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Asociación Deportivo Cali, well known as Deportivo Cali, is a colombian sports club based in Cali, most celebrated for its football team, which presently competes in the Categoría Primera A.

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Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football teams in Colombia, having won nine domestic league championships, one Copa Colombia and one Superliga Colombiana, for eleven titles. Their stadium, Estadio Deportivo Cali, with an original capacity of 61,890, is the largest football stadium in Colombia and was formally inaugurated on 19 November 2008. In 2010 its capacity was reduced to 55,000 people due to renovations. Deportivo Cali ‘s old family stadium was Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, with a capacity of 43,130. [ 1 ] Deportivo Cali is the only colombian football club that owns its own stadium. It was besides the first colombian team to reach the final examination of Copa Libertadores in 1978. [ 2 ] In 2016, Forbes listed Deportivo Cali as the 36th most valuable team of America. [ 3 ] Deportivo Cali is the only baseball club in Colombia to be owned by its fans. [ 4 ]

history [edit ]

Amateur earned run average [edit ]

Cali Football Club was formed in 1908 by students under the leadership of Nazario, Juan Pablo and Fidel Lalinde, who came back from Europe bringing football to the city of Cali, but in 1912 the students under the leadership of the three Lalinde brothers organized the team and renamed it as Deportivo Cali beginning exercise under their beginning passenger car, Catalan born Francisco Villa Bisa. Their foremost match was between CFC “ A ” and CFC “ B ” in the Versailles pitch, with 300 spectators in attendance. By 1928 the name was changed to “ Deportivo Cali A ” and the club represented the Valle del Cauca Department in the National Games, earning the titles between 1928 and 1930. In 1945 several clubs decided to become part of the cabaret adding newfangled sports to the institution such as athletics, basketball, and swimming. During the following several years the club played against teams from the nation and by 1948 the team was quick to play its first professional temper in the newly created national league. Their beginning crippled was a get the better of against Junior in Barranquilla by a 2–0 score, and their first match at home was a 2–2 draw against Deportes Caldas. The beginning victory came in the fourth equal against Atlético Nacional ( then Atlético Municipal ) by a 4–1 score. They would end the temper in eighth place with a record of 6 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
Cali ‘s inaugural logo

Golden years [edit ]

between 1965 and 1974 Deportivo Cali saw its golden era. During this menstruation, Deportivo Cali reached 11 finals, from which they won five of their nine colombian backing titles in 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, and 1974. It was then that Deportivo Cali was one of the top teams from the colombian home league, along with Bogotá sides Millonarios and Santa Fe. It was besides during this time period that Deportivo Cali had many of the best players to come across the colombian football league. This team included : José Rosendo Toledo, “ El Moño ” Muñoz, Miguel Escobar, Óscar López, Mario Sanclemente, german “ El Burrito ” González, Jose Yudica, Miguel Ángel “ El Mago ” Loayza, Jairo “ El Maestrico ” Arboleda, Oscar Mario “ Tranvia ” Desiderio, Diego Edison Umaña, Henry “ La Mosca ” Caicedo, Iroldo Rodriguez de Oliveira, Jorge Ramírez Gallego, Roberto Álvarez, Quarentinha, Bernardo “ El Cunda ” Valencia, and Ricardo Pegnoty. unfortunately, most of these players did not receive international fame, even Jairo Arboleda could have been one of the best players Colombia has had in midfield along with Carlos “ El Pibe ” Valderrama. Similar to Valderrama, Arboleda used a assortment of skill and “ charming ” that left opponents lost and beaten, which gave rebel to his nickname “ El Maestrico ”. He is largely recognized in Cali as one of Colombia ‘s best players always. Arboleda was inauspicious to be called to the colombian national football team at a time when the team was not fully developed and organized, largely preventing him from showing away his skill at an international level. In 1978 Deportivo Cali became the first colombian baseball club to reach the Copa Libertadores final examination, losing against Boca Juniors. During the 1980s, whilst América de Cali and Atlético Nacional started their egress and consolidation as colombian football powers, Deportivo Cali began to fall buttocks in backing titles and ended up as league runner-up behind its crosstown rival twice in a row, in 1985 and 1986. The cardinal players for Deportivo Cali at the clock time were “ El Pibe ” Valderrama and Bernardo Redín, none of whom was able to win a title with the cabaret. In 1996, the club broke a 22-year domestic championship drought under the guidance of bus Fernando “ El Pecoso ” Castro, and celebrated goalkeeper Miguel “ El Show ” Calero. The title was sealed after a scoreless draw with crosstown rivals América on the last matchday of the championship rung, which ensured the team would end ahead of Millonarios on bonus points. Two years late and with José Eugenio “ Cheché ” Hernández as director, Deportivo Cali won its seventh entitle after finishing in the top eight of the Finalización tournament, and topping a semifinal group including Atlético Nacional, Millonarios, and América de Cali. This qualified the team for the finals against Once Caldas, whom they defeated 4–0 in the first leg in Cali and tied 0–0 in Manizales in the second peg in orderliness to claim the title. Deportivo Cali qualified for the 1999 Copa Libertadores as colombian champions, and qualified out of a group which besides included Once Caldas, and Argentine sides River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield. After eliminating Colo-Colo in the round of 16, Uruguayan side Bella Vista in the quarterfinals and Cerro Porteño in the semifinals, they managed to reach the concluding of the competition for the second time in its history. unfortunately, luck was not on their side and they lost to Palmeiras of Brazil on penalties after winning the beginning leg in Cali 1–0 and losing 2–1 in the return leg in São Paulo. Venezuelan goalkeeper Rafael Dudamel, defenders Hernán Gaviria, Mario Yepes, and Gerardo Bedoya, and midfielders Arley Betancourt, Mayer Candelo, and Martín Zapata were some of the most significant players of the club in both the 1998 national championship and the Copa Libertadores run the watch class .

