Colombia national football team records and statistics

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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

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

Team records

Competition records

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Colombia at the 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
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Italy 1934
France 1938 Withdrew Withdrew
Brazil 1950 Did not enter Did not enter
Switzerland 1954 Banned Did not participate
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify 3rd 4 0 1 3 3 8
Chile 1962 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 5 11 Squad 1st 2 1 1 0 2 1
England 1966 Did not qualify 3rd 4 1 0 3 4 10
Mexico 1970 3rd 6 1 1 4 7 12
West Germany 1974 2nd 4 1 3 0 3 2
Argentina 1978 3rd 4 0 2 2 1 8
Spain 1982 3rd 4 0 2 2 4 7
Mexico 1986 3rd 8 3 2 3 8 10
Italy 1990 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 4 4 Squad 1st1 6 3 2 1 6 3
United States 1994 Group stage 19th 3 1 0 2 4 5 Squad 1st 6 4 2 0 13 2
France 1998 21st 3 1 0 2 1 3 Squad 3rd 16 8 4 4 23 15
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 6th 18 7 6 5 20 15
Germany 2006 6th 18 6 6 6 24 16
South Africa 2010 7th 18 6 5 7 14 18
Brazil 2014 Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 0 1 12 4 Squad 2nd 16 9 3 4 27 13
Russia 2018 Round of 16 9th 4 2 1 1 6 3 Squad 4th 18 7 6 5 21 19
Qatar 2022 Did not qualify 6th 18 5 8 5 20 19
Canada Mexico United States 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

Main article: Colombia at the 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
Argentina 1916 Did not participate
Uruguay 1917
Brazil 1919
Chile 1920
Argentina 1921
Brazil 1922
Uruguay 1923
Uruguay 1924
Argentina 1925
Chile 1926
Peru 1927
Argentina 1929
Peru 1935
Argentina 1937
Peru 1939 Withdrew
Chile 1941
Uruguay 1942
Chile 1945 Fifth place 5th 6 1 1 4 7 25 Squad
Argentina 1946 Withdrew
Ecuador 1947 Eighth place 8th 7 0 2 5 2 19 Squad
Brazil 1949 8th 7 0 2 5 4 23 Squad
Peru 1953 Withdrew
Chile 1955
Uruguay 1956
Peru 1957 Fifth place 5th 6 2 0 4 10 25 Squad
Argentina 1959 Withdrew
Ecuador 1959
Bolivia 1963 Seventh place 7th 6 0 1 5 10 19 Squad
Uruguay 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
Argentina 1987 Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 8 3 Squad
Brazil 1989 Group stage 6th 4 1 2 1 5 4 Squad
Chile 1991 Fourth place 4th 7 2 2 3 5 6 Squad
Ecuador 1993 Third place 3rd 6 3 2 1 6 4 Squad
Uruguay 1995 3rd 6 3 1 2 7 8 Squad
Bolivia 1997 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 0 3 6 7 Squad
Paraguay 1999 5th 4 3 0 1 8 4 Squad
Colombia 2001
Champions
 1st 6 6 0 0 11 0 Squad
Peru 2004 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 7 7 Squad
Venezuela 2007 Group stage 9th 3 1 0 2 3 9 Squad
Argentina 2011 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 3 2 Squad
Chile 2015 6th 4 1 2 1 1 1 Squad
United States 2016 Third place 3rd 6 3 1 2 7 6 Squad
Brazil 2019 Quarter-finals 5th 4 3 1 0 4 0 Squad
Brazil 2021 Third place 3rd 7 2 3 2 7 7 Squad
United States 2024 Qualified
Total 1 Title 23/47 124 49 25 50 142 191 —

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Saudi Arabia 1992 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1995
Saudi Arabia 1997
Mexico 1999
South Korea Japan 2001
France 2003 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 5 5 Squad
Germany 2005 Did not qualify
South Africa 2009
Brazil 2013
Russia 2017
Total Fourth place 1/10 5 2 0 3 5 5 —

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 Mexico on 26 March 2024.

AFC

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Australia[a] 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
 Iraq 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
 Japan 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 66.67
 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 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 66.67
 South Korea 8 1 3 4 9 14 −5 12.50
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00
Total 26 14 6 6 42 22 +20 53.85
Source:
Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[4]

Notes:
  1. 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
Source:
Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[4]

CONCACAF

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Canada 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 66.67
 Costa Rica 14 11 0 3 34 16 +18 78.57
 Curaçao 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100.00
 El Salvador 7 5 1 1 16 7 +9 71.43
 Guatemala 5 3 2 0 14 6 +8 60.00
 Haiti 5 4 0 1 12 4 +8 80.00
 Honduras 12 5 2 5 13 12 +1 41.67
 Jamaica 5 4 0 1 7 1 +6 80.00
 Mexico 28 9 9 10 27 29 −2 32.14
 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 21 13 5 3 28 14 +14 61.90
Total 111 64 19 28 186 105 +81 57.66
Source:
Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[4]

CONMEBOL

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Argentina 40 9 11 20 39 71 −32 22.50
 Bolivia 31 15 10 6 48 30 +18 48.39
 Brazil 36 4 11 21 20 68 −48 11.11
 Chile 43 11 17 15 55 70 −15 25.58
 Ecuador 49 23 13 13 54 44 +10 46.94
 Paraguay 48 22 9 17 57 52 +5 45.83
 Peru 61 21 22 18 71 65 +6 34.43
 Uruguay 45 12 13 20 49 64 −15 26.67
 Venezuela 43 21 15 7 58 26 +32 48.84
Total 396 138 121 137 451 490 −39 34.85
Source:
Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[4]

OFC

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
 Australia[a] 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
Source:
Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[4]

Notes:
  1. 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
 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
 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 9 +3 62.50
 Republic of Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0.00
 Romania 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 25.00
 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 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 25.00
 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
 Yugoslavia 4 0 1 3 0 7 −7 0.00
Total 67 23 21 23 75 82 −7 34.33
Source:
Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[4]

Full Confederation record

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD WPCT
AFC 26 14 6 6 42 22 +20 53.85
CAF 19 10 5 4 25 15 +10 52.63
CONCACAF 111 64 19 28 186 105 +81 57.66
CONMEBOL 396 138 121 137 451 490 −39 34.85
OFC 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 75.00
UEFA 67 23 21 23 75 82 −7 34.33
Total 623 252 173 198 786 717 +69 40.45
Source:
Results 1938–79, 1980–99, 2000–19 and 2020–present[4]

References

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto. "Colombia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  2. ^ a b "Australia gets President's blessing to join AFC in 2006". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Timeline of Australian Football". migrationheritage.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "World Football Elo Ratings: Colombia". www.eloratings.net. World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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