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Club Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a Colombian professional
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team based in
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, that currently plays in the
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. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. Santa Fe is one of the three most successful teams in Colombia, winning eighteen titles, which include nine national championships (most recently in
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), four
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, two Copas Colombia, and international titles such as one
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, one
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, and one
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. Santa Fe is one of the three clubs that has played every championship in the Categoría Primera A. Santa Fe became the first Colombian team to win the
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, and the first and only Colombian team to win an official tournament outside America. The club was recognized as one of the ten best clubs in the world in 2015 by the
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, occupying the seventh position and being the best ranked of South America. Santa Fe has a fierce rivalry with
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who share the same stadium. The game is considered one of the most famous derbies in
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and is known as ''El Clásico Bogotano'' or ''El Clásico Capitalino''.


History

''Independiente Santa Fe'' was officially founded on February 28, 1941, as an amateur football team. The club's founders were mainly graduates from the Gimnasio Moderno and of a high social class. Santa Fe was at first going to be a team based on ex-students of Gimnasio Moderno, but later incorporated players from other schools. The primary objective of the club was to participate in a local tournament hosted by the Sports Association of Bogotá. Their first recorded game was against Universal, a match that ended in a goalless draw. The team ended the tournament as runner-up with 20 points, being beaten by Legión Militar Deportiva de los Taxis Rojos, a representative of a transportation company. In 1942, Santa Fe was coached by
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, former
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player and coach, notable for having won three times the
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and the 1939 South American Championship with
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. That year Santa Fe played in the first division of the A.D.B., which was canceled in the middle of that year. That same year also reached the final of the ''Torneo de Cundinamarca'', which lost against
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. Jack Greenwell died on November 20 of that year. On 21 May 1948 was established in Colombia the DIMAYOR, which would serve to manage Colombian professional football. They agreed to hold the first professional championship for the second half of the year. On August 15, Santa Fe played its first game in the professional championship against Deportes Caldas, a match that ended 3–3. Santa Fe finished the league as the first champion of the Colombian first division, winning 12 of 18 games, drew 3 and also lost 3. The team was able to score 57 goals for and received 29 goals. The goalscorer of the team was the
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Jesús María Lires with 20 goals, second goalscorer of the tournament. Next year Santa Fe was third, five points behind the champion, local rivals
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. Seeking for a new title, Santa Fe took advantage of the events of
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signing Argentines Héctor Rial and
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(the former became a star of
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years later), as well the Englishmen
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and George Mountford from
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, and
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from
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. However, the signings did little, as Santa Fe was not into the top three for about ten years, being their worst the 1954 campaign where they finished last with just five points. In 1958, Santa Fe got its second title after finishing first with 48 points. They got its third title just two after years with 61 points. Getting this title, Santa Fe became the second Colombian club appearing at the
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. In that tournament, Santa Fe was placed in the preliminary round with Ecuadorian club
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. The first match was a 3–0 victory for Santa Fe and the second game was a 2–2 draw. In the next round, Santa Fe eliminated Bolivian
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. Santa Fe drew 2–2 with Jorge Wilstermann on point aggregate and 3–3 on aggregate score, so the winner was decided by a draw of lots. In the semifinals, Santa Fe faced Brazilian club
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. The home leg was a 2–2 draw, but Santa Fe lost 4–1 in the away leg. Santa Fe's first success in the 2000s came late, when the team won the
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, beating
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in the finals. Since then, Santa Fe has had a successful period. Santa Fe got its seventh league title in the 2012 Torneo Apertura, 37 years after its last league title. Santa Fe was second in the First Stage of the tournament with 29 points. In the semifinals, they were grouped with
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,
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and
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. Santa Fe advanced to the finals with 14 points. Santa Fe faced
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in the finals. The first match ended in a 1–1 draw and the second was a 1–0 victory for Santa Fe. They got its first
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title the next year and were runners-up in the 2013 Torneo Apertura, won by
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. In its
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appearance, they got into Semifinals. They began the tournament in the Second Stage, facing
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,
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and
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, where they finished first with 14 points and unbeaten. They eliminated Grêmio in the Round of 16 and Real Garcilaso in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they were eliminated by Olimpia, with an aggregate score of 2–1. In the 2014 Torneo Apertura, Santa Fe was fourth on the First Stage, advancing to Quarterfinals. There Santa Fe eliminated
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with an aggregate score of 5–3. In the semifinals, the team faced
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. The first match ended in a 1–0 win for Santa Fe. However, Nacional got a comeback with a 2–0 win, thus eliminating Santa Fe. In the Torneo Finalización, Santa Fe was first with 31 points. In the semifinals, the team was placed in a group with
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, Atlético Nacional and
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. Santa Fe placed first in the group, advancing to the finals where they faced
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. Santa Fe won the first match and drew in the second, with an aggregate score of 3–2, winning its 8th title. That year, Santa Fe was runner-up in the
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, losing the finals against
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with an aggregate score of 3–2. In the
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, Santa Fe played against Monarcas Morelia in the First Stage, drawing 2–2 on aggregate score and advancing to the next round due to
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. In the Second Stage, the team was last of its group, in which they faced
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,
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and Zamora, winning only one match of six. The 2015 season had a great start for the team, as they qualified for the
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after winning 2015 Superliga Colombiana in which they faced 2014 Torneo Apertura winners
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. However, in the 2015 Torneo Apertura, the team can not advance to the knockout phase after placing ninth with 31 points. In the Torneo Finalización, the team was 8th with the same number of points as the last tournament, however this time it was enough to advance to the next round. There the team was eliminated by Junior, whom also defeated them months later in the
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Finals. The international season of the team began with its
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participation. The team started in the Second Stage, where they faced
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,
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and
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. Santa Fe placed 1st with 12 points. In the Round of 16, they played against Argentine team
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. They lost the away match 2–1, but with a 2–0 victory in home the team advanced to the quarterfinals. There the team faced Brazilian club Internacional. The team got a 1–0 victory in the home game, but lost 2–0 in the away match. Santa Fe got its first international title in the
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. They eliminated Ecuadorian LDU Loja in the First Stage and Uruguayan
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in the Second Stage. In the Round of 16 they eliminated Ecuadorian Emelec on
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after drawing 2–2 on aggregate score. In the quarterfinals they won 2–1 on aggregate to Argentine Independiente and in the semifinals they also advanced on away goals after drawing 1–1 with Paraguayan
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. In the finals they faced Argentine
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. After drawing 0–0 in both matches, the winner had to be decided on penalties. There Santa Fe won 3–1, thus getting the first international title of the club and qualifying for the
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, 2016 Recopa Sudamericana and 2016 Suruga Bank Championship. Santa Fe's Wilson Morelo tied with three footballers as top goalscorers of the tournament with five goals. In the 2016 Torneo Apertura, Santa Fe placed fourth, advancing to the next round. There, Santa Fe was eliminated by
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with an aggregate score of 2–3. In the
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, the team advanced to the Second Stage after eliminate
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with an aggregate of 1–6. However, they were eliminated in the Second Stage after placing third in a group consisting of
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,
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(who were last) and
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.


