Colombia national under-20 football team

Colombia under-20
Nickname	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers) La Tricolor (The Tricolors)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	César Torres
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, 2025)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	29 (first in 1954)
Best result	Champions: (1987, 2005, 2013)
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.

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

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
2023	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	1	1	11	7
2025	Third place	3rd	7	4	2	1	9	5
2027	To be determined
Total	Third place	12/25	55	27	12	16	83	63

CONMEBOL Sub 20

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
2025	Third place	3rd	9	6	1	2	16	7
Total	3 titles	29/31	186	75	47	64	226	218

Head-to-head 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	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	033.33
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	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	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
Nigeria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Norway	1	0	1	0	0	0	+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
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
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 Africa	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	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	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
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	55	27	12	16	83	63	+20	049.09

Schedule and results

Win Draw Loss

2025

4 June Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Colombia	Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
10:00	Haji 9'	Report	Amaya 88' Montaño 90'

6 June Friendly	South Korea	0–1	Colombia	Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
12:00		Report	Montaño 90+1'

8 June Friendly	Iceland	1–3	Colombia	Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
11:00	Mikaelsson 81'	Report	Palacios 39' Perea 43' Amaya 65'

10 June Friendly	Colombia	0–1	United States	Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
10:00		Report	Zambrano 88'

27 July Friendly	Colombia	0–0	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
17:00		Report

30 July Friendly	Colombia	1–0	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
17:00	Aristizábal 79'	Report

17 September Friendly	Paraguay	1–1	Colombia	Estadio CARFEM, Ypané
14:00	González 90+4'	Report	Canchimbo 72'

23 September Friendly	Mexico	2–3	Colombia	Estadio CARFEM, Ypané
10:00 UTC–3	Sánchez 60' Jiménez 83'	Report	Rentería 40', 52' Benítez 78'

29 September World Cup GS	Colombia	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
20:00	Perea 64'	Report		Attendance: 6,482 Referee: Youcef Gamouh (Algeria)

2 October World Cup GS	Colombia	0–0	Norway	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
17:00		Report		Attendance: 6,932 Referee: Katia Itzel García (Mexico)

5 October World Cup GS	Nigeria	1–1	Colombia	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
20:00	Bameyi 86' (pen.)	Report	González 51'	Attendance: 6,172 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

8 October World Cup R16	Colombia	3–1	South Africa	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
16:30	Canchimbo 7' Villarreal 63', 90+6'	Report	Vilakazi 49' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,420 Referee: Khalid Al-Thurais (Saudi Arabia)

11 October World Cup QF	Spain	2–3	Colombia	Estadio Fiscal, Talca
17:00	Belaid 56' Virgili 59'	Report	Villarreal 38', 64', 89'	Attendance: 10,326 Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

15 October World Cup SF	Argentina	1–0	Colombia	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
20:00	Silvetti 72'	Report		Attendance: 41,354 Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

18 October World Cup TPP	Colombia	1–0	France	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
16:00	Perea 2'	Report		Attendance: 21,053 Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)

2026

26 May Friendly	Colombia	1–0	Costa Rica	Sede Deportiva FCF, Barranquilla
17:00	García 19'	Report

28 May Friendly	Colombia	2–1	Costa Rica	Sede Deportiva FCF, Barranquilla
17:00	Aponzá 30' García 67'	Report	Cruz 62' (pen.)

2 June Maurice Revello Tournament	Saudi Arabia	5–3	Colombia	Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
18:30	Al-Ghumayl 1', 90+8' Haqawi 23' Haroun 35' Housa 48'	Report	Pajaro 31' Palacios 45' Solarte 62'	Referee: Aaron O'Dowd (Ireland)

5 June Maurice Revello Tournament	Colombia	0–1	China	Parc des Sports, Avignon
15:00		Report	Liu 1'	Referee: Florian Exner (Germany)

7 June Maurice Revello Tournament	DR Congo	2–2	Colombia	Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny, Aubagne
15:00	Kabwit 34' Ahoka 46'	Report	Arrechea 66' García 90+4'	Referee: Daichi Shiino (Japan)

10 June Maurice Revello Tournament	Colombia	0–0	Tunisia	Stade Bon Rencontre, Toulon
19:00				Referee: Daichi Shiino (Japan)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 Maurice Revello Tournament to be played 31 May – 13 June 2026.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Juan Covilla	(2008-09-21)21 September 2008 (aged 17)	Deportes Tolima
2	2DF	Antonio Simancas	(2007-04-12)12 April 2007 (aged 19)	Alianza Valledupar
3	2DF	Leandro Solarte	(2007-03-09)9 March 2007 (aged 19)	Racing Club
4	2DF	Jhon Tenorio	(2007-08-17)17 August 2007 (aged 18)	Independiente Santa Fe
5	2DF	Carlos Pérez	(2007-09-07)7 September 2007 (aged 18)	Junior FC
6	3MF	Edmilson Herazo	(2008-09-19)19 September 2008 (aged 17)	Barranquilla FC
7	4FW	Duvan Mina Aponza	(2008-10-10)10 October 2008 (aged 17)	América de Cali
8	3MF	Juan David Aponza	(2008-05-24)24 May 2008 (aged 18)	América de Cali
9	4FW	Jesús Chinchia	(2007-03-03)3 March 2007 (aged 19)	Atlético Nacional
10	3MF	Juan Rosa	(2007-07-04)4 July 2007 (aged 18)	Atlético Nacional
11	4FW	Cristian Uribe	(2007-10-07)7 October 2007 (aged 18)	Atlético Nacional
12	1GK	Matías Lozano	(2007-06-23)23 June 2007 (aged 18)	Atlético Nacional
13	2DF	Santiago Arrechea Cardenas	(2007-01-20)20 January 2007 (aged 19)	Orsomarso
14	3MF	Robinho Quinto	(2007-11-20)20 November 2007 (aged 18)	River Plate
15	2DF	Jaidinson Córdoba	(2007-12-12)12 December 2007 (aged 18)	Deportivo Independiente Medellín
15	4FW	Geronimo Mancilla	(2008-12-29)29 December 2008 (aged 17)	Deportivo Independiente Medellín
16	3MF	Matias Orozco	(2007-12-01)1 December 2007 (aged 18)	Deportivo Cali
17	3MF	Carlos Londoño	(2007-01-10)10 January 2007 (aged 19)	Águilas Doradas
18	3MF	Jimmy Martínez	(2007-03-20)20 March 2007 (aged 19)	Independiente Santa Fe
19	4FW	Alan García	(2007-08-08)8 August 2007 (aged 18)	Independiente Yumbo
20	3MF	Juan Palacios	(2007-10-10)10 October 2007 (aged 18)	Independiente Yumbo
21	2DF	Miguel Solarte	(2008-01-11)11 January 2008 (aged 18)	Slavia Prague
22	2DF	Junior Mosquera	(2007-03-26)26 March 2007 (aged 19)	Internacional de Palmira

Honours

FIFA U-20 World Cup:
- Third place (2): 2003, 2025
CONMEBOL Sub 20:
- Winners (3): 1987, 2005, 2013
- Runners-up (2): 1988, 2015
- Third place (5): 1964, 1985, 1992, 2023, 2025
- Fourth place (2): 2003, 2019
Maurice Revello 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

References

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