# Colombia national football team results (1926–1979)

This page details the match results and statistics of the Colombia national football team from 1926 to 1979.

## Results

Colombia's score is shown first in each case.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Colombia scorers | Att. |
| 1 | 17 February 1926 | Julio Torres Stadium, Barranquilla (H) | Costa Rica | 4–1 | Friendly | | — |
| 2 | 10 February 1938 | Estadio Olímpico, Panama City (N) | Mexico | 1–3 | 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games | M. Mejía | — |
| 3 | 14 February 1938 | Estadio Olímpico, Panama City (N) | Panama | 4–2 | 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games | Meléndez (2), Torres (2) | — |
| 4 | 18 February 1938 | Estadio Olímpico, Panama City (N) | Costa Rica | 1–2 | 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games | M. Mejía | — |
| 5 | 21 February 1938 | Estadio Olímpico, Panama City (N) | El Salvador | 3–2 | 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games | Meléndez (2), M. Mejía | — |
| 6 | 23 February 1938 | Estadio Olímpico, Panama City (N) | Venezuela | 1–2 | 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games | R. Mejía | — |
| 7 | 8 August 1938 | Estadio Universitario, Bogotá (N) | Peru | 2–4 | 1938 Bolivarian Games | Botto (2) | — |
| 8 | 10 August 1938 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (N) | Ecuador | 1–2 | 1938 Bolivarian Games | Mier | — |
| 9 | 13 August 1938 | Estadio Universitario, Bogotá (N) | Venezuela | 2–0 | 1938 Bolivarian Games | Umaña, Torres | — |
| 10 | 16 August 1938 | Estadio Universitario, Bogotá (N) | Bolivia | 1–2 | 1938 Bolivarian Games | R. Mejía | — |
| 11 | 21 January 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (N) | Brazil | 0–3 | 1945 South American Championship | | 60,000 |
| 12 | 28 January 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (N) | Uruguay | 0–7 | 1945 South American Championship | | 28,000 |
| 13 | 31 January 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (N) | Chile | 0–2 | 1945 South American Championship | | 60,000 |
| 14 | 7 February 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (N) | Argentina | 1–9 | 1945 South American Championship | Mendoza | 60,000 |
| 15 | 18 February 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (N) | Ecuador | 3–1 | 1945 South American Championship | L. González, Gámez, Berdugo | 65,000 |
| 16 | 21 February 1945 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (N) | Bolivia | 3–3 | 1945 South American Championship | L. González, Berdugo, Gámez | 22,000 |
| 17 | 9 December 1946 | Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla (H) | Curaçao | 4–2 | 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games | L. González, Granados (2), Arango | — |
| 18 | 12 December 1946 | Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla (H) | Venezuela | 2–0 | 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games | Berdugo, Granados | — |
| 19 | 15 December 1946 | Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla (H) | Guatemala | 4–2 | 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games | Carrillo (3), Arango | — |
| 20 | 16 December 1946 | Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla (H) | Puerto Rico | 4–1 | 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games | Berdugo, Cardona, Ruiz | — |
| 21 | 18 December 1946 | Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla (H) | Costa Rica | 4–1 | 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games | Arango, García, Granados, L. González | — |
| 22 | 20 December 1946 | Estadio Municipal, Barranquilla (H) | Panama | 2–1 | 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games | L. González, Arango | — |
| 23 | 2 December 1947 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil (N) | Uruguay | 0–2 | 1947 South American Championship | | 20,000 |
| 24 | 4 December 1947 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil (N) | Ecuador | 0–0 | 1947 South American Championship | | 30,000 |
| 25 | 13 December 1947 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil (N) | Bolivia | 0–0 | 1947 South American Championship | | 18,000 |
| 26 | 18 December 1947 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil (N) | Argentina | 0–6 | 1947 South American Championship | | 12,000 |
| 27 | 20 December 1947 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil (N) | Paraguay | 0–2 | 1947 South American Championship | | 20,000 |
| 28 | 23 December 1947 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil (N) | Peru | 1–5 | 1947 South American Championship | Arango | 5,000 |
| 29 | 27 December 1947 | Estadio George Capwell, Guayaquil (N) | Chile | 1–4 | 1947 South American Championship | Granados | 5,000 |
| 30 | 6 April 1949 | Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo (N) | Paraguay | 0–3 | 1949 South American Championship | | 30,000 |
