Deportes Tolima

Deportes Tolima
Full name Club Deportes Tolima S.A.
Nickname(s) El Vinotinto y Oro (The Burgundy and Gold),
Los Pijaos (The Pijaos)
Founded 18 December 1954 (1954-12-18)
Ground Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro
Ibagué, Colombia
Ground Capacity 30,000
Chairman Gabriel Camargo Salamanca
Manager Alberto Gamero
League Categoría Primera A
2015 5th
Website Club home page

Deportes Tolima is a professional Colombian football team based in Ibagué, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded 18 December 1954 and its best achievement was win the 2003-II tournament. They play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium.

History

Foundation

Deportes Tolima was founded by Manuel Rubio Chávez in the year 1954 when he gave Juan Barbieri (an Argentinian living in Ibagué, Colombia) a sum of $5.000 Colombian pesos in order to hire soccer players from his native country, Argentina. Barbieri went back to Colombia with players such as Jorge Gandulfo, José Jamardo and Enrique Laino. With those players and some others Argentines and Colombians, Deportes Tolima competed for the first time in the Colombian football league in 1955 using the uniform of Racing Club of Argentina. Deportes Tolima finished 7th in the league competing with 9 other teams.

1980s and 1990s

In the late 1970s and beginning of 1980s Deportes Tolima, according to many people, had its best team, ever. Senator Gabriel Camargo Salamanca was given the opportunity to work for the team. He accepted becoming the biggest stock holder of the team. He bought important players such as Víctor del Río, Francisco Maturana, Cristino Centurión, Óscar Héctor Quintabani, Gustavo "La Piña" Mendoza, Hugo Gallego, Osvaldo Redondo, Heberto Carrillo, Sapuca, Arnoldo Iguarán, Óscar López, Tito Ramon Correa, and Janio Cabezas. With this team Deportes Tolima finished second through years 1981 and 1982. In the year 1983 Tolima participated for the first time in an international tournament, the Copa Libertadores of 1982 reaching the semi-finals. Playing against many highly regarded teams of the time such as Estudiantes de Mérida and Deportivo Táchira; both from Venezuela; Cobreloa from Chile and Olimpia from Paraguay; As a consequence, this was the best international performance that Deportes Tolima has ever had in an international tournament. At the beginning of the 1990s, Tolima left the professional league due to poor results. Tolima played for one year in the second division of the Colombian Football league before rejoining professional football again in year 1995.

2003 title

Deportes Tolima had a very interesting group of players for the second half of 2003. These players included Ricardo Ciciliano, Henry Zambrano, Rogeiro Pereira, Yulián Anchico, Oscar Briceño, Jhon Charría, Jorge Artigas, Hernando Patiño, Nelson Rivas, and Diego Gómez among others. Deportes Tolima played in semi-finals against Atlético Nacional, Atlético Junior, and Independiente Medellín. When everyone predicted Atlético Junior would finish first in the mini league and would go to the final, Deportes Tolima beat Atlético Nacional 2–0 in Ibagué and Atlético Junior lost 1–0 to Independiente Medellín in Medellín. Deportes Tolima played against Deportivo Cali in the final games winning the first game 2–0 in Ibagué with an exceptional performance of Rogeiro Pereira, scoring both goals. In the second game of the final Deportes Tolima lost 3–1 forcing penalty shots, with an aggregate score of 3–3. In the penalty shots Deportes Tolima won after only missing one shot and the goalkeeper Diego Gómez blocking two from Deportivo Cali, this way Deportes Tolima was crowned champion of Colombia for the first time in their 49-year history.

2006 Runners Up

Official 2006 Home Jersey

2006 was a great year for Deportes Tolima, the team was second on the reclasificacion (overall points in the year), was the team with the most goals scored in the year, over 80, and were runners up in the Copa Mustang II. At the beginning of 2006 Deportes Tolima did not seem like a very strong team for the season as it did not sign any players. The coach was Jorge Luis Bernal who had been the coach for the reserve team for many years. Deportes Tolima played amazing both home and away games which included victories against Envigado 7–3, Atlético Nacional 5–1, and Millonarios 3–0. They reached the semifinals of the Copa Mustang I and was placed in a Group with Deportivo Pereira, Deportivo Cali, and Once Caldas but did not made it into the finals. The Copa Mustang II was even better than the first one. Tolima ended first in the league, and played the semi-finals against Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Pasto, and Boyacá Chicó. Atlético Nacional were leaders of the Group for most of the time while Deportes Tolima remained a point behind. A dramatic 2–1 away win over Atlético Nacional made them leaders, they advanced the final against Cúcuta Deportivo after a 2–0 win over Boyacá Chicó. The first game was away and Tolima lost 1–0 then in Ibagué the game ended tied 1–1 with Yulián Anchico scoring Tolima's goal.

Apertura 2007 and Copa Libertadores

For the 2007 season Deportes Tolima signed very important players like Nicolás Ayr, Diego Cochas, Gustavo Savoia, Gustavo Bolívar, Leiner Rolong, Jorge Perlaza, Hernando Patiño, Roller Cambindo, Javier Arizala, Jésus Sinisterra, Ricardo Álvarez and Haider Arboleda. With new coach Jaime de la Pava started competing in the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Mustang. In the Copa Libertadores Tolima defeated Deportivo Táchira in 2 games, that way Tolima entered to the group of Grêmio, Cerro Porteño and curiously Cúcuta Deportivo.

