Deportes Quindío

Deportes Quindío
	Deportes Quindío
Basic data
Surname	Corporación Deportes Quindío
Seat	Armenia
founding	January 8, 1951
president	Hernando Ángel
Website	deportesquindio.com
First soccer team
Head coach	José Alberto Suárez
Venue	Estadio Centenario de Armenia ; Armenia , Colombia
Places	33,000
league	Second division , Colombia
2019 Apertura	2nd place (league phase) ; 3rd group B

Corporación de Deportes Quindío , or Deportes Quindío for short , is a Colombian football club from Armenia in the Departamento del Quindío, founded in 1951 .

history

The highlight of the club's history was winning the Colombian Championship in 1956. Deportes Quindio took part in the Copa Conmebol in two seasons . While there came out in the first round in 1999, the club reached the quarter-finals of the competition in 1998. In 2000, Deportes Quindío was relegated to the second division , but was able to rise again in 2001.

In 2004, the 101-time national player Leonel Álvarez ended his career with Deportes Quindío.

In 2013 , the club was relegated from the first division for the second time and played in the Categoría Primera B from the 2014 season . In the sixth series, the club reached the quarter-finals, but was eliminated there against América de Cali . The return series was able to win Quindío, but lost the final for promotion against Jaguares de Córdoba and could not prevail in the relegation against Uniautónoma FC . Even in the special promotion round for traditional clubs of the second division in January 2015, the club could not be promoted. In the 2015 season , the club missed the finals by just two points and ended the season in ninth place.

In the 2016 season , Deportes Quindío narrowly missed promotion by losing in the last game of the final round against América de Cali .

For the season 2017 was José Alberto Suárez presented as the new coach. Under him, Deportes Quindío was second in the league phase and reached the semi-finals of the final round. In the back series Quindío was third in the league phase, but then lost very clearly in the quarter-finals (0: 5 and 1: 3) against Llaneros FC .

In the 2018 season, Quindío qualified sixth for the final round and only had to admit defeat to Unión Magdalena . In Apertura 2019 , the club reached the final round in second place, but only came third in the group stage.

Stadion

Deportes Quindío plays its home games at the Estadio Centenario de Armenia . The stadium was inaugurated in 1988 and has a capacity of 29,000 seats. It was also one of the venues for the 2001 Copa America .

Athletic course

successes

Masters of Colombia : 1956
Master of Primera B : 2001
Master of the Finalización of Primera B : 2014
Participation in the Copa Conmebol : 2 ×

1998 : quarter-finals

1999 : Round of 16

Season dates since 2010

Playtime	league	League level	space	Final round
2010-I	Liga Postobón	I.	18th	-
2010-II	Liga Postobón	I.	5.	3. Group B
2011-I	Liga Postobón	I.	10.	-
2011-II	Liga Postobón	I.	9.	-
2012-I	Liga Postobón	I.	15th	-
2012-II	Liga Postobón	I.	13.	-
2013-I	Liga Postobón	I.	17th	-
2013-II	Liga Postobón	I.	18th	-
2014-I	Torneo Postobón	II	5.	Quarter finals
2014-II	Torneo Postobón	II	3.	Master runner-up (overall) ¹
2015	Promotion round for traditional clubs	II	2. Group A	-
2015	Torneo Águila	II	9.	-
2016	Torneo Águila	II	7th	2. Group B
2017-I	Torneo Águila	II	2.	Semifinals
2017-II	Torneo Águila	II	3.	Quarter finals
2018	Torneo Águila	II	6th	2. Group B
2019-I	Torneo Águila	II	2.	3. Group B
highlighted in red: relegation to the Categoría Primera B