Deportivo Cali

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Deportivo de Cali
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Full name Asociación Deportivo Cali
Nickname(s) Los Verdiblancos, Los Azucareros
Founded 1908
Ground Estadio Deportivo Cali
Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Capacity 58,000
Chairman Rodrigo Otoya Dominguez
Manager Omar Labruna
League Copa Mustang
2006 Clausura 10th
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Asociación Deportivo Cali is one of the football (soccer) teams from Cali, Colombia.

Deportivo Cali was the first Colombian team to be in the Copa Libertadores de América final in 1978 finishing second against Boca Juniors from Argentina. Cali also finished second in 1999 against Palmeiras from Brazil.

The team has been champion of the national tournament eight times, winning in 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1996, 1998, and 2005.

Deportivo Cali made use of the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero, with a capacity of 58,000 until 2007, when it became the first Colombian football club to have its own stadium, the Estadio Deportivo Cali, to be completed in the summer of 2007.

[edit] Selected former players

  • Colombia Sergio Angulo"el checho"
  • Argentina Alberto de Jesus Benitez
  • Colombia Miguel Calero
  • Argentina Nestor Scota "El Tola"
  • Colombia Carlos Enrique Estrada (La Gambeta)
  • Paraguay Roberto "El Gato" Fernandez
  • Colombia Giovanny Hernandez"el principe"
  • Colombia Carlos Mario Hoyos
  • Colombia Edison Mafla "el guigo"
  • Argentina Carlos Amaro Nadal
  • Paraguay Jorge Amado Nunez (el cenizo)
  • Colombia Willington Ortiz
  • Colombia Bernardo Redin "cuntaquinte"
  • Colombia Angel Maria Torrez (el Nato)
  • Argentina José Yudica "El Piojo"
  • Colombia Carlos Valderrama" el pibe"
  • Argentina Ricardo Villa
  • Colombia Pedro Antonio Zape
  • Peru Zenen Mosquera
  • Colombia Miquel Escobar
  • Colombia Henry "La Mosca" Caicedo
  • Chile "El Mortero" Aravena


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Colombian Mustang Cup 2006 teams:
América | Boyacá Chicó F.C. | Bucaramanga | Deportivo Cali | Deportivo Pasto | Cúcuta | Envigado F.C. | Huila
Junior | Medellín | Millonarios | Nacional | Once Caldas | Pereira | Real Cartagena | Quindío | Santa Fe | Tolima