Colombia national futsal team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	FIFA: Federación Colombiana de Fútbol AMF: Fecolfutsal
Confederation	FIFA: CONMEBOL (South America) AMF: CSFS, CPFS, CONCACFUTSAL
Head coach	FIFA: Arney Fonnegra AMF: Jaime Cuervo
FIFA code	COL
FIFA ranking	13 1 (11 September 2016)[1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
FIFA  Colombia 5–2 Bolivia  (Asunción, Paraguay; 26 August 2003)
Biggest win
FIFA  Colombia 11–3 Solomon Islands  (Bangkok, Thailand; 6 November 2012) AMF  Colombia 16–0 Ecuador  (Cali, Colombia; 18 December 2014)
Biggest defeat
FIFA  Paraguay 6–0 Colombia  (Mar del Plata, Argentina; 17 November 2006) AMF  Brazil 5–0 Colombia  (Puerto Iguazú, Argentina; 28 September 1986)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2012)
Best result	Fourth place, (2012)
Copa América
Appearances	4 (First in 2003)
Best result	Fourth place, (2011, 2015)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1982)
Best result	Champions, (2000, 2011, 2015)
South American Futsal Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1977)
Best result	Champions, (2014)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	Runners-up, (2013)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	3 (First in 2005)
Best result	Runners-up, (2005, 2014)

The Colombia national futsal team represents Colombia in international futsal competitions. It is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation in FIFA competitions and by the Fecolfutsal in AMF competitions.

The team's most notable performance in the FIFA Futsal World Cup was at the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand, where they achieved fourth place. In the Copa América, the regional competition, the best results of the team were achieving fourth place in 2011 and 2015. In the AMF Futsal World Cup, the team was champion three times: 2000, 2011 and 2015. The team was also champion in the 2014 South American Futsal Championship.

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  

AMF Futsal World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1982	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	14	11
1985	Did not Enter
1988
1991	Ninth place	9th
1994	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	24	12
1997	Sixth place	6th	6	4	1	1	39	9
2000	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	39	13
2003	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	40	19
2007	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	40	17
2011	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	33	6
2015	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	34	6
2019	TBD
Total	Champions	9/12	49+	35+	6+	8+	263+	93+

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not Enter								Invited teams only
1992									Qualification by Copa América
1996
2000
2004	Did not Qualify
2008
2012	Fourth place	4th	7	3	0	4	19	18	6	3	0	3	20	14
2016	Round of 16	12th	4	1	3	0	8	7	5	2	0	3	14	16
Total	Fourth place	2/8	11	4	3	4	27	25	11	5	0	6	34	30

Copa América – FIFA Futsal

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not Enter
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2003	First Round		2	1	0	1	8	7
2008	Fifth place	5th	3	2	0	1	12	7
2011	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	12	11
2015	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	7	12
Total	Fourth place	4/11	16	8	1	7	39	37

Futsal Confederations Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
Libya 2009	Did not Enter
Brazil 2013	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	0	2	10	11
Kuwait 2014	Did not Enter
Total	Runners-up	1/3	3	2	0	1	9	7

Grand Prix de Futsal

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
Brazil 2005	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	10	7
Brazil 2006	Did not Enter
Brazil 2007
Brazil 2008	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	0	2	10	7
Brazil 2009	Did not Enter
Brazil 2010
Brazil 2011
Brazil 2013
Brazil 2014	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	0	2	12	16
Brazil 2015	Third Place	3rd	5	3	0	2	9	11
Brazil 2016	TBD
Total	Runners-up	4/11	17	10	0	7	41	41

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

FIFA

2016

Japan  v  Colombia

27 January Friendly	Japan	3–2	Colombia	Tokyo, Japan
19:00				Stadium: Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium

Japan  v  Colombia

30 January Friendly	Japan	4–2	Colombia	Osaka, Japan
				Stadium: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium

Colombia  v  Chile

5 February 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification	Colombia	6–3	Chile	Asunción, Paraguay
17:00 (UTC−03:00)	W. Ramírez  9' Toro  12', 14', 32' Fonnegra  13' Y. Díaz  19'	Report	Carrasco  17', 24', 31'	Stadium: Polideportivo del Club Sol de América

Argentina  v  Colombia

8 February 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification	Argentina	2–0	Colombia	Asunción, Paraguay
22:30 (UTC−03:00)	Vaporaki  16' Taffarel  18'			Stadium: Polideportivo del Club Sol de América

Colombia  v  Bolivia

9 February 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification	Colombia	4–1	Bolivia	Asunción, Paraguay
19:00 (UTC−03:00)	Angellot  13' Giraldo  29', 38' Poveda  39'	Report	Quisbert  34'	Stadium: Polideportivo del Club Sol de América

Uruguay  v  Colombia

10 February 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification	Uruguay	4–0	Colombia	Asunción, Paraguay
22:30 (UTC−03:00)	Salgués  15' Fedele  21', 39' Pallerino  38'			Stadium: Polideportivo del Club Sol de América

Venezuela  v  Colombia

12 February 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification	Venezuela	6–4	Colombia	Asunción, Paraguay
18:30 (UTC−03:00)	Cabarcas  19' Méndez  23' Parada  33' Morillo  34' Terán  39' Quintero  39'		Gutiérrez  11' Castillo  12' Ramírez  38'	Stadium: Polideportivo del Club Sol de América

