Colombia

Colombia national football team.

Colombia was the first country to play an international game in February 1926, against Costa Rica in the Julio Torres Stadium and won victory by 4-0 over Colombia's Central American team.

A few years later, Colombia played at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games. The Colombia national team of football was comprised mostly of players of the Club Juventud Bogotana (now Millonarios). Alfonso Novoa was the manager of Colombia until February 23rd.

The first game took place on February 10, 1938, against Mexico. Colombia lost 1-3. Luis Arguelles, Luis de la Fuente and Horacio Casarin scored for Mexico and Marcos Mejia scored for Colombia. Colombia could win the bronze medal having won two times and suffered three losses. In the same year Colombia took part in the I Bolivarian Games in Bogota which they won fourth place with just one win as well as three loss. Fernando Paternoster was the manager of Colombia the team's first foreign manager.

Colombia didn't participate in the sport until 1945, in which they played in the very first time in the South American Championship, finishing in fifth position. At this time, Colombia was a team of players from Junior de Barranquilla with the exception of Antonio de la Hoz (who was a player with Sporting de Barranquilla) and Pedro Ricardo Lopez (who played for Boca Juniors de Cali). Roberto Melendez was player and coach of Colombia during the entire tournament.

The first game of Colombia during the professional era took place on April 6, 1949 South American Championship, a 3-1 loss to Paraguay. Austrian trainer Friedrich Donenfeld was the manager of Colombia at the time of the tournament. He had relocated and his entire family with him to Colombia because of World War II, and Atletico Junior would be his first team as an assistant coach. Since Junior was selected to represent Colombia at the tournament, Donenfeld became his first European director for Colombia's Colombia nation's national side. However, the team continued their losing streak and they, like in earlier tournaments, they they ended in eighth place with two draws and five losses. with four points scored.

After being withdrawn in 1938, and then being barred from the sport after 1954 (due to the controversy of the El Dorado era), Colombia was the first to participate first in getting into the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden. Their first game was on the 16th of June in 1957 with Uruguay in Bogota and ended in a draw. Colombia lost the next two matches which left them at the bottom of their group.

Colombia was a participant in its participation in the 1962 World Cup, its first-ever FIFA World Cup by eliminating Peru with a score of 2-1 an aggregate. In the 1962 World Cup, Colombia was placed in a group that included Uruguay, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia Both had impressive results in comparison to Colombia. Colombia lost its opening game with a 2-1 loss to Uruguay. Luis Cubilla and Jorge Sasia scored for Uruguay in the 56th and 75th minutes respectively. Francisco Zuluaga scored a 19th-minute penalty goal for Colombia to provide Colombia Colombians their first World Cup goal and a shocking lead. In the second game they drew 4-4 against the USSR who were the winners of the European Nations' Cup of 1960. In the game, Colombia scored four goals against Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, widely considered to be the greatest goalie in the history of football. Also , in that match, Marco Coll scored the only Olympic goal in World Cup history so far. The game was a disaster, however, as the Colombian campaign ended in 1962 with a loss of 5-0 against Yugoslavia who came in fourth place at the tournament. Following that 1962 World Cup, Colombia didn't be able to qualify for nearly 28 years, before returning for the 1990 World Cup.

Following Chile 1962 Colombia was forced to wait 28 years to be able to participate in the World Cup. After resigning from the two tournaments of the South American Championship in Argentina and Ecuador, Colombia participated in the 1963 South American Championship in Bolivia. Colombia came last in the competition, with one draw and five losses. Delio Gamboa was the goalscorer of Colombia with three goals. In 1966, for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Colombia was put in an group with Ecuador as well as Chile. Colombia finished at the lowest of their group, with just 2 points. They did manage to get a win by winning 2-0 over Chile during the tournament in Bogota. The next time, Colombia had to play qualifying for the 1967 South American Championship against Chile however, they were eliminated by the loss of 5-2 at Santiago and a match in Bogota.

Colombia took part in the qualifying process in the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Group 2 with Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela. Colombia finished 3rd in Group 2 with one draw, one win and four losses. In the year 1970, prior to the beginning of the World Cup in Mexico, England had a friendly game in the match against Colombia to prepare for the high temperatures of Mexico. England won 4-0 over Colombia however their victory was marred through Bogota Bracelet. Bogota Bracelet incident. In 1974, for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Colombia was in competition with Uruguay in addition to Ecuador. Colombia had the advantage of victory and draw which was tied at five points Uruguay however, Uruguay is the one to be categorized because of a higher score per goal.

