Colombia at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Colombia's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the finals. The current format of the finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Colombia has appeared in the FIFA World Cup on six occasions in 1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014 and 2018.^[1]

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA Member
1934
1938	Withdrew
1950	Did not enter
1954	Banned by FIFA
1958	Did not qualify
1962	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	5	11
1966	Did not qualify
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	4	4
1994	Group stage	19th	3	1	0	2	4	5
1998		21st	3	1	0	2	1	3
2002	Did not qualify
2006
2010
2014	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	12	4
2018	Round of 16	9th	4	2	1	1	6	3
2022	Did not qualify
2026	To be determined
2030
2034
Total	Quarter-finals	6/25	22	9	3	10	32	30

*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

Year	Round	Against	Score	Scorers
1962	Group 1	Uruguay	1–2	Zuluaga
		Soviet Union	4–4	Aceros, Coll, Rada, Klinger
		Yugoslavia	0–5
1990	Group D	United Arab Emirates	2–0	Redín, Valderrama
		Yugoslavia	0–1
		West Germany	1–1	Rincón
	Round of 16	Cameroon	1–2 (AET)	Redín
1994	Group A	Romania	1–3	Valencia
		United States	1–2	Valencia
		Switzerland	2–0	Gaviria, Lozano
1998	Group G	Romania	0–1
		Tunisia	1–0	Preciado
		England	0–2
2014	Group C	Greece	3–0	Armero, Gutiérrez, Rodríguez
		Ivory Coast	2–1	Rodríguez, Quintero
		Japan	1–4	Cuadrado, Martínez (2), Rodríguez
	Round of 16	Uruguay	2–0	Rodríguez (2)
	Quarter-final	Brazil	2–1	Rodríguez
2018	Group H	Japan	1–2	Quintero
		Poland	0–3	Mina, Falcao, Cuadrado
		Senegal	0–1	Mina
	Round of 16	England	1–1 (a.e.t) p. 3–4	Mina

Country	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Japan	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
England	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
Romania	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3
Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6
Greece	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Poland	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Senegal	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Soviet Union	1	0	1	0	4	4	0
West Germany	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
United States	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1

In the 1962 qualifiers, they faced Peru in a two-game series and qualified for their first World Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colombia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Peru	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Colombia qualified.

At Chile 1962, Colombia lost 2–1 to South American champions Uruguay in their opening match. They then drew 4–4 with the reigning European champions Soviet Union in one of biggest shocks at Chile 1962. In this game, Colombia scored four goals against Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, widely considered the best goalkeeper in football history. Also in that game, Marcos Coll scored the only Olympic goal in World Cup history. Additionally, in coming back from three goals down to draw the match, the Colombians completed the biggest comeback to draw in World Cup history. Unfortunately, their campaign ended with a 5–0 defeat to Euro 1960 runners-up Yugoslavia, so they went out in the group stage.

Group One

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	5	11	−6	1

At Italia '90, Colombia defeated United Arab Emirates 2–0, lost to Yugoslavia 1–0, and earned their place in the Round of Sixteen after a dramatic 1–1 draw with West Germany, which would later win the Cup. Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	4
Colombia	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
United Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

During their Round of Sixteen match against Cameroon, the game went into extra time after a 0–0 draw. In an unfortunate moment, goalkeeper René Higuita failed to protect the ball 35 yards (32 m) from the goal line, enabling Cameroon striker Roger Milla to snatch it from him, and score Cameroon's decisive second goal. Milla struck twice, giving Cameroon a 2–0 lead in extra time. Colombia would score in the 115th minute, but were unable to get an equalizer.

Qualification — CONMEBOL Group One

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colombia	6	4	2	0	13	2	+11	10
Argentina	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	7
Paraguay	6	1	4	1	6	7	−1	6
Peru	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	1

Colombia qualified. Argentina advanced to the CONMEBOL / CONCACAF / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.

Colombia finished top of their qualifying group without having lost a match, which included a historic 5–0 win over Argentina in Buenos Aires. Expectations of the team were high, some even naming them as favourites to win the tournament.

