Colombia national football team records and statistics

The following is a list of the Colombia national football team's competitive records and statistics.

Individual records

Player records

As of 14 July 2024 ^[1]

Players in bold are still active with Colombia.

Most capped players

David Ospina is Colombia's most-capped player with 128 international appearances.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	David Ospina	128	0	2007–
2	James Rodríguez	116	29	2011–
3	Juan Cuadrado	116	11	2010–
4	Carlos Valderrama	111	11	1985–1998
5	Radamel Falcao	104	36	2007–2023
6	Mario Yepes	102	6	1999–2014
7	Leonel Álvarez	101	1	1985–1997
8	Carlos Sánchez	88	0	2007–2018
9	Freddy Rincón	84	17	1990–2001
10	Luis Carlos Perea	78	2	1987–1994

Most capped goalkeepers

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	David Ospina	128	0	2007–
2	Óscar Córdoba	73	0	1993–2006
3	René Higuita	68	3	1987–1999
4	Miguel Calero	51	0	1995–2009
	Faryd Mondragón	51	0	1993–2014

Top goalscorers

Radamel Falcao is Colombia's all-time top scorer with 36 goals.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	Career
1	Radamel Falcao (list)	36	104	0.35	2007–2023
2	James Rodríguez	29	116	0.24	2011–
3	Arnoldo Iguarán	25	68	0.37	1979–1993
4	Faustino Asprilla	20	57	0.35	1993–2001
5	Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda	19	64	0.3	2018-
6	Freddy Rincón	17	84	0.2	1990–2001
7	Carlos Bacca	16	52	0.31	2010–2018
8	Teófilo Gutiérrez	15	51	0.29	2009–2017
	Víctor Aristizábal	15	66	0.23	1993–2003
9	Adolfo Valencia	14	37	0.38	1992–1998

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Colombia at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member										Not a FIFA member
1934
1938	Withdrew										Withdrew
1950	Did not enter										Did not enter
1954	Banned										Did not participate
1958	Did not qualify										3rd	4	0	1	3	3	8
1962	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	5	11	Squad		1st	2	1	1	0	2	1
1966	Did not qualify										3rd	4	1	0	3	4	10
1970											3rd	6	1	1	4	7	12
1974											2nd	4	1	3	0	3	2
1978											3rd	4	0	2	2	1	8
1982											3rd	4	0	2	2	4	7
1986											3rd	8	3	2	3	8	10
1990	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	4	4	Squad		1st 1	6	3	2	1	6	3
1994	Group stage	19th	3	1	0	2	4	5	Squad		1st	6	4	2	0	13	2
1998		21st	3	1	0	2	1	3	Squad		3rd	16	8	4	4	23	15
2002	Did not qualify										6th	18	7	6	5	20	15
2006											6th	18	6	6	6	24	16
2010											7th	18	6	5	7	14	18
2014	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	12	4	Squad		2nd	16	9	3	4	27	13
2018	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	6	3	Squad		4th	18	7	6	5	21	19
2022	Did not qualify										6th	18	5	8	5	20	19
2026	To be determined										In progress
Total	Quarter-finals	6/22	22	9	3	10	32	30	—		—	170	62	54	54	200	178

1. ^ Played intercontinental play-offs.

Copa América

Main article: Colombia at the Copa América

 Champions   Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

South American Championship / Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1916	Did not participate
1917
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1929
1935
1937
1939	Withdrew
1941
1942
1945	Fifth place	5th	6	1	1	4	7	25	Squad
1946	Withdrew
1947	Eighth place	8th	7	0	2	5	2	19	Squad
1949		8th	7	0	2	5	4	23	Squad
1953	Withdrew
1955
1956
1957	Fifth place	5th	6	2	0	4	10	25	Squad
1959	Withdrew
1959
1963	Seventh place	7th	6	0	1	5	10	19	Squad
1967	Did not qualify
1975	Runners-up	2nd	9	6	0	3	11	5	Squad
1979	Group stage	5th	4	2	1	1	5	2	Squad
1983		7th	4	1	2	1	5	5	Squad
1987	Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	8	3	Squad
1989	Group stage	6th	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad
1991	Fourth place	4th	7	2	2	3	5	6	Squad
1993	Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	6	4	Squad
1995		3rd	6	3	1	2	7	8	Squad
1997	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	6	7	Squad
1999		5th	4	3	0	1	8	4	Squad
2001	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	11	0	Squad
2004	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	7	7	Squad
2007	Group stage	9th	3	1	0	2	3	9	Squad
2011	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	3	2	Squad
2015		6th	4	1	2	1	1	1	Squad
2016	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	6	Squad
2019	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	4	0	Squad
2021	Third place	3rd	7	2	3	2	7	7	Squad
2024	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	12	3	Squad
Total	1 Title	24/48	130	53	26	51	154	194	—

