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Atlético F.C.
Full nameAtlético Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)Aleti de Cali
Azul y Oro
Founded5 December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-05)
(As Dépor FC)
10 March 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-10)
(As Atlético F.C.)
GroundEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Capacity35,405[1]
ChairmanGustavo Moreno Arango
ManagerClodoaldo Paulino de Lima
LeagueCategoría Primera B
2023Primera B, 13th of 16
Websitehttp://www.atleticofutbolclub.com/

Atlético Fútbol Club (or Atlético F.C.), formerly known as Dépor FC, is a professional Colombian football team based in Cali that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Olímpico Pascual Guerrero stadium.

History

Origins as Dépor FC

The club was founded as Deportivo Pereira S.A. in 2005 after the membership rights (ficha) of Real Sincelejo, a club that competed in Categoría Primera B until 2004, were irregularly sold by one of its shareholders to investors from Pereira led by former Senator Habib Merheg who wanted to create a club to claim the license held by Deportivo Pereira and prevent the latter club from folding due to its financial problems. However, Deportivo Pereira were able to continue competing in the league, and the club was sold to its current owner Gustavo Moreno who rebranded it to Dépor FC and moved it to Cartago, Valle del Cauca.[2][3]

For the following year, the club moved to Jamundí, in the same department. From 2006 to 2008 its home was the Estadio Cacique Jamundí, with a temporary return for 2010 and the first half of the 2011 season due to their home stadium being closed for remodeling works ahead of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. The club's greatest achievement was qualifying for the semifinals for the first and only time in 2008 under the leadership of coach Julio Valdivieso.

Due to financial difficulties and the support offered by Cali's local government as well as public utilities company Emcali, who wished to carry out social work with young people from the Aguablanca District in Cali, the club was renamed Dépor Aguablanca in 2009 and moved from Jamundí to represent the aforementioned sector, now playing their home games at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero.[4] Since then, the club continued competing in Primera B without remarkable results.

Atlético Fútbol Club

In 2015, after a court ruling declared the sale of Real Sincelejo void, the former shareholders of the Sincelejo club sold it to Juan Carlos Restrepo, stepfather of footballer James Rodríguez, who intended to move the club to Ibagué, rename it to Tolima Real and enter it into the Primera B competition. Although Restrepo argued that he was the legitimate owner of the Real Sincelejo ficha, DIMAYOR refused to admit Tolima Real while at the same time Dépor FC owner Gustavo Moreno founded a new club under the name of Atlético Fútbol Club which with the consent of both DIMAYOR and Coldeportes, replaced Dépor FC in its competitions.[3] Coldeportes withdrew Real Sincelejo's sporting license (reconocimiento deportivo), and thus the one used by Dépor to compete from 2005 until then, in order to allow Atlético F.C. to join DIMAYOR.[5] The club is popularly known as Atlético de Cali or just Atlético.

Due to this controversy, the club was not able to play its first seven matches of the 2016 season, which were going to be awarded as losses by walkover, however they were eventually confirmed to be played after the club was renamed and accepted into the league.[6]

Stadium

Further information: Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

Current squad

As of 18 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
— GK Colombia COL Camilo Ariza
— GK Colombia COL Yerson Mosquera
— DF Colombia COL Yeiner Beltrán
— DF Colombia COL Jhon Steven Campo
— DF Colombia COL Víctor Hurtado
— DF Colombia COL Danny Reales
— DF Colombia COL Jhon Alexis Sandoval
— DF Colombia COL Kevin Sandoval
— DF Colombia COL Juan Camilo Urbano
— DF Colombia COL Kevin Ventes
— MF Colombia COL Eder Balanta
— MF Colombia COL Bréiner Barbosa
— MF Colombia COL Sebastián Caicedo
— MF Colombia COL Félix Charrupí
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Colombia COL Jhan Carlos Cobo
— MF Colombia COL Francisco González
— MF Colombia COL Nelson Mosorongo
— MF Colombia COL Juan Felipe Parra
— MF Colombia COL Carlos Polo
— MF Colombia COL Carlos Riascos
— MF Colombia COL Nelson Rivera
— MF Colombia COL Claudio Rubiano
— MF Colombia COL José Luis Sanabria
— FW Colombia COL Edward Camacho
— FW Colombia COL Junior Escobar
— FW Colombia COL Yeison Mena
— FW Colombia COL Alejandro Seth

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ "La compleja lucha jurídica del padrastro de James Rodríguez con la dirigencia deportiva en Colombia: compró un club que no ha podido jugar" (in Spanish). Infobae. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "¿Por qué Real Sincelejo no ha regresado a la segunda división del FPC?" (in Spanish). El Espectador. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Se trastea el Dépor". enlajugada.com (in Spanish). 29 October 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Autogol al fútbol colombiano: Dimayor aceptó al Dépor FC, pero con otro nombre" (in Spanish). Pulzo. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Atlético Fútbol Club, nuevo equipo del fútbol colombiano" (in Spanish). Publimetro. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  7. ^ "ATLÉTICO FC". Dimayor. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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