Valledupar F.C.

The club was founded on 15 November 2003 and entered Categoría Primera B in 2004, replacing Dimerco Real Popayán which was not allowed to compete for financial problems and folded at the end of 2003.[1] In their first campaign in the Colombian second tier, Valledupar made it to the semifinal stage, in which they were eliminated from contention and played a controversial game on the final matchday against Real Cartagena, conceding four goals in the final five minutes of play to allow the latter side to qualify for the tournament's final.[2]

Their early consistency was once again shown in the following season, in which they made it to the tournament's semifinals, but finished third in their group,[3] while their best campaign in the second tier was the 2006 one, in which they reached the Apertura final, losing to La Equidad and later defeated the Finalización runners-up Cortuluá in the runners-up play-off to qualify for the promotion/relegation play-off against Atlético Huila, who defeated Valledupar over two legs to deny them promotion to Categoría Primera A.[4][5]

In 2007, they reached the semifinals in both of the season's tournaments but failed to reach the final, whilst in 2008 they managed to advance to the Finalización's final series, in which they were defeated by Real Cartagena 3–2 on aggregate and missed the chance to play the season's grand final for promotion to the top flight.[6] Since 2008 Valledupar have also taken part in the Copa Colombia, reaching the quarter-finals three times: in 2011 they were knocked out by Junior, in 2013 they lost to América de Cali at that stage of the competition, and in 2014, again losing to Junior.

As of 21 August 2021[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  COL Aldo Montes 2 DF  COL Royscer Colpa 3 DF  COL Cristian Moya 4 DF  COL José Barriosnuevo 5 MF  COL Saramys Rodríguez 6 DF  COL Andrés Padilla 7 FW  COL Gianfranco Peña 8 MF  COL Carlos Oñate 11 FW  COL Brayan Lemos 12 GK  COL Sebastián Guerra 14 MF  COL Ewil Murillo (on loan from Atlético Nacional) 15 FW  COL Erick Moreno 16 FW  COL Yair Mena (on loan from Atlético Nacional) 18 MF  COL Tomás Velásquez 19 FW  COL Carlos Rivas 20 MF  COL Agustín Cano (on loan from Atlético Nacional) 22 MF  COL David Pérez 23 DF  COL Jhon Bello

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  COL Janer Ordóñez 25 FW  COL Jhon Valencia 27 FW  COL Juan Arrieta 32 MF  COL Andrés Salazar — GK  COL Andrés Flórez — GK  COL Sebastián Sierra — DF  COL Andrés Arias — DF  COL Jesús Murillo — DF  COL Edilso Pérez — MF  COL Ángel Bonilla — MF  COL Sebastián Cuello — MF  COL Jhon Gómez — MF  COL Juan David Hoyos — MF  COL Daniel Moreno — MF  COL Juan Pablo Muñoz — MF  COL Joiner Rodríguez — MF  COL Diego Santander — MF  COL Aldahir Solano

• Valledupar FC page on DIMAYOR.com