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Colombia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers)
AssociationColombian Football Federation
(Federación Colombiana de Fútbol)
ConfederationCONMEBOL
(South America)
Head coachHernán Darío Gómez
CaptainMario Yepes
Most capsCarlos Valderrama (111)
Top scorerArnoldo Iguarán (25)
Home stadiumEstadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín
FIFA codeCOL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current54
Highest4 (December 1996-January 1997, April 2002-June 2002)
Lowest54 (June 2011)
First international
 Mexico 3–1 Colombia Colombia
(Panama City, Panama; 10 February 1938)
Biggest win
 Argentina 0–5 Colombia Colombia
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993)
Colombia Colombia 5–0  Uruguay
(Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004)[1]
Colombia Colombia 5–0  Peru
(Barranquilla, Colombia; 4 June 2005)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 9–0 Colombia Colombia
(Lima, Peru; 24 March 1957)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1962)
Best resultRound of 16, 1990
Copa América
Appearances18 (first in 1945)
Best resultWinners, 2001
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2000)
Best resultRunners-Up, 2000
FIFA Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2003)
Best result4th, 2003

The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Colombian Football Federation. It is also a member of the CONMEBOL. They have been champions once in the 2001 Copa América, which they hosted. They were also runner-ups in the 1975 Copa America won by Peru.

The Colombian National team was one of the strongest and most successful teams of Association football between 1985 and 2001, and are known for having unforgettable moments throughout their history, such as the historic 5-0 defeat of Argentina in 1993 and the Scorpion Kick debut created by Rene Higuita at Wembley Stadium, London, in 1995. Famous football players such as Carlos Valderrama (El Pibe), Faustino Asprilla and Rene Higuita (El Loco) have been key members of the team throughout its history.

However, in recent years the team has failed to be as strong as it once was, being unable to qualify for the FIFA World Cup since 1998. Colombia has had problems throughout the recent years to bring back their rich football heritage and live up to the legacy of the older Colombian generations that rose up the national team's reputation.

Since the rise of 'Colombian Football' in the mid 1980s, the national team has stood as a symbol of Colombian pride and has proved being a stronghold for fighting the negative stereotypes towards the country's reputation. The team retains a very passionate and loyal fan base, in both national and international games.

History

Colombia went on to win the Central American Cup in 1946, a cup they would win again in 1970. Colombia would first enter World Cup qualifying in the 1958 qualifiers, but were unsuccessful. Colombia tied with Uruguay in Bogotá 1–1, but lost in Montevideo 1–0. Later, Colombia narrowly lost against Paraguay 3–2 in Bogotá and later in Asunción 3–0, leaving Colombia at the bottom of CONMEBOL Group Three with one point.

1962 FIFA World Cup

In the 1962 qualifiers, they faced Peru in a two-game series and qualified for their first World Cup.

CONMEBOL Group Three

 Colombia 1 - 0  Peru

 Peru 1 - 1  Colombia

Colombia qualified.

At Chile 1962, Colombia lost 2–1 to South American champions Uruguay in their opening match. They then drew 4–4 with the reigning European champions Soviet Union in one of biggest shocks at Chile 1962. It should be noted that in this game, Colombia scored four goals against Soviet goalie Lev Yashin, considered the best goalie in football history. Also in that game, Marcos Coll scored the first and only Olympic goal in World Cup history. Additionally, in coming back from three goals down to tie the match, the Colombians completed the biggest comeback to draw in World Cup history. Unfortunately, their campaign ended with a 5–0 defeat to Euro 1960 runners-up Yugoslavia.

Group One — Chile 1962 final standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
 Soviet Union 5 3 2 1 0 8 5
 Yugoslavia 4 3 2 0 1 8 3
 Uruguay 2 3 1 0 2 4 6
 Colombia 1 3 0 1 2 5 11

Aftermath and growth of La Selección

Colombia entered the 1966 qualifiers and finished bottom of their group behind Chile and Ecuador. The 1970 qualifiers proved to be little better. Shortly before the 1970 World Cup Colombia played a friendly against England losing 4-0, in a game which was overshadowed by the Bogotá Bracelet incident. In the 1974 qualifiers, Colombia finished behind Uruguay only on goal difference. In the 1975 Copa America, Colombia finished runners-up, losing to Peru 2–0.

For the 1990 World Cup, South America was allocated three-and-a-half berths at the 1990 finals. The continent's nine remaining sides were split into three groups with the two automatic qualifying berths going to the two best group winners, in this instance Uruguay and Brazil. The group winner with the worst record would advance to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off. Thus Colombia had to take on the winners of the Oceania zone. Curiously, this turned out to be Israel, after they finished ahead of Australia and New Zealand in the final qualifying group. Colombia qualified for their first FIFA World Cup since Chile 1962 after winning in Barranquilla 1–0, and tying in Israel 0–0.

