Independiente Medellín

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Independiente Medellín
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Full nameDeportivo Independiente Medellín
Nickname(s)El Rojo Paisa (The Paisa Red),[1]
El Poderoso de la Montaña (The Mighty of the Mountain),[2]
El Decano (The Dean),
El Equipo del Pueblo (The People's Team),
El Rey de Corazones (The King of Hearts),
Medallo
DIM (Deportivo Independiente Medellín)
Founded14 November 1913; 107 years ago (1913-11-14) as Medellin Foot Ball Club
GroundEstadio Atanasio Girardot
Medellín, Colombia
Capacity40,943[3]
ChairmanDaniel Ossa
ManagerJulio Comesaña
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2021–I9th
WebsiteClub website

Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football team based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardot, which seats 40,943 people.

Founded in 1913, Independiente Medellín has won the Categoría Primera A six times: in 1955, 1957, 2002–II, 2004–I, 2009–II and 2016–I, and the Copa Colombia three times: in , 2019, and 2020. Its best performance at international level was in 2003, when the team reached the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.

History[]

Independiente Medellín was founded on 14 November 1913 under the name of Medellín Foot Ball Club by siblings Alberto, Luis and Rafael Uribe Piedrahíta.[4] The team played its first match with an amateur team called Sporting of Medellín, who defeated them 11–0. In 1948, Medellín joined professional football and played the first edition of the league. Medellín placed seventh out of ten teams, winning seven matches. Their first match was a 4–0 defeat against América de Cali. Their first win was 3–2 against Junior.[5]

The next decade, Medellín signed Peruvian Segundo Castillo Varela, who won the 1939 South American Championship, the first title of his country, in a movement of what was known as El Dorado, when Colombian teams signed many foreign footballers. Medellín did not play in 1952 and 1953 due to economic problems. In 1953, the club changed its entire administration and was renamed to its current name, Deportivo Independiente Medellín.[6]

The team won its first title in the 1955 Campeonato Profesional. The team finished first with 31 points and just one defeat. Argentine striker was the tournament's top goalscorer, with 22 goals.[6] The team won its second title two years later, in 1957, with almost the same players as the previous seasons. José Vicente Grecco was the top scorer of the tournament.

In 1966, Medellín achieved their first ever qualification for the Copa Libertadores, after finishing runner-up in the league. They played against Argentine sides Racing de Avellaneda and River Plate, Bolivian teams 31 de Octubre and Bolívar, and fellow Colombians Independiente Santa Fe. They finished fifth out of six in their group and were eliminated. They qualified for the Copa Libertadores again after 27 years in 1994, being eliminated by Junior in the quarter-finals.[7]

Independiente Medellin won its first Copa Colombia in 1981, although this title is not officially recognized by many experts nor by DIMAYOR, it is recognized by CONMEBOL.[8]

On 19 December 1993 during the last game of the season, Medellín and Atlético Junior were fighting for a tight first place, as both clubs had the same number of points. Junior was playing América de Cali at home in Barranquilla while simultaneously Medellín played hometown rivals Atlético Nacional. The games were to start simultaneously. A Medellín win combined with a Junior loss or draw would give Medellín the title. But if Medellín drew and Junior did as well, then Junior would win the title. At halftime América were leading the game in Barranquilla 1–0 and in Medellin the game was still 0–0, meaning that at that moment América were winning the title due to the draw in Medellín. Junior scored two goals to put the game at 2–1 with ten minutes remaining, and Independiente Medellín scored at the same time to put the game in their favor 1–0. América tied the game at 2–2 with seven minutes remaining. The match in Medellín ended with Independiente Medellín winning 1–0 while awaiting the 2–2 game in Barranquilla to end, which still had five minutes remaining due to a delay at the start of the second half. Medellín players were celebrating with a victory lap and giving interviews with reporters white they waited for the final whistle in Barranquilla. However, Oswaldo Mackenzie scored a late goal in the 89th minute and gave Junior the 3–2 win and the title, leaving the Medellín players and fans heartbroken.[9][10]

