Colombia Olympic football team

Colombia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachHéctor Cárdenas
FIFA codeCOL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Guatemala 2–1 Colombia 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950)
Biggest win
 Colombia 7–1 Dominican Republic 
(Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971)
 Colombia 6–0 Bahamas 
(Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 9–0 Colombia 
(Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000)
Olympic Games
Appearances5 (first in 1968)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2016)
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 1951 Caracas Team
Silver medal – second place 1961 Barranquilla Team
Silver medal – second place 1973 Panama City Team
Silver medal – second place 1981 Barquisimeto Team
South American Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Santiago Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1971 Colombia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Panama City Team

The Colombia national under-23 football team represents Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games and in international under-23 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

The team played its first match in 1950. From that year to 1992 the team played as a Colombia national amateur football team. Since 1992, the team played as Colombia national under-23 football team until 2004, when the qualification for the Olympic Games was changed to South American Youth Football Championship for under-20 teams (before this, the qualification tournament was CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament). The team was inactive since 2004, however with the qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification play-off the team was resurrected.

Competitive record

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third Place    Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
France 1900 did not participate
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928
Nazi Germany 1936
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952 did not enter
Australia 1956
Italy 1960 did not qualify
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968 First stage 10th 3 1 0 2 4 5
Germany 1972 First stage 11th 3 1 0 2 5 12
Canada 1976 did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 First stage 11th 3 1 1 1 2 4
United States 1984 did not qualify
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992 First stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 9
United States 1996 did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 6 6
Japan 2020 did not qualify
Total Quarter-finals 5/26 16 4 4 8 21 36

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Peru 1960 First stage 10th 2 1 0 1 3 7
Peru 1964 Fourth place 4th 6 1 2 3 6 10
Colombia 1968 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 10 7
Colombia 1972 Runners-up 2nd 7 2 5 0 7 4
Brazil 1976 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 9
Colombia 1980 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 10 5
Ecuador 1984 First stage 5th 2 0 0 2 1 5
Bolivia 1988 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1 2 7 4
Paraguay 1992 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 14 3
Argentina 1996 Fourth place 4th 4 0 2 2 6 11
Brazil 2000 First stage 6th 4 2 1 1 10 13
Chile 2004 Playoffs 6th 5 2 0 3 7 9
Colombia 2020 Fourth place 4th 7 2 2 3 10 9
Total Runners-up 13/13 68 26 19 23 96 96

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Argentina 1951 did not participate
Mexico 1955
United States 1959
Brazil 1963
Canada 1967 Preliminary round 8th 3 0 0 3 2 13
Colombia 1971 Silver medal 2nd 8 5 2 1 21 7
Mexico 1975 did not participate
Puerto Rico 1979
Venezuela 1983
United States 1987 Preliminary round 11th 3 0 1 2 1 4
Cuba 1991 did not participate
Argentina 1995 Bronze medal 3rd 6 4 0 2 13 5
Canada 1999 did not participate
Dominican Republic 2003 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 6 7
Brazil 2007 Preliminary round 7th 3 1 1 1 1 1
Mexico 2011 did not participate
Canada 2015
Peru 2019
Chile 2023 Sixth place 6th 4 1 1 2 2 4
Total Silver medal 7/19 32 13 6 13 46 41

Schedule and results

See also: Colombia Olympic football team results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2023

17 October Friendly Costa Rica  3–2  Colombia Cartago, Costa Rica
18:00
Report
  • Mosquera 15'
  • Cortés 31'
 Stadium: Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich
23 October 2023 Pan American Games Colombia  2–0  Honduras Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
13:00
  • Ruiz 16'
  • Cortés 41'
 Report Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)
26 October 2023 Pan American Games Brazil  2–0  Colombia Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
20:00
Report Referee: José Burgos (Uruguay)
29 October 2023 Pan American Games Colombia  0–2  United States Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso
18:00 Report
Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)
1 November 2023 Pan American Games Uruguay  0–0
(4–3 p)		  Colombia Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso
12:00 Report Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)
Penalties

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 Pan American Games.[1]

Caps and goals updated as 23 October 2023.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Luis Marquinez (2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 20) 1 0 Colombia Atletico Nacional
1 1GK Sebastián Guerra (2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 United States Atlanta United
20 2DF Alejandro García (2001-02-28)28 February 2001 (aged 22) 1 0 Colombia Once Caldas
2 2DF Cristian Castro Devenish (2001-01-25)25 January 2001 (aged 22) 1 0 Colombia Atletico Nacional
17 2DF Kalazan Suárez (2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (aged 21) 1 0 Colombia Cortuluá
16 2DF Éber Moreno (2002-01-11)11 January 2002 (aged 21) 1 0 Colombia Deportivo Pereira
5 2DF Stiven Valencia (2003-03-13)13 March 2003 (aged 20) 1 0 Colombia Cortuluá
6 3MF Fabián Angel (2001-01-10)10 January 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Colombia Junior
18 3MF Jhojan Torres (2003-01-12)12 January 2003 (aged 20) 1 0 Colombia Santa Fe
13 3MF Juan Andres Castilla (2004-07-27)27 July 2004 (aged 19) 0 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali
21 3MF Johan Torres (2004-09-07)7 September 2004 (aged 19) 0 0 Colombia La Equidad
4 3MF Andrés Mauricio Alarcón (2001-05-19)19 May 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Colombia Patriotas Boyacá
10 3MF Daniel Ruiz (2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (aged 22) 0 0 Colombia Millonarios
11 4FW Jersson David González (2001-09-15)15 September 2001 (aged 22) 1 0 Colombia Santa Fe
14 4FW Carlos Manuel Cortés (2001-09-17)17 September 2001 (aged 22) 1 1 Colombia Cortuluá
9 4FW Ricardo Caraballo (2004-02-09)9 February 2004 (aged 19) 0 0 Colombia Barranquilla
24 4FW Brahian Palacios (2002-11-24)24 November 2002 (aged 20) 0 0 Colombia Atletico Nacional
15 4FW Luis Felipe Mosquera (2002-06-05)5 June 2002 (aged 21) 1 1 Colombia America de Cali
Notes

Recent call-ups

The following players have been recently called up in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Honours

Friendlies

  • Torneo de las Americas[2]:
    • Winners: 1994

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "CSelección Colombia: Daniel Ruiz encabeza lista de Héctor Cárdenas para Panamericanos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Torneo de las Americas U-23 Colombia 1994". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2022.