Decade of 2010

In 2010, the team qualified for the third Colombian place at the first stage of the 2011 Copa Libertadores.[1]

Stadium

Further information: Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro

Honours

National honours

Winners (1): 2003-II
Runners-up (5): 1957, 1981, 1982, 2006-II, 2010-II
Winners (1): 2014
Winners (1): 1994

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

1982: Semi-finals
1983: Group Stage
2004: Group Stage
2007: Second Stage
2011: Second Stage
2013: Second Stage
2006: Third Round
2010: Quarter-finals
2012: Second Stage
2015: Round of 16
1996: First Round
1997: Quarter-finals

Players

First-team squad

As of 7 February 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Colombia GK Janer Serpa
2 Colombia DF Davinson Monsalve
3 Colombia DF John Valencia
4 Colombia DF Henry Obando
5 Colombia DF Julián Quiñones
6 Colombia MF Wílmar Barrios
8 Colombia MF Mateus Uribe
9 Paraguay FW Victor Aquino
10 Colombia MF Jhon Méndez
12 Paraguay GK Joel Silva
13 Colombia DF Didier Delgado
No. Position Player
14 Colombia FW Isaac Arias
15 Colombia DF Nelino Tapia
18 Colombia FW Marco Pérez
20 Colombia MF Harrison Otálvaro
21 Paraguay FW Roque Caballero
22 Colombia GK William Arias
25 Paraguay MF Marcos Melgarejo
28 Colombia FW Wilfrido de la Rosa
29 Colombia DF Omar Albornoz
30 Colombia MF Avimiled Rivas

Players with dual citizenship

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
Colombia MF Mike Campaz (at Deportivo Pasto)
Colombia FW Darwin López (at Expreso Rojo)
No. Position Player
Colombia MF Jhon Ibargüen (at Expreso Rojo)

Notable Players

Managers

Year Name
1955–59 Argentina Juan Barbieri
1959–61 Paraguay Alejandrino Genes
1961–62 Argentina Roberto Aballay
1963 Argentina Luis López
1963–64 Argentina Lorenzo Delli
1964 Colombia Antonio De La Hoz
1965 Colombia Marcos Coll
1965 Colombia Roberto Pacheco
1966 Colombia Marcos Coll
1966–67 Argentina Roberto Aballay
1967–68 Colombia Marcos Coll
1968–71 Colombia Oscar Ramos
1971 Colombia Germán Castellanos
1972 Colombia Oscar Ramos
1973 Colombia Germán Castellanos
1973–75 Colombia Oscar Ramos
1976 Colombia Delio Gamboa
1976–77 Argentina Omar Devanni
1977 Colombia Germán Castellanos
1977 Argentina Jorge Ginarte
1978 Argentina Alberto Cardacci
1978 Colombia Germán Castellanos
1979 Colombia Edgar Barona
1979 Paraguay César López Fretes
1980 Uruguay José María Rodríguez
1980 Argentina Óscar Quintabani
1980 Argentina Manuel Rosendo Magan
1980 Argentina Hugo Gallego
1980 Colombia Leonel Montoya

Year Name
1981 Paraguay Ramón Rodríguez
1981 Argentina Carlos Cancela
1981 Argentina Colombia Víctor Hugo del Río
1981 Colombia Luis Montúfar
1981 Paraguay Tito Ramón Correa
1981 Uruguay José Ricardo De León
1981 Colombia Pedro Nel Ospina
1981 Colombia Otoniel Quintana
1982 Uruguay Juan Mujica
1982 Uruguay Colombia Nelson Silva Pacheco
1982 Uruguay Juan Mujica
1983 Argentina Colombia Raúl Navarro
1983 Argentina Jacinto Roldán
1983 Argentina Omar Rodolfo Porté
1983 Colombia Eduardo Emilio Vilarete
1983 Uruguay Francisco Salomone
1984 Uruguay Baudilio Jáuregui
1985 Colombia Germán Aceros
1985 Uruguay Baudilio Jáuregui
1986 Brazil Santos Cristo
1986 Colombia Jorge Bernal
1986 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Simo Vilić
1986–87 Colombia Jorge Bernal
1987 Colombia Eladio Vásquez
1988 Colombia Jaime Rodríguez Suárez
1989 Colombia Heberto Carrillo
1989 Colombia Roberto Vasco
1990–91 Colombia Jorge Bernal
1991 Paraguay Aurelio Silva

Year Name
1991 Colombia Germán González
1992 Uruguay Baudilio Jáuregui
1992–93 Colombia Jaime Rodríguez Suárez
1993–94 Colombia Arturo Boyacá
1995–96 Colombia Humberto Ortiz
1995 Colombia Juan Francisco Arteaga
1996 Uruguay Colombia Julio Avelino Comesaña
1996 Colombia Álvaro Escobar
1996 Colombia Jorge Bernal
1996 Colombia Humberto Ortiz
1996–97 Peru Gerardo González
1996–97 Uruguay Juan Mujica
1998 Colombia Carlos Restrepo
1998 Colombia Jorge Bernal
1999 Colombia Humberto Ortiz
1999 Colombia Luis Augusto García
1999 Colombia Diego Umaña
Jan 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001 Colombia Néstor Otero
2001–02 Colombia Miguel Prince
2002 Colombia Jorge Bernal
2002 Colombia Luis Fernando Suárez
2003 Colombia Luis Augusto García
2004–05 Colombia Miguel Prince
2006 Colombia Jorge Bernal
Jan 1, 2007 – June 30, 2007 Colombia Jaime De La Pava
July 1, 2007 – Dec 27, 2011 Colombia Hernán Torres
Jan 1, 2012 – Aug 26, 2012 Colombia Jorge Luis Bernal
Aug 30, 2012–1? Colombia Carlos César Castro
201?– Colombia Alberto Gamero

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