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América de Cali, known simply as América, is a Colombian soccer club founded on February 13, 1927 in the city of Cali. It is considered one of the largest clubs in Colombia and one of the most representative in South America. It plays its matches at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium and the color that identifies the club since its inception is scarlet red.

It is one of the Colombian clubs with the highest number of championships obtained at a professional level with 18 titles. At the national level, it has won the Colombian Primera A fifteen times, being one of the teams with the most championships in the tournament; also, he managed to be crowned champion of the Primera B in the annual tournament of 2016. At the international level, he managed to make outstanding participations in the Copa Libertadores de América, where he achieved four runners-up in the years 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1996, being the Colombian club that He has played more finals in the competition. He also managed to be crowned continental champion in the Simón Bolívar Cup in 1975 and in the Merconorte Cup in 1999; achievements that made it one of the most prestigious clubs in Colombia.

It disputes the Clásico vallecaucano against Deportivo Cali, and the so-called Clásico de rojos with Independiente Santa Fe, as well as having other rivalries with Millonarios and Atlético Nacional.

The turning point in its history came in the mid-1970s, when it won its first official title after more than 50 years of being established and after 31 years of the creation of Colombian soccer. His first official title was late in coming, because even though he was an occasional entertainer of the tournament, the lack of economic solvency marginalized him from the prominence he deserved due to his historical importance and popular roots, for the 80s he would achieve the record of 5 consecutive championships (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986) and three consecutive Copa Libertadores finals (1985, 1986 and 1987), leaving runner-up on all occasions, now consolidating with titles not only its historical importance but also its appearance on the international scene.

Between 1996 and 2013, the club was included in the so-called Clinton List, accused of laundering assets from the Cali Cartel. Its inclusion in said list triggered an economic crisis that worsened in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century and which threatened the team's demise in subsequent years. Being on the list prevented Corporación Deportiva América from having bank accounts, as well as establishing contractual ties with national and international companies, which left the team without sponsorship income, which led América to subsist on income from rights of television sale of shirts and income from their fans to the stadium.

In 2011, after 57 years in the first division, he lost the category, descending to Primera B, in which he played since the 2012 season, after losing in the promotion series against Patriotas Boyacá in the series penalties, thus being the first, and so far the only, big team from Colombia to be relegated to the second division. His stay in the promotion tournament lasted 5 years, since in November 2016 América achieved promotion and returned to the First Division of Colombia.

In March 2012 and after 4 years of failed efforts aimed at restructuring for subsequent sanitation, the new organization América S.A. was created. In addition, it went from 2,500 contributors to 211 shareholders. On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, the new company was officially presented to Dimayor, who went on to recognize the entity that owns the team's sports rights no longer as Corporación Deportiva América but as Sociedad Anónima Deportiva América S.A. and, subsequently and in a simplified manner, América de Cali S.A..

For the IFFHS it is the best Colombian club of the 20th century and the fifth best Colombian club so far in the 21st century. In 1996 it was recognized by the entity as the second best team in the world, only surpassed by the Juventus de Turín. It is also ranked 37th in the world club rankings of all time according to the IFFHS, being the best positioned Colombian team on the list.

Regarding CONMEBOL, it is the second best Colombian club in international tournaments with 512.58 points and ranks 36th in the official ranking of Copa Libertadores clubs. It is recognized by FIFA as one of the Clubs Clásicos del Mundo and named by the entity as The Passion of a People.

History of America

Origins

It is known that America had its beginnings around the year 1918; Don Pablo Manrique, the first coach of América, affirmed that the team appeared for the first time under that name on December 21, 1918 and, eight months later, on the occasion of the Centenary of the Battle of Boyacá, participated in the homonymous tournament and he won it on August 3, 1919, by defeating the Latino del Valle team by a score of 3-0, also being the first trophy obtained since its unofficial foundation; shortly after the team disintegrated.

Some time later, around 1925, whose exact date has not been specified, there was a group called "Junior", a club that wore the distinctive colors of the Argentine team Racing de Avellaneda and wore said shirts imported from Argentina by the Anzola y Co. warehouse, which is why they also called it Racing Club. training a sleeve of the Central Cemetery.

Simultaneously, a group of youngsters were playing on the Independiente team. Those footballers had had disagreements with the people of the Junior Club (or Racing), and led by the players Arturo Salazar and Luis Mercado Posso made the decision to leave the team and go to Independiente, which was already playing; blue uniform that had been chosen for the team, it was then that it was proposed to start from scratch with a new name and colors for the nascent currency.

On the other hand, the version of Alfonso Bonilla Aragón, an important journalist and writer from Cali, is known. Bonilla Aragón lived closely the genesis of the current Red Devils team because his brother Ramón Antonio was one of the first goalkeepers of the nascent team; also because during his life he was a declared rabid fan of the scarlet squad.

BonAr recounted (as it was also known) that "soccer arrived in Santiago de Cali brought from London by young students from the El Empedrado sector, children of prominent families from the city who had been sent to study there for His parents. To complete the twenty-two elements required by the regulations, these students explained to their other classmates, belonging to the Santa Librada and San Luis schools, what the game consisted of". BonAr does not mention the specific years, but it could well have be between 1910 and 1912. It is the biggest team in Colombia.

Formal Foundation of America

The story goes that on February 13, 1927, the day that is considered the official date of foundation, the 'new' América played a match against the Marist Brothers team, in Yanaconas. At nine o'clock the match began; the first half was 2-0 in favor of América, they had to let themselves tie 3-3 so as not to lose the beer and food they had been offered. The precision of the date was indicated by Benjamín Urrea, one of the founders of the scarlet painting, who went down to posterity with the nickname Garabato.

América F. C. was born from Junior or Racing, and began to win its titles. Well, a year after it was founded, it won the second-category departmental championship, defeating Ensign Real (formerly Boyacá) in the final game. It had also defeated Colombia, the first American championship was achieved on September 29, 1927.

Theories about names and colors

According to Luis Hernando Lenis, the name of the team was born from an unimportant comment made by the captain of the Uruguayan national team in 1924. "A good name for a team is America, stated the captain of the sky blue team; Since then, that's what the eleventh red of Cali has been called. , made a special impression and from that moment the team began to dress entirely in red.

Another of the theories about the origin of the name and the colors, one of the most accepted, says that the name was chosen as a tribute to America Football Club (the 1918 team) and the choice of colors is due to the fact that On the 1931 tour, some members of the team attended, as spectators, a basketball game between the Unión Colombia quintets and the Red Devils. The latter dressed entirely in red and as a consequence, America decided to continue playing in red, from top to bottom, colors that became official around the year 1936.

The 1931 National Tour

According to Marco Tulio Villalobos, goalkeeper for América in those years, the red eleven was champion of the second-category amateur tournament in 1930, for this reason its directors thought about the possibility of entering the first-category tournament in 1931, and To measure this possibility, it was decided to organize a tournament. América agreed to the final of the tournament where they would face The Cali Football Club (probably but not confirmed antecedent of the current Deportivo Cali), which they won by 1 to 0 to the red team. Said match was marked by controversy, since the referee of the match determined to invalidate 2 goals scored by América presumably out of place, which cost the red the loss of the title that remained in the hands of Cali F. C. As a protest against what What they considered an unfair ruling, close to the scarlet team published some flyers against the arbitration, which caused the club to be suspended by the Federation from all regional competitions in Valle del Cauca for a year.

In order to maintain soccer activity, the directors of América decided to undertake a tour throughout the country, being the first club in Colombia to carry out such an expedition. The red directors led by their president Luis Carlos Cárdenas take the decision to play in different places of the national territory so as not to let the institution die.

Their journey began on May 5, 1931 and five games were played in Bogotá, América winning four and losing one. Initially they defeated Medicine 1-3, later the Bogota National Team by the same score, the famous Bartolinos team 0-3, and Escuelas Internacionales 2-5. The last game in the capital was against Juventud and América fell 1 -0, with which he lost the disputed trophy, the Olaya Herrera Cup. Villalobos' testimony indicates that this last game was not won due to the actions of the referee.

America was already leaving the capital when the eleventh Peruvian Association Brondy (who was the same Ciclista Lima as the businessman Augusto Brondy, for that reason the team was also called Association Brondy) arrived, who had also been in Cali, and opened the international season against the newly christened Red Devils. True figures of Inca soccer played in that team and naturally they won, but América scored two goals for this team, something that no other team in Colombia could achieve, not even in Barranquilla, during Brondy's stay on national soil.

The tour continued along the Caribbean Coast, the team took 4 days to reach Barranquilla by the Magdalena River, in that city they faced the most important teams in the Atlantic, winning 1 game, losing 2 and drawing 2; playing On a sand surface that was not customary for scarlet players, in Santa Marta the promoter leader of the raid abandoned the team, taking the profits from the matches. It was said that he had fled to Venezuela.

It corresponded to the governor of the department of Magdalena, a leader named Goenaga, to declare América the 'official team', likewise he contributed with the trip of the scarlet painting back to Cali by paying half the value of the tickets. Some sections of the difficult return were made by boat from Barranquilla to Puerto Berrío, then to Medellín by rail and later to Manizales. The players arrived in Cali with a balance of 40 cents, which always, and for consolation, was "good money" at the time.

The victorious delegation from America was received at the "Alférez Real" by the president of the Valle del Cauca Federation. The first question from the scarlet players was: "When do we play Cali to define superiority?" It is said that this had been divided into two, Bolívar and Granada, despite the fact that there is evidence of the existence of Cali continuously until 1934. Although the team was apparently declared champion for its achievements, on November 15, 1931 a great final was played against "Bolívar" and the result was 5-1 The game was held at four in the afternoon, with the arbitration of Kurt Bieler, crowning America champion of the tournament after being dismissed, the departmental title would be won by the scarlet team in the 1932 contest and he would endorse it at least until 1935, since in 1936 he was measured against Hispania de Palmira in the definition. The scarlet team lost by a goal that was initially doubtful because visibility was minimal, so the match judge questioned the red goalkeeper Marco Tulio Villalobos if the ball had fully entered his goal, and "Villa";, in a huge gesture of honesty, he answered in the affirmative. Thus, Hispania beat the Devils 1-0.

The Curse of 'Scribble'

Benjamín Urrea, born in 1912, was a dentist from Palmyra and also one of the founding members and players of the red team in his amateur days. Urrea was known by the nicknames of 'Flaco', &# 39;Rod' and, probably the one that has transcended the most, Doodle; he was always a serious opponent of the eventual professionalization of the team, especially after achieving outstanding victories in his amateur stage.

There are three versions of the story: the first says that when 'Doodle' He realized that Humberto Salcedo Fernández (also known as & # 39; Salcefer & # 39; and president of the team at the time) had registered the team in Dimayor, he cursed the club. According to the saying, "Doodle" he would have expressed: "that they make it professional, that they do with the team what they want... that, by my God, America will never be champion".

The second says that Urrea went to collect the sum of $200 at the time from the directors of América, for uniforms, and since they did not want to pay him, he became enraged and cursed all the directors, but according to his relatives, never to the club.

The third was published by the newspaper El Colombiano on December 23, 1979. In an interview, Garabato stated that «when they kicked me out, after having served the team so much, I went to a canteen that called 'El Hoyo', located at Carrera 3rd with Calle 17 and in the midst of women with a happy life, I began to drink and proceeded to take a bottle of brandy, I squeezed it and carried it in my hands to the back end of the back and one by one I cursed the players and managers of America. The curse fell on the team, because they could never ever be champion...".

In 1979, 'Doodle' and the members of the team's board of directors at that time held a mass on the grass of the Pascual Guerrero stadium in which a document was signed officially declaring a renewed team and putting an end to the curse. That same year, America would win the Colombian professional soccer title for the first time. The following year the journalist Rafael Medina and the singer Antonio del Vilar performed a rite to exorcise the curse, in the center of the Pascual Guerrero Stadium. However, América has failed to win the Copa Libertadores, despite reaching four finals and having even been a few seconds away from winning it, which has led one to think that the curse still persists in this international tournament.

On January 5, 2008, the popular "Garabato" in a nursing home in the city of Cali.

Professionalism

1940s

In the first years of the 1940s (1940-1946) foreign teams visited the country to play friendlies, this made America, together with important clubs such as Boca Juniors from Cali and the representatives from Barranquilla and Bogotá, recognized on an international level.

• 1940 What would be his first international tour for his neighboring countries, successfully visiting Ecuador and Bolivia.

• 1945 He made his second national tour through the cities of Bogota, Medellin and Barranquilla; unlike the 31st tour in which he traveled by bus, on this occasion he went by air. For these times football was already a more popular sport in the country and there were the best sports scenes for the practice of sport.

• 1946 The Colombian Amateur Selection is crowned champion in Barranquilla of the Central American and Caribbean Games. In that team there were 3 players from the Americas: the 'Maestro' Edgar Mallarino, Faustino Castillo and Dimas Gómez. In this year the team was joined by a young 16-year-old archer who would forever change the history of the scarlet painting: he was Dr. Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, and at that time his companions called him 'Ochoita' for being the youngest in the table.

• 1947 For the first time America hires foreigners: the players Zegarra and Montañes, of Peruvian nationality, and the Uruguayan technical director Donaldo Ross.

• 1948. On February 16, Humberto Salcedo Fernández 'Salcefer' and Dr. Manuel Correa Valencia constitute the Americas as a professional football club, while being the first in Colombia of this class. 'Salcefer' receives the appointment as the first president of the institution and later the Dimayor. In this same year the first edition of the Colombian professional football was organized which was eventually won by the Santa Fe. America participated in that tournament and ended in fifth place, under the technical direction of Fernando Paternoster.
  • The first official game of the Red Devils in the Colombian professional championship was played on August 15, 1948. At the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, the scarlet painting received the Independent Deportivo Medellín. The first goal in the American professional era was scored by Inocencio Paz Lasso, known as 'Cencio', and the final score of the scarlet debut was 4-0.

