COLOMBIA
WC98 qualifications
past | country 		South America
Coach : Hernan Dario GOMEZ
3 participations
FIFA World Ranking (05/1998) : 10th
Selection 1998 of Colombia
Goalkeeper:
Farid Mondragon (Independiente), Miguel Calero (Atletico Nacional de Medellin), Oscar Cordoba (Boca Juniors).
Defenders:
Jose Santa (Atletico Nacional Medellin), Antonio Moreno (Deportes Tolima), Wilmer Cabrera (Independiente), Everth Palacios (Deportivo Cali), Ivan Cordoba (Atletico Nacional Medellin), Jorge Bermudez (Boca Juniors).
Midfielders:
Harold Lozano (Real Valladolid), Mauricio Serna (Atletico Nacional), Freddy Rincon(Corinthians), Carlos Valderrama (Miami Fusion), Victor Aristizabal (Sao Paulo), John Perez (Deportivo Cali), Jorge Bolano (Junior de Barranquilla), Andrés Estrada (Atletico Nacional de Medellin)
Forwards:
Leider Preciado (Santa Fe de Bogota), Hamilton Ricard (Middlesbrough), Faustino Asprilla (Parme), Anthony De Avila (Metrostars), Adolfo Valencia (America Cali).
To resume the preliminary competition
  • South America Area :
    Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
  • Matches played
    COLOMBIA 1-0
    1-1
    3-1
    4-1
    1-0
    2-2
    2-0
    0-1
    1-2
    0-1
    1-1
    1-4
    1-0
    3-0
    1-0
    1-1         		Paraguay
    Peru
    Uruguay
    Chile
    Ecuador
    Bolivia
    Venezuela
    Argentina
    Paraguay
    Peru
    Uruguay
    Chile
    Ecuador
    Bolivia
    Venezuela
    Argentina
    Temporary Table
    Pos P W D L Goals Pts
    3 16 8 4 4 23:15 28
  • Team of the eliminatories France98.
    Best players:
    Valderrama, Asprilla, Rincon, Asprilla, Lozano, Bermudez
    Typical team:
    O. Cordoba - Cabrera, Bermudez, I. Cordoba, Galeano (ou Moreno) - Serna, Lozano, Rincon, Valderrama - De Avila, Asprilla.
    		 ALVAREZ Leonel
     ARISTIZABAL Victor
     ASPRILLA Faustino
     BERMUDEZ Jorge
     BOLAÑO Jorge
     BONILLA Victor
     CABRERA Wilmer
     CALERO Miguel
     CASSIANI Francisco
     CORDOBA Ivan
     DE AVILA Antony
     ESTRADA Andres
     GALEANO Hugo
     GAVIRIA Herman
     HERRERA Luis
     LOPEZ Osman
     LOZANO Harold
     MAFLA Edison
     MAZIRI Foad         		 MENDOZA Alexis
     MONDRAGON Farid
     MORENO Antonio
     MOSQUERA Bonner
     ORTIZ Nestor
     PACHECO Victor
     PALACIOS Eves
     PAREJA Oscar
     PEREZ Wilson
     QUINONES Luis
     RAMIREZ Jhon
     RICARD Hamilton
     RINCON Freddy
     SANTA José
     SERNA Mauricio
     VALDERRAMA Carlos
     VALENCIA Adolfo
     VALENCIANO Ivan
     ZULETA Leonel

    Grading in
    the previous cups
    1994 1st round 19th
    1990 1st round 14th
    1962 8th final 14th

    To resume the previous cups
    1994 1st round Colombia Switzerland 2-0
    1994 1st round United-States Colombia 2-1
    1994 1st round Romania Colombia 3-1
    1990 8th final Cameroon Colombia 2-1(a.t.)
    1990 1st round RFA Colombia 1-1
    1990 1st round Yugoslavia Colombia 1-1
    1990 1st round Colombia U.A.E. 2-0
    1962 8th final Yugoslavia Colombia 5-0
    1970 8th final USSR Colombia 4-4
    1970 8th final Uruguay Colombia 2-1

    • COLOMBIA
    Country caracteristics:
    35 101 000 inhabitants, 1 134 914 km²
    City:
    Bogota
    System of government :
    Republic
    Time difference:
    - 6 hours with Paris
    Colors:
    yellow t-shirt, blue short, red socks.
         		Federation:
    Federacion Colombiana de Futbol created in 1924
    Principals clubs:
    Atletico Nacional de Medellin (1-er club colombien vainqueur de la Copa Libertadores en 1989), Millonarios de Bogota, Deportivo Cali et America Cali.
    Principals stadiums:
    Metropolitano (Barranquilla, 70.000), Atanasio Girardot (Medellin, 55.000), El Campin (Bogota, 52.000).

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