Universitario Popayán

Universitario Popayán

Full name	Universitario Popayán Corporación Deportiva
Founded	21 May 2011
Ground	Estadio Ciro López Popayán, Colombia
Capacity	3,900
Chairman	Alexander Otero
Manager	César Torres
League	Categoría Primera B
2015	7th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Universitario Popayán is a professional Colombian football team based in Popayán, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Ciro López stadium.^[1]

History

Universitario Popayán was founded in May 2011, after Centauros Villavicencio moved from Villavicencio to Popayán considering Centauros's huge debts, the refusal of financial support from successive local authorities that deemed it as a feeder club for Deportes Quindío, and the support expressed from the Cauca Department Governorate for a football club in the department's capital city.^[2] Despite the fact that the move was made before the start of the Finalización tournament, the club played for the rest of the year under its former name "Centauros" due to legal issues. They were authorized by Coldeportes to use the name "Universitario de Popayán" from the 2012 season onwards.^[3] Starting from that season, the club began working in Popayán, as well as forming players in its youth ranks who would go on to play in the Colombian U-19 championships.

The club's history has been marked by the continuous exchange of players with Deportes Quindío (which comes from the Centauros Villavicencio era), given that the club's owner, Hernando Ángel, is also Deportes Quindío's controlling shareholder and chairman.

Current squad

As of 21 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 2 FW Cristhian Fory 3 DF Juan Pablo Morales 4 DF Anuar Hurtado 5 DF Leyser Chaverra 6 DF Jesús Antonio Figueroa 7 MF Stiven Bermúdez 8 FW Dahian Velasco 9 FW Andrés Herrera 10 MF Jorge Enrique Vargas 11 FW Guillermo Murillo 12 GK Cristian Pinzón 13 MF Robert Mejía 14 MF Harold Sánchez 15 DF Stefano Mosquera

No. Position Player 16 FW David Orozco 17 FW Wilson España 18 MF Harold Balanta 19 FW Yulian Córdoba 23 FW Jhan Mora 24 DF Juan Camilo Prieto 25 DF Yeiner Torres 27 DF Julián Pretel 31 GK Jeison Lizalda GK Juan Sarmiento DF Dayron Benavides MF Paulo García MF Jeison Ocoró MF Juan Portilla

Affiliated teams

• Deportes Quindío

External links

• Official Site

References

1. Record in DIMAYOR
2. "Centauros ya no es de Villavicencio y ahora es de Popayán" [Centauros is no longer from Villavicencio and now it is from Popayán]. Antena 2. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
3. "Sí se llama: Universitario Popayán" [Its name is: Universitario Popayán]. Torneo Postobón. Retrieved February 15, 2016.