American football team

Independiente Medellin

Club · Colombia · Primera A

«El Rojo Paisa»

367 Matches

154 wins

113 draws

99 losses

494–388 Goals

+106 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form W L W W W L

Estadio Atanasio Girardot has been home to Independiente Medellín for as long as most of the city can remember, a bowl in the Antioquia capital that currently holds 44,826. A refit under discussion would push that toward 60,000 by 2026 or 2027, but for now the old numbers stand and the ground has not changed shape.

The club itself dates to 14 November 1913, when it registered as Medellín Football Club, decades before Colombia had a professional league to join. The city still calls it El Rojo Paisa, a name that matches the shirt: red over blue.

Six Categoría Primera A titles make up the professional record — 1955, 1957, 2002 and 2004, then 2009 and 2016 — alongside three Copa Colombia wins, in 1981, 2019 and 2020. Continentally the club has never gone further than a Copa Libertadores semi-final, reached in 2003; no CONMEBOL trophy has followed it.

Germán Cano's scoring record still gets quoted whenever a current forward goes on a run: 129 goals in 196 appearances. David González is remembered as the most decorated player to wear the shirt, and Juan Cuadrado came through the same academy before his career carried him well beyond Antioquia.

The fixture that shapes the calendar is the Clásico Paisa, against Atlético Nacional, first played on 12 September 1948 and won 3-0 by Medellín. The counting has continued ever since — 346 meetings by 2025, with Nacional ahead on wins, 139 to 97, and 110 drawn.

Recent finals have gone against the club, with runner-up finishes in 2018, 2022, 2023 and 2025, and by 2026 the talk around Medellín has turned as much to finances as to form, with the investment fund AFKR Capital reported to be circling a stake. Whatever comes of it, the crowd still fills Atanasio Girardot in red.

Latest results

All matches

13 Sep	Primera A	Chico A	1:2	L
10 Sep	Copa Colombia	Deportivo Pasto A	4:1	W
4 Sep	Primera A	Deportivo Pereira A	3:0	W
30 Aug	Primera A	Llaneros H	2:1	W
23 Aug	Primera A	Cúcuta Deportivo H	0:1	L
21 Aug	Copa Colombia	Deportivo Pasto A

Standing

Primera A

Group stage · Apertura

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
9	Deportivo Cali	19	7	6	6	20:16	27
10	Millonarios	19	7	5	7	31:23	26
11	Independiente Medellin	19	7	5	7	26:24	26
12	Rionegro Aguilas	19	7	5	7	20:25	26
13	Bucaramanga	19	5	8	6	26:20	23

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 367

367 Matches

154 wins

113 draws

99 losses

494–388 Goals

+106 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 367

154 113 99

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	367	183	184
Scored	494	267	227
Conceded	388	150	238
Scored per game	1.3	1.5	1.2
Conceded per game	1.1	0.8	1.3
Difference	+106	+117	−11

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Eder Aleixo Chaux Ospina Goalkeeper 34 Matches

Esneyder Mena Perea Defender 33 Matches

J. Montano Midfielder 31 Matches

Salvador Ichazo Fernández Goalkeeper 31 Matches

H. Loboa Midfielder 30 Matches

Didier Moreno Midfielder 29 Matches

Diego Moreno Midfielder 29 Matches

Hayen Palacios Defender 28 Matches

Squad of Independiente Medellin

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
25	Eder Aleixo Chaux Ospina	Goalkeeper		34
26	Esneyder Mena Perea	Defender		33
20	J. Montano	Midfielder		31
1	Salvador Ichazo Fernández	Goalkeeper		31
16	H. Loboa	Midfielder		30
6	Didier Moreno	Midfielder		29
31	Diego Moreno	Midfielder		29
30	Hayen Palacios	Defender		28
24	José Ortiz	Defender	27	26
13	Francisco Javier Chaverra Angulo	Forward		25
8	Alexis Serna	Midfielder		25
39	Luis Fernando Escorcia Urieta	Defender		24
4	Kevin Mantilla	Defender		23
14	Baldomero Perlaza Perlaza	Midfielder		23
18	Frank Fabra	Defender		22
2	Leyser Chaverra Rentería	Defender	29	22
19	Francisco David Fydriszewski	Forward		22
11	Yony Alexander González Copete	Forward		20
10	Daniel Felipe Cataño Torres	Midfielder		19
28	Andres Davila	Forward		19
23	M. Palacios	Defender		19
9	Enzo Larrosa	Forward		18
17	Jeronimo Mansilla	Forward		17
33	Daniel Londoño Castañeda	Defender	31	15
88	Juan Vivarros	Defender		13
13	Han Mena	Defender		11
9	Jeison Medina Escobar	Forward		8
21	Agustín Alberto Martegani	Midfielder		8
5	Joaquín Varela Moreno	Defender		8
34	Kainer Climinger	Forward		8
3	M. Balanta	Defender		8
7	Léider Iván Berrío Peña	Forward		8
19	Alfonso Simarra	Defender		7
15	Luis Maturana	Defender		7
70	Juan José Córdoba Zapata	Forward		6
45	Alan Valdelamar	Defender		6
12	Simon Romero	Goalkeeper		5
32	Carlos Gonzalez	Forward		3
8	Juan Fernando Quintero	Midfielder		2
15	N. Segura	Midfielder		2