Nickname(s) | Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers) |
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Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) |
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) |
Head coach | Carlos Restrepo |
Captain | Teófilo Gutiérrez |
FIFA code | COL |
First international | |
Guatemala 2–1 Colombia (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950) |
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Biggest win | |
Colombia 7–1 Dominican Republic (Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971) Colombia 6–0 Bahamas (Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Brazil 9–0 Colombia (Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000) |
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Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1968) |
Best result | 7th (2016) |
The Colombia Olympic football team represents Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games and in international under-23 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.
The team played its first match in 1950. From that year to 1992 the team played as a Colombia national amateur football team. Since 1992, the team played as Colombia national under-23 football team until 2004, when the qualification for the Olympic Games was changed to South American Youth Football Championship for under-20 teams (before this, the qualification tournament was CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament). The team was inactive since 2004, however with the qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification play-off the team was resurrected.
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