| 31 | 10 April 1949 | Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro (N) | Peru | 0–4 | 1949 South American Championship | | 15,000 |
| 32 | 17 April 1949 | Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo (N) | Brazil | 0–5 | 1949 South American Championship | | 45,000 |
| 33 | 20 April 1949 | Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro (N) | Chile | 1–1 | 1949 South American Championship | Berdugo | 7,000 |
| 34 | 25 April 1949 | Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo (N) | Uruguay | 2–2 | 1949 South American Championship | Gastelbondo, A. Pérez | 14,000 |
| 35 | 3 May 1949 | Estádio São Januário, Rio de Janeiro (N) | Ecuador | 1–4 | 1949 South American Championship | N. Pérez | 3,000 |
| 36 | 6 May 1949 | Estádio General Severiano, Rio de Janeiro (N) | Bolivia | 0–4 | 1949 South American Championship | | 12,000 |
| 37 | 13 March 1957 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (N) | Argentina | 2–8 | 1957 South American Championship | Gamboa, Valencia | 42,000 |
| 38 | 17 March 1957 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (N) | Uruguay | 1–0 | 1957 South American Championship | Arango | 50,000 |
| 39 | 21 March 1957 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (N) | Chile | 2–3 | 1957 South American Championship | Arango, Carillo | 45,000 |
| 40 | 24 March 1957 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (N) | Brazil | 0–9 | 1957 South American Championship | | 45,000 |
| 41 | 27 March 1957 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (N) | Peru | 1–4 | 1957 South American Championship | Arango | 55,000 |
| 42 | 1 April 1957 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (N) | Ecuador | 4–1 | 1957 South American Championship | Álvarez, Gutiérrez, Gamboa (2) | 40,000 |
| 43 | 16 June 1957 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Uruguay | 1–1 | 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification | Arango | 15,000 |
| 44 | 20 June 1957 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Paraguay | 2–3 | 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification | Gutiérrez, R. Díaz | — |
| 45 | 23 June 1957 | Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellín (H) | Paraguay | 1–2 | Friendly | Panesso | — |
| 46 | 30 June 1957 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (A) | Uruguay | 0–1 | 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 35,000 |
| 47 | 7 July 1957 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (A) | Paraguay | 0–3 | 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification | | — |
| 48 | 5 February 1961 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | United States | 2–0 | Friendly | Aceros, Gamboa | — |
| 49 | 30 April 1961 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Peru | 1–0 | 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification | Escobar | — |
| 50 | 7 May 1961 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (A) | Peru | 1–1 | 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification | H. González | — |
| 51 | 1 April 1962 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Mexico | 0–1 | Friendly | | 30,000 |
| 52 | 4 April 1962 | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali (H) | Mexico | 2–2 | Friendly | Klinger, Rada | 32,000 |
| 53 | 25 April 1962 | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City (A) | Mexico | 0–1 | Friendly | | 65,000 |
| 54 | 30 May 1962 | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica (N) | Uruguay | 1–2 | 1962 FIFA World Cup | Zuluaga | 7,908 |
| 55 | 3 June 1962 | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica (N) | Soviet Union | 4–4 | 1962 FIFA World Cup | Germán Aceros, Coll, Rada, Klinger | 8,040 |
| 56 | 7 June 1962 | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica (N) | Yugoslavia | 0–5 | 1962 FIFA World Cup | | 7,167 |
| 57 | 10 March 1963 | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba (N) | Argentina | 2–4 | 1963 South American Championship | Campillo, Aceros | 18,000 |
| 58 | 14 March 1963 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz (N) | Brazil | 1–5 | 1963 South American Championship | Gamboa | 15,000 |
| 59 | 17 March 1963 | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba (N) | Bolivia | 1–2 | 1963 South American Championship | Botero | 18,000 |
| 60 | 20 March 1963 | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba (N) | Paraguay | 2–3 | 1963 South American Championship | Campillo, Calonga (o.g.) | 10,000 |
| 61 | 24 March 1963 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz (N) | Peru | 1–1 | 1963 South American Championship | F. González | 10,000 |
| 62 | 31 March 1963 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz (N) | Ecuador | 3–4 | 1963 South American Championship | Aceros, Botero, H. González | 15,000 |
