Colombia national under-17 football team
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The Colombia national under-17 football team represents Colombia in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.
NicknameLos Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachFreddy Hurtado
| Nickname | Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Freddy Hurtado | ||
| FIFA code | COL | ||
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| 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)
 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 | 7 (first in 1989) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2003, 2009) | ||
| South American U-17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 21 (first in 1985) | ||
| Best result | Winners (1993, 2026) | ||
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 twice (in 1993 and 2026).
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 | Round of 32 | TBD | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | Qualified | |||||||
| Total | Fourth place | 8/21 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 44 |
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 | 3 | 5 |
| 1988 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
 1991 | First round | 5th | 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 | Runners-up | 2nd | 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 | 11 | 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 |
| 2025 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| 2026 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Total | 2 titles | 21/21 | 127 | 50 | 34 | 43 | 175 | 152 |
Head-to-head record
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
The following table shows Colombia's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 50.00 |
| Brazil |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| China |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Costa Rica |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
 Czech Republic |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Finland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 100.00 |
 Gambia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Germany |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0.00 |
 Ghana |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Guinea |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| India |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
 Iran |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Mexico |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
 Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Nigeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Portugal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Qatar |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
 Saudi Arabia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
 Turkey |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
 United States |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 33.33 |
Schedule and results
Win Draw Loss
2025
| 26 June Friendly | Costa Rica | 0–2 | Colombia | Complejo FCRF, San José |
| 11:00 | Report | Angulo  45'Cataño 90' |
| 28 June Friendly | Costa Rica | 1–2 | Colombia | Complejo FCRF, San José |
| 11:00 | Amú  90+3' (o.g.) |
Amú 45' Saavedra 90+10' |
| 28 August Friendly | Bolivia | 0–4 | Colombia | Estadio Gilberto Parada, Montero |
| 15:00 | Report | Angulo 26' Flórez 41'Sevillano 57'Londoño 82' |
| 21 October Friendly | Uruguay | 1–0 | Colombia | Complejo Uruguay Celeste, Barros Blancos |
| 08:00 | Navarro 79' |
| 4 November World Cup GS | Germany | 1–1 | Colombia | Aspire Zone (pitch 2), Al Rayyan |
| 17:45 | Langsteiner 1' |
Report | Cataño 57' |
Referee: Hamza El Fariq (Morocco) |
| 7 November World Cup GS | El Salvador  | 0–0 | Colombia | Aspire Zone (pitch 8), Al Rayyan |
| 15:30 | Report | Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania) |
| 10 November World Cup GS | Colombia | 2–0 |  North Korea | Aspire Zone (pitch 1), Al Rayyan |
| 16:30 | Report | Referee: Andrea Colombo (Italy) |
| 14 November World Cup R32 | France  | 2–0 | Colombia | Aspire Zone (pitch 1), Al Rayyan |
| 16:30 | Valero 14'
|
Report | Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada) |
| 16 December Friendly | Colombia | 1–1 | Peru | Claro Arena, Santiago de Chile |
| Torres 34' |
Report | Ortega 4' |
| 17 December Friendly | Colombia | 3–0 | Qatar | Claro Arena, Santiago de Chile |
| Escorcia 39' Mosquera 49', 56' |
Report |
| 18 December Unofficial friendly | Universidad Católica U17 | 0–2 | Colombia | Claro Arena, Santiago de Chile |
| Report | Vallecilla 4' Maturana 14' |
| 19 December Friendly | Colombia | 1–3 | Chile | Claro Arena, Santiago de Chile |
| Fori 72' |
Report | Muñoz 53' Avendaño 59'Barrera 61' |
| 20 December Friendly | Colombia | 0–1 | Peru | Claro Arena, Santiago de Chile |
| Report | Álvarez 39' |
2026
| 5 April South American Championship GS | Ecuador | 0–0 | Colombia | Estadio CARFEM, Ypané |
| 17:00 | Report | Referee: Thayslane Costa (Brazil) |
| 7 April South American Championship GS | Colombia | 1–0 | Chile | Estadio CARFEM, Ypané |
| 20:00 | Escorcia 45+4' (pen.) |
Report | Referee: Rodolfo Vera (Bolivia) |
| 9 April South American Championship GS | Colombia | 0–2 | Uruguay | Estadio CARFEM, Ypané |
| 17:00 | Report | Brizuela 9', 63' |
Referee: Andrés Gariano (Argentina) |
| 12 April South American Championship GS | Paraguay | 0–2 | Colombia | Estadio CARFEM, Ypané |
| 20:00 | Report |
|
Referee: Yeferzon Miranda (Venezuela) |
| 16 April South American Championship SF | Brazil | 0–3 | Colombia | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción |
| 17:00 | Report |
|
Referee: Edwin Ordóñez (Peru) |
Current squad
The following players are called up to the squad for the 2026 South American U-17 Championship between 3–19 April 2026.[1]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Luigi Ortiz | 10 February 2009 (aged 17) | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 12 | GK | Camilo Blandón | 17 April 2009 (aged 16) | Estudiantil | ||
| 22 | GK | Freyder Celis | 5 February 2009 (aged 17) | Millonarios | ||
| 2 | DF | Álex Gómez | 27 April 2009 (aged 16) | New York Red Bulls | ||
| 3 | DF | Santiago Vallecilla | 17 March 2009 (aged 17) | Deportivo Cali | ||
| 4 | DF | Jerson Balanta | 27 January 2009 (aged 17) | Orsomarso | ||
| 8 | DF | Luis Maturana | 20 July 2009 (aged 16) | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 9 | DF | Adrián Mosquera | 9 April 2009 (aged 16) | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 18 | DF | Edwin Estrella | 20 May 2009 (aged 16) | Belén La Nubia | ||
| 23 | DF | Juan Fori | 30 January 2009 (aged 17) | Estudiantil | ||
| 5 | MF | Simón Rojas | 14 April 2009 (aged 16) | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 6 | MF | Eíder Carrillo | 12 January 2009 (aged 17) | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 13 | MF | Anderson Murillo | 15 April 2009 (aged 16) | Independiente Medellín | ||
| 14 | MF | Gilberto Saavedra | 2 February 2009 (aged 17) | Real Cundinamarca | ||
| 15 | MF | Julio Sinisterra | 11 January 2009 (aged 17) | Fortaleza | ||
| 16 | MF | Miguel Agámez | 15 May 2009 (aged 16) | Barranquilla | ||
| 17 | MF | Jhon Maturana | 26 November 2009 (aged 16) | Internacional de Palmira | ||
| 20 | MF | Jean Rojas | 12 July 2009 (aged 16) | Alianza Valledupar | ||
| 21 | MF | Carlos Rodríiguez | 10 February 2009 (aged 17) | Junior | ||
| 7 | FW | Matías Caicedo | 25 December 2009 (aged 16) | Independiente Yumbo | ||
| 10 | FW | Samuel Martínez | 5 April 2009 (aged 16) | Atlético Nacional | ||
| 11 | FW | Dilan Bonilla | 27 August 2009 (aged 16) | Academia Alemana Popayán | ||
| 19 | FW | José Escorcia | 4 July 2009 (aged 16) | Atlético Nacional | ||
Honours
- FIFA U-17 World Cup
- South American Under-17 Football Championship
- 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 |