The Colombia national team of football (Spanish: Seleccion de futbol de Colombia) is a representative team for Colombia in international football for men and is run through the Colombian Football Federation, the soccer governing body in Colombia. They are a part of CONMEBOL and currently rank seventeenth on the FIFA World Rankings. The team is referred to as Los Cafeteros due to the coffee they produce in their country.
In the 1980s and early 1990s Colombia's national team has become a symbol for national pride, pride and enthusiasm for many Colombians around the world. Colombia is well-known for its fervent crowd and dance routines during games have become symbolic.
Colombian team has been in the World Cup for six years. Colombian team has played in the past six World Cups (1962, 1990 1994, 1993 2014, and 2018). The 2014 edition, which was held in Brazil the team had its most impressive World Cup performance, reaching the quarterfinals and finishing sixth in the standings at the end. The most notable international accomplishment has been taking home the Copa America in 2001 as hosts. It also set the record for the most goals conceded with zero goals conceded in every game that was won. It has also been runner-up since 1975 and came in fifth five times, between 1987 and 1993 1995 as well as 2021 and 2016. In addition, the team has managed to impress in the international arena, earning in the Central American and Caribbean Games the bronze and gold medals in the years 1946 and 1938 respectively. Additionally, at the Bolivarian Olympics, the team was awarded an gold medal 1951 , and it won the silver in 1971 1973, 1981 and.
Colombia was at its peak in the 1990s. A 1993 game that resulted in a win of 5-0 against Argentina started a unique "mutual regard" rivalry between the two nations. Goalkeeper Rene Higuita achieved fame from his bizarre scorpion kick clearance in the match against England in Wembley Stadium in 1995. The Colombian team's stars playing in the top European leagues were Carlos Valderrama, who shined in Ligue 1, Faustino Asprilla and starred in the Serie A and Premier League and Freddy Rincon, who played in Serie A, La Liga and La Liga, and the Brazilian Championship. In this time, Colombia was able to qualify for the 1990 as well as 1994 as well as the 1998 World Cups, only making it to the second round of the tournament in the year 1990. After the killing of Andres Escobar following the 1994 World Cup, Colombia's performances diminished in the second part of the 1990s, and into the first half of the 2000s. Also, even though Colombia was the champion at 2001 Copa America 2001 Copa America, which was their home tournament, they did not participate in the three World Cups between 2002 and the year 2010. Colombia is the only team in history to be awarded FIFA best mover award in 1993 when it was first announced and also the second team after Croatia to do so twice in 2012.
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A new era started for Colombia after the arrival in the form of Argentine coach Jose Pekerman in January 2012. In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Colombia saw improvement in comparison to the previous Copa America, bringing its ranking from 40th into the top ten places for its first time since the year 2002. It also moved into the top five regularly in the last time since. After 16 years of waiting and a long wait, in 2014 Colombia finally made it to at the World Cup, where they could make it to the quarterfinals, which is the highest level Colombia has ever reached at the World Cup. The star Colombian player in midfield James Rodriguez won two awards during the tournament, including his Golden Boot for most goals (6) and the Best Goal of the Tournament with his long-range strike against Uruguay.