1990 FIFA World Cup

At Italia '90, Colombia defeated United Arab Emirates 2–0, lost to Yugoslavia 1-0, and earned their place in the Round of Sixteen after a dramatic 1–1 draw with West Germany, which would later win the Cup. Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 West Germany 5 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7
 Yugoslavia 4 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1
 Colombia 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
 United Arab Emirates 0 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9

During their Round of Sixteen match against Cameroon, the game went into extra time after a 0–0 draw. In an unfortunate moment, goalkeeper René Higuita failed to protect the ball 35 yards (32 m) from the goal line, enabling Cameroon striker Roger Milla to snatch it from him, and score Cameroon's decisive second goal. Milla struck twice, giving Cameroon a 2–0 lead in extra time. Colombia would score in the 115th minute, but were unable to get an equalizer.

1994 FIFA World Cup

Main article: Colombia at the 1994 FIFA World Cup

Colombia entered 1994 FIFA World Cup with high expectations. An impressive qualifying campaign included a historic 5–0 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires.

Qualification — CONMEBOL Group One

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Colombia 10 6 4 2 0 13 2 11
2  Argentina 7 6 3 1 2 7 9 -2
3  Paraguay 6 6 1 4 1 6 7 -1
4  Peru 1 6 0 1 5 4 12 -8

Colombia qualified. Argentina advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Group Stage: Romania: 3-1 :Colombia - June 18, 1994

The match between Colombia and Romania was the first game for either side in the group phase. Romania took the lead in the 16th minute with their first attack of the match when Raducioiu took on three defenders before firing home a low shot. On the half hour mark, Hagi made it 2-0 when he noticed Córdoba out of position and dipped a cross over his head into the net. Valencia pulled a goal back for the Colombians in the 43rd minute when he headed in a corner from Perez. In the second half, Raducioiu put the result beyond doubt with his second goal in the final few minutes.

Group Stage: USA: 2-1 :Colombia - June 22, 1994

During the team's next game against the United States on June 22, Andrés Escobar was stretching to cut out a cross but he deflected the ball into his own net. The U.S. went on to get a second goal in the 56th minute thanks to Earnie Stewart.

Group Stage: Colombia: 2-0 :Switzerland - June 26, 1994

Colombia scored a 2-0 win over Switzerland.

Group A - Final Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Romania 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 0
  Switzerland 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1
 United States 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
 Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1
USA 1 - 1 Switzerland
Colombia 1 - 3 Romania
Switzerland 4 - 1 Romania
USA 2 - 1 Colombia
Switzerland 0 - 2 Colombia
USA 0 - 1 Romania

Assassination of Andrés Escobar

In 1994, defender Andrés Escobar scored an own goal in a World Cup match against the United States; shortly after the team returned to Colombia, Escobar was assassinated in the city of Medellín, Colombia.[3]

1998 FIFA World Cup

Main article: Colombia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

Colombia began their qualification rounds in South America well and ended in third place with 28 points, 2 points below Argentina who was in 1st place with 30 points. They ended in Group G with Tunisia, England, and Romania.

Qualification For France 98: A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.

Final Standings

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Argentina 30 16 8 6 2 23 13 10
2  Paraguay 29 16 9 2 5 21 14 7
3  Colombia 28 16 8 4 4 23 15 8
4  Chile 25 16 7 4 5 32 18 14
5  Peru 25 16 7 4 5 19 20 -1
6  Ecuador 21 16 6 3 7 22 21 1
7  Uruguay 21 16 6 3 7 18 21 -3
8  Bolivia 17 16 4 5 7 18 21 -3
9  Venezuela 3 16 0 3 13 8 41 -33

Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Group Stage: Romania: 1–0 :Colombia

In their opening match, 24-year-old Adrian Ilie of Valencia CF gave Romania a 1-0 victory over Colombia after he placed a magnificent chip shot in the 44th minute from some 15 yards (14 m) that sailed over goalkeeper Farid Mondragón into the net.

Group Stage: Tunisia: 0–1 :Colombia

Colombia's second match was against Tunisia. Colombia's Leider Preciado's strike seven minutes from the end gave Colombia a 1-0 win over Tunisia.

Group Stage: England: 2–0 :Colombia

Although England needed only a draw to guarantee a place in the Final 16, Anderton drove home a fiercely-struck angled drive in the 20th minute. David Beckham curled in a 30-yard (27 m) free kick nine minutes later leaving the game 2–0 with England winning. Colombia was thus eliminated.

Group G — Final Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Romania 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2
 England 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3
 Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2
 Tunisia 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3
England 2 - 0 Tunisia
Romania 1 - 0 Colombia
Colombia 1 - 0 Tunisia
Romania 2 - 1 England
Colombia 0 - 2 England
Romania 1 - 1 Tunisia

2001 Copa America

Colombia's exit at France '98 marked the end of an era, as many expected, but one last moment of glory came at Copa América 2001.

