Colombia Olympic football team

Colombia
Nickname(s) Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach Carlos Restrepo
FIFA code COL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Guatemala 2–1 Colombia 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950)
Biggest win
 Colombia 7–1 Dominican Republic 
(Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971)
 Colombia 6–0 Bahamas 
(Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 9–0 Colombia 
(Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000)
Olympic Games
Appearances 5 (First in 1968)
Best result First round 1968, 1972, 1980, 1992

The Colombia Olympic 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

*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  

Olympic Games

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
France 1900Did not Exist
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928
Nazi Germany 1936
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952Did not Enter
Australia 1956
Italy 1960Did not Qualify
Japan 1964
Mexico 1968First stage10th310245
Germany 1972First stage11th3102512
Canada 1976Did not Qualify
Soviet Union 1980First stage11th311124
United States 1984Did not Qualify
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992First stage14th301249
United States 1996Did not Qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016Qualified
TotalFirst stage4/23123271530

CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Peru 1960First stage10th210137
Peru 1964Fourth place4th6123610
Colombia 1968Runners-up2nd6411107
Colombia 1972Runners-up2nd725074
Brazil 1976Fourth place4th512259
Colombia 1980Runners-up2nd6312105
Ecuador 1984First stage5th200215
Bolivia 1988Fourth place4th741274
Paraguay 1992Runners-up2nd7421143
Argentina 1996Fourth place4th4022611
Brazil 2000First stage6th42111013
Chile 2004Playoffs6th520379
TotalRunners-up12/12612417208687

Schedule and results

      Win       Draw       Loss

2015

2016

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for first training session before 2016 Summer Olympics.
Caps and goals updated as 29 March 2016.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Cristian Bonilla (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 4 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional
1GK Luis Hurtado (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994 0 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali
1GK Luis Herney (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 0 0 Colombia Independiente Medellín

2DF Cristian Borja (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 5 0 Colombia Santa Fe
2DF Yerry Mina (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994 4 1 Colombia Santa Fe
2DF Deiver Machado (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 3 0 Colombia Millonarios
2DF Andrés Murillo (1996-01-04) January 4, 1996 2 1 Colombia La Equidad
2DF Luis Orejuela (1995-08-20) 20 August 1995 2 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali
2DF Cristian Arrieta (1994-01-03) January 3, 1994 2 0 Colombia Envigado
2DF Alexis Pérez (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 1 0 Colombia Junior
2DF Juan Sebastián Quintero (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 0 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali

3MF Brayan Angulo (1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 3 0 Colombia Deportivo Pasto
3MF José Leudo (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 2 0 Colombia Deportivo Pasto
3MF Guillermo Celis (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 2 0 Colombia Junior
3MF Raúl Loaiza (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 2 0 Colombia Patriotas
3MF Andrés Felipe Roa (1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 2 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali
3MF Kevin Balanta (1997-04-28) 28 April 1997 2 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali
3MF Harrison Mojica (1993-02-17) 17 February 1993 0 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali

4FW Arley Rodríguez (1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 4 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional
4FW Cristián Dajome (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 3 0 Colombia Deportes Tolima
4FW Miguel Borja (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 2 0 Colombia Cortuluá
4FW William Palacio (1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 1 0 Colombia Santa Fe
4FW Carlos Ibargüen (1995-10-07) 7 October 1995 0 0 Colombia Santa Fe

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Álvaro Montero (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 2 0 Argentina San Lorenzo Olympic Games Play-Off
GK Aldair Quintana (1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 1 0 Colombia Orsomarso Training Session December 2015
GK Jefferson Martínez (1993-08-16) 16 August 1993 0 0 Colombia Envigado Training Session December 2015

DF Davinson Sánchez (1996-05-12) 12 May 1996 3 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional Olympic Games Play-Off
DF Felipe Aguilar (1993-01-20) January 20, 1993 2 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional Olympic Games Play-Off
DF Helibelton Palacios (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 2 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali Olympic Games Play-Off
DF Jaine Barreiro (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 2 0 Colombia Santa Fe Olympic Games Play-Off
DF Jherson Vergara (1994-05-26) 26 May 1994 0 0 Italy Livorno Olympic Games Play-Off
DF Deivy Balanta (1993-09-02) September 2, 1993 2 0 Colombia Junior v.  Honduras, 27 February 2016
DF Jesús Murillo (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 0 0 Colombia Patriotas Training Session October 2015
DF Henry Obando (1993-04-05) 5 April 1993 0 0 Colombia Deportes Tolima Training Session September 2015

MF Juan Pablo Nieto (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 5 1 Colombia Atlético Nacional Olympic Games Play-Off
MF Juan Fernando Quintero (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993 4 2 Portugal Porto Olympic Games Play-Off
MF Wílmar Barrios (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 3 0 Colombia Deportes Tolima Olympic Games Play-Off
MF Yony González (1994-07-11) 11 July 1994 3 0 Colombia Junior Olympic Games Play-Off
MF Jarlan Barrera (1995-09-16) 16 September 1995 2 0 Colombia Junior Olympic Games Play-Off
MF Cristian Higuita (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 1 0 United States Orlando City v.  Honduras, 27 February 2016
MF Sebastián Pérez (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 3 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional CFA International Youth Football Tournament
MF Cristian Palomeque (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 1 0 Argentina Colón CFA International Youth Football Tournament
MF Jefferson Lerma (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 0 0 Spain Levante Training Session October 2015
MF Óscar Barreto (1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 0 0 Colombia Millonarios Training Session September 2015
MF Kevin Rendón (1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 0 0 Colombia Patriotas Training Session September 2015
MF Alexis Zapata (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 0 0 Italy Perugia Training Session September 2015

FW Roger Martínez (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 4 5 Argentina Racing Club Olympic Games Play-Off
FW Harold Preciado (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 2 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali Olympic Games Play-Off
FW Rafael Santos Borré (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 1 0 Colombia Deportivo Cali Olympic Games Play-Off
FW Andrés Rentería (1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 1 0 Mexico Santos Laguna Olympic Games Play-Off
FW Jeison Lucumí (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 0 0 Colombia América v.  Honduras, 27 February 2016
FW Carlos Rivas (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 0 0 United States Orlando City Preliminary Squad vs Honduras Friendly
FW Cristian Cangá (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 2 0 Portugal Boavista CFA International Youth Football Tournament
FW Estefano Arango (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 0 0 Colombia Alianza Petrolera Training Session October 2015
FW Jhon Córdoba (1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 0 0 Germany Mainz 05 Training Session September 2015

Honours

Coaching staff

As of 20 May 2015
Manager Colombia Carlos Alberto Restrepo Isaza
Assistant manager Colombia Carlos Alberto Paniagua
Physical trainer Colombia Jair Alirio Llanten
Goalkeeping coach Colombia Wilson de Jesús Londoño
Medic Colombia José Fernando Arango
Assistant Colombia Carlos Murcia
Kinesiologist Colombia Diego Cardona

See also

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