At the 1974 Copa America Colombia was placed in the group C alongside Paraguay along with Paraguay and Ecuador. Colombia took victory in all four matches with 7 goals scored for and 1 against. They made it to the semifinals, where they faced Uruguay. Colombia defeated Uruguay 3-0 in their home, but losing 1-0 away, but the score was 3-1, which let them progress to the final where they will play Peru. Colombia defeated Peru 1-0 at home and lost away 2-0 to ensure that the winner was decided at a neutral field (in Caracas) where Peru defeated Colombia by scoring in the 25th minute by Hugo Sotil. Colombian Ernesto Diaz tied with Argentinian Leopoldo Luque as the most prolific goal scorer for the tournament, scoring four goals.

To host this year's 1990 World Cup, South America was granted three-and-a-half spots in the finals of 1990. The remaining nine teams of the continent were divided into three groups with two automatic qualifying berths being allocated to the top two group winners, this time Uruguay in addition to Brazil. Group winners with the lowest record could go on to the CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off between OFC and CONMEBOL. So Colombia must take on all the top players from that zone, which was the Oceania zone. It was a surprise that this proved to be Israel following their finish in front over Australia in both New Zealand in the final qualifying group. Colombia has qualified for their first FIFA World Cup since Chile 1962, after winning in Barranquilla 1-1, and then tied with Israel in a 0-0.

In the 1990 World Cup, Colombia was again drawn with Yugoslavs as well as the United Arab Emirates and powerhouse West Germany. Colombia beat West Germany United Arab Emirates 2-0 to get its first ever win at this World Cup, then lost to Yugoslavia with a score of 1-0. However, they secured their spot in the Round of 16 following a respectable 1-1 draw against West Germany, who would eventually win this World Cup. Colombia was eliminated in their following match against Cameroon by a 2-1 score in extra time, a sign of the beginning of a group that was referred to as the Colombian golden Generation.

In 1994's World Cup, Colombia finished first in their qualifying group and never played a game. This included a record-breaking 0-5 win against Argentina during the 1994 World Cup in Buenos Aires. The expectations for the Colombian team were very extremely high, with some even declaring them favourites to take the trophy. Colombia was placed in Group A with the hosts United States, Romania, and Switzerland. In the course of this tournament internal tensions within Colombia was detrimental and harmful to the Colombian team as it was diverted from their primary purpose. Colombia did not win a single game against Switzerland and was beaten twice that would see them eliminated during the opening phase. The first game against Romania was the loss of 3-1 which led to cartels' threats to family members and relatives of Colombian players. In the game in America United States, an unwanted incident occurred when Andres Escobar scored his own goal, which led to Colombia's loss after losing 2-1. Escobar was later executed due to the incident in Colombia. This tragic incident would lead to the end of the country's first Golden Generation.

Colombia finished their qualifying in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in third spot with 28 points. They were two points less than the second-place Argentina who scored 30 points. Colombia is in Group G alongside Tunisia, England and, as before, Romania. Romania similar to its 1994 tournament, scored an 1-0 win in the first game. Colombia's second game was a 1-0 victory against Tunisia and the goal scored by Leider Preciado. In the final match the match was a draw, but England defeated Tunisia with a 2-0 score, thus removing Colombia in the group.

It was the 2001 Copa America was the first Copa America held in Colombia. Prior to the event the meetings were scheduled by CONMEBOL authorities concerned regarding security concerns that could arise in Colombia The tournament was cancelled on July 1 10 days prior to the match's opening. On the 6th of July, CONMEBOL decided to reinstate the tournament, and it was held in accordance with the scheduled date. Canada had already closed the training facility and released its players consequently Costa Rica (a CONCACAF invitee) was invited to participate in the tournament. The claim was that Argentine players received threats to kill them from terrorist groups The Argentine Football Association decided to pull out of the tournament just prior to the opening game. Honduras (a CONCACAF invitee) quickly invited and then transported through the Colombian Air Force to participate. There were no incidents of terrorism during the tournament.

Colombia started the tournament with a bang winning their group comprised from Venezuela, Chile and Ecuador. They defeated Peru and Honduras and came close to taking their very inaugural Copa America title by defeating Mexico (a CONCACAF invitee) in the final, thanks to the goal scored by Ivan Cordoba in the second period. They also broke the Copa America record of not conceding a goal and winning every single game.

