The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.
Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 28 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (13 titles).
In select editions, teams from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. During this time span, Colombia participated three times, in 2000, 2003 and 2005. They reached the tournament's final in 2000, but lost 2–0 to Canada. Thanks to their good results, they rank 15th out of 33 nations in the tournament's all-time table, in spite of only three participations.
Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
CONCACAF Gold CupYearResultPosition 2000Runners-up2nd521257 2003Quarter-finals5th311123 2005Semi-finals4th520377Total3/2815/33135261417
2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Group stage TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts220040+46210112–13200203–30
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Group stage TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Quarter-finals
2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Group stage Team321042+273111330431023303302135−22
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Record players
RankPlayerMatchesTournaments1Faryd Mondragón82003 and 2005Jairo Patiño82003 and 20053Héctor Hurtado72000 and 20054Faustino Asprilla52000Gonzalo Martínez52000Andrés Mosquera52000John Wilmar Pérez52000Martín Zapata52000Abel Aguilar52005Martin Arzuaga52005José de la Cuesta52005Humberto Mendoza52005Wason Rentería52005
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerGoalsTournaments1Jairo Patiño32003 (1), 2005 (2)2Abel Aguilar220053Faustino Asprilla12000Gerardo Bedoya12000Víctor Bonilla12000Gonzalo Martínez12000Mauricio Molina12003Jaime Castrillón12005Héctor Hurtado12005Tressor Moreno12005
See also Colombia at the Copa América Colombia at the FIFA Confederations Cup Colombia at the FIFA World Cup
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