Deportivo Pasto

Deportivo Pasto

Full name	Asociación Deportivo Pasto
Nickname(s)	La Fuerza Tricolor (The Tri-colored Force) El Equipo Volcánico (The Volcanic Team) El Súper Depor (The Super Depor).
Founded	12 October 1949; 72 years ago (1949-10-12)
Ground	Estadio Departamental Libertad Pasto, Colombia
Capacity	19,000
Chairman	Óscar Casabón
Manager	Flabio Torres
League	Categoría Primera A
2021	16th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad. Deportivo Pasto is both the southernmost and westernmost based team in the Colombian league.

Founded in 1949, Pasto has won the league title once in the 2006 Apertura and finished as runner-up three times: in 2002 Finalizacion, 2012 Apertura, and 2019 Apertura. The club has also finished runners-up twice in the Copa Colombia: in 2009 and 2012.

History[]

The club was founded on 12 October 1949, and was a semi-pro team until 1996. That year, they were promoted to the professional second division, the Primera B, and achieved promotion into the Primera A in 1998.

In the 2006 Apertura, the club won its first ever league title, beating Deportivo Cali in the finals. The team reached the finals of the 2009 Copa Colombia, where it lost to Independiente Santa Fe. Pasto was relegated to the Primera B that year as well, after finishing last in the relegation table (aggregate of last 3 seasons).

For the 2010 season, the club placed second in the table, advancing to the playoffs. In the playoffs, Pasto won its group and advanced to the playoff finals. In the finals, the club lost to Itagui Ditaires, and missed out on direct promotion. However, the club still had a chance to be promoted with the relegation/promotion playoff, which would be played against the second-to-last club in the Primera A league table, Envigado. Envigado won 3-0 on aggregate, which meant Pasto would spend another season in the second division.

The club began the 2011 Apertura season with a first-place league finish. In the playoffs, the club lost in the quarterfinals to Valledupar. For the 2011 Finalizacion, the team finished first in the league again. In the playoffs, it won the championship finals against Centauros Villavicencio and became the champion. Pasto had to play Patriotas Boyacá, the Apertura champion, for a direct spot in the Primera A. Pasto won the match on penalties, and earned promotion to the Primera A.

The club had a very good return to the Primera A, which was the 2012 season. In the Apertura, the club finished 6th, and qualified to the playoffs, where it won its group, and qualified for the final in an attempt to win the second star. However, Pasto lost the final to Santa Fe 2-1.

For the 2012 Finalizacion, Pasto finished 8th in the league table, which was the last place out of the 8 teams than advance to the playoffs. In the playoffs, the club narrowly missed out on the final, finishing second in the group to eventual champions Millonarios on goal difference. In 2012, Pasto also made the finals of the Copa Colombia, losing 2-0 to Atlético Nacional on aggregate.

In the 2019 Apertura, Pasto made the championship finals once again, but lost to Atlético Junior 4-5 on penalties.^[1]

Club Data[]

• Primera A Seasons: 23
• Primera B seasons: 5

Honours[]

• Categoría Primera A:

Winners (1): 2006–I

Runners-up (3): 2002–II, 2012–I, 2019–I

• Categoría Primera B:

Winners (2): 1998, 2011

Runners-up (1): 2010

• Copa Colombia:

Runners-up (2): 2009, 2012

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[]

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away
2003	Copa Sudamericana	PR	Atlético Nacional	0–0	1–2
2007	Copa Libertadores	GS	Santos	0–1	0–3
			Gimnasia y Esgrima	0–2	2–3
			Defensor Sporting	1–2	0–3
2013	Copa Sudamericana
		FS	Melgar	3–0	0–2
		SS	Colo-Colo	1–0	2–0
		R16	Ponte Preta	1–0	0–2
2020	Copa Sudamericana	FS	Huachipato	0–1	0–1

Notes

• FS: First stage
• GS: Group stage
• PR: Preliminary round
• R16: Round of 16
• SS: Second stage

Stadium[]

• Name – Estadio Libertad
• City – Pasto
• Capacity – 25,000
• Inauguration – 1954
• Pitch size – 120 x 90 m

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 6 August 2021^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  COL Diego Martínez 2 DF  COL Jaime Giraldo (on loan from Independiente Medellín) 4 DF  COL Yilson Rosales 5 DF  COL Hernán Pertúz 6 MF  COL Daniel Rojano 7 MF  COL Kevin Rendón 8 MF  COL Camilo Ayala (captain) 10 MF  COL Juan Sebastián Villota 11 FW  COL Ray Vanegas 12 GK  COL Andrés Cabezas 13 DF  COL Daniel Quiñones 15 DF  COL Pedro Valoyes 16 MF  COL Mateo Palacios

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  COL Almir Soto 19 DF  COL David Gómez 20 MF  COL Esneyder Mena 21 FW  COL Carlos Daniel Hidalgo 22 MF  COL Yilton Díaz 23 DF  COL Cristian Tovar 25 FW  COL Jacobo Escobar (on loan from Águilas Doradas) 27 FW  COL Sebastián Valenzuela 28 MF  COL Francisco Rodríguez 29 DF  COL Sebastián Macías 30 MF  COL César Quintero 31 DF  COL Jeison Quiñones (on loan from Águilas Doradas) 33 GK  COL Ederson Cabezas

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  COL Fabián Viáfara (at Junior)

Managers[]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Asociación Deportivo Pasto.

• Official Website
• Página del Deportivo Pasto en DIMAYOR

Coordinates: 1°11′53″N 77°16′39″W / 1.19806°N 77.27750°W / 1.19806; -77.27750