Colombia national under-20 football team

Colombia under-20
Nickname(s)Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers) La Tricolor (The Tricolors)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachCésar Torres
FIFA codeCOL
First colours
Second colours
First international
  1–1 Uruguay 
(Caracas, Venezuela; 22 March 1954)
Biggest win
  7–0 Netherlands Antilles 
(Cartagena, Colombia; 16 July 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 6–0  
(Tbilisi, Soviet Union; 1 September 1985)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1985)
Best resultThird place (2003)
South American Youth Championship
Appearances29 (first in 1954)
Best resultChampions: (1987, 2005, 2013)
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 1985 Ecuador Team
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Lima Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cochabamba Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 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.

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 record

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Round of 16 (Colombia vs Costa Rica)
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Tunisia 1977 Did not qualify
Japan 1979
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 2 1 5 10
Chile 1987 First round 9th 3 1 1 1 4 5
Saudi Arabia 1989 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 0 3 3 5
Portugal 1991 Did not qualify
Australia 1993 First round 12th 3 1 0 2 5 7
Qatar 1995 Did not qualify
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003 Third place 3rd 7 4 2 1 10 5
Netherlands 2005 Round of 16 9th 4 3 0 1 7 2
Canada 2007 Did not qualify
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011 Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 0 1 11 6
Turkey 2013 Round of 16 9th 4 2 2 0 6 2
New Zealand 2015 15th 4 1 1 2 3 5
South Korea 2017 Did not qualify
Poland 2019 Quarter-finals 7th 5 2 1 2 9 4
Argentina 2023 6th 5 3 1 1 11 7
Chile 2025 Qualified
Total Third place 11/24 48 23 10 15 74 58

South American Youth Championship record

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Venezuela 1954 First round 5th 3 1 2 0 3 2
Chile 1958 Did not enter
Colombia 1964 Third place 3rd 6 2 3 1 6 5
Paraguay 1967 First round 6th 4 1 2 1 5 5
Paraguay 1971 First round 8th 4 0 1 3 2 10
Chile 1974 First round 8th 4 1 0 3 4 12
Peru 1975 Did not enter
Venezuela 1977 First round 7th 3 1 0 2 2 5
Uruguay 1979 First round 6th 4 2 0 2 7 10
Ecuador 1981 First round 8th 4 0 2 2 3 8
Bolivia 1983 First round 8th 4 1 0 3 5 9
Paraguay 1985 Third place 3rd 7 3 3 1 12 6
Colombia 1987 Champions 1st 7 4 1 2 11 2
Argentina 1988 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 9 3
Venezuela 1991 First round 7th 4 1 1 2 5 10
Colombia 1992 Third place 3rd 6 2 3 1 4 2
Bolivia 1995 First round 6th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Chile 1997 First round 7th 4 1 2 1 6 8
Argentina 1999 First round 8th 4 1 0 3 4 8
Ecuador 2001 Sixth place 6th 9 3 1 5 6 13
Uruguay 2003 Fourth place 4th 9 5 1 3 16 10
Colombia 2005 Champions 1st 9 7 2 0 20 6
Paraguay 2007 Sixth place 6th 9 3 1 5 7 15
Venezuela 2009 Fifth place 5th 9 3 3 3 10 10
Peru 2011 Sixth place 6th 9 1 3 5 8 16
Argentina 2013 Champions 1st 9 6 0 3 16 8
Uruguay 2015 Runners-up 2nd 9 4 3 2 12 5
Ecuador 2017 Sixth place 6th 9 2 3 4 8 11
Chile 2019 Fourth place 4th 9 4 3 2 4 3
Colombia 2023 Third place 3rd 9 5 3 1 11 5
Venezuela 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

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

The following table shows Colombia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Schedule and results

See also: Colombia national under-20 football team results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2024

15 November Friendly Ecuador  1–2   Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito
11:00 Caicedo 44'
19 November Friendly Ecuador  1–2   Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito
11:00 Ruiz 4'
  • Villareal 45+4'
  • Benítez 51'