The match between Colombia and Romania was the first game for either side in the group phase. Romania took the lead in the 16th minute with their first attack of the match when Raducioiu took on three defenders before firing home a low shot. On the half hour mark, Hagi made it 2–0 when he noticed Córdoba out of position and dipped a cross over his head into the net. Valencia pulled a goal back for the Colombians in the 43rd minute when he headed in a corner from Perez. In the second half, Raducioiu put the result beyond doubt with his second goal in the final few minutes.
The team went into their second group game against the United States knowing they had to win to have any chance of progressing. On the 35th minute Andrés Escobar attempted to cut out a cross but accidentally deflected the ball into his own net. Earnie Stewart took the US two goals in front after scoring in the 56th minute. Valencia scored a consolation goal for Colombia in the closing minutes of the match. They did win their final group match 2–0 over Switzerland, but it was not enough to help them progress

Group A

Six days after Colombia's last match against Switzerland, Andrés Escobar was shot in Medellín by known drug cartel criminals. Escobar had previously scored an own goal in the group stage match against the United States.

Colombia began their qualification rounds in South America well and ended in third place with 28 points, 2 points below Argentina who was in 1st place with 30 points. They ended in Group G with Tunisia, England, and Romania.

Qualification For France 98: A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. The South American zone was allocated 5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. Brazil, the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 4 spots open for competition between 9 teams.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	16	8	6	2	23	13	+10	30
2	Paraguay	16	9	2	5	21	14	+7	29
3	Colombia	16	8	4	4	23	15	+8	28
4	Chile	16	7	4	5	32	18	+14	25
5	Peru	16	7	4	5	19	20	−1	25
6	Ecuador	16	6	3	7	22	21	+1	21
7	Uruguay	16	6	3	7	18	21	−3	21
8	Bolivia	16	4	5	7	18	21	−3	17
9	Venezuela	16	0	3	13	8	41	−33	3

Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia and Chile qualified.

Group G

In their opening match, Adrian Ilie of Valencia CF gave Romania a 1–0 victory over Colombia after he placed a magnificent chip shot in the 44th minute from some 15 yards (14 m) that sailed over goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón into the net.

Colombia's second match was against Tunisia. Colombia's Léider Preciado struck seven minutes from the end to give a 1–0 win.

Although England needed only a draw to guarantee a place in the final 16, Darren Anderton drove home a fiercely struck angled drive in the 20th minute. David Beckham curled in a 30-yard (27 m) free kick nine minutes later and England won the game 2–0. Colombia was thus eliminated.

After 16 years out of the World Cup, Colombia won their first match against Greece by a score of 3–0, marking the country's best ever performance in FIFA World Cup. The first goal was scored by Pablo Armero five minutes after the kick-off, Teofilo Gutierrez scored the second goal from a corner shot, James Rodriguez made their final score during the three minutes overtime. Colombia went on to beat Ivory Coast 2-1 and Japan 4–1. For the first time in history, Colombia won their group in group stages at the Fifa World Cup. They defeated Uruguay 2–0 in the Round of 16, marking the deepest run in the World Cup ever for the Colombia national team. They met Brazil in the quarter-finals and were narrowly defeated 2–1, bringing to an end their most successful World Cup campaign to date.

Final Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	16	9	5	2	35	15	+20	32	2014 FIFA World Cup
2	Colombia	16	9	3	4	27	13	+14	30
3	Chile	16	9	1	6	29	25	+4	28
4	Ecuador	16	7	4	5	20	16	+4	25
5	Uruguay	16	7	4	5	25	25	0	25	Inter-confederation play-offs
6	Venezuela	16	5	5	6	14	20	−6	20
7	Peru	16	4	3	9	17	26	−9	15
8	Bolivia	16	2	6	8	17	30	−13	12
9	Paraguay	16	3	3	10	17	31	−14	12

Brazil (host), Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay qualified.

Group C

The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1994, where Colombia won 2–0.^[2] Colombia midfielder Fredy Guarín was suspended for the match, after being sent off in the team's final qualifier against Paraguay.^[3]

Colombia took the lead within five minutes, Juan Cuadrado's cutback was converted by Pablo Armero via a deflection off Greek defender Kostas Manolas. Colombia extended the lead in the second half, when Abel Aguilar flicked on a corner kick from James Rodríguez and Teófilo Gutiérrez scored from close range.^[4] Greece's best chance fell to Theofanis Gekas, who headed against the bar. In stoppage time, Cuadrado set up James to complete the scoring with a low shot.^[5]

The 3–0 scoreline was Colombia's biggest win to date in the World Cup.^[6]

The two teams had never met before.^[8]

