Colombia arrive at the 2026 World Cup ranked 14th in Sportsvyn's Power Rankings with a score of 6.94, carrying a squad whose most striking structural feature is its midfield weight: twelve of twenty-six players listed there, against just three designated attackers. Eight defenders anchor the back line, with Y. Mina and J. Lucumí as named central options. That front-line thinness — three attackers on a twenty-six-man roster — sits as the tournament's first unresolved tension for this group.

Colombia's Group K opener comes on June 17 at Estadio Azteca against Uzbekistan, ranked 39th in Sportsvyn's Power Rankings with a score of 4.46 — 25 places and 2.48 points below Colombia's own standing. The match begins to answer one concrete question the roster sheet raises: with twelve midfielders competing for the roles behind only three listed attackers, which players from that crowded middle third take on the attacking burden when the front line is outnumbered on the depth chart?