Independiente Medellín 1691560 224164138 2008-07-07T16:46:01Z 200.116.14.3 {{Football club infobox | clubname = Deportivo Independiente Medellín| image = [[Image:Medellin.gif|100px|Logo]]| fullname = Corporación Deportiva<br>Independiente Medellín| nickname = El Poderoso de la Montaña,DIM,Medallo,Rey De Corazones | founded = [[15 April]], [[1913]] | ground = [[Estadio Atanasio Girardot]], <br>[[Medellín (Colombia)|Medellín]], [[Colombia]] | capacity = 52,872 | chairman = [[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|colombiano]] Jorge Osorio Ciro| manager = [[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px|colombiano]] Santiago Escobar/Leonel Alvarez| league = [[Fútbol Profesional Colombiano]] | season = 2006 Clausura | position = 4 | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FF0000|body1=FF0000|rightarm1=FF0000|shorts1=0000CC|socks1=FF0000| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=0000CC|socks2=FFFFFF| }} Corporación Deportiva '''Independiente Medellín''' is a professional [[Colombia]]n [[football (soccer)]] team competing in [[Fútbol Profesional Colombiano]], 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]]. ==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 team is dubbed "El Poderoso de la Montaña" or the powerful 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 occupies the section behind the northern goal and Los Del Sur occupy the section behind the southern goal. In 2004 Medellín and Nacional classified to the final of the Mustang Cup; in Antioquia everybody was very excited because this was the first "Paisa" final of the history of the short tournaments. This system requires 2 games to be the champion, in the first game, Medellín won 2-1 with a goal of Rafael Castillo in the 87 minute after the goals of Jorge Serna (DIM) and Carlos "Chumi" Alvarez in the first half. The final game was in the 27 of June, and it ended 0-0 and Medellín became the champion of the Colombian National League. ==Controversies== Medellín won its third league title after 45 years of agony. However, there were two seasons where Medellín 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 an 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, Medellín and [[Atlético Junior]] were fighting for a tight first place. Junior was playing [[América de Cali]] at home in Baranquilla while simultaneously Medellín played hometown rivals [[Atlético Nacional]]. The games were to start and end at the same time. A Medellín win with a Junior loss or draw would have given Medellín the title. Medellín beat Nacional 1-0 while awaiting the goalless game in Baranquilla to end. Medellín players were celebrating with a victory lap and giving interviews with reporters waiting for the final whistle in Baranquilla. However, the referee allowed an unprecedented amount of injury time which enabled Oswaldo Mackenzie to score an extremely late goal giving Junior the win and the title. This was not the first time Medellín had a heartbreaking season, in 1989 a year where Medellín 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, Medellín tied [[América de Cali]] 0-0 at home. During the game, the linesman [[Álvaro Ortega]] made a mistake and annulled a Medellín goal. Afterwards, a Medellín 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. ==Honours== ===Amateur=== * '''Copa Jimenez Jaramillo:''' [[1923]]<ref>[http://www.copamustang.com/scripts/historia.php?mv= :: Copa Mustang ::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * '''Campeonato Nacional:''' [[1938]]<ref>[http://www.copamustang.com/scripts/historia.php?mv= :: Copa Mustang ::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * '''Campeonato Departamental :''' [[1937]],[[1938]],[[1939]],[[1940]],[[1942]],[[1943]],[[1944]] y [[1945]]<ref> "DEPORTIVO INDEPENDIENTE MEDELLÍN ,EL PODEROSO" , es una publicación de El Colombiano Ltda. en Cia SCA.</ref> ===National Honours=== * '''[[Fútbol Profesional Colombiano]]''' ** '''Winners (4):''' 1955, 1957, 2002-II, 2004-I ** '''Runners-Up (5):''' 1959, 1961, 1966, 1993, 2001 * '''[[Copa Colombia]] (1):''' [[1981]] ===International Honours=== * '''[[Copa Libertadores]]''' ** '''3rd Place (1):''' 2003 ==Copa Libertadores Participations== * '''1967''' 1st Round * '''1994''' Quarterfinals * '''2003''' Semifinals * '''2005''' Round of 16 ==Current Roster== ''As of March 4th, 2008'' {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Paraguay|name=[[Aldo Bobadilla]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Colombia|name=[[Andrés Felipe Ortiz]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Colombia|name=[[Juan Esteban Ortiz]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Colombia|name=[[Belmer Aguilar]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Colombia|name=[[Diego Álvarez]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Colombia|name=[[Danilson Córdoba]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jackson Martínez]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Argentina|name=[[Ómar Sebastián Pérez]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Colombia|name=[[Rafael Castillo]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Colombia|name=[[David Andrade Hernández|Dida]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=Paraguay|name=[[Daniel Sanabaria]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jhon Córdoba]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jaime Alberto Castrillón]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Colombia|name=[[Ayron del Valle]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jamell Ramos]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Colombia|name=[[Juan Carlos Quintero]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Colombia|name=[[Miguel Ángel Julio]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Colombia|name=[[Ricardo Calle]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Colombia|name=[[Diego Peralta]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Colombia|name=[[Mauricio Mendoza]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}} === Reserve & Youth Squad === {{Football squad start}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Melissa Echeverry]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Heriberto Velandia]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Iván Corredor]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Argentina|name=[[Eduardo Dominguez]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[William Arboleda]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Felipe Alzate]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Hernán Darío Cardona]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Yonny Díaz]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Joan González]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Yeisson Rentería]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad mid}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Javier López (footballer)|Javier López]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Giovanny López]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Richard Moreno]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Elkin Mosquera]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[César Quintero]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Yilmar Zea]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Juan Camilo Grisales]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Andrés Felipe Gallego]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Kendrick