friendly Party
28-03-2023	Osaka		JapanJPN	1:2 (1:1)	COLColombia	Friendly Party
16-06-2023	Valencia		COLColombia	-:	IraqIRQ	Friendly Party
20-06-2023	Gelsenkirchen		GERGermany	-:	COLColombia	Friendly Party
September 2023	By Definite		ColombiaCOL	-:	VENVenezuela	Global elimination 2026
September 2023	Santiago de Chile		ChileCHI	-:	COLColombia	Global elimination 2026
October 2023	By Definite		ColombiaCOL	-:	URUUruguay	Global elimination 2026
October 2023	Quito		EcuadorECU	-:	COLColombia	Global elimination 2026
November 2023	By Definite		ColombiaCOL	-:	BRABrazil	Global elimination 2026
November 2023	Assumption		ParaguayPAR	-:	COLColombia	Global elimination 2026

Uniform

Since its inception, the Colombian National Team has adopted various colors for its uniform. In 1938 he wore a light blue shirt, shorts and white socks (being his first uniform). In 1945 he wore white clothing with the tricolor flag across the chest at mid-height.

For 1957 he adopted a uniform with a dark blue jersey, white shorts with either dark blue or white socks, but there was no alternative jersey, instead a variation of shorts and socks with the colors reversed (dark blue and white, respectively). In 1971 came the orange uniform that evoked the powerful team of the Netherlands, world runner-up in 1974 and 1978, orange shirt with the national flag crossed on the chest, white shorts and orange socks, accompanied by a white substitute with the national flag crossed on the chest. In 1985 the tricolor era began for the uniform of the Colombian National Team, with a red shirt, blue shorts and yellow socks for home games and a yellow shirt as an alternative. For the 1993 Copa América and for the World Cup in Soccer of 1994, the Colombian National Team used a yellow shirt, blue shorts and red socks at home, and a blue shirt with red shorts and socks as an alternative.

From 1998 until when the team qualified for Brazil 2014, the same colors were used for the home kit (since 2013 with white socks) and as an alternative blue shirt, white shorts and white socks. For the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the clothing changed drastically: a yellow shirt with a blue stripe on the chest and five diagonal blue stripes, white shorts and yellow, red and white socks; the alternative uniform consisted of a red shirt (evoking the best presentation of the Colombian team in the World Cups so far, Italy 1990), blue shorts and red socks; this kit was officially worn for the only time in the 2014 World Cup quarterfinal match against the host. For 2015, Adidas launched a new Colombian uniform for the Copa América in Chile and Russia 2018 Qualifiers, it retains the same design used in the qualifiers for Brazil 2014, with the difference that this time it has a pattern on the chest with three shades of yellow, which simulate the Colombian flag; although by decision of the coaching staff, the shorts as well as the socks would be replaced by those that come with the alternate uniform, that is, in white. The blue shirt would be resumed, adding the colors of the Colombian flag on the chest. The German brand Adidas launched a monochrome uniform in 2016, evoking the one used in 1975, that is, completely white. For 2019 onwards, the German brand would launch two designs highlighting the return of the usual colors to the main uniform with a yellow shirt, blue shorts and red socks with a very controversial design, especially criticized on the shirt with repeated blue lines on the chest and for 2021 a new, simpler design was launched with a paler yellow color on the shirt followed by blue shorts and red socks.

1938 (First)

(See evolution)

2022 (Update)

Shield

The shield of the Colombian Football Federation is the official emblem of the Colombian National Team internationally. The current logo of the Colombian Football Federation was created in 1971 by the graphic designer Rosalba Chiriví de Gélvez, a graduate of the National University of Colombia. She was commissioned by Alfonso Senior Quevedo so that she could create the corporate image of the entity, which was preparing for the 1972 Sub-23 South American Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Rosalba Chiriví de Gélvez made 6 different logos for the Colombian Football Federation. The design finally chosen was inspired by a soccer ball, which is embedded inside a circle. The ball has white stripes which reflect the subdivisions that every ball in this sport has. On the edge of the lower half, the circumference shows three bars with the colors of the Colombian flag, one yellow, one blue, and one red that preserves the proportions of the colors of the flag: the yellow color is filled in 50%, blue in 25% and red has the other 25%. Meanwhile, the legend of the official name of the association is inscribed on the edge of the upper half of the circle forming an arc in black with Impact, typographic font, like this: 'Colombian Federation Soccer'. In turn, the outer edge of the circle is gold or blue.

