Colombia national under-17 football team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Héctor Cárdenas
FIFA code	COL
First colours Second colours
First international
Colombia 0–2 Peru  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1 April 1985)
Biggest win
Colombia 9–1 Finland  (Helsinki, Finland; 19 August 2003)  Colombia 8–0 Bolivia  (Asunción, Paraguay; 5 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
Colombia 0–4 Switzerland   (Lagos, Nigeria; 12 November 2009)  Brazil 5–1 Colombia  (Ibarra, Ecuador; 25 March 2011)  Paraguay 4–0 Colombia  (Luque, Paraguay; 17 March 2015)  Colombia 0–4 Germany  (New Delhi, India; 16 October 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1989)
Best result	Fourth place (2003, 2009)
South American Under-17 Football Championship
Appearances	17 (first in 1985)
Best result	Winners ()
Medal record Bolivarian Games 1997 Arequipa Team 2005 Colombia Team 2013 Trujillo Team 2017 Santa Marta Team 1993 Bolivia Team 2001 Ambato Team South American Games 2010 Medellín Team 2014 Santiago Team

The Colombia national under-17 football team represents Colombia in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

The team's most notable performances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup was both in 2003 and 2009, where they achieved fourth place. Colombia won the South American Under-17 Football Championship in the held in Colombia.

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-17 World Cup[]

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not Qualify
1987
1989	First round	15th	3	0	1	2	3	5
1991	Did not Qualify
1993	First round	14th	3	1	0	2	3	6
1995	Did not Qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	2	1	14	5
2005	Did not Qualify
2007	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	10	7
2009	Fourth Place	4th	7	2	3	2	8	11
2011	Did not Qualify
2013
2015
2017	Round of 16	11th	4	2	0	2	5	7
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	Fourth place	6/19	27	9	7	11	43	41

South American Under-17 Football Championship[]

It serves also as qualification for the World Cup.

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1985	Round-robin	6th	8	3	1	4	9	12
1986	First round	8th	4	1	1	2	5	5
1988	Third place	3rd	7	2	3	2	7	6
1991	First round	6th	4	2	1	1	10	4
	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	14	4
	First round	5th	4	1	1	2	6	6
1997	First round	5th	4	2	1	1	5	2
1999	First round	8th	4	1	1	2	6	8
2001	First round	5th	4	2	1	1	7	7
2003	Third place	3rd	7	3	3	1	11	10
2005	Fourth place	4th	7	2	1	4	6	8
2007	Third place	3rd	9	5	3	1	16	5
2009	Fourth place	4th	7	4	2	1	11	6
2011	Fifth place	5th	9	3	2	4	12	15
2013	First round	8th	4	0	3	1	3	4
2015	Sixth place	6th	9	2	3	4	10	15
2017	Fourth place	4th	9	4	2	3	12	12
2019	First round	9th	4	0	0	4	4	8
2021	To be determined
Total	1 title	19/19	111	42	33	38	154	137

Schedule and results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017[]

2019[]

Current squad[]

The following 23 players were named for the 2019 South American U-17 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK		(2003-01-13)13 January 2003 (aged 16)	Fortaleza
2	2DF	Juan Madrid	(2002-01-30)30 January 2002 (aged 17)	Deportivo Cali
3	2DF		(2002-01-20)20 January 2002 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
4	2DF	Yoni Mosquera	(2002-03-23)23 March 2002 (aged 16)	Porto B
5	2DF		(2002-02-28)28 February 2002 (aged 17)	Porto B
6	3MF		(2002-07-17)17 July 2002 (aged 16)	Deportes Quindío
7	4FW		(2002-06-13)13 June 2002 (aged 16)	Sassuolo
8	2DF	José Caicedo	(2002-05-23)23 May 2002 (aged 16)	Pumas Tabasco
9	4FW	Juan Alegría	(2002-06-06)6 June 2002 (aged 16)	Honka
10	4FW	Dylan Borrero	(2002-01-05)5 January 2002 (aged 17)	Atlético Mineiro
11	4FW		(2003-05-10)10 May 2003 (aged 15)	Barcelona
12	1GK	Miguel Sánchez	(2002-09-26)26 September 2002 (aged 16)	Deportivo Cali
13	2DF	Jhon Jáder Durán	(2003-12-13)13 December 2003 (aged 15)	Envigado
14	3MF		(2002-05-19)19 May 2002 (aged 16)	Atlético Madrid B
15	3MF	Andrés Arroyo	(2002-01-20)20 January 2002 (aged 17)	Deportivo Cali
16	4FW		(2002-05-02)2 May 2002 (aged 16)	Fortaleza
17	4FW	Juan Manuel Cuesta	(2002-02-09)9 February 2002 (aged 17)	Internacional
18	2DF		(2002-03-14)14 March 2002 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
19	4FW		(2002-02-23)23 February 2002 (aged 17)	Junior
20	3MF	Jhon Granados	(2002-04-02)2 April 2002 (aged 16)	Ferro Carril Oeste
21	4FW	Johan Campaña	(2002-09-09)9 September 2002 (aged 16)	Argentinos Juniors
22	1GK		(2002-05-19)19 May 2002 (aged 16)	Valledupar
23	4FW	Juan David Mosquera	(2002-09-05)5 September 2002 (aged 16)	Independiente Medellín

Honours[]

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Fourth place (2): 2003, 2009
• South American Under-17 Football Championship
  • Winners (1):
  • Runners-up (1): 2007
  • Third place (2): , 2003
  • Fourth place (2): 2005, 2009
• Bolivarian Games
  • Champions (4): 1997 Arequipa, 2005 Colombia, 2013 Trujillo, 2017 Santa Marta
  • Runners-up (2): 1993 Bolivia, 2001 Ambato
• South American Games
  • Champions (3): , 2010 Medellín, 2014 Santiago

Coaching staff[]

As of 20 March 2017

Manager	Orlando Restrepo
Assistant manager	Alfredo Araújo
Physical trainer	Juan Roldán
Goalkeeping coach	Álvaro Anzola
Medic	Daniel Restrepo
Physiotherapist	Sebastián Olivar
Kinesiologist	John Díaz

See also[]

• Colombia national football team
• Colombia national futsal team
• Colombia Olympic football team
• Colombia national under-20 football team
• Colombia national under-15 football team

References[]

External links[]

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003
• FCF.com.co Plantilla de jugadores (in Spanish)
• CONMEBOL.com
• Bolivarian Games: Soccer Tournaments RSSSF page