Colombia national under-23 football team
| Nickname(s) | Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers) | ||
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| Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Héctor Cárdenas | ||
| FIFA code | COL | ||
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| First international | |||
| Guatemala 2–1 Colombia (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 26 February 1950) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Colombia 7–1 Dominican Republic (Cali, Colombia; 3 August 1971) Colombia 6–0 Bahamas (Cali, Colombia; 31 July 1971) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Brazil 9–0 Colombia (Londrina, Brazil; 30 January 2000) | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1968) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2016) | ||
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.