holocene years [edit ]

In the start of the twenty-first hundred, the cabaret has seen a major downfall in quality of players, quality of team and general managers, and overall results in both the domestic league and international contest. On 24 October 2002, players Herman Gaviria and Giovanni Córdoba were hit by lightning during a train seance with the team. [ 7 ] Gaviria was killed instantaneously, though he was not pronounced all in until arriving at Valle del Lilí Hospital, while Córdoba died three days later. [ 8 ] At the time, the team was leading the 2002 Finalización and was heavy favored to win the entitle but was unable to recover from this event and ended in second place of its semifinal group, behind eventual champions Independiente Medellín. During this timeframe, Cali won its one-eighth domestic backing ( 2005 Finalización ), but lost finals to underdog teams such as Deportes Tolima and Deportivo Pasto in the 2003 Finalización and 2006 Apertura tournaments, respectively. The backing in the second tournament of the 2005 season allowed Deportivo Cali to take part in the 2006 Copa Libertadores, in which the team failed to make it out of the group stage after only being able to collect one point out of 18. A poor crusade during the 2007 Finalización caused Deportivo Cali to fail to qualify for the semifinal stagecoach of the domestic league for the foremost fourth dimension since short tournaments began being played in colombian football. Spectators say that the precipitation of the 2007 season was a result of the major wound of Sergio Herrera and the departure of Martin Cardetti. Between 2006 and 2007, the club saw over three coaches, and two of them in the 2007 Finalización temper alone. The coaches who served Deportivo Cali during this clock time were Pedro Sarmiento, who won the league with the team as coach in 2005 and was dismissed after losing the 2006 Apertura finals to Deportivo Pasto, Omar Labruna and Néstor Otero. uruguayan José Daniel Carreño took the reins ahead of the 2008 season, replacing Néstor Otero. Deportivo Cali, during his management, had an above average Apertura, coming in sixth place which qualified them for the semifinals of the tournament. In the Copa Colombia, the club ended in third place of its group and failed to qualify for further play, which was considered as an embarrassment as Deportivo Cali was the favored to win the group. During the semifinals of the Apertura, Cali failed to win the first four matches, losing two and tying the remaining two. After failing to win the one-fourth game ( a 2–0 loss to Deportes Quindío at home ), Carreño was sacked and replaced by caretaker coach Ricardo Martínez, who managed the team until the end of the 2008 temper and qualified it for the 2009 Copa Sudamericana, in which they were knocked out in the first stage by Universidad de Chile. The 2009 season saw Deportivo Cali qualifying for the semifinals of the Apertura tournament but missing out on the finals on finish deviation, while in the Finalización tournament they failed to qualify for the semifinals. In 2010, Deportivo Cali failed to qualify for the concluding rounds of both the Apertura and the Finalización, but was able to win the Copa Colombia for the first time in history under the management of Jaime de la Pava. Los Azucareros managed to win their regional group and then defeated Junior, Santa Fe, and La Equidad in their ladder to the final, where they faced storm box Itagüí Ditaires. Deportivo Cali won both legs of the final examination, 1–0 in Itagüí and 2–0 at the Estadio Deportivo Cali, which besides hosted its inaugural official match that class with a 2–0 victory over Deportes Quindío on 21 February. [ 9 ] In the 2011 Apertura, and despite having one of their worst starts in history by losing the first four games of the season, Deportivo Cali managed to make it to the quarterfinals, where they were eliminated in a penalty shoot-out by eventual champions Atlético Nacional in a couple that could have gone either direction. Deportivo Cali besides competed in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana but were knocked out by Santa Fe on penalties, while in the Torneo Finalización they were unable to qualify for the semifinals. The 2012 season brought similar fortunes : the team qualified for the Apertura semifinals but narrowly missed out on the moor to the final, which ended up going to Deportivo Pasto, and in the Torneo Finalización they were placed in 11th place, therefore failing to qualify for the semifinals.