After a goalless first half, Colombia scored first when James Rodríguez headed in Juan Cuadrado's corner.^[9] The lead was extended six minutes later when Ivory Coast was caught in possession, and Teófilo Gutiérrez released substitute Juan Quintero to score. Ivory Coast reduced the deficit through Gervinho, who received a pass from Arthur Boka in the left wing, dribbled past three Colombian players and shot home.^[10]

The second goal of the tournament by James allowed him to join Bernardo Redín and Adolfo Valencia as the only Colombian players to score more than one goal in the World Cup.^[11]

The two teams had met in two previous matches, most recently in a friendly in 2007, and also in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup group stage, won by Colombia 1–0.^[12]

Colombia took the lead mid-way through the first half, with Juan Cuadrado taking a penalty kick, shooting low down the middle after Japan centre back Yasuyuki Konno fouled Colombia striker Adrián Ramos in the box.^[13] Japan then equalised through Shinji Okazaki's headed goal from a cross from Keisuke Honda on the right in first half stoppage time. Colombia's James Rodríguez was introduced after the half time break, and was credited for providing two assists for two goals scored by Jackson Martínez, on 55 minutes when he shot low to the net with his left foot, and 82 minutes when he curled the ball in from the right of the penalty area with his left foot, before finishing off the scoring with a strike of his own, assisted by Ramos, where he beat the last man before clipping the ball over the goalkeeper.^[14] Colombia, which had already qualified for the knockout stage but needed a point to be certain of winning the group, finished as group winners with a perfect record of three wins out of three, while Japan, which had to win the match to have any chance to qualify, were eliminated.

Faryd Mondragón became the oldest player to make an appearance in the history of the World Cup, at the age of 43 years, 3 days, when he came on for the last five minutes of the match, breaking the record of Roger Milla, who played at the 1994 World Cup at the age of 42.^[15] He also set the record for the longest time between World Cup appearances as 15 years and 363 days had passed since his last versus England at the 1998 World Cup, breaking Alfred Bickel's record of 12 years and 13 days between appearances (1938–1950).^[16]

Eighth-finals

The two teams had met in 38 previous matches,^[17] including in the 1962 FIFA World Cup group stage, won 2–1 by Uruguay. Their most recent meetings were in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with both teams winning at home, Colombia winning 4–0 and Uruguay winning 2–0. Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez was not in the line-up because of a nine-game ban imposed by FIFA due to a biting incident involving Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during their final group stage match.^[18]

Colombia won 2–0 with both goals from James Rodríguez, the first in the 28th minute, where he controlled Abel Aguilar's headed ball on his chest before volleying left-footed from 25 yards out with the ball going in off the underside of the crossbar,^[19] which won the 2014 FIFA Puskás Award later in the year.^[20] The second goal, in the 50th minute, was a close-range shot from six yards out after receiving the ball from a header by Juan Cuadrado on the right.^[21]

Colombia progressed through to the quarter-finals for the first time in their history, where they would face Brazil.^[22]

Quarter-finals

The two teams had met in 25 previous matches, but never in the FIFA World Cup.^[23] This was the first time Colombia had reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Brazil midfielder Luiz Gustavo was suspended for the match due to accumulation of yellow cards.^[24]

Brazil took the lead in the 7th minute, when Neymar's corner from the left was turned in from close range by Thiago Silva.^[25] They doubled the lead in the 69th minute when David Luiz scored directly from a long-range free kick, side-footing the ball over the wall and into the top-right corner. Colombia reduced the deficit with 10 minutes to go, when James Rodríguez converted a penalty kick low into the left corner and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way. The penalty was awarded after substitute Carlos Bacca was fouled by Brazil goalkeeper Júlio César.^[26] Neymar was kneed in the back by Colombia defender Juan Camilo Zúñiga in the 88th minute, which resulted in the striker's withdrawal from the match. Subsequent medical evaluation discovered a fractured vertebra, forcing the Brazilian to miss the remainder of the tournament.^[27] Brazil advanced to the semi-final, where they faced Germany.

