Jaguares de Córdoba is a professional Colombian

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team based in

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, that plays in

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. They play their home games at the Jaraguay stadium.

History

The team was created on 5 December 2012 at a meeting held by team president Nelson Soto Duque, the mayor of

, and the governor of Córdoba. In an initiative led by the Montería city hall and the Córdoba government, with support from local companies, an agreement was reached with the direction to move Sucre F.C. from

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to Montería from 2013 under the name Jaguares de Córdoba. On February 3, 2013, the team debuted at the Primera B winning 2–1 against

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, and the following year they earned promotion to the

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after winning the ''Torneo Postobón 2014-I'' by defeating

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5–1 on aggregate score in the final, and then beat ''2014-II'' winners

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in the final of the year, winning 3–2 on aggregate score after losing the first leg 2–0 in the city of

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. The best performance of the team in the top tier was achieved in the 2017 season. In the Torneo Apertura, the team placed 5th, thus qualifying for the knockout stage for the first time ever. The team was eliminated in the quarterfinals by

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. In the Torneo Finalización, the team placed 8th and qualified again for the knockout stage, again being eliminated in the quarterfinals, this time by Santa Fe. Jaguares ended the year placed 8th in the aggregate table, which qualified them to the

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, the first time the team played in an international competition, losing to

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from Uruguay in the first stage.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

* César Maturana (January 2013 – March 2013) * Álvaro Zuluaga (March 2013 – June 2013) * Alberto Suárez (July 2013 – June 2014) * Héctor Estrada (August 2014 – December 2014) * Carlos Castro (January 2015 – August 2015) * Jorge Bernal (August 2015 – December 2015) * Carlos Navarrete (January 2016 – April 2016) * Hubert Bodhert (April 2016 – December 2017) * José Rodríguez (January 2018 – August 2018) * Flavio Robatto (September 2018 – October 2018) * Julio Méndez (October 2018 – December 2018) * Jhon Bodmer (January 2019 – March 2019) *

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(March 2019 – August 2019) * Jhon Bodmer (August 2019 – September 2019) * Juan Cruz Real (September 2019 – June 2020) * Alberto Suárez (July 2020 – May 2021) * César Torres (May 2021 – May 2022) * Grigori Méndez (May 2022 – September 2022) * Alexis Márquez (September 2022 – November 2022) * Carlos Restrepo (November 2022 – May 2023) * Pompilio Páez (May 2023 – August 2023) * Julio Méndez (August 2023 – September 2023) *

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(September 2023 – November 2023) * Hubert Bodhert (November 2023 – April 2024) * Julio Méndez (April 2024 – June 2024) *

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(July 2024 – August 2024) * Édgar Carvajal (August 2024 – November 2024) * Álvaro Hernández (December 2024 – present) Source:

Stadium

Honours

Domestic

** Winners (1):

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External links

Official Site

Jaguares de Córdoba Fútbol Club

References

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