Colombia national football team

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Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers)
Association	Colombian Football Federation (Federación Colombiana de Fútbol)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Eduardo Lara
Captain	Mario Yepes
Most caps	Carlos Valderrama (111)
Top scorer	Arnoldo Iguarán (25)
Home stadium	Estadio El Campín Estadio Atanasio Girardot
FIFA code	COL
FIFA ranking	46
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (December 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	51 (February 2009)
Elo ranking	35
Highest Elo ranking	5 (1994)
Lowest Elo ranking	93 (August 1965)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Mexico 3 - 1 Colombia (Panama City, Panama; 10 February 1938)
Biggest win
Argentina 0 - 5 Colombia (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 5 September 1993) Colombia 5 - 0  Uruguay (Barranquilla, Colombia; 6 June 2004)[1] Colombia 5 - 0  Peru (Barranquilla, Colombia; 4 June 2005)[2]
Biggest defeat
Brazil 9 - 0 Colombia (Lima, Peru; 24 March 1957)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1962)
Best result	Round 2, 1990
Copa América
Appearances	18 (First in 1945)
Best result	Winners, 2001
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2003)
Best result	4th, 2003

The Colombian national football team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. It is also a member of CONMEBOL.

Contents 1 History 1.1 1962 FIFA World Cup 1.2 Aftermath and growth of La Seleccion 1.3 1990 FIFA World Cup 1.4 1994 FIFA World Cup 1.4.1 Murder of Andrés Escobar 1.5 1998 FIFA World Cup 1.6 2001 Copa America 1.7 2002 FIFA World Cup 1.8 2005 CONCACAF Copa de Oro 1.9 2006 FIFA World Cup 1.10 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games 1.11 After Copa America 2007 1.12 Current team status 1.12.1 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification Standings 1.12.2 Last and next games 2 Sponsorship 3 Current squad 3.1 National team Pool 4 World Cup Record 5 Confederations Cup Record 6 Copa América Record 7 Managers 8 Most Caps 9 Top Goalscorers 10 See also 11 References 12 External links 13 Titles

[edit] History

They went on to win the Central American Cup in 1946, a cup they would win again in 1970. Colombia would first enter World Cup qualifying in the 1958 qualifiers but were unsuccessful. Colombia tied with Uruguay in Bogotá 1-1 but lost in Montevideo 1-0. Later, Colombia narrowly lost against Paraguay 3-2 in Bogotá and later in Asunción 3-0 leaving Colombia at the bottom of CONMEBOL Group 3 with 1 point.

[edit] 1962 FIFA World Cup

In the 1962 qualifiers, they faced Peru in a two-game series and qualified for their first World Cup.

CONMEBOL Group 3

 Colombia 1 - 0  Peru

 Peru 1 - 1  Colombia

Colombia qualified.

At Chile 1962, Colombia lost 2-1 to South American champions Uruguay in their opening match. They then drew 4-4 with the reigning European champions Soviet Union in one of biggest shocks at Chile 1962. It should be noted that in this game, Colombia scored 4 goals against Soviet Union's goalie, Lev Yashin, considered the best goalie in soccer history. And also, Marcos Coll scoring the first Olympic goal in World Cup History. Unfortunately their campaign ended with a 5-0 defeat to Euro 1960 runners up Yugoslavia.

Group 1 - Chile 1962 Final Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
USSR	5	3	2	1	0	8	5
Yugoslavia	4	3	2	0	1	8	3
Uruguay	2	3	1	0	2	4	6
Colombia	1	3	0	1	2	5	11

[edit] Aftermath and growth of La Seleccion

Colombia entered the 1966 qualifiers and finished bottom of their group behind Chile and Ecuador. The 1970 qualifiers proved to be little better. In the 1974 qualifiers, Colombia finished behind Uruguay only on goal difference. In the 1975 Copa America, Colombia finished runners-up losing to Peru 2-0.

For the 1990, South America was allocated three and a half berths at the 1990 finals, one of which went to Argentina as defending champions from Mexico 1986. The continent's nine remaining sides were split into three groups with the two automatic qualifying berths going to the two best group winners, in this instance Uruguay and Brazil. The group winner with the worst record would advance to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off. Thus Colombia had to take on the winners of the Oceania Zone. Curiously, this turned out to be Israel, after they finished ahead of Australia and New Zealand in the final qualifying group. Colombia qualified for their first FIFA World Cup since Chile 1962 after winning in Barranquilla 1-0, and tying in Israel 0-0.