• 1949. Colombian football has a great change since the arrival of Adolfo Pedernera for Millonarios, and soon after Alfredo Di Stéfano and Néstor Raúl Rossi also for the blue team, which would start the period called 'El Dorado'. The clubs open the borders to all kinds of Argentine players who are arriving without transfers to the different categories of the rental. The finances in the scarlet box were not enough to hire large figures, however making a great effort is linked to the Argentines Moses Emilio Reuben as a coach-player, Manuel Spagnolo, Julio Tocker and César Castagno; the Costa Rican Rafael Angel 'Fellow' García, the Ecuadorian Ulpiano Arias and the Colombian Golero Efraín 'the Caimán' San Sánchez after his step by the Argentinean. The campaign was regular; America ended at 10th of the championship.

1950s

The 1950s were a difficult time for America, the economic situation of many of the nationally rented clubs was not optimal, due to the high salaries earned by the soccer players who arrived in the country since 1949. The situation worsened in 1951 after the signing of the Pact of Lima, a document that forced the teams to return the foreigners to their clubs of origin, thus allowing FIFA to reverse its decision to disaffiliate Colombia. With the Pact of Lima, 'El Dorado' was also terminated. The absence of glittering names, and the obvious superiority of Millonarios over the rest of the competitors, ended up driving fans away from the stadiums.

America was no stranger to these hard times, and for financial reasons was absent from the 1953 tournament. It was also a difficult time in terms of sports results. The best campaign in this decade was a sixth place in the professional championship in 1952. Between 1954 and 1959, the team wandered between the middle and the bottom of the table, being the worst performances in the years 1958 and 1959, when it was in the last position. It is noteworthy that in 1959 America was about to not participate in the tournament; however, the reappearance of Deportivo Cali, the other team in the city after the disappearance of Boca Juniors, encouraged Pedro Sellares, president at the time, to take part in the championship.

1960s

Though the decade got off to a promising start; The 1960s for America was another era that passed between good and regular campaigns. Of this decade, the 2 runners-up and a third place stand out, in addition to the two national titles obtained by the Reserve Team in 1966 and 1967.

• 1960: The team was again about not to participate. Aníbal Aguirre Arias, aware of the difficult economic situation in Spain, began to manage the return of the Boca Juniors, which would act with the chip that would leave America available. Some American leaders, led by Dr. Manuel Correa Valencia, fought to prevent the red picture from disappearing. Their efforts were rewarded because the president of the Dimayor of the time supported the cause of the Oblate managers. Aguirre Arias, who had practically signed the contract of Adolfo Pedernera to direct the Boca Juniors, ended up integrating it into the Americas. From the hand of the Argentine technician, America gets the first sub-campus of its history. The key to good performance was the payroll that Pedernera armó, made up of very good national and foreign players, such as Camilo Rodolfo Cervino, Juan Manuel López, Arcángel Brittos, Jorge Mousegne, Jaime 'Charol' González and Carlos Montaño. The champion would be Independent Santa Fe, led by Julio Tocker.

• 1961: America returns to the middle of the board. In the 1961 tournament it would end eighth. During the year he had three technical directors: the teacher Pedernera, the Uruguayan Manuel Sanguinetti and the Paraguayan Porfirio Rolón. The only rough feature of this campaign makes reference to the score of a match: during the second round of the championship, America beat Deportivo Cali by 5-0, this being the largest victory in a classic vallecaucano. Luis C. Paz, Máximo Rolón scored two times, Manuel Blanco and Camilo Cervino.

• 1967: America finishes third, after 6 years located in intermediate positions. The technical director was the philosopher Julio Tocker. Another relevant fact of this campaign was the undefeated figure that achieved the scarlet painting, adding 22 unsuccessful dates. The Magdalena Union would be the 'verdugo' of this undefeated, by defeating the Americas by 4-0 in Santa Marta.

• 1969: Under the technical direction of Argentinian Angel Perucca, America achieves the second subfielder of its history, making a good campaign. Perucca had arrived the year immediately prior to the red picture and had obtained a sixth place. The champion would be Deportivo Cali, who imposed himself in the final triangular to America and Millonarios. The Spanish team had important players, both national and foreign, highlighting who was for a long time the highest scorer of the Colombian tournament in all its history, the Argentine Hugo Horacio Lóndero.

1970s

The 1970s would usher in America's golden age. Achievements such as the first Colombian professional soccer title, the first participation in the Copa Libertadores de América and the Simón Bolívar Cup title (although this tournament is not endorsed as official by Conmebol or FIFA), came at this time; however, it should be noted that the beginning of the decade was regular, and that the best results came at the end of it.

• 1970: Thanks to the sub-campage obtained the previous year, America participates for the first time in Copa Libertadores. However, due to the non-participation of Brazilian clubs in that edition, America had to face a larger stumbling block, as it joined six teams from three countries in its group, but maintaining only two quotas for the next phase, the same number of quotas awarded by the other three groups, in which only four teams (two per country) competed. They were their rivals in the first phase their classic courtyard rival, Deportivo Cali, and the Chilean representative Universidad de Chile (who would be semi-finalist) and Rangers de Talca, as well as the Paraguayans, Guaraní and Olimpia. The participation was modest, as the Oblate group did not exceed the first round. As for the National Tournament America failed to qualify the final quadrangular, after remaining tenth at the opening and fifth at the closing.

• 1971-1977: Except in 1974, when he achieved the second place of finalization and advanced to the final hexagonal and final rematizing, America had no major interventions in the Colombian tournament. His greatest achievement during this period was to win the title of the Simón Bolívar Cup in the first semester of 1976, by the coach Antonio d’Accorso, thus achieving an important title of that official tournament that included clubs from Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia in that edition.

• 1978: Over the second place of 1974, which until that date was the best participation, America gets for the first time in its history to finish the Finalization Tournament, thus achieving a quota for the semifinal quadrangles. The lack of hierarchy influenced that the Red Devils could not reach the group that would contest the championship, because he did not know to maintain victories that escaped him in the last few minutes. He'd finish his quadrangular at a point of the second. The technician was the Uruguayan Víctor Pignanelli, who played in America for part of the 1960s. Pignanelli left somewhat annoying with the American managers, because they entered into conversations at the end of the year with the Argentinean Juan Carlos Lorenzo when the charrúa contract had not yet expired (fined on 31 December). Finally Lorenzo, who won the Copa Libertadores with Boca Juniors in that year, did not accept the charge and on December 12 it was known that the replacement of Pignanelli would be the doctor Gabriel Ochoa Uribe.

• 1979: After 31 years of the start of Colombian professional football, America got its first title in what is considered the most important year in the history of the club. Under the technical guidance of Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, the Red Devils were seconds of the Opening and won the Finalization. In the semifinal quadrangles America culminated second in group A, thus ensuring a coupo in the final quadrangular. After 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat, America crowned the national tournament champion and the subfield was Independent Santa Fe. The last match was before the Magdalena Union on December 19. A 2-0 victory, in the face of an excessively full stadium, gave the longing title to the cast.

The payroll that reached the championship had excellent players, such as Luis Alegría Valencia, Aurelio José Pascuttini, Gabriel Chaparro, Luis Eduardo Reyes, Wilson Américo Quiñónez, Carlos Alfredo Gay, Juan Manuel Battaglia, Gerardo González Aquino, Víctor Lugo, Jorge Ramón Cáceres and Alfonso Cañón, among others. The date of the achievement of the title would become a milestone in American history. "19"is the name with which the American fanatics baptized that day. A homonymous song was interpreted by Alberto Beltrán, becoming with time an hymn for the slain slain.

1980s

The 1980s were one of the best times for America, as they won five consecutive national titles between 1982 and 1986 and 3 consecutive Copa Libertadores runner-ups in 1985, 1986 and 1987. Their worst appearance in the national tournament was Third, it also incorporated some of the greatest national and foreign figures that Colombian soccer has ever had and came to form the most expensive payroll on the continent.

• 1980. America started well the year. Although he did not get the title was second of the Opening, third of the Finalization and third of the national tournament. He had great figures of football as the Uruguayan archer Ladislao Mazurkiewicz and Carlos Horacio Miori; he also carried out a good campaign in Copa Libertadores where he first hit the semifinals.

• 1981 Once again he gets the third place in the national championship, he hires some of the most important figures in his history such as Julio César Falcioni and Roque Alfaro, also wins for the first time the tournament Opening and occupies the 7th place of the Finalization.

• 1982 For the second time in his history America crowned national champion, this time against Millonarios in Bogotá. In addition, for the first time in Colombia, he won the Opening, Finalization and the Final Octogonal tournament. In this season it is linked who to the dessert would be the historical scorer, the samario Antony de Ávila.

• 1983 The club won the second consecutive title, in a series related to the Junior of Barranquilla and the Atlético Nacional. America had one of the most important additions in the history of the red ensemble, Willington Ortiz, who was transferred from Deportivo Cali by an unknown figure. He also kept players like Humberto Sierra, who later went to Chilean football, to play in La Serena Sports. This year also reached the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.

• 1984 The fourth national title was achieved by America again against Millonarios. In this season he incorporated other star figures such as the Peruvians César Cueto and Guillermo La Rosa, as well as debut in the first team Álex Escobar. For the second time he won the Opening (Copa de La Paz), the Finalization and the final Octogonal that gave the title of the year. He also surpassed the mark of 22 undefeated dates of 1967, now achieving 23 dates. In Copa Libertadores participation was not the best since it did not exceed the first phase.

• 1985 The fifth national title is achieved against the Junior of Barranquilla for the minimum difference with goal of Juan Manuel Battaglia. The team was first of the Finalization tournament, and in the final Octogonal it achieved a valuable victory in the penultimate match against the Cali Sports Party, which left it at the shot of as to give its fifth Olympic round as it actually happened. It was also the first time that a Colombian archer came out with the Red Devils defending the scarlet fence, and that honor corresponded to Reynel Ruiz. For this year America hired the services of the international Ricardo Gareca and Roberto Cabañas. It is an important year since he also got the sub-campo in Copa Libertadores for the first time where he was defeated by Argentinos Juniors. In the ida match in Buenos Aires he won Argentinos Juniors 1-0 and in the back in Cali he won America for equal score with Willington Ortiz goal. The third strip game was played in Asunción and was tied 1-1. The party was defined from the penal point, where he was victorious Argentinos Juniors.

A curious fact is that Julio César Falcioni was the player chosen to kick América's last penalty, but at the last moment the Argentine goalkeeper refused and it was Antony de Ávila's turn, who missed the charge and thus lost the final. It is also worth noting that the referee of this match, the Chilean Hernán Silva, validated an irregular movement by the goalkeeper Enrique Vidallé that allowed him to stop the collection of the young samarium.

• 1986 For the sixth time champion setting the mark of 5 consecutive titles; the title was obtained against the playground rival, Deportivo Cali and again in fierce dispute with this and Millonarios. Again, he is a champion of the Copa Libertadores de América, this time against River Plate of Argentina. The Argentine team was superior to the Americas on that occasion and won the two parties, with an outstanding performance by Juan Gilberto Funes.

• 1987 America is a sub-camp of the Colombian tournament, surpassed by Millonarios and also reaches for the third consecutive time the final of the Copa Libertadores, against Peñarol of Uruguay. The first match in Cali won America 2-0 with goals of Battaglia and Cabañas and the second Peñarol won it 2-1 in Montevideo with the discount of Cabañas. The game played in Santiago de Chile where America was a champion until the last 10 seconds of the game when Diego Aguirre scored 1-0 for Peñarol and that way America lost its third Copa Libertadores final. It should be noted that to travel to Chile the Americas had to go through several difficulties, for example the plane on which it was going to travel was damaged and the team had to sleep at the airport, then there were no reservations at the hotel and the team spent the entire day at Carrasco airport. Because of this series of inconveniences that came forward, we started talking about sabotage, but nothing was checked.

• 1988 Another regular season. He finished third of the national tournament over Millonarios and Atlético Nacional. He also reached the semifinals at the Copa Libertadores where he was eliminated by National Uruguay.

• 1989 The tournament went to history for the murder of referee Alvaro Ortega. America won the two phases of all against all (the Opening and Finalization tournaments) and was third of the Colombia Cup which won the Santa Fe. When he was in dispute with the semi-final of the Colombian championship, there was the murder of the referee Ortega, which led to the cancellation of the tournament. In this season the team was joined by the Colombian goalie Sergio Angulo.

1990s

The 1990s were also very successful for América de Cali, since in this decade 3 championships were achieved (1990, 1992 and 1997), 3 runners-up (1991, 1995 and 1999), a runner-up in Copa Libertadores 1996 and the second international title: the Copa Merconorte in 1999. With these achievements, América began another decade of success in which the teams that dominated were América itself, Atlético Nacional, Deportivo Cali and Junior de Barranquilla.

• 1990 He got the seventh title in the national championship against Santa Fe in Bogotá with the goal of Sergio 'Checho' Angulo, for the third time in history he wins all the tournaments of the year. This title was the last of the doctor Ochoa Uribe as a technician.

• 1991 America is a sub-camp of the national tournament and reaches to quarters of finals in Copa Libertadores. The Colombian teams were disabled to act as locals in their country, America played their 'home' matches at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The first time the Copa Libertadores played in the United States was in the match between America and Atlético Nacional. The match was won by the eleventh red with an Avila Antony goal after a Higuita error. In December, after concluding the final quadrangular of the Colombian tournament, Dr. Gabriel Ochoa Uribe withdrew from the team and from football.

• 1992 America is the champion of Colombia for the eighth time again before the Deportivo Cali with a goal of Freddy Rincón and two of the "Pipa" of Ávila. On this occasion the title was obtained under the technical direction of Francisco Maturana and the assistance of Diego Umaña. Also in this year he arrives at the semifinal of Copa Libertadores, where he was eliminated by the Newell's Old Boys of Marcelo Bielsa in dramatic definition by criminals that ended in result of 10-11, where the last release of the Americas was diverted by the archer of Newell's, to then crash with a vertical and not enter the arch, thus giving the victory to the Argentine team.

• 1993 America ends in the fourth place of the national tournament but again is semi-finalist of the Copa Libertadores, where it is eliminated by Catholic University, again dramatically, this time with a goal of Ricardo Lunari, who gave the classification to the Chileans in the '87 minute; During the development of the continental championship, it became the first Colombian team (and until now the only one) that succeeds in the Maracaná stadium, by defeating the Flamengo 1 Silva

• 1994 America is third in the Colombian tournament, overcome by its classic rivals Atlético Nacional and Millonarios; however, it got the coup to the Conmebol Cup of the following year.