In this year's 2002 World Cup, Colombia was able to finish sixth in the qualifying round, which was tied with Uruguay but not qualifying due to goal-to-goal different. Colombia failed to make it through the 2006 World Cup in Germany with just one point due to Uruguay's victory over Argentina. If Uruguay as well as Argentina been drawn Colombia could have qualified for the playoffs thanks to their 1-0 home win over Paraguay and also had a an advantage in goal difference over Uruguay and Argentina as well. Similar circumstances occurred during 2010, during the World Cup qualifiers, where the nation was not able to qualify by a single point and lost its final game against Paraguay in a second time.

This inability to qualify for this World Cup were mainly a result of the constant changing of teams and managers, along with the difficulty of scoring goals in the final games of the qualifying.

Although they were the down times for the Colombian team, the nation was able to perform well at the 2004 Copa America under Reinaldo Rueda and began by winning their group. The team was eliminated by Costa Rica in the quarter-finals before losing against Argentina at the semi-finals. They were able to secure fourth place, after losing their third-place match.

Colombia also took part also in 2005's Gold Cup. The team was not as successful during the first group phase, finishing third, with just one win and two loss. Although it was able to advance for the following round with the most successful third-placed team and defeated reigning champions Mexico in the quarterfinals, the team was ultimately eliminated by Panama the team that Colombia had already defeated at the stage of group play. Many believed that Colombia would be among the tournament's favorites, but the team's failure was further demonstrated that the team did not make it to the final.

Colombia experienced one of its worst Copa America performances in the 2007 Copa America. Colombia finished third in the group, with just one loss and one win which included a 5-0 defeat to Paraguay but didn't get into the knockout stages.

In June of 2011, Colombia has its worst position ever with a score of 54th. Despite this position, at 2011, in the Copa America, Colombia made an impressive run, winning their group and getting an draw against host nation Argentina which were the favorite. In the following round, Colombia was eliminated after the 2-0 loss to Peru during extra time. Los Cafeteros ended the year as 36th on the FIFA Rankings.

In October 2012 Colombia returned to within the top 10 positions of FIFA Rankings for the first time since July 2002 following victories over Chile (3-1) as well as Uruguay (4-0). The team was able to climb to 9th, an increase of 13 spots. By the conclusion of the year the team was in fifth place.

The Colombian team hired Leonel Alvarez as their first coach after the departure of Hernan Dario Gomez. He was fired after three matches with poor results. This resulted in the appointment coach Jose Pekerman in January 2012. Pekerman's debut game was a 2-0 victory over Mexico during the World Cup in Miami. Under Pekerman his team could break their personal record, finishing the second spot with 30 points and also raise the FIFA rank consistently to the top ten. This allowed them to be a part of this year's World Cup for the first time in the last 16 years. It was achieved with a draw of 3-3 against Chile following a deficit of 3-3 at half-time. There was a roar of celebrations across the country and many people from the outside praised Colombia as a dark horse towards becoming an eventual World Cup contender. In many instances, Colombia were noted by numerous Colombian people like Carlos Valderrama as a team which could be an elite Colombian team ever. Through the process of qualifying, Colombia only conceded 12 goals, which is the second-best defensive performance second only to Argentina.

Colombia completed their comeback at this year's World Cup after a 16-year absence by beating Greece by 3-0. Colombia was able to secure an 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast to dispute Group C's top position a few days after. The next day Japan as well as Greece drew the game 0-0, and they automatically advanced Colombia into the knockout stages for the first time the 24 months since that 1990 World Cup. In the final group stage match, Colombia defeated Japan 4-1 to take Group C victory and became three times the only South American team (following Brazil and Argentina) to be the winner of the three group stage matches throughout World Cup history. The Japan game also saw goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon, the final active player of the country's last World Cup appearance in 1998 became the oldest player to ever participate in the World Cup. Colombia won the match against Uruguay by 2-0 on the 28th of June in the round of 16 getting into the quarterfinals for the first occasion in the history of their country. Colombia lost to hosts Brazil in the quarter-final round amid controversy. the media and even figures like Diego Maradona criticized FIFA and Carlos Velasco Carballo for "favoring" Brazil and being biased in not allowing a goal by Mario Yepes and allowing too many fouls committed by Brazil to occur. Brazilians to take place without yellow cards being issued.