After 45 long years of agony, Medellín won its third league title in the 2002 Finalización tournament under manager Víctor Luna, who replaced Reinaldo Rueda halfway through the season after he was sacked due to poor results. Medellín played against Deportivo Pasto in the two-legged final. El Rojo Paisa beat Pasto 2–0 at home in the first leg with goals from Robinson Muñoz and an own goal from Julio César Valencia. In the second leg, Medellín drew 1–1 away from home, with Mauricio Molina scoring Medellín's goal from a free-kick, meaning they became champions with a 3–1 aggregate score.[11]

This gave them the right to qualify for the 2003 Copa Libertadores, where they qualified for the knockout stages by topping their group, which consisted of Boca Juniors, Barcelona S.C., and Colo-Colo, with twelve points and a total of four wins and two losses. During the group stage, the club famously beat Boca Juniors, coached by Carlos Bianchi, 1–0. "Medallo" beat Cerro Porteño on penalties in the round of 16 and Grêmio in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, they faced Santos. In the first leg played at Estádio Urbano Caldeira, DIM lost 1–0. In the second leg played at home, Tressor Moreno scored first to level the aggregate score at 1–1, but the club eventually lost the game 3–2 (4–2 on aggregate) and was eliminated, narrowly missing out for the final, which would have been played against their group stage opponent, Boca Juniors.[7][12][13]

In the 2005 Copa Libertadores, the club topped their group, which was made up of Atletico Paranaense, América de Cali, and Libertad. They also unexpectedly beat Paranaense 4–0 away in Curitiba on their way to the round of 16, where they faced Banfield and lost 5–0 on aggregate.[7]

For the 2008 Finalización, the club almost won its fifth title, but lost the final to América de Cali with Santiago Escobar as head coach. The next season, the 2009 Apertura, was very poor; the team finished in last place. However, in the 2009 Torneo Finalización, with the departure of Santiago Escobar as head coach, his assistant, Leonel Álvarez, replaced him, and the team got its fifth title against Atlético Huila. In that season, Jackson Martinez broke the league's top scoring record with 18 goals (the previous record was Léider Preciado's 17 goals),[14] a record that was broken again later by Cortuluá forward Miguel Borja in 2016, with 19 goals.

During the 2010's decade, DIM was very close to winning league titles several times. In 2012, they faced Millonarios in the Torneo Finalización final and lost on penalties. In 2014, they finished as runners-up to Independiente Santa Fe in that year's Finalización tournament. Six months later they made the final again, this time losing to Deportivo Cali. These losses were finally overcome in the 2016 season, where the club won its sixth league title. They played Junior in the finals of the Apertura tournament; the first leg ended 1–1 in Barranquilla and the second leg was won by Medellín 2–0, with Christian Marrugo scoring a brace and securing a 3–1 aggregate victory.[15]

In 2017, DIM returned to the Copa Libertadores for the first time since 2010, and were placed in Group 3 along with River Plate, Emelec, and Melgar. The club finished third in the group and was transferred to the Copa Sudamericana, where they eventually lost to Racing Club in the second round. One of the highlights of their Copa Libertadores run was beating powerhouse River Plate 2–1 at Estadio Monumental.[7]

Rivalries[]

Main article: El Clásico Paisa
Aerial photo of Atlético Nacional fans (Los del Sur) and Medellín fans (Rexixtenxia Norte).

Medellín's greatest rivalry is with the city's other major club Atlético Nacional, with whom they share the home stadium Atanasio Girardot. The team is dubbed "El Poderoso de la Montaña" (Mighty of the Mountain) due to Medellín's geographical location high in the Andes mountains. The rivalry is especially strong due to each team's main fanbases, Rexixtenxia Norte for Medellín and Los Del Sur for Atlético Nacional. There are sometimes fights between these two fanbases, which is why sometimes only the fanbase of one team is allowed entry. The two clubs are named with the location that they occupy in the stadium where Rexixtenxia Norte occupies the section behind the northern goal and Los Del Sur occupy the section behind the southern goal. The first Clásico Paisa was played on 12 September 1948, where Medellín beat Nacional 3–0.