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The beginning of a new earned run average [edit ]

After the disappointing close to the season, Deportivo Cali decided to look for a new coach. On 13 December 2012, they signed Leonel Álvarez as their newly head coach. He led Deportivo Cali to the play-offs in both of the tournaments played in 2013, reaching the final of the Torneo Finalización, but losing it to Atlético Nacional. The first leg was played on home plate soil resulting in a scoreless pull, while the irregular peg ended in a 2–0 loss. Deportivo Cali would go on to win the 2014 Superliga Colombiana against the like rival, however, Álvarez was fired after a inadequate get down in the 2014 Apertura. In late years, the club has become potent with the formation of unseasoned players. In 2015, Cali won the Torneo Apertura and reached the quarterfinals of the Torneo Finalización with a team formed by and large by young footballers. That year, the goalscorer of the team was 21-year old Harold Preciado with 25 goals, followed by 20-year erstwhile Rafael Santos Borré with 11 goals and 22-year old Miguel Murillo with 10 goals. other celebrated young player is 22-year erstwhile Andrés Felipe Roa, who was called up for the senior team and played the Olympic Games play-off against United States along with his fellow mates Luis Manuel Orejuela and Kevin Balanta. [ 10 ] For the 2016 season, the average age of the squad was 22.8 with 17 players under 21. [ 11 ] Deportivo Cali reached another final series in the 2017 Apertura tournament, once again losing to Atlético Nacional after winning the first leg 2–0 at their stadium and losing 5–1 in the return leg played in Medellín .

Logo development [edit ]

Valle del Cauca Derby [edit ]

Deportivo Cali ‘s longtime rival is América de Cali. The bowler hat is known either as the “ Clásico Vallecaucano ” ( Valle del Cauca Derby ) or the “ Clásico de San Fernando ” because of the placement of the Pascual Guerrero stadium. The first gear bowler hat was played in 1931 when the final of the Valle del Cauca league was disputed by the two teams. The result was a 1–0 victory for Deportivo Cali. [ 12 ] The first bowler hat in the professional earned run average was played in 1948. The inaugural leg was a victory for América 1–0 while in the second leg of the tournament it was a 4–3 victory for Deportivo Cali. On 10 October 2010 Deportivo Cali and América de Cali played the foremost bowler hat at the former ‘s new stadium, which was won by Deportivo Cali by a final grudge of 6–3 including a hat trick from Argentine actor Martin Morel, and three of the most highlight goals of the tournament. [ 5 ] The Derby was not played in the top flight between 2012 and 2016 because of América de Cali ‘s delegating at the end of the 2011 temper, however, it kept being played in the Copa Colombia as both teams were drawn together in that competition .

  • Total matches played: 317 [13]
    • Deportivo Cali Victories: 119
    • América de Cali Victories: 97
    • Draws: 101

Honours [edit ]

man [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Winners (1): 2010
Runners-up (2): 1981, 2019
Winners (1): 2014
Runners-up (1): 2016

International [edit ]

Women [edit ]

domestic [edit ]

Winners (1): 2021

Players [edit ]

For a list of all early and stream Deportivo Cali players with a Wikipedia article, see category : Deportivo Cali footballers

stream squad [edit ]

As of 6 August 2021[14][15][16]

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

Out on lend [edit ]

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

noteworthy players [edit ]

Managers [edit ]

References [edit ]

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