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America de Cali

Club · Colombia · Primera A

«Los Verdiblancos»

360 Matches
138 wins
109 draws
113 losses
446–359 Goals
+87 Difference
1.2 Scored per game
Form W 2 Aug · Home Chico · 7:0 W 6 Aug · Away Once Caldas · 1:0 W 10 Aug · Home Atlético Nacional · 1:0 D 23 Aug · Away Santa Fe · 0:0 W 27 Aug · Home Junior · 4:2 D 29 Aug · Away Jaguares · 2:2

Four times in twelve years, América de Cali reached a Copa Libertadores final, and four times it walked away without the cup — 1985, 1986, 1987, then again in 1996. No other Colombian club has come that close to South America's biggest prize that often without ever lifting it.

The club's roots go back to 1918, when students at Colegio Santa Librada in Cali put together an amateur side they called América Football Club. Hernán Zamorano Isaacs turned that into a formal institution on 13 February 1927, though it took until 1948 for the club to turn professional.

Domestically, América has been crowned champion of Colombia 15 times, and the middle of that record stands out on its own: five titles in a row between 1982 and 1986, a run built during the same years the club kept falling short in the Libertadores. Later titles came in 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, and, after a long gap, in 2019 and 2020.

That gap had a hard edge to it. In 2011 América dropped into the second division for the first time in its history, and the club was reorganised as a company the following year before winning the Primera B title in 2016 to come back up.

Home games are played at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, which holds 35,405 after work carried out for the 2011 Under-20 World Cup. The fixture that still defines the calendar in Cali, though, is against Deportivo Cali — the Clásico Vallecaucano, one of the oldest derbies in Colombian football and the one match in the city neither side plays as just another game.

Latest results

All matches
29 Aug Primera A Jaguares A 2:2 D
27 Aug Primera A Junior H 4:2 W
23 Aug Primera A Santa Fe A 0:0 D
17 Aug Primera A Fortaleza FC H
10 Aug Primera A Atlético Nacional H 1:0 W
6 Aug Primera A Once Caldas A 1:0 W

Standing

Primera A

Group stage · Apertura

# Team M W D L Goals Pts
2 Junior 19 11 2 6 31:24 35
3 Deportivo Pasto 19 10 4 5 29:25 34
4 America de Cali 19 10 3 6 25:15 33
5 Once Caldas 19 8 9 2 31:22 33
6 Deportes Tolima 19 8 7 4 27:17 31
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 360
360 Matches
138 wins
109 draws
113 losses
446–359 Goals
+87 Difference
1.2 Scored per game
Season results matches counted: 360
138wins: 138 · 38% 109draws: 109 · 30% 113losses: 113 · 31%
wins draws losses
Scored and conceded last matches
2 Aug · Home Chico · 7:0
6 Aug · Away Once Caldas · 1:0
10 Aug · Home Atlético Nacional · 1:0
23 Aug · Away Santa Fe · 0:0
27 Aug · Home Junior · 4:2
29 Aug · Away Jaguares · 2:2
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 360 175 185
Scored 446 259 187
Conceded 359 140 219
Scored per game 1.2 1.5 1.0
Conceded per game 1.0 0.8 1.2
Difference +87 +119 −32

Key players

by appearances over the last year
Jean Paulo Fernandes Filho Goalkeeper 31 Matches Omar Bertel Defender 31 Matches Rafael Andrés Carrascal Avilez Midfielder 30 Matches Josén Escobar Midfielder 28 Matches Jorge Soto Goalkeeper 27 Matches Jose Cavadias Midfielder 26 Matches J. Guzman Midfielder 26 Matches H. Romeo Defender 26 Matches

Squad of America de Cali

by appearances over the last year
Number Player Position Age Matches
1 BR Jean Paulo Fernandes Filho Goalkeeper 30 31
30 CO Omar Bertel Defender 29 31
15 CO Rafael Andrés Carrascal Avilez Midfielder 33 30
5 CO Josén Escobar Midfielder 21 28
12 Jorge Soto Goalkeeper 27
6 CO Jose Cavadias Midfielder 20 26
10 CO J. Guzman Midfielder 28 26
25 H. Romeo Defender 26
9 Jorge Daniel Valencia Angulo Forward 25
17 CO Jan Franc Lucumí González Midfielder 22 25
4 Andrés Felipe Mosquera Guardia Defender 25
35 CO Kevin Angulo Forward 18 24
2 CO Marlon Torres Defender 30 23
21 CO Tomás Ángel Gutiérrez Midfielder 23 23
88 CO Tilman Palacios Midfielder 21 23
11 Darwin Daniel Machís Marcano Forward 23
3 CO Daniel Alejandro Rosero Valencia Defender 32 22
20 CO Gustavo Adrián Ramos Vásquez Forward 40 21
24 CO Cristian Camilo Tovar Angola Defender 28 19
13 M. Castillo Defender 18
23 Carlos Sierra Midfielder 18
7 Jhon Eduard Murillo Romaña Midfielder 16
8 Dylan Borrero Forward 15
16 Brian Correa Defender 15
14 CO Marcos Mina Defender 27 14
28 L. M. Mina Defender 14
22 Nicolás Hernández Rodríguez Defender 13
18 Johan Garcés Forward 10
12 CO Juan Montoya Goalkeeper 27 5
29 Camilo Amu Midfielder 4
23 Luis Enrique Quiñones Forward 4
44 CO Brayan Stiven Córdoba Barrientos Defender 26 4
34 Jordi Camacho Forward 4
77 VE Edson Alejandro Tortolero Toro Midfielder 28 4
26 Yhorman David Hurtado Torres Defender 3
18 CO Yani David Quintero Rivas Midfielder 31 3
31 CO Juan Aponza Midfielder 18 3
35 K. H. Anjulo Garces Forward 1
10 Yeison Guzmán Forward 1

Fixtures of America de Cali

Honours of America de Cali

  • Primera A 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2019, 2020 15
  • Copa Merconorte 1999 1
  • Copa Simón Bolívar 1975 1
  • Copa Libertadores 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996 4