Colombia national under-17 football team

The Colombia national under-17 football team represents Colombia in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Héctor Cárdenas
FIFA code	COL
First colours Second colours
First international
Colombia 0–2 Peru  (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1 April 1985)
Biggest win
Colombia 9–1 Finland  (Helsinki, Finland; 19 August 2003)  Colombia 8–0 Bolivia  (Asunción, Paraguay; 5 May 1991)
Biggest defeat
Colombia 0–4 Switzerland   (Lagos, Nigeria; 12 November 2009)  Brazil 5–1 Colombia  (Ibarra, Ecuador; 25 March 2011)  Paraguay 4–0 Colombia  (Luque, Paraguay; 17 March 2015)  Colombia 0–4 Germany  (New Delhi, India; 16 October 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1989)
Best result	Fourth place 2003, 2009
South American Under-17 Football Championship
Appearances	17 (first in 1985)
Best result	Winners 1993
Medal record Bolivarian Games 1997 Arequipa Team 2005 Colombia Team 2013 Trujillo Team 2017 Santa Marta Team 1993 Bolivia Team 2001 Ambato Team South American Games 1994 Valencia Team 2010 Medellín Team 2014 Santiago Team

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
1985	Did not Qualify
1987
1989	First round	15th	3	0	1	2	3	5
1991	Did not Qualify
1993	First round	14th	3	1	0	2	3	6
1995	Did not Qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	2	1	14	5
2005	Did not Qualify
2007	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	10	7
2009	Fourth Place	4th	7	2	3	2	8	11
2011	Did not Qualify
2013
2015
2017	Round of 16	11th	4	2	0	2	5	7
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	Fourth place	6/19	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
1985	Round-robin	6th	8	3	1	4	9	12
1986	First round	8th	4	1	1	2	5	5
1988	Third place	3rd	7	2	3	2	7	6
1991	First round	6th	4	2	1	1	10	4
1993	Champions	1st	7	5	2	0	14	4
1995	First round	5th	4	1	1	2	6	6
1997	First round	5th	4	2	1	1	5	2
1999	First round	8th	4	1	1	2	6	8
2001	First round	5th	4	2	1	1	7	7
2003	Third place	3rd	7	3	3	1	11	10
2005	Fourth place	4th	7	2	1	4	6	8
2007	Third place	3rd	9	5	3	1	16	5
2009	Fourth place	4th	7	4	2	1	11	6
2011	Fifth place	5th	9	3	2	4	12	15
2013	First round	8th	4	0	3	1	3	4
2015	Sixth place	6th	9	2	3	4	10	15
2017	Fourth place	4th	9	4	2	3	12	12
2019	First round	9th	4	0	0	4	4	8
2021	To be determined
Total	1 title	19/19	111	42	33	38	154	137

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

23 February South American U17 Football Championship	Colombia	2–1	Ecuador	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
20:00	Barrero  72' Peñaloza  78'	Report	Rezabala  25'	Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

25 February South American U17 Football Championship	Chile	1–1	Colombia	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
22:15	Alarcón  70'	Report	Peñaloza  60'	Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

27 February South American U17 Football Championship	Uruguay	1–3	Colombia	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
17:00	Falconis  44'	Report	Peñaloza  38' (pen.) Barrero  49' Campaz  63'	Referee: José Méndez (Paraguay)

1 March South American U17 Football Championship	Colombia	2–3	Bolivia	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
17:00	López  76' Campaz  79'	Report	Roca  3', 66' Melgar  7'	Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

7 March South American U17 Football Championship	Colombia	2–1	Ecuador	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
17:45	Campaz  53' Martínez  90+2'	Report	Quiñónez  12'	Referee: Juan Nelio García (Bolivia)

10 March South American U17 Football Championship	Chile	1–0	Colombia	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
20:00	Zúñiga  19'	Report		Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)

13 March South American U17 Football Championship	Colombia	0–0	Venezuela	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
17:45		Report		Referee: Jorge Baliño (Argentina)

16 March South American U17 Football Championship	Brazil	3–0	Colombia	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
22:15	Vinícius Jr.  24', 52' Alerrando  69'	Report		Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

19 March South American U17 Football Championship	Colombia	2–1	Paraguay	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua
20:00	Barrero  40' Vidal  66'	Report	Sánchez  9'	Referee: Michael Espinoza (Peru)

4 August Torneo 4 Naciones	Colombia	3–3	Chile	Mexico City, Mexico
	Martínez  13' Caicedo  20', 90+1'	Report	Díaz  9' Mesías  41', 52'

5 August Torneo 4 Naciones	Colombia	3–0	India	Mexico City, Mexico
	Vidal  8' Cortés  45' Ángel  47'	Report

6 August Torneo 4 Naciones	Colombia	4–4	Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico
	Caicedo  19', 63' Barrero  20' Campaz  32'	Report	de la Rosa  16', 48', 72' Laínez  53'

6 October 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Colombia	0–1	Ghana	New Delhi, India
17:00		Report	Sadiq  39'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 24,300 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

9 October 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	India	1–2	Colombia	New Delhi, India
20:00	Thounaojam  82'	Report	Peñaloza  49', 83'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 48,184 Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