Despite being eliminated however, the Colombian team was welcomed by millions of Colombians in Bogota and greeted them as heroes and giving pride back to the country. Colombia will be awarded the FIFA Fair Play Trophy and will see James Rodriguez and Juan Cuadrado finish as the leading goal lead and assist scorer, respectively.

Colombia was a disappointment in 2015's Copa America, having won just one game in the group stage game against Brazil and their sole objective of the tournament. Colombia was removed from the tournament by Argentina in the following round through a penalty shootout, concluding their season with one draw, a win, as well as one defeat. The only goal they scored throughout this tournament came from Jeison Murillo. The Colombian was later awarded this tournament's Most Young Player award and then be named on the team's Star XI.

Colombia began their tournament by winning 0-2 against the hosts United States. A few days later, they secured their passage to the quarterfinals with the win of 2-1 against Paraguay. They lost against Costa Rica 2-3 and finished second in their group after the complete substitution of eleven of their players. On June 17 they made it to the semi-finals after an impressive win over Peru on penalties , 4-2, with 79,000 supporters in MetLife Stadium. Colombia was then beaten by the eventual champions of the tournament Chile due to a lapse in their defense. Colombia did win the third-place match against hosts United States to seal their most successful performance since winning the tournament in 2001.

Colombia was selected to participate in 2018's FIFA World Cup by finishing fourth in CONMEBOL qualifying. The team was drawn into an extremely difficult group, playing alongside Japan, Poland and Senegal. They were nevertheless as the favourites for the group, however they the team began their campaign with a shocking losing 2-1 to Japan which saw Carlos Sanchez being sent off after only three minutes of action. Colombia revived their hopes of making it to the top of the group with a 3-0 victory against Poland who's chances of making it to the next round were cut short by the loss. Following the game the head of the team Jose Pekerman dedicated the win to Carlos Sanchez. On the 28th of June, Colombia beat Senegal by 1-1 which was the top score in their group, progressing to Round 16 and eliminating Senegal at the same time. In the 3rd July, at Moscow, Colombia were knocked out by England in the round of 16. the match finished 1-1 following an extra period and ended which resulted in England winning 4-3 in penalties.

Referee for the match Mark Geiger proved to be controversial, attracting critiques from both teams. Colombia Captain Radamel Falcao as well as manager Jose Pekerman both accused Geiger for favoring the England team in the game. Diego Maradona once again claimed favoritism for Colombia by claiming "England's penalty was horrible decision and that the referee took the win in favor of England," and that Colombia were the victims of the "monumental theft". In the aftermath, FIFA said Maradona's comments were "entirely inappropriate" and his claims regarding the referee were "completely insubstantial". A FIFA statement reads "Following remarks given in the presence of Diego Armando Maradona in relation to the round of 16 match, Colombia vs England, FIFA insists on rebutting the criticisms of the performance of officials who it believes to be positive in the midst of a very emotional and emotional game. Additionally, it considers the comments and remarks that were made to be completely inappropriate and totally untrue." Maradona later offered an apology to FIFA and the president of FIFA and its president, admitting that some of the his comments were unacceptable: "I said a couple of things, and I'm adamant that some of them are not acceptable."

In the wake of the decision by the federation to not renew the contract of Pekerman The his former Iran director Carlos Queiroz was hired to coach the national team. After a stunning 8 goal run, which saw them win 3 of four pre-Copa-America friendlies, and allowing only two goals in a single game positive outlook was high for both the Portuguese coach as well as the team was high.

The 2019 Copa America campaign, Colombia beat their arch-rivals Argentina with a stunning victory of 2-0, which was their first victory against La Albiceleste since 2007. A few days later, they'd take on a defense-minded Asian Cup champions and 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar with an 1-0 win to cut the streak of eight consecutive wins for Qatar and be the first group in the group stage to progress into the second round. ; Colombia would end their group stage campaign in flawless manner with a 1-0 win against Paraguay and would rest a large portion of their players and ending with nine points, with four goals scored, and not one lost in the stage. Colombia was the only team since 2001 to get through the group stage after an unbeatable run. However, Colombia was then eliminated by Chile in a penalty shootout at the quarter-finals game, where Colombia did not perform well but was prevented by the official in the aftermath of two off-sides Chilean goals.

