The Colombia national beach soccer team represents Colombia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF), the governing body for football in Colombia.
| Nickname(s) | Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers) La Tricolor (The Tricolors) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF) | ||
| Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
| Head coach | Santiago Alzate | ||
| FIFA code | COL | ||
| BSWW ranking | 13  1 (8 April 2024)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Colombia 5–2 Ecuador  (Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 December 2009) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Colombia 9–4 Ecuador (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3 August 2011) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 15–0 Colombia (Montevideo, Uruguay; 10 December 2009) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | ||
| Best result | Group stage | ||
Colombia entered the international beach soccer scene in 2009 at the first edition of the South American Beach Games.[2] The team subsequently debuted in the largest beach soccer event in South America, the World Cup qualifiers, in 2011,[3] finishing in 4th place – their best finish in any major competition to date. Since then, Colombia have remained an active team, becoming regulars at the major CONMEBOL events of the World Cup qualifiers, Copa América and Liga Sudamericana, their best finish was 3rd place at the Copa América de Beach Soccer in 2023. The team will make their debut at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2023.
Current squad
As of March 2018[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | COL | Oscar Hurtado | |
| 10 | COL | Kevin Zuluaga | |
| 11 | COL | Kevin Henao | |
| 12 | GK | COL | Levid Sanchez |
| 13 | COL | Carlos Mejia | |
| 20 | COL | Miguel Parra |
Coach: Santiago Alzate
Achievements
- CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup best: 4th place
- Copa América de Beach Soccer best: 3rd place
- South American Beach Games best: 4th place
- 2009
Competitive record
Copa América de Beach Soccer
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Eighth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 20 | –4 |
 2018 | Ninth place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 25 | –7 |
 2022 | Eighth place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 23 | –11 |
 2023 | Third place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 |
| Total | 4/4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 84 | –17 |
CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005† | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||
 2007† | |||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
 2009 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Fourth place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 20 | –4 |
| 2013 | Seventh place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 24 | –5 |
| 2015 | Eighth place | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 30 | –13 |
| 2017 | Sixth place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 32 | –2 |
| 2019 | Sixth place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 31 | −2 |
| 2021 | Fourth place | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 18 | –1 |
| Total | 6/11 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 128 | 155 | –27 |
- † – Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF
South American Beach Games
| Year | Result | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fourth place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 30 | –18 |
| 2011 | Fifth place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
 2014 | Fifth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 18 | –6 |
| 2019 | Third place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 24 | +2 |
| 2023 | Qualified as hosts | ||||||||
| Total | 5/5 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 60 | 82 | –22 |
Central American and Caribbean Beach Games
| Central American and Caribbean Beach Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2022 | Fifth place | 5th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Total | 0 titles | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
See also
References
External links
- Colombia Profile, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
- Colombia, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
- List of results – '09 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '11 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '12 Archived 2018-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, '13 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '14 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '15 Archived 2018-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, '16 Archived 2018-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, '17 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, '18 Archived 2018-02-11 at the Wayback Machine