# Colombia national under-17 football team

The Colombia national under-17 football team represents Colombia in international under-17 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.
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 in the 1993 tournament held in Colombia.

## 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 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 1987 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 1989 | First round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1991 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 1993 | First round | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1995 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 1997 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 1999 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 2001 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 2003 | Fourth Place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
| 2005 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | 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 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 2013 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 2015 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 2017 | Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2019 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 2023 | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify | did not Qualify |
| 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | Fourth place | 6/20 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 41 |

### 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 | 5 | 5 |
| 1988 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 1991 | First round | 6th | 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 | Third place | 3rd | 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 | 10 | 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 |
| Total | 1 title | 19/19 | 115 | 42 | 32 | 41 | 155 | 146 |

## 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 | 050.00 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| 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 | 000.00 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 100.00 |
| Gambia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Ghana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Guinea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 100.00 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 033.33 |

## Schedule and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2025
## Current squad

The following 23 players are called up to the squad for the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1GK | Juan Gómez | (2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Atlético Nacional |
| 1GK | Breiner Quintana | (2006-03-27) 27 March 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Millonarios |
| 1GK | Andrés Tovar | (2006-03-25) 25 March 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Envigado |
| 2DF | Elver Steven Arizala | (2006-12-10) 10 December 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Cali |
| 2DF | Juan Camilo Asprilla | (2006-05-31) 31 May 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Estudiantil |
| 2DF | Carlos Manuel González | (2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Atlético Nacional |
| 2DF | Jhoan Hernández | (2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Millonarios |
| 2DF | Tomás Hoyos | (2006-02-14) 14 February 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Free agent |
| 2DF | Yuleiver Mosquera | (2006-05-25) 25 May 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Free agent |
| 2DF | Xavi Rios | (2006-01-29) 29 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Atlético Nacional |
| 3MF | Jordan Barrera | (2006-04-11) 11 April 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Barranquilla |
| 3MF | Jhon Echavez | (2006-01-05) 5 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Free agent |
| 3MF | Jean Pierre Foronda | (2006-01-28) 28 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Free agent |
| 3MF | Juan David Obando | (2006-11-30) 30 November 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Atlético Nacional |
| 3MF | Nicola Profeta | (2006-02-27) 27 February 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Cali |
| 3MF | Luis Tafur | (2006-11-18) 18 November 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Real Cartagena |
| 4FW | Andy Duvan Batioja | (2006-01-31) 31 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Atlético Nacional |
| 4FW | Juan David Bonilla | (2006-01-18) 18 January 2006 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | Envigado |
| 4FW | Brayan Mateo Caicedo | (2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Cycolnes |
| 4FW | William López | (2006-09-19) 19 September 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Estudiantil |
| 4FW | John Edwin Montaño | (2006-10-04) 4 October 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Independiente Medellín |
| 4FW | Juan Sebastián Palacios | (2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Free agent |
| 4FW | Juan Esteban Sánchez | (2006-10-19) 19 October 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Free agent |

## Honours

* FIFA U-17 World Cup
** Fourth place (2): 2003, 2009
* South American Under-17 Football Championship
** Winners (1): 1993
** Runners-up (1): 2007
** Third place (2): 1988, 2003
** Fourth place (2): 2005, 2009
* 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 |