The Copa América in 2001 was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia, for what Venezuela offered to host the competition. At the last minute, CONMEBOL decided to return the organization to Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule. Complaining for the sudden decision, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition. Because Canada and Argentina withdrew, on July 6 and July 10 respectively, Honduras and Costa Rica were invited. There were no terrorist incidents within the competition. Colombia was placed in Group A with Venezuela, Chile, and Ecuador, and they finished on top of the group with nine points

Group Stage:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
 Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
 Ecuador 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
 Venezuela 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0

Quarter-Finals:

Colombia 3 – 0 Peru
Aristizábal 50' 69'
Hernández 66'		 (0 – 0)

Semi-Finals:

Colombia 2 – 0 Honduras
Bedoya 6'
Aristizábal 63'		 (1 – 0)

Final:

Colombia 1 – 0 Mexico
I. Córdoba 65' (0 – 0)

Hosts Colombia won their first Copa América title by beating Mexico in Bogotá. Their captain Iván Córdoba scored the decisive goal early in the second half with a header from a free kick. It was a fairytale success for Colombia after the decision to go ahead with the tournament after it had initially been cancelled. Even the fact that Argentina, regarded by most observers as the strongest side in the region, elected not to take part and that most countries fielded weakened teams failed to dampen the celebrations in Bogotá.

Copa América Winners::

Colombia COLOMBIA (1st title)

2002 FIFA World Cup

For Korea/Japan 2002, hopes were high for Colombia, but a weak attack and internal turmoil crushed their hopes. Colombia only managed to place sixth in the qualification round. Uruguay and Colombia had both 27 points but due to goal difference, Uruguay advanced to the play-offs with Australia.

Final Standings

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Argentina 43 18 13 4 1 42 15 27
2  Ecuador 31 18 9 4 5 23 20 3
3  Brazil 30 18 9 3 6 31 17 14
4  Paraguay 30 18 9 3 6 29 23 6
5  Uruguay 27 18 7 6 5 19 13 6
6  Colombia 27 18 7 6 5 20 15 5
7  Bolivia 18 18 4 6 8 21 33 -12
8  Peru 16 18 4 4 10 14 25 -11
9  Venezuela 16 18 5 1 12 18 44 -26
10  Chile 12 18 3 3 12 15 27 -12

2005 CONCACAF Copa de Oro

The Colombian team playing a friendly match against England in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States (2005)

The 2005 CONCACAF Copa de Oro, or Gold Cup, was played in July 2005 in the United States. Colombia and South Africa were invited guests. Colombia was placed in Group A with Panama, Honduras, and Trinidad and Tobago. There were 3 Groups with 4 teams each, which meant that all 3 first place and second place finishers would advance to the quarter finals and so would the best two third place finishers

Group Stage: Panama: 1-0 : Colombia

Colombia's opening match was against Panama where they lost 1-0. Tejada, who plays for Colombian club Millonarios, netted the game's lone score in the 70th minute.

Group Stage: Honduras: 2-1 : Colombia

The next match was against Honduras where they lost again 2-1. Two late goals gave Honduras the advantage as the catrachos defeated Colombia 2-1 in Group A action of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup The win is the first for Honduras in the tournament since 2000, when they also defeated Colombia.

Group Stage: Trinidad and Tobago: 0-2 : Colombia

The third match was against Trinidad and Tobago where they won a 2-0 victory.

Quarterfinals: Colombia: 2-1 : Mexico

Colombia reached the quarterfinals to face Mexico. Colombia beat Mexico 2-1 as an unexpected goal from Abel Aguilar helped the South American squad advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals: Panama: 3-2 : Colombia

Colombia reached the semifinals only to be defeated by Panama, the underdogs of the tournament. Panama clipped Colombia 3-2 in front of more than 40,000 people at Giants Stadium.

2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup -Germany was an important moment for Colombia, having failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Head coach Francisco Maturana led the team through 4 FIFA qualifiers and was fired after losing to Brazil 2-1 in Barranquilla, getting thrashed 4-0 by a weak Bolivia and suffering a shocking 1-0 defeat at home to Venezuela. Following a 1-1 tie with Argentina he was fired and Reinaldo Rueda was placed as the new coach. Colombia seemed to have improved and defeated Peru and Uruguay 5-0 during qualifying, managed a 3-0 victory over arch-rivals Ecuador, and tied with Brazil 0-0 in São Paulo. Towards the end Colombia (21 pts), Chile (21pts), and Uruguay (22 pts) had a chance to target the playoffs with Australia. Colombia (21 pts) traveled to Asunción hoping for three points against Paraguay (28), who sealed their place in Germany while Chile battled against Ecuador and Uruguay against Argentina. As in the 2002 qualifiers, the last match of Argentina was against Uruguay, and in both occasions Uruguay needed a favourable result to reach 5th place in order to make the playoffs to earn a place in the World Cup. Even though Colombia won its match against Paraguay, Uruguay also won the match against Argentina, again reaching the position to play the playoff for the last ticket to Germany. Both Argentina and Paraguay had already qualified. Colombia ended with 24 pts, once again behind Uruguay with 25 pts.

