Colombia national football team records and statistics

Last updated November 21, 2024

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

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	David Ospina	128	0	2007–
2	Juan Cuadrado	116	11	2010–
3	Carlos Valderrama	111	11	1985–1998
4	James Rodríguez	106	28	2011–
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
4	Faryd Mondragón	51	0	1993–2014

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Average	Career
1	Radamel Falcao (list)	36	104	0.35	2007–2023
2	James Rodríguez	28	106	0.26	2011–
3	Arnoldo Iguarán	25	68	0.37	1979–1993
4	Faustino Asprilla	20	57	0.35	1993–2001
5	Freddy Rincón	17	84	0.2	1990–2001
6	Carlos Bacca	16	52	0.31	2010–2018
7	Teófilo Gutiérrez	15	51	0.29	2009–2017
7	Víctor Aristizábal	15	66	0.23	1993–2003
9	Adolfo Valencia	14	37	0.38	1992–1998
9	Luis Díaz	14	55	0.25	2018–

Competition records

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	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
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	1st¹	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	Group stage	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

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	Eighth place	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	Withdrew
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	Group stage	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	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	8	Squad
1997	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	6	7	Squad
1999	Quarter-finals	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	Quarter-finals	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

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 Argentina on 14 July 2024.

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:

↑ 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	42	10	11	21	41	73	−32	23.81
Bolivia	33	16	10	7	51	31	+20	48.48
Brazil	37	4	12	21	21	69	−48	10.81
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	60	54	+6	45.10
Peru	60	21	22	17	71	65	+6	35.00
Uruguay	47	13	13	21	52	67	−15	27.66
Venezuela	43	21	15	7	58	26	+32	48.84
Total	407	143	123	141	467	500	−33	35.14

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

OFC

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

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

↑ 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	407	143	123	141	467	500	−33	35.14
OFC	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	75.00
UEFA	67	23	21	23	75	82	−7	34.33
Total	637	260	175	202	815	728	+87	40.82

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

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References

↑ Mamrud, Roberto. "Colombia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
1 2 "Australia gets President's blessing to join AFC in 2006". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
1 2 "Timeline of Australian Football". migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "World Football Elo Ratings: Colombia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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[table_note_AUS0.86011362674651-4] 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]

[table_note_AUS0.27561948414688-6] 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]

[1] Mamrud, Roberto. "Colombia - Record International Players". RSSSF.

[AUS1-2] 1 2 "Australia gets President's blessing to join AFC in 2006". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

[AUS2-3] 1 2 "Timeline of Australian Football". migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

[Elo-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "World Football Elo Ratings: Colombia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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v t e Colombia national football team
General	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol History Managers
Statistics	World Cup record Copa América record Gold Cup record Head to head
Results	1926–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present Unofficial Women Olympic
Players	International footballers World Cup & Copa América squads Category
Goals	Radamel Falcao
World Cups (6)	1962 1990 1994 details 1998 2014 2018
Copas América (24)	1945 1947 1949 1957 1963 1975 1979 1983 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2004 2007 2011 2015 2016 2019 2021 2024
Gold Cups (3)	2000 2003 2005
Other tournaments	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup The Olympics
Rivalries	Venezuela
Related teams	U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Women Women U-20 Women U-17 Futsal (men, women) Beach

Colombia national football team records and statistics

Contents

Individual records

Player records

Most capped players

Most capped goalkeepers

Top goalscorers

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Copa América

CONCACAF Gold Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup

Head-to-head record

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

OFC

UEFA

Full Confederation record

Related Research Articles

References