• 1995 Local tournament champion in Colombia with Professor Diego Edison Umaña after an intense head-to-head with the Junior, plus a third place at the Conmebol Cup.

• 1996 He took part in Copa Libertadores 1996 and got for the fourth time being a champion, again in front of the River Plate of Argentina. The first match in Cali won America 1-0 with an Anthony of Avila goal practically Olympic by the impossible angle., In the second meeting, River Plate started winning 1-0 with the goal of Hernan Crespo. The 2-0 got it again by Hernán Crespo, after an incredible mistake of the archer Óscar Córdoba, when he left the area and took the ball off badly. In the local tournament it reached the final quadrangular, where it was last.

• 1996-1997 This was the longest tournament in the history of Colombia (and perhaps the world), as it lasted 16 months. However, America, under the guidance of Luis Augusto 'Chiqui' García, occupied the first place throughout the tournament and got for the ninth occasion the Colombian championship in front of the Atlético Bucaramanga (winner of the "Torneo Aecuación"), with goals of Leonardo Fabio "El Cantante" Moreno, Adolfo 'Tren' Valencia and Julián "El Matador" Téllez. At the beginning of 1997 he set second place in the world ranking of clubs of the International Federation of History and Statistics of Football IFFHS, with 261,5 ptos, surpassed only by the Juventus of Italy, with 335 ptos. García's total campaign was of 76 games played, 41 wins, 20 tied and 15 lost. He got 148 points, with 113 goals in favor and 69 against. Champion America 1996-97 won 14 matches in a consecutive way.

• 1998 In November the technician Diego Edison Umaña is forced to withdraw from the team for serious health breaks. In his replacement he assumes the coach of the lower divisions of the Red Devils. At that time he was a complete stranger and the country's sports press questioned his ability to direct the professional board. His name: Jaime de la Pava. In the league he finished sixth, classifying the semifinal quadrangles where he was third in his group. In the Libertadores Cup of that year it was eliminated in eighths of final in front of Cerro Porteño.

• 1999 Under the technical direction of Jaime de la Pava, ratified by the board of directors to follow the lead of the first team, plus the assistance of Diego Barragán, America gets a coupo to contest the end of Colombian football in December and to be representative of Colombia at the Copa Libertadores 2000. After playing two finals in less than three days, the Americas culminates in 1999 with extraordinary achievements: Mustang Tournament sub-field 1999 against Atlético Nacional from the penal point and Merconorte Cup champion 1999 against Independent Santa Fe on the same track, the second international tournament that won in its history.

The new millennium

Mustang Cup Trophy to the Colombian Championship Champion 2001.

The new millennium marked a contrast for América, although the team won 4 titles (2000, 2001, 2002-I, 2008-II), 1 subtitle (2008-I) and outstanding participation in international tournaments (Copa Libertadores 2003), the institution entered a deep economic crisis, due in large part to the restrictions of the Clinton List, which had repercussions in sports (causing America to have been close to relegation in 2007 and in 2010 and finally descended in 2011), as well as administratively, since she was prevented from managing bank accounts as well as from negotiating the sponsorship of her clothing with different private companies. America relied on its quarry, from which players have emerged who have been important in the various American campaigns throughout the first decade of the new millennium.

• 2000 In the season, it was second of the Opening Tournament, first of the Finalization Tournament and with this it obtained a coupo for the Copa Libertadores de América. In the final quadrangular he got the first place that crowned him as champion of the Colombian tournament for the tenth time. The last match was against Tolima Sports, where America won 2-0 with goals by Luis Asprilla and Néstor Salazar. It was also the first time that a technical vallecaucan was crowned champion running a team from the same land, the honor was for the professor of Jaime de la Pava. In the Copa Libertadores of that year, America faced the Central Rosary of Argentina, Sporting Cristal of Peru and Atletico Colegiales de Paraguay. Pass the first phase with 16 points. In the eighth phase he faces the Americas of Mexico, and he is eliminated after losing 2-1 in Mexico and 2-3 in Bogotá. It should be noted that the games of America as a local in the Cup were played at the El Campín stadium in Bogotá, due to the repairs made to the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium.

• 2001 In the last long tournament so far, the Americas of Jaime de la Pava was crowned champion for the eleventh time after winning 3-0 in the global score to the Independent Deportivo Medellín. In the one-way match in Medellin, he won 0-1 and back 2-0 goals of Edison "Guigo" Mafla and Julián Vásquez. The "Guigo" was the figure of that party for the free shooting goal he scored and also for the assistance he made to Julián Vásquez for the second goal. In Copa Libertadores, a good campaign was also made and the final quarters were reached. The Escarlatas were unavoidably eliminated by Rosario Central in definition from the criminal point, where nothing served the great effort of the American archer Luis Barbat, who stopped several criminals.

• 2002 In the first short tournament, America got its seventeenth star at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium against the National Atletic. With this championship he won the tricampeonato (three consecutive titles) under the technical direction of Jaime de la Pava (who retired from the team at the end of this tournament) and thus became the only team to have a pentacampeonato and a tricampeonato. In the Copa Libertadores 2002, America faces the Bolivar of Bolivia, Olmedo of Ecuador and Atlético Paranaense of Brazil (it is also worth noting that for the first time a Colombian team beats 5-0 to one Brazilian, as happened with the Americas and Paranaense). He passes the first phase as a group leader. In the eighth phase, America faces the Uruguayan National and loses 1-0 in Montevideo and empata 0-0 in Cali, remaining outside the tournament. In the South American Cup of that year, he faces Atlético Nacional and is eliminated in the first phase, after losing with the Colombian club 3-1 in the global. In the Finalization it did not qualify the end by being eliminated in its quadrangular by the Pasto Sports.

• 2003 The Americas again participated in the Copa Libertadores and again reached the semifinals after a rather deficient start (falling 1-5 before the Santos brasilero), the scarlet team is second of its group. In eighths, the Americas beat Avellaneda Racing from the criminal point in the match back in Argentina. America's archer, Róbinson Zapata, became the hero of the night after covering up Racing's last criminal and turning America's. In quarters of finals the rival was River Plate of Argentina, a team that won him two finals of Copa Libertadores: in the match of ida, River Plate won 2-1 for a goal scored in extra time of the second time; in the match back in Cali the America goleo 4-1 to River Plate and went to dispute the semifinal, where it was eliminated by Boca Juniors.

In the opening he classified the quadrangles, where he remained third in his group, while in the Finalization he was left out of the finals when he was eleventh.

• 2004 Directed by Alberto Suárez, who arrived at the team as a technical promoter of players from the lower divisions, America carried out a great campaign in the tournament Opening by ranking first but disappointing in the contest for the title. In the Finalization it would achieve a very similar campaign lagging behind the end and ending third. The highlight of the campaign is that it gains reclassification and is classified with luxury details to the Copa Libertadores 2005.

• 2005 It was a very regular year for the Americas, since at the opening it was eliminated in all against all (11°), but it qualified in the Finalization Tournament to the phase of quadrangles, but it remained third in its group, and it did not qualify the international cup for 2006. Already in the Copa Libertadores of that year, America faced in the pre-Mineros phase of Venezuela, and after defeating it, passes to the stage of groups where it faced the Freedom of Paraguay, Independent Medellín and Atlético Paranaense of Brazil. America was eliminated from the tournament in the first phase.

• 2006 Wrong year for the Americas, as it was eliminated at the opening after losing a 6-0 to Atletico Nacional at the last date. In the finalization he had worse performance, since he was penultimate (17°), only surpassing the F.C. Envigado, a team that went to the First B.

• 2007 At the opening of 2007 he failed to classify the quadranglers as he remained in position 13. After three tournaments without achieving the entry to the semi-final quadrangles of Colombian football (the last time had been in the second semester of 2005), the Americas managed to qualify as third in the round of all against all in the finalization tournament 2007 under the technical direction of Diego Edison Umaña, who took the reins of the team in mid-year. Thanks to his good work, the Spanish cast reached a coupo for the South American Cup 2008, along with Deportivo Cali, his playground rival. For their outstanding achievements, the American managers extended the Diego Umaña contract in mid-2008, as initially agreed, until December of the same year.

• 2008 In the pre-season, America is champion of the International Cup Cafam 50 years, winning the first match against Santa Fe from the penal point and then the final against Millonarios 0-1.

In the Open America Tournament he achieved one of his best campaigns from the title obtained in 2002 by qualifying to the end, which he lost to the amazing Boyacá Chicó in the 4-2 round after packing the 2-2 series frustrating the thirteenth title of the team. America ended in the second ranking with 40 points. As a curious fact, it is worth noting that during this tournament the red box achieved the widest victory, in terms of difference, of the Caucasian Classic in the last decade, with a 0-4 on Saturday 22 March.

He also disputed the 2008 South American Cup, eliminating in the first phase the Maracaibo Atlético Union, then his rival of the square, the Cali Sports. In eighth finals, the Americas is eliminated by the Brazilian Botafogo after beating them 1-0 in the one-way party developed in Cali, but loses by 3-1 as a visitor.

• 2008-II On December 21, the Americas of Cali was crowned for the tenth third time champion of Colombia in obtaining the Finalization Tournament, after overcoming in a vibrant ending to the Independent Medellín. The added marker was 4-1 in favor of the Oblate team. With this victory, America matched the number of Millonarios titles.

• 2009 America had a lousy year, both in sports and in the economics (the institution had a duty of 10 fortnights to the players). In the Opening Tournament it was left outside the semi-final quadrangles, after occupying the thirteenth place. It was also eliminated from the group phase of the Copa Libertadores 2009, after remaining in the last place with 3 points, product of 3 draws and 3 defeats.

In the Finalization Tournament, his campaign was worse than that of the first semester, because he occupied the last place of the board and therefore did not advance the quadrangles. It was the worst tournament in Cali's history. The team culminated last of the reclassification of the year. Due to bad results and bad relations with the board of directors, Diego Umaña was removed from the technical direction of the Americas. Its replacement for the next year is Juan Carlos Grueso, who served as a technician of the lower divisions and ended up being the interim technician after the departure of Umaña. Mr. Grueso comes with very good intentions to the team, but the pressure of bad results and corruption within the institution makes his position as a technical director very short.

2010s

As a result of economic, managerial and sports problems, America entered into an institutional crisis, resulting in the relegation of the team in the 2011 season, in addition to several changes of managers and administrations between 2010 and 2012.

In 2010 America repeats the bad sporting results in the Apertura Tournament. The campaign left him in 16th place, which led to the dismissal of Juan Carlos Grueso and the arrival of a benchmark for the scarlet fans: Jorge Bermúdez.

The campaign of the 'Patrón' Bermúdez is disappointing and after a bad streak of results and some differences with the managers, is relieved of the position and in its replacement is hired another ex-player, Alvaro Aponte. With it achieves the initial objective of the campaign, which was to save the category, and even manages to fight until the last date the step to the semifinal quadrangles of the Finalization Tournament. Thanks to this and to the intention of starting a successful process, it is ratified in office for 2011.

Descent

2011 began with a successful preseason, América is champion for the second time of the Cafam Cup, winning the first match against Santa Fe and later the final against Millonarios 2-1. He was also in Peru playing friendlies; in the Opening Tournament it started without reinforcements in the first 3 dates by decision of Dimayor due to debts. Finally fixed the problem, they were able to play all the reinforcements. He had a difficult year as he had to play home games at the Francisco Rivera Escobar Stadium in Palmira. They stayed by a few points out of the final home runs of the league and, due to lack of payments, they lost 3 games by W.O in the Colombia Cup, being eliminated after having occupied the leadership of their group.

In the Finalization Tournament, América is reinforced with several players who had been figures in past seasons such as Julián Viáfara, Rubén Bustos, Hernando Patiño, Jairo Castillo, Paulo Arango and Jersson González. With only two disputed dates (one draw and one loss) coach Álvaro Aponte is replaced by Wilson Piedrahita. With only two dates left to finish the round-robin phase, the team is left playing the promotion series to define its permanence in Primera A against the runner-up in Primera B; For the first time in the history of Colombian soccer, a team of the so-called "big" he plays for permanence in the category. Although his classification to home runs was practically impossible before the start of the last date, he manages to qualify in eighth place after a series of favorable results in the games of said date. Once Caldas eliminated the scarlets with an aggregate score of 2-0. In the promotion they faced Patriotas Boyacá; after drawing both games 1-1, the team from Cali lost 4-3 on penalties and they were relegated for the first time after 57 years in the first division.

Stay in the First B

In 2012 the team faces its first season in the First B Category under the technical direction of Eduardo Lara, who had led the most successful projects of the Colombian team in its youth categories. Based on the above, a roster based on outstanding players was structured. From these processes, Libis Arenas, Luciano Ospina, John Stiven Mendoza, Yamilson Rivera, Álex Díaz, Javier Calle and some national and foreign reinforcements came to the scarlet team. The scarlets achieve an outstanding campaign, thus reaching the Torneo Apertura championship against Unión Magdalena by way of penalties, undefeated at home with one of the best performances in the history of the category. In addition, for the first time In 5 participations in the Copa Colombia, they qualified for the round of 16 as the undefeated leader of Group E with 22 points, being the best team in the regular phase in the entire tournament, thus concluding one of the best semesters for the Reds in the last years. In the second semester, he lost the first option for direct promotion by not qualifying for the final of Tournament II. Already in dispute of the Promotion Final, they lose to Alianza Petrolera on penalties. In the Promotion Series, they lose to Cúcuta Deportivo in a 5-3 aggregate, resigning the promotion in their first year.

2013 was the second consecutive year for America in the First B Category, this time under the technical direction of Diego Umaña, architect of the last title of the Red Devils in the first division and champion with Junior from Barranquilla and Juan Aurich from Peru, the team put together the most expensive roster of all its campaigns in the second division, names like Alexis Viera, Pedro Tavima, Luis Cardoza, Juan Gilberto Núñez, Johan Arango and foreign reinforcements of Brazilian origin such as Wander Luiz or Flávio Carvalho and the Englishman George Saunders They were in charge of seeking promotion to the highest category, however, the results in the two regular phases could not be maintained in definitive instances and the red team did not achieve the objective of the season, resigning one more year in the second division.

