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Millonarios
Full nameAzul y Blanco Millonarios Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)Millos
Embajadores (The Ambassadors)
El Azul (The Blue)
Albiazules (The White-Blues)
El Ballet Azul (The Blue Ballet)
Founded18 June 1946; 78 years ago (1946-06-18)
GroundEstadio El Campín
Bogotá, Colombia
Capacity36,343[1]
OwnerAmber Capital
ChairmanEnrique Camacho Matamoros
ManagerJorge Luis Pinto
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2019–I1st (First stage)
2nd, Group A (Semifinals)
Websitehttp://www.millonarios.com.co

Millonarios Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Bogotá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the El Campín stadium. They are a very bad soccer team that is not very good and they suck overall.

The team was initially created in 1937 by students from the Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé. After the team initially was unsure about which name it would want to use, Unión and Juventud were originally favoured, it got under the influence of the city administration of Bogotá and operated as Club Municipal de Deportes. Millonarios was formally founded on June 18, 1946, thanks to the efforts of Alfonso Senior Quevedo, who became the first chairman.

Millonarios has won the Colombian league 15 times. They are also the third Colombian team to achieve a major international title, the Copa Merconorte in 2001. Since the beginning of the Colombian professional football league, Millonarios has won many domestic tournaments, the last one in 2017.

Millonarios is also one of only three teams that have played every first division tournament in the country, along with their traditional rivals Santa Fe and Atlético Nacional.[2]

History

The Ballet Azul

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Rossi, Di Stefano and Pedernera were notable players during this era.

Millonarios greatly benefited from a major players' strike in the Argentinian league in 1948, which caused a great diaspora of players towards Colombia. The most successful period for the club was during the early 1950s due the notable Argentinean presence. During this period with the squad that was known as The Blue Ballet, that featured great players such as Alfredo di Stefano, Adolfo Pedernera, Néstor Rossi, Julio Cozzi, Antonio "Maestrico" Báez, Hugo Reyes, Reinaldo Mourin and other figures in Argentina, mainly from River Plate. Thanks to the great football that showed these players on the field, Millonarios was named by several media outlets in South America and Europe, as the best team in the world in the early 1950s.

In 1951, Colombia was suspended by FIFA due to the recruitment of international players without a pass; the teams were forced to return all expatriate players that had participated in the tournament through irregular means. This edict marked the departure of di Stefano in February 1953, receiving bids from Barcelona and Real Madrid, who came to win the bid for the player.[3] The Colombian national team was also banned from the 1954 FIFA World Cup for the same reason.

Small Club World Cup

In 1952, a group of Venezuelan sports entrepreneurs created the Small Club World Cup, a friendly competition that brought together leading European and South American teams. Millonarios was invited to participate in the 1952 and 1953 editions. In its first appearance, the team finished with seven points, behind Real Madrid (double tie 1–1) and Brazilian Botafogo (4–4 tie and defeat 0–2); the tournament was played in a two-round scheme, and involved host La Salle of Venezuela (double win 4–1 and 5–1).

In its participation in 1953, the team was crowned undefeated champion with 11 points, above River Plate of Argentina (5–1 win and 1–1 tie), Rapid Wien of Austria (double win 2–1 and 4–0) and Spanish Espanyol of Barcelona (double win 6–0 and 4–0). This friendly tournament is considered by some to be a predecessor of the Intercontinental Cup, now known as FIFA Club World Cup, though not its equivalent.

2000s

Millonarios had further improvement when former Manchester City assistant manager Juan Carlos Osorio was appointed as the new Millonarios' Manager, which led the club to 3rd position in the League Stage of the Mustang Cup, and 5th in the addition of all the year's performance, taking the club once again into the Copa Sudamericana, while the financial situation of the team also had a notable recovery. In July 2007, Osorio left Millonarios to manage Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire, and he was replaced with Martín Lasarte; after a brief, but very unsuccessful period with Lasarte, Millonarios then hired Argentinian Mario Vanemerak as their new manager. Under Vanemerak, Millonarios began to shine again, most notably in the Copa Sudamericana 2007, where they eliminated several powerful teams, most notably Brazilian champions São Paulo in the quarter-finals, thanks to two goals from Ricardo Ciciliano; although they had a less impressive performance in the local tournament.

