Colombia national under-23 football team

Colombia
Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Arturo Reyes
Captain	Teófilo Gutiérrez
FIFA code	COL
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
Appearances	5 (first in 1968)
Best result	Seventh place (2016)
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
South American Games
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games

The Colombia Olympic 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.

Honours

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament:
- Runners-up: 1968, 1972, 1980, 1992
- Fourth place: 1964, 1976, 1988, 1996
Bolivarian Games
- Champions: 1951 Caracas
- Runners-up: 1961 Barranquilla, 1973 Panama City, 1981 Barquisimeto
Central American and Caribbean Games
- Third place: 1954 Mexico City, 1970 Panama City
Pan American Games
- Runners-up: 1971 Colombia
- Third place: 1995 Mar del Plata
- Fourth place: 2003 Santo Domingo
South American Games
- Runners-up: 1986 Santiago

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
1900	Did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1936
1948
1952	Did not enter
1956	Did not enter
1960	Did not qualify
1964	Did not qualify
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	Did not qualify
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
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
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
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
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	0	2	6	7
2007	Preliminary round	7th	3	1	1	1	1	1
2011	Did not participate
2015
2019
Total	Silver medal	6/18	31	13	6	11	47	39

Schedule and results

Win Draw Loss

2019

5 September Friendly	Brazil	2–0	Colombia	São Paulo, Brazil
21:30	Pedrinho 15' Matheus Cunha 42'	Report		Stadium: Pacaembú

8 September Friendly	Argentina	3–1	Colombia	Buenos Aires, Argentina
17:00	González 34' Vargas 38' (pen.) Carranza 82'	Report	Mesa 23'	Stadium: Diego Armando Maradona

10 October Friendly	Peru	0–3	Colombia	Callao, Perú
15:00		Report	Sandoval 23' Ramírez 27' Vera 72'	Stadium: Estadio Miguel Grau

13 October Friendly	Peru	1–0	Colombia	Callao, Perú
13:30	Quevedo 36'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Miguel Grau

17 November Friendly	Japan	0–2	Colombia	Hiroshima, Japan
16:30		Report	Sandoval 47' Ramírez 58'

19 December Friendly

Paraguay

3–1

Colombia

Asunción, Paraguay

21 December Friendly

Paraguay

2–2

Colombia

Asunción, Paraguay

12 January Friendly

Colombia

0–1

Bolivia

Barranquilla, Colombia

2020

18 January Pre-Olympic Tournament	Colombia	1–2	Argentina	Pereira, Colombia
20:30	Carrascal 7'	Report	Mac Allister 11' Gaich 51'	Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)

21 January Pre-Olympic Tournament	Colombia	4–0	Ecuador	Pereira, Colombia
20:30	Benedetti 15' Carrascal 26' Cetré 32' Carbonero 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

27 January Pre-Olympic Tournament	Colombia	2–1	Venezuela	Pereira, Colombia
20:30	Carrascal 45+2' Atuesta 71'	Report	Hurtado 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

30 January Pre-Olympic Tournament	Colombia	0–0	Chile	Pereira, Colombia
20:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

3 February Pre-Olympic Tournament	Brazil	1–1	Colombia	Bucaramanga, Colombia
20:30	Cunha 71'	Report	Cetré 27'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

6 February Pre-Olympic Tournament	Argentina	2–1	Colombia	Bucaramanga, Colombia
20:30	Urzi 50' Pérez 53'	Report	Cetré 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

9 February Pre-Olympic Tournament	Colombia	1–3	Uruguay	Bucaramanga, Colombia
18:00	Cetré 78'	Report	Ramírez 28' Sanabria 53' J. Rodríguez 61'	Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

Team

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

Caps and goals updated as 17 November 2019.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Esteban Ruiz	(1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 (age 26)	3	0	Independiente Medellín
12	1GK	Kevin Mier	(2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24)	1	0	Santa Fe
22	1GK	Sebastian Guerra	(2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Atlético Nacional

2	2DF	Eddie Segura	(1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Los Angeles FC
3	2DF	Andres Reyes	(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Atlético Nacional
4	2DF	Willer Ditta	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Atlético Junior
13	2DF	Alvaro Angulo	(1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Rionegro Águilas
14	2DF	Anderson Arroyo	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Mladá Boleslav
16	2DF	Edwin Herrera	(1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 24)	2	0	Santa Fe
17	2DF	Gabriel Fuentes	(1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Atlético Junior
23	2DF	Carlos Terán	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Envigado

5	3MF	Kevin Balanta ^INJ	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 27)	3	0	Tijuana
6	3MF	Andrés Balanta	(2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Deportivo Cali
7	3MF	Iván Angulo	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Palmeiras
8	3MF	Jorge Carrascal	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 26)	4	0	River Plate
10	3MF	Nicolás Benedetti	(1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 27)	2	0	América
15	3MF	Jaime Alvarado	(1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Hércules
20	3MF	Eduard Atuesta	(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 26)	3	0	Los Angeles FC

