Envigado Fútbol Club () is a Colombian professional football team based in

Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas t ...

, that currently plays in the

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. They play their home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur. The club is renowned for the quality of its youth development and the number of international stars who have begun their careers with the team including

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, Fredy Guarín,

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, Jhon Córdoba, Mateus Uribe, Giovanni Moreno among others. It is frequently considered one of the best youth academies in South America, which is why it is known as "Cantera de Heroes" (Quarry of Heroes).

History

The club was founded on 14 October 1989 and was the first Colombian team from the second division that was promoted to the

in 1991. Envigado was relegated from the Primera A in 2006 but was champion of the 2007 Primera B with the help of James Rodriguez and has played in the Primera A ever since. Their first qualification for an international tournament was the

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, where they were eliminated at the Second Stage after beating

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2–0 on aggregate and losing to

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2–1 on aggregate.

Honours

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia. Format DIMAYOR has applied a new form ...

**Winners (2): 1991,

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Players

Current squad

Managers

* Hugo Castaño (1989 – 1991) * Luis Augusto García (1992) * Fernando Castro (1993 – 1995) * Gabriel Gómez (1995 – 1997) *

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(1997 – 1998) * Carlos Navarrete (2002 – 2004) * Orlando Restrepo (2005) * Carlos Navarrete (2006) * Jesús Barrios (2007 – October 2008) * Óscar Aristizábal (Dec 15, 2008 – Nov 1, 2009) * Ruben Dario Bedoya (Nov 2, 2009 – Jun 1, 2010) * Pedro Sarmiento (Jul 30, 2010 – Apr 15, 2013) * Juan Carlos Sánchez (April 2013 – May 2016) * Ismael Rescalvo (June 2016 – August 2017) * Rubén Darío Bedoya (August 2017 – August 2018) *

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(September 2018 – December 2018) *

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(January 2019 – December 2019)

References

External links

Official website
Football clubs in Colombia Association football clubs established in 1989 Envigado 1989 establishments in Colombia Categoría Primera A clubs Categoría Primera B clubs {{Colombia-sport-stub