Final Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 34 18 9 7 2 35 17 18
 Argentina 34 18 10 4 4 29 17 12
 Ecuador 28 18 8 4 6 23 19 4
 Paraguay 28 18 8 4 6 23 23 0
 Uruguay 25 18 6 7 5 23 28 -5
 Colombia 24 18 6 6 6 24 16 8
 Chile 22 18 5 7 6 18 22 -4
 Venezuela 18 18 5 3 10 20 28 -8
 Peru 18 18 4 6 8 20 28 -8
 Bolivia 14 18 4 2 12 20 37 -17

2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Group Stage

July 16 Colombia 7 - 0 Netherlands Antilles at Cartagena, Colombia
July 20 Colombia 2 - 3 Panama at Cartagena, Colombia

Quarter Finals

After Copa America 2007

After Copa America 2007, the Colombian national football team boomed with recent success in the South American 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. After embarrassing losses against Paraguay, and Argentina in the Copa America, many Colombians nonetheless anticipated a successful run for 2010 FIFA World Cup classification. In the first match of the qualifying round, Colombia, defying expectations that they would lose to Brazil, drew 0-0 with Brazil at home. Not long after that, Colombia surprisingly tied 0-0 again with Bolivia national football team, but many argue that this was largely due to the fact that the altitude of La Paz contributes to usual losses or ties for non-Bolivian teams. However, Colombia would find their very first win after defeating a weak Venezuela national football team 1-0, with a stupendous free kick courtesy of Rubén Darío Bustos. In their next game, Colombia would defy expectations again by beating Argentina, at the time ranked first in the world. On November 17, 2007, In Bogotá against Argentina, Lionel Messi beat the defense before scoring past goalkeeper Agustín Julio. Colombia turned the game around in the second half, however, when Rubén Darío Bustos got his second free kick goal of the qualifying campaign, and not long after that, Dayro Moreno scored his first international goal for Colombia. Colombia won the match 2-1, obtaining 4th place in the world cup qualifiers. On June 14, 2008 Columbia tied Peru 1-1 moving Colombia up to 3rd place in the world cup qualifiers after a Brazilian loss to Paraguay. Another 0-0 between Ecuador and Colombia in Quito was on June 18, 2008 and Colombia remain at 3rd place and as the only undefeated country in the qualification after Bolivia won Paraguay 4-2. Successive defeats to Uruguay and Paraguay at home, and a thrashing away to Chile, however, left Colombia in an extremely dangerous position knocking them out of the top five and forcing them to set their sights on the fifth play-off spot only. As of September 25, 2009, they are eighth after a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Uruguay in Montevideo. On October 10, 2009, Colombia lost 4-2 in Colombia against Chile, losing any possibility of assisting to 2010 World Cup. After that, on October 14, 2009, they played their last qualification match against Paraguay, in Asunción, Paraguay, beating 2-0 and finishing in 7th place in the table standings with 23 points, one point behind Uruguay, who went on to compete in the play-offs, and eventually play in the World Cup

Current team status

Colombia failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, mainly because their constant change of formations and struggles to score goals in the last games of the qualification. They played an Exhibition Match against South Africa a month before the World Cup started, which they lost 2-1. The game was the first soccer match played in the recently-built Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. All three goals of the match were scored by penalty kicks, and the match was highly criticized because both of the South Africa penalty kicks did not seem to be fouls at all, and because of the reported partiality of the referee towards the South Africa team. Another Exhibition Match was played in England against Nigeria, a match that ended in a 1-1 draw. Both matches were the first ones that coach Hernán Darío Gómez directed after his designation and return to Colombia's coaching. With a 2-0 win over Venezuela, and a 1-0 win against Ecuador, they wanted success over USA (which ended 0-0). In between all that they lost to Mexico 1-0. Los Cafeteros tied with Peru 1-1 but loss in an action packed duel against champions Spain 1-0. They successfully defeated Ecuador again 2-0 but suffered a 2-0 defeat to Chile in March even after many goal attempts.

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONMEBOL

2011 Copa América

Group A

Main article: 2011 Copa América Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Colombia 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
 Argentina 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Bolivia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
 Costa Rica 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
Colombia 1 – 0 Costa Rica
A. Ramos 45' Report
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
Argentina 0 – 0 Colombia
Report
Colombia v Bolivia

Schedule and results

Date Location Opponent Score1 Competition Colombia scorers
Feb 9, 2011 Madrid, Spain  Spain 0-1 F
Mar 26, 2011 Madrid, Spain  Ecuador 2-0 F Guarín 24' Falcao 74'
Mar 29, 2011 The Hague, Netherlands  Chile 0-2 F
Jun 22, 2011 Pereira, Colombia  Mexico 0-0 F (no FIFA recognition)
Jun 25, 2011 Medellín, Colombia  Senegal 2-0 F Aguilar 16' J. Martínez 41'
Jul 2, 2011 Jujuy, Argentina  Costa Rica 1-0 2011 Copa América Ramos 44'
Jul 6, 2011 Santa Fe, Argentina  Argentina 0-0 2011 Copa América
Jul 10, 2011 Santa Fe, Argentina  Bolivia 2011 Copa América

KEY: F = Friendly match

Current squad

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2011 Copa América.