[edit] 1990 FIFA World Cup

At Italia '90, Colombia defeated United Arab Emirates 2-1, lost to Yugoslavia 1-0 and earned their place in the Round Of Sixteen after a dramatic 1-1 draw with West Germany, which would later win the cup. Colombia would be the only team Germany did not beat on their road to the cup.

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
West Germany	5	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7
Yugoslavia	4	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1
Colombia	3	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
United Arab Emirates	0	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9

During their Round Of Sixteen match against Cameroon, the game went into Extra Time after a 0-0 draw. In an unfortunate moment, goalkeeper Rene Higuita failed to protect the ball 35 yards (32 m) from the goal line, enabling Cameroon striker Roger Milla to snatch it from him, and score Cameroon's decisive second goal. Milla struck twice, giving Cameroon a 2-0 lead in Extra Time. Colombia would score in the 115th minute, but were unable to get an equalizer.

[edit] 1994 FIFA World Cup

Colombia entered 1994 FIFA World Cup with high expectations. An impressive qualifying campaign included a historic 5-0 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires.

Qualification - CONMEBOL Group 1

August 1, 1993, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 0 - 0  Paraguay

August 1, 1993, Lima, Peru -  Peru 0 - 1  Argentina

August 8, 1993, Asunción, Paraguay -  Paraguay 1 - 3  Argentina

August 8, 1993, Lima, Peru -  Peru 0 - 1  Colombia

August 15, 1993, Asunción, Paraguay -  Paraguay 2 - 1  Peru

August 18, 1993, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 2 - 1  Argentina

August 22, 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina -  Argentina 2 - 1  Peru

August 22, 1993, Asunción, Paraguay -  Paraguay 1 - 1  Colombia

August 29, 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina -  Argentina 0 - 0  Paraguay

August 29, 1993, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 4 - 0  Peru

September 5, 1993, Lima, Peru -  Peru 2 - 2  Paraguay

September 5, 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina -  Argentina 0 - 5  Colombia

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Colombia	10	6	4	2	0	13	2	11
2	Argentina	7	6	3	1	2	7	9	-2
3	Paraguay	6	6	1	4	1	6	7	-1
4	Peru	1	6	0	1	5	4	12	-8

Colombia qualified. Argentina advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Group Stage: Romania: 3-1 :Colombia - June 18, 1994

The match between Colombia and Romania was the first game for either side in the group phase. Romania took the lead in the 16th minute with their first attack of the match when Raducioiu took on three defenders before firing home a low shot. On the half hour mark, Hagi made it 2-0 when he noticed Cordoba out of position and dipped a cross over his head into the net. Valencia pulled a goal back for the Colombians in the 43rd minute when he headed in a corner from Perez. In the second half, Raducioiu put the result beyond doubt with his second goal in the final few minutes.

Group Stage: USA: 2-1 :Colombia - June 22, 1994

During the team's next game against the United States on June 22, Andrés Escobar was stretching to cut out a cross but he deflected the ball into his own net. The U.S. went on to get a second goal in the 56th minute thanks to Earnie Stewart.

Group Stage: Colombia: 2-0 :Switzerland - June 26, 1994

Colombia scored a 2-0 win over Switzerland.

Group A - Final Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Romania 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 0  Switzerland 4 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1  United States 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0  Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1

USA 1 - 1 Switzerland Colombia 1 - 3 Romania Switzerland 4 - 1 Romania USA 2 - 1 Colombia Switzerland 0 - 2 Colombia USA 0 - 1 Romania

[edit] Murder of Andrés Escobar

In 1994, defender Andrés Escobar scored an own goal in a World Cup match against the United States; shortly after the team returned to Colombia, Escobar was murdered in the city of Medellín, Colombia.^[3]

[edit] 1998 FIFA World Cup

Colombia began their qualification rounds in South America well and ended in third place with 28 points, 2 points below Argentina who was in 1st place with 30 points. They ended in Group G with Tunisia, England, and Romania.

Qualification For France 98: A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.

