Cúcuta Deportivo
Encyclopedia
Corporación Nuevo Cúcuta Deportivo is a football
club based in the city of Cúcuta
, Norte de Santander, Colombia
. The club was officially founded on September 10, 1924 and plays its home games at the General Santander Stadium, which has a capacity of 45,000.
, Venezuela
on November 23, 1926. Two days later, on November 25, the team played in La Guaira, Venezuela. Cúcuta Sports Club became the base of the Norte de Santander football team that took part in the first Colombian National Games (Juegos Deportivos Nacionales de Colombia) in 1928 in the city of Cali
.
On May 15, 1949, the president of the Colombian football league invited the directors of Club Colpet, Chinaquillo, Guasimales, and Unión Frontera to strengthen Cúcuta Deportivo in order to compete in the new Colombian professional football league. In order to facilitate the economic reforms required to join the league, Hernando Lara Hernández bought 1,700 shares in the club in September of the same year.
Between September and November 1949, before beginning its first campaign in the Colombian league, Cúcuta played Hurucán de Medellín, Universidad de Bogotá, Boca Juniors de Cali, and Atlético Bucaramanga. The last of these, Atlético Bucaramanga, is Cúcuta's archrival, and their games are called the clásico of Western Colombia.
In the late fifties and early sixties, the team was under the chairmanship of Marino Vargas Villalta. Under his supervision, the team reached second place in the 1964 DIMAYOR
tournament. In the second half of 2006, the team won the Colombian League
for the first time in its history by defeating finalist Deportes Tolima
2-1. Some of the key players in that championship were Blas Pérez
, Roberto Bobadilla, Charles Castro, Macnelly Torres
, Nelson Florez, Lincarlo Henry, and Róbinson Zapata
.
and Juan Delucca. In its first year in the league, the team signed 12 players from Uruguay
.
During its first professional season, Cúcuta won its first game against the now-defunct Sporting de Barranquilla (2-1), and also defeated Atlético Bucaramanga (0-1) at Atlético's ground in the first clásico of Western Colombia. Luis Albert "the Martian" Miloc scored the game's only goal. Cúcuta finished the year 5th out of 16 teams. More Uruguayan players were brought in for the 1951-52 season, including Schubert Gambetta
and Eusebio Tejera
. Cúcuta subsequently finished the year 3rd out of 18 teams.
Between 1952 and 1953, the club found itself in its first economic crisis. Resolved not to be disbanded, the team's directors organized an exhibition tour in Central America. The team played in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala and earned enough money in order to maintain its leagues status, which it succeeded in doing for two seasons. By 1954 the crisis had grown and the club was forced to exit the Colombian league for two years, returning in 1956. Cúcuta finished 4th in the league that year. Rolando Serrano, the earliest of the great local heroes, began his career at Cúcuta. Serrano later helped the Colombian national team qualify for the 1962 World Cup.
In 1964, Cúcuta turned in their second best season-long performance to date. Under the management of Marino Vargas Villalta, Cúcuta finished second in the Colombia league, a single point behind champions Club Deportivo los Millonarios
.
, Cúcuta failed to win promotion in the league's playoffs. Cúcuta remained in the second division until 2005. That year they were finally crowned Primera B champions and returned to the top flight.
led Cúcuta to its first ever first division championship. This meant the club qualified for the Copa Libertadores de América for the first time.
Cúcuta played the final against Deportes Tolima
in a two-legged match. The first game was played at Cúcuta's stadium on December 17. Rodrigo Saraz scored the only goal of the 1-0 game, which Cúcuta won. In the return leg in Ibagué
, the teams drew 1-1, with Macnelly Torres scoring for Cúcuta and Yulián Anchico scoring for Tolima. This result meant Cúcuta won 2-1 on aggregate and were crowned champions.
Overall, Cúcuta has played 46 seasons in the Colombian first division and 9 seasons in the second division.
by winning the Colombian League's 2006 championship. They were placed in Group 3 alongside Deportes Tolima of Colombia, Grêmio of Brazil, and Cerro Porteño
of Paraguay
.