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: Colombia at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2000	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	5	7	Squad
2003	Quarter-finals	5th	3	1	1	1	2	3	Squad
2005	Semi-finals	4th	5	2	0	3	7	7	Squad
Total	Runners-up	3/3	13	5	2	6	14	17	—

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	5	5	Squad
2005	Did not qualify
2009
2013
2017
Total	Fourth place	1/10	5	2	0	3	5	5	—

Head-to-head record

This is a list of the official games played by Colombia national football team up to and including the match against Bolivia on 4 September 2025.

AFC

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Australia [a]	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
China	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	50.00
Iraq	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Japan	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	66.67
Jordan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	66.67
South Korea	8	1	3	4	9	14	−5	12.50
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total	26	14	6	6	42	22	+20	53.85

Source: Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[4]
Notes:

1. Football Federation Australia were founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) before joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. Matches against Australia prior to 2006 are included in the OFC section. ^{[2] [3]}

CAF

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Algeria	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0.00
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	8	3	+5	50.00
Egypt	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0.00
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Liberia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Morocco	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Nigeria	4	3	1	0	4	1	+3	75.00
Senegal	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	50.00
South Africa	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0.00
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50.00
Total	19	10	5	4	25	15	+10	52.63

Source: Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[4]

CONCACAF

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Canada	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	66.67
Costa Rica	15	12	0	3	37	16	+21	80.00
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
El Salvador	7	5	1	1	16	7	+9	71.43
Guatemala	5	3	2	0	14	6	+8	60.00
Haiti	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	80.00
Honduras	12	5	2	5	13	12	+1	41.67
Jamaica	5	4	0	1	7	1	+6	80.00
Mexico	28	9	9	10	27	29	−2	32.14
Panama	7	5	0	2	20	7	+13	71.43
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	66.67
United States	22	14	5	3	33	15	+18	63.64
Total	114	67	19	28	199	106	+93	58.77

Source: Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[4]

CONMEBOL

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Argentina	43	10	12	21	42	74	−32	23.26
Bolivia	34	17	10	7	54	31	+23	50.00
Brazil	38	4	12	22	22	71	−49	10.53
Chile	44	12	17	15	59	70	−11	27.27
Ecuador	50	23	13	14	54	45	+9	46.00
Paraguay	51	23	10	18	61	55	+6	45.10
Peru	62	21	24	17	72	66	+6	33.87
Uruguay	47	13	13	21	52	67	−15	27.66
Venezuela	44	22	15	7	64	29	+35	50.00
Total	413	145	126	142	480	508	−28	35.11

Source: Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[4]

OFC

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Australia [a]	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	66.67
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	75.00

Source: Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[4]
Notes:

1. Football Federation Australia were founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) before joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. Matches against Australia after 2006 are included in the AFC section. ^{[2] [3]}

UEFA

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Belgium	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50.00
East Germany	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0.00
England	6	0	3	3	4	11	−7	0.00
Finland	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
France	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	25.00
Germany	4	1	1	2	6	9	−3	25.00
Greece	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Israel	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50.00
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Norway	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Poland	8	5	1	2	12	9	+3	62.50
Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0.00
Romania	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	25.00
Serbia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Scotland	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	33.33
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	66.67
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Soviet Union	3	0	2	1	5	7	−2	0.00
Spain	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	25.00
Sweden	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0.00
Switzerland	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	50.00
Turkey	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0.00
West Germany	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00
Yugoslavia	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	0.00
Total	67	23	21	23	75	82	−7	34.33

Source: Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[4]

Full Confederation record

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
AFC	26	14	6	6	42	22	+20	53.85
CAF	19	10	5	4	25	15	+10	52.63
CONCACAF	114	67	19	28	199	106	+93	58.77
CONMEBOL	413	145	126	142	480	508	−28	35.11
OFC	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	75.00
UEFA	67	23	21	23	75	82	−7	34.33
Total	643	262	178	203	828	736	+92	40.75

Source: Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present ^[4]

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto. "Colombia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
2. "Australia gets President's blessing to join AFC in 2006". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
3. "Timeline of Australian Football". migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
4. "World Football Elo Ratings: Colombia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.