Colombia national under-20 football team

Colombia under-20

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers)La Tricolor (The Tricolors)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	César Torres
FIFA code	COL
First colours Second colours
First international
Colombia 1–1 Uruguay   (Caracas, Venezuela; 22 March 1954)
Biggest win
Colombia 7–0 Netherlands Antilles   (Cartagena, Colombia; 16 July 2006)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 6–0 Colombia   (Tbilisi, Soviet Union; 1 September 1985)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1985 )
Best result	Third place (2003)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	29 (first in 1954 )
Best result	Champions: (1987, 2005, 2013)
Medal record Bolivarian Games 1985 Ecuador Team South American Games 1990 Lima Team 2018 Cochabamba Team Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Team 2018 Barranquilla Team

The Colombia national under-20 football team represents Colombia in international under-20 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

Colombia has qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 11 times, and their standout performance came at the 2003 edition where the team finished in third-place and were rewarded the fair play award. For the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Colombia qualified automatically as hosts and reached the quarter-finals. Colombia have won the South American Youth Championship three times: 1987, 2005 and 2013. The team also participates in the Toulon Tournament, of which Colombia is a three-time winner: 1999, 2000 and 2011. Also, the team participates in the Central American and Caribbean Games and is a two-time winner: 2006 and 2018.

Numerous significant players have represented both the U-20 team and the senior team for Colombia, including René Higuita, Wílmer Cabrera, Óscar Pareja, Wilson Pérez, Óscar Córdoba, Miguel Calero, Jorge Bermúdez, Iván Valenciano, Fredy Guarín, Farid Díaz, Macnelly Torres, Abel Aguilar, Cristián Zapata, Juan Camilo Zúñiga, Hugo Rodallega, Radamel Falcao, David Ospina, Santiago Arias, Luis Muriel, James Rodríguez, Duván Zapata, Jeison Murillo, Juan Fernando Quintero, Miguel Borja, Davinson Sánchez, Rafael Santos Borré, Luis Díaz, Carlos Cuesta, and Luis Sinisterra, amongst others.

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-20 World Cup record

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Round of 16 (Colombia vs Costa Rica)

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	5	10
1987	First round	9th	3	1	1	1	4	5
1989	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	3	5
1991	Did not qualify
1993	First round	12th	3	1	0	2	5	7
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Third place	3rd	7	4	2	1	10	5
2005	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	7	2
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	11	6
2013	Round of 16	9th	4	2	2	0	6	2
2015		15th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	1	2	9	4
2023		6th	5	3	1	1	11	7
2025	Qualified
Total	Third place	11/24	48	23	10	15	74	58

South American Youth Championship record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1954	First round	5th	3	1	2	0	3	2
1958	Did not enter
1964	Third place	3rd	6	2	3	1	6	5
1967	First round	6th	4	1	2	1	5	5
1971	First round	8th	4	0	1	3	2	10
1974	First round	8th	4	1	0	3	4	12
1975	Did not enter
1977	First round	7th	3	1	0	2	2	5
1979	First round	6th	4	2	0	2	7	10
1981	First round	8th	4	0	2	2	3	8
1983	First round	8th	4	1	0	3	5	9
1985	Third place	3rd	7	3	3	1	12	6
1987	Champions	1st	7	4	1	2	11	2
1988	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	9	3
1991	First round	7th	4	1	1	2	5	10
1992	Third place	3rd	6	2	3	1	4	2
1995	First round	6th	3	1	1	1	4	4
1997	First round	7th	4	1	2	1	6	8
1999	First round	8th	4	1	0	3	4	8
2001	Sixth place	6th	9	3	1	5	6	13
2003	Fourth place	4th	9	5	1	3	16	10
2005	Champions	1st	9	7	2	0	20	6
2007	Sixth place	6th	9	3	1	5	7	15
2009	Fifth place	5th	9	3	3	3	10	10
2011	Sixth place	6th	9	1	3	5	8	16
2013	Champions	1st	9	6	0	3	16	8
2015	Runners-up	2nd	9	4	3	2	12	5
2017	Sixth place	6th	9	2	3	4	8	11
2019	Fourth place	4th	9	4	3	2	4	3
2023	Third place	3rd	9	5	3	1	11	5
2025	Third place	3rd	9	6	1	2	16	7
Total	3 titles	29/31	186	75	47	64	226	218