América's third consecutive year in promotion, this time under the technical direction of Jhon Jairo López for almost the entire season was unlike the previous season the attempt to achieve promotion with experienced and emerging players "figures" of the category as well as the experiment of bringing in Spanish players Jesús Suárez, Jorge Brazalez, Diego Gregori and Diego Cascón Sandoval, in the first semester America cherished the hope of promotion but fell resoundingly against Jaguares de Córdoba on aggregate 5-2 in the dispute of Semester I; for the end, the team entered the title dispute just eighth and finished last in their group now led by Luis Augusto García, failing again in their main aspiration, poorly finishing off the worst campaign during their stay in the category B.

In 2015, he participated in the controversial promotion home runs in January, which would give two direct places to the Águila League, making a very poor presentation, being eliminated in the second game under the technical direction of Luis Augusto "Chiqui" García with reinforcements of very little weight, highlighting mainly Ayron del Valle who would be the figure of America and the tournament in the season. In February Fernando Velasco took over as technical director of the club to face the championship and was linked to the legendary striker Ernesto Farías and Néider Morantes to face the tournament, the team had an irregular path throughout the first semester depending on the Morantes-Farías-Del Valle triplet, achieving mixed results. By August, the replacement on the bench was given, arriving José Alberto Suárez, who until then had served as the club's sports director. Coach Suárez began a new sports process with América, notably improving the team's performance in the second half of the year, which placed it in third place in the championship, qualifying for the December promotion home runs in which the team was frustrated again. return to the first category after losing at home against Atlético Bucaramanga, a team that was finally promoted. After failing for the fourth time in the objective of returning to category A, a reengineering process began in the American team in order to achieve the goal in 2016. Alberto Suárez is maintained as DT and seeks to strengthen the defense, the main shortcoming of the red team.

2016 began with high expectations after the auction of the previous year, the arrival of new sponsors and the commitment to put together a good team by the board of directors now headed by Don Tulio Gómez predicted a great season, however in April the coach Alberto Suárez would be dismissed despite having the team classified with an acceptable campaign, the board of directors headed by president Tulio Gómez wanted a winning and disciplined coach, and the chosen one would be Hernán Torres Oliveros from Ibaguero, remembered for having given the last title to Millionaires and their outstanding campaigns with Deportes Tolima and Itagüí

Return to First Division

After an excellent campaign that left it second in the regular table behind Deportivo Pereira with an unbeaten record of 16 rounds, América managed to qualify for the final home runs and was included in group B. On November 27, in the The last date of the home runs, against Deportes Quindío, its most important rival in the group and which had the first option of promotion, América prevailed in an agonizing 2-1 game and sealed its return to Primera A. Already in the dispute for the season title, the scarlets would win the Season Final 5-1 on aggregate against the surprise of the tournament, Tigres Fútbol Club, thus crowning a great 2016.

After five years in the First B Category, América returns to the First Division for the 2017 Season; On their return to the top flight, the team had a good year qualifying for the play-offs in the two tournaments of the year and saving themselves from returning to the First Category B. In the Apertura Tournament they ranked seventh in the round-robin, since they would face Deportivo Pasto in the quarterfinals, drawing a goalless draw (0-0) at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium in the first leg and in the second leg played at the Libertad Departmental Stadium they won by the slightest difference (1-0) with a goal by Juan Camilo Hernández, achieving an important step to the semifinals, a phase where he would be defeated by his backyard rival, Deportivo Cali; in the first match they did not take advantage, achieving a 0-0 score, but in the return match at Estadio Palmaseca Cali would win 2-0 in a very even match where both teams had options to open the scoring, but the ' sugar bowl' He was more accurate and effective, managing to advance to the final, eliminating his archrival who had achieved promotion just six months before. In this way, America closed the first half of the year very well, without forgetting that its main objective was to maintain the category to avoid returning to Primera B.

In the Finalization Tournament, he had a good start in the first three dates, but the team had a downturn and an incredible bump to the point of falling to 16th place in the table and committed to relegation, which caused the dismissal of Hernán Torres due to poor results after the 2-1 defeat against Envigado Fútbol Club on date 11; a house idol who had already been at the club as a player and had been champion in 1990 and 1992, Jorge da Silva, would come to the bench. The & # 39; Moth & # 39;, as he is known, arrives at the club with the obligation and the challenge of not relegating América to Primera B and putting it among the eight best in the tournament; He would respond enormously to expectations, since since his arrival the team had a rise that returned him to the group of eight and having an acceptable performance reaching the last day with the option of saving himself from relegation and ratifying himself in the eight, beating him by the slightest difference. (1-0) to Atlético Bucaramanga. After having achieved the main objective of not being relegated and freed by the pressure of relegation, América reached the quarterfinals to face what at that time was the great favorite to win the league with one of the most expensive payrolls of the moment., the Junior from Barranquilla. In the first leg, no advantages were taken, ending the game in a draw with a pale 0-0, in the second leg played at the Metropolitan Stadium they again drew a tie this time 2-2, achieving the "scarlet" they qualified for the semifinals 4-2 in the penalty shootout. After having eliminated the great favorite, he would meet Millonarios in the semifinals where he would lose 2-1 in the first leg, achieving goals by Ayron del Valle and David Macalister Silva for the "Ballet Azul"; the discount was due to the work of Cristian Martínez Borja from a penalty. In the second leg they did not get hurt, because they would not go beyond 0-0 with which the blue team would get a pass to the championship final. A great year would end for América on its return to the first division, managing to stay in the category and entering the eight in the two tournaments of the year, because thanks to the campaigns carried out, it achieved a quota for reclassification to the Copa Sudamericana 2018, returning to an international tournament after nine years.

2018: A Year to Forget

After having saved the category and having been a semifinalist in 2017, the challenge would come to return to a final and restore greatness to the club, also to play a good role in the 2018 Copa Sudamericana; but first they would play a preseason tournament at the Campín Stadium in Bogotá called the Fox Sports Tournament. In this tournament they would start by winning their first three games against Santa Fe, Millonarios and Deportivo Cali respectively, reaching the final again against Santa Fe this time losing 3-1 finishing runners-up but leaving very good feelings for the start of the league.

However, in the Apertura Tournament the team had a rather poor campaign, despite having won the first game 2-1 against Leones and staying in the eight the first five days. Nor could they advance to the stage in the Copa Sudamericana, being eliminated at the hands of Defense and Justice of Argentina, after having won the first leg 1-0 in Argentina with a goal from Cristian Martínez Borja from a penalty but losing in the second leg in Cali by a score of 3-0, being eliminated in the first instance of the international cup. The 2-0 defeat against Deportivo Pasto on date 10 caused the departure of Jorge da Silva due to the recurring bad results; Later the Portuguese Pedro Felício Santos would be hired, a coach who also failed to rescue good results, since the crisis would worsen more to the point of finishing in the last places of the table, finishing in 17th place, being one of the weakest campaigns of the scarlet box. since his return to the first division.

For the Completion Tournament, Pedro Felício Santos would remain in office without making many changes to the roster, bringing in the experienced Pedro Franco and foreigners Neto Volpi and Fernando Aristeguieta as reinforcements. In the first five dates there was not a good debut, achieving just one victory, two draws and two losses with a very regular balance, leading to the dismissal of the Portuguese coach. A man with extensive experience in Colombian soccer would arrive as a coach and who had already directed the club in the years 2002-2003, Fernando 'Pecoso' Castro. With the arrival of the 'Pecoso' the team had a notable improvement, but it was not enough to enter the group of eight, finishing in 12th place in the table with 25 points; 2018 was a bad sporting year for América, since they did not enter the eight in either of the two tournaments of the year and were eliminated in the first phase of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana. Despite the regular campaign in the Finalization Tournament, &# 39;Freckled' Castro would be ratified at the club for the 2019 season.

2019-2020 The Double Championship

América reaches the year 2019 with the challenge of being the protagonist and being one of the candidates for the title, after the lousy campaign in the 2018 Season. Castro on the scarlet bench, playing the preseason tournament in Bogotá, the second edition of the Fox Sports Tournament in 2019. In this edition they did not achieve the same campaign as the previous year, they barely managed a 1-0 victory against Atlético Nacional and two defeats 1-0 and 2-1 against Santa Fe and Millonarios respectively, finishing in third place in the tournament.

Carnival of the swollen, minutes before crowning champions against Junior.

The Apertura Tournament had a great start in the first rounds occupying the top positions in the championship, but from the 12th round a string of regular results would begin with a 0-0 draw against Atlético Bucaramanga and three consecutive defeats against La Equidad 3-1, 2-1 against Atlético Huila and 1-0 against Deportivo Cali that would lead the club's managers to make the decision to fire the "Pecoso" Castro to the surprise of the fans and the media. Jersson González would arrive on the bench as an interim for the last dates, managing to confirm it among the eight with two wins, two draws and one loss, finishing in fourth position in the round-robin by adding 32 points; for the start of the home runs he would be ratified as a property coach until the end of the championship while a new strategist was defined for the second half. In the home runs, they would start with defeats in the first two rounds, 2-1 against Millonarios and 1-0 against Deportivo Pasto, but would recover in the following two rounds, beating Unión Magdalena 2-0 in Santa Marta and 4-0 in Cali. a new 3-0 defeat against Deportivo Pasto would leave virtually no chance of reaching the final of the Apertura Tournament; In the last game they would play for honor against Millonarios in Bogotá, winning 2-1 and incidentally they would eliminate the blue team from playing in the final giving way to Deportivo Pasto who would beat Unión Magdalena 3-0 in Ipiales.

For the second semester, the Brazilian-Costa Rican Alexandre Guimarães would come to the scarlet bench with the challenge of restoring him the leading role and qualifying in the eight; the same roster from the first semester would be maintained and reinforcements such as Michael Rangel and Duván Vergara would arrive, who would be fundamental pieces of the coaching staff during the championship; In the Finalization Tournament he would start in the best way, managing to claim himself in all eight, but from date 11 to date 15 he had a football slump where they had five games without winning with three draws against Jaguares 2-2, against Atlético Bucaramanga 1- 1 and against La Equidad by 3-3, and two defeats against Atlético Huila by 1-0 and against Deportivo Cali by 3-2 in which they came close to to remove the coach Guimarães; but from date 16 the good results would return by beating Unión Magdalena 2-0, then they would win 2-1 against Millonarios and Atlético Nacional respectively, achieving their qualification for the home runs in advance, they would end the round-robin with a 3-loss. 1 against Cúcuta Deportivo and on the last date they would win by the slightest difference (1-0) against Deportivo Pasto finishing in second position with 35 points. In the home runs they would begin with a 2-1 defeat against Santa Fe in Bogotá, but they would win the following games 3-1 against Alianza Petrolera and 1-0 against Deportivo Cali, they would lose again against their backyard rival Deportivo Cali for 2- 1 at the Estadio Palmaseca and later the victories achieved by 1-0 against Alianza Petrolera and 2-0 against Santa Fe in Cali would qualify them for the final of a League tournament since the remembered Finalization 2008; In this way, they would ensure by reclassification the quota for the Copa Libertadores 2020, a tournament to which they will return after eleven years of absence. In the final they would face the current two-time Colombian soccer champion, Junior de Barranquilla; In the first leg played in Barranquilla, América would draw a valuable 0-0 draw at the Estadio Metropolitano, and in the second leg played at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali they would win the scarlet team 2-0 with an own goal by Sebastián Viera and a goal from Carlos Sierra, achieving the 14th star for his record and winning the league again after 11 long years where difficult times would go through such as the unfortunate relegation in 2011 and five years in Primera B, once again giving great joy to the American fans. In addition, Alexandre Guimarães becomes the first coach born in Brazil to become Colombian soccer champion in its 71-year history and the first foreigner to reach a star with the Red Devils.

After the good results achieved in the previous season, America began 2020 with very high expectations, in the preseason the return of Adrián Ramos was confirmed and the permanence of important players from the previous season such as Michael Rangel (Botín de Oro), Matías Pisano and Duvan Vergara; obtains the ESPN 2020 Tournament title in Bogotá and has a regular start in the League as well as in the Copa Libertadores where it achieves a victory against the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago after many years, the suspension of all tournaments due to COVID-19. 19 affected the income of all the FPC América teams, which was no stranger to this, had to restructure and cut expenses, during the break the coaching staff headed by Alexandre Guimarães, the creator of the star the previous year, as well as two pillars of the team, Michael Rangel and Matías Pisano faced with the impossibility of agreeing on continuity.

Argentinian Juan Cruz Real is linked as coach Despite the resistance of a large sector of the scarlet fans, the board of directors gives the strategist a vote of confidence who in his debut loses the Super League final in Cali against Atlético Junior, while in the auction of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, even leaving a good image of the game, they would finish last in the group without the option of Sudamericana. In the local league, although the team was irregular, it reached the necessary points to qualify for the playoffs. In its debut it would face Atlético Nacional, losing the first leg in Cali 1-2 but coming back in the second leg against a purslane cast decimated by Covid 0-3 in Medellín, the semifinal would cross him again with Junior, whom he eliminated in Barranquilla with a great performance by Adrián Ramos and in the final he would defeat the best team of the year Independiente Santa Fe 3-2 on aggregate, the victory achieved in the first leg 3-0 with the great performance of Yesus Cabrera, Duván Vergara and youth squad player Santiago Moreno.

After the 2020 league title, the results were not very favorable for the Red team and therefore Professor Juan Cruz Real was fired and the experienced World Cup coach Professor Juan Carlos Osorio was hired.

International recognitions

In the world club ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), América was the only Colombian team to rank second on the planet. In the general ranking, from 1990 to 2009, América It ranks 37th, being the best Colombian team.

Social Area

Southern Red Baron

Hinchada of the Americas of Cali

To tell the story of the barra brava Barón Rojo Tribuna Popular Sur, we must go back to December 1991, when "La Furia Roja" was born, a bar made up mostly of adults from popular neighborhoods, characterized by its travels throughout the country following America, once taking four buses to the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla. In the year 94, the bar fragmented and a group of young people decided to return to the origins of the authentic popular bar, which a team known nationally as "La Pasión de un Pueblo" and that since its birth it had been linked to the entrance of the popular neighborhoods of Cali.

