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Colombia national under-17 football team

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Colombia
Nickname(s)Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
AssociationFederación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
ConfederationCONMEBOL (South America)
Head coachJuan Carlos Ramírez
FIFA codeCOL
First colours
Second colours
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)

 Brazil 5–1 Colombia 
(Ibarra, Ecuador; 25 March 2011)

 Paraguay 4–0 Colombia 
(Luque, Paraguay; 17 March 2015)
 Colombia 0–4 Germany 
(New Delhi, India; 16 October 2017)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1989)
Best resultFourth place (2003, 2009)
South American Under-17 Football Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1985)
Best resultWinners (1993)
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Arequipa Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Colombia Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Trujillo Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santa Marta Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Bolivia Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 Ambato Team
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Valencia Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Medellín Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santiago Team

The Colombia national under-17 football team represents Colombia in the youth international team. They have been to the FIFA U-17 World Cup six times where they finished in the top four in the 2003 and 2009 tournaments.

Competitive record

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*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

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Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1985 did not Qualify
Canada 1987
Scotland 1989 First round 15th 3 0 1 2 3 5
Italy 1991 did not Qualify
Japan 1993 First round 14th 3 1 0 2 3 6
Ecuador 1995 did not Qualify
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Template:Country data Trinidad & Tobago 2001
Finland 2003 Fourth Place 4th 6 3 2 1 14 5
Peru 2005 did not Qualify
South Korea 2007 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 10 7
Nigeria 2009 Fourth Place 4th 7 2 3 2 8 11
Mexico 2011 did not Qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017 Round of 16 11th 4 2 0 2 5 7
Brazil 2019 did not Qualify
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 2025 To be determined
Total Fourth place 6/20 27 9 7 11 43 41

South American Under-17 Football Championship

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It serves also as qualification for the World Cup.

Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Argentina 1985 Round-robin 6th 8 3 1 4 9 12
Peru 1986 First round 8th 4 1 1 2 5 5
Ecuador 1988 Third place 3rd 7 2 3 2 7 6
Paraguay 1991 First round 6th 4 2 1 1 10 4
Colombia 1993 Champions 1st 7 5 2 0 14 4
Peru 1995 First round 5th 4 1 1 2 6 6
Paraguay 1997 First round 5th 4 2 1 1 5 2
Uruguay 1999 First round 8th 4 1 1 2 6 8
Peru 2001 First round 5th 4 2 1 1 7 7
Bolivia 2003 Third place 3rd 7 3 3 1 11 10
Venezuela 2005 Fourth place 4th 7 2 1 4 6 8
Ecuador 2007 Third place 3rd 9 5 3 1 16 5
Chile 2009 Fourth place 4th 7 4 2 1 11 6
Ecuador 2011 Fifth place 5th 9 3 2 4 12 15
Argentina 2013 First round 8th 4 0 3 1 3 4
Paraguay 2015 Sixth place 6th 9 2 3 4 10 15
Chile 2017 Fourth place 4th 9 4 2 3 12 12
Peru 2019 First round 9th 4 0 0 4 4 8
Ecuador 2023 First round 9th 4 0 1 3 1 9
Total 1 title 19/19 115 42 32 41 155 146

References

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