This article explores the relationship between the FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and football in Colombia. It argues that until the presidency of Juan Manuel Santos, the FARC had been excluded from being part of the national ‘us’ when celebrating successes of the national men’s football team. In fact, sporting nationalism projects articulated around World Cup successes in 1962, 1990, 1994 and the Copa América in 2001 projected the national football team as being symbolically representative of a nation against an ‘other’ that was Colombia itself. This other was the ‘Narcolombia’ of the FARC, drug traffickers, violence, terrorism and criminality that had become notorious internationally, and was the image most associated with the country. This rhetorical positioning shifted under Santos, when football became a bridge to allow the FARC back into the nation given the political backdrop of the peace negotiations between the government and the FARC.

本文探讨了哥伦比亚革命武装力量（FARC）与哥伦比亚足球之间的关系。它辩称，在胡安·曼努埃尔·桑托斯（Juan Manuel Santos）担任总统之前，哥伦比亚革命武装力量在庆祝国家男子足球队的成功时被排除在国家“我们”之外。实际上，围绕着1962年，1990年，1994年和1994年世界杯成功举办的体育民族主义项目表明，国家足球队象征着一个国家对抗哥伦比亚本身的“其他”国家。另一类是哥伦比亚革命武装力量的“哥伦比亚”，贩毒者，暴力，恐怖主义和犯罪，在国际上已广为人知，并且是与该国最相关的形象。这种修辞立场在桑托斯（Santos）的领导下发生了变化，