However, over the last few years, the shield has been slightly modified on the second uniform of the National Team:

For the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the color of the entire logo was completely royal blue (also including the strip that traditionally contains the colors of the Colombian flag), keeping the white color as the background of the entire logo

For the 2015 Copa América, the shield retained the structure designed by Rosalba Chiriví de Gélvez, but the color of the ball and the name of the Federation were yellow and the background of the entire logo, traditionally white, changed to a dark blue.

For the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the color of the entire logo was completely orange (also including the strip that traditionally contains the colors of the Colombian flag), using a navy blue color as the background of the entire logo.

This emblem has been used in the official clothing of the Colombian National Team in all its categories since 1975, being the uniform at that time, orange shirt, black shorts and orange socks. However, when the FCF was founded, in 1924, the insignia was different, consisting of the national flag over a white-filled Swiss shield.

Facilities

Roberto Meléndez Metropolitan Stadium

Barranquilla Metropolitan Stadium in 2015.

Since the 1990 World Cup qualifiers, the Colombian national team has used the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez in Barranquilla for its home matches, a city known for its extremely hot and humid climate. The course has been rated by teams from temperate countries as "oven" or "hell". He partially stopped using it for the 2010 qualifiers, where he played in Bogotá and Medellín, until 2011. The Metropolitan Stadium was inaugurated on May 11, 1986, replacing the Romelio Martínez Stadium as the main stage of the city. At present it is the stage where the Junior of the First Category A and the Barranquilla F. C. of the First B play at home.

The stadium has four stands: South, North, East and West. They all have upper and lower parts. For the 2011 U-20 World Cup, the numbered western tribune (low western with seating) was removed as seating was installed throughout the stadium. It also has four dressing rooms, eight bathrooms, 27 radio booths, a press room, lighting tower systems (24 reflectors), medical services, and parking lots with capacity for 2,000 vehicles. The court measures 110 m by 75 m.

FCF Sports Headquarters in Bogotá

Cancha de la Sede Deportiva de la FCF en Bogotá.

On November 6, 2013, the Colombian Soccer Federation inaugurated the training and lodging headquarters for the national soccer teams. The sports complex is located in the city of Bogotá, and occupies an area of 6 hectares. It is equipped with two regulatory courts, a hotel, restaurant, press room, auditorium, medical services area, gym, dressing rooms, among other sports and administrative facilities.

One of the main benefits of the project is its location, since it is integrated into the Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park, considered the main lung of the city. The property is located on Carrera 30 with Calle 64, just five minutes from El Campín Stadium and is integrated into the High Performance Center, one of the largest in Latin America. The project is part of the FCF policy focused on strengthening sports processes and delivering all the necessary tools, especially to youth teams, which are the seedbeds and the future of Colombian soccer.

Barranquilla High Performance Center

By mid-2016, construction began on the High Performance Center for the Colombian soccer teams above sea level. The facilities will be located within the Alameda del Río housing complex, a citadel located to the southwest of Barranquilla, on Circunvalar avenue, between carreras 38 and 46; In addition to this sports venue, it will have a school, hospital, library, homes and a shopping area. The property will have a total area of 8.8 hectares. The center will be made up of 6 building blocks. The first block will house the auditorium, offices, administrative area, internet rooms and social areas. In the second, the restaurant will be located; the third, will have 32 rooms in total with capacity for 46 people; the room will be dedicated to physical conditioning and there will be a gym, physiotherapy and wet areas with sauna, Turkish bath and swimming pool; in block five there will be dressing rooms with capacity for two teams, props storage, infirmary and parking bay for ambulances and buses. Finally, block six will be dedicated to futsal, projecting a coliseum for the practice of this discipline in the future. The construction company selected to carry out the project is Amarilo and it will cost around $12,000 million.

Currently, the Colombian team is staying in one of the most modern and important hotels located to the north of the city, the Hilton Gardens Inn; where they do gym and physiotherapy work. For soccer practices and training, they usually use the fields of the sports center of the Autonomous University of the Caribbean.

Players

Since Alfonso Novoa's first call-up in 1938, the Colombian national team has been made up of approximately 150 soccer players.

Last call

List of 24 players who were called up for the international friendlies in March 2023.