Final Standings

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Argentina	30	16	8	6	2	23	13	10
2	Paraguay	29	16	9	2	5	21	14	7
3	Colombia	28	16	8	4	4	23	15	8
4	Chile	25	16	7	4	5	32	18	14
5	Peru	25	16	7	4	5	19	20	-1
6	Ecuador	21	16	6	3	7	22	21	1
7	Uruguay	21	16	6	3	7	18	21	-3
8	Bolivia	17	16	4	5	7	18	21	-3
9	Venezuela	3	16	0	3	13	8	41	-33

Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Group Stage: Romania: 1-0 :Colombia

In their opening match 24-year-old Adrian Ilie of Valencia gave Romania a 1-0 victory over Colombia after he placed a magnificent chip shot in the 44th minute from some 15 yards (14 m) that sailed over goalkeeper Farid Mondragon into the net.

Group Stage: Tunisia: 0-1 :Colombia

Colombia's second match was against Tunisia. Colombia's Leider Preciado's strike seven minutes from the end gave Colombia a 1-0 win over Tunisia.

Group Stage: England: 2-0 :Colombia

Although England needed only a draw to guarantee a place in the final 16, Anderton drove home a fiercely-struck angled drive in the 20th minute. Beckham curled in a 30-yard (27 m) free kick nine minutes later leaving the game 2-0 with England winning. This meant Colombia was out for good.

Group G - Final Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Romania 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2  England 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3  Colombia 3 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2  Tunisia 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3

England 2 - 0 Tunisia Romania 1 - 0 Colombia Colombia 1 - 0 Tunisia Romania 2 - 1 England Colombia 0 - 2 England Romania 1 - 1 Tunisia

[edit] 2001 Copa America

Colombia's exit at France 98' marked the end of an era, as many expected, but one last moment of glory came at Copa América 2001.

The Copa América 2001 was held in Colombia, from July 11 to July 29, 2001. It was organised by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. Prior to the tournament, three meetings were held by CONMEBOL authorities who were concerned about potential security issues in Colombia, for what Venezuela offered to host the competition . At last minute, the CONMEBOL decided to return the organization to Colombia, and the tournament was held on schedule. Complaining for the sudden decision, and claiming that Argentine players had received death threats from terrorist groups, the Argentine Football Association decided to withdraw from the competition. Because Canada and Argentina withdrew, on July 6 and July 10 respectively, Honduras and Costa Rica were invited. There were no terrorist incidents within the competition. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The formation of the groups was made by CONMEBOL, in a public drawing of lots. Each team plays one match against each of the other teams within the same group. Three (3) points are awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat. First and second placed teams, in each group, advance to the quarter-finals. The best third placed team and the second best third placed team, also advance to the quarter-finals. Colombia was placed in Group A with Venezuela, Chile, and Ecuador. Colombia finished on top of the Group A with 9 points

Group Stage: Colombia 2-0 :Venezuela

A goal in each half was enough to secure Copa America hosts Colombia a victory over Venezuela. Freddy Grisales scored Colombia's first in the 15th minute, and Victor Hugo Aristizabal made it 2-0 on the hour from the penalty spot.

Group Stage: Colombia 1-0 :Ecuador

A goal by Victor Hugo Aristizábal in the 29th minute gave Colombia a 1-0 vicory

Group Stage: Colombia 2-0 :Chile

Two goals left Colombia as group leader with 9 points.

Quarter-Finals: Colombia 3-0 :Peru

The hosts beat Peru with a double from Victor Hugo Aristazabal and one from Giovanni Hernandez.

Semi-Finals: Colombia 2-0 :Honduras

The hosts took the lead after five minutes with a strike from Bedoya. The host nation eventually doubled their lead after 62 minutes, with Aristizabal scoring.

Final: Colombia 1-0 :Mexico

Hosts Colombia won their first Copa America title by beating Mexico in Bogotá. Their captain Ivan Cordoba scored the decisive goal early in the second half with a header from a free kick. It was a fairytale success for Colombia after the decision to go ahead with the tournament after it had initially been cancelled. Even the fact that Argentina, regarded by most observers as the strongest side in the region, elected not to take part and that most countries fielded weakened teams failed to dampen the celebrations in Bogotá.

Copa América Winners:: COLOMBIA (1st title)

[edit] 2002 FIFA World Cup

For Korea/Japan 2002, hopes were high for Colombia, but a weak attack and internal turnmoil crushed their hopes. Colombia only managed a 6th place in the qualification round. Uruguay and Colombia both had 27 points but due to goal differences, Uruguay advanced to the Play-Offs with Australia.