12 October 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	United States	1–3	Colombia	Navi Mumbai, India
20:00	Acosta  24'	Report	Vidal  3' Peñaloza  67' D. Caicedo  87'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 22,263 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

16 October 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	Colombia	0–4	Germany	New Delhi, India
17:00		Report	Arp  7', 65' Bisseck  39' Yeboah  49'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 19,477 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

15 November 2017 Bolivarian Games	El Salvador	0–2	Colombia	Santa Marta, Colombia
				Stadium: Estadio Sierra Nevada

16 November 2017 Bolivarian Games	Colombia	1–1	Bolivia	Santa Marta, Colombia
				Stadium: Estadio Sierra Nevada

18 November 2017 Bolivarian Games	Colombia	0–0	Ecuador	Santa Marta, Colombia
				Stadium: Estadio Sierra Nevada

21 November 2017 Bolivarian Games	Colombia	1–0	Venezuela	Santa Marta, Colombia
				Stadium: Estadio Sierra Nevada

23 November 2017 Bolivarian Games	Colombia	2–2 (5–4 p)	Ecuador	Santa Marta, Colombia
				Stadium: Estadio Sierra Nevada

2019

24 March South American U17 Football Championship	Argentina	2–1	Colombia	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima
17:10	Fernández  45' Zeballos  83'	Report	Campaña  88'	Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

26 March South American U17 Football Championship	Colombia	1–2	Uruguay	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima
17:10	Arroyo  6' (pen.)	Report	Machado  15' Cartagena  37'	Referee: Franklin Congo (Ecuador)

28 March South American U17 Football Championship	Brazil	3–2	Colombia	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima
19:30	Patryck  44' Reinier  59' Henri  67'	Report	Y. Mosquera  53' Cuesta  86'	Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

30 March South American U17 Football Championship	Colombia	0–1	Paraguay	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima
17:10		Report	D. Duarte  63'	Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

Current squad

The following 23 players were named for the 2019 South American U-17 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	GK	Juan Diego Castillo	13 January 2003 (aged 16)	Carlos Sarmiento Lora
2	FW	Juan Madrid	30 January 2002 (aged 17)	Barranquilla
3	DF	Edilson Pérez	20 January 2002 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
4	MF	Yoni Mosquera	23 March 2002 (aged 16)	Estudiantil
5	DF	Germán Meneses	28 February 2002 (aged 17)	Estudiantil
6	FW	Yani Quintero	17 July 2002 (aged 16)	Universitario Popayán
7	FW	Yéferson Paz	13 June 2002 (aged 16)	Cortuluá
8	DF	José Caicedo	23 May 2002 (aged 16)	Independiente Santa Fe
9	FW	Juan Alegría	6 June 2002 (aged 16)	Deportes Tolima
10	FW	Dylan Borrero	5 January 2002 (aged 17)	Independiente Santa Fe
11	FW	Juan David Fuentes	10 May 2003 (aged 15)	Barcelona
12	GK	Miguel Ángel Sánchez	26 September 2002 (aged 16)	Deportivo Cali
13	DF	Jhon Jáder Durán	13 December 2003 (aged 15)	Envigado
14	MF	Juan Perea	19 May 2002 (aged 16)	Atlético Madrid
15	MF	Andrés Arroyo	20 January 2002 (aged 17)	Deportivo Cali
16	FW	Brayan Montaño	2 May 2002 (aged 16)	Deportivo Cali
17	FW	Juan Manuel Cuesta	9 February 2002 (aged 17)	Independiente Medellín
18	DF	Johan Hinestroza	14 March 2002 (aged 17)	Atlético Nacional
19	FW	Ferlys García	23 February 2002 (aged 17)	Barranquilla
20	MF	Jhon Granados	2 April 2002 (aged 16)	Real Academia
21	FW	Johan Campaña	9 September 2002 (aged 16)	Deportivo Pasto
22	GK	Juan José Uribe	19 May 2002 (aged 16)	Atlético Nacional
23	FW	Juan David Mosquera	5 September 2002 (aged 16)	Carlos Sarmiento Lora

Honours

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Fourth place (2): 2003, 2009
• South American Under-17 Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 1993
  • Runners-up (1): 2007
  • Third place (2): 1988, 2003
  • Fourth place (2): 2005, 2009
• Bolivarian Games
  • Champions (4): 1997 Arequipa, 2005 Colombia, 2013 Trujillo, 2017 Santa Marta
  • Runners-up (2): 1993 Bolivia, 2001 Ambato
• South American Games
  • Champions (3): 1994 Valencia, 2010 Medellín, 2014 Santiago

Coaching staff

As of 20 March 2017

Manager	Orlando Restrepo
Assistant manager	Alfredo Araújo
Physical trainer	Juan Roldán
Goalkeeping coach	Álvaro Anzola
Medic	Daniel Restrepo
Physiotherapist	Sebastián Olivar
Kinesiologist	John Díaz

See also

• Colombia national football team
• Colombia national futsal team
• Colombia Olympic football team
• Colombia national under-20 football team
• Colombia national under-15 football team

References

External links

• FIFA.com: FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003
• FCF.com.co Plantilla de jugadores (in Spanish)
• CONMEBOL.com
• Bolivarian Games: Soccer Tournaments RSSSF page