Atlético Huila

Atlético Huila

Full name	Club Deportivo Atlético Huila
Nickname(s)	Los Opitas (The Opitas, from the Opita Spanish language dialect of Tolima and Huila) Bambuqueros (Bambuco Dancers) El Barcino
Founded	29 November 1990 (1990-11-29)
Ground	Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid Neiva, Colombia
Capacity	27,000
Chairman	Juan Carlos Patarroyo
Coach	Oswaldo Durán
League	Categoría Primera A
2016	18th
Website	http://www.clubatleticohuila.com.co
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Atlético Huila is a professional Colombian football team based in Neiva, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. Founded on November 29, 1990, it is one of the youngest professional football clubs in Colombia. Its best achievement league wise was coming close as runner-up in 2007 and 2009. They play their home games at the Guillermo Plazas Alcid stadium, with a capacity of 27,000. Huila have a long-standing rivalry with Deportes Tolima, which is known as the Tolima-grande derby. The club has a futsal team named Ultrahuilca Coomotor.

Honours

National Honours

• Primera A:

Runners Up (2): 2007-I, 2009-II

• Primera B:

Winners (2): 1992, 1997

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

• Copa CONMEBOL: 1 appearance

1999: First Round

• Copa Sudamericana: 1 appearance

2010: Second Round

Players

Current squad

As of 14 July 2016

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	Miguel Solís
2	DF	COL	Davinson Monsalve
3	DF	COL	Daniel Londoño
4	DF	COL	Manuel Berrío
5	FW	ARG	Emiliano Méndez
7	FW	COL	Miguel Murillo
8	MF	COL	Jean Becerra
9	FW	PAR	Roque Caballero
10	MF	URU	Mateo Fígoli
11	MF	COL	Boris Polo
12	GK	URU	Jhonny da Silva
14	DF	COL	John Jairo Lozano
16	DF	COL	Nelson Lemus

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	COL	Yovani Ricardo
19	FW	COL	William Palacio (on loan from Tigres UANL)
20	MF	COL	Ronaldo Tavera
21	MF	COL	Jorge Ramos
22	DF	COL	Deiner Mera
23	DF	COL	Eduard Gutiérrez
24	MF	COL	Carlos Robles Rocha
27	FW	COL	Omar Duarte
28	FW	COL	Brayan Riascos
30	MF	COL	Jean Carlos Becerra
31	MF	COL	Hamilton Valencia
33	GK	COL	Geovanni Banguera
35	FW	COL	Hamilton Valencia

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	DF	COL	José Moya (at Leones)
–	FW	COL	Cristian Cangá (at Boavista)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	FW	COL	Didier Viveros (at Bogotá)

Notable players

• Guillermo Berrío (1992–96), (1998), (2003–04)
• Fredy Montero (2006–07)
• Rodrigo Marangoni (2006–08)
• Víctor Guazá (2007), (2008–10)
• Lewis Ochoa (2008–09)
• Iván Velásquez (2009–10)

• Nicolás Ayr (2009–11)
• Amílcar Henríquez (2009–12)
• Carlos Carbonero (2010)
• Daniel Bocanegra (2010–12)
• Rafael Castillo (2010)
• Andrés Andrade (2011)

• Jimmy Bermúdez (2011)
• Sebastián Hernández (2011–12)
• Nelson Barahona (2012)
• Alejandro Vélez (2012)
• Hernán Hechalar (2014)
• Juan Fernando Caicedo (2014)

Managers

• Víctor Quiñónez (1991)
• Alberto Rujana (1992–95)
• Nelson Abadía (1996)
• Rafael Corrales (1997–99)
• Nelson Gallego (2000)
• Jairo Silva Quiza (interim) (2000)
• Juan Eugenio Jiménez (2001–02)
• Bernardo Redín (2002–03)
• Félix Valverde Quiñonez (2004)
• Bernardo Redín (2005)

• Néstor Otero (2006–07)
• Javier Álvarez (2007–08)
• Miguel Augusto Prince (2009)
• Guillermo Berrío (2009–11)
• Néstor Otero (2011–12)
• Álvaro de Jesús Gómez (2012–13)
• Javier Álvarez Arteaga (2013)
• Virgilio Puerto (2013–14)
• Fernando Castro (2014)
• José Santa (2015–16)
• Oswaldo Durán (2016–)

External links

• Official website