In 2004 Medellín and Nacional qualified for the final of the Apertura tournament; in Antioquia everybody was very excited because this was the first "Paisa" final in the history of short tournaments. The final was played over two legs: in the first leg Medellín won 2–1 with goals scored by Rafael Castillo and Jorge Horacio Serna. The second leg was played on 27 June; it ended 0–0 and Medellín became the champion of the 2004 Apertura, its fourth league title.

Controversy[]

Rexixtenxia Norte fans in Estadio Atanasio Girardot during a match.

In 1989, a year where Medellín had one of the best teams in the league and was expected to win the title, a tragic event occurred in Colombian football. In one of the final games of the season, Medellín tied América de Cali 0–0 at home. During the game, linesman disallowed a Medellín goal, angering many people.[16] Afterwards, a person that had been reportedly sent by Pablo Escobar hunted down the linesman and murdered him. An anonymous caller said they had betted on the game and the disallowed goal made them lose a lot of money. In response, the Colombian Football Federation decided to cancel the rest of the season, which left the 1989 league without a winner.[17]

Honours[]

Domestic honours[]

Official[]

Winners (6): 1955, 1957, 2002–II, 2004–I, 2009–II, 2016–I
Runners-up (10): 1959, 1961, 1966, , 2001, 2008–II, 2012–II, 2014–II, 2015–I, 2018–II
Winners (3): 1981, 2019, 2020
Runners-up (2): 1955–56, 2017
Runners-up (1): 2017

Amateur[]

  • Copa Jimenez Jaramillo (1): 1923[18]
  • Campeonato Nacional (7): 1918, 1920, 1922, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1938[18]
  • Campeonato Departamental (8): 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945[18]

Friendly tournaments[]

  • Copa Club Unión: 1942[19]
  • Triangular ‘Trofeo Coltejer’: 1955[20]
  • Torneo "Medellín sin tugurios": 1983[21]
  • Copa Montreal (Canada): 1992
  • Copa DC United: 1994
  • Copa Ciudad de Popayán: 2005
  • Copa Gobernación de Antioquia: 2008, 2010
  • : 2009[22]
  • Copa Movilco– Gobernación del Meta Runner-up: 2009[23]
  • Copa del Pacífico Runner-up: 2010

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions[]

  • Copa Libertadores: 9 appearances
1967: First Round
1994: Quarter-finals
2003: Semi-finals (Third Place)
2005: Round of 16
2009: Second Round
2010: Second Round
2017: Group Stage
2019: Second Stage
2020: Group Stage
2006: First Round
2016: Quarter-finals
2017: First Round
2018: First Round
  • Copa Conmebol: 1 appearance
1995: First Round

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 6 August 2021[24]

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 Colombia COL Andrés Mosquera
2 DF Colombia COL Germán Gutiérrez
3 DF Colombia COL Víctor Moreno
4 DF Colombia COL Leiton Jiménez
5 DF Colombia COL Andrés Cadavid (captain)
6 MF Colombia COL Juan Carlos Díaz
7 MF Colombia COL Sebastián Hernández
8 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Arregui
9 FW Argentina ARG Agustín Vuletich
10 MF Colombia COL Javier Reina
11 FW Colombia COL Edwar López (on loan from Olimpia)
12 GK Colombia COL Luis Vásquez
13 MF Colombia COL Jean Pineda
14 MF Colombia COL Miguel Monsalve
15 MF Panama PAN Miguel Camargo
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Colombia COL Vladimir Hernández
17 MF Colombia COL
18 MF Colombia COL Yesid Díaz
19 MF Colombia COL José Estupiñán
20 MF Colombia COL Juan Pablo Gallego
21 DF Colombia COL Juan Guillermo Arboleda
23 FW Colombia COL Leonardo Castro
24 MF Colombia COL Kevin Londoño
25 FW Colombia COL Robert Harrys
26 DF Colombia COL Yulián Gómez
27 FW Colombia COL Diber Cambindo (on loan from Deportes Quindío)
28 DF Colombia COL Juan Aguilar
29 DF Colombia COL Juan Mosquera
31 MF Colombia COL Juan Diego Ospina
33 DF Colombia COL

