Deportivo Independiente Medellín Femenino is a professional women's football club based in

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

, Colombia. They are the women's football section of

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their ...

and they currently play in the Colombian Women's Football League, the top level women's football league in Colombia. The club was founded in 2019 in an alliance between Independiente Medellín and

Formas Íntimas Club Deportivo Formas Íntimas or Formas Íntimas for short, is a Colombian women's football club based in Medellín. They compete in the tournaments organized by the amateur Antioquia Football League (''Liga Antioqueña de Fútbol''), although t ...

. Their crosstown rivals are

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

with whom they contest

El Clásico Paisa ''El Clásico Paisa'' is the name for the rivalry between the teams of Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín. They share Estadio Atanasio Girardot, with a capacity of over 40,000. The two teams are among the most successful teams in Cate ...

. The club plays their home matches at the

Estadio Atanasio Girardot Estadio Atanasio Girardot (Atanasio Girardot Stadium), commonly referred to as El Atanasio, is a multi-purpose stadium in Medellín, Colombia. Located in the Laureles ''Communes of Medellín, comuna'' of Medellin, the stadium is currently used ...

, although it plays some of its home matches at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur in

Envigado Envigado () is a city and municipality due South of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta, An ...

and at the Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí in

Itagüí Itagüí () is a city and municipality of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population was estimated to be 289,994 in 202 ...

History

On 21 June 2019, the men's football club

and

signed an alliance to play in the third season of the Colombian Women's Football League. They debuted in the

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

league in group A together with

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club plays its home games at Estadio Palogrande. The club wa ...

and

Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several am ...

. On 14 July 2019, they played their first official match, defeating Deportivo Pereira 4–1 away. In that season they advanced to the knockout stage of the competition, defeating the titleholders

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. ...

to reach the finals, which they lost to

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

over two legs. The alliance with Formas Íntimas was in force until the end of 2022.

Honours

Domestic

* Liga Femenina Profesional: ::Runners-up (1):

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Independiente Medellin Independiente Medellín Women's football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 2019 2019 establishments in Colombia Women's sport in Medellín