Final Standings

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Argentina	43	18	13	4	1	42	15	27
2	Ecuador	31	18	9	4	5	23	20	3
3	Brazil	30	18	9	3	6	31	17	14
4	Paraguay	30	18	9	3	6	29	23	6
5	Uruguay	27	18	7	6	5	19	13	6
6	Colombia	27	18	7	6	5	20	15	5
7	Bolivia	18	18	4	6	8	21	33	-12
8	Peru	16	18	4	4	10	14	25	-11
9	Venezuela	16	18	5	1	12	18	44	-26
10	Chile	12	18	3	3	12	15	27	-12

Fixtures & Results

March 28, 2000, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 0 - 0  Brazil

April 26, 2000, La Paz, Bolivia -  Bolivia 1 - 1  Colombia

June 4, 2000, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 3 - 0  Venezuela

June 29, 2000, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 1 - 3  Argentina

July 19, 2000, Lima, Peru -  Peru 0 - 1  Colombia

July 25, 2000, Quito, Ecuador -  Ecuador 0 - 0  Colombia

August 15, 2000, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 1 - 0  Uruguay

September 2, 2000, Santiago, Chile -  Chile 0 - 1  Colombia

October 7, 2000, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 0 - 2  Paraguay

November 15, 2000, São Paulo, Brazil -  Brazil 1 - 0  Colombia

March 27, 2001, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 2 - 0  Bolivia

April 24, 2001, San Cristóbal, Venezuela -  Venezuela 2 - 2  Colombia

June 3, 2001, Buenos Aires, Argentina -  Argentina 3 - 0  Colombia

August 16, 2001, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 0 - 1  Peru

September 5, 2001, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 0 - 0  Ecuador

October 7, 2001, Montevideo, Uruguay -  Uruguay 1 - 1  Colombia

November 7, 2001, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 3 - 1  Chile

November 14, 2001, Asunción, Paraguay -  Paraguay 0 - 4  Colombia

[edit] 2005 CONCACAF Copa de Oro

The 2005 CONCACAF Copa de Oro, or Gold Cup, was played in July 2005 in the United States. Colombia and South Africa were invited guests. Colombia was placed in Group A with Panama, Honduras, and Trinidad and Tobago. There were 3 Groups with 4 teams each ,which meant that all 3 first place and second place finishers would advance to the quarter finals and so would the best two third place finishers

Group Stage: Panama: 1-0 : Colombia

Colombia's opening match was against Panama where they lost 1-0. Tejada, who plays for Colombian club Millonarios, netted the game's lone score in the 70th minute.

Group Stage: Honduras: 2-1 : Colombia

The next match was against Honduras where they lost again 2-1. Two late goals gave Honduras the advantage as the catrachos defeated Colombia 2-1 in Group A action of the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup The win is the first for Honduras in the tournament since 2000, when they also defeated Colombia.

Group Stage: Trinidad and Tobago: 0-2 : Colombia

The third match was against Trinidad and Tobago where they won a 2-0 victory.

Quarterfinals: Colombia: 2-1 : Mexico

Colombia reached the quarterfinals to face Mexico. Colombia beat Mexico 2-1 as an unexpected goal from Abel Aguilar helped the South American squad advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals: Panama: 3-2 : Colombia

Colombia reached the semifinals only to be defeated by Panama, the underdogs of the tournament. Panama clipped Colombia 3-2 in front of more than 40,000 people at Giants Stadium.

[edit] 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup -Germany was an important moment for Colombia, having failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Head coach Francisco "Pacho" Maturana led the team through 4 FIFA qualifiers and was fired after losing to Brazil 2-1 in Barranquila, getting thrashed 4-0 by a weak Bolivia and suffering a shocking 1-0 defeat at home to Venezuela. Following a 1-1 tie with Argentina he was fired and Reinaldo Rueda was placed as the new coach. Colombia seemed to have improved and defeated Peru and Uruguay 5-0 during qualifying, managed a 3-0 victory over arch-rivals Ecuador, and tied with Brazil 0-0 in São Paulo. Towards the end Colombia (21 pts), Chile (21pts), and Uruguay (22 pts) had a chance to target the playoffs with Australia. Colombia (21 pts) traveled to Asuncion hoping for three points against Paraguay (28), who sealed their place in Germany while Chile battled against Ecuador and Uruguay against Argentina. As in the 2002 qualifiers, the last match of Argentina was against Uruguay, and in both occasions Uruguay needed a favourable result to reach 5th place in order to make the playoffs to earn a place in the World Cup. Even though Colombia won its match against Paraguay, Uruguay also won the match against Argentina, again reaching the position to play the playoff for the last ticket to Germany. Both Argentina and Paraguay had already qualified. Colombia ended with 24 pts, once again behind an Uruguay with 25 pts.