2025

9 January Friendly   3–1  Peru Sede Deportiva de la FCF, Barranquilla
17:00
Guzmán 84'
12 January Friendly   2–2  Peru Estadio Romelio Martínez, Barranquilla
26 January South American U-20 Championship GS Argentina  1–1   Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
19:30 Echeverri 36' Report Perea 33' Referee: José Cabero (Chile)
28 January South American U-20 Championship GS   1–0  Ecuador Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
19:30 N. Villarreal 41' Report Referee: Mathías De Armas (Uruguay)
30 January South American U-20 Championship GS   3–2  Bolivia Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
17:00
Report
  • Rojas 60'
  • Rodríguez 90+4'
 Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)
1 February South American U-20 Championship GS Brazil  0–1   Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
17:00 Report N. Villarreal 47' Referee: Mathías De Armas (Uruguay)
4 February South American U-20 Championship FS   4–0  Paraguay Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
21:00
Report Referee: Maximiliano Ramírez (Argentina)
7 February South American U-20 Championship FS   0–1  Brazil Estadio Olímpico de la UCV, Caracas
16:00 Report Iago 6' Referee: José Cabero (Chile)
10 February South American U-20 Championship FS Argentina  1–0   Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
18:30 Subiabre 86' Report Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy)
13 February South American U-20 Championship FS   3–1  Chile Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
18:30
Report Romero 38' Referee: Alex Cajas (Ecuador)
16 February South American U-20 Championship FS Uruguay  1–3   Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz
15:00 Severo 13' Report
Referee: Paulo Zanovelli (Brazil)
21 March Friendly   1–0  Russia Estadio Municipal Raúl Miranda, Yumbo
19:00 Benítez 88' (pen.) Report
23 March Friendly   2–2  Russia Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
16:00 Barrera 45+3' (pen.)
Benítez 68'		 Report Kozlov 21' (pen.)
Rakov 80'
4 June Friendly Saudi Arabia  1–2   Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
10:00 Haji 9' Report Amaya 88'
Montaño 90'
6 June Friendly South Korea  0–1   Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
12:00 Report Montaño 90+1'
8 June Friendly Iceland  1–3   Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
11:00 Mikaelsson 81' Report Palacios 39'
Perea 43'
Amaya 65'
10 June Friendly   0–1  United States Petrosport Stadium, New Cairo
10:00 Report Zambrano 88'
27 July Friendly   0–0  Panama Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
17:00 Report
30 July Friendly   1–0  Panama Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali
17:00 Aristizábal 79' Report

Current squad

The following players were called up for the "Kheops U20 summit of nations 2025", to be played 29 May – 11 June 2025.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of; 23 March 2025, after the match against Russia

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Jordan García (2005-06-20) 20 June 2005 8 0 Colombia Fortaleza CEIF
1GK Luis Mena (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 0 0 Colombia Atlético Huila
2DF Julián Bazán (2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 13 0 Colombia Deportivo Pereira
2DF Yeimar Mosquera (2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 12 0 England Aston Villa
2DF Simón García (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 11 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional
2DF Keimer Sandoval (2005-09-03) 3 September 2005 9 0 Serbia Red Star Belgrade
2DF Carlos Sarabia (2005-06-13) 13 June 2005 8 1 Colombia Millonarios
2DF Weimar Vivas (2006-10-17) 17 October 2006 1 0 Brazil Red Bull Bragantino
2DF Jhoan Hernández (2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 0 0 Colombia Millonarios
3MF Royner Benítez (2005-06-21) 21 June 2005 14 3 Colombia Águilas Doradas
3MF Kener González (2005-10-05) 5 October 2005 13 4 Colombia Internacional Palmira
3MF Juan David Arizala (2005-10-10) 10 October 2005 12 1 Colombia Independiente Medellín
3MF Luis Miguel Landázuri (2005-11-20) 20 November 2005 12 1 Colombia Atlético Nacional
3MF Alejandro Ararat (2006-07-06) 6 July 2006 10 0 Colombia Atlético Huila
3MF Elkin Rivero (2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 2 0 Colombia Atlético Nacional
3MF José Cavadia (2005-09-21) 21 September 2005 1 0 Colombia América de Cali
3MF Joel Sebastián Romero (2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 0 0 Colombia América de Cali
4FW John Edwin Montaño (2006-10-04) 4 October 2006 12 1 Belgium Lommel
4FW Óscar Perea (2005-09-27) 27 September 2005 10 3 France Strasbourg
4FW Emilio Aristizábal (2005-08-05) 5 August 2005 1 0 Colombia Fortaleza CEIF
4FW Jhojan Amaya (2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 0 0 Panama Tauro
4FW Kevin Chaverra (2007-06-07) 7 June 2007 0 0 Colombia Independiente Santa Fe
4FW Jhon Rentería (2005-10-24) 24 October 2005 0 0 Argentina Sarmiento

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "Convocatoria para microciclo de la Selección Colombia Masculina Sub20 – Kheops U20 Summit Of Nations Cairo 2025" (in Spanish). Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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