Colombia national under-17 football team

Colombia

Nickname	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Freddy Hurtado
FIFA code	COL
First colours Second colours
First international
Colombia 0–2 Peru   (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1 April 1985)
Biggest win
Colombia 9–1 Finland   (Helsinki, Finland; 19 August 2003)   Colombia 8–0 Bolivia   (Asunción, Paraguay; 5 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
Colombia 0–4 Switzerland   (Lagos, Nigeria; 12 November 2009)   Brazil 5–1 Colombia   (Ibarra, Ecuador; 25 March 2011)   Paraguay 4–0 Colombia   (Luque, Paraguay; 17 March 2015)   Colombia 0–4 Germany   (New Delhi, India; 16 October 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1989 )
Best result	Fourth place (2003, 2009)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1985 )
Best result	Winners (1993)
Medal record Bolivarian Games 1997 Arequipa Team 2005 Colombia Team 2013 Trujillo Team 2017 Santa Marta Team 1993 Bolivia Team 2001 Ambato Team South American Games 1994 Valencia Team 2010 Medellín Team 2014 Santiago Team

The Colombia national under-17 football team represents Colombia in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

The team's most notable performances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup was both in 2003 and 2009, where they achieved fourth place. Colombia won the South American Under-17 Football Championship in the 1993 tournament held in Colombia.

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  

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	did not Qualify
1987
1989	First round	15th	3	0	1	2	3	5
1991	did not Qualify
1993	First round	14th	3	1	0	2	3	6
1995	did not Qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	2	1	14	5
2005	did not Qualify
2007	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	10	7
2009	Fourth Place	4th	7	2	3	2	8	11
2011	did not Qualify
2013
2015
2017	Round of 16	11th	4	2	0	2	5	7
2019	did not Qualify
2023
2025	Qualified
Total	Fourth place	7/20	27	9	7	11	43	41

South American Under-17 Football Championship

It serves also as qualification for the World Cup.

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Round-robin	6th	8	3	1	4	9	12
1986	First round	8th	4	1	1	2	3	5
1988	Third place	3rd	7	2	3	2	7	6
1991	First round	6th	4	2	1	1	10	4
1993	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	14	4
1995	First round	5th	4	1	1	2	6	6
1997	First round	5th	4	2	1	1	5	2
1999	First round	8th	4	1	1	2	6	8
2001	First round	5th	4	2	1	1	7	7
2003	Third place	3rd	7	3	3	1	11	10
2005	Fourth place	4th	7	2	1	4	6	8
2007	Third place	3rd	9	5	3	1	16	5
2009	Fourth place	4th	7	4	2	1	11	6
2011	Fifth place	5th	9	3	2	4	12	15
2013	First round	8th	4	0	3	1	3	4
2015	Sixth place	6th	9	2	3	4	10	15
2017	Fourth place	4th	9	4	2	3	12	12
2019	First round	9th	4	0	0	4	4	8
2023	First round	9th	4	0	1	3	1	9
2025	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	11	4
Total	1 title	20/20	121	46	33	42	165	150

Head-to-head record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

The following table shows Colombia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	050.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
China	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Finland	1	1	0	0	9	1	+8	100.00
Gambia	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Germany	2	0	1	1	3	7	−4	000.00
Ghana	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Guinea	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
India	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Iran	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Mexico	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Qatar	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Turkey	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
United States	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100.00
Total	27	9	7	11	43	41	+2	033.33

Schedule and results

See also: Colombia national under-17 football team results

  Win  Draw  Loss

2025

Peru   v   Colombia

30 January Friendly	Peru	1–3	Colombia	Complejo de la Federación Peruana de Fútbol, Lima
10:00	Motta 67'	Report	Mora 28' Londoño 54' Florez 90+5'

Chile   v   Colombia

21 February Friendly	Chile	0–1	Colombia	Complejo Deportivo Quilín, Santiago
07:00		Report	Florez 90+3'

Colombia   v   Venezuela

20 March Friendly	Colombia	0–1	Venezuela	Sede Deportiva de la FCF, Barranquilla
		Report	Sulbaran 45+3'

Colombia   v   Chile

27 March South American Championship GS	Colombia	1–0	Chile	Estadio Jaraguay, Montería
19:00	Londoño 75'	Report		Referee: Rony Cueva (Venezuela)

Peru   v   Colombia

29 March South American Championship GS	Peru	0–2	Colombia	Estadio Jaraguay, Montería
19:00			Trujillo 86' Flórez 90+5'	Referee: Gabriel Mendoza (Bolivia)

Paraguay   v   Colombia

2 April South American Championship GS	Paraguay	1–0	Colombia	Estadio Jaraguay, Montería
19:00	Coronel 69'	Report		Referee: Anthony Díaz (Ecuador)

Colombia   v   Argentina

5 April South American Championship GS	Colombia	2–1	Argentina	Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
19:00	Macías 10' Londoño 16'	Report	De Martis 77' (pen.)	Referee: Matheus Candançan (Brazil)

Colombia   v   Venezuela

9 April South American Championship SF	Colombia	5–1	Venezuela	Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
19:00	Londoño 16', 37', 55' (pen.) Flórez 82' Urrutia 87'	Report	Claut 34'	Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)

