Jaguares de Córdoba

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Jaguares de Córdoba
Full nameJaguares de Córdoba Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)La Celeste de Colombia (Colombia's Sky Blue)
Felinos (Felines)
Fieras del Sinú (Beasts from the Sinú)
La garra Caribe (The Caribbean Drive)
Los Zenúes (The Zenúes)
Sabaneros (Sabaners)
Founded5 December 2012; 11 years ago (2012-12-05)
GroundEstadio Jaraguay
Capacity12,000
ChairmanNelson Soto
ManagerCarlos Echeverry (caretaker)
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2023Primera A, 20th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Jaguares de Córdoba is a professional Colombian football team based in Montería, that plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Jaraguay stadium.[1]

History[edit]

The team was created on 5 December 2012 at a meeting held by team president Nelson Soto Duque, the mayor of Montería, and the governor of Córdoba. In an initiative led by the Montería city hall and the Córdoba government, with support from local companies, an agreement was reached with the direction to move Sucre F.C. from Sincelejo to Montería from 2013 under the name Jaguares de Córdoba.

Soto Duque is the major owner of the club that was founded in 1995 as Girardot. It has moved four times, and played under the names Deportes Palmira, Pacífico, Sucre, and finally Jaguares.

On February 3, 2013, the team debuted at the Primera B winning 2–1 against Real Cartagena, and the following year they earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A after winning the Torneo Postobón 2014-I by defeating América de Cali 5–1 on aggregate score in the final, and then beat 2014-II winners Deportes Quindío in the final of the year, winning 3–2 on aggregate score after losing the first leg 2–0 in the city of Armenia.

The best performance of the team in the top tier was achieved in the 2017 season. In the Torneo Apertura, the team placed 5th, thus qualifying for the knockout stage for the first time ever. The team was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Atlético Nacional. In the Torneo Finalización, the team placed 8th and qualified again for the knockout stage, again being eliminated in the quarterfinals, this time by Santa Fe. Jaguares ended the year placed 8th in the aggregate table, which qualified them to the 2018 Copa Sudamericana, the first time the team played in an international competition, losing to Boston River from Uruguay in the first stage.

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 11 February 2024[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Colombia COL Arled Cadavid
2 DF Colombia COL Kleimar Mosquera
3 DF Colombia COL Leonardo Escorcia
4 DF Colombia COL Julián Anaya
5 DF Colombia COL Yoiver González
7 FW Colombia COL Pablo Rojas
8 MF Colombia COL Felipe Mosquera (on loan from América de Cali)
10 FW Colombia COL Edgar Medrano
11 MF Colombia COL Duván Rodríguez
12 GK Colombia COL Geovanni Banguera
13 DF Colombia COL Carlos Pájaro
14 MF Colombia COL Yilber Arboleda
15 FW Panama PAN Kahiser Lenis
16 MF Colombia COL Didier Pino
18 MF Colombia COL Freddy Espinal
19 FW Colombia COL Wilson Morelo (captain)
20 DF Colombia COL Carlos Páez
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Colombia COL José Mendoza
22 MF Colombia COL Juan Pablo Gallego
23 DF Colombia COL Jaime Díaz
24 MF Colombia COL Exneyder Guerrero
25 MF Colombia COL Juan Camilo Roa
26 MF Colombia COL Daniel Padilla
27 DF Colombia COL Darwin Andrade
28 MF Colombia COL Enrique Serje
29 DF Colombia COL Juan Sebastián Madrid (on loan from Deportivo Cali)
31 FW Colombia COL Camilo Gómez
32 MF Colombia COL Elian Villalobos
33 GK Colombia COL Jhon Figueroa
GK Colombia COL Víctor Brid
DF Colombia COL Kevin Riascos
DF Colombia COL Carlos Tovar
MF Colombia COL Brayan Gómez
FW Colombia COL Carlos Copete

Out on loan[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Venezuela VEN Eduardo Sosa (at Deportes Tolima)

Stadium[edit]

Honours[edit]

External links[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jaguares de Córdoba". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
  2. ^ "Jaguares F.C." Dimayor. Retrieved 21 July 2019.