Colombia national under-17 football team

Colombia
Nickname(s)Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachFreddy Hurtado
FIFA codeCOL
First colours
Second colours
First international
  0–2 Peru 
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1 April 1985)
Biggest win
  9–1 Finland 
(Helsinki, Finland; 19 August 2003)
  8–0 Bolivia 
(Asunción, Paraguay; 5 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
  0–4 Switzerland 
(Lagos, Nigeria; 12 November 2009)

 Brazil 5–1  
(Ibarra, Ecuador; 25 March 2011)

 Paraguay 4–0  
(Luque, Paraguay; 17 March 2015)
  0–4 Germany 
(New Delhi, India; 16 October 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1989)
Best resultFourth place (2003, 2009)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1985)
Best resultWinners (1993)

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 1993 tournament 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
China 1985 did not Qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989 First round 15th 3 0 1 2 3 5
Italy 1991 did not Qualify
Japan 1993 First round 14th 3 1 0 2 3 6
Ecuador 1995 did not Qualify
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003 Fourth Place 4th 6 3 2 1 14 5
Peru 2005 did not Qualify
South Korea 2007 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 10 7
Nigeria 2009 Fourth Place 4th 7 2 3 2 8 11
Mexico 2011 did not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017 Round of 16 11th 4 2 0 2 5 7
Brazil 2019 did not Qualify
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 2025 Qualified
Total Fourth place 7/20 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
Argentina 1985 Round-robin 6th 8 3 1 4 9 12
Peru 1986 First round 8th 4 1 1 2 3 5
Ecuador 1988 Third place 3rd 7 2 3 2 7 6
Paraguay 1991 First round 6th 4 2 1 1 10 4
Colombia 1993 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 14 4
Peru 1995 First round 5th 4 1 1 2 6 6
Paraguay 1997 First round 5th 4 2 1 1 5 2
Uruguay 1999 First round 8th 4 1 1 2 6 8
Peru 2001 First round 5th 4 2 1 1 7 7
Bolivia 2003 Third place 3rd 7 3 3 1 11 10
Venezuela 2005 Fourth place 4th 7 2 1 4 6 8
Ecuador 2007 Third place 3rd 9 5 3 1 16 5
Chile 2009 Fourth place 4th 7 4 2 1 11 6
Ecuador 2011 Fifth place 5th 9 3 2 4 12 15
Argentina 2013 First round 8th 4 0 3 1 3 4
Paraguay 2015 Sixth place 6th 9 2 3 4 10 15
Chile 2017 Fourth place 4th 9 4 2 3 12 12
Peru 2019 First round 9th 4 0 0 4 4 8
Ecuador 2023 First round 9th 4 0 1 3 1 9
Colombia 2025 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 11 4
Total 1 title 20/20 121 46 33 42 165 150

Head-to-head record

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

The following table shows Colombia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2025

30 January Friendly Peru  1–3   Complejo de la Federación Peruana de Fútbol, Lima
10:00 Motta 67' Report
21 February Friendly Chile  0–1   Complejo Deportivo Quilín, Santiago
07:00 Report Florez 90+3'
20 March Friendly   0–1  Venezuela Sede Deportiva de la FCF, Barranquilla
Report Sulbaran 45+3'
27 March South American U-17 Championship   1–0  Chile Estadio Jaraguay, Montería
19:00 Londoño 75' Report Referee: Rony Cueva (Venezuela)
29 March South American U-17 Championship Peru  0–2   Estadio Jaraguay, Montería
19:00
  • Trujillo 86'
  • Flórez 90+5'
Referee: Gabriel Mendoza (Bolivia)
2 April South American U-17 Championship Paraguay  1–0   Estadio Jaraguay, Montería
19:00 Coronel 69' Report Referee: Anthony Díaz (Ecuador)
5 April South American U-17 Championship   2–1  Argentina Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
19:00
Report De Martis 77' (pen.) Referee: Matheus Candançan (Brazil)
9 April South American U-17 Championship   5–1  Venezuela Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
19:00
Report Claut 34' Referee: Jordi Espinoza (Peru)
12 April South American U-17 Championship   1–1
(1–4 p)
 Brazil Estadio Jaime Morón León, Cartagena
19:00 Sevillano 41' Report Angelo 88' Referee: Hernán Heras (Uruguay)
Penalties
  • Rivas soccer ball with red X
  • Orozco soccer ball with check mark
  • Cataño soccer ball with red X
26 June Friendly Costa Rica  0–2   Complejo FCRF, San José
11:00 Report Angulo 45'
Cataño 90'
28 June Friendly Costa Rica  1–2   Complejo FCRF, San José
11:00 Amú 90+3' (o.g.) Amú 45'
Saavedra 90+10'

