The 65-year-old manager Jose Pekerman has announced the final squad for 44th edition of Copa America beginning from 11 June, 2015. He has short down the list of 30 member preliminary squad that he announced before few days back. Star striker Radamel Falcao, midfielders James Rodriguez and Juan Cuadrado are included in 23-man Colombian team for the event at Chile.

Abel Aguilar, Juan Fernando Quintero, Fredy Guarin and Eder Alvarez Balanta have already out from the 23 players list as they got respective injuries. This made selection easy for Pekerman as he was required to reject only 3 players from remaining squad.

In press conference Mr. Pekerman said, “We fully trust in Falcao being important for Colombia. He’s in good spirits and in good condition. We hope that he can return to his best form at the Copa América, but we must recognise the other good forwards we have.”

Colombia to meet Venezuela in their first match of Group C on 14 June, 2015 at Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua. Let’s have a look at the announced Colombia roster for Copa America.

Colombia 23-man Squad

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Camilo Vargas	Carlos Valdes	Juan Cuadrado	Victor Ibarbo
David Ospina	Jeison Murillo	Carlos Sanchez	Carlos Bacca
Cristian Bonilla	Camilo Zuniga	Alexander Mejia	Teofilo Gutierrez
	Darwin Andrade	Edwin Cardona	Radamel Falcao
	Cristian Zapata	Edwin Valencia	Jackson Martinez
	Pablo Armero	James Rodríguez	Luis Muriel
	Santiago Arias
	Pedro Franco