The team's first game was a home game against Tolima which ended 0-0. After that they traveled to Porto Alegre
, Brazil to play Grêmio, another game which ended 0-0. After that they returned to Colombia to play Cerro Porteño in a match that ended 1-1. The match that followed was in Paraguay, against Cerro Porteño, which ended in a 2-1 loss for Cúcuta. The team rebounded, however, and defeated Grêmio 3-1 at home and visited Tolima in Ibagué in the final group stage match, winning 4-3 in a high-scoring match. This victory ensured their passage into the next round, giving them 9 points to Tolima and Cerro Porteño's 7 each. Grêmio finished top of the group with 10 points.
Their second round matchup was against Mexican club Toluca
. After going down 0-1 at home inside of two minutes, Cúcuta rebounded and won the first leg 5-1. Despite losing the second leg 2-0 in Toluca, Cúcuta advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-3 victory on aggregate.
The quarterfinals pitted Cúcuta against Uruguay
an side Nacional
. The first leg was again played in Cúcuta, where the Colombian side won 2-0 through goals from Blas Pérez
and Macnelly Torres. The second leg, played in Montevideo
, ended in a 2-2 draw thanks to goals from Rubén Darío Bustos
and Leonard Pajoy
for Cúcuta. Qualification for the semifinals was earned via this 4-2 aggregate victory.
In the semifinals, Cúcuta played Argentine
side Boca Juniors
. The first leg, in Cúcuta, ended in a 3-1 victory for the Colombians, but in the second leg, in the famous La Bombonera
stadium, Boca earned a 3-0 victory to defeated Cúcuta 4-3 on aggregate and advance to the finals, which they subsequently won against Grêmio.
Trujillanos) Mauricio Árquez (Transferred from 
Real Cartagena
) Breyner Bonilla
(On loan from
Sporting Cristal
) José Rodrigo Castillo (Transferred from Atlético Bucaramanga
) Carlos Alberto Díaz (Transferred from Envigado
) Didier Muñoz (Transferred from Junior) Hayder Palacio
(Transferred from Junior) Dayron Pérez (Transferred from Deportivo Pereira
)
Out: Diego Cochas
(Transferred to Deportivo Lara) Danovis Banguero (Transferred to Unión Magdalena
) Óscar Caceido (Terminated contract) Germán Caicedo (Transferred to Depor
) Wilson Carpintero
(Transferred to Millonarios) José Rodrigo Castillo (Transferred to Cortuluá
) Jarol Herrera
(Returned to Monagas Sport Club
) Humberto Osorio Botello (Terminated contract) Hernando Patiño (Transferred to Itagüí Ditaires
) Edinson Pinzón (Terminated contract) Roberto Polo
(Transferred to La Equidad
) Pedro Portocarrero
(Transferred to
Libertad
) Joe Luis Raguá (Transferred from Santa Fe) Jamell Orlando Ramos
(Transferred to Olimpia)
Juan Hohberg
Hugo Horacio Lóndero Hector Roganti Juan Ramón Verón
Diego Cabrera
Faustino Asprilla
Rubén Darío Bustos
Germán González
Arnoldo Iguarán
Rolando Serrano
Macnelly Torres
Albeiro "El Palomo" Usuriaga
Róbinson Zapata
Raul Noriega
Blas Perez
César Cueto Guillermo La Rosa
Juan Ramón Carrasco
Schubert Gambetta
Anibal Ruiz
Sergio Santín
Nelson Silva Pacheco Eusebio Tejera
Omar Verdún Héctor Ricardo Viera Bibiano Zapirain
Carlos Zunino
as Mayor of Cucuta was supposedly managing the football (soccer)
team Cúcuta Deportivo indirectly overriding the president of this club Angel Uriel Garcia. According to El Tiempo newspaper Suárez was supposed to sell part of the team's stocks to the people of Cucuta, 8.5% of the total 70%, instead he sold that 70% to his friends. He also authorized Cucuta to be exempt of taxes until the year 2010, when the Colombian law only allows 1 year to do so.http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/oriente/2007-05-22/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3565180.html
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based in the city of Cúcuta
Cúcuta
Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...
, Norte de Santander, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. The club was officially founded on September 10, 1924 and plays its home games at the General Santander Stadium, which has a capacity of 45,000.