Colours and badge

The first badge of Santa Fe was designed by Ernesto Gamboa and Gonzalo Rueda with a clear British influence. Highlighting the Bogotá flag colors, red and yellow, combined to form the Holy Cross, a symbol of faith and respect, referring to the name of the club. There are many versions about the origin of the colors of the uniform. The most commonly accepted version is that Luis Robledo, one of the founders of the Independiente Santa Fe who was educated in England, was a fan of
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, thus gives the team the red and white, which from 1941 became the symbol of the club. Although historically the uniform of Santa Fe has been red and white, the club has used other colors in its uniform.


Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors


Stadium

The stadium
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, also known as El Campín, located in
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, is the venue where Independiente Santa Fe plays their home games. Its capacity is 36,343. Santa Fe's supporters traditionally tend to sit in the southernmost half of the stadium. El Campín was inaugurated on August 10, 1938, at 57th Street with 30, having started its construction in 1935 on the initiative of the mayor of Bogotá, Jorge Eliecer Gaitán. The structure was handled by the
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engineer Frederick Leder Müller. The stadium was designed to hold 10,000 spectators. The opening match was held in the
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, facing the
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and the
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, with a 2–1 defeat for the local team. In 1951, the year that Santa Fe begins to use it to its home games, the stadium expanded its capacity to 39,000 spectators. The second extension of El Campín occurred in 1952 with a dramatic transformation. The total capacity changed to 62,500 spectators, but was limited to 48,000 for security. The last major modification was made for the qualifying matches for the
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in South Africa and for the
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. Other grounds that have been used by Independiente Santa Fe for their home games have been: the
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, its first ground, the Estadio Municipal Los Zipas and the
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.