This group settled first in the popular north tribune and finally, as it does today, in the south of the Pascual Guerrero stadium.

The bar was officially founded on December 21, 1997. That afternoon, while a small group of 40 fans, in the North stand, dominated by euphoria, danced and jumped around two rags that were being consumed by fire; the other 40,749 fans, between tears and hugs, celebrated the triumph of Luis 'Chiqui' García's team, which gave the "mechita" the star # 9 of him, in Pascual.

What was burning at that moment were the flags of "La Torcida" and "La Mecha", rags that went down in history to leave as the only survivor that of "Baron Rojo", name of the famous Spanish rock group, which in turn was also taken from best war pilot in world history "The Red Baron".

“Arrive, arrive (at the stadium)”, that was the only requirement that the founders, Harold "El Muerto", the Caicedo brothers (Trauma and Cheo), the Vahos brothers (Ruso and Escupa) Among others, they asked fans like Felipe Garcés, then a student at the Universidad del Valle, who, attracted by the songs and his American passion, became a member of the bar since 1999.

“This is going to form, we are going to grow, this is an army, the new race of fans was born here”. With this phrase Alexandro Vahos "Russian", received the fans. To grow as a bar, the model of the Christian churches "each one wins one" was applied. Regardless of whether or not they had to pay that other ticket, the following Sunday, there were no longer 20 but 40, then they went to 80 and so on to 160.

The main feature of the bar were the flags. It was required to take a big, bold and different flag. “Each one waved their flag, choreographies were set up and the bar sang in unison. It caused a great impact on the rest of the fans who attended the stadium because of the color, the songs, the emotion, because of the difference”.

The numerous acts of violence, the frequent accidents, the songs based on famous Spanish-American rock songs, the constant triumphs of America and the evident sympathy on the part of the players, attracted an immense number of young people and children.

By the year 1998, the bar already owned the entire first floor of the south tribune and its party of shredded paper, red smoke, gunpowder, painted faces and rags on the wire fence converted Pascual and on many occasions to others stadiums, in a real red cauldron. While the bar was characterized by its fidelity and constant encouragement towards the red box of the Valley, the unfortunate events related to it made headlines throughout the country.

We remember the destruction in the Medellín subway, the breaking of the railing on the second floor of Pascual Oriental with numerous injuries, the fall of the wire fence in the eastern tribune of Campín and Murillo Toro in Ibagué, the "famous" pitched battle with the Cali police, which resulted in hundreds of detainees and some injured auxiliary police officers, attacks on rival club facilities and constant brawls with fans who visited the city.

In this way, his reputation increased and he would attract more and more American fans throughout Colombia.

Red Riot

To talk about the birth of the barra brava Disturbio Rojo Bogotá, we must go back to 1994, when twelve young people from the capital, seeing the large number of scarlet fans in Bogotá, with the desire and passion they felt for the team, The idea of forming an organized bar was born, with a large number of members who would sing and skip the 90 minutes, and who would travel wherever they went to see the team; This idea began in the year 1997, the bar had more than 100 members, and they began to organize various meetings, in order to buy implements such as the front, bass drums, strips and others.

On May 10 of this same year, the bar organized its first official trip, the destination was Ibagué, around 200 American fans traveled from Bogotá; This is how a great story began to be written on the roads and stadiums of the country. Every time America played, there was a red spot in each stadium, which jumped and jumped throughout the game, whether the fans won or lost, they were there. The members began to be issued cards, a central group called the "cúpula" was assigned, which had the task of directing and organizing the people for the proper functioning of the bar.

The party and the passion that America and the barre vented on the Colombian courts was so great that "filiales" began to unite, that is how "DR Bucaramanga" was born, with more than 300 officially licensed fans, and along with them many more affiliates.

In the year 2000 the dream of all the American fans of the capital came true, for reasons of remodeling the Pascual Guerrero stadium in Cali was closed, and the home of América for the Copa Libertadores could not be other than Bogotá; The best outings in Colombia seen up to that moment were organized, also being recognized before South America for reports and comments made by the Fox Sport channel at the bar.

This same year, a big step was taken for Disturbio Rojo, the first International Barra Trip was organized (the second in the history of barrismo in Colombia "the first was that of Barón Rojo Sur"), the DR arrives in the Capital of Ecuador to encourage America.

In 2002, América would face a national team as a visitor; from Bogotá, 4 buses were present; The party was formed from the stands and moved to the field, where América won by a difference of 2 goals, which caused great inconvenience outside and inside the Atanasio Girardot stadium; Hours later, on the highway, in Cisneros, Antioquia, a strong fight broke out between the 4 DRB buses and 8 buses of "Los del Sur Bucaramanga", the fight lasted for a long time, leaving damaged buses, theft of strips, flags, drums and shirts to the members of Los del Sur. When the riots were ending, a van appeared with armed men, members of the AUC (paramilitary group) from Antioquia, who were looking for the “rolo fans of America”. Unjustly and cowardly, the lives of Juan Manuel Bermúdez Nieto (Chamizo) and Álex Julián Gómez (Quemado) were taken, two members who were born with the barra, who were present everywhere with América and the fans, for whom barrismo was A lifestyle.

The blow for the Red Riot Bogotá and the Colombian barrismo was extremely hard, there were many ideas, to end the bar, to take revenge, but the decision made by the Cúpula was to continue in front for our love for the team, and change the way of thinking of the members and the bar; leaving behind those times of beating, stealing and vandalizing, to follow the team wholeheartedly, support it and put on great shows in the country's stadiums. The step was not taken alone, with the help of the Juan Manuel Bermúdez Nieto Foundation, and Goals in Peace, they have been working for the intellectual and personal growth of the bar. After that hard blow, many members who did not believe in the change of the bar or did not want peace, withdrew, but the bar with the moral help of the team, who offered their condolences and paid various tributes to our fallen brothers, gave the strength to continue with the great story that Disturbio Rojo Bogotá has written in the barrismo of Colombia.

International relations

América de Cali is a highly respected club in Colombia and throughout the American continent for its various titles won, the most important being the five-time championship record in the '80s and the Copa Merconorte title won against Independiente Santa Fe. Since the 1980s the fans of América de Cali and Independiente de Argentina have been friends, mainly due to the simple fact that both are pure red and are nicknamed "Red Devils". This can be verified on social networks, such as Facebook, where there are several pages that offer folklore from the two clubs. When América plays in Argentina, Independiente fans come to support América despite the fact that the rival is from their own country, and also vice versa. In 2003, the Colombian team faced Racing Club, Independiente's classic rival, for the 2003 Copa Libertadores round of 16; When the bar from América arrived in Argentina, they went to the Independiente field and exchanged shirts with the Rojo team. The people of Independiente supported them in their match against Racing, whom they finally eliminated on their own court in the penalty shootout.

Rivalries

With Deportivo Cali: Valle del Cauca Classic

The Valle del Cauca classic (the most played regional derby in the entire history of Colombian soccer), shows Cali as one of the most soccer-friendly cities in the country^{[citation required]} thanks to the title won by América in the 2008-II tournament, with which both teams from the city of Valle del Cauca have added a total of 22 titles. The first piece of information we have about the classic is the final of a departmental tournament in 1931 in which Deportivo Cali beat América 1-0, and in which the referee decided to cancel two of América's goals for being illegal. As a protest, América published some flyers against arbitration and as a consequence it was suspended from all regional competition for a year, therefore its directors decided to carry out the tour throughout the country, which was the first that a Colombian team carried out for that then. América won the five-time championship (fifth consecutive title) in 1986 and the 1992 title against Deportivo Cali.

To date, 279 clásicos have been played: América De Cali has won 87 and Deportivo Cali has won 104; they have tied 88 times. The last classic resulted in a draw, for the Colombia Cup.

According to World Soccer Magazine, the match between América and Deportivo Cali is considered the 35thavo most important classic in the world (9th in South America and the only Colombian on a list of 50 classics). For its part, the soccer magazine FourFourTwo also considers it the best classic that takes place in the country, placing the match in 40th place in its world ranking, and placing it above classics such as Independiente Santa Fe and Millonarios or the duel of Atlético Nacional against Independiente Medellín.

With Atlético Nacional: Popular Classic

Considered one of the main rivalries in Colombian soccer, this recent confrontation is relevant due to the fact that since 1979, when América won its first title, both teams have met to date in more than 15 finals.

The importance of this meeting began in the late eighties. The first meeting dates back to 1948 when the team from Cali beat the purslane team 3-0.

It is the most even clásico in Colombian soccer; Until September 3, 2011 they have met 241 times for a balance of 92 red victories, 86 defeats and 78 draws. The most recent final between these two teams was recorded in the first short tournament of the year 2002-I where América got its twelfth star as a visitor in the city of Medellín. In 1991 they met for the first time in the Copa Libertadores and also in 1992; To date, the matches leave a balance of 6 red victories, 4 green ones and a draw, in addition to clashes in other CONMEBOL tournaments such as the 2002 Copa Sudamericana.

There have been more than 15 clashes between the two clubs in finals, and precisely Atlético Nacional's first title in 1954 was in Palmira, when they were consecrated in the last match of the championship 6-2 at the Francisco Rivera Escobar Stadium against América Another confrontation of this nature was in 1981 when the game took on a true classic atmosphere, as Nacional became champion against América at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, achieving its fourth star. In the nineties the rivalry became a classic of Colombian soccer, since the two achieved three titles in this period and their meetings in international cups were permanent. In 1990 and 1992, América became champion and left Atlético Nacional runner-up and in 1991 and 1999 the opposite occurred, either due to direct confrontations or by position in the home runs. In continental tournaments, the clashes were always even, and twice there was a direct elimination between them and it was in the 1991 Copa Libertadores when Nacional eliminated América in the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 2-0, and later in the following edition when América eliminated Nacional in the quarterfinals with a global score of 5 -2.^{[citation required]}

In 2002, América was crowned champion of the Apertura, beating Atlético Nacional in the final and turning around at the Atanasio Girardot stadium. final after beating América with a global result of 3-1. In 2006, Atlético Nacional thrashed América de Cali 6-0 on the last date of the all-against-all of the Apertura in Medellín and eliminated it from any chance of reaching the semifinal home runs.

With Millionaires: Classic of the Stars

One of the great classics of the country, for a time it was considered "The Superclásico of Colombian Soccer" for having great historical importance for professional soccer in Colombia, since that both clubs are the most winners of the long tournaments of the First Category A, currently being the third party that gathers the most cups in the FPC (only surpassed by the matches between Millonarios and Atlético Nacional (32), and Atlético Nacional against the same América (32) because between both teams they have a total of 30 titles in the Major Division of Colombian Soccer (Dimayor), 15 from América and 15 from Millonarios Fútbol Club.In addition, it also brings together the two pioneering clubs in the founding of Dimayor on June 26, 1948, which was achieved thanks to the management of its presidents, Alfonso Senior Quevedo, from Millonarios and Humberto Salcedo Fernández Salcefer, from America, in the building of the Sociedad de Mejoras Públicas de Barranquilla.

The classics played in the year (2008), ended with a victory for each one at home, first on April 2, playing date 11 of the Torneo Apertura, despite losing from 20 seconds into Once the game started, Millonarios equalized after 5 minutes through Ricardo Ciciliano, who scored again at 16. Later, Roberto Carlos Cortés was sent off, but Millonarios made it 3-1 again with a goal from Ricardo Ciciliano. Later, on September 28, on the same date in the Finalization Tournament, América de Cali won 1-0 with a goal from Adrián Ramos. In this (2010), they met in the opening tournament where América de Cali defeated and won 3-2. On date 16 of the Completion 2011 tournament, the last match between both teams occurred; Millionaires won that duel 2-0. This classic was played again in the first half of 2017, after five years due to the relegation of the scarlet team to the second division with a 3-0 result in favor of the ambassador team.

With Independiente Santa Fe: Reds Classic

American swollen caravan to the Pascual Guerrero stadium to live another version of the "Classic of Reds".

This match is considered the most dangerous in Colombian soccer,^{[citation required]} after a series of episodes that led to the death of 5 fans (3 of them from Santa Fe and 2 from América), the product of clashes that occurred between the barras bravas at the end of the matches.^{[citation required]}

This rivalry does not have an exact start date, despite the fact that América got its first star against the red capital in the 1979 championship fight, but it is said that it was during the late 80s and early 1980s. the 90s due to the large number of players from Santa Fe (Rincón, Jorge Balbis, 'Checho' Angulo, Eduardo Niño, Wilmer Cabrera, 'Tren' Valencia) who were later transferred to América and that ended up benefiting the Red Devils in several of their titles achieved.

In its time it was a very uneven classic since the 90s were the worst time for Santa Fe in its entire history and the 80s the best for America.

Years later came the final of the 1999 Merconorte Cup between both teams. América, after having lost 1-2 in their own stadium, won in an intense return match at El Campín 0-1, where Tigre Castillo's goal was not disallowed. Finally, in a definition due to criminal charges that ended 3-5, América obtained its first international title to date. Since then, this classic has attracted a large audience.

On May 11, 2005, on the 17th date of the Apertura Tournament, in a championship game between these two teams in El Campín that ended 2-5, there was an embarrassing episode in the history of Colombian soccer, caused by clashes between the brave bars of Independiente Santa Fe (La Guardia Albi-Roja Sur); and El América (Bogotá Red Riot), leaving one of its members dead; during the same match, a fan entered the field of play and attacked the central referee Fernando Panesso.

From 2005 to 2006 this classic garnered a lot of fear among fans, even the press cataloged it as the 'classic of violence' leaving 4 dead in 4 different matches.

Both teams met in the final of the 2020 Championship where in the first leg at Pascual Guerrero América was won 3-0, and the second leg at El Campín was won by Santa Fe 2-0, leaving the team champion scarlet being bicampeón and achieving title 15.

The following year the two teams met again for the definition of the 2021 Super League, the first match played on October 5 was held in the city of Cali with a result in favor of the cardinal team 2-1, The second leg played on October 20 at El Campín in Bogotá ended with a 3-2 result once again in favor of the capital team, winning its fourth super league and consolidating itself as the top winner of the competition with 4 titles.