2010s

The team that won the 2017 Torneo Finalización.

Plagued by financial problems, and with no major titles in the last decade, the club finally initiated a bankruptcy process that led to its being bought by a society composed of about 4,000 fans, Azul & Blanco, SA This movement also meant a change in playing style which started with the hiring of Venezuelan coach Richard Páez. The change has proved successful, both financially and as related to championships. With Páez as coach, the team was able to win the Copa Colombia 2011 tournament, after winning both games against Boyacá Chicó, thus classifying to 2012 Copa Sudamericana. In June 24, 2012, it was confirmed that Hernán Torres would be the new coach.

In Copa Sudamericana, the team was highly successful, reaching semi-finals after eliminating Inti Gas, Guaraní, and the Brazilians Palmeiras, and Gremio, being eliminated by runner-up, Tigre. This came as a relief after an embarrassing defeat to Real Madrid in a friendly match to honor Alfredo Di Stéfano.

Despite the defeat, the team played a great first phase in the Colombian tournament, classifying to the play-offs as the best team of the semester. After a very difficult series of matches, the team reached the Finals which were to be played against Independiente Medellín. The first match was played in Medellín, and ended in a 0–0 tie. The final game was played December 16, 2012 in Bogotá, and ended up 1–1, thus the result had to be determined by a penalty shootout. Goalkeeper Delgado managed to stop a final shoot, and Millonarios won its 14th championship, the first Fútbol Profesional Colombiano title in about 24 years.

As the 2012 Finalización champion, Millonarios qualified to 2013 Copa Libertadores, where it played the second stage against Bolivian San José, Mexican Tijuana, and Brazilian Corinthians.

Under coach Ricardo Lunari, Millonarios started 2015 with three home victories against Patriotas, Cúcuta Deportivo and Cortuluá. Meanwhile, their debut in the Copa Colombia came with defeat against La Equidad.

In the 2017 Finalización League, Millonarios achieved their 15th division title after defeating Santa Fe in a final that saw 2 goals at the ending of the second half. Said final ended with a tie, that concluded an aggregate 3-2 win over their home rival.

Rivalries

Millonarios has forged many rivalries with several teams from the league, most notably with local rivals Santa Fe. This derby is popularly called El Clásico Capitalino (The Capital Classic). There are also strong rivalries with other teams like América de Cali, Atlético Nacional and Deportivo Cali.

Honours

Domestic honours

Winners (15): 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1978, 1987, 1988, 2012–II, 2017–II
Runners-up (9): 1950, 1956, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1994, 1995–96
Winners (3): 1952–53, 1963, 2011
Runners-up (2): 1951–52, 2013
Winners (1): 2018
Runners-up (1): 2013

International honours

Winners (1): 2001
Runners-up (1): 2000
Winners (1): 1972
Winners (1): 1953

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions

Best: Semi-finals in 1960, 1973, 1974 - Quarter-finals in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1989, 1995
2004: Preliminary Round
2007: Semi-finals
2012: Semi-finals
2014: First Round
2018: Round of 16
1998: Semi-finals
1999: Group Stage
2000: Finalist
2001: Champion