James's sixth goal of the tournament was enough for him to win the Golden Boot award.^[28] He also became the first player to score in his first five career World Cup matches since Peru's Teófilo Cubillas (across the 1970 and 1978 tournaments).^[29]

Final standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	18	12	5	1	41	11	+30	41	2018 FIFA World Cup
2	Uruguay	18	9	4	5	32	20	+12	31
3	Argentina	18	7	7	4	19	16	+3	28
4	Colombia	18	7	6	5	21	19	+2	27
5	Peru	18	7	5	6	27	26	+1	26	Inter-confederation play-offs
6	Chile	18	8	2	8	26	27	−1	26
7	Paraguay	18	7	3	8	19	25	−6	24
8	Ecuador	18	6	2	10	26	29	−3	20
9	Bolivia	18	4	2	12	16	38	−22	14
10	Venezuela	18	2	6	10	19	35	−16	12

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
3	Senegal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
4	Poland	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

The two teams had met in three previous matches, most recently in a 2014 FIFA World Cup group stage game, won by Colombia 4–1.^[30]

In the third minute, Carlos Sánchez blocked Shinji Kagawa's 20-yard shot with his arm and the referee pointed to the penalty spot before showing the midfielder a straight red card.^[31] After lengthy protests, Sanchez eventually left the field and Kagawa slotted the penalty into the bottom right corner of the net. José Pékerman then replaced Juan Cuadrado with Wílmar Barrios at the half-hour mark, and an equaliser arrived nine minutes later, from a Juan Fernando Quintero free kick, shot low under the jumping wall which the goalkeeper failed to keep out.^[32] In the second half, David Ospina dived full length to his left to stop Takashi Inui's curling 20-yard shot. Yuya Osako then headed the ball into the far corner of the net from a Keisuke Honda corner from the left. With 13 minutes left, James Rodríguez's strike from inside the box was turned over the crossbar by the outstretched leg of Osako.^[33]

The two teams had met in five matches, most recently in a 2006 friendly, won by Colombia 2–1.^[30]

Abel Aguilar was taken from the field on a stretcher in the 32nd minute and was replaced by Mateus Uribe. Shortly after, a cross by James Rodríguez from the right was met by the head of Yerry Mina, who lost his marker to head over Wojciech Szczęsny's outstretched arms and into the net. Juan Fernando Quintero fired wide from 25 yards at the start of the second half. Cuadrado then squared to Radamel Falcao on the edge of the box who lifted his shot well over the crossbar. In the 58th minute, Robert Lewandowski controlled a long pass only to shoot straight into David Ospina's midriff as Poland attempted their first shot on target of the game. Quintero's slide-rule pass presented Falcao with a one-on-one situation and he guided the ball past Szczęsny with the outside of his right foot to double his side's lead. With 15 minutes left on the clock, James' pass from the left found Cuadrado in space through the middle and he took a touch before finishing it into the bottom-right corner of the net.^[35][36]

Poland were the first European nation to be eliminated from the 2018 World Cup. Including Colombia's victory against Poland, there were 14 World Cup goals scored on 24 June 2018 - the most on a single day of action in the competition (maximum 3 games) since 10 June 1990 (also 14).^[37]

The two teams had met only once, a 2014 friendly game which ended in a 2–2 draw.^[30]

The referee awarded Senegal a penalty in the 17th minute. After consulting VAR, he judged that defender Davinson Sánchez had won the ball before making any contact with Sadio Mané. After half an hour, James Rodríguez was substituted with what appeared to be a recurrence of the injury that kept him out of Colombia's 2–1 loss to Japan. Mané took a free-kick in the 64th minute which he shot off-target. Kalidou Koulibaly got a touch on a Luis Muriel drive to deflect the ball narrowly wide. And in the 74th minute Colombia scored the decisive goal of the game, Juan Quintero's corner from the right found Yerry Mina who rose and crashed home a header that went through goalkeeper Khadim N'Diaye.^[39]

With Senegal being the last African team to be knocked out of Russia 2018, there were no teams from Africa in the Round of 16 for the first time since the stage was introduced in 1986.^[40] Colombia were the only team to reach the knockout stages of Russia 2018 despite losing their opening match of the tournament. Senegal became the third team to be eliminated from Russia 2018 despite winning their opening game of the tournament (also Iran and Serbia); and even moreover, this was the first time Senegal got eliminated from the group stage, despite owning a huge advantage prior to the match against Colombia. The last time as many as three teams failed to get through the group stages despite winning their opener was in 2002 (Argentina, Costa Rica and Russia).^[41]

Eighth-finals

The teams had faced each other in five previous matches, including one World Cup group stage match in 1998, a 2–0 England win. Their most recent meeting came in a friendly in 2005, a 3–2 England win.