Caps and goals updated as July 10, 2011.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nelson Ramos Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day 0 0 Colombia Millonarios
12 1GK Neco Martínez (1982-07-11) July 11, 1982 (age 42) 13 1 Colombia Once Caldas
23 1GK Bréiner Castillo (1978-05-05) May 5, 1978 (age 46) 4 0 Colombia Independiente Medellín
2 2DF Cristián Zapata (1986-09-30) September 30, 1986 (age 37) 14 0 Spain Villarreal
3 2DF Mario Yepes (1976-01-13) January 13, 1976 (age 48) 81 4 Italy Milan
5 2DF Yulian Anchico (1984-05-28) May 28, 1984 (age 40) 30 1 Mexico Pachuca
7 2DF Pablo Armero (1986-11-02) November 2, 1986 (age 37) 25 0 Italy Udinese
14 2DF Luis Amaranto Perea (1979-01-30) January 30, 1979 (age 45) 57 0 Spain Atlético Madrid
15 2DF Juan David Valencia (1986-01-15) January 15, 1986 (age 38) 6 0 Colombia Junior
18 2DF Camilo Zúñiga (1985-12-14) December 14, 1985 (age 38) 33 0 Italy Napoli
22 2DF Aquivaldo Mosquera (1981-06-22) June 22, 1981 (age 43) 20 1 Mexico América
4 3MF Gustavo Bolívar (1985-04-16) April 16, 1985 (age 39) 3 0 Colombia Deportes Tolima
6 3MF Carlos Sánchez (1986-02-06) February 6, 1986 (age 38) 21 1 France Valenciennes FC
8 3MF Abel Aguilar (1985-01-06) January 6, 1985 (age 39) 28 5 Spain Hércules
10 3MF Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (1988-05-26) May 26, 1988 (age 36) 9 1 Italy Udinese
13 3MF Fredy Guarín (1986-06-30) June 30, 1986 (age 38) 33 1 Portugal Porto
16 3MF Elkin Soto (1980-07-04) July 4, 1980 (age 44) 21 6 Germany Mainz 05
9 4FW Radamel Falcao (1986-02-10) February 10, 1986 (age 38) 32 9 Portugal Porto
11 4FW Hugo Rodallega (1985-07-25) July 25, 1985 (age 39) 40 8 England Wigan Athletic
17 4FW Dayro Moreno (1985-09-16) September 16, 1985 (age 38) 20 2 Mexico Tijuana
19 4FW Teófilo Gutiérrez (1985-05-27) May 27, 1985 (age 39) 9 2 Argentina Racing
20 4FW Adrián Ramos (1986-01-22) January 22, 1986 (age 38) 18 2 Germany Hertha Berlin
21 4FW Jackson Martínez (1986-10-03) October 3, 1986 (age 37) 8 4 Mexico Chiapas

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
GK David Ospina (1988-08-31) August 31, 1988 (age 35) 19 0 France OGC Nice vs  Senegal; June 25, 2011 Friendly
GK Faryd Mondragón (1971-06-21) June 21, 1971 (age 53) 50 0 United States Philadelphia Union vs  United States; October 12, 2010 Friendly
DF Carlos Valdés (1985-05-22) May 22, 1985 (age 39) 4 1 United States Philadelphia Union vs  Chile; March 29, 2011 Friendly
DF Luis Núñez (1983-12-10) December 10, 1983 (age 40) 4 1 Colombia Once Caldas vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
DF Jhonnier Gonzalez (1982-07-02) July 2, 1982 (age 42) 1 0 Colombia Santa Fe vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
DF Sergio Otalvaro (1986-12-10) December 10, 1986 (age 37) 1 0 Colombia Junior vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
DF Jair Arrechea (1980-09-08) September 8, 1980 (age 43) 1 0 Colombia Deportes Tolima vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
DF Iván Córdoba (1976-08-11) August 11, 1976 (age 47) 72 5 Italy Internazionale vs  United States; October 12, 2010 Friendly
MF Jhon Valencia (1982-03-27) March 27, 1982 (age 42) 4 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional vs  Chile; March 29, 2011 Friendly
MF Juan Pablo Pino (1987-03-30) March 30, 1987 (age 37) 2 0 Turkey Galatasaray vs  Chile; March 29, 2011 Friendly
MF Giovanni Moreno (1986-07-01) July 1, 1986 (age 38) 13 3 Argentina Racing vs  Spain; February 9, 2011 Friendly
MF Cristian Marrugo (1985-07-18) July 18, 1985 (age 39) 6 0 Colombia Deportes Tolima vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
MF Víctor Ibarbo (1990-05-19) May 19, 1990 (age 34) 4 0 Italy Cagliari Calcio vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
MF Diego Chará (1986-04-05) April 5, 1986 (age 38) 2 0 United States Portland Timbers vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
MF Giovanni Hernández (1976-06-16) June 16, 1976 (age 48) 46 5 Colombia Junior vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
MF Jhon Viáfara (1978-10-27) October 27, 1978 (age 45) 42 1 Colombia Pereira vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
FW Víctor Hugo Montaño (1984-05-01) May 1, 1984 (age 40) 1 0 France Rennes vs  Chile; March 29, 2011 Friendly
FW Dorlan Pabon (1988-01-24) January 24, 1988 (age 36) 6 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
FW Fernando Uribe (1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Italy Chievo vs  Peru; November 17, 2010 Friendly
FW Carlos Darwin Quintero (1987-09-18) September 18, 1987 (age 36) 11 1 Mexico Santos Laguna vs  United States; October 12, 2010 Friendly


Uniform

In July 1937 on the occasion of the inauguration of Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero of Cali and the fourth centenary of the founding of Cali city, was an international tournament with teams from Mexico, Argentina, Cuba and would be the first Colombia team in unofficial game.[4] In this opening Colombia team won 3-1 over Mexico.[5] (Without information from the uniform worn.)

