Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikwata cheColombia chakatora chikamu mumakwikwi matanhatu eWorld Cup (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2014 na2018). Mumutambo wa2014 wakaitirwa muBrazil, chikwata ichi chakaita zvakanaka zvikuru muWorld Cup, kusvika kumaquarter-finals uye kusvika pachinhanho chechishanu mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. Kubudirira kwaro kukuru kwenyika yose kukunda Copa América muna 2001 sevatenzi, zvakare kuisa rekodhi idzva pasina zvibodzwa zvakagamuchirwa uye mutambo wese wakakunda; yakazopedzawo runner-up muna 1975 uye yakasvika kumasemifainari kanomwe: muna 1987, 1991, 1993
, 1995, 2004, 2016, uye 2021. Uyezve, chikwata akakwanisa kuita hunoshamisa pakuonekwa pamwero Continental, kuwana kubva Central American uye Caribbean Games ndarama nendarira menduru muna 1946 uye 1938 azvaitwa, uye muna Bolivarian Games chikwata akawana menduru yegoridhe muna 1951 uye menduru yesirivha muna 1961, 1973 uye 1981.