Atlético Huila Femenino is a women's football club based in

Neiva Neiva () is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila, south central Colombia. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River with a municipal population of 388,299. It is one of the most important cities in southern Co ...

, Huila, Colombia. Founded in 2016, they are the women's section of

Atlético Huila Atlético Huila is a professional Colombian association football, football team based in Neiva, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded in 1990, making it one of the youngest professional football clubs in Colombia. ...

and take part in the Colombian Women's Football League organized by Dimayor, the top level women's football league in Colombia. Atlético Huila won the league championship in

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, having finished runner-up in the previous season. They also won the 2018 edition of the

Copa Libertadores Femenina The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, commonly known as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" ( Portuguese: ''Copa/Taça Libertadores Feminina''), is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by th ...

, thus becoming the first Colombian champion team of the continental club competition.

History

Atlético Huila Femenino was formed in 2016. The

División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano The División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (''Major Division of Colombian Professional Football''), also known by the truncation DIMAYOR, is an organization responsible for organizing and operating professional football leagues and t ...

(Dimayor) announced in early 2016 that there would be a professional women's football league in Colombia. However, it was not until 20 October of the same year that the official launch of the championship took place in Cartagena. Atlético Huila Femenino was officially presented in October 2016 in the city of

. The club agreed to the dispute of the Colombian professional league by making use of its right to participate thanks to having sports recognition from

Coldeportes The Administrative Department of Sport, Recreation, Physical Activity and the Use of Free Time, Coldeportes was the national government department of sports in and for Colombia; it is charged with fomenting, planning and organizing the activities ...

and Dimayor. Their objective was to be the first champion and the team created their bases from a mini championship in the Huila Department. In the middle of the year, Mildrey Pineda, was called up by the Colombian national team and played in the

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. The team entered a hiatus starting from 2020, when it withdrew from the domestic league owing to financial reasons. However, they returned to the league for the 2022 season.

Honours

Domestic

* Liga Femenina Profesional ** Winners (1):

Continental

** Winners (1):

2018 Copa Libertadores Femenina Champions

Squad

*1 GK Maritza López *2 MF Nancy Madrid *3 DF Eliana Stábile *4 DF Alexandra Canaguacán *5 DF

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*6 DF Levis Ramos *8 MF Liana Salazar *9 FW Ysaura Viso *10 MF

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*11 FW Nelly Córdoba *12 FW Lucía Martelli *13 DF Gavy Santos (c) *14 MF Darnelly Quintero *15 DF Daniela Caracas *16 FW Jennifer Peñaloza *17 DF Jaylis Oliveros *18 GK Daniela Solera *19 MF

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*20 DF Aldana Cometti *Manager Albeiro Erazo

Matches

Atlético Huila won the tournament. For being champions of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, Atlético Huila won $55,000. Every player received $2,000 and the rest of the money went to the team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atletico Huila Atlético Huila Women's football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 2016 2016 establishments in Colombia