History
There is some dispute regarding the founding year of Cúcuta Deportivo, but according to historian Alfredo Díaz, the club was founded on September 10, 1924 as Cúcuta Sports Club. The club's first games outside of Colombia were against a team composed of players representing CaracasCaracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
on November 23, 1926. Two days later, on November 25, the team played in La Guaira, Venezuela. Cúcuta Sports Club became the base of the Norte de Santander football team that took part in the first Colombian National Games (Juegos Deportivos Nacionales de Colombia) in 1928 in the city of Cali
Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
.
On May 15, 1949, the president of the Colombian football league invited the directors of Club Colpet, Chinaquillo, Guasimales, and Unión Frontera to strengthen Cúcuta Deportivo in order to compete in the new Colombian professional football league. In order to facilitate the economic reforms required to join the league, Hernando Lara Hernández bought 1,700 shares in the club in September of the same year.
Between September and November 1949, before beginning its first campaign in the Colombian league, Cúcuta played Hurucán de Medellín, Universidad de Bogotá, Boca Juniors de Cali, and Atlético Bucaramanga. The last of these, Atlético Bucaramanga, is Cúcuta's archrival, and their games are called the clásico of Western Colombia.
In the late fifties and early sixties, the team was under the chairmanship of Marino Vargas Villalta. Under his supervision, the team reached second place in the 1964 DIMAYOR
Association of Professional football Clubs of Colombia
The División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano , also known by the truncation DIMAYOR, is an organization responsible for organizing and operating professional football leagues and tournaments in Colombia...
tournament. In the second half of 2006, the team won the Colombian League
Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
The Categoría Primera A is the professional football league of Colombia. It is the country's premier football tournament and sits at the top of the Colombian football league system. Eighteen clubs play in the league. The División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, better known as Dimayor,...
for the first time in its history by defeating finalist Deportes Tolima
Deportes Tolima
Deportes Tolima, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Ibagué. The club was founded December 18, 1954 and play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, which has a capacity of 30,000.-Foundation:...
2-1. Some of the key players in that championship were Blas Pérez
Blas Perez
Blas Antonio Miguel Pérez Ortega is a professional footballer who currently plays for Indios de Ciudad Juárez. He is nicknamed Super Ratón. He is a distant cousin to Portland Timbers midfielder Miguel Guante....
, Roberto Bobadilla, Charles Castro, Macnelly Torres
Macnelly Torres
Macnelly Torres is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Atlético Nacional and for the Colombia national football team best known for his very accurate through passes...
, Nelson Florez, Lincarlo Henry, and Róbinson Zapata
Róbinson Zapata
Róbinson Zapata Montaño, aka Rufay , is a Colombian football player who plays for Deportivo Pereira.-Colombia:...
.
1950s
In 1950, Cúcuta played in the professional league with a team consisting of Pedro "Carruja" Díaz, Pablo Mendoza, Gallito Contreras, Julio Terra, Marcos "Gorilla" Ortíz, "Earthquake" García, Juan José Tulio, Alcide Mañay, Juan Barbieri, "Chino" Perez Luz, Luis Orlando, Roberto Serrano, Luis Alberto "Marciano" Miloc, Juan "Chalamu" Barbosa, Carlos Zunino, Abraham Gonzalez, Ramón Alberto VillaverdeRamón Alberto Villaverde
Ramón Alberto Villaverde Vázquez was an Uruguayan footballer who played for FC Barcelona in Spain and many clubs.-Honours:CF Barcelona*Spanish Champions: 2**1958/59, 1959/60...
and Juan Delucca. In its first year in the league, the team signed 12 players from Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
.
During its first professional season, Cúcuta won its first game against the now-defunct Sporting de Barranquilla (2-1), and also defeated Atlético Bucaramanga (0-1) at Atlético's ground in the first clásico of Western Colombia. Luis Albert "the Martian" Miloc scored the game's only goal. Cúcuta finished the year 5th out of 16 teams. More Uruguayan players were brought in for the 1951-52 season, including Schubert Gambetta
Schubert Gambetta
Schubert Gambetta was a Uruguayan footballer. He played as a half-back and was right-footed. Gambetta was a figure in the Maracanazo when he helped keep Zizinho and Ademir out of the game, which helped him to the 1950 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team.From 1940 to 1956, he played for Club Nacional de...
and Eusebio Tejera
Eusebio Tejera
Eusebio Ramón Tejera Kirkerup was a Uruguayan footballer.From 1945 to 1950 he played for Club Nacional de Football, winning the Uruguayan championship in 1946, 47 and 50. He also earned 31 caps for the Uruguay national football team from 1945 to 1954...
