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
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.

*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  

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

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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

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'

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'

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	1GK	Jordan García	(2005-06-20)20 June 2005 (aged 19)	Fortaleza
2	2DF	Simón García	(2005-01-11)11 January 2005 (aged 20)	Atlético Nacional
3	2DF	Keimer Sandoval	(2005-09-03)3 September 2005 (aged 19)	Real Betis
4	2DF	Julián Bazán	(2005-11-25)25 November 2005 (aged 19)	Deportivo Pereira
5	2DF	Elkin Quiñones	(2005-05-12)12 May 2005 (aged 19)	Orsomarso
6	3MF	Alejandro Ararat	(2006-07-21)21 July 2006 (aged 18)	Atlético Huila
7	3MF	Sergio Aponzá	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19)	Alianza
8	3MF	Royner Benítez	(2005-06-21)21 June 2005 (aged 19)	Águilas Doradas
9	4FW	Alejandro Villarreal	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19)	Santos
10	4FW	Óscar Perea	(2005-09-27)27 September 2005 (aged 19)	Strasbourg
11	4FW	Andy Batioja	(2006-01-31)31 January 2006 (aged 18)	Houston Dynamo
12	1GK	Andrés Tovar	(2006-03-25)25 March 2006 (aged 18)	Envigado
13	2DF	Luis Rentería	(2005-11-27)27 November 2005 (aged 19)	Santa Fe
14	3MF	Jordan Barrera	(2006-04-11)11 April 2006 (aged 18)	Barranquilla
15	2DF	Yeimar Mosquera	(2005-02-06)6 February 2005 (aged 19)	Real Unión
16	4FW	Yefrei Rodríguez	(2005-05-11)11 May 2005 (aged 19)	Internacional
17	2DF	Juan David Arizala	(2005-10-10)10 October 2005 (aged 19)	Independiente Medellín
18	3MF	Luis Landázuri	(2005-11-20)20 November 2005 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
19	3MF	Kener González	(2005-10-05)5 October 2005 (aged 19)	Internacional
20	3MF	John Montaño	(2006-10-04)4 October 2006 (aged 18)	Independiente Medellín
21	2DF	Carlos Sarabia	(2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 19)	Millonarios
22	1GK	Alexei Rojas	(2005-09-28)28 September 2005 (aged 19)	Arsenal
23	4FW	Néiser Villarreal	(2005-04-24)24 April 2005 (aged 19)	Millonarios

• 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

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

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