Deportivo Cali
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| Full name | Asociación Deportivo Cali | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Verdiblancos, Los Azucareros, La Amenaza Verde |
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| Founded | 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero Santiago de Cali, Colombia (Capacity 45,195) |
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| Chairman |  Rodrigo Otoya Domínguez |
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| Manager |  Jose Daniel Carreño |
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| League | Fútbol Profesional Colombiano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 Clausura | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asociación Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian club, based on Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Mostly known as a football club it also sponsors Basketball and Swimming[1][2]. The club has been champion of the national football tournament eight times, winning in 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1996, 1998, and 2005. Making it one of the most successful clubs in Colombian football.
Deportivo Cali currently plays in the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium, with a capacity of 45,195. The new venue of the club, Estadio Deportivo Cali is planned to be completed in the autumn of 2008.
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[edit] History
[edit] Amateur Era
Cali Foot-ball Club was formed in 1908, by students who after arriving from Europe brought football to the city of Cali. But in 1912 the students organized the team and renamed as Deportivo Cali being practicing under their first coach, Catalan born, Francisco Villa Bisa.
Their first match was between CFC "A" and CFC "B" in the Versailles pitch, the attendance was 300 spectators. By 1928 the name is changed to "Deportivo Cali A" and the club represents the Valle del Cauca Department in the National Olympics, earning the titles between 1928 - 1930.
In 1945 several clubs decided to become part of the club adding new sports to the institution like athletics, basketball and swimming. During the next several years the club plays against different teams from the country and by 1948 the team was ready to play its first professional season. The first game was a defeat against Junior 2-0. Their first victory was against Nacional (then Atletico Municipal) 4-1. They would end the season in 8th place with a record of 6 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. [1][2]
[edit] Golden Years of Deportivo Cali
Between the time frame of 1965 - 1980 can be referred to as Deportivo Cali's golden age era. During this time, Deportivo Cali won 5 of their 8 Colombian championships in the Copa Mustang. Not only that, but Deportivo Cali achieved to get to 11 finals, including their 5 championship titles. During this time, Deportivo Cali, and America de Cali were the top two teams from both the city of Santiago de Cali, and the national league of Colombia. During the 1980's. Deportivo Cali began to fall behind, losing key players, and not finding replacements. The only time Cali would ever see such a successful era in the future, would be on the year 1998-1999 when Deportivo Cali won both, the Copa Mustang in 1998 to qualify for the next 1999 edition of the Copa Toyota Libertadores, which they got to the final of, but unfortunately they lost to Palmeiras of Brazil by penalties, 4-3, over a 2-2 aggregate score. It was during this time period that Cali had many of the best players to come across the Colombian soccer league. This team included: Jose Rosendo Toledo, "El Moño" Muñoz, Miguel Escobar, Oscar Lopez, Mario Sanclemente, German "El Burrito" Gonzalez, Jose Yudica, Miguel Angel "El Mago" Loayza, Jairo "El Maestrico" Arboleda, Oscar Mario "Tranvia" Desiderio, Diego Edison Umaña, Henry "La Mosca" Caicedo, Iroldo Rodriguez de Oliveira, Jorge Ramirez Gallego, Roberto Alvarez, Quarentinha, Bernardo "El Cunda" Valencia, and Ricardo Pegnoty. Unfortunately, most of these players didn't receive international fame, yet Jairo Arboleda could have been one of the best players Colombia has had in midfield along with Carlos Valderrama. Similar to Valderrama, Arboleda used a variety of skill and "magic" that left opponents lost and beaten, which gave rise to his nickname "El Maestrico". He is mostly recognized in Cali as one of Colombia's best players ever. This is true in most parts of Colombia except for Antioquia, where their pride dominates and mislead people to believe the best players come from Antioquia, especially Medellin. Jairo Arboleda was unfortunate to be called to the Colombian National team at a time when the team was not fully developed and organized, fading away his skill at an international level. However, the truth will always be known in Cali, and the Caleños feel like they don't need to let the whole world know about their players, even if they are the best.
[edit] Recent Years of Deportivo Cali
In recent years (2000-2007), the Colombian club of Deportivo Cali from the city of Santiago de Cali, has seen a major downfall in quality of players, quality of team and general managers, and overall result in both Copa Mustang, and Copa Toyota Libertadores. During this time frame, Cali won 1 more championships (2005), but lost finals to the underdog teams such as Deportes Tolima, and Deportivo Pasto. Not only this, but during this time, Deportivo Cali, for the first time in Copa Mustang history, did not make it to what the DIMAYOR calls the "Cuadrangulares", or the "semi-finals" of the cup. In the recent 2007 Finalization season, Deportivo for the second time in club history, failed to make it to the cuadrangulares. Spectators say that the down fall of the 2007 season way a result of the major injury of Sergio Herrera, and the departure of Martin Cardetti. During the time frame of 2006 - 2007, the club from Santiago de Cali have seen over 3 different coaches, and 2 different ones in the 2007 Finalization season alone. Some of the coaches which served Deportivo Cali during this time are: Omar Labruna, Nestor Otero, and Pedro Sarmiento. Deportivo Cali fans and the Board of Directors of Club Asociación Deportivo Cali hope that the newly elected coach, Uruguayan Jose Daniel Carreño, will change the face of the club, and will re-enter them back to their glory days, and will once more become one of the powerhouses of Colombia.
[edit] International competitions
Deportivo Cali was the first Colombian side to dispute a Copa Libertadores final in 1978. Under coach Carlos Bilardo Deportivo Cali played against Boca Juniors. The first match in Cali ended 0-0. The second match in Buenos Aires resulted in a 4-0 victory for the Argentines. In 1999 they also disputed the final, this time it was against Brazilian side Palmeiras. The first match in Cali was a victory for the home side 1-0. The second match was a 2-1 defeat. The cup was decided on penalty kicks where Deportivo Cali lost 4-3. Beside Copa Libertadores the club has also disputed the Merconorte final and participated in the Copa Sudamericana. Deportivo Cali is currently ranked 3rd on the Colombian club ranking by the Conmebol[3].
[edit] Rivalries
Deportivo Cali's long time rival is América. The derby is known either as the "Clasico de San Fernando" because of the location of the Pascual Guerrero stadium or the Valle del Cauca Derby.
The first derby was played in 1931 when the final of the Valle del Cauca league was disputed by the two teams. The result was a victory for Deportivo Cali 1-0.[3] The first derby in the professional era was played in 1948. The first leg was a victory for América 1-0 while on the second leg of the tournament it was a Cali victory 4-3.[1]
- Total matches played: 262 [4]
- Deportivo Cali Victories: 95
- América Victories: 86
- Draws: 81
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Honours
[edit] National honors
- Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
- Winners (8): 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1996, 1998, 2005
[edit] International honors
- Copa Libertadores: 18 appearances
- Runners-up (2): 1978, 1999
- Copa Merconorte: 1 appearance
- Runners-up (1): 1998
[edit] References
- ^ a b RSSSF statistics. Retrieved on 2008-08-19.
- ^ Historia del Deportivo Cali. Retrieved on 2008-08-20.
- ^ Primer Clasico (Español). Retrieved on 2008-08-20.
- ^ El Pais - Clasico Caleño. Retrieved on 2008-08-19.
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