After major losses in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, which Colombia was beaten 3-0 by Uruguay in the first match and won 6-1 over Ecuador The Colombian Football Federation announced the retirement from Carlos Queiroz in a statement on December 1st 20th, 2020. January 2021was the month when it was announced that Reinaldo Rueda will once again serve as the Colombian team's coach. They were not able to qualify for World Cup. World Cup losing the most important game day to Peru in Barranquilla 1-1 on the 15th Matchday , with an historic goal scored from Edison Flores in the 85th minute. They finished 6th, just ahead of Peru which was 5th with one point. Peru won later in the intercontinental playoff game with New Zealand to go to the World Cup leaving Colombia Out without a chance to make it to the main stage.

At the 2021 Copa America, Colombia started by winning 1-0 against Ecuador. A few days later, they would face Venezuela in a match that ended in a draw. The next match was against Peru in they won the opening half in an impressive victory for Peru by scoring an early score in the 17th minute. In the second half Colombia was able to draw with a penalty goal thanks to an error by Peruvian goalie Pedro Gallese against Miguel Borja. In the 64th minute a lapse made by Yerry Mina led him to make an own-goal. Following a corner kick from Peru the goalkeeper David Ospina clawed the ball away, but the referee declared the goal as valid, ending the game with an 1-2 score. Then, Colombia faced Brazil, with Luis Diaz scoring the first goal of the game only 10 minutes of the match, and was deemed to be the most impressive score of this year's Copa America by some media and even fans. In the 78th minute Brazil scored an unpopular goal just after the ball landed on referee Nestor Pittana and he did not stop the game. Brazil added another score in the final minutes of the match, which resulted in the score being at a 2-2. However, Colombia finished in third spot in the table of Group B and advanced to the quarterfinals. There, they played Uruguay in the quarterfinals. The game was decided by an impressive 4-2 win for Colombia with penalties following an 0-0 draw. In the semi-finals, Colombia contested with Argentina and played a great match in which they played 1-1. Argentina defeated Colombia 3-1 in the penalty shootout. Colombia won the game for third place against Peru by scoring 3-1. The last two goals Luis Diaz scored along with one in the 93rd minute of the match was the most prolific scoring player of this Copa America, along with Lionel Messi. The victory in third place for Colombia is their most impressive result since winning the third spot at the Copa America Centenario.

Colombia's principal geopolitical competitor was always Venezuela. But, the rivalry has been generally one-sided for Colombia. The situation began to change in the late 1990s when football gradually started replacing baseball as the primary sport.

In 2001 in 2001, Coach Luis Garcia was sacked for just managing to draw an away match that took place in San Cristobal which ended 2-2 after a win had been considered a given. This was only a hint of what was to come. A year later, in the 2005 World Cup qualifiers, Venezuela stunned the continent with a win over Colombia in Barranquilla 1-1. The match showed the direction that the rivalry. Although Colombia is ahead in all levels and competitions Venezuela always beat them when they play with each other. Former captain Valderrama has started calling the match an "classic" and added "Venezuela are a death trap when playing us."

In the year 2021 Colombia isn't winning on Venezuelan territory since 1996. The team would take home the trophy in Venezuela in the 2022 World Cup qualifying which marked their first victory at home in Venezuela after 1996. Under Jose Pekerman's direction in 2014's FIFA World Cup qualification, thought to be the time of the rebirth of Colombian football, Venezuela still managed to beat their opponents at home, one of the three losses that the Argentinean was able to overcome. Venezuela also won their group stage match with Colombia during the 2014 Copa America which were their only three points, but Colombia was able to progress to the knockout phase and Venezuela was with a loss. But, the games aren't as well-known as the matches that are fought against Argentina.

The historic Colombian victory of 5-0 in 1993, when Colombia defeated the host Argentina at the 1994 World Cup qualifiers, was the first time Argentina lost at home in the arena Estadio Monumental during a qualifying match for the World Cup. Argentina had entered the qualifying matches in the form of a World Cup champion and finalist in the most recent editions (1986 and 1990). It was a huge shock and the start of a rivalry. In contrast to other rivalries that are full of animosity, the Colombian-Argentine rivalry is more founded on "respect" rather than the "hated" relationship that is always attracted the most attention from the two nations. Following the demise of Valderrama's time the rivalry became unbalanced until the end of the decade when most games ended in draw. Colombia as well as Argentina have played 10 times in the last 10 years in which Colombia has been crowned the winner once and Argentina twice. There were seven draws.

