Rionegro Águilas

Rionegro Águilas
Full name Rionegro Águilas S.A.
Nickname(s) Las Águilas Doradas (The Golden Eagles)
Founded November 1991 (1991-11) (as Industrial Itagüí)
1994 (1994) (as Deportivo Antioquia)
1998 (1998) (as Itagüí F.C.)
2004 (2004) (as Deportivo Antioquia)
16 July 2008 (2008-07-16) (as Itagüí Ditaires)
May 2014 (2014-05) (as Águilas Doradas)
January 2016 (2016-01) (as Rionegro Águilas)
Ground Estadio Alberto Grisales
Rionegro, Colombia
Ground Capacity 14,000
Owner Talento Dorado S.A.
Chairman Paola Salazar
Manager Néstor Otero
League Categoría Primera A
2015 12th
Website Club home page

Rionegro Águilas[1][2] is a professional Colombian football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Alberto Grisales stadium. The club also has a futsal team.

History

Since its foundation in 1991 the team has had several names. In 2005 the club was sold to form a new club: Florida Soccer. In 2008 the team was refounded after buying the team Bajo Cauca F.C. and relocating the team to Itagüí.[3]

The team has had very good results in the Categoría Primera B. In 2010 they became champion and advanced to the Categoría Primera A. The team had his debut in the Categoría Primera A in 2011 as Itagüí Ditaires, being the first time in the Categoría Primera A that four teams from the same department compete for the grand prize.

The team was expelled from Itagüí in May 2014, following a dispute between the club's chairman and the city's mayor regarding the financial support received by the club from Itagüí's government. The decision to expel the club from the city was made by the mayor after being publicly criticized by the club's chairman for the scarce support provided to the club. This incident meant the team would change its name to Águilas Pereira, moving to the city of Pereira and playing its home matches at Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium, change approved by DIMAYOR's Assembly in an extraordinary meeting on July 14, 2014.[4][5] In March 2015, the club moved to Rionegro, changing its name to Águilas Doradas.,[6] and on January 5, 2016 the club announced it would be changing its name to Rionegro Águilas and its kit colour would be switched from its traditional golden to red.[7]

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 January 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 United States GK Kevin Piedrahita
2 Colombia DF Elvis Mosquera
3 Colombia MF Anderson Zapata
4 Colombia DF Carlos Mario Arboleda
7 Colombia MF Diego Chica
8 Colombia MF Géiler Mosquera
9 Colombia MF Edinson Palomino
11 Colombia MF Andrés Ricaurte
13 Colombia MF Yonaider Ortega
14 Colombia FW Óscar Rodas
15 Colombia FW Luis Páez
18 Colombia FW Esteban Castañeda
19 Colombia DF Javier López (on loan from Medellín)
No. Position Player
22 Colombia FW José Lloreda
23 Colombia MF Juan José Mezú
24 Colombia DF Samuel Vanegas
25 Argentina GK Pablo Torresagasti
26 Colombia DF Fábio Rodríguez (on loan from Quindío)
27 Colombia DF Fabián Viáfara
28 Colombia DF Jhonny Meza
29 Colombia FW Kevin Nieto
30 Colombia DF Hanyer Mosquera
33 Argentina GK Osvaldo Cabral
– Colombia MF Jhon Viáfara
– Paraguay MF Diego Chamorro


Managers

Country Name Dates
 ColombiaHéctor Estrada1 July 1994 – 30 June 1995
 ColombiaCarlos Hoyos1 January 2009 – 11 November 2009
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús Gómez1 January 2010 – 30 November 2010
 ColombiaCarlos Hoyos30 December 2010 – 30 April 2011
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús Gómez1 May 2011 – 31 December 2011
 ColombiaHernán Torres1 January 2012 – 30 June 2012
 ColombiaLeonel Álvarez7 July 2012 – 13 December 2012
 ColombiaJorge Luis Bernal8 January 2013 – 7 December 2013
 ColombiaAlberto Gamero16 December 2013 – 9 May 2014
 ColombiaJorge Luis Bernal3 June 2014 – 23 September 2014
 ArgentinaÓscar Héctor Quintabani24 September 2014 – 31 December 2014
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús Gómez1 January 2015 – 6 April 2015
 ArgentinaÓscar Héctor Quintabani7 April 2015 – 28 September 2015
 ColombiaNéstor Otero29 September 2015 – Present

Source: Worldfootball.net

Honours

National Honours

Runners-up (1): 2010

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official page in DIMAYOR.com
  2. ↑ "Cambio de nombre a Rionegro Águilas". DIMAYOR.com.co (in Spanish). 22 January 2016.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ ""Las Águilas Doradas fueron expulsadas de Itagüí", Fernando Salazar" ["The "Golden Eagles" were expelled from Itagüí", Fernando Salazar]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ "De manera unánime, la DIMAYOR autorizó a Águilas Doradas jugar en Pereira" [Unanimously, DIMAYOR authorized Águilas Doradas to play at Pereira]. Win Sports. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Águilas ya tiene 'nido': jugará en Rionegro". Futbolred.com (in Spanish). March 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Águilas Doradas cambia su nombre a Rionegro F.C.". Golcaracol.com (in Spanish). January 5, 2016.

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