Today America has 17 official titles: 15 Championships in First Category A, 1 Merconorte Cup in 1999 and 1 First B Category in 2016, Independiente Santa Fe has 18 official titles: 9 Championships in First Category A, 1 South American Cup in 2015, 1 Suruga Bank Cup in 2016, 4 Colombian Super League in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2021, 2 Colombia Cup in 1989 and 2009 and a Simón Bolívar Cup in 1970.

Other regional duels

Since its relegation in 2011 until its promotion in 2016, with the impossibility of playing the classic Valle del Cauca game with Deportivo Cali in the First Division, América de Cali plays regional duels with Atlético de Cali (formerly Depor Fútbol Club) and the Orsomarso S.C. from Palmira until 2016, at some point they also faced Cortuluá for the promotion tournament from 2012 to 2014 and the first division was played in the First Division from 1994 to 2004, the second from 2010 and the third from 2017. However, These clubs, with the exception of Orsomarso, have been frequent rivals of both América and Deportivo Cali in the Copa Colombia, for which there is an important history of official duels since 2008.

Club details

• Historical position: 4o
• Seasons in 1.a: 81 (1948-1952, 1954-2011, 2017-present).
• Seasons in 2.a: 5 (2012-2016).
• Best place in the league: 1o (15 times: 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996/97, 2000, 2001, 2002-I, 2008-II, 2019-II, 2020).
• 1.a: 1 (1953).

Worst position in the league: Last (3 times): 10th 1958, 12th 1959, 18th 2009-II, Relegated to Primera B in 2011 (By promotion).

• Increased number of undefeated dates:
  • 22 at the 1967 Colombian Championship.
  • 23 in the 1984 Colombian Championship.
• Major goals in favor:
  • In national tournaments:
    • 9-0 to the Sports Account on 29 August 1990
    • 8-1 to the Magdalena Union on 6 June 1993
    • 6-0 to Unicose Sports on 29 March 1998
    • 6-2 National University on 28 October 1951
    • 6-1 Eleven Caldas on 16 February 2000
    • 6-0 to Atlético Huila on May 20, 2000
    • 5-1 millionaires on 22 July 1990
    • 5-0 millionaires on 23 February 1992
    • 1-5 to Deportivo Pereira on 21 November 2021
    • 1-5 to the Past Deportivo on June 18, 2000
    • 2-5 to Independent Santa Fe on 11 May 2005
    • 4-0 to Boyacá Chicó on 14 November 2010
    • 4-0 to Quindío Sports on 8 February 2004
    • 0-4 to Deportivo Cali on 22 March 2008
    • 1-4 to Tolima Sports on 27 November 2011
    • 4-1 to the Pereira Deportivo on 6 April 2008
    • 4-1 to Atlético Junior on 25 September 2005
    • 4-1 National Atletic on 8 September 2004
    • 4-2 to Eleven Caldas on April 16, 2017
    • 1-4 to Envigado F.C on 5 November 2006
    • 1-4 to Eleven Caldas on 24 November 2004
    • 4-1 al Sporting in the Colombian Championship 1952
    • 4-2 to Atlético Bucaramanga on 12 May 2007
  • In international tournaments:
    • 6-0 to The Strongest, Copa Libertadores on June 12, 1987
    • 5-0 to Atlético Paranaense, Copa Libertadores on March 26, 2002
    • 4-1 to River Plate, Copa Libertadores on May 27, 2003
• Major targets against:
  • In national tournaments:
    • 2-7 against Quindío Sports on 25 May 1958
    • 7-3 against Santa Fe on 8 May 1949
    • 6-0 against Once Caldas, Colombian Championship 1999 (29 April 1999)
    • 6-0 against Atlético Nacional, Tournament Opening 2006 on May 21, 2006
    • 6-0 against Tolima Sports, Tournament Opening 2007 on April 25, 2007
    • 6-3 against Deportivo Cali, Finalization Tournament 2010 on 10 October 2010
    • 5-3 against Atlético Junior, Tournament Opening 2005 on April 10, 2005
    • 4-0 against Once Caldas, Finalization Tournament 2011 on 12 November 2011
    • 4-0 against Deportivo Pasto, Tournament Opening 2004 on 9 June 2004
    • 4-0 against Atlético Huila Tournament Opening 2018 on March 31, 2018
    • 4-0 against Equity, 2008 Opening Tournament on 16 March 2008
    • 1-4 against Sports Cúcuta, Part of ida Promotion Series on 7 December 2012
    • 4-1 against Jaguars, Final Tournament Opening First B 2014 on 4 June 2014
    • 2-4 against National Atletic, Finalization Tournament 2011 on September 3, 2011
  • In international tournaments:
    • 5-1 against Santos, Copa Libertadores on February 5, 2003
    • 4-0 against Boca Juniors, Copa Libertadores June 19, 2003
• Best results as a visitor:
  • 0-4 against Deportivo Quito, Copa Libertadores on March 10, 1998
  • 2-5 against Colleges, Copa Libertadores on 12 February 2000
  • 1-4 against 12 October, Copa Libertadores on 16 April 2003
  • 1-3 against Flamengo, Copa Libertadores (2 March 1993). (So far America is the only Colombian team that has succeeded in the Maracaná stadium).^{[chuckles]required]}
• Maximum scorer:
  • Antony de Ávila 208 goals.
• Player with more contested matches:
  • Álex Escobar 505 matches.
• Player with more titles: Antony de Avila.
  • First A: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996-97.
  • Gold boot of the 1990 Colombian Championship.
  • Winner of the Copa Libertadores 1996.
• Porter with greater invict: Julio César Falcioni.
  • 764 minutes in 1981.
• Best seasons:
  • 1982 Colombian Championship + Opening and Finalization.
  • Colombian Championship 1984 + Opening (Copa de la Paz), Finalization (National Tournament) and 23 undefeated dates.
  • Colombian Championship 1990 + Opening, Finalization, Gold Boot (Antony de Ávila) and Silver Booth (Sergio Angulo).

Historical trajectory

Honours of Prizes

In bold current competitions.

National Tournaments (15)

National competition	Titles	Subtitles
Organized by FCF
First category A (15/7)	1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996-97, 2000, 2001, 2002-I, 2008-II, 2019-II, 2020.	1960, 1969, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2008-I.
Superlight of Colombia (0/2)		2020, 2021.
First category B (1/1)	2016.	2012.

International Tournaments (2)

International competition	Titles	Subtitles
Organized by FIFA and CONMEBOL
Copa Merconorte (1)	1999.
Copa Libertadores de América (0/4)		1985, 1986, 1987, 1996.
Organized by FVF
Simón Bolívar Cup (1)	1975. (shared record)

Regional tournaments (10)

Regional competition	Titles	Subtitles
Organized by LVF
First Departmental Category (7)	1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940.
Second Departmental Category (2)	1927, 1930.
Hundred-year-old Boyacá Battle Cup (1)	1919.

International recognition (5)

Presidents

Since its foundation the club has had 31 presidents, 10 presidents in the amateur era of the team, from 1927 to 1947 and 21 presidents in the professional era, from 1948 to the present; in addition to a commission made up of the technical director and the players.

The first president that América de Cali had after its foundation was Hernán Zamorano Isaacs. According to Hernán "it was at the end of 1926 when my two friends Serafín Fernández and Álvaro Cruz decided to create a "team". Serafín was the only one who had access to cash since he managed the box of his father's silk industry and with the coins that he managed to "collect"; Once a fortnight we bought an Argentine sports publication called "El Gráfico". In one of those magazines I recounted the exploits of a team called Racing Club, so with Serafín and Álvaro we decided to buy a ball and we began to play on a field in the Central Cemetery under the name of Racing. The shirts, obviously made with fabrics provided by Serafín, were white with light blue batons just like those of that Argentine team. On February 16, 1948, Humberto Salcedo Fernández "Salcefer" and Dr. Manuel Correa Valencia, constitute América in the first professional soccer championship in the country. "Salcefer" he was appointed as the first president in the team's professional era and would later become the first of Dimayor.

The team began an odyssey through difficult times when it was included in the Clinton List in 1996 under Carlos Puente González. In 2011, America suffers another serious event when it falls into the second division, a time when Carlos H. Andrade becomes the new president of the institution, after bad campaigns by the previous directives; It was not until 2013, when Oreste Sangiovanni took the reins of the team in his attempt not to disappear and after 4 years of failed efforts aimed at restructuring for subsequent sanitation, the new organization América S.A. was created.

Since May 10, 2016, Tulio Gómez became the new president and largest shareholder of América de Cali with 53 percent of the shares, after the Oreste Sangiovanni era came to an end. Under his tenure, on November 27, 2016, Gómez became one of the architects in the rise of América de Cali to the highest category of Colombian soccer, after 5 years of remaining in B.

On May 16, 2018, Tulio Gómez announced his retirement as president of the institution after mismanagement and an irregular campaign in the 2018 Apertura Tournament, although he declared that he would continue to own the team.

On May 30, 2018, Ricardo Pérez was announced as the new executive president of América. The "Cat" Pérez would return to the scarlet team, after acting as a player between the years 1994 - 1996 and 1998. After a year of presiding as president of the scarlet team and reaching the 14th star in his management, Ricardo Pérez said goodbye to the presidency of the Valle del Cauca team on December 16, 2019 for "personal reasons".

Currently, the president of the American team is the former player from Cali Mauricio Romero, who assumed the presidency on December 18, 2019, after the departure of Ricardo Pérez. Romero was linked to América de Cali as a player, where he achieved reach the Colombian championship of 2000, 2001 and the opening tournament of 2002, in addition to the 1999 Merconorte Cup.

International participations

América is the Colombian team that has played in the final of the Copa Libertadores de América on the most occasions, however, it never won the title. Despite this, Conmebol places América de Cali in seventh place in the competition's historical table, being the best Colombian team in the top club tournament in South America.

In the historical table of the Conmebol Cup, América also appears in seventh place in the standings, being the best Colombian team in said competition.

Records and events

• In 1919, after eight months of its foundation, it won the Battle Centenary Cup of Boyacá, one of the first recognized tournaments organized in the country.

• It was the first Colombian team to take a national tour of the main towns and municipalities of Valle del Cauca, Bogotá, Barranquilla, Santa Marta and Medellín (1931).

• In 1931 America played its first international party in Bogotá against the Peruvian Brondy. The result was 2-5 in favor of the inca team, however the scarlets were the only team in Colombia that marked more than one goal to the combined visitor.

• In 1947 for the first time in history Red Devils included foreign players: Zegarra and Montañes, of Peruvian nationality.

• The president of America (Humberto Salcedo Fernández), the Millonarios (Alfonso Senior Quevedo) and the National (Jorge Osorio Cadavid) were the founders of the Dimayor and, in turn, professionalized football in Colombia.

• The first goal in the history of the team in professionalism was marked by Inocencio Paz Lasso "Cencio", in match against Independent Medellín that ended 4-0 in favor of the Americas.

• The debut club as archer of Gabriel Ochoa was America, and the retirement club as a coach as well.

• Efraín "Caraña" González made the only Olympic goal in the history of the club, the evening that the Oblate painting lost with Santa Fe 1-3 in the city of Cali, on November 1, 1950. The holy archer was Julio "Chonto" Gaviria.

• On July 1, 1950, America tied with Hurricane of Medellin to 6 goals, this being the largest draw in the history of Colombian professional football.

• In 1952 European players were first linked to the Americas: Tony Katalenic and Antony Franjic, both of whom were of Yugoslav nationality. He also opted for Yugoslavs in 1974 with Pedrag ‘Bucky’ Bubanja and Sivorad Screbrich. By 1975 Yovna Jaydokovic, Mihailo Jezevik, Radovan Birovllev and the remembered Dussan Sopic, all Yugoslavs, the latter lasted several seasons in the red picture and is well remembered for his delivery in the middle of the field and his extensive mustache.

• On August 8, 1952 in a game played at the Pascual Guerrero stadium for the benefit of the Americas, due to its difficult economic situation, the Scarletes first faced a Spanish team Deportivo Sevilla the result was a vibrant 4-4.

• On Friday, July 10, 1959, the Americas, reinforced with the best of the Colombia selection and the Valle selection, faced the powerful Real Madrid of Alfredo Di Stéfano. The result was 2-5 favourable Merengues; the two goals of the Americas were achieved by Carlos Cuéllar, being until a few years ago the only Colombian to score the madridistas.

• On Thursday, May 24, 1962 America faced the Soviet Union in a friendly duel that was prepared for the World Cup of Chile 62; the party that disputed at the Pascual Guerrero ended in a heroic tie to zero goals in the USSR attacked the legendary Lev Yashin; later in 1973 the Red Devils again faced a Soviet Selection the result was reversed as America fell 1-0.

• In 1965 he established the record of draws in the same tournament, achieving 22 equalitys in 48 contested matches.

• In 1967 he was undefeated for 22 dates. In 1984 he overcame his record, achieving 23 days without knowing the defeat. In the history of Colombian professional football, it is the second team with the largest number of undefeated matches, being overcome by Millonarios, which reached 29 dates in 1999.

• It is the only team to get the Colombian pentacampeo (5 consecutive titles). In 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986, these five titles were obtained under the direction of the same technician: Gabriel Ochoa Uribe.

• It is the Colombian team that the most final of the Copa Libertadores has played (three of them consecutive), in the years 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1996. He has also played ten semifinals of the Copa Libertadores, becoming seventh in the history.

• On March 2, 1993, by the Copa Libertadores, the Americas became the first Colombian painting to succeed in the largest stadium in the world, the Maracaná de Rio de Janeiro. On that occasion he beat Flamengo 1-3 with goals by Jorge Orosman 'Polilla' da Silva, Javier Ferreira and Freddy Eusebio Rincón Valencia. To date no other coffee set has been able to repeat the memorable scarlet performance.

• He was the last champion of the long tournaments (2001) and the first of the short tournaments (2002-I).

• He was champion of the last tournament of the 20th century in 2000 and the first of the 21st century in 2001.

• In the last 31 years it is the Colombian team that has most times been crowned champion.

• It was the only Colombian team that reached second place in the IFFHS World Club Classification. He succeeded in the 1996-1997 season, being overcome by Juventus of Italy.

• It has the record of 14 matches won consecutively in the Colombian tournament (1996/1997). Curiously, the streak was finished in front of the Cali Sportsman, who until then was the team that held that brand. Today, both brands remain in force in Colombia.