N.o	Name	Position	Age	PJ	Goles	Club
1	Alvaro Montero	Porter	28 years	4	0	Millionaires F.C.
12	Camilo Vargas	Porter	34 years	13	0	Atlas F.C.
22	Devis Vásquez	Porter	25 years	0	0	A. C. Milan
2	Alexis Pérez	Defence	29 years	1	0	Giresunspor S. K.
3	John Janer Lucumí	Defence	24 years	10	0	Bologna F. C.
4	Carlos Cuesta	Defence	24 years	10	0	K. R. C. Genk
6	Juan David Mosquera	Defence	20 years	1	0	Portland Timbers
13	Deiver Machado	Defence	29 years	4	0	R. C. Lens
17	Johan Mojica	Defence	30 years	22	1	Villarreal C. F.
21	Daniel Muñoz	Defence	27 years	17	0	K. R. C. Genk
23	Davinson Sánchez	Defence	26 years	52	1	Tottenham Hotspur F. C.
5	Kevin Castaño	Mediocampista	22 years	3	0	Golden Eagles
8	Jorge Carrascal	Mediocampista	25 years	5	1	CSKA Moscow
10	James Rodríguez	Mediocampista	31 years	90	26	Olympiakos F. C.
11	Jhon Arias	Mediocampista	25 years	4	0	Fluminense F. C.
15	Mateus Uribe	Mediocampista	32 years	45	5	F. C. Porto
18	Yilmar Velásquez	Mediocampista	23 years	1	0	Deportivo Pereira F. C.
20	Juan Fernando Quintero	Mediocampista	30 years	32	4	Junior F.C.
24	Dylan Borrero	Mediocampista	21 years	3	0	New England Revolution
25	Nelson Palace	Mediocampista	21 years	1	0	National athletic
7	Diego Valoyes	Delantero	26 years	6	0	C. A. Workshops
9	Radamel Falcao	Delantero	37 years	104	36	Rayo Vallecano
14	Jhon Duran	Delantero	19 years	5	1	Aston Villa F. C.
19	Rafael Santos Borré	Delantero	27 years	22	3	Eintracht Fráncfort
DT	Néstor Lorenzo	Coach	57 years	6	+7

• Player who is in recovery phase due to some type of injury.
• Captain Player at the last official party of the selection Colombia.
• Player with admonition last official party of the selection Colombia.
• Numbers of Players are those used in the last official party of the selection Colombia.

Other recently summoned

Other players recently called up in calls other than the previous one, highlighting those called up since June 2022. Some are recovering from injury.

	Name	Position	Age	PJ	Goles	Club	Last call	Date
1	Ivan Arboleda	Porter	27 years	1	0	Free agent	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
1	David Ospina	Porter	34 years	127	0	Al-Nassr	vs. ParaguayParaguay - International friendly	19-11-2022
12	José Luis Chunga	Porter	32 years	3	0	Petrolera Alliance	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
2	Stefan Medina	Right side	30 years	30	0	Monterrey	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022
3	Andrés Llinás	Central law	25 years	3	0	Millions	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
6	Kevin Velasco	Left side	26 years	1	0	Deportivo Cali	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
8	Yairo Moreno	Left side	28 years	16	0	León	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022
16	Helibelton Palaces	Right side	29 years	5	0	Elche	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
18	Frank Fabra	Left side	32 years	27	1	Boca Juniors	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
--	Andrés Reyes	Central law	23 years	0	0	New York Red Bulls	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
--	Nicolás Hernández	Left central	25 years	0	0	International	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
--	Junior Hernández	Left side	24 years	0	0	Sports Tolima	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
3	Éder Alvarez Balanta	Brand flyer	30 years	9	0	Schalke 04	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
5	Kevin Agudelo	Creative flyer	24 years	0	0	Spezia	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
5	Wilmar Barrios	Brand flyer	29 years	53	1	Zenit	vs. ParaguayParaguay - International friendly	19-11-2022
6	Steven Alzate	Mixed fly	24 years	7	0	Standard Liege	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022
7	Jaminton Campaz	Offensive flyer	23 years	1	0	Central Rosary	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
7	Luis Díaz	Offensive flyer	26 years	37	8	Liverpool	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022
11	Juan Guillermo Cuadrado	Offensive flyer	35 years	113	10	Juventus	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022
11	Daniel Ruiz	Creative flyer	21 years	1	0	Santos	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
13	Sebastián Pedroza	Brand flyer	24 years	0	0	Al-Batin	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
15	Eduard Atuesta	Mixed fly	25 years	2	0	Palmeiras	vs. ParaguayParaguay - International friendly	19-11-2022
16	Jefferson Lerma	Mixed fly	28 years	33	1	Bournemouth	vs. ParaguayParaguay - International friendly	19-11-2022
20	Yaser Asprilla	Creative flyer	19 years	2	1	Watford	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022
21	Jorman Campuzano	Brand flyer	27 years	3	0	Giresunspor	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
--	Daniel Cataño	Creative flyer	31 years	0	0	Millions	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
9	Luis Suárez	Front center	25 years	4	0	Almería	vs. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - International friendly	05-06-2022
9	Cristian Arango	Front center	28 years	2	0	Pachuca	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
14	Luis Sinisterra	Extreme	23 years	7	3	Leeds United	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022
14	Juan Camilo Hernández	Front center	24 years	3	2	Columbus Crew	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
19	Diber Changing	Front center	27 years	1	0	Independent Medellín	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
20	Santiago Moreno	Extreme	23 years	2	0	Portland Timbers	vs. United StatesUnited States - International friendly	28-01-2023
24	Oscar Estupiñán	Front center	26 years	1	0	Hull City	vs. MexicoMexico - International friendly	27-09-2022