Colombia  v World All-Stars

20 May Friendly[2][3]	Colombia	2–3	World All-Stars	Medellín, Colombia
	Angellot  4' Díaz  35'	Report	Falcão  25' Andreu  33', 40'	Stadium: Coliseo Iván de Bedout

Colombia  v  Portugal

10 September 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Colombia	1–1	Portugal	Cali, Colombia
20:00 (UTC−05:00)	Angellot  1'	Report	Cardinal  40'	Stadium: Coliseo El Pueblo Attendance: 10,084 Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez Lumbreras (Spain)

Colombia  v  Uzbekistan

13 September 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Colombia	3–3	Uzbekistan	Cali, Colombia
20:00 (UTC−05:00)	Abril  18' Angellot  37', 40'	Report	Anorov  5' Irsaliev  15' Elibaev  28'	Stadium: Coliseo El Pueblo Attendance: 6,610 Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic)

Panama  v  Colombia

16 September 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Panama	3–4	Colombia	Cali, Colombia
20:00 (UTC−05:00)	Brown  9' Castrellón  28' Mena  37'	Report	Angellot  4' Jhonatan  12' Abril  22' C. Reyes  34'	Stadium: Coliseo El Pueblo Attendance: 9,730 Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia)

Colombia  v  Paraguay

20 September 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Colombia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Paraguay	Cali, Colombia
20:00 (UTC−05:00)		Report		Stadium: Coliseo El Pueblo Attendance: 5,988 Referee: Bogdan Sorescu (Romania)
		Penalties
	Jhonatan Zúñiga Yefri Otero		E. Ayala J. Salas A. Salas G. Ayala

Current squad

FIFA

The following 14 players were named for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Carlos Ñañez	15 December 1984 (aged 31)		Deportivo Lyon
2	MF	Javier Ortíz	09 January 1989 (aged 27)		Real Antioquia
3	DF	Gildardo Zúñiga	27 September 1992 (aged 23)		Tolima Syscafé
4	DF	Yeisson Fonnegra	19 April 1992 (aged 24)		Talento Dorado
5	MF	Yefri Duque	24 March 1992 (aged 24)		Deportivo Meta
6	DF	Miguel Sierra	13 April 1983 (aged 33)		Caracas
7	DF	Johnatan Toro	21 March 1988 (aged 28)		Real Bucaramanga
8	DF	Jorge Abril	26 July 1987 (aged 29)		Real Bucaramanga
9	MF	Yulián Díaz	09 March 1995 (aged 21)		Fundão[4]
10	DF	Angellot Caro	03 December 1988 (aged 27)		Feniks
11	MF	Daniel Bolívar	02 November 1987 (aged 28)		Real Antioquia
12	GK	César Mejía	26 September 1989 (aged 26)		Real Antioquia
13	MF	Christian Otero	30 July 1991 (aged 25)		Deportivo Lyon
14	DF	Andrés Reyes	24 November 1988 (aged 27)		Saeta

Colombia national under-20 futsal team

The Colombia national under-20 futsal team participates in FIFA' South American Under-20 Futsal Championship since its first edition in 2004. The best result of the team is to reach the final three consecutive editions (in 2010, 2013 and 2014).

South American Under-20 Futsal Championship

*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  

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2004	First Round	6th	4	1	0	3	10	14
2006	First Round	6th	3	1	0	2	8	7
2008	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	14	13
2010	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	20	14
2013	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	3	0	12	11
2014	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	1	0	20	6
Total	Runners-up	6/6	29	14	7	8	84	65

Honours

FIFA

• FIFA Futsal World Cup:
  • Fourth place (1): 2012
• Copa América:
  • Fourth place (2): 2011, 2015
• Futsal Confederations Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 2013
• Grand Prix de Futsal:
  • Runners-up (2): 2005, 2014
  • Third place (1): 2015
• Bolivarian Games:
  • Champions (1): 2009 Sucre
  • Runners-up (1): 2013 Trujillo
• South American Games:
  • Third place (2): 2010 Medellín, 2014 Santiago

AMF

• AMF Futsal World Cup:
  • Champions (3): 2000, 2011, 2015
  • Runners-up (2): 1994, 2003
  • Third place (1): 2007
  • Fourth place (1): 1982
• South American Futsal Championship:
  • Champions (1): 2014
  • Runners-up (1): 1998
  • Third place (1): 1977
• Pan-American Futsal Championship:
  • Champions (2): 1990, 1993
  • Runners-up (1): 1996
  • Third place (2): 1984, 1999
• World Games:
  • Champions (1): 2013

See also

• Colombia women's national futsal team

References

1. Futsal World Ranking
2. http://www.elcolombiano.com/deportes/otros-deportes/medellin-ofrece-aperitivo-del-mundial-de-futsal-LA4165805
3. http://m.elcolombiano.com/estrellas-fifa-derroto-a-colombia-en-futsal-FI4183315
4. http://www.slbenfica.pt/30/news/info/RWvoZYK5vEKjigyNo8wI6w

External links

• FIFA
• CONMEBOL