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Once Caldas
Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club plays its home games at Estadio Palogrande.
The club was founded in 1961 after the merger of Deportes Caldas and Deportivo Manizales (also known as Once Deportivo).
The club has won the Categoría Primera A four times, but is mainly known for its 2004 Copa Libertadores title.
Although the current Once Caldas ("Caldas Eleven") was founded in 1961 from the merger of Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo, both were founding clubs of the Campeonato Profesional, as the Colombian professional football league was originally named, and both took part in the first edition held in 1948. Founded in 1930, Once Deportivo was the club's oldest predecessor, but did not enjoy much success in its participations in the football league: in 1948 it placed ninth out of 10 teams, ninth as well in 1949 but with 14 teams, second-from-bottom with 16 teams in 1950, and ninth again in its final season in 1951. Meanwhile, Deportes Caldas (founded in 1947), were more successful in the competition. They placed third in the first edition of the league, and two years later they won their first league title with Alfredo Cuezzo as manager, playing 30 matches, winning 20, drawing 5, and losing 5, scoring 91 goals and conceding 48. In the 1951 Colombian championship, which would also be Deportes Caldas's final participation in the tournament, the team finished tenth out of 18 teams.
Both Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo went defunct after the 1951 season and were replaced intermittently in later seasons by another team called Atlético Manizales, which for its first season in 1952 was formed with players from both sides, however, plans to revive either of the original clubs started being discussed. Carlos Gómez Escobar was in favor of reviving Deportes Caldas, but Eduardo Gómez Arrubla's idea was to bring back Once Deportivo. Thanks to the mediation of Dr. Hermán Bueno Ramírez, the three co-founders reached a compromise to merge the previous clubs into a new entity named Once Caldas. The merged club joined the league ahead of the 1961 season under the license that formerly belonged to Deportes Caldas, and played its first match on 12 March 1961, a 3–2 loss to Deportivo Pereira. In that year, the club finished seventh in the league table.
Due to financial reasons, in 1972 Once Caldas became the first Colombian club to showcase a sponsor on its shirt, and starting from that year it lent its name to the different sponsors it had during that period, changing its name to Cristal Caldas in 1972, Varta Caldas in 1979, back to Cristal Caldas four years later and finally Once Philips in 1991. The club dropped the practice of adopting its sponsor's name in 1993, reverting to its original name.
The club had a good campaign in 1983. The season was divided into two tournaments, Copa de La Paz (Apertura) and Torneo Nacional (Finalización). In the Copa de La Paz, the club finished first in their group with 20 points, which automatically qualified them for the final octogonal held at the end of the year to decide the season's champion; in that tournament, Once Caldas finished fifth with 14 points. Ten years later Once Caldas won the Apertura tournament, defeating Junior in the final, but failed to make it to the final stage as they were eliminated in the semifinals.
In the 1997 Adecuación tournament, Once Caldas finished in second place of their semifinal group and advanced to the third place play-off where they faced Millonarios. Although they lost on bonus points after each team won one match in the series, Once Caldas were awarded a spot in the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL since Millonarios declined to participate in order to enter the 1998 Copa Merconorte. The Copa CONMEBOL was Once Caldas's first participation in an international competition, in which the club was eliminated in the first round by the eventual winners Santos. Santos won the first leg in Brazil 2–1, and in the second leg in Manizales, Once Caldas won 2–1 but was defeated 3–2 in the penalty shootout.
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Once Caldas
Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club plays its home games at Estadio Palogrande.
The club was founded in 1961 after the merger of Deportes Caldas and Deportivo Manizales (also known as Once Deportivo).
The club has won the Categoría Primera A four times, but is mainly known for its 2004 Copa Libertadores title.
Although the current Once Caldas ("Caldas Eleven") was founded in 1961 from the merger of Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo, both were founding clubs of the Campeonato Profesional, as the Colombian professional football league was originally named, and both took part in the first edition held in 1948. Founded in 1930, Once Deportivo was the club's oldest predecessor, but did not enjoy much success in its participations in the football league: in 1948 it placed ninth out of 10 teams, ninth as well in 1949 but with 14 teams, second-from-bottom with 16 teams in 1950, and ninth again in its final season in 1951. Meanwhile, Deportes Caldas (founded in 1947), were more successful in the competition. They placed third in the first edition of the league, and two years later they won their first league title with Alfredo Cuezzo as manager, playing 30 matches, winning 20, drawing 5, and losing 5, scoring 91 goals and conceding 48. In the 1951 Colombian championship, which would also be Deportes Caldas's final participation in the tournament, the team finished tenth out of 18 teams.
Both Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo went defunct after the 1951 season and were replaced intermittently in later seasons by another team called Atlético Manizales, which for its first season in 1952 was formed with players from both sides, however, plans to revive either of the original clubs started being discussed. Carlos Gómez Escobar was in favor of reviving Deportes Caldas, but Eduardo Gómez Arrubla's idea was to bring back Once Deportivo. Thanks to the mediation of Dr. Hermán Bueno Ramírez, the three co-founders reached a compromise to merge the previous clubs into a new entity named Once Caldas. The merged club joined the league ahead of the 1961 season under the license that formerly belonged to Deportes Caldas, and played its first match on 12 March 1961, a 3–2 loss to Deportivo Pereira. In that year, the club finished seventh in the league table.
Due to financial reasons, in 1972 Once Caldas became the first Colombian club to showcase a sponsor on its shirt, and starting from that year it lent its name to the different sponsors it had during that period, changing its name to Cristal Caldas in 1972, Varta Caldas in 1979, back to Cristal Caldas four years later and finally Once Philips in 1991. The club dropped the practice of adopting its sponsor's name in 1993, reverting to its original name.
The club had a good campaign in 1983. The season was divided into two tournaments, Copa de La Paz (Apertura) and Torneo Nacional (Finalización). In the Copa de La Paz, the club finished first in their group with 20 points, which automatically qualified them for the final octogonal held at the end of the year to decide the season's champion; in that tournament, Once Caldas finished fifth with 14 points. Ten years later Once Caldas won the Apertura tournament, defeating Junior in the final, but failed to make it to the final stage as they were eliminated in the semifinals.
In the 1997 Adecuación tournament, Once Caldas finished in second place of their semifinal group and advanced to the third place play-off where they faced Millonarios. Although they lost on bonus points after each team won one match in the series, Once Caldas were awarded a spot in the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL since Millonarios declined to participate in order to enter the 1998 Copa Merconorte. The Copa CONMEBOL was Once Caldas's first participation in an international competition, in which the club was eliminated in the first round by the eventual winners Santos. Santos won the first leg in Brazil 2–1, and in the second leg in Manizales, Once Caldas won 2–1 but was defeated 3–2 in the penalty shootout.