Atlético F.C.

Atlético FC
Full name Atlético Fútbol Club S.A.
Founded 5 December 2005 (2005-12-05)
Ground Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia
Capacity 35,405[1]
Chairman Gustavo Moreno Arango
Manager Giovanni Hernández
League Categoría Primera B
2017 14th
Website Club website

Atlético F.C. is a professional Colombian football team based in Cali, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Olímpico Pascual Guerrero stadium.

History

The club was founded as Dépor FC in 2005 in Cartago, Valle del Cauca. For the following year, the club moved to Jamundí, in the same department. During the 2006 and 2008 seasons its home was the Estadio Cacique Jamundí. Its greatest achievement was qualifying for the semifinals for the first and only time in 2008 under the leadership of coach Julio Valdivieso.

Due to financial difficulties and the support from Cali's public utilities company Emcali, the club was renamed in 2009 and moved from Jamundí to the Aguablanca District in the city of Cali, now playing their home games at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero.

In 2016, following a controversy regarding its membership in the professional football league, the club was renamed as Atlético Fútbol Club. Due to this, the club was not able to play its first seven matches, which were going to be awarded as losses by walkover, however they were eventually confirmed to be played after the club was renamed and accepted into the league.[2]

Stadium

Current squad

As of 22 October 2016

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

No. Position Player
Colombia GK Sergio Cassiani
Colombia GK Carlos Chávez
Colombia GK Luis Hurtado (on loan from Deportivo Cali)
Colombia DF Jose Barriosnuevo
Colombia DF Jair Benítez
Colombia DF Andrés Felipe Gallego
Colombia DF Julián Martínez
Colombia DF Geison Montaño
Colombia DF Tardelis Peña
Colombia DF Richard Rentería
Ecuador DF Ronny Santos Mendoza
Colombia MF Carlos Rodriguez
Paraguay MF Diego Benítez
No. Position Player
Colombia MF Edgar Charrupi
Colombia MF Fidel Hernández
Colombia MF Hember Valencia
Colombia MF Hernan Valencia
Colombia MF Miller Piedrahita
Colombia MF Santiago Carabalí
Colombia MF Steven Tapiero
Brazil FW Clodoaldo
Colombia FW Dani Géliz
Colombia FW Luis Arango
Colombia FW Nelson Ortíz

References

  1. ↑ http://es.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/01/52/19/97/fu20wcreportv2.pdf
  2. ↑ "Atlético Fútbol Club, nuevo equipo del fútbol colombiano". Publimetro. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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