9	4FW	Ricardo Márquez	(1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 26)	3	0	Unión Magdalena
11	4FW	Mender Garcia	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Once Caldas
18	4FW	Edwuin Cetré	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Atlético Junior
19	4FW	Luis Sandoval	(1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 25)	3	2	Atlético Junior
21	4FW	Johan Carbonero	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 24)	0	0	Once Caldas

Notes

Recent call-ups

The following players have been recently called up in the last 6 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Luis García	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Sevilla Atlético	v. Argentina, 8 September 2019
GK	Manuel Arias	(1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Cortuluá	Training session August 2019
GK	Roameth Romaña	(1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Tigres	Training session August 2019

DF	Andres Solano	(1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Atlético Madrid	v. Japan, 17 November 2019
DF	Brayan Vera	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 25)	2	1	Lecce	v. Japan, 17 November 2019
DF	Carlos Cuesta	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Genk	v. Japan, 17 November 2019
DF	Breiner Paz	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26)	2	0	Millonarios	v. Peru, 13 October 2019
DF	José Ortiz	(1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Morelia	v. Argentina, 8 September 2019
DF	Juan Camilo Mesa	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26)	1	1	América	v. Argentina, 8 September 2019
DF	Mateo Puerta	(1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Deportivo Cali	Training session August 2019
DF	Nicolas Hernandez	(1997-09-27) 27 September 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Santa Fe	Training session August 2019
DF	Miguel Nazarit	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Nashville SC	Training session August 2019

MF	Juan Pablo Ramírez	(1997-11-23) 23 November 1997 (age 26)	3	2	Atlético Nacional	2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic ^INJ
MF	Maicol Medina	(1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Patriotas	v. Paraguay, 21 December 2019
MF	Kevin Agudelo	(1998-11-14) 14 November 1998 (age 25)	3	0	Genoa	v. Japan, 17 November 2019
MF	Steven Alzate	(1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	v. Peru, 10 October 2019 ^INJ
MF	Ever Valencia	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Cúcuta Deportivo	v. Argentina, 8 September 2019
MF	Ivan Rojas	(1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 (age 26)	2	0	Envigado	v. Argentina, 8 September 2019
MF	John Arias	(1997-09-21) 21 September 1997 (age 26)	2	0	Patriotas	v. Argentina, 8 September 2019
MF	Yesid Diaz	(1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Independiente Medellín	Training session August 2019
MF	Sebastian Guzman	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Once Caldas	Training session August 2019
MF	Jesús Marimón	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Patriotas	Training session August 2019

FW	Juan Becerra	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Cornellà	v. Paraguay, 21 December 2019
FW	Luis Miranda	(1997-08-27) 27 August 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Cúcuta Deportivo	v. Japan, 17 November 2019
FW	Mateo Casierra	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)	4	0	Belenenses	v. Peru, 13 October 2019
FW	José Sinisterra	(1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 25)	2	0	Lanús	v. Peru, 13 October 2019
FW	Neider Barona	(1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 26)	2	0	La Equidad	v. Argentina, 8 September 2019
FW	Santiago Patiño	(1997-03-10) 10 March 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Orlando City	Training session August 2019
FW	Juan Camilo Salazar	(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Millonarios	Training session August 2019

Coaching staff

As of 20 May 2015

Manager	Arturo Reyes
Assistant manager	Nelson Flores
Physical trainer	John Moncada
Goalkeeping coach	Eulin Carabali
Medic	Cesar Ruiz
Assistant	Grigori Méndez
Physiotherapist	Omar Castro

Notes

References

v t e Colombia national football team
General	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol History Managers
Statistics	World Cup record Copa América record CONCACAF Gold Cup record Head to head
Results	1926–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present Unofficial Women Olympic
Players	International footballers World Cup & Copa América squads Category
Goals	Radamel Falcao
World Cups (6)	1962 1990 1994 details 1998 2014 2018
Copa América (21)	1945 1947 1949 1957 1963 1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015 2016 2019 2021
CONCACAF Gold Cups (3)	2000 2003 2005
Other tournaments	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics
Rivalries	Venezuela
Related teams	U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Women Women U-20 Women U-17 Futsal (men, women) Beach

v t e Football in Colombia
Colombian Football Federation
National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17 Futsal Women's Futsal Beach
League competitions	Primera A Primera B Primera C Women's Football League
Domestic cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá
DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

v t e National sports teams of Colombia
Sport in Colombia
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Olympics Paralympics Deaflympics Pan American Games Youth Olympics World Athletics Championships

Honours

Competitive record

Olympic Games

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

Pan American Games

Schedule and results

2019

2020

Team

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Coaching staff

See also

Notes

References