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Colombia National Football Team
The Colombia national football team (), nicknamed ''Los Cafeteros,'' represents Colombia in men's international Association football, football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (), the governing body for football in Colombia. They are a member of CONMEBOL and are ranked 14th in the FIFA World Rankings as of April 2025. The team are nicknamed ''Los Cafeteros'' due to the Coffee production in Colombia, coffee production in the country. The national team has been a symbol of nationalism, pride and passion for many Colombians worldwide. Colombia is known for having a passionate fan base, and the team's dances during goal celebrations have been symbolic. The Colombian team has participated in six FIFA World Cups: 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962, 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1990, 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994, 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018. In the 2014 edition held in Brazil, the team achieved its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Colombian Coffee Growing Axis
The Coffee Axis () is a geographic, cultural, economic and ecological region of Colombia, located in the departments of Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío, as well as the regions of northwestern Tolima, northern and eastern Valle del Cauca and southwestern Antioquia, including the capital cities of the first four departments mentioned (Manizales, Pereira, Colombia, Pereira, Armenia, Colombia, Armenia and Ibagué, respectively). History of coffee Coffee was first grown commercially in Colombia in Salazar de las Palmas, north of Santander, and over the twentieth century grew to be Colombia's primary export. When coffee was first brought into the country, the leaders tried to push the farming of coffee beans, but was met with resistance from the people because it takes about 5 years until the first harvest of the bean. In 1999 coffee revenues represented 3.7% of gross domestic product (gdp) and 37% of agricultural employment. The main coffee-producing departments are: Nariño, Norte de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
CONCACAF Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup () is an association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its top continental tournament for men's senior national teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament is held every two years with its inaugural edition in 1991. It is the direct successor competition of the CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989). So far, only three national teams have won the tournament: Canada, Mexico, and the United States. All of them are member associations of the North American Football Union (NAFU). History Championships before CONCACAF Before the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) was formed in 1961, association football in the region was divided into smaller, regional divisions. The two main bodies consisted of the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) founded in 1938 (consisting of Central America and most of the Caribbean) and the North American Football Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1995 Copa América Squads
Below are the rosters for the Copa América 1995 football tournament in Uruguay, from 5 to 23 July 1995. For this edition, Mexico and the United States were invited once again. Group A Mexico Head coach: Miguel Mejía Barón Paraguay Head coach: Ladislao Kubala Uruguay Head coach: Héctor Núñez Venezuela Head coach: Rafael Santana Group B Brazil Head coach: Mário Zagallo Colombia Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez Ecuador Head coach: Francisco Maturana Peru Head coach: Miguel Company Group C Argentina Head coach: Daniel Passarella Bolivia Head coach: Antonio López Habas Chile Head coach: Xabier Azkargorta United States Head coach: Steve Sampson Mark Stephen Sampson (born January 19, 1957) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1995 Copa América
The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invited in order to reach 12 teams. The United States was the surprise of the tournament, beating defending champions Argentina 3–0 and winning the group. The United States went on to defeat Mexico on penalties in the second round but then lost to Brazil 1–0 in the semi-finals. They then fell to Colombia 4–1 in the third-place game, finishing fourth overall. In this edition of the tournament, extra time was not played if a match was drawn after 90 minutes. Instead it went straight to a penalty shootout. Venues Squads For a complete list of all participating squads: '' 1995 Copa América squads'' Match officials Argentina * Javier Castrilli Bolivia * Pablo Peña Brazil * Márcio Rezende de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1993 Copa América Squads
Below are the rosters for the 1993 Copa América tournament in Ecuador, from 15 June to 4 July 1993. The competition featured the debut of two teams (Mexico national football team, Mexico and the United States men's national soccer team, United States) and as a result the tournament format changed to one with three groups of four teams each. Group A Ecuador Head coach: Dušan Drašković United States Head coach: Bora Milutinović Uruguay Head coach: Luís Cubilla Venezuela Head coach: Ratomir Dujković Group B Brazil Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira Gil Baiano was a late injury replacement for the originally selected Luis Carlos Winck The player (Nº13)Jose Gildasio Pereira de Matos or Gil Baiano of the Club Bragantino Brazil was replaced due to injury for Luis Carlos Winck of the club Gremio Porto Alegre Brazil before the start of the tournament. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1993 Copa América
