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
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

*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
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
1900did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1936
1948
1952did not enter
1956
1960did not qualify
1964
1968First stage10th310245
1972First stage11th3102512
1976did not qualify
1980First stage11th311124
1984did not qualify
1988
1992First stage14th301249
1996did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016Quarter-finals7th412166
2020did not qualify
2024
TotalQuarter-finals5/26164482136

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
1960First stage10th210137
1964Fourth place4th6123610
1968Runners-up2nd6411107
1972Runners-up2nd725074
1976Fourth place4th512259
1980Runners-up2nd6312105
1984First stage5th200215
1988Fourth place4th741274
1992Runners-up2nd7421143
1996Fourth place4th4022611
2000First stage6th42111013
2004Playoffs6th520379
2020Fourth place4th7223109
2024First stage10th400408
TotalRunners-up14/147226192796100

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
1951did not participate
1955
1959
1963
1967Preliminary round8th3003213
1971Silver medal2nd8521217
1975did not participate
1979
1983
1987Preliminary round11th301214
1991did not participate
1995Bronze medal3rd6402135
1999did not participate
2003Fourth place4th521267
2007Preliminary round7th311111
2011did not participate
2015
2019
2023Sixth place6th411224
TotalSilver medal7/1932136134641

Schedule and results

  Win  Draw  Loss

2024

v  Dominican Republic
12 January Friendly Colombia  5–0  Dominican Republic Romelio Martínez Stadium, Barranquilla
Report
v  Colombia
20 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Ecuador  3–0  Colombia Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
ReportReferee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)
v  Bolivia
1 February 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament Colombia  0–2  Bolivia Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
Report
  • Briceño 9', 29'
Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

Players

Current squad

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.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11GKSebastián Guerra (2001-01-08)8 January 2001 (aged 22) Atlanta United FC
22DFCristian Devenish (captain) (2001-01-25)25 January 2001 (aged 21) Atlético Nacional
32DFJuan David Mosquera (2002-09-05)5 September 2002 (aged 20) Portland Timbers
42DFFernando Álvarez (2003-08-24)24 August 2003 (aged 19) CF Montréal
53MFJosen Escobar (2004-12-12)12 December 2004 (aged 18) América de Cali
63MFNelson Palacio (2001-06-16)16 June 2001 (aged 21) Real Salt Lake
73MFJuan Castilla (2004-07-27)27 July 2004 (aged 18) Deportivo Cali
82DFBrayan Ceballos (2001-05-24)24 May 2001 (aged 21) Atlético Junior
94FWÓscar Perea (2005-09-27)27 September 2005 (aged 17) Atlético Nacional
103MFDaniel Ruiz (2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (aged 21) Millonarios
114FWAndrés Gómez (2002-09-12)12 September 2002 (aged 20) Real Salt Lake
121GKAlejandro Rodríguez (2001-01-12)12 January 2001 (aged 22) Deportivo Cali
131GKLuis Marquinez (2003-04-10)10 April 2003 (aged 19) Atlético Nacional
143MFYani Quintero (2002-07-17)17 July 2002 (aged 20) Deportes Quindío
153MFJimer Fory (2002-05-24)24 May 2002 (aged 20) Deportivo Pereira
162DFDevan Tanton (2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 19) Fulham
174FWAlejandro García (2001-02-28)28 February 2001 (aged 21) Once Caldas
183MFJhojan Torres (2003-01-12)12 January 2003 (aged 20) Santa Fe
194FWCarlos Cortés (2001-09-17)17 September 2001 (aged 21) Cortuluá
204FWÓscar Cortés (2003-12-03)3 December 2003 (aged 19) Lens
214FWBrahian Palacios (2002-11-24)24 November 2002 (aged 20) Atlético Nacional
224FWNelson Quiñones (2002-08-20)20 August 2002 (aged 20) Houston Dynamo FC
232DFSamuel Velásquez (2003-05-29)29 May 2003 (aged 19) Atlético Nacional
Notes

Recent call-ups

The following players have been recently called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClubLatest call-up



Honours

Friendlies

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

See also

Notes

References