Envigado F.C.

Envigado Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [embiˈɣaðo ˈfutβol kluβ]) is a Colombian professional football team based in Envigado, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Polideportivo Sur stadium. 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.

Envigado FC
Full nameEnvigado Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)El Equipo Naranja (The Orange Team)
Cantera de Héroes (Cantera of Heroes)
Founded14 October 1989 (1989-10-14)
GroundEstadio Polideportivo Sur
Envigado, Colombia
Capacity11,000[1]
ChairmanRamiro Ruiz
ManagerJosé Arastey
LeagueCategoría Primera A
201914th, aggregate table
WebsiteClub website

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, among others. It is frequently considered among the best youth academies in South America.

Honours
Winners (2): 1991, 2007

Players

Current squad
As of 27 January 2020[2]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Santiago Londoño
3 DF Francisco Báez
4 DF Santiago Ruiz
5 DF Santiago Noreña
6 MF Iván Rojas
7 FW Wilmar Jordán
8 FW Yeison Guzmán
9 FW Jhon Durán
10 MF Alexis Zapata
11 FW Bruno Moreira (on loan from Santos)
14 MF Jairo Palomino (captain)
15 DF Santiago Jiménez
No. Position Player
19 FW Michael Gómez
20 MF Michael López
23 MF Yadir Meneses
24 DF Luis Tipton
25 MF Edison López
26 DF Carlos Terán
27 MF George Saunders
29 DF Juan Manuel Zapata
30 FW Arley Rodríguez (on loan from Tigres UANL)
— GK Jorge Soto
— MF Jesús Morelo
— FW Jean Luca Rivera (on loan from Atlético Nacional)

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
— MF Cristian Arrieta (at América de Cali)
— MF Mateo Giraldo (at Atlético)
— MF Diego Moreno (at Marítimo)

Managers

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2015-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Envigado". Dimayor. Retrieved 20 July 2019.


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