Águilas Doradas Rionegro

Águilas Doradas is a professional Colombian football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Alberto Grisales stadium. The club also has a futsal team.

Águilas Doradas
Full nameÁguilas Doradas S.A.
Nickname(s)Las Águilas Doradas (The Golden Eagles)
El Equipo Dorado (The Golden Team)
El Equipo Joven de Colombia (Colombia's Young Team)
Founded16 July 2008 (2008-07-16) (as Itagüí Ditaires)
GroundEstadio Alberto Grisales
Rionegro, Colombia
Capacity14,000
OwnerTalento Dorado S.A.
ChairmanPaola Salazar
ManagerCésar Farías
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2022Primera A, 8th of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

On 16 July 2008, the club was founded as Itagüí Ditaires after a group of investors led by former football player José Fernando Salazar bought the team Bajo Cauca and relocated it to Itagüí.[1]

Itagüí began playing in the Primera B's 2008 Finalización championship, where they finished sixth out of nine teams in their group. In the 2009 Apertura, Itagüí had a great performance; they finished second in their group during the regular season, then won their group in the playoffs, before losing the final to Cortuluá on penalties. In the 2009 Finalización, the club had the most points out of all 18 in the regular season, with 33, and were serious candidates to win the title. However, they faltered in the playoffs and finished last with only three points. For the 2010 season DIMAYOR changed the Primera B format to a year-long tournament. Itagüí topped the regular season table, advancing to the playoffs. In the playoffs, they won their group, winning five and only losing one, which qualified them for the final against Deportivo Pasto. In the finals, the club won 3–2 on aggregate, becoming champions and being promoted to the Primera A, mainly with the help of Luis Páez, who scored in both legs. In that same year, the club also reached the Copa Colombia finals, knocking Deportes Tolima, Atlético Nacional, and Millonarios out of the competition successively before losing to Deportivo Cali.

They made their Primera A debut in 2011, being the first time in the top-flight that four teams from the same department (Antioquia) competed for the grand prize.

The club was expelled from Itagüí in May 2014, following a dispute between the club's chairman and the city's mayor regarding the financial support received by the club from Itagüí's local government. The decision to expel the club from the city was made by the mayor after being publicly criticized by the club's chairman for the scarce support provided to the club. This incident meant the team would change its name to Águilas Pereira, moving to the city of Pereira and playing its home matches at Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium, a change approved by DIMAYOR's Assembly in an extraordinary meeting on 14 July 2014.[2][3]

In March 2015, the club moved to Rionegro, changing its name to Águilas Doradas, citing economic losses as the main reason.[4] On 5 January 2016 the club announced it would be changing its name to Rionegro Águilas and its kit colour would be switched from its traditional golden to red.[5][6][7] The club returned to its usual primary kit colours of golden and black for the 2020 season.

In April 2021, the club made world headlines when they were forced to play a league match with Boyacá Chicó using only seven players due to a rule imposed by DIMAYOR in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which stated that a team had to play if they had at least seven players available. Águilas Doradas were unable to field an entire team due to fifteen players testing positive for COVID-19 and seven players out injured. As a result, the club sent a request to DIMAYOR to have the match postponed, which was declined. Eventually the game was called off after a player got injured with ten minutes remaining, leaving the team with only six players and below the minimum needed.[8][9][10]

Honours

Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
2014: First stage
2015: First stage
2023: First stage

Players

First-team squad
As of 18 July 2023[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Venezuela VEN José Contreras
2 DF Colombia COL Sebastián Rodríguez
4 DF Colombia COL Mateo Puerta
5 DF Colombia COL Carlos Arboleda
7 MF Colombia COL Juan Esteban Ávalo
8 MF Bolivia BOL Moisés Villarroel
9 FW Colombia COL Antony Vásquez
11 MF Colombia COL Tomás Salazar
12 GK Colombia COL Juan David Valencia
14 FW Colombia COL Jeferson Rivas
15 MF Colombia COL Guillermo Celis
16 MF Colombia COL Jean Pineda
17 DF Colombia COL Jeison Quiñónes (captain)
18 FW Colombia COL Marco Pérez
19 FW Colombia COL Wilson Morelo
20 FW Colombia COL John Fredy Salazar
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Colombia COL Yoni Mosquera
22 MF Colombia COL Jesús Rivas
23 MF Colombia COL Johan Caballero
24 DF Colombia COL Jean Pestaña
25 FW Colombia COL Jorge Rengifo
27 MF Venezuela VEN Oscar Hernández
29 MF Colombia COL Alex Castro
30 DF Colombia COL Nicolás Lara
31 DF Colombia COL Diego Sánchez
33 MF Colombia COL Auli Oliveros
90 FW Colombia COL Royner Benítez
— GK Colombia COL Héctor Arango
— DF Colombia COL Dylan Lozano
— DF Colombia COL Hayen Palacios
— MF Colombia COL Juan Pablo Otálvaro
— FW Colombia COL Fabián Charales

World Cup players

The following players were chosen to represent their country at the FIFA World Cup while contracted to Águilas Doradas Rionegro.

Notable players

Managers
Country Name Dates
 ColombiaCarlos HoyosJul 16, 2008 – Nov 11, 2009
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús GómezJan 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2010
 ColombiaCarlos HoyosDec 30, 2010 – April 30, 2011
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús GómezMay 1, 2011 – Dec 31, 2011
 ColombiaHernán TorresJan 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012
 ColombiaLeonel ÁlvarezJuly 7, 2012 – Dec 13, 2012
 ColombiaJorge Luis BernalJan 8, 2013 – Dec 7, 2013
 ColombiaAlberto GameroDec 16, 2013 – May 9, 2014
 ColombiaJorge Luis Bernal3, June 2014 – 23, Sept 2014
 ArgentinaÓscar Héctor QuintabaniSept 24, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014
 ColombiaÁlvaro de Jesús GómezJan 1, 2015 – April 6, 2015
 ArgentinaÓscar Héctor QuintabaniApril 7, 2015 – Sept 28, 2015
 ColombiaNéstor OteroSept 29, 2015–16
 ColombiaPedro Sarmiento2016–

Source: Worldfootball.net

See also

References
  1. "Aguilas Doradas Oficial". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ""Las Águilas Doradas fueron expulsadas de Itagüí", Fernando Salazar" ["The "Golden Eagles" were expelled from Itagüí", Fernando Salazar]. Win Sports. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. "De manera unánime, la DIMAYOR autorizó a Águilas Doradas jugar en Pereira" [Unanimously, DIMAYOR authorized Águilas Doradas to play at Pereira]. Win Sports. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  4. "Águilas ya tiene 'nido': jugará en Rionegro". Futbolred.com (in Spanish). 18 March 2015.
  5. "Águilas Doradas cambia su nombre a Rionegro F.C." Golcaracol.com (in Spanish). 5 January 2016.
  6. "Águilas Doradas cambia su nombre: ahora será Rionegro". futbolred.com (in Spanish). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. "Cambio de nombre a Rionegro Águilas". DIMAYOR.com.co (in Spanish). 22 January 2016.
  8. "COVID: Team starts with 7, finishes with 6". ESPN.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  9. Pozzebon, Stefano (12 April 2021). "Colombian football team Águilas Doradas fields only seven players due to Covid outbreak". CNN. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  10. "Colombian top-flight side Rionegro Aguilas forced to play with seven due to injuries and Covid-19 cases". Goal.com. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  11. "Águilas Doradas". Dimayor. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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