Colombian national soccer team

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Colombia
Colombia
Colombian Football Association logo
Nickname (s) Los cafeteros
Association Federación Colombiana de Fútbol
confederacy CONMEBOL
Technical sponsor Adidas
Head coach PortugalPortugal Carlos Queiroz (2019–)
captain Falcao
Record scorer Falcao (34)
Record player Carlos Valderrama (111)
Home stadium Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
( Barranquilla )
FIFA code COL
FIFA rank 10. (1622 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international match Colombia 1-3 Mexico ( Panama City , Panama ; February 10, 1938 )
ColombiaColombia Mexico 1934Mexico
Biggest win Bahrain 0-6 Colombia ( Riffa , Bahrain ; March 26, 2015 )
BahrainBahrain ColombiaColombia
Biggest defeat Brazil 9-0 Colombia ( Lima , Peru ; March 24, 1957 )
Brazil 1889Brazil ColombiaColombia
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals 6 ( first : 1962 )
Best results Quarterfinals 2014
South American Championship
Participation in the finals 17 ( first : 1945 )
Best results 2001 winner
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals 1 ( first : 2003 )
Best results Fourth 2003
North and Central American Championship
Participation in the finals 3
Best results Second in 2000
(As of November 19, 2019)

A Colombian national soccer team first appeared in an official tournament, the Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 1938 . As early as July 20, 1937, a selection of the Colombian Football Association played a first game against the Mexican team from Jalisco from Guadalajara at a tournament for the 400th birthday of the city of Cali .

National team history

In 1962 Colombia qualified for the World Cup in Chile, but retired after a draw (4: 4 against the Soviet Union ) and two defeats as the last of Group A in the preliminary round.

At the Copa América 1975 Colombia reached the final, which it lost against Peru after a 1-0 and a 0-2 in the decisive third final game with 0-1.

The 1986 World Cup was awarded to the only candidate Colombia in 1974, but since Colombia could not meet the FIFA requirements, the World Cup was withdrawn from Colombia in 1983 and Mexico was designated as the new venue. Colombia then had to qualify and was eliminated in the relegation round against Paraguay .

The Colombians had their “golden generation” in the early 1990s . Participation in the 1990 soccer world championship was the first final round of a soccer world championship in 28 years, where the national team had to admit defeat to Cameroon in the round of 16 and scored 1-1 in the preliminary round against eventual world champions Germany . During this time, the record international Carlos Valderrama played 111 international matches and was named South America's Footballer of the Year twice .

For the following World Cup in 1994 they were even given a real outsider chance of winning the title. In qualifying they had a sovereign performance and beat Argentina 5-0, among others. But they did not get beyond the preliminary round. Andrés Escobar , who scored an own goal in the game against the USA on June 22, 1994, which Colombia lost 2-1, was shot a few days later in a bar in Medellín .

This was followed by a disappointing 1998 World Cup in France . Colombia lost its games against England and Romania and eliminated in the preliminary round.

In 2001 they won the Copa América 2001 in their own country for the first time an international tournament. This qualified the team directly for the 2003 Confederations Cup in France , where fourth place was achieved.

But when they failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in Japan / Korea, they landed hard on the ground.

They finished fourth at the 2004 Copa América in Peru . For the soccer world championship 2006 the team could not qualify again. At the Copa America 2007 in Venezuela , they failed in the preliminary round to Paraguay and Argentina .

After 16 years of abstinence, Colombia qualified for a soccer World Cup for the first time in 2014 . In Brazil, the team achieved their greatest success so far by reaching the quarter-finals. In the game against the hosts, however, the Colombians were knocked out 2-1 . James Rodríguez was the top scorer of the World Cup with 6 goals.

The senior national team never took part in the Olympic Games. A Colombian Olympic team took part in 1968 , 1972 , 1980 and 1992 , but were eliminated in the preliminary round.

Of all CONMEBOL members, Colombia has played the most games against CONCACAF members. The game against Canada on October 14, 2014 was Colombia's 100th encounter with a CONCACAF member.

