13th Qualifier Confederation: CONMEBOL (South America)

The Country | The Road to FRANCE98 | The Team | Honours | Coach

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Land area:	1,134,914 km2
Population:	35,101,000
Capital:	Bogota
Main cities:	Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla
System of government:	Republic
Head of state:	Ernesto Samper
Currency:	Peso
Time difference:	6 hours behind Paris

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24 April 96	Colombia -Paraguay	1-0
2 June 96	Peru-Colombia	1-1
7 july 96	Colombia -Uruguay	3-1
1 September 96	Colombia-Chile	4-1
9 October 96	Ecuador- Colombia	0-1
10 November 96	Bolivia- Colombia	2-2
15 November 96	Venezuela-Colombia	0-2
12 February 97	Colombia-Argentina	0-1
2 April 97	Paraguay- Colombia	2-1
30 April 97	Colombia-Peru	0-1
8 June 97	Uruguay-Colombia	1-1
5 July 97	Chile-Colombia	4-1
20 July 97	Colombia-Ecuador	1-0
20 August 97	Colombia-Bolivia	3-0
10 September 97	Colombia-Venezuela	1-0

27 points
22 goals scored
14 goals conceded

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Goalkeeper:	O. Cordoba (age 27, 26 caps)
Defenders:	Cabrera (age 30, 38 caps) Bermudez (age 26, 42 caps) I. Cordoba (age 21, 9 caps) Galeano (age 33, 10 caps)
Mid-field:	Serna (age 29, 36 caps) Lozano (age 25, 22 caps) Valderrama (age 36, 101 caps Rincon (age 31-68 caps)
Striker:	Asprilla (age 27-44 caps) De Avila (age 34-31 caps)

Number of players used during the qualifying rounds: 37

National team colours: yellow, blue, red

FIFA ranking (on 16 October 1997):  11th

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World Cup: participated 3 times (1962, 1990, 1994)

1962: eliminated in first round
1990: eliminated in round of sixteen
1994: eliminated in first round

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Hernan Dario Gomez
Herman Darion Gomez took up his duties as Colombian Team Coach after the 1994 World Cup finals. He coached the Colombian Olympic team in 1993 a year after becoming Francisco Maturana's right-hand man in charge of the national team. Gomez spent his playing career in Medellin, first as a member of the Independiete eleven, and later with Atletico.

 

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