Final Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	34	18	9	7	2	35	17	18
Argentina	34	18	10	4	4	29	17	12
Ecuador	28	18	8	4	6	23	19	4
Paraguay	28	18	8	4	6	23	23	0
Uruguay	25	18	6	7	5	23	28	-5
Colombia	24	18	6	6	6	24	16	8
Chile	22	18	5	7	6	18	22	-4
Venezuela	18	18	5	3	10	20	28	-8
Peru	18	18	4	6	8	20	28	-8
Bolivia	14	18	4	2	12	20	37	-17

Fixtures & Results

September 7, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 1 - 2  Brazil

September 10, 2003, La Paz, Bolivia -  Bolivia 4 - 0  Colombia

November 15, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 0 - 1  Venezuela

November 19, 2003, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 1 - 1  Argentina

March 31, 2004, Lima, Peru -  Peru 0 - 2  Colombia

June 2, 2004, Quito, Ecuador -  Ecuador 2 - 1  Colombia

June 6, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 5 - 0  Uruguay

September 5, 2004, Santiago, Chile -  Chile 0 - 0  Colombia

October 9, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 1 - 1  Paraguay

October 13, 2004, Maceió, Brazil -  Brazil 0 - 0  Colombia

November 17, 2004, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 1 - 0  Bolivia

March 26, 2005, Maracaibo, Venezuela -  Venezuela 0 - 0  Colombia

March 30, 2005, Buenos Aires, Argentina -  Argentina 1 - 0  Colombia

June 4, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 5 - 0  Peru

June 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 3 - 0  Ecuador

September 4, 2005, Montevideo, Uruguay -  Uruguay 3 - 2  Colombia

October 8, 2005, Barranquilla, Colombia -  Colombia 1 - 1  Chile

October 12, 2005, Asunción, Paraguay -  Paraguay 0 - 1  Colombia

[edit] 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Group Stage

July 16		Colombia	7	-	0	Netherlands Antilles	at	Cartagena, Colombia

July 20		Colombia	2	-	3	Panama	at	Cartagena, Colombia

Quarter Finals

[edit] After Copa America 2007

After Copa America 2007, the Colombian national football team boomed with recent success in the South American 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. After embarrassing losses against Paraguay, and Argentina in the Copa America, many Colombians nonetheless anticipated a successful run for 2010 FIFA World Cup classification. In the first match of the qualifying round, Colombia, defying expectations that they would lose to Brazil, drew 0-0 with Brazil at home. Not long after that, Colombia surprisingly tied 0-0 again with Bolivia national football team, but many argue that this was largely due to the fact that the altitude of La Paz contributes to usual losses or ties for non-Bolivian teams. However, Colombia would find their very first win after defeating a weak Venezuela national football team 1-0, with a stupendous free kick courtesy of Ruben Dario Bustos. In their next game, Colombia would defy expectations again by beating Argentina, at the time ranked first in the world. On November 17, 2007, In Bogotá against Argentina, Lionel Messi beat the defense before scoring past goalkeeper Agustín Julio. Colombia turned the game around in the second half, however, when Ruben Dario Bustos got his second free kick goal of the qualifying campaign, and not long after that, Dayro Moreno scored his first international goal for Colombia. Colombia won the match 2-1, obtaining 4th place in the world cup qualifiers. On June 14, 2008 Colmbia tied Peru 1-1 moving Colombia up to 3rd place in the world cup qualifiers after a Brazilian loss to Paraguay. Another 0-0 between Ecuador and Colombia in Quito was on June 18, 2008 and Colombia remain at 3rd place and as the only undefeated country in the qualification after Bolivia won Paraguay 4-2.