. Cúcuta subsequently finished the year 3rd out of 18 teams.
Between 1952 and 1953, the club found itself in its first economic crisis. Resolved not to be disbanded, the team's directors organized an exhibition tour in Central America. The team played in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala and earned enough money in order to maintain its leagues status, which it succeeded in doing for two seasons. By 1954 the crisis had grown and the club was forced to exit the Colombian league for two years, returning in 1956. Cúcuta finished 4th in the league that year. Rolando Serrano, the earliest of the great local heroes, began his career at Cúcuta. Serrano later helped the Colombian national team qualify for the 1962 World Cup.
In 1964, Cúcuta turned in their second best season-long performance to date. Under the management of Marino Vargas Villalta, Cúcuta finished second in the Colombia league, a single point behind champions Club Deportivo los Millonarios
Millonarios
Millonarios Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in Bogotá. As of 2011, Millonarios shares with rivals América de Cali the most Fútbol Profesional Colombiano championships, 13 in total, although Millonarios haven't won this tournament since 1988. They are also the third Colombian team to...
.
Relegation
In 1995, after finishing in 16th place in the league, Cúcuta was relegated to the second division, Primera B. One year later, however, the team won the second division title and returned to the top flight, only to be promptly relegated after finishing in last place. Despite finishing second in the Primera B in 1997 to Atlético HuilaAtlético Huila
Atlético Huila, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Neiva, that competes in the top division of the Colombian professional football league. The club was founded in 1990 and plays home games at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 22,000...
, Cúcuta failed to win promotion in the league's playoffs. Cúcuta remained in the second division until 2005. That year they were finally crowned Primera B champions and returned to the top flight.
The First Star
On December 20, 2006, coach Jorge Luis PintoJorge Luis Pinto
Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador is a Colombian football coach, and current manager of the Costa Rica national football team....
led Cúcuta to its first ever first division championship. This meant the club qualified for the Copa Libertadores de América for the first time.
Cúcuta played the final against Deportes Tolima
Deportes Tolima
Deportes Tolima, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Ibagué. The club was founded December 18, 1954 and play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, which has a capacity of 30,000.-Foundation:...
in a two-legged match. The first game was played at Cúcuta's stadium on December 17. Rodrigo Saraz scored the only goal of the 1-0 game, which Cúcuta won. In the return leg in Ibagué
Ibagué
Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...
, the teams drew 1-1, with Macnelly Torres scoring for Cúcuta and Yulián Anchico scoring for Tolima. This result meant Cúcuta won 2-1 on aggregate and were crowned champions.
Overall, Cúcuta has played 46 seasons in the Colombian first division and 9 seasons in the second division.
Copa Libertadores 2007
Cúcuta qualified for Copa Libertadores 2007Copa Libertadores 2007
The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007 and finished on June 20, 2007...
by winning the Colombian League's 2006 championship. They were placed in Group 3 alongside Deportes Tolima of Colombia, Grêmio of Brazil, and Cerro Porteño
Cerro Porteño
Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay...
of Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
.
The team's first game was a home game against Tolima which ended 0-0. After that they traveled to Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
, Brazil to play Grêmio, another game which ended 0-0. After that they returned to Colombia to play Cerro Porteño in a match that ended 1-1. The match that followed was in Paraguay, against Cerro Porteño, which ended in a 2-1 loss for Cúcuta. The team rebounded, however, and defeated Grêmio 3-1 at home and visited Tolima in Ibagué in the final group stage match, winning 4-3 in a high-scoring match. This victory ensured their passage into the next round, giving them 9 points to Tolima and Cerro Porteño's 7 each. Grêmio finished top of the group with 10 points.
Their second round matchup was against Mexican club Toluca
Club Toluca
Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club is a Mexican professional football club. Toluca's stadium Nemesio Diez Riega is located in Toluca, State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca plays in the Primera División de México and has been champion ten times...