| 63 | 1 September 1963 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Costa Rica | 4–5 | Friendly | Aceros, Gamboa, Coll, Toscano | — |
| 64 | 4 September 1963 | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali (H) | Costa Rica | 1–0 | Friendly | Coll | — |
| 65 | 20 July 1965 | Romelio Martínez Stadium, Barranquilla (H) | Ecuador | 0–1 | 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 10,175 |
| 66 | 25 July 1965 | Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil (A) | Ecuador | 0–2 | 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 48,457 |
| 67 | 1 August 1965 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (A) | Chile | 2–7 | 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification | Segrera (2) | 70,052 |
| 68 | 7 August 1965 | Romelio Martínez Stadium, Barranquilla (H) | Chile | 2–0 | 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification | Rada (2) | 4,401 |
| 69 | 30 November 1966 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (A) | Chile | 2–5 | 1967 South American Championship qualification | Gamboa, Cañón | 80,000 |
| 70 | 11 December 1966 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Chile | 0–0 | 1967 South American Championship qualification | | 17,000 |
| 71 | 16 October 1968 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Mexico | 0–1 | Friendly | | 17,000 |
| 72 | 4 February 1969 | Estadio León, León (A) | Mexico | 0–1 | Friendly | | — |
| 73 | 20 February 1969 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Soviet Union | 1–3 | Friendly | Santa | 60,000 |
| 74 | 8 May 1969 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Peru | 1–3 | Friendly | J. González | 23,000 |
| 75 | 15 June 1969 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Chile | 3–3 | Friendly | G. González (2), Ramírez | 50,000 |
| 76 | 18 June 1969 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (A) | Peru | 1–1 | Friendly | Ramírez | — |
| 77 | 22 June 1969 | Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil (A) | Ecuador | 1–4 | Friendly | J. González | 15,000 |
| 78 | 2 July 1969 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Uruguay | 0–1 | Friendly | | 43,000 |
| 79 | 27 July 1969 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Venezuela | 3–0 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | J. González (2), Segrera | 47,984 |
| 80 | 2 August 1969 | Olympic Stadium, Caracas (A) | Venezuela | 1–1 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | Tamayo | 17,101 |
| 81 | 6 August 1969 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Brazil | 0–2 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 51,131 |
| 82 | 10 August 1969 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Paraguay | 0–1 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 51,049 |
| 83 | 21 August 1969 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (A) | Brazil | 2–6 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | Mesa, Ramírez | 99,947 |
| 84 | 24 August 1969 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (A) | Paraguay | 1–2 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | Segrera | 14,744 |
| 85 | 20 May 1970 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | England | 0–4 | Friendly | | 36,000 |
| 86 | 29 March 1972 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Peru | 1–1 | Friendly | Morón | — |
| 87 | 3 June 1972 | Olympic Stadium, Caracas (A) | Venezuela | 1–2 | Friendly | Brand | — |
| 88 | 6 June 1972 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (A) | Peru | 0–0 | Friendly | | — |
| 89 | 18 June 1972 | Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador (N) | France | 2–3 | Brazil Independence Cup | Piñeros, Mesa | — |
| 90 | 22 June 1972 | Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador (N) | Argentina | 1–4 | Brazil Independence Cup | Morón | — |
| 91 | 15 February 1973 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | East Germany | 0–2 | Friendly | | 35,000 |
| 92 | 27 May 1973 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince (A) | Haiti | 2–1 | Friendly | Morón, E. Díaz | — |
| 93 | 29 May 1973 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince (A) | Haiti | 1–2 | Friendly | Morón | — |
| 94 | 21 June 1973 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Ecuador | 1–1 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | Ortiz | 43,497 |
| 95 | 24 June 1973 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Uruguay | 0–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 30,000 |
| 96 | 28 June 1973 | Estadio Modelo, Guayaquil (A) | Ecuador | 1–1 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | Ortiz | 46,979 |
| 97 | 1 July 1973 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (A) | Peru | 1–3 | Friendly | Morón | — |
| 98 | 5 July 1973 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (A) | Uruguay | 1–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | Ortiz | 54,917 |
