Colombia national under-20 football team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	TBD
Captain	Juan Sebastián Quintero
FIFA code	COL
First colours Second colours
First international
Colombia 1–1 Uruguay  (Caracas, Venezuela; 22 March 1954)
Biggest win
Colombia 6–0 Bolivia  (Mendoza, Argentina; 15 January 2013)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 6–0 Colombia  (Tbilisi, Soviet Union; 1 September 1985)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1985)
Best result	Third place 2003
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	25 (first in 1954)
Best result	Winners 1987, 2005, 2013

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.

Notable players who have played in the youth team include Radamel Falcao, Fredy Guarín, Macnelly Torres, Edwin Valencia, Aldo Leão Ramírez, Dayro Moreno, Juan Camilo Zúñiga, David Ospina, Cristián Zapata, Víctor Ibarbo, Abel Aguilar, James Rodríguez, Luis Muriel, Juan Fernando Quintero, Santiago Arias, Edwin Cardona, Sebastián Pérez and Jeison Murillo, among others.

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
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
Total	Third Place	9/21	38	18	8	12	54	47

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	To be Determined
Total	3 titles	26/28	158	60	39	59	195	203

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

Colombia  v  Paraguay

18 January 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	1–1	Paraguay	Riobamba, Ecuador
17:00	Ceter  88'	Report	S. Ferreira  80'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Referee: Diego Haro (Peru)

Ecuador  v  Colombia

20 January 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Ecuador	4–3	Colombia	Riobamba, Ecuador
19:15	Estupiñán  40' Quintero  51' Cabezas  55' (pen.) Caicedo  90+1'	Report	Ceter  6' Obregón  37' Valencia  73'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Colombia  v  Brazil

24 January 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	1–0	Brazil	Riobamba, Ecuador
19:15	Valencia  86'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Colombia  v  Chile

26 January 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	1–0	Chile	Riobamba, Ecuador
17:00	Valencia  4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico de Riobamba Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Colombia  v  Venezuela

30 January 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	1–1	Venezuela	Quito, Ecuador
16:00	Hernández  85' (pen.)	Report	Soteldo  35'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Jonhatan Fuentes (Uruguay)

Colombia  v  Argentina

2 February 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	1–2	Argentina	Quito, Ecuador
16:00	Hernández  56'	Report	Torres  1' La. Martínez  90'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Anderson Daronco (Brazil)

Uruguay  v  Colombia

5 February 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Uruguay	3–0	Colombia	Quito, Ecuador
18:15	Waller  40' Schiappacasse  64' De la Cruz  82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Mario Díaz de Vivar (Paraguay)

Ecuador  v  Colombia

8 February 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Ecuador	3–0	Colombia	Quito, Ecuador
16:00	Cabezas  49', 82' Caicedo  62'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Colombia  v  Brazil

11 February 2017 South American Youth Football Championship	Colombia	0–0	Brazil	Quito, Ecuador
17:45		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Current squad

The following 23 players were named for the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship.
Caps and goals updated as 12 February 2017 after the match against Brazil.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Luis García	(1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 18)	1	0	Rayo Vallecano
2	2DF	Carlos Cuesta	(1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 17)	7	0	Atlético Nacional
3	2DF	Jorge Segura	(1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 19)	4	0	Envigado
4	2DF	Joan Castro	(1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 20)	2	0	Llaneros
5	2DF	Anderson Arroyo	(1999-09-27)27 September 1999 (aged 17)	8	0	Fortaleza
6	3MF	Daniel Rojano	(1997-04-25)25 April 1997 (aged 19)	6	0	Once Caldas
7	4FW	Julián Quiñones	(1997-03-24)24 March 1997 (aged 19)	8	0	Tigres UANL
8	3MF	Kevin Balanta	(1997-04-28)28 April 1997 (aged 19)	7	0	Deportivo Cali
9	4FW	Damir Ceter	(1997-11-02)2 November 1997 (aged 19)	2	2	Santa Fe
10	3MF	Juan Camilo Hernández	(1999-04-22)22 April 1999 (aged 17)	9	2	América de Cali
11	4FW	Michael Gómez	(1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 19)	6	0	Envigado
12	1GK	Manuel Arias	(1997-12-12)12 December 1997 (aged 19)	7	0	Cortuluá
13	3MF	Ever Valencia	(1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 19)	8	3	Wisła Kraków
14	2DF	Breiner Paz	(1997-09-27)27 September 1997 (aged 19)	2	0	Millonarios
15	2DF	Leyser Chaverra	(1997-04-01)1 April 1997 (aged 19)	8	0	Universitario Popayán
16	3MF	Christian Mina	(1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 19)	5	0	Deportes Quindío
17	3MF	Luis Fernando Díaz	(1997-01-13)13 January 1997 (aged 20)	5	0	Barranquilla
18	3MF	Jhon Harold Balanta	(1998-03-16)16 March 1998 (aged 18)	6	0	Universitario Popayán
19	4FW	Jorge Obregón	(1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 19)	8	1	Santa Fe
20	3MF	Eduard Atuesta	(1997-06-18)18 June 1997 (aged 19)	7	0	Independiente Medellín
21	3MF	Juan Pablo Ramírez	(1997-11-26)26 November 1997 (aged 19)	6	0	Atlético Nacional
22	2DF	Gabriel Fuentes	(1997-02-09)9 February 1997 (aged 19)	2	0	Barranquilla
23	1GK	Jaime Mora	(1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 19)	1	0	Real Santander

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): 1999, 2000, 2011
  • Runners-up (2) 2001, 2013
• Bolivarian Games
  • Runners-up (1): 1985 Ecuador
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Winners (1): 2006
• Pan American Games
  • Fourth Place (1): 2003
• South American Games
  • Third place (1): 1990 Lima

See also

• Colombia national football team
• Colombia national futsal team
• Colombia Olympic football team
• Colombia national under-17 football team
• Colombia national under-15 football team

External links

• Selección Sub 20 official website
• FIFA Profile

National sports teams of Colombia
Baseball Basketball M M U19 M U17 W W U19 W U17 Cricket Football M M U23 M U20 M U17 M U15 W W U20 W U17 Futsal M W Handball M W Ice hockey Inline hockey M W Roller hockey M W Rugby union M W W7 Squash M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W Water polo

Football in Colombia
Colombian Football Federation
National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17
Leagues	Primera A Primera B Women's Football League
Domestic Cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá Primera C
DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)
Argentina (AFA)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Argentina
Bolivia (FBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Liga de Fútbol Profesional Copa Aerosur
Brazil (CBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil
Chile (FFC)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Chile
Colombia (FCF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera A Copa Colombia
Ecuador (FEF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Serie A
Paraguay (APF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Peru (FPF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Inca
Uruguay (AUF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Venezuela (FVF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Venezuela
National team competitions	Men Copa América Copa América Centenario Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games Superclásico de las Américas Bolivarian Games South American Games Futsal Championship Futsal World Cup qualifiers Under-20 Futsal Championship Under-17 Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship Women Copa América Femenina Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship
Club competitions	Men CONMEBOL Libertadores CONMEBOL Sudamericana CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana Copa Suruga Bank Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores Women Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal Defunct Intercontinental Cup Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa
South American Footballer of the Year South American Coach of the Year Top-division clubs Club competition winning teams Club competition winning managers

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline of association football Comparison of association football and futsal
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 Regional (CFU, UNCAF)
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football