Independiente Medellín

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Independiente Medellín

Full name

Corporación Deportiva
Independiente Medellín

Nickname(s)

El Poderoso de la Montaña,DIM

Founded

15 April 1913

Ground

Estadio Atanasio Girardot,
Medellín, Colombia

Capacity

52,872

Chairman

Juan Guillermo Montoya

Manager

Victor Luna

League

Copa Mustang

2006 Clausura





Home colours





Away colours

Corporación Deportiva Independiente Medellín is a professional Colombian football (soccer) team competing in the Colombian first division. The club is based in the city of Medellín and founded in 1913. It has won the league's national tournament known as Copa Mustang four times: in 1955, 1957, 2002-II and 2004-I. Its best performance at international level was in 2003, when the team achieved the third place in the Copa Libertadores de América.

1 Rivalries
2 Controversies
3 Honours
- 3.1 National Honours
- 3.2 International Honours
4 Copa Libertadores Participations
5 Current Roster
- 5.1 Squad Changes
  - 5.1.1 Players In
  - 5.1.2 Players out
6 Notable Former Players
7 External Links

[edit] Rivalries

Medellín's greatest rival is with the city's other major club Atlético Nacional, with whom they share the home stadium El Atanasio Girardot. The rivalry is dubbed "El Poderoso de la Montaña" or the powerfull of the mountain due to Medellín's geographical location high in the Andean mountains. The rivalry is especially strong due to each team's main support club, Rexixtenxia Norte for Medellín and Los Del Sur for Atlético Nacional. These two groups are the most loyal, loud, and passionate support clubs in the country. The two clubs are named with the location that they occupy in the stadium where Rexixtenxia occupys the section behind the northern goal and Los Del Sur occupy the section behind the southern goal.

[edit] Controversies

Medellin won its third league title after 45 years of agony. However, there were two seasons where Medellin had the title within its reach only to lose it amid great controversy. From its foundation until 2002, the Colombian First Division League had adopted a league format commonly used in European leagues. The format was a year long tournament where the team at then end of the year in best standing was declared the winner. This format was changed in 2002 to a Apertura-Clausura format where two separate seasons are played during the year to determine two winners. In 1993 during the last game of the year, Medellin and Atletico Junior were fighting for a tight first place. Junior was playing America de Cali at home in Baranquilla while simultaneously Medellin played hometown rivals Atletico Nacional. The games where to start and end at the same time. A Medellin win with a Junior loss or draw would have given Medellin the title. Medellin beat Nacional 1-0 while awaiting the goalless game in Baranquilla to end. Medellin players were celebrating with a victory lap and given interviews with reporters waiting for the final whistle in Baranquilla. However, the referee allowing for an unprecedented amount of injury time would allow for an extremely late Oswaldo Mackenzie goal giving Junior the win and the title. This was not the first time Medellin had a heartbreaking season, in 1989 a year where Medellin had the best team in the league and was expected to win the title, a tragic event occurred in Colombian soccer. During the final games of the season, Medellin tied America de Cali 0-0 at home. During the game, the linesman Alvaro Ortega made a mistake and annulled a Medellin goal. Afterwards, a Medellin sympathizer hunted down the linesman and assassinated him. In response, the Colombian Soccer Federation decided to cancel the rest of the season leaving the 1989 league without a winner.

[edit] Honours

[edit] National Honours

Mustang Cup
- Winners (4): 1955, 1957, 2002-II, 2004-I
- Runners-Up (5): 1959, 1961, 1966, 1993, 2001

[edit] International Honours

Copa Libertadores
- 3rd Place (1): 2003

[edit] Copa Libertadores Participations

1967 1st Round
1994 Quarterfinals
2003 Semifinals
2005 Round of 16

[edit] Current Roster

As of March 1, 2007

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Brayan López
2	DF	Roberto Carlos Cortés
3	DF	Jhann Carlos López
4	DF	Ricardo Calle
5	DF	Heriberto Velandia
7	FW	Diego Álvarez
8	MF	Danilson Córdoba
9	FW	Jackson Martínez
10	MF	Rodrigo Riep
11	FW	César Valoyes
13	MF	Héctor Alejandro Vasco
15	MF	Neider Yesid Morantes
16	FW	Jhon Córdoba
17	MF	Jaime Alberto Castrillón
18	DF	Andrés Felipe Ortiz
19	MF	Iván Corredor
22	GK	David Andrade (Dida)
23	MF	Lewis Ochoa
25	DF	Eduardo Dominguez
26	DF	Diego Peralta
31	DF	Juan Sebastián Botero

No.	Position	Player
?	DF	Felipe Alzate
?	GK	Hernan Dario Cardona
?	GK	Yonny Diaz
?	GK	Joan Gonzalez
?	MF	Miguel Angel Julio
?	MF	Juan Fernando Leal
?	DF	Javier Lopez
?	GK	Giovanny Lopez
?	MF	Richard Moreno
?	DF	Elkin Mosquera
?	MF	Juan Esteban Ortiz
?	DF	Cesar Quintero
?	FW	Yeisson Renteria
?	GK	Juan David Valencia
?	GK	Yilmar Zea
?	GK	Juan Camilo Grisales