[edit] Current team status

Colombia is currently participating in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup
Qualification Standings

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Brazil 14 7 6 1 25 6 +19 27  Chile 14 8 2 4 23 14 +9 26  Paraguay 14 7 3 4 20 13 +7 24  Argentina 14 6 4 4 19 15 +4 22  Ecuador 14 5 5 4 18 20 −2 20  Uruguay 14 4 6 4 23 16 +7 18  Colombia 14 4 5 5 7 11 −4 17  Venezuela 14 5 2 7 17 24 −7 17  Bolivia 14 3 3 8 19 30 −11 12  Peru 14 1 4 9 7 29 −22 7   Argentina  – 3–0 5 Sep 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 10 Oct 2–1 4–0 Bolivia  6–1 – 10 Oct 0–2 0–0 9 Sep 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 Brazil  0–0 0–0 – 9 Sep 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 14 Oct Chile  1–0 4–0 0–3 – 4–0 14 Oct 0–3 2–0 0–0 5 Sep Colombia  2–1 2–0 0–0 10 Oct – 5 Sep 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 Ecuador  2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 – 1–1 5–1 10 Oct 0–1 Paraguay  9 Sep 5 Sep 2–0 0–2 14 Oct 5–1 – 1–0 1–0 2–0 Peru  1–1 14 Oct 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 – 5 Sep 1–0 Uruguay  14 Oct 5–0 0–4 2–2 9 Sep 0–0 2–0 6–0 – 1–1 Venezuela  0–2 5–3 0–4 2–3 2–0 3–1 10 Oct 9 Sep 2–2 – Notes on the tie-breaking situation: Colombia and Venezuela are ranked by their overall goal difference.

[edit] Last and next games

• Last game:  Colombia 1 – 0  Peru - Medellín, Colombia - June 10, 2009 - WCQ2010.

• Next game:  Colombia -  Ecuador - Medellín, Colombia - September 5, 2009 - WCQ2010.

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Sponsorship

• Lotto Sport Italia - Kit Sponsor

[edit] Current squad

The following players named for their 2010 World Cup Qualifiers against Argentina and Peru on March 28, 2009 and March 31, 2009. ^[4][5]

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Agustín Julio October 25, 1974 (1974-10-25) (age 34) 8 0 Santa Fe 2 DF Iván Córdoba August 11, 1976 (1976-08-11) (age 32) 40 3 Internazionale 3 DF Mario Yepes January 13, 1976 (1976-01-13) (age 33) 56 4 Chievo Verona 4 MF Vladimir Marín September 26, 1979 (1979-09-26) (age 29) 10 1 Libertad 5 MF Abel Aguilar January 6, 1985 (1985-01-06) (age 24) 13 4 Hércules 6 MF Fabián Vargas April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 29) 29 0 UD Almería 7 DF Pablo Armero November 2, 1986 (1986-11-02) (age 22) 5 0 Palmeiras 8 FW Juan Pablo Pino March 30, 1987 (1987-03-30) (age 22) 1 0 AS Monaco 9 FW Radamel Falcao February 10, 1986 (1986-02-10) (age 23) 13 2 River Plate 10 MF Macnelly Torres April 5, 1984 (1984-04-05) (age 25) 9 1 Colo-Colo 11 FW Hugo Rodallega July 25, 1985 (1985-07-25) (age 23) 19 6 Wigan Athletic 12 GK David Ospina August 31, 1988 (1988-08-31) (age 20) 9 0 Nice 13 MF Freddy Guarín June 30, 1986 (1986-06-30) (age 23) 8 Porto 14 DF Luis Amaranto Perea January 30, 1979 (1979-01-30) (age 30) 38 0 Atletico Madrid 15 DF Cristian Zapata September 30, 1986 (1986-09-30) (age 22) 5 0 Udinese 16 DF Camilo Zúñiga December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14) (age 23) 9 0 Napoli 17 FW Carlos Quintero September 18, 1987 (1987-09-18) (age 21) 3 0 Santos Laguna 18 FW Wason Rentería July 4, 1985 (1985-07-04) (age 24) 6 3 Braga 19 MF Juan Toja May 24, 1985 (1985-05-24) (age 24) 3 0 Steaua Bucureşti 20 MF Gerardo Bedoya September 26, 1975 (1975-09-26) (age 33) 45 1 Millonarios 21 FW Teófilo Gutiérrez May 17, 1985 (1985-05-17) (age 24) 1 2 Junior 22 DF Juan Guillermo Cuadrado May 26, 1988 (1988-05-26) (age 21) 2 0 Udinese 23 MF Cristian Marrugo July 18, 1985 (1985-07-18) (age 23) 4 0 Deportes Tolima 24 MF Gustavo Adrian Ramos January 26, 1986 (1986-01-26) (age 23) 2 0 América