Colombia also has a small rivalry with Peru that both of them engaged during the Leticia Incident to control the Amazon region. Peru is frequently viewed as the genesis of Colombia's successes in soccer since Colombia has eliminated Peru when it was preparing in 1962 for the World Cup to secure its debut appearance. Matches between Colombia and Peru also attract a lot of tension.

Colombia was a bit more wary in its rivalry with Brazil because of this year's FIFA World Cup encounter, in which Brazil defeated Colombia with a score of 2-1, which was dominated by the injury of Neymar and referee favoritism toward Brazil against Colombia which would eventually make games between both teams to become more intense, violent and, to a certain degree violent, and violent incidents, particularly during this year's Copa America, where Neymar was sent off in an argument after when the last whistle blew. The rivalry would improve in a more peaceful manner following in the year 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals when Atletico Nacional demanded CONMEBOL to give the trophy to Associacao Chapecoense de Futebol due to the LaMia crash of Flight 2933; However, it is still an intense rivalry between both.

Colombia is home to their qualifying matches and friendly matches in the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez in Barranquilla and also an Estadio el Campin in Bogota as a backup.

Traditionally, Colombia's national colors are yellow shirts, with navy trim , white or navy shorts and socks, while their away colours usually navy shirts. They donned their first red kit during this year's FIFA World Cup. Colombia utilized red as their official colors in the 20th century. However during the Copa America Centenario the team were in white uniforms at the beginning of their existence prior to reverting to navy and yellow kit afterward.

This page provides stats and results of matches for the Colombia national team of football from 2020 to the present.

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

Following 20 athletes were summoned to the squad to play in a friendly game with Saudi Arabia on 5 June 2022.

Caps and goals are updated in the 5th of June, 2022, following the game with Saudi Arabia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	José Luis Chunga	11 July 1991 (age 31)	2	0	Alianza Petrolera
	GK	Iván Arboleda	21 April 1996 (age 26)	1	0	Newell's Old Boys
	DF	Davinson Sánchez	12 June 1996 (age 26)	49	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	DF	Daniel Muñoz	25 May 1996 (age 26)	13	0	Genk
	DF	Carlos Cuesta	9 March 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Genk
	DF	Jhon Lucumí	26 June 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Bologna
	DF	Helibelton Palacios	11 June 1993 (age 29)	5	0	Elche
	MF	Yairo Moreno	4 April 1995 (age 27)	16	0	León
	MF	Éder Álvarez Balanta	28 February 1993 (age 29)	9	0	Club Brugge
	MF	Steven Alzate	8 September 1998 (age 23)	6	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	MF	Eduard Atuesta	18 June 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Palmeiras
	MF	Kevin Velasco	30 April 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Deportivo Cali
	MF	Kevin Agudelo	14 November 1998 (age 23)	0	0	Spezia
	MF	Sebastián Pedroza	8 April 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Al-Batin
	FW	Rafael Santos Borré	15 September 1995 (age 26)	17	1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	FW	Luis Suárez	2 December 1997 (age 24)	4	0	Marseille
	FW	Juan Hernández	20 April 1999 (age 23)	2	2	Columbus Crew
	FW	Jhon Arias	21 September 1997 (age 24)	1	0	Fluminense
	FW	Jaminton Campaz	24 May 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Grêmio
	FW	Óscar Estupiñán	29 October 1996 (age 25)	1	0	Hull City

