Colombia Olympic football team
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.
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Nickname(s) | Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers) | ||
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Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | Vacant | ||
Captain | Teófilo Gutiérrez | ||
FIFA code | COL | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971) ![]() ![]() (Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000) | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 1968) | ||
Best result | Seventh place (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
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![]() | First stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
![]() | First stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
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![]() | First stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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![]() | First stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
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![]() | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
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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 |
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![]() | First stage | 10th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
![]() | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
![]() | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
![]() | First stage | 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
![]() | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
![]() | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
![]() | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
![]() | First stage | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
![]() | Playoffs | 6th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
![]() | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
Total | Runners-up | 13/13 | 68 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 96 | 96 |
Pan American Games
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
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Preliminary round | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
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Silver medal | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
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Preliminary round | 11th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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Bronze medal | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
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Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
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Preliminary round | 7th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Total | Silver medal | 6/18 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 39 |
Schedule and results
Win Draw Loss
2020
18 January Pre-Olympic Tournament | Colombia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Pereira, Colombia |
20:30 |
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Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay) |
21 January Pre-Olympic Tournament | Colombia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Pereira, Colombia |
20:30 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay) |
27 January Pre-Olympic Tournament | Colombia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Pereira, Colombia |
20:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru) |
30 January Pre-Olympic Tournament | Colombia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Pereira, Colombia |
20:30 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay) |
3 February Pre-Olympic Tournament | Brazil ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
20:30 |
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Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela) |
6 February Pre-Olympic Tournament | Argentina ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
20:30 | Report | Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López Referee: Piero Maza (Chile) |
9 February Pre-Olympic Tournament | Colombia ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
18:00 |
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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.
- Notes
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 |
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Honours
- Pan American Games:
- CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament:
- Central American and Caribbean Games
- South American Games:
- Bolivarian Games
Friendlies
- Torneo de las Americas[1]:
- Winners: 1994