Colombia national under-23 football 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.

Colombia Olympic
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)

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

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*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

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Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1900 did not participate
  1904
  1908
  1912
  1920
  1924
  1928
  1936
  1948
  1952 did not enter
  1956
  1960 did not qualify
  1964
  1968 First stage 10th 3 1 0 2 4 5
  1972 First stage 11th 3 1 0 2 5 12
  1976 did not qualify
  1980 First stage 11th 3 1 1 1 2 4
  1984 did not qualify
  1988
  1992 First stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 9
  1996 did not qualify
  2000
  2004
  2008
  2012
  2016 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 6 6
  2020 did not qualify
  2024
Total Quarter-finals 5/26 16 4 4 8 21 36

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

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Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1960 First stage 10th 2 1 0 1 3 7
  1964 Fourth place 4th 6 1 2 3 6 10
  1968 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 10 7
  1972 Runners-up 2nd 7 2 5 0 7 4
  1976 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 9
  1980 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 10 5
  1984 First stage 5th 2 0 0 2 1 5
  1988 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1 2 7 4
  1992 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 14 3
  1996 Fourth place 4th 4 0 2 2 6 11
  2000 First stage 6th 4 2 1 1 10 13
  2004 Playoffs 6th 5 2 0 3 7 9
  2020 Fourth place 4th 7 2 2 3 10 9
  2024 First stage 10th 4 0 0 4 0 8
Total Runners-up 14/14 72 26 19 27 96 100

Pan American Games

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

Schedule and results

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2024

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12 January Friendly Colombia   5–0   Dominican Republic Romelio Martínez Stadium, Barranquilla
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Players

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Current squad

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The following players were called up for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[1][2] On 11 January, forwards Kener Valencia and Edwin Mosquera were ruled out due to injuries and were replaced by Nelson Quiñones and Alejandro García, respectively.[3][4]

Caps and goals updated as 18 January 2024.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sebastián Guerra (2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 22)   Atlanta United FC
2 2DF Cristian Devenish (captain) (2001-01-25)25 January 2001 (aged 21)   Atlético Nacional
3 2DF Juan David Mosquera (2002-09-05)5 September 2002 (aged 20)   Portland Timbers
4 2DF Fernando Álvarez (2003-08-24)24 August 2003 (aged 19)   CF Montréal
5 3MF Josen Escobar (2004-12-12)12 December 2004 (aged 18)   América de Cali
6 3MF Nelson Palacio (2001-06-16)16 June 2001 (aged 21)   Real Salt Lake
7 3MF Juan Castilla (2004-07-27)27 July 2004 (aged 18)   Deportivo Cali
8 2DF Brayan Ceballos (2001-05-24)24 May 2001 (aged 21)   Atlético Junior
9 4FW Óscar Perea (2005-09-27)27 September 2005 (aged 17)   Atlético Nacional
10 3MF Daniel Ruiz (2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (aged 21)   Millonarios
11 4FW Andrés Gómez (2002-09-12)12 September 2002 (aged 20)   Real Salt Lake
12 1GK Alejandro Rodríguez (2001-01-12)12 January 2001 (aged 22)   Deportivo Cali
13 1GK Luis Marquinez (2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 19)   Atlético Nacional
14 3MF Yani Quintero (2002-07-17)17 July 2002 (aged 20)   Deportes Quindío
15 3MF Jimer Fory (2002-05-24)24 May 2002 (aged 20)   Deportivo Pereira
16 2DF Devan Tanton (2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 19)   Fulham
17 4FW Alejandro García (2001-02-28)28 February 2001 (aged 21)   Once Caldas
18 3MF Jhojan Torres (2003-01-12)12 January 2003 (aged 20)   Santa Fe
19 4FW Carlos Cortés (2001-09-17)17 September 2001 (aged 21)   Cortuluá
20 4FW Óscar Cortés (2003-12-03)3 December 2003 (aged 19)   Lens
21 4FW Brahian Palacios (2002-11-24)24 November 2002 (aged 20)   Atlético Nacional
22 4FW Nelson Quiñones (2002-08-20)20 August 2002 (aged 20)   Houston Dynamo FC
23 2DF Samuel Velásquez (2003-05-29)29 May 2003 (aged 19)   Atlético Nacional
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Recent call-ups

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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

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Friendlies

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  • Torneo de las Americas[5]:
    • Winners: 1994

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Masculina Sub 23 para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" [Call-up of the Colombia U23 Men's National Team for the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic 2024] (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ Calderón, Juan (5 January 2024). "Selección Colombia Sub-23: esta es la convocatoria para el Torneo Preolímpico" [Colombia U23 National Team: this is the call-up list for the Pre-Olympic Tournament] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio.
  3. ^ "Modificación en la convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Sub 23" (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Modificación en la convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Sub 23" (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 11 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Torneo de las Americas U-23 Colombia 1994". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2022.