Colombia at soccer world championships

Colombia has participated in a World Cup qualification 15 times and has qualified for five World Cup finals so far. Three times they were eliminated in qualifying against the eventual world champions.

year Host country Participation until ... Last opponent Result Trainer Comments and special features
1930 Uruguay not participated Not a FIFA member
1934 Italy not participated Not a FIFA member
1938 France not participated
1950 Brazil not participated
1954 Switzerland not participated
1958 Sweden not qualified In the qualification of Paraguay failed
1962 Chile Preliminary round Uruguay , USSR , Yugoslavia 14th Adolfo Pedernera The 4: 4 against the Soviet Union is the highest-scoring draw within normal playing time. At the same time, Marco Coll transformed the only " Olympic goal " that was ever scored in a soccer world championship.
1966 England not qualified In the qualification of Chile failed
1970 Mexico not qualified In qualifying at eventual champions Brazil failed
1974 Germany not qualified In the qualification of Uruguay failed
1978 Argentina not qualified In the qualification of Brazil failed
1982 Spain not qualified In the qualification of Peru failed
1986 Mexico not qualified In qualifying at eventual champions Argentina failed
1990 Italy Round of 16 Cameroon 14th Francisco Maturana Defeat in extra time
1994 United States Preliminary round Romania , USA , Switzerland 19th Francisco Maturana Colombia was eliminated as the bottom of the group. Andrés Escobar , an own goal scorer against the US, was shot dead in front of a bar in Medellín shortly afterwards .
1998 France Preliminary round Romania , Tunisia , England 21st Hernán Darío Gómez
2002 South Korea / Japan not qualified In the South America qualification , Colombia only finished 6th. The top four, including the eventual world champions Brazil, qualified directly, while Uruguay qualified fifth in the play-offs against Australia .
2006 Germany not qualified In the South American qualification , which was again played in the league system between all South American teams, Colombia again only finished 6th. The top four qualified directly, Uruguay in fifth failed this time in the play-offs against Australia .
2010 South Africa not qualified In the South American qualification , which was again played in the league system between all South American teams, Colombia only finished 7th. The top four qualified directly, Uruguay came fifth in the play-offs against Costa Rica .
2014 Brazil Quarter finals Brazil 5. José Pekerman In the South American qualification , which was again played in the league system between all South American teams (except Brazil), Colombia qualified prematurely on October 11, 2013 by beating Chile 3: 3. After three wins in the group stage, Colombia beat Uruguay 2-0 in the round of 16, but lost 2-1 to Brazil in the quarter-finals.
2018 Russia Round of 16 England José Pekerman In the South American qualification , which was again played in the league system between all South American teams, Colombia qualified fourth, ahead of Peru, which had to go into the play-offs. After two wins and one defeat in the group stage, Colombia lost to England 4-5 on penalties in the round of 16.
2022 Qatar