Colombia   v   Brazil

12 April South American Championship F	Colombia	1–1 (1–4 p)	Brazil	Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
19:00	Sevillano 41'	Report	Angelo 88'	Referee: Hernán Heras (Uruguay)
	Penalties
	Rivas Orozco Cataño		Gustavo Tiago Ruan Pablo Dell

Costa Rica   v   Colombia

26 June Friendly	Costa Rica	0–2	Colombia	Complejo FCRF, San José
11:00		Report	Angulo 45' Cataño 90'

Costa Rica   v   Colombia

28 June Friendly	Costa Rica	1–2	Colombia	Complejo FCRF, San José
11:00	Amú 90+3' (o.g.)		Amú 45' Saavedra 90+10'

Bolivia   v   Colombia

25 August Friendly	Bolivia	0–1	Colombia	Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero
15:00		Report	Londoño 43'

Bolivia   v   Colombia

28 August Friendly	Bolivia	0–4	Colombia	Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero
15:00		Report	Angulo 26' Flórez 41' Sevillano 57' Londoño 82'

Uruguay   v   Colombia

21 October Friendly	Uruguay	1–0	Colombia	Complejo Uruguay Celeste, Barros Blancos
08:00	Navarro 79'

Germany   v   Colombia

4 November World Cup GS	Germany	1–1	Colombia	Aspire Zone (pitch 2), Al Rayyan
17:45	Langsteiner 1'	Report	Cataño 57'	Referee: Hamza El Fariq (Morocco)

Current squad

The following players are called up to the squad for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup between 3–27 Novembre 2025. ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Juan Covilla	(2008-09-21)21 September 2008 (aged 17)	Deportes Tolima
2	2 DF	Brait García	(2008-03-07)7 March 2008 (aged 17)	Deportivo Cali
3	2 DF	Edmilson Herazo	(2008-09-19)19 September 2008 (aged 17)	Barranquilla
4	2 DF	Jesús Peñaloza	(2008-08-01)1 August 2008 (aged 17)	Unión Magdalena
5	2 DF	Criss Macías	(2008-08-02)2 August 2008 (aged 17)	Millonarios
6	3 MF	Cristian Orozco	(2008-07-13)13 July 2008 (aged 17)	Fortaleza
7	3 MF	Cristian Flórez	(2008-01-01)1 January 2008 (aged 17)	Real Cundinamarca
8	3 MF	Juan José Cataño	(2008-05-21)21 May 2008 (aged 17)	Envigado
9	4 FW	Santiago Londoño	(2008-02-29)29 February 2008 (aged 17)	Envigado
10	3 MF	Deivi Quiñones	(2008-01-24)24 January 2008 (aged 17)	LDU Quito
11	2 DF	Didier Henao	(2008-03-09)9 March 2008 (aged 17)	Boca Juniors de Cali
12	1 GK	Jorman Mendoza	(2008-01-14)14 January 2008 (aged 17)	Envigado
13	3 MF	Camilo Amú	(2008-03-14)14 March 2008 (aged 17)	América de Cali
14	3 MF	Matías Lozano	(2008-06-23)23 June 2008 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
15	2 DF	Miguel Solarte	(2008-01-11)11 January 2008 (aged 17)	Boca Juniors de Cali
16	4 FW	Kevin Angulo	(2008-07-04)4 July 2008 (aged 17)	América de Cali
17	3 MF	José Escorcia	(2009-07-04)4 July 2009 (aged 16)	Atlético Nacional
18	3 MF	Miguel Agámez	(2009-05-15)15 May 2009 (aged 16)	Atlético Junior
19	3 MF	Ángel Mora	(2008-03-11)11 March 2008 (aged 17)	Independiente Santa Fe
20	2 DF	Yaiker Moya	(2009-09-15)15 September 2009 (aged 16)	Atlético Junior
21	1 GK	David Rodríguez	(2008-06-25)25 June 2008 (aged 17)	Millonarios

Honours

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Fourth place (2): 2003, 2009
• South American Under-17 Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1993
  • Runners-up (2): 2007, 2025
  • Third place (2): 1988, 2003
  • Fourth place (2): 2005, 2009
• Bolivarian Games
  • Champions (4): 1997 Arequipa, 2005 Colombia, 2013 Trujillo, 2017 Santa Marta
  • Runners-up (2): 1993 Bolivia, 2001 Ambato
  • Third place (1): 2022 Valledupar
• South American Games
  • Champions (3): 1994 Valencia, 2010 Medellín, 2014 Santiago

Coaching staff

As of 20 March 2017

Manager	Orlando Restrepo
Assistant manager	Alfredo Araújo
Physical trainer	Juan Roldán
Goalkeeping coach	Álvaro Anzola
Medic	Daniel Restrepo
Physiotherapist	Sebastián Olivar
Kinesiologist	John Díaz

See also

• Colombia national football team
• Colombia national futsal team
• Colombia Olympic football team
• Colombia national under-20 football team
• Colombia national under-15 football team

References

1. "Convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Masculina para la Copa Mundial Sub17 de la FIFA Qatar 2025". FCF.com.co (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003
• FCF.com.co Plantilla de jugadores (in Spanish)
• CONMEBOL.com
• Bolivarian Games: Soccer Tournaments RSSSF page