Rionegro Águilas

Rionegro Águilas[1][2] is a professional Colombian football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Alberto Grisales stadium. The club also has a futsal team.

Rionegro Águilas
Full nameRionegro Águilas S.A.
Nickname(s)Las Águilas Doradas (The Golden Eagles)
Founded16 July 2008 (2008-07-16) (as Itagüí Ditaires)
GroundEstadio Alberto Grisales
Rionegro, Colombia
Capacity14,000
OwnerTalento Dorado S.A.
ChairmanPaola Salazar
ManagerFrancesco Stifano
LeagueCategoría Primera A
201918th, aggregate table
WebsiteClub website

History

In 2008, the team was founded after a group of investors led by former football player José Fernando Salazar bought the team Bajo Cauca and relocated it to Itagüí.[3] The team had very good results in the Categoría Primera B. In 2010 they became champions and advanced to the Categoría Primera A, while also reaching the final of the Copa Colombia. They had their debut in the Categoría Primera A in 2011 as Itagüí Ditaires, being the first time in the Categoría Primera A that four teams from the same department competed for the grand prize.

The team was expelled from Itagüí in May 2014, following a dispute between the club's chairman and the city's mayor regarding the financial support received by the club from Itagüí's government. The decision to expel the club from the city was made by the mayor after being publicly criticized by the club's chairman for the scarce support provided to the club. This incident meant the team would change its name to Águilas Pereira, moving to the city of Pereira and playing its home matches at Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium, change approved by DIMAYOR's Assembly in an extraordinary meeting on July 14, 2014.[4][5] In March 2015, the club moved to Rionegro, changing its name to Águilas Doradas,[6] and on January 5, 2016 the club announced it would be changing its name to Rionegro Águilas and its kit colour would be switched from its traditional golden to red.[7]

Honours
Winners (1): 2010
Runners-up (1): 2009
Runners-up (1): 2010

Players

First-team squad
As of 27 January 2020[8]

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 Carlos Bejarano (on loan from América de Cali)
2 DF Jefferson Mena
3 DF Jeison Quiñones
4 MF Mateo Puerta (on loan from Cortuluá)
5 MF David Contreras (on loan from Jaguares de Córdoba)
6 MF Giovanny Martínez
7 MF Frank Feltscher
8 MF Jáder Obrian
9 FW Brayan Fernández
10 FW Andrés Rentería
12 GK Juan David Valencia
14 FW Anthony Uribe
No. Position Player
16 DF Juan Pablo Otálvaro
17 DF Álvaro Angulo
19 FW Tomás Salazar
20 FW John Fredy Salazar (on loan from Once Caldas)
21 DF Carlos Ramírez
24 MF Mauricio Restrepo
25 FW Sebastián López
27 MF Jonny Mosquera
29 MF Aldo Leão Ramírez (captain)
— GK David Agudelo
— DF Carlos Henao
— MF Óscar Hernández (on loan from Zamora)

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
— DF Fabio Rodríguez (at Atlético Bucaramanga)
— FW Johan Jiménez (at Tigres)

Managers
Country Name Dates
 ColombiaHéctor EstradaJuly 1, 1994 – June 30, 1995
 ColombiaCarlos HoyosJan 1, 2009 – Nov 11, 2009
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús GómezJan 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2010
 ColombiaCarlos HoyosDec 30, 2010 – April 30, 2011
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús GómezMay 1, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011
 ColombiaHernán TorresJan 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012
 ColombiaLeonel ÁlvarezJuly 7, 2012 – Dec 13, 2012
 ColombiaJorge Luis BernalJan 8, 2013 – Dec 7, 2013
 ColombiaAlberto GameroDec 16, 2013 – May 9, 2014
 ColombiaJorge Luis Bernal3, June 2014 – 23, Sept 2014
 ArgentinaÓscar Héctor QuintabaniSept 24, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús GómezJan 1, 2015 – April 6, 2015
 ArgentinaÓscar Héctor QuintabaniApril 7, 2015 – Sept 28, 2015
 ColombiaNéstor OteroSept 29, 2015–1?
 ColombiaPedro Sarmiento201?–

Source: Worldfootball.net

See also

References
  1. Official page in DIMAYOR.com
  2. "Cambio de nombre a Rionegro Águilas". DIMAYOR.com.co (in Spanish). 22 January 2016.
  4. ""Las Águilas Doradas fueron expulsadas de Itagüí", Fernando Salazar" ["The "Golden Eagles" were expelled from Itagüí", Fernando Salazar]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  5. "De manera unánime, la DIMAYOR autorizó a Águilas Doradas jugar en Pereira" [Unanimously, DIMAYOR authorized Águilas Doradas to play at Pereira]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. "Águilas ya tiene 'nido': jugará en Rionegro". Futbolred.com (in Spanish). March 18, 2015.
  7. "Águilas Doradas cambia su nombre a Rionegro F.C." Golcaracol.com (in Spanish). January 5, 2016.
  8. "Rionegro". Dimayor. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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