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The FIFA World Cup and Copa América, are the primary competitive tournaments the Colombia national football team enters. Excluding the tournament years in which Colombia either did not enter or failed to qualify for the finals, the Colombia national team has nominated the following squads of players to compete in the finals:
The Colombia national football team was composed mostly by all the players of the Club Juventud Bogotana (now Millonarios). [16] Alfonso Novoa was the manager of Colombia until 23 February. The first game was played on 10 February 1938 against Mexico.
1.1.1 Most capped players. 1.1.2 Most capped ... This is a list of the official games played by Colombia national football team up to and including the match against ...
This category contains past and present players of the senior Colombia national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Colombian men's footballers .
Coach Francisco Maturana was reported to have received death threats over matters of team selection. Gabriel Jaime Gomez Jaramillo (known as Barabas) was dropped from the squad presumably because of threats, with Hernán Gaviria taking his place. Whatever the truth, Colombia's players were affected.
Colombia is one of South America's best-ranked national teams, and are also the third nation of the continent to qualify for World Cup and the Olympics, besides Brazil and Argentina. Colombia was the first Spanish-speaking country to win a game in the Women's World Cup and whose women's team advanced beyond the group stage in a World Cup (in 2015).
The Colombian national league ranks 9th in the IFFHS's ranking The Strongest National League in the World of 2014 (3rd in South America). [2] The Colombia national team represents Colombia in international football competitions. The highest rank it has ever reached in the FIFA Men's World Rankings was third in 2013. [3]
Fernando Paternoster was the first foreign manager of the Colombia national team. He coached Colombia in some of its first international games. Colombia played matches at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games. The Colombia national football team was composed mostly by all the players of the Club Juventud Bogotana (now Millonarios FC). [3]