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 August 2019[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Venezuela VEN Wuilker Faríñez
2 MF Colombia COL Klíver Moreno
3 DF Colombia COL Alex Rambal (on loan from Valledupar)
4 DF Colombia COL Breiner Paz
5 DF Colombia COL José Luis Moreno (on loan from Once Caldas)
6 DF Colombia COL Andrés Román
7 FW Colombia COL Hansel Zapata
8 MF Colombia COL César Carrillo
9 FW Colombia COL Juan David Pérez (on loan from Pachuca)
10 MF Colombia COL Santiago Montoya
11 FW Colombia COL Carlos López
12 GK Colombia COL Ramiro Sánchez
13 MF Colombia COL Juan Camilo García
14 MF Colombia COL David Silva
15 MF Colombia COL Felipe Jaramillo (on loan from Leones)
16 DF Colombia COL Deivy Balanta
17 FW Colombia COL Juan Camilo Salazar
18 DF Colombia COL Jair Palacios
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Colombia COL Elíser Quiñones
20 MF Colombia COL Óscar Barreto
21 FW Colombia COL Fabián González (on loan from Academia Cantolao)
22 MF Colombia COL Jhon Duque (captain)
23 DF Colombia COL Felipe Banguero
24 GK Colombia COL Jefersson Martínez (on loan from Envigado)
25 GK Colombia COL Juan Moreno
26 DF Colombia COL Andrés Llinás
27 FW Costa Rica CRC Jose Ortiz (on loan from C.S. Herediano)
28 DF Colombia COL Stiven Vega
29 FW Colombia COL Cristian Arango (on loan from Benfica)
30 DF Colombia COL Luis Payares
31 DF Colombia COL Omar Bertel
32 FW Colombia COL Diego Abadía
33 FW Colombia COL Jorge Rengifo
34 MF Colombia COL Sebastian Navarro
-- FW Colombia COL Christian Huérfano

On loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Uruguay URU Matías de los Santos (at Vélez Sarsfield)
DF Colombia COL Damir Zamora (at Valledupar)
MF Colombia COL Nicolás Murcia (at Valledupar)
MF Colombia COL Kevin Salazar (at Valledupar)
FW Colombia COL Brayan Blandón (at Valledupar)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Colombia COL Ayron del Valle (at Querétaro)
FW Colombia COL Luis Torres (at Valledupar)
FW Colombia COL Jader Valencia (at Lens)
FW Colombia COL Orles Aragón (at Valledupar)
FW Colombia COL Emerson Rivaldo (at Valledupar)

Former players

Records

Most capped players

Source: BDFA

R Player P Career App.
1 Colombia Bonner Mosquera MF 1990–2001, 2002–2006 550
2 Colombia Alejandro Brand FW 1969–1978, 1981–1982 385
3 Colombia Julio Edgar Gaviria DF 1968–1977 382
4 Colombia Euclides "Tizon" González DF 1971–1981 371
5 Colombia Rafael Robayo MF 2005–2011, 2012–2016 360
6 Colombia Arnoldo Iguarán FW 1983–1991, 1993–1995 336
7 Colombia Alonso "Pocillo" Lopez DF 1974–1980, 1982–1985 335
8 Colombia Willington Ortiz FW 1972–1979 328
9 Colombia Miguel "El Nano" Prince DF 1989–1998 321
10 Colombia Arturo Segovia DF 1972–1979 316

Last updated on: 3 October 2018

Top scorers

Source: BDFA

R Player P Career Goals
1 Argentina Alfredo Castillo FW 1948–1957 131
2 Colombia Arnoldo Iguarán FW 1983–1991, 1993–1995 120
3 Colombia Marino Klinger FW 1957–1966 99
4 Colombia Willington Ortiz FW 1972–1979 96
5 Colombia Alejandro Brand FW 1969–1978, 1981–1982 91
6 Argentina Colombia Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano FW 1948–1953 88
7 Argentina Miguel Ángel Converti FW 1975–1977 85
8 Argentina José María Ferrero FW 1967–1969 85
9 Argentina Juan José Irigoyen FW 1977–1979 81
10 Colombia Jaime Morón FW 1971–1974, 1977–1982 80

Last updated on: 3 October 2018

Managers

Affiliated teams

References

  1. ^ FIFA Web
  2. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (3 October 2013). "Coventric!". RSSSF.com.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-31. Retrieved 2015-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Millonarios F.C." Dimayor. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ^ http://colombia.as.com/colombia/2016/11/09/futbol/1478727799_062207.html