Group K

Colombia Colombia

One of the most aesthetically pleasing teams in South America when it clicks. James Rodríguez still orchestrates from deep when his body cooperates, which is increasingly the condition. The attacking midfield is genuinely creative, the defense is genuinely unreliable. A team that can beat anyone and lose to anyone, sometimes in the same week.

This profile summarizes Colombia's World Cup 2026 simulation path from the latest current-state snapshot: group outlook, finish distribution, possible knockout routes, opponent pools, squad context, and title chances.

Champion 0%
Group qualification 100%
Squad market €305.4m
Avg age 30.1
Avg height 1.804m
Manager Néstor Lorenzo
Current-state snapshot

This profile is based on 10k current-state simulations using the WC26 simulator engine. The numbers are a model snapshot, not a guarantee. Team ratings, squads and injury updates may change over time.

10k current-state simulations

Latest result included: France 0-2 Spain

Guide

How to read this team profile

Group finish and stage reach values are model outputs from the latest current-state team profile snapshot. Path sections show how Colombia's route changes by group finish, while opponent pools summarize the teams most often appearing in each round.

This page uses Knockout-phase current-state snapshot using latest committed Match Updates, official locked results, current ratings, and fixed knockout bracket state as of 15 Jul 2026 1:47 PM UTC+3. Other public forecast pages may still use root compatibility datasets until they are updated separately, and custom Team Strength settings can change future tournament paths in the live simulator.

Group

Finish probabilities

1st 100.0%
2nd 0%
3rd place 0% Qualified from 3rd 0% Eliminated in 3rd 0%
4th 0%

Tournament

Stage reach probabilities

R32 100%
R16 100%
QF 0%
SF 0%
Final 0%
Champion 0%

Conditional path

Path by group finish

Finish Sample R32R16QFSFFinalChampion
1st 100.0% 100%100%0%0%0%0%
2nd No longer possible
3rd No longer possible

Overall opponent pool

Most common opponents by round

If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the latest current-state snapshot.

R32

Ghana Ghana If reached: 100.0% All sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 100.0%

R16

Switzerland Switzerland If reached: 100.0% All sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 0%

QF

No opponent samples.

SF

No opponent samples.

Final

No opponent samples.

Finish 1st

Colombia opponent pool if finishing 1st

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

Ghana Ghana If reached: 100.0% Path sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 100.0%

R16

Switzerland Switzerland If reached: 100.0% Path sims: 100.0% Matchup win rate: 0%

QF

Not enough samples.

SF

Not enough samples.

Final

Not enough samples.

Finish 2nd

Colombia opponent pool if finishing 2nd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 3rd

Colombia opponent pool if finishing 3rd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Squad

Current squad

26 players
Pos Player Age Height Club Market
GK Álvaro Montero 31 1,99m CA Vélez Sarsfield €2.5m
GK Camilo Vargas 37 1,83m Atlas Guadalajara €450k
GK David Ospina 37 1,83m Atlético Nacional €200k
CB Jhon Lucumí 27 1,87m Bologna FC 1909 €22.0m
CB Davinson Sánchez 30 1,87m Galatasaray €16.0m
CB Willer Ditta 28 1,80m CD Cruz Azul €5.5m
CB Yerry Mina 31 1,95m Cagliari Calcio €2.5m
LB Deiver Machado 32 1,80m FC Nantes €2.0m
LB Johan Mojica 33 1,85m RCD Mallorca €1.8m
RB Daniel Muñoz 30 1,81m Crystal Palace €27.0m
RB Santiago Arias 34 1,78m CA Independiente €1.2m
DM Richard Ríos 26 1,87m SL Benfica €25.0m
DM Jefferson Lerma 31 1,79m Crystal Palace €8.0m
DM Kevin Castaño 25 1,77m CA River Plate €5.0m
CM Juan Portilla 27 1,83m Club Athletico Paranaense €5.0m
CM Gustavo Puerta 22 1,71m Racing Santander €5.0m
AM Jorge Carrascal 28 1,80m CR Flamengo €13.0m
AM James Rodríguez 34 1,80m Minnesota United FC €2.0m
AM Juan Fernando Quintero 33 1,68m CA River Plate €1.8m
LW Luis Díaz 29 1,80m Bayern Munich €70.0m
LW Andrés Gómez 23 1,71m Vasco da Gama €11.0m
LW Jáminton Campaz 26 1,65m CA Rosario Central €5.5m
RW Jhon Arias 28 1,68m SE Palmeiras €15.0m
CF Luis Suárez 29 1,81m Sporting CP €30.0m
CF Cucho Hernández 27 1,75m Real Betis Balompié €18.0m
CF Jhon Córdoba 33 1,88m FC Krasnodar €10.0m

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