Envigado Fútbol Club () is a Colombian professional

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team based in

Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas to ...

, that currently plays in the

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the ...

. They play their home games at the

Estadio Polideportivo Sur Estadio Polideportivo Sur is a multi-purpose stadium in Envigado, Colombia that is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people and was built in 1992. Envigado FC play their home matches at this stadium ...

. The club is renowned for the quality of its youth development and the number of international stars who have begun their careers with the team including

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Fredy Guarín Fredy Alejandro Guarín Vásquez (born 30 June 1986) is a Colombian former professional footballer. A versatile player, he was comfortable as a central, defensive or right midfielder. He started his career with Envigado, then had a short spell ...

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Mateus Uribe Andrés Mateus Uribe Villa (born 21 March 1991) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Portuguese club Porto and the Colombia national team. After coming through the ranks of Envigado's youth academy, Urib ...

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among others. It is frequently considered one of the best youth academies in South America, which is why it is known as "Cantera de Heroes" (Quarry of Heroes).

History

The club was founded on 14 October 1989 and was the first Colombian team from the second division that was promoted to the

in 1991. Envigado was relegated from the Primera A in

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but was champion of the 2007 Primera B with the help of James Rodriguez and has played in the Primera A ever since. Their first qualification for an international tournament was the

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, where they were eliminated at the Second Stage after beating

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2–0 on aggregate and losing to

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2–1 on aggregate.

Honours

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia. Format DIMAYOR has applied a new forma ...

**Winners (2): 1991,

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Players

Current squad

Managers

* Hugo Castaño (1989 – 1991) * Luis Augusto García (1992) * Fernando Castro (1993 – 1995) * Gabriel Gómez (1995 – 1997) *

Norberto Peluffo Norberto José Peluffo Ortíz (born 26 May 1958) Is a Colombian former soccer player, former coach and current sports commentator. Personal life His father, the Colombian-Argentine Norberto Juan Peluffo, was also a professional soccer playe ...

(1997 – 1998) * Carlos Navarrete (2002 – 2004) *

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(2005) * Carlos Navarrete (2006) * Jesús Barrios (2007 – October 2008) * Óscar Aristizábal (Dec 15, 2008 – Nov 1, 2009) * Ruben Dario Bedoya (Nov 2, 2009 – Jun 1, 2010) *

Pedro Sarmiento Pedro Enrique Sarmiento Solís (born 26 October 1956) is a Colombian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Categoría Primera A club Once Caldas. Playing career Club Born in Medellín, Sarmiento played for Atlético ...

(Jul 30, 2010 – Apr 15, 2013) * Juan Carlos Sánchez (April 2013 – May 2016) *

Ismael Rescalvo Ismael Rescalvo Sánchez (born 2 March 1982) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and is the manager of Bolivian club The Strongest. Career Born in Valencia, Rescalvo joined Levante UD's youth setup at the age of ...

(June 2016 – August 2017) * Rubén Darío Bedoya (August 2017 – August 2018) * Juan Carlos Ramírez (September 2018 – December 2018) *

Eduardo Lara Eduardo Lara Lozano (born 4 September 1959 in Cali) is a Colombian football manager. Lara has coached all levels of the Colombian national youth team. 2023 Alianza FC Career He led the Colombian under-20s (U20s) in 2005 to win the Sudamerica ...

(January 2019 – December 2019)

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 1989 Envigado 1989 establishments in Colombia Categoría Primera A clubs Categoría Primera B clubs {{Colombia-sport-stub