Envigado F.C.
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.
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| Full name | Envigado Fútbol Club S.A. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | El Equipo Naranja (The Orange Team) Cantera de Héroes (Quarry of Heroes) | |||
| Short name | ENV | |||
| Founded | 14 October 1989 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Polideportivo Sur Envigado, Colombia | |||
| Capacity | 11,000[1] | |||
| Chairman | Ramiro Ruiz | |||
| Manager | Alberto Suárez | |||
| League | Categoría Primera A | |||
| 2022 | Primera A, 13th of 20 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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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 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).[2]
History
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 was relegated from the Primera A in 2006 but was champion of the 2007 Primera B with the help of James Rodriguez and has played in the Primera A ever since.
Their first qualification for an international tournament was the Copa Sudamericana in 2012, where they were eliminated at the Second Stage after beating Unión Comercio of Peru 2–0 on aggregate and losing to Liverpool of Uruguay 2–1 on aggregate.
Honours
- Categoría Primera B
- Winners (2): 1991, 2007
Players
Current squad
- As of 28 January 2023[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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
- "Estadio". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- "James Rodriguez, Envigado FC , and the Long Shadow of Pablo Escobar". Vice.com. 30 September 2014.
- "Envigado". Dimayor. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
