Club Santa Fe

Santa Fe
Full name Santa Fe Corporación Deportiva
Nickname(s) Los Cardenales (The Cardinals),
El Expresso Rojo (The Red Express),
Los Leones (The Lions)
Founded February 28, 1941
Ground Estadio Nemesio Camacho "El Campín"
Bogotá, Colombia
(Capacity: 42,000)
Chairman César Pastrana
Manager Wilson Gutiérrez
League Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
2011-I 14
Home colours
Away colours

Independiente Santafe is a professional Colombian First Division football club based in Bogotá. It has won six First Division titles and two Copa Colombia titles.

Santa Fe was founded on 28 February 1941 in the traditional "Café Rhin" in the downtown of Bogotá and started its activities as a club in March 23 1941, won the first edition of the Colombian First Division held in 1948, for that it is commonly named as the first champion : El Primer Campeón.

It's widely regarded in Colombia that the younger Santa Fe fans "inherited" the fandom from their parents and grandparents, since most of them actually have never seen the team win a championship. Some put the blame on bad management and lack of commitment. Nevertheless, the team has remained popular, like their rivals Millonarios, because of the loyalty of their fans (Millonarios is the biggest club in colombian history).

Contents

Facts

Liga Postobón

Copa Colombia

Copa Libertadores

Copa Sudamericana

Copa CONMEBOL

Copa Merconorte

Records

Most Appearances

# Name Total Nation
1. Alfonso Cañón 505
2. Carlos Rodríguez 359
3. James Mina Camacho 346
4. Agustín Julio 315
5. Hernando Cuero 313
6. Manuel Acisclo Córdoba 306
7. William Morales 302
8. Rafael Pacheco 296
9. José Ernesto Díaz 297
10. Waltinho 283

Top Goalscorers

# Name Total Nation
1. Alfonso Cañon 149
2. Léider Preciado 115
3. Alberto Perazzo 98
4. Osvaldo Panzutto 93
5. Germán Antón 91
6. Omar Lorenzo Devanni 82
7. Adolfo Valencia 78
8. Héctor Javier Céspedes 73
9. José Pepillo Marín 67
10. Manuel Acisclo Córdoba 65

Record Wins

Record defeats

Most successful player

Supporters

La Guardia Albiroja Sur It has been 13 years since the founding of the most significant supporter in the history of Independiente Santa Fe "La Guardia Albi-Roja Sur". It seems that it was just yesterday that a group of young people gave life to this project of love and commitment to Santa Fe. Since their beginning the have always filled up their section bringing a supporting atmosphere for Santa Fe over 6000 members are currently part of this group. famous for their spectacular displays when the team goes into the field and yet it is not compared by others. In 2005, La Guardia Albirroja Sur (White-Red South Guard), with the help of Samsung, Independiente's main sponsor at the time and the club's administration, put together the largest soccer team's flag in the world. The flag, named the 'Lienzo de Fe' (Linen cloth of faith), was 350 meters long and 38 high, covering the southern end of 'El Campín', half the venue, where the team's fans locate in home games.

Stadium

The stadium El Campin located in Bogotá,is the venue where Independiente Santa Fe plays their home games. Its capacity is approximated at 36,000 people. Santa fe's supporters tend to sit in the south-end of the stadium where they display their pasion towards their beloved team.

Rivalries

Since the beginning of professional pene , Santa Fe holds a rivalrie with local rivals Millonarios and the match between these two is called El Clásico Capitalino (the capital classic).

There are also strong rivalries with América de Cali El Clásico de los Rojos (the red classic) for the colour of both teams uniforms; and with Atlético Nacional

2011-II Squad

As of 9 July 2011.[1]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Agustín Julio (2nd captain)
2 DF Germán Centurión (3rd captain)
3 DF Julián Quiñonez
4 DF Diego Hernando Amaya
5 MF Yulian Anchico
6 MF Norbey Salazar
7 FW José Adolfo Valencia
8 MF Juan Carlos Quintero
9 FW Sergio Galván Rey
10 MF Omar Pérez (Captain)
11 FW Jonathan Copete
12 GK Camilo Vargas
13 FW Juan Guillermo Vélez
14 FW Óscar Rodas
15 MF Didier Moreno
16 DF Andrés Santamaría
No. Position Player
17 FW Ariel Carreño
18 MF Alejandro Bernal
19 MF Cristian Camilo Álvarez
20 MF Gerardo Bedoya
21 DF Francisco Javier Meza
22 FW Jorge Luis Ramos
23 FW Léider Preciado (4th captain)
24 MF Hugo Alejandro Acosta
25 FW Mario Efrain Gómez
26 DF Alejandro Miguel Galindo
27 DF Ricardo Villarraga
28 GK Juan Manuel Leyton
29 MF Luis Eduardo Aranda
30 MF Harold Rivera
31 DF Juan Daniel Roa
32 DF Mario Llanos

Players between numbers 1 to 25 are eligible to play in Copa Sudamericana 2011

Notable Former Players

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