Selection data

• Participations in the World Cup Soccer (6): 1962, 1990, 1998, 2014, 2018.
  • Better participation: Final rooms, Brazil 2014.
  • Gold boot: James Rodríguez 6 goals in 2014.
  • Trophy FIFA Fair Play: 2014
  • Best Tournament Gol: James Rodríguez (Colombia vs. Uruguay) in 2014.
• Participation in the Olympic Games (5): 1968, 1972, 1980, 1992, 2016.
  • Better participation: Final rooms, Rio 2016.
• Participations in the Sub-20 World Cup (10): 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019.
  • Better participation: Third place in 2003.
  • Gold boot: Henry Zambrano 3 goals in 1993 ^{[chuckles]required]}.
  • Trophy FIFA Fair Play: 1985, 2003 and 2005 ^{[chuckles]required]}.
  • Best Tournament Gol: Juan Fernando Quintero (Colombia vs. South Korea) in 2013 ^{[chuckles]required]}.
• Participations in the Sub-17 World Cup (6): 1989, 1993, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2017.
  • Better participation: Fourth place in 2003 and 2009.
  • Silver booty: Carlos Daniel Hidalgo 5 goals 2003 ^{[chuckles]required]}.

More entries

N.o	Name	Position	Period	Parties	Goles
1.	David Ospina	Porter	2007 - present	127	0
2.	Juan Cuadrado	Mediocampista	2010 - present	113	10
3.	Carlos Valderrama	Mediocampista	1985-1998	111	11
4.	Radamel Falcao	Delantero	2007 - present	104	36
5.	Mario Yepes	Defence	1999-2014	102.	6
6.	Leonel Alvarez	Mediocampista	1985-1997	101	1
7.	James Rodríguez	Mediocampista	2011 - present	90	26
8.	Carlos Sánchez	Mediocampista	2007-2018	88	0
9.	Freddy Rincón	Mediocampista	1990-2001	85	17
10.	Luis Carlos Perea	Defence	1987-1994	78	2
11.	Luis Amaranto Perea	Defence	2002-2014	76	0
12.	Óscar Córdoba	Porter	1993-2006	74	0
13.	Ivan Ramiro Córdoba	Defence	1997-2010	73	5
14.	Abel Aguilar	Mediocampista	2004-2018	71	7
15.	Arnold Iguaran	Delantero	1979-1993	68	25
Last update: 28 March 2023

Top scorers

N.o	Name	Position	Period	Goles	Parties	Average
1.	Radamel Falcao	Delantero	2007 - present	36	104	0.36
2.	James Rodríguez	Mediocampista	2011 - present	26	90	0.28
3.	Arnold Iguaran	Delantero	1979-1993	25	68	0.36
4.	Faustino Asprilla	Delantero	1993-2001	20	58	0.35
5.	Freddy Rincón	Mediocampista	1990-2001	17	85	0.20
6.	Carlos Bacca	Delantero	2010-2018	16	52	0.29
7.	Teófilo Gutiérrez	Delantero	2009-2018	15	52	0.28
8.	Victor Aristizábal	Delantero	1993-2003	15	66	0.23
9.	Adolfo Valencia	Delantero	1992-1998	14	38	0.38
10.	Iván Valenciano	Delantero	1991-2000	13	30	0.45
11.	Anthony of Avila	Delantero	1983-1998	13	54	0.24
12.	Willington Ortiz	Delantero	1973-1985	12	49	0.24
13.	Carlos Valderrama	Mediocampista	1985-1998	11	111	0.09
14.	Jackson Martínez	Delantero	2009-2015	10	40	0.25
15.	Juan Cuadrado	Mediocampista	2010 - present	10	113	0.09
Last update: 28 March 2023

Coaches

Fernando Paternoster was the first foreign selector (Argentine) in the history of the Colombian selection and the second in general. Also, he was the first to lead an international party.

Throughout history, the Colombian national team has been led by 37 selectors ^{[citation required]}. After the amateur era of the national team, the first coach was the Colombian Alfonso Novoa ^{[citation needed]}, who led the team that achieved its first international victory against Panama in 1938, at the Central American and Caribbean Games ^{[citation needed]}.

