Current FIFA Ranking: 13
Highest FIFA Ranking: 3 (last, Aug 2016)
Lowest FIFA Ranking: 54 (June 2011)
Football Team Nickname: La Tricolor
Honours: Copa America (1): 2001
Head coach: Nestor Lorenzo (since July 2022)
Top scorer in qualifying: Luis Diaz (7)
Star players: Luiz Diaz (Bayern Munich), James Rodriguez (Leon), Richard Rios (Benfica)
Having failed to qualify for the finals in 2022, Colombia will be present this time around under the stewardship of Nestor Lorenzo who was a runner-up as a player with Argentina in 1990.
Captained by James Rodriguez, the 34-year-old lit up the 2014 World Cup where he was top scorer with 6 goals as La Tricolor reached the quarter-final for the first and only time in their history.
Will be pinning a lot of their hopes on Luis Diaz who was their top scorer in qualifying with seven goals.
Previous World Cup appearances (6):
2018: Round of 16 (1-1 v England, aet; lost 4-3 on pens)
2014: Quarter-final
1998: Group stage
1994: Group stage
1990: Group stage
1962: Group stage