Head-to-head record

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

The following table shows Colombia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Australia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	000.00
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
East Germany	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Egypt	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
England	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
France	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Hungary	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Israel	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Italy	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Japan	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Mali	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Mexico	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Poland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Portugal	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Scotland	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Senegal	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
South Korea	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Syria	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Tahiti	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Turkey	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
United States	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	48	23	10	15	74	58	+16	047.92

Schedule and results

See also: Colombia national under-20 football team results

  Win  Draw  Loss

2024

Ecuador   v   Colombia

15 November Friendly	Ecuador	1–2	Colombia	Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito
11:00	Caicedo 44'		Sandoval 21' Villareal 32'

Ecuador   v   Colombia

19 November Friendly	Ecuador	1–2	Colombia	Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito
11:00	Ruiz 4'		Villareal 45+4' Benítez 51'

2025

Colombia   v   Peru

9 January Friendly	Colombia	3–1	Peru	Sede Deportiva de la FCF, Barranquilla
17:00	K. González 31' O. Perea 48' Arizala 60'		Guzmán 84'

Colombia   v   Peru

12 January Friendly	Colombia	2–2	Peru	Estadio Romelio Martínez, Barranquilla
	K. González 9' Barrera 42'		Pósito 52' (pen.) Goicochea 64'

Argentina   v   Colombia

26 January South American U-20 Championship GS	Argentina	1–1	Colombia	Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
19:30	Echeverri 36'	Report	Perea 33'	Referee: José Cabero (Chile)

Colombia   v   Ecuador

28 January South American U-20 Championship GS	Colombia	1–0	Ecuador	Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
19:30	N. Villarreal 41'	Report		Referee: Mathías De Armas (Uruguay)

Colombia   v   Bolivia

30 January South American U-20 Championship GS	Colombia	3–2	Bolivia	Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
17:00	N. Villarreal 2' González 14' Montaño 86'	Report	Rojas 60' Rodríguez 90+4'	Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

Brazil   v   Colombia

1 February South American U-20 Championship GS	Brazil	0–1	Colombia	Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
17:00		Report	N. Villarreal 47'	Referee: Mathías De Armas (Uruguay)

Colombia   v   Paraguay

4 February South American U-20 Championship FS	Colombia	4–0	Paraguay	Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
21:00	Barrera 14' N. Villarreal 31', 51', 71'	Report		Referee: Maximiliano Ramírez (Argentina)

Colombia   v   Brazil

7 February South American U-20 Championship FS	Colombia	0–1	Brazil	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas
16:00		Report	Iago 6'	Referee: José Cabero (Chile)

Argentina   v   Colombia

10 February South American U-20 Championship FS	Argentina	1–0	Colombia	Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
18:30	Subiabre 86'	Report		Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)

Colombia   v   Chile

13 February South American U-20 Championship FS	Colombia	3–1	Chile	Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
18:30	Perea 30' N. Villarreal 50' Benítez 81'	Report	Romero 38'	Referee: Alex Cajas (Ecuador)