Important ex-soccer players and strategists have been part of historic results such as the Argentine Fernando Paternoster, who was the first foreign coach in the history of the national team and the second overall; Efraín Sánchez was the coach of the 1975 Copa América runner-up team; Adolfo Pedernera qualified and directed Colombia in its first World Cup (Chile 62); The Peruvian José Arana Cruz was the strategist of the champion team of the Central American and Caribbean Games played in Barranquilla; Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, from Antioquia, led the team that beat a European team for the first time, Poland; Francisco Maturana once again led Colombia to a World Cup (Italy 90) after 28 years. He also reached a quota for the USA 94 World Cup and in those Qualifiers he thrashed the Argentines 5-0 in Buenos Aires. He also led the 2001 Copa América champion team, played in Colombia; Luis Augusto García led the team in the 1991 Copa América in Chile, and achieved the first victory over Brazil in an official match on July 13, winning 2-0 and Hernán Darío Gómez gave continuity to the process of Francisco Maturana and led Colombia to his fourth World Cup participation in France 98.

25 national coaches have passed through the management of the Colombian National Team, 6 Argentines, 2 Yugoslavs, 1 Peruvian, 1 Paraguayan and 1 Austrian. So far, the coaching staff with the longest process has been that of Argentine José Néstor Pékerman, who led the team from January 18, 2012 to August 31, 2018, for a total of 6 years; meanwhile, the strategist who has directed the most games is Francisco Maturana, with 106 games in his 3 cumulative years leading the team. For his part, the coach who has spent the least time at the national bank has been the Paraguayan César López Fretes, who directed a single game on May 20, 1970.

Current technical direction

Absolute Selection Members
Coach:	Néstor Lorenzo	Technical Assistant	Luis Amaranto Perea	Field Assistant:	Fernando Alloco
Physical preparer:	Leandro Jorge	Porters prep:	Alejandro Javier Otamendi	Video analysis specialists	Valentino Dressino
Video Assistant:	Ivan Cardenas	Doctor:	Gustavo Pineda	Physical therapist	Carlos Entrena
Kinesiologist:	José Rendón	Sports manager:	Ivan Novella	Press chief:	Juan Raúl Mejía
Security Officer:		Utilero:	Héctor Abadía	Utilero:	William Torres
Integrators Minor selections
Coach Sub-20:	Héctor Cárdenas	Coach Sub-17:	Juan Ramírez	Coach Sub-15:	Jorge Serna
Technical Assistant Sub-20:	Freddy Hurtado	Technical Assistant Sub-17:	Jorge Bolaño	Technical Assistant Sub-15:	Alex de Alba
Sub-20 goalkeeper:	Breiner Castillo	Sub-17 goalkeeper:	Hugo Tuberquia	Sub-15 goalkeeper:	Carlos Pérez

Sponsors

Official Sponsor

• Eagle Beer / Pony Malta (since 1991)

Official clothing

• Adidas (since 2011)

Official Partners

• Movistar (since 2005)
• Homecenter (since 2011)
• Bancolombia (since 2015)
• Colombiana la nuestra (since 2019)

Official Contributors

• Caracol Television / Gol Caracol / Caracol Sports (Official Programmer of Chain One/Canal One, 1993 to 1998; Official Channel from 1998)
• Avianca (since 2014)
• Servientrega (since 2015)
• BetPlay (from 2019)
• Rappi (since 2022)

Statistics

Their direct rivals for one of the five places during the World Cup Qualification —recognized as the “toughest in the world”— are traditionally Chile —which is their “black beast in the Copa América”— ^{[citation required]}, Paraguay ^{[citation required]} and Peru ^{[citation required]}, members of the historical South American second line ^{[citation required]}, after their soccer countries: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

Qualifying for the Soccer World Cup

• From 1930 to 1954: No participation.

Year	Round	Position	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif	Goleador
1958	Single phase	8.	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	Carlos Arango, Jaime Gutiérrez and Ricardo Díaz: 1
1962	Single phase	3.o	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	Germán 'Cuca' Aceros y Héctor 'Zipa' González: 1
1966	Single phase	8.	4	1	0	3	4	10	-6	Antonio Rada and Hermenegildo Segrera: 2
1970	Single phase	8.	6	1	1	4	7	12	-5	Jaime González, and Hermenegildo Segrera: 2
1974	Single phase	5.o	4	1	3	0	3	2	1	Willington Ortiz: 3
1978	Single phase	7.	4	0	2	2	1	8	-7	Eduardo Vilarete: 1
1982	Single phase	7.	4	0	2	2	4	7	-3	Hernan Herrera: 3
1986	Repesca	7.	8	3	2	3	8	10	-2	HH, WO and MP: 2
1990	Repesca	5.o	6	3	2	1	6	3	3	Arnoldo Iguarán: 4
1994	Single phase	1.o	6	4	2	0	13	2	11	Freddy Rincón: 5
1998	Single phase	3.o	16	8	4	4	23	15	8	Faustino Asprilla: 7
2002	Single phase	6.o	18	7	6	5	20	15	5	John Paul Angel: 4
2006	Single phase	6.o	18	6	6	6	24	16	8	John Paul Angel: 4
2010	Single phase	7.	18	6	5	7	14	18	-4	Jackson Martínez: 3
2014	Single phase	2.	16	9	3	4	27	13	14	Radamel Falcao: 9
2018	Single phase	4.o	18	7	6	5	21	19	2	James Rodríguez: 6
2022	Single phase	6.o	18	5	8	5	20	19	1	Miguel Borja and Luis Muriel: 3
2026	To define
Total	17/23	5.o	170	62	54	54	200	178	22	Radamel Falcao: 13

