Junior Barranquilla 2430883 225833124 2008-07-15T16:41:05Z Number 57 327289 moved [[Atlético Junior]] to [[Junior Barranquilla]]: Per talk page {{Football club infobox | clubname = Junior | image = [[Image:Junior-5e.gif|100px]]| fullname = Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior | nickname = Los Tiburones<br />''(The Sharks)''| founded = [[1924 in football (soccer)|1924]] | ground = [[Estadio Metropolitano]]<br/>[[Barranquilla]] | capacity = 60,000 | chairman = {{flagicon|Colombia}} Alejandro Arteta | manager = {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Julio Comesaña]]| league = [[Fútbol Profesional Colombiano]] | season = [[2007-II - Copa Mustang|2007 Finalizacion]] | position = 13 | pattern_la1=_red_stripes|pattern_b1=_red_stripes|pattern_ra1=_red_stripes| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=000066|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=000066|socks2=FFFFFF| }} '''Corporación Deportiva Popular Junior'''<ref>[http://www.dimayor.com.co/club_junior.htm Web oficial de DIMAYOR]</ref>, also known by its old name '''Atlético Junior''' or simply '''Junior''', is a [[Colombia]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] team based in [[Barranquilla]]. The club was founded in [[1924 in football (soccer)|1924]] Known as "Los Tiburones" (The Sharks), they have won the Colombian championship five times. The pride of Colombia's Caribbean coast, it had a golden age in the mid-90's, when under the conduction of [[Carlos Valderrama (football player)|Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama]], it won two of its championships, in [[1993 in football (soccer)|1993]] and [[1995 in football (soccer)|1995]]. Thereafter, the club owners focused on creating talent from within, and following years of up and downs, the club became once again national champions in December 2004, after scoring in the last minute and beating Nacional in penalty kicks. The star of that season was the Argentinian Omar Sebastian Perez, who earned the love and respect of the whole city not only for his great technique and high quality of play, but for the way he melted with the rest of the team. They have participated several times in [[Conmebol]]'s [[Copa Libertadores de América]], where they ended up in 3rd place In 1994. One penalty kick away from reaching the final, they ended up losing against Vélez Sarsfield, who would then become the tournament's ultimate champion. Junior's home stadium is called the [[Estadio Metropolitano]] or Roberto Meléndez Stadium, which is also home to the [[Colombia national football team|Colombian national football team]] ==Current squad== :''As of [[1 August]] [[2007]]'' {{Football squad start}} {{Football squad player|no=1|nat=Colombia|name=[[Didier Muñoz]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=2|nat=Colombia|name=[[Francisco Alvear]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=3|nat=Colombia|name=[[Roller Cambindo]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=4|nat=Colombia|name=[[Dúmar Rueda]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=5|nat=Colombia|name=[[John Alexander Valencia]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=6|nat=Colombia|name=[[Nicolás Torres]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=7|nat=Colombia|name=[[Alfredo Padilla]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=9|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jorge Díaz]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=10|nat=Colombia|name=[[Giovanny Hernández]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=12|nat=Colombia|name=[[Carlos Perez]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=14|nat=Colombia|name=[[Hayder Palacio]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=15|nat=Colombia|name=[[Cesar Fawcett]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=16|nat=Colombia|name=[[Wainer Canedo]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=18|nat=Uruguay|name=[[Marcelo Mendez]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=19|nat=Colombia|name=[[Alexander Del Castillo]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=21|nat=Colombia|name=[[Herly Alcazar]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad mid}} {{Football squad player|no=22|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jose Luís Chunga]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=23|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jaider Romero]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=24|nat=Colombia|name=[[Hilario Cuenú]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=25|nat=Colombia|name=[[Javier Flórez]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=26|nat=Colombia|name=[[Jorge Banguero]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=27|nat=Colombia|name=[[Luís Carlos Ruiz]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=28|nat=Colombia|name=[[Vladimir Hernández]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Francisco Rodríguez]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Diego Causado]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Gabriel Martinez]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Teófilo Gutiérrez]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Pedro Ortega]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Martín Arzuaga]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Uruguay|name=[[Matías Riquero]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Lin Carlos Henry]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=--|nat=Colombia|name=[[Oswaldo Mackenzie]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad end}} == Team Honors == === National === *{{sport honours|[[Fútbol Profesional Colombiano]] (Colombian League)|5|1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004-II}} === International === *{{sport honours|[[Reebok Cup]] (Friendly Tournament)|1|1997}} Atlético Junior also reached the semifinals stage in the 1994 [[Copa Libertadores]] de América, and was runner-up on 5 Mustang Cups (1948, 1970, 1983, 2000, 2003-I). ==Performance in CONMEBOL competitions== *'''[[Copa Libertadores]]''': 9 appearances ::'''Best''': Semi-Final in 1994 *'''[[Copa Sudamericana]]''': 1 appearance ::2004: Quarter-Final *'''[[Copa CONMEBOL]]''': 1 appearance ::1992: First Round == Selected Former Players == {| |valign="top"| * {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Martín Arzuaga]] * {{flagicon|Colombia}} Efraín "El Caimán" Sánchez * {{flagicon|Colombia}} Roberto "El Flaco" Meléndez * {{flagicon|Colombia}} Rigoberto "Memuerde" García * {{flagicon|Colombia}} Alfredo Arango * {{flagicon|Colombia}} Didí Álex Valderrama * {{flagicon|Brazil}} Dida * {{flagicon|Brazil}} Víctor Ephanor * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Julio Comesaña * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Babington * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Carlos Delménico * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Deivis Barone]] * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[William Martínez]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Edgardo Bauza]] * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Garrincha]] * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Heleno de Freitas]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Omar Sebastián Pérez]] * {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Víctor Danilo Pacheco]] * {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Valderrama (footballer)|Carlos Valderrama]] * {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Iván Valenciano]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Ramón Verón]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[José Daniel Ponce]] * {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Ischia]] * {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Alexis Mendoza]] * {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jorge Bolaño]] |} ==References== <references /> ==External links== *[http://www.juniorbarranquilla.com/ Official Web site of Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior] *[http://www.fuerzatiburona.com/ Fuerza Tiburona Supporter's Team Website] *[http://www.juniorpasion.com/ Junior Pasion] *[http://www.juniormultimedia.com Junior Multimedia] {{fb start}} {{Colombian Football}} {{Football in Colombia}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Atlético Junior]] [[Category:Colombian football clubs|Junior]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1924]] [[ca:Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior]] [[de:Atlético Junior]] [[es:Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior]] [[fr:Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior]] [[nl:Atlético Junior]] [[pl:Atlético Junior Barranquilla]] [[pt:Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior]] [[ru:Хуниор]] [[sl:Atlético Junior]]