Independiente Medellin

Club · Colombia · Primera A

«El Rojo Paisa»

364 Matches

151 wins

113 draws

98 losses

486–385 Goals

+101 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form D W L 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

23 Aug	Primera A	Cúcuta Deportivo H	0:1	L
21 Aug	Copa Colombia	Deportivo Pasto A
17 Aug	Primera A	La Equidad FC A
12 Aug	Primera A	Millonarios H
5 Aug	Primera A	Deportes Tolima A	3:2	W
2 Aug	Primera A	Deportivo Cali H	1:0	W

Standing

CONMEBOL Libertadores

Group stage · Group A

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Flamengo	6	5	1	0	14:2	16
2	Estudiantes de La Plata	6	2	3	1	6:5	9
3	Independiente Medellin	6	2	1	3	6:11	7
4	Cusco	6	0	1	5	4:12	1

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 364

364 Matches

151 wins

113 draws

98 losses

486–385 Goals

+101 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 364

151 113 98

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	364	183	181
Scored	486	267	219
Conceded	385	150	235
Scored per game	1.3	1.5	1.2
Conceded per game	1.1	0.8	1.3
Difference	+101	+117	−16

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Eder Aleixo Chaux Ospina Goalkeeper 31 Matches

Esneyder Mena Perea Defender 31 Matches

J. Montano Midfielder 28 Matches

Salvador Ichazo Fernández Goalkeeper 28 Matches

H. Loboa Midfielder 27 Matches

Hayen Palacios Defender 26 Matches

Diego Moreno Midfielder 26 Matches

Didier Moreno Midfielder 26 Matches

Squad of Independiente Medellin

by appearances over the last year

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