[edit] National team Pool

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No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Faryd Mondragón June 21, 1971 (1971-06-21) (age 38) 44 0 Köln GK Miguel Ángel Calero April 14, 1971 (1971-04-14) (age 38) 50 0 Pachuca GK Rufay September 30, 1978 (1978-09-30) (age 30) 0 Steaua Bucureşti DF Aquivaldo Mosquera June 22, 1981 (1981-06-22) (age 28) 17 1 Sevilla DF Nelson Rivas March 25, 1983 (1983-03-25) (age 26) 1 0 Internazionale DF Josimar Mosquera October 12, 1982 (1982-10-12) (age 26) 3 0 Arsenal DF Brayan Angulo November 2, 1989 (1989-11-02) (age 19) 0 0 Deportivo de La Coruña DF Ivan Velez August 16, 1984 (1984-08-16) (age 24) 4 0 América DF Luis Nuñez July 25, 1983 (1983-07-25) (age 25) 1 0 Once Caldas DF Rubén Darío Bustos August 28, 1981 (1981-08-28) (age 27) 10 2 Millonarios DF Julián Estiven Vélez February 9, 1982 (1982-02-09) (age 27) 3 0 Atlético Nacional DF Carlos Valdez May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 24) 2 0 América DF Humberto Antonio Mendoza October 2, 1984 (1984-10-02) (age 24) 11 1 Atlético Nacional DF Mauricio Ferney Casierra September 12, 1985 (1985-09-12) (age 23) 2 0 Millonarios MF Paulo Cesar Arango August 27, 1984 (1984-08-27) (age 24) 2 0 América MF Giovanni Moreno July 1, 1986 (1986-07-01) (age 23) - - Atlético Nacional MF Stalin Motta March 28, 1984 (1984-03-28) (age 25) 1 0 La Equidad MF Giovanni Hernández June 16, 1976 (1976-06-16) (age 33) 35 5 Junior MF Elkin Soto July 4, 1980 (1980-07-04) (age 29) FSV Mainz 05 MF Mauricio Molina April 30, 1980 (1980-04-30) (age 29) 44 18 Santos FC MF Edwin Valencia March 29, 1985 (1985-03-29) (age 24) 0 0 Paranaense MF Juan Carlos Escobar October 30, 1982 (1982-10-30) (age 26) Krylia Sovetov Samara MF Carlos Sánchez February 6, 1986 (1986-02-06) (age 23) 8 1 Valenciennes FW Victor Hugo Montaño May 1, 1984 (1984-05-01) (age 25) 0 0 Montpellier FW Edixon Perea April 20, 1984 (1984-04-20) (age 25) 18 6 Grêmio FW Dayro Moreno September 16, 1985 (1985-09-16) (age 23) 5 1 Steaua II Bucureşti FW Jaime Alfonso Ruiz January 3, 1984 (1984-01-03) (age 25) 0 0 K.V.C. Westerlo FW Fredy Montero July 26, 1987 (1987-07-26) (age 21) 3 1 Seattle Sounders FC

[edit] World Cup Record

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1938	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1950	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Round 1	14	3	0	1	2	5	11
1966	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round of 16	14	4	1	1	2	4	4
1994	Round 1	19	3	1	0	2	4	5
1998	Round 1	21	3	1	0	2	1	3
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Qualifying in progress	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/18		13	3	2	8	14	23

[edit] Confederations Cup Record

FIFA Confederations Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	5	4
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/8	5	2	0	3	5	4

[edit] Copa América Record

Copa América
Total: 1 Titles
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1916	Did not enter		1939	Did not enter		1967	Did not qualify
1917	Did not enter		1941	Did not enter		1975	Second place
1919	Did not enter		1942	Did not enter		1979	Round 1
1920	Did not enter		1945	Fifth place		1983	Round 1
1921	Did not enter		1946	Withdrew		1987	Third place
1922	Did not enter		1947	Eighth place		1989	Round 1
1923	Did not enter		1949	Eighth place		1991	Fourth place
1924	Did not enter		1953	Withdrew		1993	Third place
1925	Did not enter		1955	Withdrew		1995	Third place
1926	Did not enter		1956	Withdrew		1997	Quarter-finals
1927	Did not enter		1957	Fifth place		1999	Quarter-finals
1929	Did not enter		1959	Withdrew		2001	Champions
1935	Did not enter		1959	Withdrew		2004	Fourth place
1937	Did not enter		1963	Seventh place		2007	Round 1