. After going down 0-1 at home inside of two minutes, Cúcuta rebounded and won the first leg 5-1. Despite losing the second leg 2-0 in Toluca, Cúcuta advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-3 victory on aggregate.
The quarterfinals pitted Cúcuta against Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an side Nacional
Club Nacional de Football
Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....
. The first leg was again played in Cúcuta, where the Colombian side won 2-0 through goals from Blas Pérez
Blas Perez
Blas Antonio Miguel Pérez Ortega is a professional footballer who currently plays for Indios de Ciudad Juárez. He is nicknamed Super Ratón. He is a distant cousin to Portland Timbers midfielder Miguel Guante....
and Macnelly Torres. The second leg, played in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, ended in a 2-2 draw thanks to goals from Rubén Darío Bustos
Rubén Darío Bustos
Rubén Darío Bustos is a Colombian football player, currently playing at Corporación Deportiva América from first division of Colombian Professional Football....
and Leonard Pajoy
Leonard Pajoy
Lionard Pajoy is a Colombian striker who currently plays for Millonarios in Colombia.He was part of Cucuta 2006 Colombian 1st division Championship and helped Cucuta get to the semi finals of the Copa Libertadores 2007...
for Cúcuta. Qualification for the semifinals was earned via this 4-2 aggregate victory.
In the semifinals, Cúcuta played Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
side Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
. The first leg, in Cúcuta, ended in a 3-1 victory for the Colombians, but in the second leg, in the famous La Bombonera
La Bombonera
La Bombonera may refer:* Estadio Alberto J. Armando, home stadium of Club Atlético Boca Juniors* Estadio Nemesio Díez, home stadium of Deportivo Toluca* Estadio "La Bombonera", Montevideo, home stadium of Club Atlético Basáñez...
stadium, Boca earned a 3-0 victory to defeated Cúcuta 4-3 on aggregate and advance to the finals, which they subsequently won against Grêmio.
National honours
- Fútbol Profesional ColombianoFútbol Profesional ColombianoThe Categoría Primera A is the professional football league of Colombia. It is the country's premier football tournament and sits at the top of the Colombian football league system. Eighteen clubs play in the league. The División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano, better known as Dimayor,...
: 1
-
- 2006-II
- Runners-up (1): 1955, 1964
- Primera B: 2
-
- 1995-96, 2005
Current roster
As of Jan 29, 20102011 transfers
In: César Alzáte (Transferred from Trujillanos) Mauricio Árquez (Transferred from Real CartagenaReal Cartagena
Real Cartagena, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Cartagena. The club was founded in 1971 and play their home games at the Estadio Jaime Morón León, which has a capacity of 20,000 approximately.-Current roster:As of Jan 28, 2011...
) Breyner Bonilla
Breyner Bonilla
Breyner Bonilla Montaño is an Colombian professional football player who plays as central defender for Cúcuta Deportivo, on loan from Sporting Cristal.-Career:...
(On loan from
Sporting CristalSporting Cristal
Club Sporting Cristal is a Peruvian football team. Based in the Rímac District, in the department of Lima, it plays in the professional league known as the Peruvian First Division. Founded on November 16, 1926 in the Rimac District given its approval to the merger and Snuff Sporting merging with...
) José Rodrigo Castillo (Transferred from
Atlético BucaramangaAtlético Bucaramanga
Club Atlético Bucaramanga Corporacion Deportiva, known simply as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Bucaramanga. The club was founded in 1949...
) Carlos Alberto Díaz (Transferred from
EnvigadoEnvigado Fútbol Club
Envigado Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in the metropolitan Medellín of Envigado. The club was founded October 14, 1989 and plays its home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 12,000 seats....
) Didier Muñoz (Transferred from
Junior) Hayder PalacioHayder Palacio
Hayder Palacio is a Colombian footballer that plays for Cúcuta Deportivo.He can play as Left back. He has been capped by the Colombian NT for 2006 Qualifers and Copa Oro 2005.-References:...
(Transferred from
Junior) Dayron Pérez (Transferred from Deportivo PereiraDeportivo Pereira
Deportivo Pereira is a professional soccer team of the Colombian city of Pereira. Founded in 1944, its traditional colors are red and yellow. It plays in the Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas.-History:...