Uruguay   v   Colombia

16 February South American U-20 Championship FS	Uruguay	1–3	Colombia	Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz
15:00	Severo 13'	Report	N. Villarreal 6' González 15' Sarabia 39'	Referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2025 South American U-20 Championship. ^{[1] [2]} On 17 January 2025, midfielder Joel Canchimbo was replaced by Sergio Aponzá due to an injured. ^{[3] [4]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Jordan García	(2005-06-20)20 June 2005 (aged 19)	Fortaleza
2	2 DF	Simón García	(2005-01-11)11 January 2005 (aged 20)	Atlético Nacional
3	2 DF	Keimer Sandoval	(2005-09-03)3 September 2005 (aged 19)	Red Star Belgrade
4	2 DF	Julián Bazán	(2005-11-25)25 November 2005 (aged 19)	Deportivo Pereira
5	2 DF	Elkin Quiñones	(2005-05-12)12 May 2005 (aged 19)	Orsomarso
6	3 MF	Alejandro Ararat	(2006-07-21)21 July 2006 (aged 18)	Atlético Huila
7	3 MF	Sergio Aponzá	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19)	Alianza
8	3 MF	Royner Benítez	(2005-06-21)21 June 2005 (aged 19)	Águilas Doradas
9	4 FW	Alejandro Villarreal	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19)	Santos
10	4 FW	Óscar Perea	(2005-09-27)27 September 2005 (aged 19)	Strasbourg
11	4 FW	Andy Batioja	(2006-01-31)31 January 2006 (aged 18)	Houston Dynamo
12	1 GK	Andrés Tovar	(2006-03-25)25 March 2006 (aged 18)	Envigado
13	2 DF	Luis Rentería	(2005-11-27)27 November 2005 (aged 19)	Santa Fe
14	3 MF	Jordan Barrera	(2006-04-11)11 April 2006 (aged 18)	Barranquilla
15	2 DF	Yeimar Mosquera	(2005-02-06)6 February 2005 (aged 19)	Aston Villa
16	4 FW	Yefrei Rodríguez	(2005-05-11)11 May 2005 (aged 19)	Internacional
17	2 DF	Juan David Arizala	(2005-10-10)10 October 2005 (aged 19)	Independiente Medellín
18	3 MF	Luis Landázuri	(2005-11-20)20 November 2005 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
19	3 MF	Kener González	(2005-10-05)5 October 2005 (aged 19)	Internacional
20	3 MF	John Montaño	(2006-10-04)4 October 2006 (aged 18)	Independiente Medellín
21	2 DF	Carlos Sarabia	(2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 19)	Millonarios
22	1 GK	Alexei Rojas	(2005-09-28)28 September 2005 (aged 19)	Arsenal
23	4 FW	Néiser Villarreal	(2005-04-24)24 April 2005 (aged 19)	Millonarios

Honours

• FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • Third place (1): 2003
• South American Youth Championship:
  • Winners (3): 1987, 2005, 2013
  • Runners-up (2): 1988, 2015
  • Third place (5): 1964, 1985, 1992, 2023, 2025
  • Fourth place (2): 2003, 2019
• Toulon Tournament:
  • Winners (3): 1999, 2000, 2011
  • Runners-up (2) 2001, 2013
  • Fourth place (1): 2022
• Bolivarian Games
  • Runners-up (1): 1985 Ecuador
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Winners (2): 2006 Cartagena, 2018 Barranquilla
• Pan American Games
  • Fourth place (1): 2003 Santo Domingo
• South American Games
  • Third place (3): 1990 Lima, 2018 Cochabamba, 2022 Asunción

See also

• Colombia national football team
• Colombia national futsal team
• Colombia national under-23 football team
• Colombia national under-17 football team
• Colombia national under-15 football team

References

1. "Convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Masculina Sub-20 para el CONMEBOL Sudamericano 2025" [Call-up of the Colombia U-20 Men's National Team for the CONMEBOL South American Championship 2025] (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 15 January 2025.
2. "¡Confirmados los 23 'guerreros'!: convocatoria de la Selección Colombia para el Sudamericano Sub-20" [The 23 'warriors' are confirmed: Colombia's National Team call-up for the South American U-20 Championship] (in Spanish). RCN Noticias. 15 January 2025.
3. "Joel Andrés Canchimbo Medina deja la concentración de la Selección Colombia Masculina Sub-20" [Joel Andrés Canchimbo Medina leaves the concentration camp of the Colombia U-20 Men's National Team] (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 17 January 2025.
4. "LISTA DE BUENA FÉ | COLOMBIA" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

External links

• Selección Sub 20 official website
• FIFA Profile