Envigado F.C.

Envigado Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [embiˈɣaðo ˈfutβol kluβ]) 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. 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 FC
Full nameEnvigado Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)El Equipo Naranja (The Orange Team)
Cantera de Héroes (Cantera of Heroes)
Founded14 October 1989 (1989-10-14)
GroundEstadio Polideportivo Sur
Envigado, Colombia
Capacity11,000[1]
ChairmanRamiro Ruiz
ManagerJosé Arastey
LeagueCategoría Primera A
202012th
WebsiteClub website

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 among others. It is frequently considered one of the best youth academies in South America.

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
Winners (2): 1991, 2007

Players

Current squad
As of 13 October 2020[2]

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 Santiago Londoño
3 DF  PAR Francisco Báez
4 DF  COL Santiago Ruiz
5 DF  COL Santiago Noreña
6 MF  COL Iván Rojas
7 MF  COL Neyder Moreno (on loan from Atlético Nacional)
8 MF  COL Michael López
9 FW  COL Jhon Durán
10 FW  COL Yeison Guzmán
11 FW  COL Oswal Álvarez
12 GK  COL Jorge Soto
13 FW  COL Santiago Muñoz
14 MF  COL Jairo Palomino (captain)
15 DF  COL Santiago Jiménez
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  COL Jorge Aguirre
18 DF  COL Juan Manuel Zapata
19 FW  COL Michael Gómez
20 MF  COL Jean Luca Rivera (on loan from Atlético Nacional)
21 MF  COL Edison López
23 MF  COL Yadir Meneses
25 MF  COL Sebastián Betancur
26 DF  COL Carlos Terán
27 MF  ENG George Saunders
28 DF  COL Juan Camilo Suárez
32 DF  COL Tomás Maya
— DF  COL Jorge Segura (on loan from Watford)
— FW  COL Wilmar Jordán

Managers

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2015-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Envigado". Dimayor. Retrieved 20 July 2019.


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