Colombia national football team records and statistics
The following is a list of the Colombia national football team's competitive records and statistics.
Individual records
Player records
- As of 28 March 2023[1]
- Players in bold are still active with Colombia.
Most capped players
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David Ospina is Colombia's most-capped player with 124 international appearances.
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Ospina | 127 | 0 | 2007– |
| 2 | Juan Cuadrado | 113 | 10 | 2010– |
| 3 | Carlos Valderrama | 111 | 11 | 1985–1998 |
| 4 | Radamel Falcao | 104 | 36 | 2007– |
| 5 | Mario Yepes | 102 | 6 | 1999–2014 |
| 6 | Leonel Álvarez | 101 | 1 | 1985–1997 |
| 7 | James Rodríguez | 90 | 26 | 2011– |
| 8 | Carlos Sánchez | 88 | 0 | 2007–2018 |
| 9 | Freddy Rincón | 84 | 17 | 1990–2001 |
| 10 | Luis Carlos Perea | 78 | 2 | 1987–1994 |
Most capped goalkeepers
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Ospina | 127 | 0 | 2007– |
| 2 | Óscar Córdoba | 73 | 0 | 1993–2006 |
| 3 | René Higuita | 68 | 3 | 1987–1999 |
| 4 | Miguel Calero | 51 | 0 | 1995–2009 |
| Faryd Mondragón | 51 | 0 | 1993–2014 |
Top goalscorers
Radamel Falcao is Colombia's all-time top scorer with 35 goals.
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Average | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radamel Falcao (list) | 36 | 104 | 0.35 | 2007– |
| 2 | James Rodríguez | 26 | 90 | 0.29 | 2011– |
| 3 | Arnoldo Iguarán | 25 | 68 | 0.37 | 1979–1993 |
| 4 | Faustino Asprilla | 20 | 57 | 0.35 | 1993–2001 |
| 5 | Freddy Rincón | 17 | 84 | 0.2 | 1990–2001 |
| 6 | Carlos Bacca | 16 | 52 | 0.31 | 2010–2018 |
| 7 | Teófilo Gutiérrez | 15 | 51 | 0.29 | 2009–2017 |
| Víctor Aristizábal | 15 | 66 | 0.23 | 1993–2003 | |
| 9 | Adolfo Valencia | 14 | 37 | 0.38 | 1992–1998 |
| 10 | Iván Valenciano | 13 | 29 | 0.45 | 1991–2000 |
| Antony de Ávila | 13 | 54 | 0.24 | 1983–1998 |
Manager records
Competition records
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1930 |
Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1934 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1938 |
Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1950 |
Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1954 |
Banned | Did not participate | |||||||||||||||
 1958 |
Did not qualify | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
 1962 |
Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | Squad | 1st | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
 1966 |
Did not qualify | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
 1970 |
3rd | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | ||||||||||
 1974 |
2nd | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
 1978 |
3rd | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
 1982 |
3rd | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 1986 |
3rd | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
 1990 |
Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Squad | 1st1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
 1994 |
Group stage | 19th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
 1998 |
21st | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Squad | 3rd | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}  2002 |
Did not qualify | 6th | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 15 | |||||||||
| 2006 |
6th | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 16 | ||||||||||
 2010 |
7th | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 18 | ||||||||||
 2014 |
Quarter-finals | 5th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | Squad | 2nd | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | |
 2018 |
Round of 16 | 9th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Squad | 4th | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | |
 2022 |
Did not qualify | 6th | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 19 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2026 |
To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 6/22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 32 | 30 | — | — | 170 | 62 | 54 | 54 | 200 | 178 | |
- 1.^ Played Intercontinental playoffs.