Soccer World Cup

Year	Round	Position	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif	Goleador
1930	No participation
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	He didn't qualify.
1962	Group phase	" fake fake fake expose+14th	3	0	1	2	" fake fake fake fake expose+5	" fake fake fake expose+11	" fake fake fake expose+-6	GA, MC, MK, AR and FZ: 1
1966	He didn't qualify.
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990	Final Octavos	" fake fake fake expose+14th	4	1	1	2	" fake fake fake fake expose+4	" fake fake fake fake expose+4	" fake fake fake fake expose+0	Bernardo Redín: 2
1994	Group phase	" fake fake fake expose+19°	3	1	0	2	" fake fake fake fake expose+4	" fake fake fake fake expose+5	" fake fake fake expose+-1	Adolfo Valencia: 2
1998	Group phase	" fake fake fake expose+21°	3	1	0	2	" fake fake fake fake expose+1	" fake fake fake fake expose+3	" fake fake fake expose+-2	Léider Preciado: 1
2002	He didn't qualify.
2006
2010
2014	Final rooms	5.o	5	4	0	1	" fake fake fake expose+12	" fake fake fake fake expose+4	" fake fake fake fake expose+8	James Rodríguez: 6
2018	Final Octavos	9.	4	2	1	1	6	3	" fake fake fake fake expose+3	Yerry Mina: 3
2022	He didn't qualify.
2026	To define
Total	6/23	25.	22	9	3	10	32	30	2	James Rodríguez: 6

• Summary of table

Of the 22 World Cups played, Colombia only qualified 6

• Breakdown by rounds
• 1 quarter finals
• 2 eighth finals
• 3 phases of groups

FIFA Confederations Cup

Year	Round	Position	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif	Goleador
1992	He didn't qualify.
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Fourth place	4.o	5	2	0	3	5	5	0	Giovanni Hernández: 3
2005	He didn't qualify.
2009
2013
2017
Total	1/11	20.	5	2	0	3	5	5	0	Giovanni Hernández: 3

America's Cup

• From 1916 to 1942 No participation.

Year	Round	Position	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif	Goleador
1945	First phase	5.o	6	1	1	4	7	25	-18	RG, LG and FB: 2
1946	No participation
1947	First phase	8.	7	0	2	5	2	19	- 17	CA and RG: 1
1949		8.	7	0	2	5	4	23	-19	AP, BE, GA and NP: 1
1953	No participation
1955
1956
1957	First phase	5.o	6	2	0	4	10	25	-15	DG and CA: 3
1959	No participation
1959
1963	First phase	7.	6	0	1	5	10	19	-9	Germán Aceros: 2
1967	He didn't qualify.
1975	Subfield	2.	9	6	0	3	11	5	6	Ernesto Díaz: 4
1979	First phase	5.o	4	2	1	1	5	2	3	AI, ED, JM, CV and GC: 1
1983	First phase	7.	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	Álex Valderrama: 2
1987	Third place	3.o	4	3	0	1	8	3	5	Arnoldo Iguarán: 4
1989	First phase	6.o	4	1	2	1	5	4	1	Arnoldo Iguaran: 3
1991	Fourth place	4.o	7	2	2	3	5	6	-1	Antony de Avila: 3
1993	Third place	3.o	6	3	2	1	6	4	2	Adolfo Valencia: 2
1995	Third place	3.o	6	3	1	2	7	8	-1	Freddy Rincón: 3
1997	Final rooms	6.o	4	1	0	3	6	7	-1	Néider Morantes: 2
1999	Final rooms	5.o	4	3	0	1	8	4	4	Victor Bonilla: 2
2001	Champion	1.o	6	6	0	0	11	0	11	Victor Aristizábal: 6
2004	Fourth place	4.o	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	Abel and Tressor: 2
2007	First phase	9.	3	1	0	2	3	9	-6	Jaime Castrillón: 2
2011	Final rooms	6.o	4	2	1	1	3	2	1	Radamel Falcao García: 2
2015	Final rooms	6.o	4	1	2	1	1	1	0	Jeison Murillo: 1
2016	Third place	3.o	6	3	1	2	7	6	1	James and Bacca: 2
2019	Final rooms	5.o	4	3	1	0	4	0	4	Duván Zapata: 2
2021	Third place	3.o	7	2	3	2	7	7	0	Luis Díaz: 4
2024	To dispute
Total	22/46	7.	124	49	25	50	142	191	- 49	Arnoldo Iguaran: 10