)
Out: Diego Cochas
Diego Cochas
Diego Cochas is a Argentinan football midfielder, who currently plays for La Equidad in the Copa Mustang....
(Transferred to
Deportivo Lara) Danovis Banguero (Transferred to Unión MagdalenaUnión Magdalena
The Asociación Deportiva Unión Magdalena is a Colombian soccer team founded in the year 1950 as "Los Samarios" and based in Santa Marta. It has only won one championship, in the year 1968 against Deportivo Cali in the final. Red and blue stripes compose its shirt...
) Óscar Caceido (Terminated contract) Germán Caicedo (Transferred to
DeporDepor F.C.
Depor Aguablanca, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Cali. Formerly known as Depor Fútbol Club, the club was founded in 2005 and plays its home games at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero...
) Wilson Carpintero
Wilson Carpintero
Wilson Carpintero is a Colombian football striker, currently playing for Millonarios in the Liga Postobón.-External links:* at National-football-teams.com...
(Transferred to
Millonarios) José Rodrigo Castillo (Transferred to CortuluáCortuluá
Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Tuluá. The club was founded October 16, 1967 and plays its home games at the Doce de Octubre stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 16,000 seats.-History:...
) Jarol Herrera
Jarol Herrera
Jarol Herrera is a Colombian footballer. He currently plays for Venezuelan side Monagas Sport Club.-Honours:*Champion in Junior A Deportivo Cali*Champion with Deportivo Cali in the Copa Mustang II 2005...
(Returned to
Monagas Sport ClubMonagas Sport Club
Monagas Sport Club is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level, the Primera División Venezolana. It is based in Maturín. Their home stadium is the Estadio Monumental de Maturín...
) Humberto Osorio Botello (Terminated contract) Hernando Patiño (Transferred to
Itagüí DitairesItagüí Ditaires
Itagüí Ditaires is a Colombian football team, based in Itagüí, Colombia. The club was formerly known as Bajo Cauca F.C. and was rebranded in 2008 and currently plays in Categoría Primera A. Itagüí plays at the Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí. Also Itagui is considered the best team in...
) Edinson Pinzón (Terminated contract) Roberto Polo
Roberto Polo
Roberto Polo is a Colombian football striker.On club level he currently plays for La Equidad in the Copa Mustang....
(Transferred to
La EquidadLa Equidad
Club Deportivo La Equidad Seguros, known simply as La Equidad, is a Colombian football club, based in Bogotá. The club was founded in 1990.-History:...
) Pedro Portocarrero
Pedro Portocarrero
Pedro Portocarrero is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Club Libertad in the Paraguayan Primera División.Honors* Champions Colombian Primera A, 2006 Cúcuta Deportivo* Semi Finalist of Copa Libertadores, 2007 Cúcuta Deportivo...
(Transferred to
LibertadClub Libertad
Club Libertad is a sports club based in the District Tuyucuá of the city of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. It was founded on July 30, 1905 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División...
) Joe Luis Raguá (Transferred from
Santa Fe) Jamell Orlando RamosJamell Orlando Ramos
Jamell Orlando Ramos Hernández is a Colombian footballer. He currently plays for Olimpia in Paraguay.-External links: *...
(Transferred to
Olimpia)Famous players
Juan HohbergJuan Hohberg
Juan Eduardo Hohberg was an Argentine - Uruguayan football player and coach.-Club career:...
Hugo Horacio Lóndero Hector Roganti Juan Ramón Verón
Juan Ramón Verón
Juan Ramón Verón is an Argentine football coach and former professional player.-Estudiantes:Nicknamed La Bruja , Juan Ramón Verón was a midfielder and striker renowned for his technical ability. He played for Estudiantes de La Plata, who were a dominant force in Argentine football during the late...
Diego Cabrera
Diego Cabrera
Diego Aroldo Cabrera Flores is a Bolivian football striker. He currently plays for Deportes Tolima in the Fútbol Profesional Colombiano....
Faustino Asprilla
Faustino Asprilla
Faustino Hernán "Tino" Asprilla Hinestroza is a former Colombian football player. He was known by his supporters in his home country as The Octopus for his voracious appetite...
