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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
Captain	Gustavo Puerta
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	28 (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

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	To be determined
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
Total	3 titles	28/30	177	69	46	62	210	211

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

2024

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

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

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, to be played in May-June 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 12 February 2023, after the match against Venezuela.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Luis Marquinez	(2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 21)	15	0	Atlético Nacional
	1GK	Juan Castillo	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21)	7	0	Fortaleza
	1GK	Alexei Rojas	(2005-09-28) 28 September 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Arsenal
	2DF	Andrés Salazar	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)	21	0	Heart of Midlothian
	2DF	Kevin Mantilla	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 (age 21)	18	1	Talleres
	2DF	Édier Ocampo	(2003-10-03) 3 October 2003 (age 21)	16	0	Vancouver Whitecaps
	2DF	Daniel Pedrozo	(2004-03-19) 19 March 2004 (age 20)	15	0	Al Wasl
	2DF	Fernando Álvarez	(2003-08-24) 24 August 2003 (age 21)	15	0	CF Montréal
	2DF	Julián Palacios	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 21)	9	0	Envigado
	2DF	Devan Tanton	(2004-01-03) 3 January 2004 (age 20)	7	0	Chesterfield
	3MF	Gustavo Puerta	(2003-07-23) 23 July 2003 (age 21)	24	4	Hull City
	3MF	Alexis Manyoma	(2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 21)	22	4	Estudiantes
	3MF	Daniel Luna	(2003-05-07) 7 May 2003 (age 21)	20	3	Mallorca
	3MF	Jhon Vélez	(2003-07-25) 25 July 2003 (age 21)	17	1	Junior
	3MF	Juan Castilla	(2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 20)	20	0	Deportivo Cali
	3MF	Miguel Monsalve	(2004-02-27) 27 February 2004 (age 20)	12	3	Grêmio
	3MF	Jhojan Torres	(2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 (age 20)	11	0	Santa Fe
	3MF	Yáser Asprilla	(2003-11-19) 19 November 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Girona
	4FW	Óscar Cortés	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 21)	19	6	Rangers
	4FW	Jorge Cabezas Hurtado	(2003-09-06) 6 September 2003 (age 21)	14	3	PAOK B
	4FW	Tomás Ángel	(2003-02-20) 20 February 2003 (age 21)	9	2	Phoenix Rising

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 (4): 1964, 1985, 1992, 2023
  • 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 Olympic football team
• Colombia national under-17 football team
• Colombia national under-15 football team

References

1. "Convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Sub 20 - Copa Mundial de la FIFA Argentina 2023" (in Spanish). Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

External links

• Selección Sub 20 official website
• FIFA Profile

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