Colombia national football team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers)
Association	Colombian Football Federation (Federación Colombiana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Hernán Darío Gómez
Captain	Mario Yepes
Most caps	Carlos Valderrama (111)
Top scorer	Arnoldo Iguaran (25)
Home stadium	Estadio El Campín
FIFA code	COL
FIFA ranking	36
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (December 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	51 (February 2009)
Elo ranking	30
Highest Elo ranking	5 (1994)
Lowest Elo ranking	93 (August 1965)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Mexico 3 – 1 Colombia (Panama City, Panama; 10 February 1938)
Biggest win
Argentina 0 – 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993) Colombia 5 – 0  Uruguay (Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004)[1] Colombia 5 – 0  Peru (Barranquilla, Colombia; 4 June 2005)[2]
Biggest defeat
Brazil 9 – 0 Colombia (Lima, Peru; 24 March 1957)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1962)
Best result	Round of 16, 1990
Copa América
Appearances	18 (First in 1945)
Best result	Winners, 2001
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2003)
Best result	4th, 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 CONMEBOL. They have been champions once in the 2001 Copa America, which they hosted. They were runner ups in the 1975 Copa America won by Peru.

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. 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	3	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 Rene 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

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 Cordoba 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

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:

2001-07-23 19:45	Colombia	3 – 0	Peru	Estadio Centenario, Armenia Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico)
	Aristizábal  50'  69' Hernández  66'	(0 – 0)

Semi-Finals:

2001-07-26 19:45	Colombia	2 – 0	Honduras	Estadio Palogrande, Manizales Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)
	Bedoya  6' Aristizábal  63'	(1 – 0)

Final:

2001-07-29 16:30	Colombia	1 – 0	Mexico	Estadio El Campín, Bogotá Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	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.

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 a sixth place finish in the qualification round. Uruguay and Colombia both had 27 points but due to goal differences, 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 national football team 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 Asuncion 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

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 Ruben Dario 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 Ruben Dario 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 Colmbia 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 didn't 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.

2010 FIFA World Cup
Qualification Standings

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 18 9 7 2 33 11 +22 34  Chile 18 10 3 5 32 22 +10 33  Paraguay 18 10 3 5 24 16 +8 33  Argentina 18 8 4 6 23 20 +3 28  Uruguay 18 6 6 6 28 20 +8 24  Ecuador 18 6 5 7 22 26 −4 23  Colombia 18 6 5 7 14 18 −4 23  Venezuela 18 6 4 8 23 29 −6 22  Bolivia 18 4 3 11 22 36 −14 15  Peru 18 3 4 11 11 34 −23 13   Argentina  – 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 Bolivia  6–1 – 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 Brazil  0–0 0–0 – 4–2 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 Chile  1–0 4–0 0–3 – 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 Colombia  2–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 – 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Ecuador  2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 – 1–1 5–1 1–2 0–1 Paraguay  1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 5–1 – 1–0 1–0 2–0 Peru  1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 – 1–0 1–0 Uruguay  0–1 5–0 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela  0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 –

Schedule and results

Date	Location	Opponent	Score1	Competition	Colombia scorers
May 27, 2010	Johannesburg, South Africa	South Africa	1-2	F	Moreno  21'
May 30, 2010	Milton Keynes, England	Nigeria	1-1	F	Valdez  12'
Aug 11, 2010	La Paz, Bolivia	Bolivia	1-1	F	Bacca  37'
Sep 3, 2010	Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela	Venezuela	2-0	F	Cuadrado  17' Moreno  66'
Sep 7, 2010	San Nicolás, Mexico	Mexico		F
Oct 8, 2010	New York, United States	Ecuador		F
Oct 12, 2010	Philadelphia, Unites States	United States		F

KEY: F = Friendly match

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the friendly matches against Venezuela on September 3rd and Mexico on September 7th.

Caps and goals updated as September 5, 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Bréiner Castillo May 5, 1978 (1978-05-05) (age 32) 3 0 Independiente Medellín 1 GK David Ospina August 31, 1988 (1988-08-31) (age 22) 13 0 Nice 2 DF Iván Córdoba August 11, 1976 (1976-08-11) (age 34) 72 5 Internazionale 3 DF Mario Yepes January 13, 1976 (1976-01-13) (age 35) 71 4 Milan 4 DF Juan Guillermo Cuadrado May 26, 1988 (1988-05-26) (age 22) 1 1 Udinese 7 DF Pablo Armero November 2, 1986 (1986-11-02) (age 24) 16 0 Udinese DF Cristián Zapata September 30, 1986 (1986-09-30) (age 24) 12 0 Udinese DF Juan Camilo Zúñiga December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14) (age 25) 23 0 Napoli DF Juan David Valencia January 15, 1985 (1985-01-15) (age 26) 1 0 Independiente Medellín 10 MF Giovanni Moreno July 1, 1986 (1986-07-01) (age 24) 9 3 Racing MF Yulian Anchico May 28, 1984 (1984-05-28) (age 26) 27 1 Santa Fe MF Rafael Robayo April 24, 1984 (1984-04-24) (age 26) 1 0 Millonarios 21 DF John Restrepo August 22, 1977 (1977-08-22) (age 33) 35 3 Independiente Medellín MF Jhon Viáfara October 27, 1978 (1978-10-27) (age 32) 39 1 La Equidad 17 FW Dayro Moreno September 16, 1985 (1985-09-16) (age 25) 12 2 Once Caldas 9 FW Radamel Falcao February 10, 1986 (1986-02-10) (age 25) 23 5 Porto 11 FW Hugo Rodallega July 25, 1985 (1985-07-25) (age 25) 34 8 Wigan Athletic FW Adrián Ramos February 9, 1988 (1988-02-09) (age 23) 9 1 Hertha Berlin