The following players have also been called up in the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	David Ospina	31 August 1988 (age 33)	124	0	Al-Nassr	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
GK	Camilo Vargas	9 March 1989 (age 33)	11	0	Atlas	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
GK	Álvaro Montero	29 March 1995 (age 27)	3	0	Millonarios	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
GK	Andrés Mosquera	10 September 1991 (age 30)	1	0	Independiente Medellín	Argentina, 1 February 2022
GK	Diego Novoa	31 May 1989 (age 33)	0	0	América de Cali	Honduras, 16 January 2022
GK	Aldair Quintana	11 July 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Atlético Nacional	Ecuador, 14 October 2021
DF	William Tesillo	2 February 1990 (age 32)	30	1	León	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
DF	Stefan Medina	14 June 1992 (age 30)	28	0	Monterrey	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
DF	Frank Fabra	22 February 1991 (age 31)	24	1	Boca Juniors	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
DF	Johan Mojica	21 August 1992 (age 29)	19	1	Elche	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
DF	Óscar Murillo	18 April 1988 (age 34)	23	0	Pachuca	Argentina, 1 February 2022
DF	Yerry Mina	23 September 1994 (age 27)	39	7	Everton	Peru, 28 January 2022 SUS
DF	Álvaro Angulo	6 March 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Atlético Nacional	Honduras, 16 January 2022
DF	Yeimar Gómez	30 June 1992 (age 30)	1	0	Seattle Sounders	Honduras, 16 January 2022
DF	Andrés Llinás	25 March 1993 (age 29)	1	0	Millonarios	Honduras, 16 January 2022
DF	Homer Martínez	6 October 1997 (age 24)	1	0	Junior	Honduras, 16 January 2022
DF	Andrés Felipe Román	5 October 1995 (age 26)	1	0	Atlético Nacional	Honduras, 16 January 2022
DF	Germán Mera	5 March 1990 (age 32)	0	0	Deportivo Cali	Honduras, 16 January 2022
DF	Dairon Mosquera	23 July 1992 (age 30)	0	0	Santa Fe	Chile, 9 September 2021
MF	James Rodríguez	12 July 1991 (age 31)	86	24	Al-Rayyan	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
MF	Wilmar Barrios	16 October 1993 (age 28)	52	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
MF	Mateus Uribe	21 March 1991 (age 31)	42	5	Porto	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
MF	Juan Fernando Quintero	18 January 1993 (age 29)	31	4	River Plate	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
MF	Jefferson Lerma	25 October 1994 (age 27)	30	1	Bournemouth	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
MF	Gustavo Cuéllar	14 October 1992 (age 29)	24	1	Al-Hilal	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
MF	Víctor Cantillo	15 October 1993 (age 28)	2	0	Corinthians	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
MF	Juan Cuadrado	26 May 1988 (age 34)	111	10	Juventus	Bolivia, 24 March 2022
MF	Fredy Hinestroza	5 April 1990 (age 32)	2	0	Junior	Argentina, 1 February 2022
MF	Yaser Asprilla	19 November 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Watford	Argentina, 1 February 2022
MF	Andrés Colorado	1 December 1998 (age 23)	1	1	São Paulo	Honduras, 16 January 2022
MF	Yerson Candelo	24 February 1992 (age 30)	1	0	Atlético Nacional	Honduras, 16 January 2022
MF	Daniel Giraldo	1 July 1992 (age 30)	1	0	Junior	Honduras, 16 January 2022
MF	Stiven Vega	22 May 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Millonarios	Honduras, 16 January 2022
MF	Sebastián Gómez	6 March 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Atlético Nacional	Honduras, 16 January 2022 COV
MF	Alexander Mejía	11 July 1988 (age 34)	27	0	Atlético Nacional	Chile, 9 September 2021
MF	Baldomero Perlaza	25 June 1992 (age 30)	0	0	Colón	Chile, 9 September 2021 INJ
MF	Andrés Andrade	23 February 1989 (age 33)	1	0	Atlético Nacional	Paraguay, 2 September 2021 INJ
FW	Luis Sinisterra	17 June 1999 (age 23)	5	0	Leeds United	Saudi Arabia, 5 June 2022
FW	Luis Muriel	16 April 1991 (age 31)	45	8	Atalanta	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
FW	Luis Díaz	13 January 1997 (age 25)	35	8	Liverpool	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
FW	Miguel Borja	26 January 1993 (age 29)	27	8	River Plate	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
FW	Harold Preciado	1 May 1994 (age 28)	3	0	Santos Laguna	Venezuela, 28 March 2022
FW	Alfredo Morelos	21 June 1996 (age 26)	11	1	Rangers	Bolivia, 24 March 2022
FW	Radamel Falcao	10 February 1986 (age 36)	99	35	Rayo Vallecano	Argentina, 1 February 2022
FW	Yimmi Chará	2 April 1991 (age 31)	16	1	Portland Timbers	Argentina, 1 February 2022
FW	Diego Valoyes	22 September 1996 (age 25)	2	0	Talleres	Argentina, 1 February 2022
FW	Cristian Arango	9 March 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Los Angeles	Honduras, 16 January 2022 COV
FW	Duván Zapata	1 April 1991 (age 31)	34	4	Atalanta	Paraguay, 16 November 2021
FW	Roger Martínez	23 June 1994 (age 28)	25	3	América	Paraguay, 16 November 2021

From 5 June 2022

The players in bold are actively involved in Colombia.