In the 16th minute, Harry Kane arrived beyond the back post to meet a Kieran Trippier cross, but was unable to direct his header on target. Wílmar Barrios was booked when he appeared to headbutt Jordan Henderson in the build-up to a free-kick Trippier bent narrowly wide. Colombia gave away a penalty early in the second half when Carlos Sánchez dragged Kane down in the box after a corner from the right. Kane scored from 12 yards, shooting down the middle to give England the lead. Colombia forced their way into extra-time, Yerry Mina scoring a downward header from a Juan Cuadrado corner from the right. Eric Dier scored the final penalty in the shoot-out, England came from 3–2 down after Mateus Uribe and Carlos Bacca failed to convert their spot-kicks.^[43][44]

This was the first time that England had won a penalty shoot-out at the FIFA World Cup, and only the second time they had won on penalties at any major tournament (the previous occasion being against Spain at Euro 1996). Kane became the first player to score in six consecutive England appearances since Tommy Lawton did so in 1939. England conceded in injury time at the end of the second half for the first time in World Cup history, with Mina's goal coming after 92 minutes and 33 seconds.^[45]

Head coach: Adolfo Pedernera

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Efraín Sánchez (c)	(1926-02-27)27 February 1926 (aged 36)		Independiente Medellín
2	1GK	Achito Vivas	(1934-03-01)1 March 1934 (aged 28)		Deportivo Pereira
3	2DF	Francisco Zuluaga	(1929-02-04)4 February 1929 (aged 33)		Independiente Santa Fe
4	2DF	Aníbal Alzate	(1933-01-31)31 January 1933 (aged 29)		Deportes Tolima
5	2DF	Jaime González	(1938-04-01)1 April 1938 (aged 24)		América de Cali
6	2DF	Ignacio Calle	(1931-08-21)21 August 1931 (aged 30)		Atlético Nacional
7	2DF	Carlos Aponte	(1939-01-24)24 January 1939 (aged 23)		Independiente Santa Fe
8	2DF	Héctor Echeverry	(1938-04-10)10 April 1938 (aged 24)		Independiente Medellín
9	3MF	Jaime Silva	(1935-10-10)10 October 1935 (aged 26)		Independiente Santa Fe
10	3MF	Rolando Serrano	(1938-11-13)13 November 1938 (aged 23)		América de Cali
11	2DF	Óscar López	(1939-04-02)2 April 1939 (aged 23)		Once Caldas
12	3MF	Hernando Tovar	(1938-06-07)7 June 1938 (aged 23)		Independiente Santa Fe
13	4FW	Germán Aceros	(1938-09-30)30 September 1938 (aged 23)		Deportivo Cali
14	4FW	Luis Paz	(1942-06-25)25 June 1942 (aged 19)		América de Cali
15	3MF	Marcos Coll	(1935-08-23)23 August 1935 (aged 26)		América de Cali
16	4FW	Ignacio Pérez	(1934-12-19)19 December 1934 (aged 27)		Once Caldas
17	4FW	Marino Klinger	(1936-02-07)7 February 1936 (aged 26)		Millonarios
18	4FW	Eusebio Escobar	(1936-07-02)2 July 1936 (aged 25)		Deportivo Pereira
19	4FW	Delio Gamboa	(1936-01-28)28 January 1936 (aged 26)		Millonarios
20	4FW	Antonio Rada	(1937-06-13)13 June 1937 (aged 24)		Deportivo Pereira
21	4FW	Héctor González	(1937-07-07)7 July 1937 (aged 24)		Independiente Santa Fe
22	4FW	Jairo Arias	(1938-11-02)2 November 1938 (aged 23)		Atlético Nacional

