Envigado F.C.
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| Full name | Envigado Fútbol Club S.A. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | El Equipo Naranja (The Orange Team) Cantera de Héroes (Cantera of Heroes) | |||
| Founded | 14 October 1989 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Polideportivo Sur Envigado, Colombia | |||
| Capacity | 11,000[1] | |||
| Chairman | Ramiro Ruiz | |||
| Manager | Alberto Suárez | |||
| League | Categoría Primera A | |||
| 2021 | 13th | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Envigado Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [embiˈɣaðo ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ]) is a Colombian professional football team based in Envigado, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur. The club was founded on 14 October 1989 and was the first Colombian team from the second division that was promoted to the Categoría Primera A in 1991.
The club is renowned for the quality of its youth development and the number of international stars who have begun their careers with the team including James Rodríguez, Fredy Guarín, Juan Fernando Quintero, Jhon Córdoba, Mateus Uribe among others. It is frequently considered one of the best youth academies in South America.
Their first qualification for an international tournament was the Copa Sudamericana in 2012, where they were eliminated at the Second Stage after beating Unión Comercio of Peru 2-0 on aggregate and losing to Liverpool of Uruguay 2-1 on aggregate.
Honours[]
- Winners (2): 1991, 2007
Players[]
Current squad[]
- As of 20 January 2022[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers[]
Rubén Darío Bedoya- Luis Augusto García (1992)
- Fernando Castro (July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1995)
- Gabriel Gómez (1995)
- Orlando Restrepo (2005)
- Jesús Barrios (2007–Oct 2008)
- Óscar Aristizábal (Dec 15, 2008–Nov 2, 2009)
- Jesús Barrios (Nov 2, 2009–June 30, 2011)
- Pedro Sarmiento (July 1, 2010 – April 15, 2013)
- Miguel Cadavid (2013)
- Juan Carlos Sánchez (April 2013–May 2016)
Ismael Rescalvo (June 2016–August 2017)- Rubén Darío Bedoya (August 2017–)
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Envigado". Dimayor. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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