| 99 | 20 July 1975 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Paraguay | 1–0 | 1975 Copa América | E. Díaz | 60,000 |
| 100 | 27 July 1975 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito (A) | Ecuador | 3–1 | 1975 Copa América | Ortiz, Retat, Castro | 45,000 |
| 101 | 30 July 1975 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (A) | Paraguay | 1–0 | 1975 Copa América | E. Díaz | 50,000 |
| 102 | 7 August 1975 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Ecuador | 2–0 | 1975 Copa América | E. Díaz, Calero | 50,000 |
| 103 | 21 September 1975 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Uruguay | 3–0 | 1975 Copa América | Angulo, Ortiz, E. Díaz | 55,000 |
| 104 | 1 October 1975 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo (A) | Uruguay | 0–1 | 1975 Copa América | | 70,000 |
| 105 | 16 October 1975 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Peru | 1–0 | 1975 Copa América | Castro | 50,000 |
| 106 | 22 October 1975 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (A) | Peru | 0–2 | 1975 Copa América | | 50,000 |
| 107 | 28 October 1975 | Olympic Stadium, Caracas (N) | Peru | 0–1 | 1975 Copa América | | 30,000 |
| 108 | 15 October 1976 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Uruguay | 1–2 | Friendly | Vilarete | 39,129 |
| 109 | 16 January 1977 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Ecuador | 0–1 | Friendly | | 50,000 |
| 110 | 26 January 1977 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito (A) | Ecuador | 1–4 | Friendly | Retat | — |
| 111 | 30 January 1977 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Yugoslavia | 0–1 | Friendly | | 35,000 |
| 112 | 20 February 1977 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Brazil | 0–0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 55,439 |
| 113 | 24 February 1977 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Paraguay | 0–1 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 45,838 |
| 114 | 6 March 1977 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción (A) | Paraguay | 1–1 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | Vilarete | 30,154 |
| 115 | 9 March 1977 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro (A) | Brazil | 0–6 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | | 132,764 |
| 116 | 18 July 1979 | Estadio Nacional, Lima (A) | Peru | 1–0 | Friendly | Ortiz | — |
| 117 | 25 July 1979 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Peru | 1–2 | Friendly | Ortiz | — |
| 118 | 1 August 1979 | Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal (A) | Venezuela | 0–0 | 1979 Copa América | | 18,000 |
| 119 | 15 August 1979 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Chile | 1–0 | 1979 Copa América | E. Díaz | 45,000 |
| 120 | 22 August 1979 | Estadio El Campín, Bogotá (H) | Venezuela | 4–0 | 1979 Copa América | Iguarán, Valverde, Chaparro, Morón | 30,000 |
| 121 | 5 September 1979 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago (A) | Chile | 0–2 | 1979 Copa América | | 85,000 |

### Notes

* ^ A: After 65 minutes, Colombia left the pitch in protest at a penalty awarded to Costa Rica. The penalty was scored into an empty goal and the match was ended with the score 3–1 to Costa Rica. However, a protest by the Colombian delegate resulted in the penalty being annulled with the score at the time the Colombians left the field declared final.
* ^ B: The Paraguay vs Colombia match at the 1975 Copa América was abandoned after 43 minutes. The result was allowed to stand.

## Record by opponent

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | WPCT |
| Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 31 | −25 | 0.00 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0.00 |
| Brazil | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 36 | −33 | 0.00 |
| Chile | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 18.18 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 60.00 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| East Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.00 |
| Ecuador | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 26.67 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100.00 |
| England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0.00 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Mexico | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0.00 |
| Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 16.67 |
| Peru | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 17.65 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 100.00 |
| Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 0.00 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 23.08 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 50.00 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0.00 |
| Total | 121 | 29 | 22 | 70 | 146 | 262 | −116 | 23.97 |