Valderama]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad end}} :''Source: http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol/fubolcolombiano/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3918772.html'' ====Players In==== *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Mauricio Mendoza]] [[forward (football)|FW]] From [[America de Cali]] *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Juan Fernando Leal]] [[midfielder (football)|MF]] From [[Millonarios]] *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Felipe Alzate]] [[defender (football)|DF]] From Reserves *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Joan González]] [[goalkeeper (football)|GK]] From Reserves *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Javier López (footballer)|Javier López]] [[defender (football)|DF]] From Reserves *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Richard Moreno]] [[midfielder (football)|MF]] From Reserves *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Elkin Mosquera]] [[defender (football)|DF]] From Reserves *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[César Quintero]] [[defender (football)|DF]] From Reserves *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Miguel Ángel Julio]] [[midfielder (football)|MF]] From Reserves ====Players out==== *{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Brayan López]] [[goalie (football)|GK]] to [[Atlético Bucaramanga]] {{Flagicon|Colombia}} ==Notable Former Players== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | '''1950's''' *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Oscar 'Ñembo' Restrepo]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Efraín 'Caimán' Sánchez]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Arango]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jorge 'Chema' Méndez]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Leonel Montoya]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Roberto 'Tito' Drago]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Segundo 'Titina' Castillo]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pedro Roque Retamozo]] *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Manuel Moreno]] *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[René Seghini]] *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Felipe Marino]] *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Lidoro Soria]] *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Orlando Larraz]] *{{flagicon|URU}} [[Antonio Sacco]] *{{flagicon|URU}} [[Juan Carlos Toja]] *{{flagicon|URU}} [[Lauro Rodríguez]] *{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Luis 'Caricho' Guzman]] *{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Lorenzo 'Patemula' Calonga]] '''1960's''' *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Héctor 'Canocho' Echeverri]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Mario Agudelo]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Perfecto Rodríguez]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Ricardo José Ramaciotti]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Omar Oreste Corbatta]] | | '''1970's''' *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Ponciano Castro]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Javier Tamayo]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Daeio Lopez]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Nolberto Molina]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Álvaro Santamaría]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jorge 'La Rata' Gallego]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Álvaro Escobar]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Eladio Vasquez]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Bernardo Aristizábal]] *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Pekerman]] *{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Carlos Sarnari]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hugo Horacio Londero]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[José Velásquez]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Hugo Sotil]] '''1980's''' *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Luis Carlos Perea]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Leonel Alvarez]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Gildardo Gómez]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Hernán Darío Gómez]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Oscar Pareja]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Castro]] *{{flagicon|COL}} [[John Wilmar Pérez]] *{{flagicon|COL}} [[Gabriel Jaime Gomez]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Jorge Olaechea]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Eduardo Malasquez]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Franco Navarro]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Libardo Velez]] *{{flagicon|URU}} [[Carlos 'Pato' Aguilera]] *{{flagicon|URU}} [[Rafael Villazan]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Horacio Salinas]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hector Ramon Sossa]] *{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Juan Carlos Letelier]] | | '''1990's''' *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Valderrama (footballer)|Carlos Valderrama]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[René Higuita]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Henry Zambrano]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos 'La Gambeta' Estrada]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Giovanny Hernández]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Adolfo 'Tren' Valencia]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Ivan Valenciano]] *{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Luis Barbat]] *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar 'El Pajaro' Juarez]] '''2000's''' *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Elkin Murillo]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Alexander 'Conejo' Jaramillo]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Julian Viafara]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jorge Horacio Serna]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Luis Amaranto Perea]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Malher Tressor Moreno]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[John Javier 'Choronta' Restrepo]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[David Montoya]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Roberto Carlos 'Choto' Cortés]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Andrés Orozco]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jaime Alberto Castrillón]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[David González]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Neider Morantes]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Rafael Castillo]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Mauricio Molina]] *{{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Juan Pablo Pino]] *{{flagicon|Panama}} [[Felipe Baloy]] *{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Aldo Bobadilla]] *{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Daniel Noriega]] |} == References == <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.dim.com.co Pagina oficial] {{fb start}} {{Colombian Football}} {{Football in Colombia}} {{fb 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