Current squad

The following players are called up to the squad for the 2025 South American U-17 Championship between 27 March – 12 April 2025.[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2025, after the match against Chile

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Santiago Mondragón (2008-04-03)3 April 2008 (aged 16) Colombia Deportivo Cali
2 3MF Brait García (2008-03-07)7 March 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Deportivo Cali
3 2DF Edmílson Herazo (2008-09-19)19 September 2008 (aged 16) Colombia Barranquilla
4 3MF Jhon Sebastián Castro (2008-09-02)2 September 2008 (aged 16) Colombia Internacional F.C. de Palmira
5 2DF Criss Macías (2008-03-23)23 March 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Millonarios
6 2DF Cristian Orozco (2008-07-13)13 July 2008 (aged 16) Colombia IYV Rojo FC
7 4FW Feder Rivas (2008-01-09)9 January 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Atlético Nacional
8 3MF Juan Cataño (2008-05-21)21 May 2008 (aged 16) Colombia Envigado
9 4FW Santiago Londoño (2008-02-29)29 February 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Envigado
10 4FW Ashley Trujillo (2008-12-10)10 December 2008 (aged 16) England Queens Park Rangers
11 3MF Deivi Quiñones (2008-01-24)24 January 2008 (aged 17) Ecuador LDU Quito
12 1GK David Rodríguez (2008-06-25)25 June 2008 (aged 16) United States FC Cincinnati 2
13 4FW Jhon Sevillano (2008-10-12)12 October 2008 (aged 16) Colombia Atlético Nacional
14 3MF Gilberto Saavedra (2009-02-02)2 February 2009 (aged 16) Colombia Real Cundinamarca
15 2DF Óscar Gómez (2008-02-07)7 February 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Atlético Huila
16 2DF Cristian Flórez (2008-02-07)7 February 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Atlético Nacional
17 3MF Jet Lee Espín (2008-01-27)27 January 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Millonarios
18 3MF Miguel Agámez (2009-05-15)15 May 2009 (aged 15) Colombia Atlético Junior
19 4FW Ángel Mora (2008-03-11)11 March 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Independiente Santa Fe
20 2DF Yeminson Urrutia (2008-01-09)9 January 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Orsomarso
21 4FW Kevin Angulo (2008-07-04)4 July 2008 (aged 16) Colombia América de Cali
22 1GK Jorman Mendoza (2008-01-14)14 January 2008 (aged 17) Colombia Envigado
23 2DF Nilder Zapata (2008-07-20)20 July 2008 (aged 16) Colombia Deportes Tolima

Honours

Coaching staff

As of 20 March 2017
Manager Colombia Orlando Restrepo
Assistant manager Colombia Alfredo Araújo
Physical trainer Colombia Juan Roldán
Goalkeeping coach Colombia Álvaro Anzola
Medic Colombia Daniel Restrepo
Physiotherapist Colombia Sebastián Olivar
Kinesiologist Colombia John Díaz

See also

References

  1. ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Colombia Masculina Sub-17 para el CONMEBOL Sudamericano 2025" (in Spanish). Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.