Head coach: Francisco Maturana

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	René Higuita	(1966-08-27)27 August 1966 (aged 23)		Atlético Nacional
2	2DF	Andrés Escobar	(1967-03-13)13 March 1967 (aged 23)		Young Boys
3	2DF	Gildardo Gómez	(1963-10-13)13 October 1963 (aged 26)		Atlético Nacional
4	2DF	Luis Fernando Herrera	(1962-06-12)12 June 1962 (aged 27)		Atlético Nacional
5	4FW	León Villa	(1960-01-12)12 January 1960 (aged 30)		Atlético Nacional
6	2DF	José Ricardo Pérez	(1963-10-24)24 October 1963 (aged 26)		Atlético Nacional
7	4FW	Carlos Estrada	(1961-11-01)1 November 1961 (aged 28)		Millonarios
8	3MF	Gabriel Gómez	(1959-12-08)8 December 1959 (aged 30)		Independiente Medellín
9	4FW	Miguel Guerrero	(1967-09-07)7 September 1967 (aged 22)		América de Cali
10	3MF	Carlos Valderrama (c)	(1961-09-02)2 September 1961 (aged 28)		Montpellier
11	3MF	Bernardo Redín	(1963-02-26)26 February 1963 (aged 27)		Deportivo Cali
12	1GK	Eduardo Niño	(1967-08-08)8 August 1967 (aged 22)		Independiente Santa Fe
13	2DF	Carlos Hoyos	(1962-02-28)28 February 1962 (aged 28)		Atlético Junior
14	3MF	Leonel Álvarez	(1965-07-29)29 July 1965 (aged 24)		Atlético Nacional
15	2DF	Luis Carlos Perea	(1963-12-29)29 December 1963 (aged 26)		Atlético Nacional
16	4FW	Arnoldo Iguarán	(1957-01-18)18 January 1957 (aged 33)		Millonarios
17	2DF	Geovanis Cassiani	(1970-01-10)10 January 1970 (aged 20)		Millonarios
18	2DF	Wilmer Cabrera	(1967-09-15)15 September 1967 (aged 22)		América de Cali
19	3MF	Freddy Rincón	(1966-08-14)14 August 1966 (aged 23)		América de Cali
20	3MF	Luis Fajardo	(1963-08-18)18 August 1963 (aged 26)		Atlético Nacional
21	2DF	Alexis Mendoza	(1961-11-08)8 November 1961 (aged 28)		Atlético Junior
22	4FW	Rubén Darío Hernández	(1965-02-19)19 February 1965 (aged 25)		Millonarios

Head coach: Francisco Maturana

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Óscar Córdoba	(1970-02-03)3 February 1970 (aged 24)		América de Cali
2	2DF	Andrés Escobar	(1967-03-13)13 March 1967 (aged 27)		Atlético Nacional
3	2DF	Alexis Mendoza	(1961-11-08)8 November 1961 (aged 32)		Atlético Junior
4	2DF	Luis Fernando Herrera	(1962-06-12)12 June 1962 (aged 32)		Atlético Nacional
5	3MF	Hernán Gaviria	(1969-11-27)27 November 1969 (aged 24)		Atlético Nacional
6	3MF	Gabriel Gómez	(1959-12-08)8 December 1959 (aged 34)		Atlético Nacional
7	4FW	Antony de Ávila	(1962-12-21)21 December 1962 (aged 31)		América de Cali
8	3MF	John Harold Lozano	(1972-03-30)30 March 1972 (aged 22)		América de Cali
9	4FW	Iván Valenciano	(1972-03-18)18 March 1972 (aged 22)		Atlético Junior
10	3MF	Carlos Valderrama (c)	(1961-09-02)2 September 1961 (aged 32)		Atlético Junior
11	4FW	Adolfo Valencia	(1968-02-06)6 February 1968 (aged 26)		Bayern Munich
12	1GK	Farid Mondragón	(1971-06-21)21 June 1971 (aged 22)		Argentinos Juniors
13	2DF	Néstor Ortiz	(1968-09-20)20 September 1968 (aged 25)		Once Caldas
14	3MF	Leonel Álvarez	(1965-07-29)29 July 1965 (aged 28)		América de Cali
15	2DF	Luis Carlos Perea	(1963-12-29)29 December 1963 (aged 30)		Atlético Junior
16	4FW	Víctor Aristizábal	(1971-12-09)9 December 1971 (aged 22)		Atlético Nacional
17	3MF	Mauricio Serna	(1968-01-22)22 January 1968 (aged 26)		Atlético Nacional
18	2DF	Óscar Cortés	(1968-10-19)19 October 1968 (aged 25)		Millonarios
19	3MF	Freddy Rincón	(1966-08-14)14 August 1966 (aged 27)		Palmeiras
20	2DF	Wilson Pérez	(1967-08-06)6 August 1967 (aged 26)		América de Cali
21	4FW	Faustino Asprilla	(1969-11-10)10 November 1969 (aged 24)		Parma
22	1GK	José María Pazo	(1964-04-04)4 April 1964 (aged 30)		Atlético Junior

Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Óscar Córdoba	(1970-02-03)3 February 1970 (aged 28)		Boca Juniors
2	2DF	Iván Córdoba	(1976-08-11)11 August 1976 (aged 21)		San Lorenzo
3	2DF	Ever Palacios	(1969-01-18)18 January 1969 (aged 29)		Deportivo Cali
4	2DF	José Santa	(1970-11-12)12 November 1970 (aged 27)		Atlético Nacional
5	2DF	Jorge Bermúdez	(1971-06-18)18 June 1971 (aged 26)		Boca Juniors
6	3MF	Mauricio Serna	(1968-01-22)22 January 1968 (aged 30)		Boca Juniors
7	4FW	Antony de Ávila	(1962-12-21)21 December 1962 (aged 35)		Barcelona
8	3MF	John Harold Lozano	(1972-03-30)30 March 1972 (aged 26)		Real Valladolid
9	4FW	Adolfo Valencia	(1968-02-06)6 February 1968 (aged 30)		Independiente Medellín
10	3MF	Carlos Valderrama (c)	(1961-09-02)2 September 1961 (aged 36)		Miami Fusion
11	4FW	Faustino Asprilla	(1969-11-10)10 November 1969 (aged 28)		Parma
12	1GK	Miguel Calero	(1971-04-14)14 April 1971 (aged 27)		Atlético Nacional
13	2DF	Wilmer Cabrera	(1967-09-15)15 September 1967 (aged 30)		Millonarios
14	3MF	Jorge Bolaño	(1977-04-28)28 April 1977 (aged 21)		Atlético Junior
15	4FW	Víctor Aristizábal	(1971-12-09)9 December 1971 (aged 26)		São Paulo
16	2DF	Luis Antonio Moreno	(1970-12-25)25 December 1970 (aged 27)		Deportes Tolima
17	3MF	Andrés Estrada	(1967-11-12)12 November 1967 (aged 30)		Deportivo Cali
18	3MF	John Wilmar Pérez	(1970-02-02)2 February 1970 (aged 28)		Deportivo Cali
19	3MF	Freddy Rincón	(1966-08-14)14 August 1966 (aged 31)		Corinthians
20	4FW	Hamilton Ricard	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 24)		Middlesbrough
21	4FW	Léider Preciado	(1977-02-26)26 February 1977 (aged 21)		Santa Fe
22	1GK	Farid Mondragón	(1971-06-21)21 June 1971 (aged 26)		Independiente

Head coach: José Pékerman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	David Ospina	(1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 25)	44	Nice
2	2DF	Cristián Zapata	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 27)	24	Milan
3	2DF	Mario Yepes (c)	(1976-01-13)13 January 1976 (aged 38)	98	Atalanta
4	2DF	Santiago Arias	(1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 22)	6	PSV
5	3MF	Carlos Carbonero	(1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 23)	1	River Plate
6	3MF	Carlos Sánchez	(1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 28)	44	Elche
7	2DF	Pablo Armero	(1986-11-02)2 November 1986 (aged 27)	53	West Ham United[47]
8	3MF	Abel Aguilar	(1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 29)	49	Toulouse
9	4FW	Teófilo Gutiérrez	(1985-05-17)17 May 1985 (aged 29)	30	River Plate
10	3MF	James Rodríguez	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 22)	22	Monaco
11	3MF	Juan Cuadrado	(1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 26)	28	Fiorentina
12	1GK	Camilo Vargas	(1989-03-09)9 March 1989 (aged 25)	0	Santa Fe
13	3MF	Fredy Guarín	(1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 27)	49	Internazionale
14	4FW	Víctor Ibarbo	(1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 24)	9	Cagliari
15	3MF	Alexander Mejía	(1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 25)	8	Atlético Nacional
16	2DF	Éder Álvarez Balanta	(1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 21)	3	River Plate
17	4FW	Carlos Bacca	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 27)	11	Sevilla
18	2DF	Juan Camilo Zúñiga	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 28)	50	Napoli
19	4FW	Adrián Ramos	(1986-01-22)22 January 1986 (aged 28)	26	Hertha BSC
20	3MF	Juan Quintero	(1993-01-18)18 January 1993 (aged 21)	4	Porto
21	4FW	Jackson Martínez	(1986-10-03)3 October 1986 (aged 27)	27	Porto
22	1GK	Faryd Mondragón	(1971-06-21)21 June 1971 (aged 43)	50	Deportivo Cali
23	2DF	Carlos Valdés	(1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 29)	14	San Lorenzo[48]

