Independiente Medellin

Independiente Medellin
	Independiente Medellin
Basic data
Surname	Deportivo Independiente Medellin
Seat	Medellin
founding	April 15, 1913
president	Eduardo Silva Meluk
Website	dim.com.co
First soccer team
Head coach	Alexis Mendoza
Venue	Estadio Atanasio Girardot , ; Medellin , Antioquia
Places	52,872
league	First division , Colombia
2019 Apertura	9th place (league phase)

Deportivo Independiente Medellín is a Colombian football club from the city of Medellín . The club was founded on April 15, 1913 and is one of the largest and most important clubs in Colombian football . The club colors are blue-red-white. One of the greatest triumphs was winning the Colombian football championship in 1955, with the Argentine star José Manuel Moreno as player-coach, and in 1957, as well as the Finalización 2002, the Apertura 2004, the Finalización 2009 and the Apertura 2016. International was the greatest success of the Entry into the semi-finals of the 2003 Copa Libertadores South American Championship.

There is a pronounced rivalry with city rivals Atlético Nacional , against whom the Clásico Paisa will be played. Independiente is often referred to in the media as "The Power from the Mountains" ( El Poderoso de la Montaña ), as the city of Medellín is located on the heights of the Andes around 1500 m above sea level.

Stadion

Independiente shares the Estadio Atanasio Girardot, named after a hero of the Colombian War of Independence at the beginning of the 19th century, with its local rival Atlético Nacional .

The 52,872-seat stadium was inaugurated in 1953 and is part of the extensive Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot sports complex . It was also the venue for the 2001 Copa America and the 2011 World Youth Championship .