Colombia national under-20 football team

Colombia Under-20
Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	FCF
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Carlos Cuesta
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	10 (first in 1985)
Best result	Third place (2003)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	25 (first in 1954)
Best result	Winners (1987, 2005, 2013)
show Medal record
Bolivarian Games
South American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games

The Colombia national under-20 football team represents Colombia in international under-20 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

The team's most notable performance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup was in 2003, where they achieved third place. For the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Colombia qualified automatically as hosts, eventually losing to Mexico in the quarter-finals. Colombia have won the South American Youth Championship three times: 1987, 2005 and 2013.

Competitive record[]

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Round of 16 (Colombia vs Costa Rica)

*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[]

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	Did not qualify
2011	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	11	6
2013	Round of 16	9th	4	2	2	0	6	2
2015	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Quarter-finals	7th	5	2	1	2	9	4
2021	To be determined
Total	Third Place	10/22	43	20	9	14	63	51

South American Youth Championship[]

From 1977, it serves as qualification for the World Cup.

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
2021	TBD
Total	3 titles	27/30	167	64	42	61	199	206

Schedule and results[]

Win Draw Loss

2018[]

20 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Colombia	1–0	Costa Rica	showBarranquilla, Colombia
19:00	87'			Stadium: Romelio Martínez Stadium

22 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Colombia	1–1	Honduras	showBarranquilla, Colombia
19:00	Castro 65'		Martínez 40'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Stadium

24 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Trinidad and Tobago	1–5	Colombia	showBarranquilla, Colombia
19:00	62'		Palma 44' Sandoval 54' Quiñones 68', 76' Rojas 90+1'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Stadium

28 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Colombia	3–1	Haiti	showBarranquilla, Colombia
19:00	Quiñones 71', 90+1' (pen.) Sandoval 84'		Damus 60'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Stadium

31 July 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	Colombia	2–1	Venezuela	showBarranquilla, Colombia
20:00	12' (o.g.) Castro 32'		Orozco 35'	Stadium: Romelio Martínez Stadium

15 November Friendly

Brazil

0–0

Colombia

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

20 November Friendly	Brazil	2–2	Colombia	showGoiânia, Brazil
	Lincoln 31' Cunha 89'		Angulo 43' Tolosa 64'

2019[]

17 January 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Venezuela	1–0	Colombia	showRancagua, Chile
17:10	Sosa 68'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)

19 January 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	0–0	Brazil	showRancagua, Chile
17:10		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

21 January 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	1–0	Bolivia	showRancagua, Chile
17:10	Angulo 62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)

25 January 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Chile	0–1	Colombia	showRancagua, Chile
19:30		Report	Cuesta 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

29 January 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Brazil	0–0	Colombia	showRancagua, Chile
17:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Joel Alarcón (Peru)

1 February 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Argentina	1–0	Colombia	showRancagua, Chile
17:30	Álvarez 42'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

4 February 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Ecuador	1–0	Colombia	showRancagua, Chile
19:50	Campana 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

7 February 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Venezuela	0–2	Colombia	showRancagua, Chile
22:10		Report	Reyes 26' Angulo 56'	Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

10 February 2019 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	0–0	Uruguay	showRancagua, Chile
17:30		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Teniente Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

8 May Friendly	Colombia	3–0	Saudi Arabia	showAustria
		Report

14 May Friendly	Colombia	3–1	Mexico	showAustria
	Carbonero 14' Sinisterra 71' Sandoval 83'	Report	Figueroa 90'

17 May Friendly	Colombia	2–1	Japan	showŁódź, Poland
		Report

23 May FIFA U-20 World Cup	Poland	0–2	Colombia	showŁódź, Poland
20:30		Report	Angulo 23' Sandoval 90+3'	Stadium: Lodz Stadium Attendance: 17,463^[1] Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

26 May FIFA U-20 World Cup	Senegal	2–0	Colombia	showLublin, Poland
18:00	Niane 34' (pen.) Lopy 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Lublin Stadium Attendance: 10,450^[2] Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

