Jaguares de Cordoba

Jaguares FC
	Jaguares FC
Basic data
Surname	Jaguares Fútbol Club SA
Seat	Montería
founding	2012
president	Nelson Soto Duque
Website	jaguaresdecordoba.com.co
First soccer team
Head coach	Óscar Upegui
Venue	Estadio Jaraguay , Montería , Colombia
Places	12,000
league	First division , Colombia
2019 Apertura	15th place (league phase)
home	Away

Jaguares Fútbol Club , usually called Jaguares de Córdoba , is a Colombian football club from Montería , Córdoba , founded in 2012 , which currently plays in the Colombian first division .

Jaguares de Córdoba was created by moving, renaming and taking over the starting right of the Sucre FC club . The greatest success in the club's history so far has been winning the second division championship in 2014 and advancing to the first division as well as participating in the Copa Sudamericana 2018.

history

Prehistory and foundation

Jaguares de Córdoba goes back to the club Girardot FC , which was founded in 1995 and participated in the Categoría Primera B from 1995 to 2008 and was once runner-up. The owner and president of the club, Nelson Soto Duque, decided to move from Girardot to Palmira in 2009 due to a lack of financial support and to rename the club to Deportes Palmira . Since the financial situation there did not turn out to be easier, the club then moved to Buenaventura after only one year and was renamed Pacífico FC . For similar reasons, the company moved to Sincelejo in 2011 and was renamed Sucre FC . But when the agreements made there were not adhered to, Soto Duque decided to move to Montería, where his most successful project to date began.

Second division and promotion

Season dates 2013 to 2014

Playtime	league	League level	space	Final round
2013-I	Torneo Postobón	II	11.	-
2013-II	Torneo Postobón	II	8th.	2. Group B
2014-I	Torneo Postobón	II	4th	Master Apertura
2014-II	Torneo Postobón	II	1.	4. Group A Masters
highlighted in green: Promotion to the Categoría Primera A

Jaguares de Córdoba debuted on February 2, 2013 in front of a sold-out stadium with 8,000 spectators with a 2-1 win over relegated Real Cartagena .

When they first participated in the second division, in the Torneo Apertura 2013 , the club missed out on an eleventh place in the league phase by three points. In the back series, the Torneo Finalización , the club was more successful and qualified in eighth place for the first time for the group stage. There Jaguares finished second in Group B behind Deportivo Rionegro and barely missed the finals.

In the Hinserie 2014 , the club celebrated its first major success under coach José Alberto Suárez , winning the Torneo Apertura . After a successful league phase that ended Jaguares in fourth place, the club was able to prevail in the knockout round against Deportivo Rionegro, Atlético Bucaramanga and in the final against América de Cali . With the Hinserien Championship, the club qualified for the finals for the annual championship and for promotion. Jaguares also provided Apertura's top scorer with Harold Preciado .

Following this success, José Alberte Suárez left the club and moved to Cúcuta Deportivo . Suarez was initially replaced by Gabriel Jaime Gómez , who was released after five matchdays. For him came Héctor Estrada .

The league phase of the return series ended Jaguares in first place. In the subsequent group stage, the club was fourth and missed direct promotion. In the final for the championship and the promotion against the back series champions Deportes Quindío Jaguares then prevailed with a 3-0 win in the second leg, although the first leg had been lost 2-0. Jaguares rose to the first division after the second season since the club was founded .

After the promotion, the Héctor Estrada and the club could not agree on the salary, so the coach resigned in December 2014. Carlos César Castro was introduced as his successor .

Relegation battle and establishment in the first division

Season dates since 2015

Playtime	league	League level	space	Final round
2015-I	League Águila	I.	15th	-
2015-II	League Águila	I.	20th	-
2016-I	League Águila	I.	14th	-
2016-II	League Águila	I.	15th	-
2017-I	League Águila	I.	5.	Quarter finals
2017-II	League Águila	I.	8th.	Quarter finals
2018-I	League Águila	I.	14th	-
2018-II	League Águila	I.	19th	-
2019-I	League Águila	I.	15th	-

In the first year in the first division, in the Categoría Primera A 2015 , Jaguares played mainly against relegation and was able to prevent it. After a fifteenth place in the Apertura , however, the performance was particularly weak in the second half of the year and the club was the last of the Finalización . In the separate relegation table Jaguares was four points better placed than the first relegated Uniautónoma FC .

Jaguares was trained by three coaches in 2015. Carlos César Castro resigned in August and was replaced by Jorge Luis Bernal , who was replaced by Adolfo Luis Holguín in October due to poor results . However, Holguín resigned in November.

Carlos Navarrete was signed for the 2016 season . After his resignation in April 2016, Hubert Bodhert became his successor.

The second season of Jaguares in the first division, the Categoría Primera A 2016 , was similar to the first season. Without a real chance of qualifying for the final round, the club was able to secure relegation. In the Apertura Jaguares reached the 14th place and in the Finalización the 15th place. In the relegation table Jaguares was 9 points better than the first relegated Boyacá Chicó FC .

In Apertura 2017 , Jaguares was able to qualify for the finals for the first time as fifth in the league phase. In the quarter-finals, the club was eliminated from the big favorites Atlético Nacional . In the Finalización Jaguares secured relegation and qualified for the final round, where the club was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Independiente Santa Fe . Nevertheless, the 8th place in the overall table was enough for the first qualification for an international competition, the Copa Sudamericana 2018 . Afterwards Hubert Bodhert announced his departure. José Rodríguez was introduced as his successor .

In the Copa Sudamericana Jaguares was eliminated in the first round against the Uruguayan club Boston River . In Apertura 2018 , the club failed to make it into the final round with a 14th place. Jaguares finished the second half of the season in penultimate place. In the course of the second half of the season, the coach José Rodríguez resigned, who was replaced by the Argentine Flavio Robatto . However, this resigned after only 58 days. Until the end of the season, the team was looked after by Julio Méndez on an interim basis .

For the season 2019 was John Jairo Bodmer committed. However, Bodmer resigned after only three months due to poor results. He was succeeded by Óscar Upegui . At Apertura 2019, Jaguares finished in 15th place.

Stadion

Estadio Jaraguay

Jaguares de Córdoba plays its home games at the Estadio Jaraguay , which was called the Estadio Municipal de Montería until 2015 . After the completion of the east stand, the stadium has had a capacity of 12,000 seats since July 2017.

In the Copa Colombia 2017 Jaguares played their home games at the Estadio Armando Tuirán in Sahagún .