The Colombia national under-20 football team represents
Colombia
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in international under-20
football
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competitions and is overseen by the
Colombian Football Federation.
The team's most notable performance in the
FIFA U-20 World Cup was in
2003
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, where they achieved third place. For the
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities. The tournament was won by Brazil who claimed their fifth title.
At a FIFA ...
, Colombia qualified automatically as hosts, eventually losing to
Mexico in the quarter-finals. Colombia have won the
South American Youth Championship three times:
1987
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,
2005
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and
2013
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. The team also participates in the
Toulon Tournament, of which Colombia is a three-time winner.
Competitive record
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on
penalty kicks
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.''
:''**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-20 World Cup
South American Youth Championship
From 1977, it serves as qualification for the World Cup.
Players
Current squad
* The following players were called up for the
friendly
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Places
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* ...
matches.
* Match dates: 24 and 27 November 2022
* Opposition:
*Caps and goals correct as of: 12 October 2022, after the match against
Recent call-ups
Honours
*
FIFA U-20 World Cup:
** Third place (1):
2003
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*
South American Youth Championship:
** Winners (3):
1987
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,
2005
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,
2013
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** Runners-up (2):
1988
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,
2015
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** Third place (3):
1964
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* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
,
1985
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Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
,
1992
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** Fourth place (1):
2003
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*
Toulon Tournament:
** Winners (3):
1999
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,
2000
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,
2011
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** Runners-up (2)
2001
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,
2013
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*
Bolivarian Games
**Runners-up (1):
1985 Ecuador
*
Central American and Caribbean Games
** Winners (2):
2006 Cartagena,
2018 Barranquilla
*
Pan American Games
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** Fourth Place (1):
2003 Santo Domingo
*
South American Games
** Third place (2):
1990 Lima,
2018 Cochabamba
See also
*
Colombia national football team
The Colombia national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Colombia) represents Colombia in men's international football and is managed by the Colombian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Colombia. They are a member ...
*
Colombia national futsal team
The Colombia national futsal team represents Colombia in international futsal competitions. It is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation in FIFA competitions and by the Fecolfutsal in AMF competitions.
The team's most notable performan ...
*
Colombia Olympic football team
*
Colombia national under-17 football team
*
Colombia national under-15 football team
The Colombia national under-15 football team represents Colombia in international under-15 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.
Competitive record
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty ki ...
References
External links
Selección Sub 20 official website
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South American national under-20 association football teams