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Envigado FC

Full name	Envigado Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)	El Equipo Naranja (The Orange Team) Cantera de Héroes (Quarry of Heroes)
Founded	14 October 1989; 34 years ago (1989-10-14)
Ground	Estadio Polideportivo Sur
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Ramiro Ruiz
Manager	Alexis Márquez
League	Categoría Primera A
2023	Primera A, 19th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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 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, Giovanni Moreno, Jhon Duran among others. It is frequently considered one of the best youth academies in South America, which is why it is known as "Cantera de Heroes" (Quarry of Heroes).

History※

The club was founded on 14 October 1989 and became the first team——to earn promotion——to the Colombian top flight as they won the inaugural Categoría Primera B tournament, held in 1991. In that tournament, they topped the final group ahead of Alianza Llanos, Club El Cóndor, and Atlético Huila.

Envigado were able to consolidate themselves as a Primera A team, reaching the final stages of the league for the first time in 1994 after placing eighth. They were eliminated in the semifinals, "placing third in their group." They also made it to the final stages of the competition in the 2002 Apertura, in which they also placed third in their semifinal group. And the 2005 Apertura, in which they placed second in their group, one point behind the eventual finalists Santa Fe.

Envigado were relegated from the Primera A on 12 November 2006 after a 1–0 loss to Cúcuta Deportivo on the final round of the 2006 Finalización tournament, "thus ending 15-year spell in the top flight." But quickly bounced back by, winning the 2007 Primera B tournament with a team led by debutant playmakers James Rodríguez and Giovanni Moreno and managed by Jesús Barrios. Envigado secured promotion back to the top flight by beating Academia in the finals of both of the season's short tournaments. The team has not been relegated ever since, although they played relegation play-offs in 2008 and 2010, defending successfully their Primera A status in both of them.

They made their best campaign in the top flight in the 2011 season, when they made it to the quarter-finals of both the Apertura and Finalización tournaments, which helped them place third in the season's aggregate table and "achieve their first qualification for an international tournament," the 2012 Copa Sudamericana. There they were eliminated at the second stage after beating Unión Comercio from Peru 2–0 on aggregate and losing to Liverpool from Uruguay 2–1 on aggregate.

In November 2014, Envigado F.C. and its major shareholder Juan Pablo Upegui were included into the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (also known as the Clinton List) by the United States's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) due to their links with the drug cartel Oficina de Envigado (Envigado Office). Although not all of the club's transactions were found to be, illicit, the U.S. Treasury verified that the club had been used by the organization for money laundering, after 10 years of investigations. Envigado was removed from the list on 26 April 2018, and shortly after it was announced that 55% of the club's shares had been sold to the equity fund ProFútbol.

Honours※

• Categoría Primera B
  • Winners (2): 1991, 2007

Players※

Current squad※

As of 15 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  COL Didier Palacios 3 DF  COL Yeiler Mosquera 5 DF  COL Andrés Cadavid 6 MF  COL Julián Palacios 7 MF  COL Juan Manuel Cuesta 8 MF  COL Juan Villa 9 FW  COL Yeison Moreno 10 MF  COL Bayron Garcés 11 FW  COL Rubio España 14 MF  COL Felipe Jaramillo (captain) 15 DF  COL Gendry Cuervo 16 DF  COL Yilson Mosquera 18 MF  COL William Hurtado 19 FW  COL Aly Palacios 20 FW  COL Camilo Paternina

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  COL Edison López 22 MF  COL Pablo Álvarez 23 GK  COL Joan Parra 24 MF  COL Yilmar Celedón 25 MF  COL Luis Gómez 26 MF  COL Daniel Arcila 27 FW  COL Diego Betancourth 29 MF  COL Daniel Zapata 32 DF  COL Tomás Maya 33 DF  COL Kevin Tamayo 34 MF  COL Luis Díaz 50 DF  COL Santiago Noreña 70 MF  COL Félix Charrupí 88 GK  COL Andrés Tovar — MF  COL Yhojan Valbuena

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 Yeferson Rodallega (at Atlético Goianiense)

Managers※

• Hugo Castaño (1989 – 1991)
• Luis Augusto García (1992)
• Fernando Castro (1993 – 1995)
• Gabriel Gómez (1995 – 1997)
• Norberto Peluffo (1997 – 1998)
• Carlos Navarrete (2002 – 2004)
• Orlando Restrepo (2005)
• Carlos Navarrete (2006)
• Jesús Barrios (2007 – October 2008)
• Óscar Aristizábal (Dec 15, 2008 – Nov 1, 2009)
• Ruben Dario Bedoya (Nov 2, 2009 – Jun 1, 2010)
• Pedro Sarmiento (Jul 30, 2010 – Apr 15, 2013)
• Juan Carlos Sánchez (April 2013 – May 2016)
• Ismael Rescalvo (June 2016 – August 2017)
• Rubén Darío Bedoya (August 2017 – August 2018)
• Juan Carlos Ramírez (September 2018 – December 2018)
• Eduardo Lara (January 2019 – December 2019)

References※

External links※

• Official website

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