Head coach: José Pékerman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	David Ospina	(1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 29)	86	0	Arsenal
2	2DF	Cristián Zapata	(1986-09-30)30 September 1986 (aged 31)	55	2	Milan
3	2DF	Óscar Murillo	(1988-04-18)18 April 1988 (aged 30)	13	0	Pachuca
4	2DF	Santiago Arias	(1992-01-13)13 January 1992 (aged 26)	41	0	PSV Eindhoven
5	3MF	Wílmar Barrios	(1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 24)	10	0	Boca Juniors
6	3MF	Carlos Sánchez	(1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 32)	85	0	Espanyol
7	4FW	Carlos Bacca	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 31)	45	14	Villarreal
8	3MF	Abel Aguilar	(1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 33)	70	7	Deportivo Cali
9	4FW	Radamel Falcao (captain)	(1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 32)	73	29	Monaco
10	3MF	James Rodríguez	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 26)	63	21	Bayern Munich
11	3MF	Juan Cuadrado	(1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 30)	70	7	Juventus
12	1GK	Camilo Vargas	(1989-03-09)9 March 1989 (aged 29)	5	0	Deportivo Cali
13	2DF	Yerry Mina	(1994-09-23)23 September 1994 (aged 23)	12	3	Barcelona
14	4FW	Luis Muriel	(1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (aged 27)	18	2	Sevilla
15	3MF	Mateus Uribe	(1991-03-21)21 March 1991 (aged 27)	8	0	América
16	3MF	Jefferson Lerma	(1994-10-25)25 October 1994 (aged 23)	5	0	Levante
17	2DF	Johan Mojica	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 25)	4	1	Girona
18	2DF	Farid Díaz	(1983-07-20)20 July 1983 (aged 34)	13	0	Olimpia
19	4FW	Miguel Borja	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 25)	7	2	Palmeiras
20	3MF	Juan Fernando Quintero	(1993-01-18)18 January 1993 (aged 25)	15	2	River Plate
21	4FW	José Izquierdo	(1992-07-07)7 July 1992 (aged 25)	5	1	Brighton & Hove Albion
22	1GK	José Fernando Cuadrado	(1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 33)	1	0	Once Caldas
23	2DF	Davinson Sánchez	(1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 22)	9	0	Tottenham Hotspur

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
1	Freddy Rincón	10	1990, 1994 and 1998
	Carlos Valderrama	10	1990, 1994 and 1998
3	Juan Cuadrado	9	2014 and 2018
	David Ospina	9	2014 and 2018
5	James Rodríguez	8	2014 and 2018
6	Leonel Álvarez	7	1990 and 1994
	Andrés Escobar	7	1990 and 1994
	Luis Herrera	7	1990 and 1994
	Santiago Arias	7	2014 and 2018
	Juan Quintero	7	2014 and 2018
	Carlos Sánchez	7	2014 and 2018

Current as of 03 July 2018 after the match v England

Colombia's record World Cup scorer, James Rodríguez, has also won the Golden Boot when he scored 6 goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Player	Goals	1962	1990	1994	1998	2014	2018
Francisco Zuluaga	1	1
Germán Aceros	1	1
Marcos Coll	1	1
Antonio Rada	1	1
Marino Klinger	1	1
Bernardo Redín	2		2
Carlos Valderrama	1		1
Freddy Rincón	1		1
Adolfo Valencia	2			2
Hernán Gaviria	1			1
John Harold Lozano	1			1
Léider Preciado	1				1
Pablo Armero	1					1
Teófilo Gutiérrez	1					1
James Rodríguez	6					6
Juan Fernando Quintero	2					1	1
Juan Guillermo Cuadrado	2					1	1
Jackson Martínez	2					2
Yerry Mina	3						3
Radamel Falcao	1						1
Total	32	5	4	4	1	12	6

Own goals scored for opponents

• Andrés Escobar (scored for the United States in 1994)

Current as of 3 July 2018 after the match v England

Team Awards

• FIFA Fair Play Trophy 2014

Individual Awards

• Golden Boot 2014: James Rodríguez

Records

• Only tournament goal directly from a corner: Marcos Coll (1962 v USSR)

• Colombia at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
• Colombia at the Copa América
• South American nations at the FIFA World Cup

• Colombia World Cup Record