Envigado F.C.

Envigado Fútbol Club (Spanish pronunciation: [embiˈɣaðo ˈfutβol kluβ]) is a Colombian professional football team based in Envigado, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Polideportivo Sur stadium. The club was founded on 14 October 1989 and was the first Colombian team from the second division that was promoted to the Categoría Primera A in 1991.

Envigado FC
Full nameEnvigado Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)El Equipo Naranja (The Orange Team)
Cantera de Héroes (Cantera of Heroes)
Founded14 October 1989 (1989-10-14)
GroundEstadio Polideportivo Sur
Envigado, Colombia
Capacity11,000[1]
ChairmanRamiro Ruiz
ManagerJosé Arastey
LeagueCategoría Primera A
201914th, aggregate table
WebsiteClub website

The club is renowned for the quality of its youth development and the number of international stars who have begun their careers with the team including James Rodríguez, Fredy Guarín, Juan Fernando Quintero, among others. It is frequently considered among the best youth academies in South America.

Honours
Winners (2): 1991, 2007

Players

Current squad
As of 10 August 2020[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  COL Santiago Londoño
3 DF  PAR Francisco Báez
4 DF  COL Santiago Ruiz
5 DF  COL Santiago Noreña
6 MF  COL Iván Rojas
7 FW  COL Wilmar Jordán
9 FW  COL Jhon Durán
10 FW  COL Yeison Guzmán
11 FW  COL Jhoaho Hinestroza
12 GK  COL Jorge Soto
14 MF  COL Jairo Palomino (captain)
15 DF  COL Santiago Jiménez
16 FW  COL Jorge Aguirre
19 FW  COL Michael Gómez
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  COL Jean Luca Rivera (on loan from Atlético Nacional)
21 MF  COL Edison López
23 MF  COL Yadir Meneses
24 DF  COL Luis Tipton
25 MF  COL Sebastián Betancur
26 DF  COL Carlos Terán
27 MF  ENG George Saunders
29 DF  COL Juan Manuel Zapata
30 GK  COL Joan Parra
— DF  COL Jorge Segura (on loan from Watford)
— MF  COL Julian Sepulveda
— MF  COL Mateo Giraldo
— GK  COL Jefersson Martínez

Managers

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-13. Retrieved 2015-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Envigado". Dimayor. Retrieved 20 July 2019.


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