Colombia national under-23 football team

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.

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.

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

Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. On 11 January, forwards Kener Valencia and Edwin Mosquera were ruled out due to injuries and were replaced by Nelson Quiñones and Alejandro García, respectively.

Caps and goals updated as 18 January 2024.


 * Notes

Recent call-ups
The following players have been recently called up in the last 12 months.

Honours

 * 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

Friendlies

 * Torneo de las Americas :
 * Winners: 1994