29 May FIFA U-20 World Cup	Colombia	6–0	Tahiti	showLublin, Poland
20:30	Sinisterra 8', 37' Hernández 38', 42', 70' 87'	Report		Stadium: Lublin Stadium Attendance: 4,693^[3] Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

2 June FIFA U-20 World Cup	Colombia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	New Zealand	showŁódź, Poland
20:30	Reyes 11'	Report	E. Just 35'	Stadium: Lodz Stadium Attendance: 9,283^[4] Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
	Penalties
	Vera Carbonero Perea Sandoval Angulo Balanta Cuesta		Singh Mata Stensness McCowatt Cacace

7 June FIFA U-20 World Cup	Colombia	0–1	Ukraine	showŁódź, Poland
15:30		Report	Sikan 11'	Stadium: Lodz Stadium Attendance: 8,443^[5] Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Current squad[]

The following 21 players were named for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. ^[6] Yéiler Góez was replaced by Andrés Perea on 15 May due to injury.^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK		(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 (age 22)	Barranquilla
2	2DF	Carlos Cuesta	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 22)	Genk
3	2DF	Andrés Reyes	(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 21)	New York Red Bulls
4	2DF	Anderson Arroyo	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 21)	Salamanca
5	2DF	Andrés Balanta	(2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 21)	Deportivo Cali
6	3MF	Andrés Perea	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 20)	Orlando City
7	3MF	Iván Angulo	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 22)	Palmeiras
8	3MF	Jaime Alvarado	(1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 22)	Athletico Paranaense
9	4FW	Luis Sandoval	(1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 22)	Junior
10	4FW	Cucho Hernández	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 22)	Getafe
11	4FW	Luis Sinisterra	(1999-06-17) 17 June 1999 (age 22)	Feyenoord
12	1GK		(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 22)	Llaneros
13	1GK		(2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 21)	Atlético Nacional
14	2DF	Juan Palma	(1999-07-18) 18 July 1999 (age 22)	Once Caldas
15	3MF	Gustavo Carvajal	(2000-06-17) 17 June 2000 (age 21)	Atlético Levante
16	2DF	Brayan Vera	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 22)	Cosenza
17	4FW	Déiber Caicedo	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 21)	Vancouver Whitecaps
18	3MF	Andrés Amaya	(2001-04-25) 25 April 2001 (age 20)	Internacional
19	2DF	Carlos Terán	(2000-09-24) 24 September 2000 (age 20)	Chicago Fire
20	3MF	Johan Carbonero	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999 (age 22)	Once Caldas
21	3MF		(2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 20)	Cortuluá

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 (3): 1964, 1985, 1992
- Fourth place (1): 2003
Toulon Tournament:
- Winners (3): , , 2011
- Runners-up (2) , 2013
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 (2): , 2018 Cochabamba

References[]

^ "Match report – Group A – Poland v Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Group A – Senegal v Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Group A – Colombia v Tahiti" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ "Match report – Round of 16 – Colombia v New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Match report – Quarter-final – Colombia v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ "CONVOCATORIA SELECCIÓN COLOMBIA SUB-20, PARA ÚLTIMO MICROCICLO". fcf.com.co (in Spanish). FCF. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
^ "Andrés Perea reemplaza a Yéiler Góez para el Mundial Sub 20 de Polonia". foxsportsla.com (in Spanish). Fox Sports. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

External links[]

[1] "Match report – Group A – Poland v Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[2] "Match report – Group A – Senegal v Colombia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[3] "Match report – Group A – Colombia v Tahiti" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

[4] "Match report – Round of 16 – Colombia v New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[5] "Match report – Quarter-final – Colombia v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[6] "CONVOCATORIA SELECCIÓN COLOMBIA SUB-20, PARA ÚLTIMO MICROCICLO". fcf.com.co (in Spanish). FCF. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.

[7] "Andrés Perea reemplaza a Yéiler Góez para el Mundial Sub 20 de Polonia". foxsportsla.com (in Spanish). Fox Sports. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

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