Rubén Darío Bustos
Rubén Darío Bustos
Rubén Darío Bustos is a Colombian football player, currently playing at Corporación Deportiva América from first division of Colombian Professional Football....
Germán González
Germán González
Germán José González is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins . He batted and threw right-handed....
Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Iguarán
Arnoldo Alberto Iguarán Zúñiga aka "El Guajiro" is a former Colombian footballer who is the all-time leading goalscorer for the Colombia national team.-Club career:...
Rolando Serrano
Rolando Serrano
Rolando "Loco" Serrano Zazaro was a Colombian footballer. He competed for the Colombian national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile.-References:...
Macnelly Torres
Macnelly Torres
Macnelly Torres is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Atlético Nacional and for the Colombia national football team best known for his very accurate through passes...
Albeiro "El Palomo" Usuriaga
Albeiro Usuriaga
Albeiro Usuriaga López was a Colombian footballer who played as a striker.Nicknamed El Palomo, he played professionally in Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela, before being murdered at the age of 37.-Club career:Usuriaga first came to prominence with...
Róbinson Zapata
Róbinson Zapata
Róbinson Zapata Montaño, aka Rufay , is a Colombian football player who plays for Deportivo Pereira.-Colombia:...
Raul Noriega
Raul Noriega
Raúl Alfredo Noriega is a former Ecuadorian international football player who made 27 appearances for the Ecuador national team between 1988 and 1997...
Blas Perez
Blas Perez
Blas Antonio Miguel Pérez Ortega is a professional footballer who currently plays for Indios de Ciudad Juárez. He is nicknamed Super Ratón. He is a distant cousin to Portland Timbers midfielder Miguel Guante....
César Cueto Guillermo La Rosa
Guillermo La Rosa
Guillermo La Rosa Laguna is a retired football forward from Peru. He competed for the Peru national football team at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number nineteen jersey...
Juan Ramón Carrasco
Juan Ramón Carrasco
Juan Ramón Carrasco , is a Uruguayan football coach and former player, possibly one of the players that had most appearances, in different rosters, in Uruguay.-Playing career:...
Schubert Gambetta
Schubert Gambetta
Schubert Gambetta was a Uruguayan footballer. He played as a half-back and was right-footed. Gambetta was a figure in the Maracanazo when he helped keep Zizinho and Ademir out of the game, which helped him to the 1950 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team.From 1940 to 1956, he played for Club Nacional de...
Anibal Ruiz
Aníbal Ruiz
Aníbal "Maño" Ruiz, born 30 December 1942 in Salto, Uruguay, is a football coach. His best coaching efforts include winning the Supercopa Sudamericana with Olimpia Asunción in 1991 and leading the Paraguayan national football team to the 2006 World Cup...
Sergio Santín
Sergio Santín
Sergio Rodolfo Santín Spinelli is a retired football striker from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Bocha" during his professional career.-Career:...
Nelson Silva Pacheco Eusebio Tejera
Eusebio Tejera
Eusebio Ramón Tejera Kirkerup was a Uruguayan footballer.From 1945 to 1950 he played for Club Nacional de Football, winning the Uruguayan championship in 1946, 47 and 50. He also earned 31 caps for the Uruguay national football team from 1945 to 1954...
Omar Verdún Héctor Ricardo Viera Bibiano Zapirain
Bibiano Zapirain
Bibiano Zapirain was an Uruguayan footballer.-Honours:Nacional*Primera División: 6Uruguay*Copa América: 1-External links:*...
Carlos Zunino
Legal issues
Ramiro Suárez CorzoRamiro Suárez Corzo
Ramiro Suárez Corzo is a Colombian politician. Former Mayor of the Colombian city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander.-Early life:...
as Mayor of Cucuta was supposedly managing the football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team Cúcuta Deportivo indirectly overriding the president of this club Angel Uriel Garcia. According to El Tiempo newspaper Suárez was supposed to sell part of the team's stocks to the people of Cucuta, 8.5% of the total 70%, instead he sold that 70% to his friends. He also authorized Cucuta to be exempt of taxes until the year 2010, when the Colombian law only allows 1 year to do so.http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/oriente/2007-05-22/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3565180.html