Colombia national under-23 football team explained

Colombia Olympic
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Fifa Trigramme:COL
Nickname:Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Confederation:CONMEBOL (South America)
Coach:Héctor Cárdenas
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First Game: 2–1
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950)
Largest Win: 7–1
(Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971)
6–0
(Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971)
Largest Loss: 9–0
(Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000)
Regional Name:Olympic Games
Regional Cup Apps:5
Regional Cup First:1968
Regional Cup Best:Quarter-finals (2016)

The Colombia national under-23 football team represents Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games and in international under-23 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

The team played its first match in 1950. From that year to 1992 the team played as a Colombia national amateur football team. Since 1992, the team played as Colombia national under-23 football team until 2004, when the qualification for the Olympic Games was changed to South American Youth Football Championship for under-20 teams (before this, the qualification tournament was CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament). The team was inactive since 2004, however with the qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification play-off the team was resurrected.

Competitive record

Champions   Runners-up   Third Place   Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
YearRoundPosition
1900did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1936
1948
1952did not enter
1956
1960did not qualify
1964
1968First stage10th310245
1972First stage11th3102512
1976did not qualify
1980First stage11th311124
1984did not qualify
1988
1992First stage14th301249
1996did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016Quarter-finals7th412166
2020did not qualify
2024
TotalQuarter-finals5/26164482136

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

YearRoundPosition
1960First stage10th210137
1964Fourth place4th6123610
1968Runners-up2nd6411107
1972Runners-up2nd725074
1976Fourth place4th512259
1980Runners-up2nd6312105
1984First stage5th200215
1988Fourth place4th741274
1992Runners-up2nd7421143
1996Fourth place4th4022611
2000First stage6th42111013
2004Playoffs6th520379
2020Fourth place4th7223109
2024First stage10th400408
TotalRunners-up14/147226192796100

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
YearRoundPosition
1951did not participate
1955
1959
1963
1967Preliminary round 8th 3 0 0 3 2 13
1971Silver medal2nd8521217
1975did not participate
1979
1983
1987Preliminary round 11th 3 0 1 2 1 4
1991did not participate
1995Bronze medal3rd6402135
1999did not participate
2003Fourth place4th521267
2007Preliminary round 7th 3 1 1 1 1 1
2011did not participate
2015
2019
2023Sixth place 6th 4 1 1 2 2 4
TotalSilver medal7/1932136134641

Schedule and results

See also: Colombia Olympic football team results.

2024

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[1] [2] On 11 January, forwards Kener Valencia and Edwin Mosquera were ruled out due to injuries and were replaced by Nelson Quiñones and Alejandro García, respectively.[3] [4]

Caps and goals updated as 18 January 2024.

Notes

Recent call-ups

The following players have been recently called up in the last 12 months.

Honours

Friendlies

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Masculina Sub 23 para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024. Call-up of the Colombia U23 Men's National Team for the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic 2024. Colombian Football Federation. 5 January 2024. es.
  2. Web site: Selección Colombia Sub-23: esta es la convocatoria para el Torneo Preolímpico. Colombia U23 National Team: this is the call-up list for the Pre-Olympic Tournament. Caracol Radio. Juan. Calderón. 5 January 2024. es.
  3. Web site: Modificación en la convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Sub 23. Colombian Football Federation. 11 January 2024. es.
  4. Web site: Modificación en la convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Sub 23. Colombian Football Federation. 11 January 2024. es.
  5. Web site: Torneo de las Americas U-23 Colombia 1994. RSSSF. 11 February 2022 .