Colombia Olympic football team

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Colombia
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Nickname(s) Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachVacant
Captain Teófilo Gutiérrez
FIFA code COL
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First colours
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Second colours
First international
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2–1 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950)
Biggest win
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 7–1 Dominican Republic  Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg
(Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 6–0 Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg
(Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9–0 Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg
(Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000)
Olympic Games
Appearances5 (first in 1968 )
Best resultSeventh place (2016)

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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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
Flag of France.svg 1900 Did not participate
Flag of the United States.svg 1904
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1908
Flag of Sweden.svg 1912
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1920
Flag of France.svg 1924
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1928
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1948
Flag of Finland.svg 1952 Did not enter
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1956
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Did not qualify
Flag of Japan.svg 1964
Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 First stage10th310245
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 First stage11th3102512
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Did not qualify
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 First stage11th311124
Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Did not qualify
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 First stage14th301249
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Did not qualify
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000
Flag of Greece.svg 2004
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Quarter-finals7th412166
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Did not qualify
TotalQuarter-finals5/26164482136

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Peru.svg 1960 First stage10th210137
Flag of Peru.svg 1964 Fourth place4th6123610
Flag of Colombia.svg 1968 Runners-up2nd6411107
Flag of Colombia.svg 1972 Runners-up2nd725074
Flag of Brazil.svg 1976 Fourth place4th512259
Flag of Colombia.svg 1980 Runners-up2nd6312105
Flag of Ecuador.svg 1984 First stage5th200215
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg 1988 Fourth place4th741274
Flag of Paraguay.svg 1992 Runners-up2nd7421143
Flag of Argentina.svg 1996 Fourth place4th4022611
Flag of Brazil.svg 2000 First stage6th42111013
Flag of Chile.svg 2004 Playoffs6th520379
Flag of Colombia.svg 2020 Fourth place4th7223109
TotalRunners-up13/13682619239696

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
YearRoundPositionPldWD*LGFGA
Flag of Argentina.svg 1951 Did not participate
Flag of Mexico.svg 1955
Flag of the United States.svg 1959
Flag of Brazil.svg 1963
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1967 Preliminary round8th3003213
Flag of Colombia.svg 1971 Silver medal2nd8521217
Flag of Mexico.svg 1975 Did not participate
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 1979
Flag of Venezuela.svg 1983
Flag of the United States.svg 1987 Preliminary round11th301214
Flag of Cuba.svg 1991 Did not participate
Flag of Argentina.svg 1995 Bronze medal3rd6402135
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1999 Did not participate
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 2003 Fourth place4th520267
Flag of Brazil.svg 2007 Preliminary round7th311111
Flag of Mexico.svg 2011 Did not participate
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2015
Flag of Peru.svg 2019
TotalSilver medal6/1831136114739

Schedule and results

  Win  Draw  Loss

2020

18 January Pre-Olympic Tournament Colombia  Flag of Colombia.svg1–2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Pereira, Colombia
20:30
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Report Stadium: Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas
Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
3 February Pre-Olympic Tournament Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg1–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bucaramanga, Colombia
20:30
Report
Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)
6 February Pre-Olympic Tournament Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–1Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bucaramanga, Colombia
20:30
Report
Stadium: Estadio Alfonso López
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

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.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Esteban Ruiz (1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 (age 24)30 Flag of Colombia.svg Independiente Medellín
121 GK Kevin Mier (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 21)10 Flag of Colombia.svg Santa Fe
221 GK Sebastian Guerra (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 21)00 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Nacional

22 DF Eddie Segura (1997-02-02) 2 February 1997 (age 25)00 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles
32 DF Andres Reyes (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 22)30 Flag of the United States.svg New York Red Bulls
42 DF Willer Ditta (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 25)20 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Junior
132 DF Alvaro Angulo (1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 (age 24)10 Flag of Colombia.svg Rionegro Águilas
142 DF Anderson Arroyo (1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 22)00 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mladá Boleslav
162 DF Edwin Herrera (1999-09-02) 2 September 1999 (age 22)20 Flag of Colombia.svg Santa Fe
172 DF Gabriel Fuentes (1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 25)20 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Junior
232 DF Carlos Terán (2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 21)20 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Fire

53 MF Kevin Balanta INJ (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 (age 24)30 Flag of Mexico.svg Tijuana
63 MF Andrés Balanta (2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 22)20 Flag of Colombia.svg Deportivo Cali
73 MF Iván Angulo (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 22)40 Flag of Brazil.svg Palmeiras
83 MF Jorge Carrascal (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 23)40 Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate
103 MF Nicolás Benedetti (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 24)20 Flag of Mexico.svg América
153 MF Jaime Alvarado (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 22)30 Flag of Spain.svg Hércules
203 MF Eduard Atuesta (1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 24)30 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles

94 FW Ricardo Márquez (1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 24)30 Flag of Colombia.svg Unión Magdalena
114 FW Mender Garcia (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 23)00 Flag of Colombia.svg Once Caldas
184 FW Edwuin Cetré (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24)10 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Junior
194 FW Luis Sandoval (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 22)32 Flag of Colombia.svg Atlético Junior
214 FW Johan Carbonero (1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 22)00 Flag of Colombia.svg Once Caldas
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



    Coaching staff

    As of 20 May 2015
    ManagerFlag placeholder.svg Vacant
    Assistant manager Flag of Colombia.svg Nelson Flores
    Physical trainer Flag of Colombia.svg John Moncada
    Goalkeeping coach Flag of Colombia.svg Eulin Carabali
    Medic Flag of Colombia.svg Cesar Ruiz
    Assistant Flag of Colombia.svg Grigori Méndez
    Physiotherapist Flag of Colombia.svg Omar Castro

    Honours

    Friendlies

    See also

    Notes

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