As per detail below.

Below is the summarizing every match Colombia has been able to play with FIFA recognised teams.

hideOpponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Algeria	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0%
Argentina	40	9	11	20	39	71	-32	22.50%
Australia	4	2	2	0	4	2	2	50%
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	100%
Belgium	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50%
Bolivia	31	15	10	6	48	30	18	48.39%
Brazil	35	3	11	21	18	67	-49	8.57%
Cameroon	4	2	0	2	8	3	5	50%
Canada	3	2	0	1	4	2	2	66.67%
Chile	43	11	17	15	58	73	-15	25.58%
China PR	2	1	0	1	5	2	3	50%
Costa Rica	13	10	0	3	30	15	15	76.92%
Cuba	3	3	0	0	5	2	3	100%
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	100%
East Germany	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0%
Ecuador	48	23	12	13	54	44	10	47.92%
Egypt	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0%
El Salvador	8	5	2	1	18	9	9	62.50%
England	6	0	3	3	4	11	-7	0%
Finland	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	100%
France	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2	25%
Germany[b]	4	0	2	2	5	10	-5	0%
Greece	2	2	0	0	5	0	5	100%
Guatemala	5	2	2	1	11	7	4	40%
Haiti	5	4	0	1	12	4	8	80%
Honduras	15	5	4	6	13	14	-1	33.33%
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	100%
Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0%
Israel	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	50%
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	100%
Jamaica	5	4	0	1	7	1	6	80%
Japan	5	3	1	1	7	3	4	60%
Jordan	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	100%
South Korea	7	1	2	4	7	12	-5	14.28%
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	100%
Liberia	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	100%
Mexico	26	7	9	10	21	25	-4	26.92%
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	100%
Morocco	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	100%
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	100%
Nicaragua	1	1	0	0	7	2	5	100%
Nigeria	4	3	1	0	4	1	3	75%
Northern Ireland	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	100%
Norway	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Panama	8	6	0	2	20	8	12	75%
Paraguay	48	21	9	18	57	52	5	43.75%
Peru	59	21	22	16	71	64	7	35.59%
Poland	6	4	0	2	10	8	2	66.67%
Puerto Rico	2	2	0	0	9	2	7	100%
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	100%
Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0%
Romania	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	0%
Russia	3	0	2	1	5	7	-2	0%
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	66.67%
Scotland	3	1	2	0	3	2	1	33.33%
Senegal	3	2	1	0	5	2	3	66.67%
Serbia	5	1	1	3	1	7	-6	20%
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	2	0	2	66.67%
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	100%
South Africa	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0%
Spain	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	0%
Sweden	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0%
Switzerland	4	2	1	1	9	6	3	50%
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	0	1	8	4	4	66.67%
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	50%
Turkey	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0%
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	100%
United States	21	14	4	3	29	14	15	66.67%
Uruguay	45	12	12	21	47	64	-17	26.66%
Venezuela	44	21	16	7	64	27	37	47.73%
Total (71)	605	239	170	196	753	700	53	39.50%

As per detail below.

South American Championship / Copa América

• Champions: 2001
• Runners-up: 1975
• Third place: 1987, 1993, 1995, 2016, 2021
• Fourth place: 1991, 2004

FIFA Confederations Cup

• Fourth place: 2003

CONCACAF Gold Cup

• Runners-up: 2000
• Fourth place: 2005

Copa Centenario de Armenia

• Winners: 1989

Los Angeles Cup:

• Winners: 1990

Pan American Games:

• 2nd place, silver medalist Silver Medalists : 1971
• 3rd place, bronze medalist Bronze Medalists : 1995

Central American and Caribbean Games

• 1st place, gold medalist Gold Medalists : 1946, 2006, 2018
• 2nd place, silver medalist Silver Medalists : 2014
• 3rd place, bronze medalist Bronze Medalists : 1938, 1954, 1970

South American Games:

• 1st place, gold medalist Gold Medalists : 1994, 2010, 2014
• 2nd place, silver medalist Silver Medalists : 1986
• 3rd place, bronze medalist Bronze Medalists : 1990, 2018

Bolivarian Games

• 1st place, gold medalist Gold Medalists : 1951, 1997, 2005, 2013, 2017
• 2nd place, silver medalist Silver Medalists : 1961, 1973, 1981, 1985, 1993, 2001

FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy

• Winners: 2014