[edit] Managers

COLOMBIA NATIONAL TEAM MANAGERS SINCE 1938	FROM	TO
Alfonso Novoa	1938-02-10	1938-02-23
Fernando Paternoster	1938-08-08	1938-08-21
Roberto Meléndez	1945-01-21	1945-02-21
José Arana Cruz	1946-12-09	1946-12-20
Lino Taioli	1947-12-02	1947-12-29
Pedro López	1957-03-16	1957-04-01
Rafael Orlandi	1957-06-16	1957-07-07
Adolfo Pedernera	1961-02-05	1962-06-07
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe	1963-03-10	1963-03-31
Efraín Sánchez	1963-09-01	1963-09-04
Antonio Julio de la Hoz	1965-06-20	1965-08-07
Cesar López Fretes	1966-11-30	1966-12-11
Francisco Zuluaga	1968-10-16	1969-08-24
Cesar López Fretes	1970-05-20	1970-05-20
Toza Veselinović	1972-03-29	1973-07-05
Efraín Sánchez	1975-07-20	1975-10-28
Blagoje Vidinić	1976-10-15	1979-09-05
Carlos Bilardo	1980-01-05	1981-09-13
Efraín Sánchez	1983-02-14	1984-10-11
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe	1985-02-01	1985-11-03
Francisco Maturana	1987-06-11	1990-06-23
Luis Augusto García	1991-01-29	1991-07-21
Humberto Ortiz	1992-07-08	1992-08-02
Francisco Maturana	1993-02-24	1994-06-26
Hernán Darío Gómez	1995-01-31	1998-06-26
Javier Álvarez	1999-02-09	1999-11-19
Luis Augusto García	2000-02-12	2001-04-24
Francisco Maturana	2001-06-03	2001-11-14
Reynaldo Rueda	2002-05-07	2002-05-12
Francisco Maturana	2002-11-20	2003-11-19
Reynaldo Rueda	2004-02-18	November 2006
Jorge Luis Pinto	January 2007	September 2008
Eduardo Lara Lozano	September 2008	-

[edit] Most Caps

Player	Colombia career	Caps (Goals)
Carlos Valderrama	1985-1998	111 (11)
Leonel Álvarez	1985-1997	101 (1)
Freddy Rincón	1990-2001	84 (17)
Luis Carlos Perea	1987-1994	78 (2)
Óscar Córdoba	1993-2003	71 (0)
René Higuita	1987-1999	69 (3)
Arnoldo Iguarán	1979-1993	68 (25)
Alexis Mendoza	1987-1997	68 (2)
Víctor Aristizábal	1993-2003	66 (15)
Luis Fernando Herrera	1987-1996	62 (1)

[edit] Top Goalscorers

Player	Colombia career	Goals (Caps)
Arnoldo Iguarán	1979-1993	25 (68)
Faustino Asprilla	1993-2001	20 (57)
Freddy Rincón	1990-2001	17 (84)
Víctor Aristizábal	1993-2003	15 (66)
Adolfo Valencia	1992-1998	14 (37)
Iván Valenciano	1991-2000	13 (29)
Willington José Ortiz	1973-1985	13 (49)
Antony de Ávila	1983-1998	13 (53)
Carlos Valderrama	1985-1998	11 (111)
Juan Pablo Ángel	1996-2006	9 (33)

[edit] See also

• Colombia national under-17 football team
• Colombia national under-20 football team

[edit] References

1. ^ FIFA.com
2. ^ FIFA.com
3. ^ [1]
4. ^ http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/eliminatorias/stalin-motta-ivan-velez-y-jairo-palomino-novedades-en-la-convocatoria-de-la-seleccion-colombia_4887860-1
5. ^ http://www.enlajugada.com/principal/ver_nota.php?idn=24577

[edit] External links

• Colombia FA
• RSSSF archive of results 1938-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches 1938-

[edit] Titles

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South American Champions 2001 (First title)

Succeeded by 2004 - Brazil

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