Deportivo Cali

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Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali Blazono.svg
Basic data
Surname Asociación Club
Deportivo Cali
Seat Cali
founding 1912
president Álvaro Martínez
Website deportivocali.co
First soccer team
Head coach Lucas Pusineri
Venue Estadio Deportivo Cali
Places 53,347
league Category Primera A
2019 Apertura 2nd place (league phase)
3rd group B
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Asociación Club Deportivo Cali is a football club from the Colombian city ​​of Cali .

history

It was founded in 1912 under the name "Cali FC" and began its professional history in the Colombian football league on August 15, 1948. The club colors are green and white. The club has won eight national championship titles in its history.

Deportivo Cali was the first Colombian club to reach the final of the Copa Libertadores in 1978 , but lost to Boca Juniors . In 1999 the club was in the final against Palmeiras from São Paulo for the second time. In 1998 Deportivo reached the final of the Copa Merconorte .

With coach Leonel Álvarez , the club was runner-up in the back series in 2013 and was able to win the Superliga de Colombia against Atlético Nacional in January 2014 . The 2014 season started relatively weak, so Álvarez was sacked in February. The entry into the final round was also clearly missed with the new coach Héctor Cárdenas . The return series, however, went better. The club reached sixth place in the league phase and narrowly missed the finals in the subsequent group phase. In the Apertura 2015, however, Deportivo Cali won his ninth championship with the new coach Fernando Castro Lozada . In the final, the club was able to prevail against Independiente Medellín.

In the 2016 season, Deportivo Cali was able to qualify for the final round in both half-series, but failed in each case in the quarter-finals. In April 2016, Mario Yepes was introduced as a trainer. The club stuck to Yepes for the 2017 season despite the early departure . In March 2017, however, Yepes was fired after a mixed start to the season. Héctor Cárdenas was introduced as his successor . Under the new coach Cali reached the final of the Apertura, in which it was defeated by Atlético Nacional and thus became runner-up.

The return series was less pleasant for Deportivo Cali and was finally finished in 14th place. As a result, Sergio Angulo replaced Cárdenas in October 2017 .

Cali finished the league phase of Apertura 2018 with the new trainer Gerardo Pelusso in sixth place. In the subsequent quarter-finals, the club Atlético Nacional lost. In the back series, the entry into the final round in tenth place was missed.

For the Apertura 2019 season , the Argentine Lucas Pusineri was signed as the new coach, who had won the championship title of the Colombian second division with Cúcuta Deportivo in the preseason . In the Copa Sudamericana 2019 , Cali was eliminated in the second round against Peñarol Montevideo . In the league, the club qualified second for the final round, but could not move into the final.

Stadion

The Estadio Deportivo Cali

Deportivo Cali played for a long time at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero , together with local rivals América de Cali . It seats 45,000 spectators.

In 2008, the club was the first in Colombia to move to its own stadium, called Estadio Deportivo Cali . This new stadium can accommodate 53,347 spectators.

successes

Trainer

Former players

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ El Tiempo : Leonel Álvarez fue despedido del Deportivo Cali. February 25, 2014, Retrieved May 21, 2014 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ elpais.com.co: Mario Yepes sigue como técnico del Deportivo Cali. December 5, 2016, Retrieved December 24, 2016 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ semana.com: Mario Yepes no va más en el Deportivo Cali. March 9, 2017, Retrieved March 14, 2017 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ semana.com: 'Sabía que el momento de volver al Cali iba a llegar': Héctor Cárdenas. March 14, 2017, Retrieved March 14, 2017 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ ¡Bien hecho! (Spanish) from elpais.com.co from June 19, 2017, accessed June 22, 2017
  6. ↑ "Para mí es un honor llegar al equipo profesional": Sergio 'Checho' Angulo (Spanish) on elpais.com.co from October 17, 2017, accessed on November 30, 2017
  7. ↑ After championship title in the second division: Pusineri new coach of Deportivo Cali on transfermarkt.de on December 3, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2019
  8. ↑ Jorge Luis Bernal - Profile on soccerway.com accessed January 9, 2017
  9. ↑ Jaime de la Pava - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed October 22, 2016
  10. ↑ Leonel Álvarez - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed December 24, 2016
  11. ↑ Fernando Castro Lozada - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed December 24, 2016
  12. ↑ Mario Yepes - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed March 14, 2017
  13. ^ Sergio Angulo - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed June 12, 2018
  14. ↑ Gerardo Pelusso - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed January 2, 2019
  15. ↑ Lucas Pusineri - Profile on soccerway.com , accessed January 2, 2019