Colombian national soccer team
Nickname (s) | Los cafeteros | ||
Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol | ||
confederacy | CONMEBOL | ||
Technical sponsor | Adidas | ||
Head coach | Carlos Queiroz (2019–) | ||
captain | Falcao | ||
Record scorer | Falcao (34) | ||
Record player | Carlos Valderrama (111) | ||
Home stadium |
Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez ( Barranquilla ) |
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FIFA code | COL | ||
FIFA rank | 10. (1622 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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statistics | |||
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First international match Colombia 1-3 Mexico ( Panama City , Panama ; February 10, 1938 )
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Biggest win Bahrain 0-6 Colombia ( Riffa , Bahrain ; March 26, 2015 ) |
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Biggest defeat Brazil 9-0 Colombia ( Lima , Peru ; March 24, 1957 )
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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to the only candidate Colombia in 1974, but since Colombia could not meet the FIFA requirements, the World Cup was withdrawn from Colombia in 1983 and Mexico was designated as the new venue.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 |
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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 | |
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goalkeeper | ||||||
José Fernando Cuadrado | 06/01/1985 | 1 | 0 | Once Caldas | 2017 | |
David Ospina | 08/31/1988 | 89 | 0 | Arsenal FC | 2007 | |
Camilo Vargas | 03/09/1989 | 5 | 0 | Deportivo Cali | 2014 | |
Defense | ||||||
Santiago Arias | 01/13/1992 | 44 | 0 | PSV Eindhoven | 2013 | |
Farid Díaz | 07/20/1983 | 13 | 0 | Club Olimpia | 2016 | |
Yerry Mina | 09/23/1994 | 14th | 5 | FC Barcelona | 2016 | |
Johan Mojica | 08/21/1992 | 7th | 1 | FC Girona | 2015 | |
Óscar Murillo | 04/18/1988 | 14th | 0 | CF Pachuca | 2016 | |
Davinson Sánchez | 06/12/1996 | 12 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2016 | |
Cristián Zapata | 09/30/1986 | 57 | 2 | AC Milan | 2007 | |
midfield | ||||||
Abel Enrique Aguilar | 01/06/1985 | 72 | 7th | Deportivo Cali | 2004 | |
Wílmar Barrios | 10/16/1993 | 12 | 0 | CA Boca Juniors | 2016 | |
Juan Cuadrado | May 26, 1988 | 73 | 8th | Juventus Turin | 2010 | |
Jefferson Lerma | 10/25/1994 | 8th | 0 | Levante UD | 2017 | |
Juan Quintero | 01/18/1993 | 18th | 3 | CA River Plate | 2012 | |
James Rodríguez | 07/12/1991 | 65 | 21st | real Madrid | 2011 | |
Carlos Sánchez | 02/06/1986 | 87 | 0 | Espanyol Barcelona | 2007 | |
Mateus Uribe | 03/21/1991 | 10 | 0 | Club America | 2017 | |
Storm | ||||||
Carlos Bacca | 09/08/1986 | 48 | 16 | Villarreal CF | 2010 | |
Miguel Borja | 01/26/1993 | 9 | 2 | Palmeiras São Paulo | 2017 | |
Radamel Falcao | 02/10/1986 | 76 | 30th | Galatasaray Istanbul | 2007 | |
José Izquierdo | 07/07/1992 | 6th | 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2017 | |
Luis Muriel | 04/16/1991 | 19th | 2 | Sevilla FC | 2012 |
Trainer
- Friedrich Donnenfeld (1949)
- Adolfo Pedernera (1961–1962)
- Francisco Zuluaga (1968–1969)
- Todor Veselinović (1972–1973)
- Blagoja Vidinić (1976–1979)
- Gabriel Ochoa Uribe (1963, 1985)
- Carlos Bilardo (1980-1981)
- Francisco Maturana (1987–1990, 2001, 2003)
- Hernán Darío Gómez (1995–1998, 2010 - August 8, 2011)
- Reinaldo Rueda (2004-2006)
- Jorge Luis Pinto (2007-2008)
- Leonel Álvarez (2011)
- José Pékerman (2012-2018)
- Arturo Reyes (2018-2019)
- Carlos Queiroz (2019–)
Record player
(As of November 19, 2019)
Record player | |||
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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 | |||
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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
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Football World Cup
- FIFA Fair Play Award (1): 2014
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FIFA Confederations Cup
- Fourth place (1): 2003
- Copa America
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CONCACAF Gold Cup
- Final (1): 2000
- Central America and Caribbean Games
See also
- List of the international matches of the Colombian national football team
- Colombian National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
- Colombian national football team (U-20 men)
Web links
- Federación Colombiana de Fútbol
- List of international matches from the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation for Colombia
- List of record national players and goalscorers for Colombia from the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- List of coaches of the Colombian national team of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "Alvarez coaches the" cafeteros "", kicker from September 9, 2011, accessed on May 21, 2014
- ↑ Colombia dismisses Leonel Alvarez . kicker.de . Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ↑ Pekerman nuevo DT de Colombia - Allí Pekerman (Spanish) at www.futbol.com.uy from January 6, 2012, accessed on January 6, 2012
- ↑ Carlos Queiroz es, oficialmente, nuevo técnico de la Selección Colombia eltiempo.com, accessed on February 7, 2019 (Spanish)
- ↑ a b rsssf.com: Colombiva - Record International Players