Club Independiente Santa Fe Femenino, commonly known as Independiente Santa Fe or simply Santa Fe, is a professional women's football club based in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

, Colombia. They are the women's football section of

Independiente Santa Fe Club Independiente Santa Fe, known simply as Santa Fe, is a Colombian professional Association football, football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio El Campín, El Cam ...

and they currently play in the Colombian Women's Football League, the top level women's football league in Colombia. To date, the club has won three league titles. Like the institution's male counterpart, who were the first Colombian professional football champion in the 1948 season, the women's team obtained the honor of being the first team to win the Colombian Women's Football League, with their title in the first edition of the competition in 2017. In 2016, for the foundation of the women's team, Independiente Santa Fe formed an alliance with the amateur team Future Soccer, thus establishing the team.

History

In 2000, a football school named Club Los Amigos was established in the south of Bogotá, which also attracts women. In 2005, the club was renamed Club Future Soccer. In 2006, the club took part in its first women's tournament and made a name for itself in the country with its young teams. In 2013, players from Future Soccer were called up to the national under-17 team. In 2016, the foundation of the Colombian Women's Football Championship was announced. Future Soccer had sought an alliance with a big club from Bogotá to register in this new championship. The collaboration started with Independiente Santa Fe, which entered the team in the amateur championship where the team was unbeaten all the first phase and lost in the final on penalties against Club Molino Viejo. In

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, the first women's championship was launched, Santa Fe strengthened its team with international players and won its first match on February 19 three to zero against La Equidad at home. The Lionesses won all their matches of the first phase, they went into the final where they defeated

Atlético Huila Atlético Huila is a professional Colombian association football, football team based in Neiva, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded in 1990, making it one of the youngest professional football clubs in Colombia. ...

(2–1 and 1–0), in the return match at

Estadio El Campín The Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, commonly known as El Campín, is the main stadium of Bogotá, Colombia. It was inaugurated on 10 August 1938 and has a capacity of 39,512 spectators. It is the home ground of the Categoría Primera A teams ...

where the club set an attendance record for a women's football match with 33,327 spectators. Like the men's section in 1948, Santa Fe Femenino won the first national women's football championship. In

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, Santa Fe were first in its group but were eliminated in the semi-finals. The following season, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, Santa Fe won their second title by defeating

América de Cali América de Cali S. A., best known as América de Cali or América, is a Colombian professional football club based in Cali. It competes in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight league of Colombian football. The team plays its home games at ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

they also made it to the final, in which they lost to

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football t ...

Players

Current squad

Honours

Domestic

* Liga Femenina Profesional ** Winners (3):

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** Runners-up (2):

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Continental

Copa Libertadores Femenina The CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina, commonly known as "Copa Libertadores Femenina" ( Portuguese: ''Copa/Taça Libertadores Feminina''), is an annual international women's association football club competition in South America. It is organized by th ...

** Runners-up (2):

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Independiente Santa Fe Women's football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 2016 2016 establishments in Colombia