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
— GK Colombia COL Weimar Asprilla (at Orsomarso)
— GK Colombia COL Yimmy Gómez (at Patriotas)
— DF Colombia COL Guillermo Tegue (at Guaraní)
— DF Colombia COL Jaime Giraldo (at Deportivo Pasto)
— DF Colombia COL Juan José Parra (at North Texas SC)
— MF Colombia COL Larry Angulo (at América de Cali)
— MF Colombia COL Bryan Castrillón (at Deportivo Pereira)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Uruguay URU Matías Mier (at Central Córdoba (SdE))
— MF Paraguay PAR Walter Rodríguez (at 12 de Octubre)
— MF Colombia COL Andrés Ricaurte (at FC Dallas)
— FW Colombia COL Juan Manuel Cuesta (at Internacional)
— FW Colombia COL Diego Herazo (at La Equidad)
— FW Colombia COL Edwin Mosquera (at Juventude)
— FW Colombia COL Ever Valencia (at Deportivo Pereira)

Top scorers[]

As of 29 October 2018[25]
No. Name Goals Country
1 German Cano 129 Argentina
2 José Vicente Grecco 92 Argentina
3 90 Colombia
4 Felipe Marino 77 Argentina
5 Jorge Serna 75 Colombia
6 69 Colombia
7 65 Colombia
8 64 Argentina
9 Jackson Martinez 56 Colombia
10 Jaime Castrillón 55 Colombia

Most appearances[]

As of 16 August 2015[25]
No. Name Games Country
1 Héctor Echeverri 457 Colombia
2 418 Colombia
3 Roberto Carlos Cortés 351 Colombia
4 Ponciano Castro 342 Colombia
5 John Restrepo 335 Colombia
6 José Zárate 318 Colombia
7 Álvaro Escobar 315 Colombia
8 283 Colombia
9 277 Colombia
10 Jaime Castrillón 276 Colombia

Managers[]

Presidents[]

This is the list of presidents of Independiente Medellín since its foundation:[26]

  • José Luis Restrepo Jaramillo (1913-1928)[6]
  • Luis Eduardo Ramírez (1929-1933)
  • Jesus Maria Burgos (1933-1938)[6]
  • Bernardo Munera A. (1940-1947)
  • Federico Kahn (1948-1948)[27]
  • Alejandro Cano (1948-1951)
  • Ignacio Gómez (1953-1954)
  • Javier Arriola (1954-1958)[6]
  • Alfonso Arriola (1959-1970)[6]
  • Oscar Serna Mejía (1971-1974)
  • Gustavo Arbeláez (1974-1974)
  • Gabriel Toro Pérez (1975-1977)
  • Oscar Serna Mejía (1978-1978)
  • Hernán Gómez Agudelo (1978-1979)
  • Pablo Correa Ramos (1979-1981)
  • Oscar Serna Mejía (1981-1981)
  • Héctor Mesa Gómez (1981-1983)
  • Oscar Serna Mejía (1984-1985)
  • Pablo Correa Ramos (1985-1985)
  • Mario de Jesus Valderrama (1986 -1987)
  • Gabriel Toro Pérez (1987-1987)
  • Luis Fernando Correa (1987-1987)
  • Humberto Betancur (1987-1988)
  • Hernán Gómez Agudelo (1988-1989)
  • Antonio Mesa Escobar (1989-1991)
  • Alberto Montoya Callejas (1991-1992)
  • Jesús Aristizábal Guevara (1992-1992)
  • Julio Villate (1992-1995)[6]
  • Jorge Castillo (1995-1997)[6]
  • Mario de Jesus Valderrama (1998-2000)[6]
  • Javier Velásquez (2001-2005) [28][29]
  • Juan Guillermo Montoya (2005-2006)
  • John Cardona Arteaga (2006-2006)
  • Carlos Alberto Palacio Acosta (2006-2008)
  • Jorge Alberto Osorio (2008-2012)[30]
  • Julio Roberto Gómez 2012-2013
  • Carlos Mario Mejía (2013-2014)[31]
  • Eduardo Silva Meluk (2014-2018)
  • Michael Gil Gómez (2019–present)

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