Concacaf Gold Cup

Year	Round	Position	PJ	PG	PE	P	GF	GC	Dif	Goleador
2000	Subfield	2.	5	2	1	2	5	7	-2	GM, FA, GB, VB: 1
2003	Final rooms	6.o	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	JP, MM: 1
2005	Fourth place	4.o	5	2	0	3	7	7	0	AA, JP: 2
Total	3/14	15.	13	5	2	6	14	17	-3	Jairo Patiño: 3

Other modalities

In addition to the senior and youth categories for men, the Colombian National Team also has other types of soccer such as women's soccer, beach soccer, and futsal. These modalities appeared, at a competitive level in the world, at the end of the XX century. The first to appear was the women's team in 1998 while, several years later, the others would appear.

Colombia women's national soccer team

Female football.

The Colombian women's team played its first international match on March 2, 1998, where they beat the Venezuelan team 4-1. It is affiliated with all the competitions organized by FIFA and Conmebol. The team has had important achievements in different categories: In seniors, 2 subtitles in the Copa América Femenina in 2010 and 2014, which have earned it to participate in 2 women's World Cups (2011 and 2015), 2 soccer tournaments in the Olympic Games (London 2012 and Rio 2016) and 2 tournaments in the Pan American Games (Guadalajara 2011 and Toronto 2015; in the latter, he won the silver medal). In youth categories, it was the first U-17 South American champion team in 2008 and runner-up in the 2010 U-20 South American Championship; Worldwide, they have participated in 3 U-17 World Cups and one U-20 World Cup in 2010, where they reached the Semifinals, finishing in fourth position. They also have 3 gold medals in the Bolivarian Games, one silver in the South American Games and another silver in the Central American and Caribbean Games. They are called nationally as "The Superpowers" for their good performances in the tournaments where they participate in different categories. In recent years, it has become one of the most important teams in South America, in seniors and youth, thanks to the level shown in the tournaments where they participate; Much of this is due to the formation, in 2017, of the Professional Women's Soccer League, where new and experienced players stand out.

Colombian futsal teams

Football room.

The futsal team played its first international match on August 26, 2003, where they managed to beat Bolivia 5-2, within the framework of the 2003 Futsal America Cup. The team participates in the Futsal America Cup organized by Conmebol, also in their respective qualifiers for the Futsal World Cup. The youth team was runner-up in the 2010 U-20 Futsal South American Championship where it was local, repeating this same position in the 2013 and 2014 South American Games. Meanwhile, the senior team has won a gold medal in the 2018 South American Games and in the Bolivarians of 2009 and 2017. His first appearance in the FIFA Futsal World Cup was in Thailand 2012, where he finished fourth by reaching the semifinals, losing the match for third place against the Italian team, which has been his best participation in a World Cup. Despite its short history, Colombia has managed to establish itself as a team with continental and world projection in the modality thanks to the talent of its players, talent that they develop in the Colombian Futsal League of Colombia.

In the women's branch, their best performance has been the South American Women's Futsal title achieved in 2015 where Brazil, the continental and world power of the category, did not participate. She also won three subtitles in the years 2007, 2009 and 2017, losing all of them to the verdeamarela , proving to be a competitive selection at the continental level; even so, she has not participated in her first women's world cup. She also stands out in her palmares 2 gold medals in multisport events: One at the 2009 Bolivarian Games and another at the 2018 South American Games.

Colombia beach soccer team

Football beach.

The beach soccer team played its first international match on August 1, 2011, getting a 3-goal draw against Uruguay, as part of the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers in Ravenna (Italy). Since 2011, it has participated in the competitions organized by Conmebol and FIFA. As there is no professional tournament in Colombia in this specialty, those who make up this team do not have enough training to have an important role that allows them to qualify for their first beach soccer world cup, nor have outstanding participation in competitions such as the South American Beach Games. The team is based in the cities of the Colombian Caribbean Region such as Barranquilla, Cartagena or Santa Marta, where they prepare for the different sports competitions.

