Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian

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team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the

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. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium. They were the surprise winners of the

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in 2004. The club was founded in 1961 after the merger of Deportes Caldas and Deportivo Manizales (also known as Once Deportivo).

History

In 1950, Deportes Caldas won the Campeonato Profesional, as the Colombian professional football league was named at the time. Once Caldas was founded in 1959 after the fusion of Once Deportivo and Deportes Caldas. Once Deportivo was founded in 1930 while Deportes Caldas was founded at the end of the 1940s. However, both teams, for various reasons, went defunct. Carlos Gómez Escobar was in favor of reviving Deportes Caldas, but Eduardo Gómez Arrubla's idea was to bring back Once Deportivo. Thanks to the mediation of Dr. Hermán Bueno Ramirez, the three co-founders arrived at the compromise to fuse the existing teams into an entirely new entity, Once Caldas. In 1961, the merged club debuted in the Campeonato Profesional. The club finished in the 7th position of the competition. In 1998, Once Caldas was the first division's runner-up.

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defeated the club in the final. In the first leg, in

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, the home team won 4–0. The second leg, in Manizales, ended in a 0–0 draw. That year the club also disputed its first international competition, the Copa CONMEBOL. Once Caldas was eliminated in the first round by Santos, of Brazil. In the first leg, in Santos, Santos won 2–1. In the second leg, in Manizales, Once Caldas won 2–1, but was defeated 3–2 in the penalty shootout. In 1999, the club participated in the

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for the first time. Once Caldas was in the same group as Deportivo Cali and two

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clubs, Vélez Sársfield and River Plate. The side finished in the last position, but only two points behind Vélez Sársfield, which was the group's leader. In 2002, Once Caldas played in the Copa Libertadores again. Olimpia, of Paraguay, Universidad Católica, of Chile, and Flamengo, of Brazil were in Once Caldas' group. After finishing in the third position, only ahead of Flamengo, the club was eliminated. In 2003, the side won the first division's Apertura championship, after beating Junior in the final. In

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, the match ended in a 0–0 draw. In the second leg, Once Caldas won 1–0 in Manizales. In 2004, the club again played in the Copa Libertadores. After beating

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in the penalty shootout, the side, managed by Luis Fernando Montoya, won the competition for the first time. As the Copa Libertadores champions, the club played the Intercontinental Cup against UEFA Champions League champions Porto, of Portugal, in Yokohama, Japan. After a 0–0 draw, the club was defeated 8–7 in the penalty shootout. In 2005, as the previous year's champion, Once Caldas tried to defend its title in the Copa Libertadores.

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( Mexico), Cobreloa ( Chile), and

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( Argentina) were in Once Caldas' group. The club finished in second place, two points behind Chivas. In the second stage, the side was eliminated by Tigres UANL of Mexico. In that year, the club also participated in the

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, having played against Boca Juniors. In the first leg, in Buenos Aires, Boca Juniors won 3–1. In the second leg, in Manizales, Once Caldas won 2–1 but Boca won 4–3 on aggregate score.

2004 Copa Libertadores campaign

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, Once Caldas won the Copa Libertadores. The matches played by the club are listed below: Coach * Luis Montoya Players

Uniform

In early 2005, Once Caldas decided to leave behind the brand Bogota FSS and go to the German brand

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. After concluding its contract with

, Once Caldas wears the clothes of the Peruvian company Walon Sport, since the 2008 season. Since 2016 had wear Errea. From 2019 season left Errea to dress the local brand Sheffy. * Home: White shirt, white shorts and white socks. * Away: Black shirt, black shorts and black socks.

Stadium

Once Caldas plays its home matches at Estadio Palogrande, located in Manizales. The stadium was inaugurated in 1936, and had its maximum capacity expanded to its current 43,553 spectators in 2010.

Honours

Domestic

::Winners (4):

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

, 2003–I, 2009–I, 2010–II ::Runners-up (2):

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, 2011–II * Copa Colombia ::Runners-up (2):

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

International

::Winners (1):

::Runners-up:

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

* Intercontinental Cup ::Runners-up:

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Records

Most appearances

Top scorers

Managers

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(1961) *

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(1962) * Francisco Villegas (1962–63) *

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(1964) * (1964–65) * Wilfredo Camacho (1965) *

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(1969) *

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(1973) *

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(1974) * Miguel Ángel Vidal (1975) *

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(1977) *

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(1978) *

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(1980–81) * Gonzalo González (1981) * Efraín Sánchez (1981) *

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(1982) * Juan Carlos Sarnari (1982) *

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(1983) * Ómar Patiño (1983) *

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(1984) * Jaime Silva (1985) * Francisco Maturana (1986) *

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(1986) * Ómar Patiño (1986) *

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(1990) *

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References

External links

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