The Colombia national under-23 football team represents Colombia at the Summer Olympic Games and in international under-23 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

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Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Héctor Cárdenas
FIFA code	COL
First colours Second colours
First international
Guatemala 2–1 Colombia  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950)
Biggest win
Colombia 7–1 Dominican Republic  (Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971)  Colombia 6–0 Bahamas  (Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 9–0 Colombia  (Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000)
Olympic Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1968)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2016)
Medal record Bolivarian Games 1951 Caracas Team 1961 Barranquilla Team 1973 Panama City Team 1981 Barquisimeto Team South American Games 1986 Santiago Team Pan American Games 1971 Colombia Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1954 Mexico City Team 1970 Panama City Team

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The team played its first match in 1950. From that year to 1992 the team played as a Colombia national amateur football team. Since 1992, the team played as Colombia national under-23 football team until 2004, when the qualification for the Olympic Games was changed to South American Youth Football Championship for under-20 teams (before this, the qualification tournament was CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament). The team was inactive since 2004, however with the qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification play-off the team was resurrected.

*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.

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Olympic Games

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Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1900	did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1936
1948
1952	did not enter
1956
1960	did not qualify
1964
1968	First stage	10th	3	1	0	2	4	5
1972	First stage	11th	3	1	0	2	5	12
1976	did not qualify
1980	First stage	11th	3	1	1	1	2	4
1984	did not qualify
1988
1992	First stage	14th	3	0	1	2	4	9
1996	did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	6	6
2020	did not qualify
2024
Total	Quarter-finals	5/26	16	4	4	8	21	36

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CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament

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Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1960	First stage	10th	2	1	0	1	3	7
1964	Fourth place	4th	6	1	2	3	6	10
1968	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	10	7
1972	Runners-up	2nd	7	2	5	0	7	4
1976	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	5	9
1980	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	10	5
1984	First stage	5th	2	0	0	2	1	5
1988	Fourth place	4th	7	4	1	2	7	4
1992	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	14	3
1996	Fourth place	4th	4	0	2	2	6	11
2000	First stage	6th	4	2	1	1	10	13
2004	Playoffs	6th	5	2	0	3	7	9
2020	Fourth place	4th	7	2	2	3	10	9
2024	First stage	10th	4	0	0	4	0	8
Total	Runners-up	14/14	72	26	19	27	96	100

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Pan American Games

More information Pan American Games record, Year ...

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1951	did not participate
1955
1959
1963
1967	Preliminary round	8th	3	0	0	3	2	13
1971	Silver medal	2nd	8	5	2	1	21	7
1975	did not participate
1979
1983
1987	Preliminary round	11th	3	0	1	2	1	4
1991	did not participate
1995	Bronze medal	3rd	6	4	0	2	13	5
1999	did not participate
2003	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	6	7
2007	Preliminary round	7th	3	1	1	1	1	1
2011	did not participate
2015
2019
2023	Sixth place	6th	4	1	1	2	2	4
Total	Silver medal	7/19	32	13	6	13	46	41

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  Win   Draw   Loss

2024

Colombia  v  Dominican Republic

12 January Friendly	Colombia	5–0	Dominican Republic	Romelio Martínez Stadium, Barranquilla
	Ruiz 22' Tanton 47' Cortés 55', 73' Perea 83'	Report

Ecuador  v  Colombia

20 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	Ecuador	3–0	Colombia	Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
	Medina 71', 88' Zambrano 86'	Report		Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

Brazil  v  Colombia

26 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	Brazil	2–0	Colombia	Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
	Endrick 25' John Kennedy 83'	Report		Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Colombia  v  Venezuela

29 January 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	Colombia	0–1	Venezuela	Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas
		Report	Bolívar 34'	Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

Colombia  v  Bolivia

1 February 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	Colombia	0–2	Bolivia	Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia
		Report	Briceño 9', 29'	Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

• Pan American Games:
  • Silver Medalists (1): 1971
  • Bronze Medalists (1): 1995
• CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament:
  • Runners-up (4): 1968, 1971, 1980, 1992
  • Fourth place (4): 1964, 1976, 1987, 2020
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Gold Medalists (3): 1946, 2006, 2018
  • Silver Medalists (1): 2014
  • Bronze Medalists (3): 1938, 1954, 1970
• South American Games:
  • Gold Medalists (3): 1994, 2010, 2014
  • Silver Medalists (1): 1986
  • Bronze Medalists (2): 1990, 2018
• Bolivarian Games
  • Gold Medalists (5): 1951, 1997, 2005, 2013, 2017
  • Silver Medalists (6): 1961, 1973, 1981, 1985, 1993, 2001

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