Honours of Prizes

Titles

Only the official titles of the senior team are counted.

Contested Finals

This list includes only final matches played by world, intercontinental, and official continental tournaments at the absolute National Team level. Tournaments where a final was not played are excluded, such as the case of most of the South American Championships or Pan American Soccer Championships, and the 1950 Soccer World Cup, which were played under the league system of all-against matches. all on one or two wheels. This system changed in 1975, and from that edition of the Copa América until 1987, a final was played to define the champion. In 1989 and 1991 it was played in groups, and the first two classified in each group played a final round-robin to decide the champion, but without a final match. As of the 1993 edition, the system changed again, and the qualifiers of each group play the quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final match to define the champion of the continent.

The tiebreakers of the South American Championships are taken into account, where the champion had to be defined in a final.

Includes Olympic finals played by senior teams (from the first Olympics to the 1948 edition).

Competition	Headquarters	Local	Outcome	Visit	Notes
Copa America 1975	ColombiaColombia	COLColombia	1–0	Peru	-
Copa America 1975	Peru Peru	Peru	2–0	COLColombia	-
Copa America 1975	Venezuela Venezuela	Peru	1–0	Colombia	Party breaks in neutral court.
Gold Cup 2000	United States	Canada	2–0	Colombia	First End in History Concacaf Gold Cup
Copa América 2001	ColombiaColombia	Colombia	1–0	MEXMexico	First title in history Copa America

• Colombia participated in 5 direct finals in official tournaments, winning 2 and losing 3.

Awards and distinctions

Friendly/Unofficial Tournaments

• Mariscal Sucre Cup: 1945.
• Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada Cup: 1988.
• Armenian Centenary Cup: 1989.
• Marlboro Cup: 1990-I.
• Miami Cup: 1994.
• Winfield Cup: 1995.
• Brahama Cup: 1995.
• Friendship Tournament: 2003 (Shared with Ecuador).
• Kirin Challenge Cup: 2019 2023
• Copa Comunidad Andina: 2019
• Miami Cup 2019

Lower Categories

Youth honors lists

Youth National Teams (4)

Olympic teams (9)

Competition	Champion	Subfield	Third place	Fourth place	Selection
Olympics					Sub 23
Preolympic		4 (1968, 1972, 1980, 1992)		4 (1964, 1976, 1984, 2020)	Sub-23
Pan Americans		1 (1971)	1 (1995)	1 (2003)	Sub-23
South Americans	3 (1994, 2010, 2014)	1 (1986)	2 (1990, 2018)		Sub-17
Central American and Caribbean	2 (2006, 2018)		1 (1954)		Sub-21
Bolivarian	4 (1997, 2005, 2013, 2017)	3 (1985, 1993, 2001)		1 (1938)	Sub-17

Friendly tournaments

Youth National Teams

• Toulon Sub-21 Tournament (France) (3): 1999, 2011.
• Panama City Cup Sub-20 (Panama): 1990.
• Busan Sub-20 Youth Tournament (South Korea): 2005.
• Pacific Cup Sub-20 (Panama): 2006.
• Cuadrangular Sub-20 of Puerto La Cruz (Venezuela): 2008.
• Cuadrangular Sub-20 of Asunción (Paraguay): 2009.
• Latin American Integration Tournament Sub-20 (Paraguay): 2010.
• Arequipa Sub-20 Quadrant (Peru): 2010.
• Cup “Tarek William Saab” Sub-20 of Puerto La Cruz (Venezuela): 2012.
• SBS Cup International Youth Sub-20 (Japan): 2014.
• Tournament Four Nations Sub-20 (Chile): 2014.
• Cup 90 Years Atlantic Football League Sub-20 (Colombia): 2014.
• Raúl Coloma Rivas Sub-19 Cup (Chile): 2021.
• SBS Cup International Youth Sub-18 (Japan): 2019.
• Costa Atlántica Cup Sub-17 (Colombia): 2003.
• Telephone Cup Sub-17 (Peru): 2004.
• International Videna Tournament of Chincha Sub-17 (Peru): 2009.
• Aragua Sub-17 Cup of Maracay (Venezuela): 2013.
• UC Cup Sub-17 (Chile) (1): 2014.
• World Tahuichi “Peace and Unity” Sub-15 (Bolivia) (3): 2011, 2013, 2015.

Olympic teams

• Copa Feria Internacional de San Sebastián Sub-23 (Venezuela): 1984.
• Cup La Instantaneous Sub-23 (Barranquilla): 1992.
• Tournament of the Americas Sub-23 (Colombia): 1994.
• CFA International Tournament Sub-23 (China): 2015

FIFA Ranking