Colombia at the Copa América

The Copa América is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONMEBOL. Held since 1916, it is the oldest international continental football competition. It was originally called the South American Championship, changing to the current name in 1975.

Colombia playing Peru in the quarter-finals of the Copa América Centenario at MetLife Stadium in 2016.

Colombia have played in two Copa América finals. They lost the 1975 final play-off against Peru, but won the title at their first home tournament in 2001.

Colombia is scheduled to co-host the 2021 Copa América with Argentina.

Records

2001 Copa América
Iván Córdoba scored the decisive 1-0 in the 2001 Copa América final against Mexico. It was the defender's last goal of his international career, although he kept playing for Colombia for 10 more years.[1]

Colombia won all six tournament matches in regular time and without conceding. This achievement is a rarity in Copa América history. The same feat was achieved by Uruguay in 1917 and 1987, and by Argentina in 1921. However, those teams only played two or three matches at those tournaments. Víctor Aristizábal, who played for Cali in the Colombian division at the time, scored in all matches except the final at least once and became the tournament's top scorer.

Round Opponent Score Result Scorers Venue
Group stage Venezuela2-0WF. Grisales, V. Aristizábal (pen)Barranquilla
 Ecuador1-0WV. Aristizábal
 Chile2-0WV. Aristizábal (pen), E. Arriaga
Quarter-Finals Peru3-0WV. Aristizábal (2), G. HernándezArmenia
Semi-Finals Honduras2-0WG. Bedoya, V. AristizábalManizales
Final Mexico1-0WI. CórdobaBogotá

Record by Opponent

Colombia's highest victory in tournament history is a 4–0 against Venezuela in 1979. Their biggest defeat was a 0–9 loss against Brazil in 1957.

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Argentina247131438
 Bolivia453121414
 Brazil21710429
 Chile227111120
 Costa Rica301494
 Ecuador912122212
 Honduras100120
 Mexico201343
 Paraguay415101016
 Peru277161326
 Uruguay32611918
 United States400481
 Venezuela4116113
TOTAL422447113131184

Record Players
Carlos Valderrama is Colombia's player with the most Copa América matches. He was honoured as Best Player at the 1987 tournament.

Only three players have had more Copa América appearances than Álvarez and Valderrama: Sergio Livingstone of Chile, Zizinho of Brazil and Carlos Gómez Sánchez of Peru.

No. Name Matches Tournaments
1Leonel Álvarez271987, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995
Carlos Valderrama271987, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995
3René Higuita221987, 1989, 1991, 1995 and 1999
4Víctor Aristizábal201993, 1995, 1997 and 2001
5Arnoldo Iguarán191979, 1983, 1987, 1989 and 1991
Luis Carlos Perea191987, 1989, 1991 and 1993
7Freddy Rincón181991, 1993 and 1995
8 Luis González Rubio161945, 1947 and 1949
Gabriel Mejía161945, 1947 and 1949
Humberto Picalúa161945, 1947 and 1949
Efraín Sánchez161947, 1949 and 1957

Top Goalscorers
No. Name Goals Tournaments
1Arnoldo Iguarán101979 (1), 1987 (4), 1989 (3) and 1991 (2)
2Víctor Aristizábal81993 (1), 1997 (1) and 2001 (6)
3Delio Gamboa51957 (3) and 1963 (2)
Ernesto Díaz51975 (4) and 1979 (1)
5Carlos Arango41947 (1) and 1957 (3)
Antony de Ávila41989 (1) and 1991 (3)
Freddy Rincón41993 (1) and 1995 (3)
8 Fulgencio Berdugo31945 (2) and 1949 (1)
Neider Morantes31997 (2) and 1999 (1)
1023 players2

Awards and Records

Team Awards

  • Champions 1x (2001)
  • Second Place 1x (1975)
  • Third Place 4x (1987, 1993, 1995 and 2016)

Individual Awards[2]

See also

References
  1. Roberto Mamrud (February 20, 2014). "Iván Ramiro Córdoba - International Appearances". Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  2. "The Copa América Archive". July 19, 2007. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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