The 1993 Copa América was the 36th Copa América, CONMEBOL's football tournament for national teams. It was held in Ecuador between 15 June and 4 July. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, but for the first time two nations from outside CONMEBOL were invited to take part in the tournament, to round out the format. Mexico and the United States, both of CONCACAF, were the invited teams for this tournament. Argentina defeated Mexico in the final 2–1 to win their record 14th continental championship, also their last senior title until 2021. It was the first edition of the Copa América in which neither Brazil nor Uruguay finished in the top four. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1987 Copa América Squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1987 Copa América held in Argentina. The first round was played in three groups of three teams with Uruguay, as defending champion, receiving a bye to the semi-finals. Group A Argentina Head Coach: Carlos Bilardo Ecuador Head Coach: Luis Grimaldi Peru Head Coach: Fernando Cuellar Group B Brazil Head Coach: Carlos Alberto Silva Chile Head Coach: Orlando Aravena Venezuela Head Coach: Rafael Santana Group C Bolivia Head Coach: * Marciano Saldías and Mauricio Ramos remained on standby in Bolivia and did not travel to Argentina. Colombia Head Coach: Francisco Maturana Paraguay Head Coach: José Parodi Semi-final Uruguay Head Coach: Roberto Fleitas Roberto Fleitas (25 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1987 Copa América
The 1987 Copa América was the 33rd edition of the Copa América, CONMEBOL's national team competition. It was the first Copa América under the new rotational hosting system. Argentina, as the first country alphabetically, hosted the tournament between 27 June and 12 July. Uruguay successfully defended their title, winning a record 13th Copa América. Squads Venues Group stage The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team plays once against the other teams in their group and would receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. The winner of each group advances to the semi-finals. Defending champions Uruguay received a bye into the semi-finals. ---- ''Uruguay qualified automatically as holders for the semifinal.'' ---- Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ---- Third-place match Final Champion Statistics Goalscorers With four goals, Arnoldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 Copa América Squads
The 2024 Copa América was an international soccer tournament held in the United States from June 20 to July 14, 2024. The sixteen participating national teams were required to register a squad of up to 26 players, including at least three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. On May 16, 2024, CONMEBOL announced an increase in the final squads from 23 to a maximum of 26 players. The decision was made by the CONMEBOL Council at the request of some member associations, and teams were able to opt for a final list of minimum 23 and maximum 26 players. Each national team had to submit to CONMEBOL, via the COMET system, a provisional list with a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 55 players (including at least four goalkeepers) by May 5, 2024, 18:00 PYT ( UTC−4) (Regulations Article 58). The final list or squad list of up to 26 players per national team had to be submitted to CONMEBOL by June 15, 2024, 18:00 PYT ( UTC−4), a week pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 Copa América
The 2024 Copa América was the 48th edition of the Copa América, the quadrennial international men's association football, soccer championship organized by South America's football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in the United States from June 20 to July 14, 2024, and was co-organized by CONCACAF. This was the second time that the United States hosted the tournament, having hosted the Copa América Centenario in 2016. Argentina national football team, Argentina was the defending champion, and won a record sixteenth title after defeating Colombia national football team, Colombia 1–0 after Overtime (sports)#Association football, extra time in the 2024 Copa América final, final, which was played on July 14, 2024, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Host selection The 2024 Copa América had been expected to be hosted by Ecuador because of CONMEBOL's host rotation order. However, it was run by America because CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1975 Copa América Squads
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1975 Copa América. The first round was played in three groups of three teams with Uruguay, receiving a bye to the semi-finals. Group A Argentina Head Coach: César Luis Menotti Brazil Head Coach: Osvaldo Brandão Venezuela Head Coach: Group B Bolivia Coach: Chile Head Coach: Pedro Morales Peru Head Coach: Marcos Calderón Group C Colombia Head Coach: Efraín Sánchez Ecuador Head Coach: Roque Máspoli Paraguay Head Coach: Semi-final Uruguay Head Coach: Juan Alberto Schiaffino Juan Alberto "Pepe" Schiaffino Villalba (; 28 July 1925 – 13 November 2002) was a Uruguayan football player who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. A highly skilful and creative play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1975 Copa América
The 1975 edition of the Copa América football (soccer), football tournament was played between 17 July and 28 October. The tournament saw many significant shifts to its format, such as changing its name from South American Championship to Copa América and altering from a round-robin tournament to incorporating a group stage, a knockout round, and a final. Additionally all ten CONMEBOL countries participated for the first time, with defending champions Uruguay national football team, Uruguay receiving a bye into the semi-finals and the rest starting in the group stage. For this tournament there was also no fixed venue, and all matches were played throughout the year in each country. Squads For a complete list of participating squads: see ''1975 Copa América squads'' Group stage The teams were drawn into three groups, consisting of three teams each. Each team played twice (home and away) against the other teams in their group, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
