Colombia national under-17 football team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Juan Carlos Ramírez
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 Colombia national under-17 football team represents Colombia in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

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
2023
2025	To be determined
Total	Fourth place	6/20	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
2023	First round	9th	4	0	1	3	1	9
Total	1 title	19/19	115	42	32	41	155	146

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

Colombia  v  Ecuador

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)

Chile  v  Colombia

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)

Uruguay  v  Colombia

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)

Colombia  v  Bolivia

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)

Colombia  v  Ecuador

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)

Chile  v  Colombia

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

Colombia  v  Venezuela

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

Brazil  v  Colombia

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)

Colombia  v  Paraguay

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)

Colombia  v  Chile

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

Colombia  v  India

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

Colombia  v  Mexico

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'

Colombia  v  Ghana

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)

India  v  Colombia

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)

United States  v  Colombia

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)

Colombia  v  Germany

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)

El Salvador  v  Colombia

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

Colombia  v  Bolivia

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

Colombia  v  Ecuador

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

Colombia  v  Venezuela

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

Colombia  v  Ecuador

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

2019

Argentina  v  Colombia

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)

Colombia  v  Uruguay

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)

Brazil  v  Colombia

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)

Colombia  v  Paraguay

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 are called up to the squad for the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Juan Gómez	(2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Atlético Nacional
	1GK	Breiner Quintana	(2006-03-27) 27 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Millonarios
	1GK	Andrés Tovar	(2006-03-25) 25 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Envigado
	2DF	Elver Steven Arizala	(2006-12-10) 10 December 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Deportivo Cali
	2DF	Juan Camilo Asprilla	(2006-05-31) 31 May 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Estudiantil
	2DF	Carlos Manuel González	(2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Atlético Nacional
	2DF	Jhoan Hernández	(2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Millonarios
	2DF	Tomás Hoyos	(2006-02-14) 14 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Free agent
	2DF	Yuleiver Mosquera	(2006-05-25) 25 May 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Free agent
	2DF	Xavi Rios	(2006-01-29) 29 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Atlético Nacional
	3MF	Jordan Barrera	(2006-04-11) 11 April 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Barranquilla
	3MF	Jhon Echavez	(2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Free agent
	3MF	Jean Pierre Foronda	(2006-01-28) 28 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Free agent
	3MF	Juan David Obando	(2006-11-30) 30 November 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Atlético Nacional
	3MF	Nicola Profeta	(2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Deportivo Cali
	3MF	Luis Tafur	(2006-11-18) 18 November 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Real Cartagena
	4FW	Andy Duvan Batioja	(2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Atlético Nacional
	4FW	Juan David Bonilla	(2006-01-18) 18 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Envigado
	4FW	Brayan Mateo Caicedo	(2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Cycolnes
	4FW	William López	(2006-09-19) 19 September 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Estudiantil
	4FW	John Edwin Montaño	(2006-10-04) 4 October 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Independiente Medellín
	4FW	Juan Sebastián Palacios	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Free agent
	4FW	Juan Esteban Sánchez	(2006-10-19) 19 October 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Free agent

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
  • Third place (1): 2022 Valledupar
• 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