Once Caldas

The Corporación Deportiva Once Caldas, usually referred to only briefly Once Caldas, is a Colombian football club based in Manizales, the capital of the province of Caldas. The club colors are green, white and red, the team usually plays in white and is therefore also called el blanco blanco.

History

The association was created in 1959 by merging the clubs Once Deportivo and Deportes Caldas Once Caldas. 1961, the club played its first match in the top Colombian league. The first international appearance was in 1998, when they failed to qualify for the Copa Conmebol. 1999 and 2002, reaching Once Caldas to participate in the Copa Libertadores. 2003 succeeded the second time winning the Colombian championship. The first championship was won in 1950 the predecessor club Deportes Caldas. In the years 2009 and 2010, followed by two half - series title.

2004 Once Caldas won the third participation surprisingly, the Copa Libertadores, making it the second team from Colombia to Atletico Nacional Medellin from in 1989, which succeeded in doing so. After the team was able to maintain in the first leg in Buenos Aires against the Argentine representative and high favorites Boca Juniors 0-0 and the second leg ended 1:1, Once Caldas won the decisive penalty shootout 2-0, with the Colombian goalkeeper Juan Carlos Henao four penalty held. On 12 December 2004 the team played in Tokyo against FC Porto at the World Cup, but lost after goal is scored play and extension with 7:8 on penalties.

Stadium

Once Caldas plays its home games at the Estadio Palogrande. In the fully covered ranks 36 553 people can be accommodated. The multi-purpose stadium was inaugurated in 1994 on the basis of the 1936 -built 16,000 -seater Estadio Fernando Londoño Londoño y.

The name of the stadium is due to a large tree, a "big pile " itself, which was located on a property here in the early 1930s. The stadium was also the venue for the Copa América 2001.

Achievements

  • Copa Libertadores: 2004
  • Master of Colombia: 1950 (as Deportes Caldas ), 2003 -I, 2009- I, 2010 - II

Known player

Argentina Penalty kick 2004 Copa Libertadores Alianza Petrolera Deportes Tolima Deportivo Cali Envigado FC Fortaleza FC La Equidad Patriotas FC
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