Extended squad

  • Status of the squad: July 3, 2018 (after the end at the 2018 World Cup )
  • Performance data as of July 3, 2018 (after the game against England )
Surname birthday Games Gates society debut
goalkeeper
José Fernando Cuadrado 06/01/1985 1 0 Once Caldas 2017
David Ospina 08/31/1988 89 0 EnglandEngland Arsenal FC 2007
Camilo Vargas 03/09/1989 5 0 Deportivo Cali 2014
Defense
Santiago Arias 01/13/1992 44 0 NetherlandsNetherlands PSV Eindhoven 2013
Farid Díaz 07/20/1983 13 0 ParaguayParaguay Club Olimpia 2016
Yerry Mina 09/23/1994 14th 5 SpainSpain FC Barcelona 2016
Johan Mojica 08/21/1992 7th 1 SpainSpain FC Girona 2015
Óscar Murillo 04/18/1988 14th 0 MexicoMexico CF Pachuca 2016
Davinson Sánchez 06/12/1996 12 0 EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur 2016
Cristián Zapata 09/30/1986 57 2 ItalyItaly AC Milan 2007
midfield
Abel Enrique Aguilar 01/06/1985 72 7th Deportivo Cali 2004
Wílmar Barrios 10/16/1993 12 0 ArgentinaArgentina CA Boca Juniors 2016
Juan Cuadrado May 26, 1988 73 8th ItalyItaly Juventus Turin 2010
Jefferson Lerma 10/25/1994 8th 0 SpainSpain Levante UD 2017
Juan Quintero 01/18/1993 18th 3 ArgentinaArgentina CA River Plate 2012
James Rodríguez 07/12/1991 65 21st SpainSpain real Madrid 2011
Carlos Sánchez 02/06/1986 87 0 SpainSpain Espanyol Barcelona 2007
Mateus Uribe 03/21/1991 10 0 MexicoMexico Club America 2017
Storm
Carlos Bacca 09/08/1986 48 16 SpainSpain Villarreal CF 2010
Miguel Borja 01/26/1993 9 2 BrazilBrazil Palmeiras São Paulo 2017
Radamel Falcao (C)Captain of the crew 02/10/1986 76 30th TurkeyTurkey Galatasaray Istanbul 2007
José Izquierdo 07/07/1992 6th 1 EnglandEngland Brighton & Hove Albion 2017
Luis Muriel 04/16/1991 19th 2 SpainSpain Sevilla FC 2012

Trainer

Record player

(As of November 19, 2019)

Record player
Games player Period Gates
111 Carlos Valderrama 1985-1998 11
102 David Ospina 2007 – active 0
102 Mario Yepes 1999-2014 6th
101 Leonel Álvarez 1985-1997 1
89 Juan Cuadrado 2010 – active 8th
89 Falcao 2007 – active 34
88 Carlos Sánchez 2007 – active 0
84 Freddy Rincon 1990-2001 17th
78 Luis Carlos Perea 1987-1994 2
76 James Rodríguez 2011 – today 22nd
75 Luis Amaranto Perea 2002-2014 0
73 Iván Cordoba 1997-2010 5
73 Óscar Cordoba 1993-2006 0
72 Abel Enrique Aguilar 2004 – active 6th
68 Pablo Armero 2008-2017 2
68 René Higuita 1987-1999 3
68 Arnoldo Iguarán 1979-1993 25th
67 Alexis Mendoza 1987-1997 2
Record shooters
Gates player Period Games
34 Falcao 2007 – today 89
25th Arnoldo Iguarán 1979-1993 68
22nd James Rodríguez 2011 – today 76
20th Faustino Asprilla 1993-2001 57
17th Freddy Rincon 1990-2001 84
16 Carlos Bacca 2010 – today 52
15th Víctor Aristizábal 1993-2003 66
15th Teófilo Gutiérrez 2009-2017 51
14th Adolfo Valencia 1992-1998 37
13 Iván Valenciano 1991-2000 29
13 Antony de Ávila 1983-1998 54
12 Willington José Ortiz 1973–1985 49
11 Carlos Valderrama 1985-1998 111
10 Juan Pablo Angel 1996-2005 33

successes

See also

Web links

Commons : Colombian National Soccer Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB).
  3. ↑ "Bolillo Gómez renunció como técnico de Colombia - Y les dio bolilla" on www.futbol.com.uy from August 9, 2011, accessed on August 9, 2011 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Alvarez coaches the" cafeteros "", kicker from September 9, 2011, accessed on May 21, 2014
  5. ↑ Colombia dismisses Leonel Alvarez . kicker.de . Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  6. ↑ Pekerman nuevo DT de Colombia - Allí Pekerman (Spanish) at www.futbol.com.uy from January 6, 2012, accessed on January 6, 2012
  7. ↑ Carlos Queiroz es, oficialmente, nuevo técnico de la Selección Colombia eltiempo.com, accessed on February 7, 2019 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ a b rsssf.com: Colombiva - Record International Players