Copa América
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| South American Championship / Copa América record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1916 | Did not participate | ||||||||
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| 1939 | Withdrew | ||||||||
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| 1945 | Fifth place | 5th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 25 | Squad |
| 1946 | Withdrew | ||||||||
 1947 | Eighth place | 8th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 19 | Squad |
| 1949 | 8th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | Squad | |
 1953 | Withdrew | ||||||||
| 1955 | |||||||||
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| 1957 | Fifth place | 5th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 25 | Squad |
| 1959 | Withdrew | ||||||||
| 1959 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1963 | Seventh place | 7th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | Squad |
| 1967 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1975 | Runners-up | 2nd | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 | Squad |
| 1979 | Group stage | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Squad |
| 1983 | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad | |
| 1987 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Squad |
| 1989 | Group stage | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Squad |
| 1991 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Squad |
| 1993 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Squad |
| 1995 | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Squad | |
| 1997 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | Squad |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1999 | 5th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | Squad | |
 2001 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Squad |
| 2004 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad |
 2007 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Squad |
| 2015 | 6th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Squad | |
| 2016 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | Squad |
| 2019 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Squad |
| 2021 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad |
| 2024 | Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 23/47 | 124 | 49 | 25 | 50 | 142 | 191 | — |
Head-to-head record
This is a list of the official games played by Colombia national football team up to and including the match against Argentina on 1 February 2022.
AFC
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia[lower-alpha 1] |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Bahrain |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 100.00 |
 China |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 50.00 |
| Japan |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 60.00 |
 Jordan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
 Kuwait |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Qatar |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Saudi Arabia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 |
 South Korea |
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 14.29 |
 United Arab Emirates |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 50.00 |
- Football Federation Australia were founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) before joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. Matches against Australia prior to 2006 are included in the OFC section.[2][3]
CAF
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.00 |
 Cameroon |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 50.00 |
 Egypt |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Ivory Coast |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Liberia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Morocco |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Nigeria |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 75.00 |
 Senegal |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
| South Africa |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Tunisia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 52.63 |
CONCACAF
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 66.67 |
 Costa Rica |
13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 76.92 |
 Curaçao |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
 El Salvador |
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 71.43 |
 Guatemala |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 50.00 |
 Haiti |
13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 46.15 |
 Honduras |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 100.00 |
 Jamaica |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 80.00 |
| Mexico |
27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 29.63 |
 Panama |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 66.67 |
 Puerto Rico |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 66.67 |
| United States |
20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 65.00 |
| Total | 106 | 61 | 18 | 27 | 175 | 102 | +73 | 57.55 |
CONMEBOL
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 22.50 |
 Bolivia |
30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 46.67 |
| Brazil |
35 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 67 | −49 | 8.57 |
| Chile |
42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 26.19 |
| Ecuador |
48 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 47.92 |
 Paraguay |
46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 43.48 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peru |
61 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 72 | 67 | +5 | 34.43 |
| Uruguay |
44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 27.27 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Venezuela |
40 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 45.00 |
| Total | 386 | 131 | 118 | 137 | 435 | 495 | −60 | 33.94 |
OFC
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia[lower-alpha 1] |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 66.67 |
 New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 75.00 |
- Football Federation Australia were founder members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) before joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006. Matches against Australia after 2006 are included in the AFC section.[2][3]
UEFA
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
 East Germany |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| England |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0.00 |
 Finland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| France |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 25.00 |
| Germany |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 25.00 |
 Greece |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
 Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Israel |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 50.00 |
 Montenegro |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Northern Ireland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Norway |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Poland |
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 62.50 |
 Republic of Ireland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Romania |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
 Serbia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Scotland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 33.33 |
 Slovakia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 66.67 |
 Slovenia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Soviet Union |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Spain |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Sweden |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Switzerland |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 50.00 |
 Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| West Germany |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0.00 |
| Total | 65 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 71 | 79 | −8 | 32.31 |
References
- Mamrud, Roberto. "Colombia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
- "Australia gets President's blessing to join AFC in 2006". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- "Timeline of Australian Football". migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- "World Football Elo Ratings: Colombia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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