Supporters and rivalries

In the late 1990s, the most notorious
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of Santa Fe, ''La Guardia Albi-Roja Sur'' (White-Red South Guard) was created. It was one of the first fan-led organizations in Colombia that was fully formalized. In 2005, La Guardia Albirroja Sur made one of the largest soccer team's flag in the world. The flag, named the ''Lienzo de Fe'' was 350 meters long and 38 meters high, covering the southern end of the
Estadio El Campín The Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, commonly known as El Campín, is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It was inaugurated on 10 August 1938 and has a capacity of 39,512 spectators. It is the home ground of the Categoría Primera A teams ...
, the half of the stadium, where the team's fans locate in home games.


Clásico Capitalino

Santa Fe has a fierce rivalry with intercity team
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, who also play in the same stadium as them. During this match Millonarios fans locate themselves in the northern part of the stadium much like Santa Fe's in the south.


Honours

* * shared record


Runner-up finishes

*
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** Runners-up (7):
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
, 2005–I, 2013–I, 2017–II,
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, 2024–I *
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** Runners-up (3): 1950–51,
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
*
Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...
** Semifinals (2):
1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
,
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
*
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** Runners-up (1):
1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
*
Copa Merconorte The Copa Merconorte () was an international football competition organized by CONMEBOL from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela and starting in 2000 clubs from the CONCACAF confederation were invited includin ...
** Runners-up (1):
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
*
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** Runners-up (1):
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...


Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

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: 14 appearances ::1961: Semifinals ::1967: Group stage ::1972: Group stage ::1976: Group stage ::1980: Group stage ::2006: Round of 16 ::2013: Semifinals ::2014: Group stage ::2015: Quarterfinals ::2016: Group stage ::2017: Group stage ::2018: Group stage ::2021: Group stage ::2025: Second stage *
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: 7 appearances ::2010: Round of 16 ::2011: Quarterfinals ::2015: Winners ::2016: Round of 16 ::2017: Round of 16 ::2018: Semifinals ::2023: Group stage *
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: 1 appearance ::2016: Runners-up *
Copa CONMEBOL The Copa CONMEBOL () was an annual football cup competition organized by CONMEBOL between 1992 and 1999 for South American football clubs. During its time of existence, it was a very prestigious South American club football contest, similar to the ...
: 1 appearance ::1996: Runners-up


Players


First-team squad


Out on loan


World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the
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while contracted to Independiente Santa Fe. *
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(1962) * Héctor González Garzón (1962) * Jaime Silva (1962) * Hernando Tovar (1962) * Francisco Zuluaga (1962) * Eduardo Niño (1990) * Juan Manuel Peña (1994) * Léider Preciado (1998) *
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(2014) * Carlos Valdés (2014) * Camilo Vargas (2014)


Former players


Records


Top 10 most appearances of all time

Source
BDFA
Last updated on: 21 January 2018


Top 10 scorers of all time

Last updated on: 21 January 2018


Managers


Women

Independiente Santa Fe Femenino is the women's football section of Independiente Santa Fe and they currently play in the Colombian Women's Football League, the top level women's football league in Colombia. The club is the most successful team in the Colombian women's football league with two titles, won in
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and
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. Like the institution's male counterpart, who were the first Colombian professional football champions in 1948, the women's team obtained the honor of being the first club to win the Colombian Women's Football League with their title in 2017.


Affiliated clubs

* Patriotas


References


External links

*
Team profile
at DIMAYOR.com (archived) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Independiente Santa Fe Football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 1941 Football clubs in Bogotá 1941 establishments in Colombia Unrelegated association football clubs Categoría Primera A clubs Copa Sudamericana winning clubs