• In the 1998 Colombian Championship, he registers a new streak, this time of consecutive draws (7), establishing a record imbedded.

• Antony de Ávila is the highest scorer in the classic vallecaucanos, with 19 so many.

• He had the player who had the most titles of the Colombian football team: (Antony de Ávila was in the 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990 and 1992 championships.

• It was the team that proposed to the Dimayor that any professional Colombian football team would incorporate at least one player under 20 years as an initialist in each match, a proposal that was accepted by the Dimayor, seeing that this would help in the formation of new Colombian talents.

• He won the Argentinos Juniors of Diego Armando Maradona for the 3-2 score in a match for the Cali City Cup, friendly tournament played at the Pascual Guerrero. America also wins the tournament by defeating its playground rival in the end.

• In the 1980s a young player who for that time was showing his capacity as archer was offered to the doctor Ochoa. Ochoa did not consider it for the phenomenal performances of "Gato" Falcioni. That archer, who might have been a player in the Americas, was the clerk and one of the best archers in the world, José Luis Chilavert.

• In the 1980s it was confirmed that he had the most expensive payroll on the continent.

• In a survey conducted by the Dimayor to find the best team in history in the 60 years of Colombian professional football, the Americas of Gabriel Ochoa Uribe was featured as the best team, surpassing even the Millonarios de El Dorado (also called "Ballet Azul") and the National Atletico of Francisco Maturana champion of America in 1989.

• In 2006 it became the first Colombian team that, in the style of the European clubs, registered three competition uniforms: the incumbent red, the white as the first alternative, and the black with gold as the second.

• In 2008 and after being crowned champion of the Finalization, he reached Millonarios in titles, thus becoming one of the 2 most laureated clubs of the Colombian Professional Football in the framework of the 60 years of the Dimayor.

• Its lower divisions are the team with the most titles of the former National Reserve Tournament with 5, obtained in (1966, 1967, 1981, 2003 and 2004), and the First C with 2 more (1996 and 1998) while this tournament was organized by the Dimayorin addition to being the top champion of the El País Cup with 4 titles, (2006, 2007, 2009 and 2011).

• Sergio Galván Colombian nationalized Argentine front turned his goal No 218 playing with the American t-shirt in the 2010 season, which made him the greatest historical scorer of Colombian football, surpassing Iván René Valenciano in a tie to 2 between the red devils and Junior of Barranquilla. In addition, with 547 matches, he became the foreign player with more official matches in the Colombian league.

• On December 17, 2011, for the first time in its history the Americas of Cali descended from category after losing 4-3 in criminals to Patriots of Tunja in the game for promotion. The reds closed the worst year of their history and was international news. It all came as a result of bad administrations, and the lack of money on the part of the club, thanks to poor lockers and the fact that it is on the Clinton list, which prevents the institution from possessing some sponsor and creating financial accounts for the institution.

• With its victory as a visitor over Defense and Justice in Argentina by the South American Cup 2018 America has become the first Colombian team that has won in all countries of South America for official Conmebol tournaments.

Other achievements and honors

• Second best team in the world in 1996-1997 according to the International Federation of History and Statistics of Football. escorting the team Italiano Juventus and overcoming teams like Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid among others, being in turn the best team in the American continent.

• Thirty-seventh best team in the historic ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics between 1990 and 2009. being the best Colombian team and the seventh in South America.

• 9th century team in South America according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics in a list published in 2009.

• 2.o Colombian team from the Decade 2001-10 according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics.

• 13.o mejor equipo en la tabla Historique de la Copa Libertadores de América siendo el mejor equipo colombiano en el maximum tournament continental.

• 7.o mejor equipo en la tabla Histórico de la Copa Conmebol siendo el mejor equipo colombiano en el extinto tournament.

• 4.o mejor equipo en la tabla Histórico de la Copa Merconorte surpassed by Millonarios, Atlético Nacional y Emelec.

• 4.o mejor equipo en la tabla Histórico del Football Colombiano surpassed by Millonarios, Deportivo Cali y Atlético Nacional.

Uniform

Since its beginnings, América de Cali adopted different colors for its uniform before leaving the final red color, the first team used the colors white and blue, later red and blue were used, when it was renamed America, the red shirt and white shorts were defined as the first uniform and the white shirt with red shorts as the second, this uniform was used from 1927 to 1931.

Since 1931, the red color has been preserved for both the shirt and the shorts and socks, the alternative uniform was defined as totally White but sometimes using red shorts, during some tournaments in the 40s and 50s some commemorative models were used in the alternative uniform, including one similar to the alternative uniform of the Valle team, a white shirt with a red band descending from left to right and red shorts. Starting in 1992, the completely white away uniform became official.

In May 2006, América became the first team in the Colombian tournament to register a third competition outfit: it was a black uniform that has been used as a second alternative ever since.

1927

(See evolution)

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Symbols

Shield

First club shield, taken from a 1938 picture.

I listen to 40s, the first devil.

Coat of the Americas used between 2008 and 2012.

The first shield of the club, when soccer in Colombia was just beginning with amateur clubs, was known in the mid-30s, this shield was the map of South America in reference to the name of the team that was established as América F.C., was used until 1939.

The shield with the devil that identifies this institution appeared in the 1940s as a symbol of celebration, the protagonists of the time stated that American players played like real devils on the field. During Gabriel Ochoa Uribe's twelve years in America, the shield with the devil was always an inconvenience due to the mysticism that the "doctor" wielded. For this reason, in the uniforms the shield only had the stars corresponding to the championships achieved.^{[citation required]}

The team's shield had already been modified in 1977; all on the occasion of the 50 years of the club; for the Championship of that year, America appeared with a round shield that had two laurel ornaments and the legend America 50 Years. A similar change was made in 2007 to commemorate the club's 80th anniversary. The devil was temporarily replaced by the América 80 Años logo in gold, with the years 1927-2007 placed at the bottom. and in the upper one the stars corresponding to the twelve national titles that the club had until then.

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Club, in 1997, it was decided to recover the devil for the uniforms and the sports implementation. As of that date, the evil meaning that many people give to it has been completely banished and it is considered simply in a figurative term.

In 2008, the clothing once again showed only the name of America with the twelve stars (5 inside the shield that symbolized the five-time championship of the 80s) and after the title achieved in the 2008 Completion, one more star was added to the shield to complete the thirteen stars currently owned by the club, this new shield was used until the 2009 season.

In 2010, the Colombian sports goods and textiles company Saeta signed with the club as the new sponsor and manufacturer of the team's clothing, and among its innovations in the new uniforms, the classic shield with the devil was once again displayed, and with the thirteen white stars at the top. For the year 2011, the team signs with the miniature multinational. The shield still has the classic design, but below it the words "Nuevo América S. A." were added, referring to the entity that co-managed the team that year.

In 2012 the shield was remodeled, a change in the font, a different physical aspect of the devil and the inclusion of the 13 stars for advertising use but not in clothing, are the main novelties that it presents, the devil is a A little more athletic, compared to those used in previous images, the new shield has been used since the 2013 clothing manufactured by FSS, in addition to a new logo that incorporates the popular phrase Pasión de un pueblo marca that America patented as its own.

In 2014, the Adidas brand began to manufacture the team's clothing, the new shield design continued to be used, with the more athletic devil and the change in the design and typeface, both in the presentation clothing and in the training one.

From 2017 the institutional shield without stars is presented, following the international homologation in the global professional soccer industry. The teams only show their shields without making graphic reference to their sporting achievements. America in its process of organizational stabilization and its new visions within the global concert of sport, assumes these patterns.

During the first half of 2019 he removed the devil from the shield.

• Special Editions of the shield of the Americas of Cali
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  1979-1984
  1986-1991
  (Special Edition Pentacampeonato)
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  2007-2008
  (Special Edition 80th Anniversary)
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  2019
  (Special Edition Retro 2019)

Flag

Traditional flag of the Americas of Cali.

The flag of América de Cali is made up of three horizontal stripes, two alternate red and one white, the upper and lower ones being red. These two colors are the ones that have identified the club for more than 80 years and for which they have recognized the Valle del Cauca team as the Red Devils of Colombia or the Scarlets that have brotherhoods with various clubs such as Independiente de Avellaneda of Argentina and the English Manchester United for being nicknamed Los Diablos Rojos or Red Devils.^{[citation needed]}

Pet

The mascot of América de Cali is a red devil, which has identified the club all its life, this is due to when different sports journalists commented that the institution's players in the 30s looked like little devils running, which caused the club to take the devil as the emblem that represented them.^{[citation required]}

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  Official Gazette of the Americas of Cali

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  Mascot of the Americas of Cali

Anthem

Many songs have represented America over the years. Two anthems are officially known, the first, created in 2008 with the title Eso es América represented the club until December 10, 2016, the day on which the new anthem of the Scarlet team is known, commemorating also promotion to the first category, after spending five years in the second division. The author of the lyrics was in charge of the Valle del Cauca composer Carlos Manzano and the music of the also Valle del Cauca artist Edward CG and his Orchestra who is also a fan of the club.

• Official Hymn of the Americas of Cali
• Commemorative hymn of the Club

Stadium

América has played as a local at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in the city of Cali since the beginning of professionalism in 1948, however, and due to the many reforms that the stage has undergone throughout its history, " the red devils" They have had to play in other fields, especially in the Francisco Rivera Escobar Stadium in Palmira where he was a local in 1954, when he reappeared in the championship, later for a few dates in the 1961, 1972, 1989, 1992 and 2021 seasons while in the campaigns of 2000 and during the Apertura 2011 due to the renovations in the Olímpico Pascual Guerrero it was a permanent venue.

For the 2000 Copa Libertadores "Los Escarlatas" they had to play their home games at the Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín in the city of Bogotá, other venues that America has used throughout its history to play at home have been the Estadio Santa Ana de Cartago, on Doce de Octubre from Tuluá and Azcárate Martínez de Buga, the latter in the 2010 season; in 2015 due to new adaptations of Pascual Guerrero for the World Youth Athletics Championships, America will host Buga and the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá.

In 2021, he moved again from Pascual Guerrero due to the construction, by the Valle del Cauca department (owner of the stage), of 44 office-type boxes in the Eastern Tribune, on the occasion of the first Youth Pan American Games to be held in the city of Cali. During that year he played his home games, both in the domestic league and in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana, at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas Stadium in the city of Pereira.

Players

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N.o Nac. Pos. Name Age Ult team. Porteros 1 Colombia! 0BY Diego Novoa 33 years Equity 12 Colombia! 0BY David Quintero 25 years Divisions Minor 31 Spain! 0BY Juan Pablo Munera 21 years Divisions Minor Defense 3 Colombia! 1DEF Brayan Córdoba 23 years Eleven Caldas 5 Colombia! 1DEF Kevin Andrade 23 years Sit down. 13 Colombia! 1DEF Daniel Quiñones 23 years Deportivo Pasto 15 Colombia! 1DEF John Edison García 33 years Equity 17 Colombia! 1DEF Christian Arrieta 27 years Envigado FC 30 Colombia! 1DEF David Contreras 20 years Divisions Minor 39 Colombia! 1DEF Jhoiner Asprilla 18 years Divisions Minor 21 Colombia! 1DEF Edwin Velasco 31 years Junior Campers 6 Colombia! 2MED Gustavo Carvajal 22 years Levante 10 Spain! 2MED Iago Falque 33 years Torino 11 Colombia! 2MED Luis Sánchez 22 years Divisions Minor 16 Colombia! 2MED Felipe Mosquera 20 years Divisions Minor 19 Colombia! 2MED Luis Alejandro Paz 2nd 34 years Sports Tolima 26 Colombia! 2MED Esneyder Mena 25 years Deportivo Pasto 27 Colombia! 2MED Juan Portilla 24 years Petrolera Alliance 32 Argentina! 2MED Franco Leys 30 years Patronato 35 Colombia! 2MED David Nazarith 18 years Divisions Minor Delanteros 7 COL! 3OF THE Cristian Barrios 24 years Patriots 9 ARG! 3OF THE Facundo Suárez 28 years East Petroleum 18 Colombia! 3OF THE Daniel Mosquera 23 years Central University 20 Colombia! 3OF THE Adrian Ramos 1o 37 years Grenada 25 Colombia! 3OF THE Darwin Quintero 35 years Houston Dynamo 29 COL! 3OF THE Andrés Sarmiento 25 years Vizela 33 Colombia! 3OF THE Juan Hincapié 18 years Divisions Minor 36 Argentina! 3OF THE Juan Farías 19 years Divisions Minor			Coach(s) Alexandre Guimarães Assistant coach(s) Juliano Fontana Carlos Asprilla Physical Preparer(s) Martinho Inacio Coach(s) of porters Ricardo Oliveira John Menes Delegate William Zapata Physical therapist(s) Jaime Perdomo Doctor(s) Carlos Restrepo Other(s) Kinesiologist(s) Luis Sinisterra Legend Pos.: Position Nac.: Nationality of sport Captain Mission BY / ARQ: Guardameta DEF: Defense MED / VOL: Camper OF THE: Delantero Updated on January 23, 2022 Official web template

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Players on loan at the club

Players that are owned by another team and are borrowed at the club, some with purchase option.

Grants
Player	Position	Lost since	Till
Andrés Sarmiento		Vizela	December 2023

Players in national teams

Note: in bold players part of the last call in the corresponding category.

Country	Category	Player(s)
Colombia	Absolute	Diego Novoa

Contribution to National Teams

There are many players from America who throughout history have been selected to represent Colombia in some international event. In South American and World Soccer Championships in various categories.