Later in 1938 the Colombia team officially participated in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama and later in the same year in Bogotá Bolivarian Games, for these two tournaments wore a blue sky shirt, white shorts and white socks. Why blue sky? No official explanation, but there is something gimmicky: the best teams in this years wore blue: Uruguay (Olympic champion and world champion), Italy (for 1938 was double world champion) y Argentina (world runner-up and Olympics runner-up).[6]

For the year 1945, the highest authority in the Colombian football: Adefútbol, already had affiliation to FIFA and Combebol, then Colombia team participating for the first time in Copa América called 1945 South American Championship, held in Chile, where was participated with a team purely "costeño" because it was the Junior Barranquilla. (Without information from the uniform worn.) Colombia team also participated in 1947 South American Championship (Without information from the uniform worn.) and again in 1949, Adefútbol called to Junior Barranquilla to represent Colombia at the 1949 South American Championship in Brazil.[7] (Without information from the uniform worn.)

Colombia's participation in the championship 1957 South American Championship[8] and the first appearance in the World Cup 1962 FIFA World Cup wore a dark blue shirt white shorts with white or dark blue socks and as an alternate dark blue shirt, dark blue shorts and white socks.[9][10] This same uniform was used in qualifying for the 1966 World.[11]

File:SELLECCION COLOMBIA CALI 1971.jpg
Colombia national football team 1971

On June 15, 1971, long after the power struggle between Adefútbol and Dimayor, a general assembly was held to give life to the present Colombian Football Federation[12] and with it came the orange uniform, evoking the powerful Netherlands team world runner-up in 1974 and 1978[13]: orange shirt with the national flag crossed on the chest, white shorts and orange socks, and for away matches a white shirt with the national flag crossed on the chest.[14] In the great Copa America 75 on Efraín 'Caiman' Sanchez's team achieved the first time a subtitle Copa America, orange shirt was used without the fringe on the chest, black shorts and orange socks.[15] By the early 80's is still with the same uniform, this time sponsored by the French brand Le Coq Sportif.[16] In the friendly match August 24, 1984 against Argentina in which the Colombia team won 1 to 0, again used the orange shirt with the tricolor band cross.[17][18]

In 1985 started the tricolor era for the uniform of Colombia team, and for the qualifying to the 1986 FIFA World Cup using a uniform designed by María Elvira Pardo with tricolor turtle neck, sleeves and stockings with tricolor edge, red shirt, blue shorts and yellow socks for the home matches and yellow shirt for the away matches.[19][20] Colombia team used uniforms of the German brand Adidas in the final matches of the qualifying, keeping the same colors.[21]

In 1987, for the participation in 1987 Copa América Colombia national team wore the uniform of the German brand Puma with yellow shirt, blue shorts and red socks.[22]

For the 1988 Ciudad de Bogotá cup,[23] the 1989 Copa América[24] and the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification[25] Colombia national team turned to wear Adidas, with red shirt, blue shorts and yellow socks for home matches and yellow shirt for away matches. Also for the 1990 FIFA World Cup Adidas designed the uniform, keeping the same colors.[26]

In the 1991 Copa América Colombia Team dressed by the Spanish brand Kelme and still keeping the same colors of the previous year, red shirt for home matches and yellow shirt for away matches.[27][28]


Since 1992 is used as local yellow shirt, blue shorts and red socks, in this year the selection Colombia was worn by the local brand Comba.[29] For the 1993 Copa América[30] and the 1994 FIFA World Cup[31] Colombia national team was worn by the English brand Umbro with the same colours: yellow shirt, blue shorts and red socks and blue shirt for away matches. Umbro sponsored the Colombia national team until 1997, in 1998 Reebok is the new brand of clothing from Colombia team on the 1998 FIFA World Cup,[32] keeping the same colours for home matches and blue shirt, white shorts and white or blue socks for away matches, Reebok dressed the Colombia national team in the Copa America 2001 until 2002.

