List of Colombia national football team managers

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The Colombia national football team has been under the supervision of 42 different managers since its first match in 1938.[1]

Managers

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# Manager Nat Tenure Pld W D* L Win % GF GA GD Major tournaments
1 Alfonso Novoa Colombia 10/02/1938 – 23/02/1938 5 2 0 3 40% 10 11 –1
2 Fernando Paternoster Argentina 08/08/1938 – 21/08/1938 4 1 0 3 25% 6 8 –2
3 Roberto Meléndez Colombia 21/01/1945 – 21/02/1945 6 1 1 4 17% 7 25 –18 CA 1945 – Fifth place
4 José Arana Cruz Peru 09/12/1946 – 20/12/1946 6 6 0 0 100% 20 7 13
5 Lino Taioli Argentina Venezuela 02/12/1947 – 29/12/1947 7 0 2 5 0% 2 19 –17 CA 1947 – Eighth place
6 Friedrich Donnenfeld Austria 03/04/1949 – 11/05/1949 7 0 2 5 0% 4 23 –19 CA 1949 – Eighth place
7 Pedro López Colombia 16/03/1957 – 01/04/1957 6 2 0 4 33% 10 25 –15 CA 1957 – Fifth place
8 Rodolfo Orlandini Argentina 16/06/1957 – 07/07/1957 5 0 1 4 0% 4 10 –6 WC 1958
9 Adolfo Pedernera Argentina 05/02/1961 – 07/06/1962 9 2 3 4 22% 11 16 –5 WC 1962 – Group stage
10 Gabriel Ochoa Uribe Colombia 10/03/1963 – 31/03/1963 6 0 1 5 0% 10 19 –9 CA 1963 – Seventh place
11 Efraín Sánchez Colombia 01/09/1963 – 04/09/1963 2 1 0 1 50% 5 5 0
12 Antonio Julio de la Hoz Colombia 20/06/1965 – 07/08/1965 4 1 0 3 25% 4 10 –6 WC 1966
13 Cesar López Fretes Paraguay 30/11/1966 – 11/12/1966 2 0 1 1 0% 2 5 –3 CA 1967 – Did not qualify
14 Francisco Zuluaga Colombia 16/10/1968 – 24/08/1969 14 1 3 10 7% 14 29 –15 WC 1970
15 Cesar López Fretes Paraguay 20/05/1970 – 20/05/1970 1 0 0 1 0% 0 4 –4
16 Toza Veselinović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 29/03/1972 – 05/07/1973 13 2 5 6 15% 12 20 –8 WC 1974
17 Efraín Sánchez Colombia 20/07/1975 – 28/10/1975 9 6 0 3 67% 11 5 6 CA 1975 – Runners-up
18 Blagoje Vidinić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 15/10/1976 – 05/09/1979 14 3 3 8 21% 10 20 –10 WC 1978

CA 1979 – Group stage

19 Carlos Bilardo Argentina 05/01/1980 – 13/09/1981 10 1 4 5 10% 10 16 –6 WC 1982
20 Efraín Sánchez Colombia 14/02/1983 – 11/10/1984 14 3 8 3 21% 11 11 0 CA 1983 – Group stage
21 Gabriel Ochoa Uribe Colombia 01/02/1985 – 03/11/1985 19 8 5 6 42% 23 23 0 WC 1986
22 Francisco Maturana Colombia 11/06/1987 – 23/06/1990 40 20 11 9 50% 49 30 19 CA 1987 – Third place

CA 1989 – Group stage WC 1990 – Round of 16

23 Luis Augusto García Colombia 29/01/1991 – 21/07/1991 11 3 4 4 27% 10 11 –1 CA 1991 – Fourth place
24 Humberto Ortiz Colombia 08/07/1992 – 02/08/1992 3 1 1 1 33% 1 1 0
25 Francisco Maturana Colombia 24/02/1993 – 26/06/1994 34 18 13 3 53% 49 20 29 CA 1993 – Third place

WC 1994 – Group stage

26 Hernán Darío Gómez Colombia 31/01/1995 – 26/06/1998 58 21 18 19 36% 68 64 4 CA 1995 – Third place

CA 1997 – Quarter-finals WC 1998 – Group stage

27 Javier Álvarez Colombia 09/02/1999 – 19/11/1999 15 5 5 5 33% 24 21 3 CA 1999 – Quarter-finals
28 Luis Augusto García Colombia 12/02/2000 – 24/04/2001 21 11 5 5 52% 27 20 7
29 Francisco Maturana Colombia 03/06/2001 – 14/11/2001 13 9 2 2 69% 21 7 14 CA 2001 – Champions

WC 2002

30 Reinaldo Rueda Colombia 07/05/2002 – 12/05/2002 3 1 1 1 33% 3 3 0
31 Francisco Maturana Colombia 20/11/2002 – 19/11/2003 18 3 7 8 17% 9 17 –8
32 Reinaldo Rueda Colombia 18/02/2004 – 12/10/2006 40 17 12 11 43% 55 39 16 CA 2004 – Fourth place

WC 2006

33 Jorge Luis Pinto Colombia 01/01/2007 – 01/09/2008 25 11 7 7 44% 33 27 6 CA 2007 – Group stage
34 Eduardo Lara Colombia 01/09/2008 – 01/11/2009 17 8 1 8 47% 18 20 –2 WC 2010
35 Hernán Darío Gómez Colombia 04/05/2010 – 22/08/2011 15 5 5 5 33% 12 11 1 CA 2011 – Quarter-finals
36 Leonel Álvarez Colombia 25/08/2011 – 14/12/2011 5 3 1 1 60% 8 4 4
37 José Pékerman Argentina 04/01/2012 – 04/09/2018 78 42 20 16 54% 124 59 65 WC 2014 – Quarter-finals

CA 2015 – Quarter-finals
CA 2016 – Third place
WC 2018 – Round of 16

38 Arturo Reyes Colombia 01/09/2018 – 31/10/2018 4 3 1 0 75% 9 4 5
39 Carlos Queiroz Portugal 07/02/2019 – 02/12/2020 18 9 5 4 50% 22 18 4 CA 2019 – Quarter-finals
40 Reinaldo Rueda Colombia 14/01/2021 – 18/04/2022 22 7 10 5 32% 23 13 7 CA 2021 – Third place

WC 2022

41 Héctor Cárdenas Colombia 05/06/2022 1 1 0 0 100% 1 0 1
42 Néstor Lorenzo Argentina 24/09/2022 – present 30 21 7 2 70% 57 20 37 CA 2024 – Runners-up
Totals 634 259 175 200 41% 809 723 +86
Last updated: Colombia vs. Chile, 15 October 2024. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.

References

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  1. ^ Frank Balesteros. "Colombia National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

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