Soccer World Cup

N.o	Player	Selection	World	Outcome
1.o	Jaime González	Colombia	Chile 1962	First round
2.	Rolando Serrano	Colombia	Chile 1962	First round
3.o	Marcos Coll	Colombia	Chile 1962	First round
4.o	Luis Carlos Paz	Colombia	Chile 1962	First round
5.o	Roberto Cabañas	Paraguay	Mexico 86	Final Octavos
6.o	Wilmer Cabrera	Colombia	Italy 1990	Final Octavos
7.	Freddy Rincón	Colombia	Italy 1990	Final Octavos
8.	Niche Guerrero	Colombia	Italy 1990	Final Octavos
9.	Óscar Córdoba	Colombia	United States 1994	First phase
10.	Wilson Pérez	Colombia	United States 1994	First phase
11.	Leonel Alvarez	Colombia	United States 1994	First phase
12.	Freddy Rincón	Colombia	United States 1994	First phase
13.	John Harold Lozano	Colombia	United States 1994	First phase
14.o	Antony de Ávila	Colombia	United States 1994	First phase

Olympic Games

N.o	Player	Selection	World	Outcome
1.o	Pedro Nel Ospina	Colombia	Mexico 1968	First phase
2.	Norman Ortiz	Colombia	Mexico 1968	First phase
3.o	Gabriel Berdugo	Colombia	Mexico 1968	First phase
4.o	Orlando Rivas	Colombia	Munich 1972	First phase
5.o	Gilberto García	Colombia	Moscow	First phase
6.o	Jorge Bermúdez	Colombia	Barcelona 1992	First phase
7.	Harold Lozano	Colombia	Barcelona 1992	First phase

U20 World Cup

N.o	Player	Selection	World	Outcome
1.o	Jairo Ampudia	Colombia	USSR 1985	Final rooms
2.	José Hurtado	Colombia	USSR 1985	Final rooms
3.o	John Castaño	Colombia	USSR 1985	Final rooms
4.o	John Jiménez	Colombia	Chile 1987	First phase
5.o	José Torres Cadena	Colombia	Saudi Arabia	Final rooms
6.o	Ómar Cañas	Colombia	Saudi Arabia	Final rooms
7.	James Angulo	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
8.	Arley Dinas	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
9.	Carlos Montoya	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
10.	Leonardo Fabio Moreno	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
11.	Jersson González	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
12.	Diego Alvarez	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
13.	Victor Mafla	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
14.o	Diego Correa	Colombia	Australia 93	First phase
15.	Andrés Felipe González	Colombia	Equatorial Guinea 3	Third
16.	Harrison Otálvaro	Colombia	Equatorial Guinea 3	Third
17.	Harrison Otálvaro	Colombia	Netherlands 05	Final Octavos
18.	Edwin Valencia	Colombia	Netherlands 05	Final Octavos
19.	Duván Zapata	Colombia	Colombia 11	Final rooms
20.	Jeison Lucumí	Colombia	New Zealand 15	Final Octavos
21.	Gustavo Carvajal	Colombia	Poland 19	Final rooms

U17 World Cup

N.o	Player	Selection	World	Outcome
1.o	Jaime Granados	Colombia	Japan 93	First phase
2.	Pablo Armero	Colombia	Finland 2003	Fourth
3.o	Harrison Otálvaro	Colombia	Finland 2003	Fourth
4.o	Adrian Ramos	Colombia	Finland 2003	Fourth
5.o	Christian Nazarith	Colombia	South Korea 2007	Final Octavos
6.o	John Stiven Mendoza	Colombia	Nigeria 2009	Fourth

America's Cup

N.o	Player	Selection	Cup	Outcome
1.o	Saulo Flores	Colombia	Ecuador 47	8th
2.	Edgar Mallarino	Colombia	Ecuador 47	8th
3.o	Faustino Abbey	Colombia	Peru 57	5o
4.o	Julio Aragón	Colombia	Peru 57	5o
5.o	Rodolfo 'Tabaco' Escobar	Colombia	Peru 57	5o
6.o	Guillermo Mendoza	Colombia	Peru 57	5o
7.	Israel Sanchez	Colombia	Peru 57	5o
8.	Roaldo Viafara	Colombia	Peru 57	5o
9.	Marcos Coll	Colombia	Bolivia 63	7th
10.	Jaime González	Colombia	Bolivia 63	7th
11.	Rolando Serrano	Colombia	Bolivia 63	7th
12.	Gabriel Chaparro	Colombia	Copa America 79	First phase
13.	Victor Lugo	Colombia	Copa America 79	First phase
14.o	Álvaro Muñoz Castro	Colombia	Copa America 79	First phase
15.	Luis Eduardo Reyes	Colombia	Copa America 79	First phase
16.	Juan Caicedo	Colombia	Copa America 83	First phase
17.	Antony de Ávila	Colombia	Copa America 83	First phase
18.	Victor Espinosa	Colombia	Copa America 83	First phase
19.	Willington Ortiz	Colombia	Copa America 83	First phase
20.	Antony de Ávila	Colombia	Argentina 87	Third place
21.	Alexander Escobar	Colombia	Argentina 87	Third place
22.	Willington Ortiz	Colombia	Argentina 87	Third place
23.	Antony de Ávila	Colombia	Brazil 89	First phase
24.	Sergio Angulo	Colombia	Brazil 89	First phase
25.	Eduardo Pimentel	Colombia	Chile 91	Fourth place
26.o	Antony de Ávila	Colombia	Chile 91	Fourth place
27.	Wilmer Cabrera	Colombia	Chile 91	Fourth place
28.o	Albeiro Usuriaga†	Colombia	Chile 91	Fourth place
29.o	Eduardo Niño	Colombia	Chile 91	Fourth place
30.o	Freddy Rincón	Colombia	Chile 91	Fourth place
31.o	Orlando Maturana	Colombia	Ecuador 93	Third place
32.o	Leonel Alvarez	Colombia	Ecuador 93	Third place
33.	John Harold Lozano	Colombia	Ecuador 93	Third place
34.	Wilson Pérez	Colombia	Ecuador 93	Third place
35.	Freddy Rincón	Colombia	Ecuador 93	Third place
36.	Óscar Córdoba	Colombia	Uruguay 95	Third place
37. or	James Cardona	Colombia	Uruguay 95	Third place
38.	Leonel Alvarez	Colombia	Uruguay 95	Third place
39.o	Wilmer Cabrera	Colombia	Uruguay 95	Third place
40.	Jorge Bermúdez	Colombia	Uruguay 95	Third place
41.	Carlos Asprilla	Colombia	Bolivia 97	Final rooms
42.	John Wilmar Pérez	Colombia	Bolivia 97	Final rooms
43.	Wilmer Cabrera	Colombia	Bolivia 97	Final rooms
44.	Jersson González	Colombia	Paraguay 99	Final rooms
45.	Jersson González	Colombia	Colombia 2001	Champion
46.	Fabian Vargas	Colombia	Colombia 2001	Champion
47.	David Ferreira	Colombia	Colombia 2001	Champion
48.	Andrés González	Colombia	Peru	Fourth place
49.	David Ferreira	Colombia	Peru	Fourth place
50.o	Sergio Herrera	Colombia	Peru	Fourth place
51.o	Jorge Banguero	Colombia	Venezuela 2007	First phase
52.	Fernando Aristeguieta	Venezuela	Brazil 2019	Final rooms

All-Time Goalscorers

• Updated on 12 October 2011. adding international goals.

Pos.	Player	Goles Colombia	Goles International	Total Goles
1	Antony de Ávila	179	29	208
2°	Jorge Ramón Cáceres	137	0	137
3°	Juan Manuel Battaglia	93	17	110
4°	Leonardo Fabio Moreno	82	16	98
5°	Jairo Castillo	81	11	92
6°	Armando Torres	90	0	90
7°	Alexander Escobar	73	15	88
8°	Adrian Ramos	78	8	86
9°	Orlando Maturana	74	5	79
10°	Ricardo Gareca	57	21	78
11°	Jorge da Silva	65	12	77
12°	Camilo Rodolfo Cervino †	65	0	65
13°	Julián Vásquez	48	14	62
14th	Victor Lugo	59	2	61
15°	Willington Ortiz	50	11	61
16°	July Aragón †	60	0	60
17°	Sergio Angulo	48	7	55
18°	Freddy Rincón †	47	7	54
19°	July San Lorenzo †	53	0	53
20°	Julián Téllez	45	8	53

Most matches played

• Updated on 13 September 2009.

N.o	Name	Parties
1	Alex Escobar	505
2°	Antony de Ávila	492
3°	Luis Eduardo Reyes	396
4°	Gilberto Cuero	389
5°	Julio César Falcioni	376
6°	Hugo Valencia	357
7°	Juan Manuel Battaglia	353
8°	Jersson Gonzalez	346
9°	Gabriel Chaparro	340
10°	Victor Lugo	325
11.	Gerardo González Aquino	312
12°	Foad Maziri	312

Coaches

Technical Staff 2022

Cargo	Nationality	Name
Coach		Alexandre Guimarães
Assistant trainers		Juliano Fontana
Physical preparation		Felipe García
Archer prep		Victor Ruíz
Physical therapist		Jaime Perdomo
Kinesiologo		Luis Sinisterra
Utilero		Rodrigo Mesú Wílder Muriel
Medical		Carlos Restrepo
Sports Manager		William Zapata
Advisory Committee on Evaluation and Methodology		Mirtha Brock
Delegate		Gustavo Pineda
Biomechanics		Alfredo Restrepo
Nutritionist		María Camila Mayor

Historical list of coaches

Coaches
Name	Nationality	Seasons
Donald Ross	Uruguay	1947
Fernando Paternoster	Argentine	1948
Emilio Reuben	Argentine	1949
July Tocker	Argentine	1950
Adelfo Magallanes	Peru	1951
July Tocker	Argentine	1952
Ricardo Ruiz	Argentine	1954
Edgar Mallarino	Colombia	1955-59
Alejandro Genes	Paraguayo	1959
Adolfo Pedernera	Argentine	1960-61
Manuel Sanguinetti	Uruguay	1961
Porfirio Rolón	Paraguayo	1961-62
Miguel Ortega	Paraguayo	1962-63
Francisco Pacheco	Colombia	1963
Porfirio Rolón	Paraguayo	1963-64
Francisco Solano	Paraguayo	1964
Porfirio Rolón	Paraguayo	1965 (I)
Juan Eulogio Urriolabeitía	Argentine	1965
José María Minella	Argentine	1966
Carlos Tulio Obonaga	Colombia	1966
Porfirio Rolón	Paraguayo	1967 (I)
July Tocker	Argentine	1967
Porfirio Rolón	Paraguayo	1968 (I)
Angel Perucca	Argentine	1968-70
Guillermo Reynoso	Argentine	1970-71
Edgar Barona	Colombia	1972
Jorge Ruiz	Argentine	1972-73
Vilic Simo	Yugoslav	1973-75
Pedro Nel Ospina	Colombia	1975 (I)
Antonio da Corso	Argentine	1976
July Tocker	Argentine	1976
Adolfo Pedernera	Argentine	1977
Pedro Nel Ospina	Colombia	1977
Víctor Pignanelli	Uruguay	1978
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe	Colombia	1979-88
Humberto Ortiz	Colombia	1988
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe	Colombia	1988-91
Diego Edison Umaña	Colombia	1992
Francisco Maturana	Colombia	1992-94
Diego Edison Umaña	Colombia	1993 (I)
Hugo Gallego	Colombia	1994
Pedro Sarmiento	Colombia	1994 (I)
Diego Edison Umaña	Colombia	1994-96
Luis Augusto García	Colombia	1996-97
Diego Edison Umaña	Colombia	1998
Jaime de la Pava	Colombia	1998-2002
José Alberto Suárez	Colombia	2002 (I)
Fernando Castro	Colombia	2002-03
José Alberto Suárez	Colombia	2004-05
Ricardo Gareca	Argentine	2005
Otoniel Quintana	Colombia	2005 (I)
Luis Augusto García	Colombia	2005
Hernan Darío Herrera	Colombia	2006
Bernardo Redín	Colombia	2006
Gerardo González Aquino	Paraguayo	2006-07
Roberto Cabañas	Paraguayo	2007
Alex Escobar	Colombia	2007 (I)
Diego Edison Umaña	Colombia	2007-09
Juan Carlos Grueso	Colombia	2010
Jorge Bermúdez	Colombia	2010
Álvaro Aponte	Colombia	2010-11
Wilson Piedrahita	Colombia	2011
Eduardo Lara	Colombia	2012
Diego Edison Umaña	Colombia	2013
Jhon Jairo López	Colombia	2014
Salvador Suay	Spanish	2014 (I)
Luis Augusto García	Colombia	2014-15
Fernando Velasco	Colombia	2015
José Alberto Suárez	Colombia	2015-16
Hernán Torres	Colombia	2016-17
Jorge da Silva	Uruguay	2017-18
Pedro Felício Santos	Portuguese	2018
Carlos Fernando Asprilla	Colombia	2018 (I)
Jersson González	Colombia	2018 (I)
Fernando Castro	Colombia	2018-2019
Jersson González	Colombia	2019 (I)
Alexandre Guimarães	Brasileño Costarricense	2019-20
Juan Cruz Real	Argentine	2020-21
Juan Carlos Osorio	Colombia	2021-22
Alexandre Guimarães	Brasileño Costarricense	2022 (I) - present

Affiliates of the club

Minor Divisions

The minor divisions of América de Cali are the formation teams that carry out the representation of the Club in different competitions both nationally and regionally; Until 2011, this representation was in charge of América Pedro Sellares, currently it is done with the Club's own teams and players.

Since 2008, América ended the minor divisions, keeping only the First C and Youth categories in agreement with the Pedro Sellares School, participating under that name in the Youth and Pre-Youth national tournaments as well as the Telepacífico Cup.

Currently, due to the restructuring of América, part of the lower ranks has been recovered by having the Corporation's own players and participating under their own name in some competitions of the Valle del Cauca League and the Under-19 Tournament. In March 2012, the board of directors made calls conforming 3 categories Sub-15, Sub-17 and Sub-20.

Women's Soccer Team

Since 2017, America has a professional women's team that participates in the Colombian Women's Professional League organized by Dimayor, which gives the winning team the following year's Copa Libertadores de América Femenina. This project is being carried out by the president of the club Tulio Gómez and his daughter Marcela Gómez, who will also be the president of the women's team.

Esports

On July 8, 2021, the Valle del Cauca team entered the technological world, creating its electronic sports section, growing as an institution, so seeking to reach a greater number of fans on the national scene, they have created a professional team of esports. The organization's electronic sports division signed with the Chilean esports and gaming company Siempre Games to begin its onslaught in the region, and continue expanding its potential in the competitive arena. The scarlet team participates in various competitions nationally and internationally, on video game platforms such as PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S, among others.