Between 29 and 30 December 2002, the Federation traveled to Panama to negotiate with the Italian sportswear company Lotto,[33] they obtained sponsorship in 2003 and it was used on the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, keeping the same colors that they had been using for both home and away jerseys. Lotto accompanied the Colombia team until 2010. Since 2011 the German brand Adidas returned, Adidas will be present in March of 2011.[34] For the 2011 South American Youth Championship in Peru, held in January, team Colombia uses a preliminary design from Adidas.[35]

Home

1938
1957–1960
1960–1961
1962–1965
1971–1974
1975–1979


Le Coq Sportif 1980–1981
1982–1984
1985
Adidas 1985–1986
Puma 1987
Adidas 1988–1989


Adidas 1990
Kelme 1991
Comba 1992
Umbro 1993–1997
Reebok 1998–2000
Reebok 2001–2002


Lotto 2003–2004
Lotto 2004–2007
Lotto 2007–2009
Lotto 2009–2010
Adidas 2011 (prov.)

Away

1957–1960
1960–1961
1962–1965
1971–1974
1975–1979
Le Coq Sportif 1980–1981


1982–1984
1985
Adidas 1985–1986
Adidas 1988–1989
Adidas 1990
Kelme 1991


Umbro 1993–1997
Reebok 1998–2000
Reebok 2001–2002
Lotto 2003–2004
Lotto 2004–2007
Lotto 2007–2009


Lotto 2009–2010
Adidas 2011 (prov.)

Kit manufacturer

Period Kit Manufacturer
1980-1981 FranceLe Coq Sportif
1985-1986 GermanyAdidas
1987 GermanyPuma
1988-1990 GermanyAdidas
1991 SpainKelme
1992 ColombiaComba
1993-1997 EnglandUmbro
1998-2002 EnglandReebok
2003-2010 ItalyLotto
2011-Today GermanyAdidas

World Cup Record

FIFA World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1930 to 1934 Not a FIFA member - - - - - -
France 1938 Withdrew - - - - - -
Brazil 1950 Did not enter - - - - - -
Switzerland 1954 Banned by FIFA - - - - - -
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Chile 1962 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 5 11
1966 to 1986 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Italy 1990 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 4 4
United States 1994 Group Stage 19th 3 1 0 2 4 5
France 1998 Group Stage 21st 3 1 0 2 1 3
2002 to 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 4/18 13 3 2 8 14 23

Confederations Cup Record

FIFA Confederations Cup
Year Round Position GP W D* L* GS GA
1992 to 2001 Did not qualify - - - - - -
France 2003 Fourth Place 4th 5 2 0 3 5 4
2005 to 2009 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 1/8 5 2 0 3 5 4

Copa América Record

Copa América
Total: 1 Titles
Year Position Year Position Year Position
Argentina 1916 Did not enter Peru 1939 Did not enter Uruguay 1967 Did not qualify
Uruguay 1917 Did not enter Chile 1941 Did not enter 1975 Second place
Brazil 1919 Did not enter Uruguay 1942 Did not enter 1979 Round 1
Chile 1920 Did not enter Chile 1945 Fifth place 1983 Round 1
Argentina 1921 Did not enter Argentina 1946 Withdrew Argentina 1987 Third place
Brazil 1922 Did not enter Ecuador 1947 Eighth place Brazil 1989 Round 1
Uruguay 1923 Did not enter Brazil 1949 Eighth place Chile 1991 Fourth place
Uruguay 1924 Did not enter Peru 1953 Withdrew Ecuador 1993 Third place
Argentina 1925 Did not enter Chile 1955 Withdrew Uruguay 1995 Third place
Chile 1926 Did not enter Uruguay 1956 Withdrew Bolivia 1997 Quarter-finals
Peru 1927 Did not enter Peru 1957 Fifth place Paraguay 1999 Quarter-finals
Argentina 1929 Did not enter Argentina 1959 Withdrew Colombia 2001 Champions
Peru 1935 Did not enter Ecuador 1959 Withdrew Peru 2004 Fourth place
Argentina 1937 Did not enter Bolivia 1963 Seventh place Venezuela 2007 Round 1

Managers

COLOMBIA NATIONAL TEAM MANAGERS SINCE 1938 FROM TO
Colombia Alfonso Novoa 1938-02-10 1938-02-23
Argentina Fernando Paternoster 1938-08-08 1938-08-21
Colombia Roberto Meléndez 1945-01-21 1945-02-21
Peru José Arana Cruz 1946-12-09 1946-12-20
Argentina Lino Taioli 1947-12-02 1947-12-29
Colombia Pedro López 1957-03-16 1957-04-01
Argentina Rodolfo Orlandini 1957-06-16 1957-07-07
Argentina Adolfo Pedernera 1961-02-05 1962-06-07
Colombia Gabriel Ochoa Uribe 1963-03-10 1963-03-31
Colombia Efraín Sánchez 1963-09-01 1963-09-04
Colombia Antonio Julio de la Hoz 1965-06-20 1965-08-07
Paraguay Cesar López Fretes 1966-11-30 1966-12-11
Colombia Francisco Zuluaga 1968-10-16 1969-08-24
Paraguay Cesar López Fretes 1970-05-20 1970-05-20
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Toza Veselinović 1972-03-29 1973-07-05
Colombia Efraín Sánchez 1975-07-20 1975-10-28
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Blagoje Vidinić 1976-10-15 1979-09-05
Argentina Carlos Bilardo 1980-01-05 1981-09-13
Colombia Efraín Sánchez 1983-02-14 1984-10-11
Colombia Gabriel Ochoa Uribe 1985-02-01 1985-11-03
Colombia Francisco Maturana 1987-06-11 1990-06-23
Colombia Luis Augusto García 1991-01-29 1991-07-21
Colombia Humberto Ortiz 1992-07-08 1992-08-02
Colombia Francisco Maturana 1993-02-24 1994-06-26
Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez 1995-01-31 1998-06-26
Colombia Javier Álvarez 1999-02-09 1999-11-19
Colombia Luis Augusto García 2000-02-12 2001-04-24
Colombia Francisco Maturana 2001-06-03 2001-11-14
Colombia Reynaldo Rueda 2002-05-07 2002-05-12
Colombia Francisco Maturana 2002-11-20 2003-11-19
Colombia Reynaldo Rueda 2004-02-18 November 2006
Colombia Jorge Luis Pinto January 2007 September 2008
Colombia Eduardo Lara Lozano September 2008 November 2009
Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez May 4, 2010