Recent call-up

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

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Callup GK Neco Martínez July 11, 1982 (1982-07-11) (age 28) 10 1 Once Caldas vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly GK Andrés Mosquera September 10, 1991 (1991-09-10) (age 19) 1 0 Bogotá vs  Nigeria; May 30, 2010 Friendly DF Carlos Valdez May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 25) 3 1 Santa Fe vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly DF Jhonnier Gonzalez July 2, 1982 (1982-07-02) (age 28) 1 0 Santa Fe vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly DF Alexis Héctor Henríquez January 2, 1983 (1983-01-02) (age 28) 5 0 Once Caldas vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly DF Iván Vélez August 16, 1984 (1984-08-16) (age 26) 2 0 Once Caldas vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly DF Luis Núñez December 10, 1983 (1983-12-10) (age 27) 3 0 Once Caldas vs  Nigeria; May 30, 2010 Friendly MF Freddy Guarín June 30, 1986 (1986-06-30) (age 24) 24 0 Porto vs  Nigeria; May 30, 2010 Friendly MF Abel Enrique Aguilar January 6, 1985 (1985-01-06) (age 26) 20 4 Hércules vs  Nigeria; May 30, 2010 Friendly MF Victor Ibarbo May 19, 1990 (1990-05-19) (age 20) 1 0 Atlético Nacional vs  Nigeria; May 30, 2010 Friendly FW Fernando Uribe January 1, 1988 (1988-01-01) (age 23) 2 0 Once Caldas vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly FW Cesar Arias April 1, 1988 (1988-04-01) (age 22) 2 0 Cúcuta Deportivo vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly FW Carlos Bacca December 31, 1984 (1984-12-31) (age 26) 2 1 Junior Barranquilla vs  Bolivia; August 11, 2010 Friendly FW Jackson Martínez October 3, 1986 (1986-10-03) (age 24) 5 3 Jaguares vs  Nigeria; May 30, 2010 Friendly

Uniform

Colombia's uniform has varied with different colors throughout history.

In 1938 Colombia used the first uniform for the Centralamerican Games that had blue tops, white shorts, and white socks. during the 50's, 60's and 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, Colombia used blue tops, blue shorts, and white socks. In the beginning of the 70's, Colombia used the classic yellow top, blue shorts and red socks home uniform.

In the 1986 FIFA World cup qualifiers, Colombia used the classic colors for home games. The away uniform consisted of red top, blue shorts, and red socks.

Colombia has been sponsored by many sports apparel manufacturers like Adidas and Reebok. On 22 December 2009, the Colombian Football Federation announced that they were ending their partnership with Lotto and signing with the American manufacturer Nike, effective 1 January 2011.

1938

1950 - 1960

1960 - 1975

1975 - 1983

1983 - 1986

1987 - 1989

1990

1991 - 1995

1998 - 2001

2001 - 2003

2003 - 2004

2004 - 2007

2007 - 2009

2009 - 2010

World Cup Record

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1934	Not a FIFA member	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950 to 1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Group Stage	14th	3	0	1	2	5	11
1966 to 1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	4	4
1994	Group Stage	19th	3	1	0	2	4	5
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	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
1916	Did not enter		1939	Did not enter		1967	Did not qualify
1917	Did not enter		1941	Did not enter		1975	Second place
1919	Did not enter		1942	Did not enter		1979	Round 1
1920	Did not enter		1945	Fifth place		1983	Round 1
1921	Did not enter		1946	Withdrew		1987	Third place
1922	Did not enter		1947	Eighth place		1989	Round 1
1923	Did not enter		1949	Eighth place		1991	Fourth place
1924	Did not enter		1953	Withdrew		1993	Third place
1925	Did not enter		1955	Withdrew		1995	Third place
1926	Did not enter		1956	Withdrew		1997	Quarter-finals
1927	Did not enter		1957	Fifth place		1999	Quarter-finals
1929	Did not enter		1959	Withdrew		2001	Champions
1935	Did not enter		1959	Withdrew		2004	Fourth place
1937	Did not enter		1963	Seventh place		2007	Round 1

Managers

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

Most Caps

Top goalscorers

See also

• Colombia national under-17 football team
• Colombia national under-20 football team

References

1. ↑ FIFA.com
2. ↑ FIFA.com
3. ↑ [1]

External links

• Colombia FA
• RSSSF archive of results 1938-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1938-

Titles

Preceded by 1999 - Brazil

South American Champions 2001 (First title)

Succeeded by 2004 - Brazil

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