CONMEBOL · Group K
Colombia
Squad value $327M · #21 of 48 by price
About Colombia
Population 52.7M
- Colombia packs in the highest biodiversity per square mile of any country on Earth — one of just seventeen 'megadiverse' nations.
- Deep in the Amazon, an eight-mile wall of ochre rock paintings — some 12,500 years old — depicts Ice Age animals long vanished from the continent.
- Spanish is official, but the country also recognises 64 other languages spoken in their home territories.
- Some of the oldest pottery in all the Americas — around 5,000–4,000 BC — was made on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
- The World Health Organization once ranked its health system the best in the Americas.
Source: Wikipedia
The Journey
Group K- 1
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at Uzbekistan ·Jun 18 W 3–1
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Colombia 3–1 Uzbekistan
Colombia did what good teams do: absorbed a wobble and won going away. Munoz opened the scoring before the break, Uzbekistan levelled through Fayzullaev just past the hour, and for a moment the Azteca held its breath. Then Diaz took the game by the throat — the architect of the first, the scorer of the second — and Campaz's stoppage-time third turned a contest into a statement. Sixty-one percent of the ball, fifteen shots: control, then a flourish. A first win banked, and a reminder of who carries this side.
Goals 40' D. Munoz · 60' A. Fayzullaev · 65' L. Diaz · 90' J. Campaz
xG 1.61–1.14 ·Poss 61% ·Shots 15 (4 on target) ·Corners 4 ·GK saves 1
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Guadalajara · Estadio Akron
DR Congo ·Jun 24 W 1–0
1,566 m · 50k · open · 27°C
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Colombia 1–0 DR Congo
For seventy-six minutes Colombia did everything but score. They took sixty-four percent of the ball and twenty shots to eight, an expected-goals line of 1.03 to 0.39 — total command of a game that refused to reward it. Then Daniel Munoz met Juan Quintero's delivery at the back post, and the afternoon finally tipped. It was a test of a favourite's nerve as much as its quality: patient, controlled, one lapse from dropping a point it had bossed. In the end they took the chance the performance was owed. Job done, with the finishing left to sharpen another day.
Goals 76' D. Munoz
xG 1.03–0.39 ·Poss 64% ·Shots 20
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Miami · Hard Rock Stadium
Portugal ·Jun 27 D 0–0
2 m · 65k · open · 32°C 🔥
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Colombia 0–0 Portugal
Colombia battered the door and it would not open. Twenty-four shots, an expected-goals line of 1.63 to 0.69, and a Portugal side ranked fourth in the field hanging on for dear life — this was as one-sided as a goalless draw gets. They thought they had finally broken through deep in stoppage, only for Davinson Sanchez's header to be ruled out for offside in the ninety-second. Portugal's goalkeeper made six saves; the flag did the rest. A point that feels like two dropped, and a performance that deserved far more than the scoreline gave it.
xG 1.63–0.69 ·Poss 55% ·Shots 24 (6 on target) ·Corners 5 ·GK saves 2
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Kansas City · Arrowhead Stadium
Ghana ·Jul 4
270 m · 76k · open · 31°C 🔥
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Colombia 1–0 Ghana
Colombia controlled this from the fourteenth minute and only the scoreline kept it interesting. Jhon Arias struck early, Luis Díaz had a second ruled out for offside, and from there Colombia simply squeezed — an expected-goals line of 2.18 to 0.26, twenty shots, Ghana's goalkeeper forced into seven saves. It should have been three or four; one was enough. A composed, professional night's work. Colombia stroll into the last sixteen.
Goals 14' J. Arias
xG 2.18–0.26 ·Poss 61% ·Shots 20 (8 on target) ·Corners 3 ·GK saves 0
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Vancouver · BC Place
at Switzerland ·Jul 7
0 m · 54k · retractable · 21°C
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Colombia 0–0 Switzerland
Colombia will feel this one for a long time. They created the better chances, forced the saves, and carried the game to Switzerland for two hours — and had nothing to show for it when it mattered most. Goalless into a shootout, they lost their nerve where the Swiss kept theirs, beaten four to three from the spot. There is no crueler way to leave a World Cup: the better team on the night, on a plane home because a shootout does not reward the run of play. Colombia are out.
Goals (4–3 pen)
xG 1.09–0.39 ·Poss 47% ·Shots 15 (3 on target) ·Corners 7 ·GK saves 2
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Belief
Punching Up- 7
- 5.51
- #4
- #21
Belief +1.5 · Merit + Finishing
- 0.0 did the underlying play beat the market
- +1.5 did the scoreboard beat the play — conversion, keeping, luck
xG 4.27–2.22 · deserved 5.47 pts
Form & Shape
4-3-3- WWDWD
- 5–1
- 4
- 2
Aggregate form via API-Football. Most-used shape: 4-3-3.
Friendship
Friendship 77Friendship 77 = co-starts + club chemistry +4
- 73
- 13
Friendship blends realized national co-starts with a club-chemistry bonus, so a settled XI and a club-spine squad both score high. Near 100 the total eases so the most-settled squads stay separated rather than all tying out. Gold lines trace the spine: teammates who share a club right now.
The squad
Tap a player for their card · the two numbers are Jornata ratings (0–99): pre-tournament capability and live tournament form · values are Jornata estimates.