Most Caps

Player Colombia career Caps (Goals)
Carlos Valderrama 1985–1998 111 (11)
Leonel Álvarez 1985–1997 101 (1)
Freddy Rincón 1990–2001 84 (17)
Mario Yepes 1999– 81 (4)
Luis Carlos Perea 1987–1994 78 (2)
Óscar Córdoba 1993–2006 73 (0)
Iván Córdoba 1997– 72 (5)
Arnoldo Iguarán 1979–1993 68 (25)
René Higuita 1987–1999 68 (3)
Alexis Mendoza 1987–1997 67 (2)

Top goalscorers

Player Colombia career Goals (Caps)
Arnoldo Iguarán 1979–1993 25 (68)
Faustino Asprilla 1993–2001 20 (57)
Freddy Rincón 1990–2001 17 (84)
Víctor Aristizábal 1993–2003 15 (66)
Adolfo Valencia 1992–1998 14 (37)
Iván Valenciano 1991–2000 13 (29)
Willington José Ortiz 1973–1985 13 (49)
Antony de Ávila 1983–1998 13 (53)
Carlos Valderrama 1985–1998 11 (111)
Juan Pablo Ángel 1996–2006 9 (33)
Radamel Falcao 2007- 9 (32)

Notable former players

See also

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ FIFA.com
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  4. ^ Colfútbol. "Historia Colfútbol".
  5. ^ www.cali.gov.co. "Historia Pascual Guerrero".
  6. ^ Futbolred/El Tiempo. "Cuando la Selección se vistió de Colombia".
  7. ^ Colfútbol. "Historia Colfútbol".
  8. ^ "Colombia Sudamericano 1957".
  9. ^ Youtube. "El Olímpico".
  10. ^ Futbolred/El Tiempo. "Cuando la Selección se vistió de Colombia".
  11. ^ www.guayaquilcaliente.com. "Eliminatorias 1965".
  12. ^ Colfútbol. "Historia Colfútbol".
  13. ^ Futbolred/El Tiempo. "Cuando la Selección se vistió de Colombia".
  14. ^ www.arcotriunfal.com. "Colombia 1971".
  15. ^ www.elcolombiano.com. "Colombia 1975".
  16. ^ bestiariodelbalon.com. "Colombia Le Coq Sportif".
  17. ^ www.arcotriunfal.com. "Colombia 1984".
  18. ^ tierranegra77.blogspot.com. "Colombia 1984".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ bestiariodelbalon.com. "Colombia 1985".
  20. ^ bestiariodelbalon.com. "Colombia 1985".
  21. ^ bestiariodelbalon.com. "La selección más bestiarista de todos los tiempos".
  22. ^ bestiariodelbalon.com. "Dos de nosotros no son como los otros".
  23. ^ bestiariodelbalon.com. "Especiales del Bestiario: Copa Ciudad de Bogotá 1988".
  24. ^ www.gettyimages.com. "Copa América 1989".
  25. ^ www.gettyimages.com. "World Cup Qualifier 1989".
  26. ^ www.gettyimages.com. "1990 World Cup Finals".
  27. ^ football-uniform.seesaa.net. "Colombia 1991 Kelme".
  28. ^ www.gettyimages.com. "Sport. Football. Copa America. 1991".
  29. ^ bestiariodelbalon.com. "Colombia preolímpica 1992".
  30. ^ www.gettyimages.com. "The Copa America 1993".
  31. ^ www.gettyimages.com. "SWITZERLAND V COLOMBIA 1994".
  32. ^ www.gettyimages.com. "1998 World Cup Finals".
  33. ^ www.elcolombiano.com. "El Gobierno pone en jaque al fútbol".
  34. ^ www.eltiempo.com. "Nuevo uniforme de Colombia será presentado en marzo del 2011".
  35. ^ www.elcolombiano.com. "Imagen uniforme adidas Colombia (preliminar)".

Titles

Preceded by South American Champions
2001 (First title) 		Succeeded by
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