Colombia World Cup 2018 squad and team guide
Here we take a look at Colombia's World Cup squad and the other things it will be handy to know.
Colombia's World Cup squad - the 23 names
23-man final squad:
Goalkeepers: David Ospina (Arsenal), Camilo Vargas (AC Deportivo Cali), Jose Fernando Cuadrado (CD Once Caldas).
Defenders: Cristian Zapata (AC Milan), Oscar Murillo (CF Pachuca), Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven), Yerry Mina (Barcelona), Johan Mojica (Girona FC), Frank Fabra (CA Boca Juniors), Davinson Sanchez (Tottenham Hotspur).
Midfielders: Wilmar Barrios (CA Boca Juniors), Carlos Sanchez (RCD Espanyol), Abel Aguilar (AC Deportivo Cali), James Rodriguez (Bayern Munich), Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Juventus), Mateus Uribe (Club America), Jefferson Lerma (Levante), Juan Fernando Quintero (CA River Plate).
Forwards: Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), Radamel Falcao Garcia (Monaco), Luis Muriel (Sevilla), Miguel Borja (SE Palmeiras), Jose Izquierdo (Brighton & Hove Albion).
Colombia's World Cup 2018 fixtures
Japan: Tuesday, June 19 at 1pm
Poland: Sunday, June 24 at 7pm
Senegal: Thursday, June 28 at 3pm
What odds are Colombia to win the World Cup?
40/1
The kits
See where Colombia's shirts ends up in our ranking of all 64 World Cup shirts below:
Who's the coach?
Jose Pekerman. The 68-year-old comes from the Arsene Wenger school of professorial coaches, with a penchant for patient - some might say laborious - possession football.
Who's the star?
James Rodriguez. Has been revitalised by his move to Bayern Munich after a miserable spell at Real Madrid, scoring eight and delivering 14 assists last season.
Best thing about them
Pace on the counter-attack and a reasonably tight defence.
Worst thing about them
Goals are hard to come by - they scored only 21 in 18 qualifiers.
You may recognise...
There is a north London look about their defence - with David Ospina in goal and Davison Sanchez at centre-half - while Radamel Falcao, so underwhelming in England, still plugs away up front.
Cameramen will be picking out...
Any giant insects that take a liking to James, who spawned a million memes after being alighted on by a fearsome-looking grasshopper during Brazil 2014.
Fans' favourite chant
A patriotic bunch, Colombia enjoy belting out the national anthem - "Oh Gloria Inmarcesible!" ('Oh, unfading glory') at appropriately stirring moments.
On-field prediction
Not as stylish as Brazil, or starry as Argentina, but could go just as far as both.
Off-field prediction
Shakira to release a wretched World Cup song which sounds like it has been written via Google translate.
