Junior

Club · Colombia · Primera A

«The Sharks»

380 Matches

153 wins

108 draws

119 losses

493–417 Goals

+76 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form L D L D L D

Junior grew out of a neighbourhood, Rebolo, where Micaela Lavalle de Mejía gathered a group of local boys in 1924 and gave them a side to play for. The name shifted before it settled: Juventud Infantil first, then Juventud Junior once the team reached the top flight in 1929, and finally just Junior, trimmed down so nobody stumbled over the pronunciation. From 1948, when Colombian football turned professional, the club played as Atlético Junior.

The record since then reads twelve national championships, the last two coming in 2025 and the 2026 Apertura. Two Copa Colombia titles and two Superligas sit alongside them. A Copa Libertadores semi-final in 1994 remains the other high mark. None of it came free of trouble: money problems pushed Junior out of the professional league altogether in 1953, and the club did not return until 1966.

Home is the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, holding 46,692 for league football and now being rebuilt toward 60,000–65,000 seats. Iván Valenciano remains the club's leading scorer, Sebastián Viera its most-capped player, and Carlos Valderrama and Carlos Bacca both wore the shirt before finding wider fame; Luis Díaz came up through the academy. The Char family, led by Fuad Char, has owned and financed the club for years.

Latest results

All matches

30 Aug	Primera A	Santa Fe H	1:1	D
27 Aug	Primera A	America de Cali A	2:4	L
24 Aug	Primera A	Once Caldas H	1:1	D
16 Aug	Primera A	Chico A
12 Aug	Primera A	Deportivo Pereira H
2 Aug	Primera A	Millonarios H	0:1	L

Standing

Primera A

Group stage · Apertura

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Atlético Nacional	19	13	1	5	35:15	40
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

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Team statistics

matches counted: 380

380 Matches

153 wins

108 draws

119 losses

493–417 Goals

+76 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 380

153 108 119

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	380	190	190
Scored	493	309	184
Conceded	417	185	232
Scored per game	1.3	1.6	1.0
Conceded per game	1.1	1.0	1.2
Difference	+76	+124	−48

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Jefersson Justino Martínez Valverde Goalkeeper 36 Matches

Mauro Santiago Silveira Lacuesta Goalkeeper 35 Matches

Joel Kanchimbo Forward 35 Matches

Juan David Ríos Henao Midfielder 34 Matches

Luis Muriel Midfielder 34 Matches

Edwin Herrera Defender 33 Matches

Guillermo Paiva Forward 32 Matches

Cristian Darío Barrios Puertas Midfielder 31 Matches

Squad of Junior

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
30	Jefersson Justino Martínez Valverde	Goalkeeper	36
1	Mauro Santiago Silveira Lacuesta	Goalkeeper	35
21	Joel Kanchimbo	Forward	35
14	Juan David Ríos Henao	Midfielder	34
10	Luis Muriel	Midfielder	34
3	Edwin Herrera	Defender	33
9	Guillermo Paiva	Forward	32
77	Cristian Darío Barrios Puertas	Midfielder	31
26	Yeison Abelardo Súarez Vásquez	Defender	30
24	Jean Carlos Pestaña Hernández	Defender	30
88	Bryan David Castrillón Gómez	Midfielder	29
29	Teófilo Antonio Gutiérrez Roncancio	Forward	29
22	Jesús David Rivas Hernández	Midfielder	29
20	Gianhenson Sarmiento	Midfielder	29
5	Daniel Rivera	Defender	28
34	Jhomier Javier Guerrero González	Defender	25
80	Fabián Steven Ángel Bernal	Midfielder	23
98	H. Pena	Defender	23
8	Yimmi Javier Chará Zamora	Midfielder	22
33	Lucas Gabriel Monzón Lemos	Defender	22
18	Kevin Andrés Pérez Pérez	Forward	21
34	Daniel Socarras	Defender	19
70	Carlos Bacca	Forward	17
28	Guillermo León Celis Montiel	Midfielder	16
6	Dylan Villareal	Midfielder	15
38	Andres Schmalbach	Midfielder	14
7	Harold Rivera	Midfielder	13
27	Jhon Ronny Navia Mina	Defender	7
19	Francisco David Fydriszewski	Forward	4
16	Carlos Perez	Midfielder	4
25	Déiber Caicedo	Forward	3
23	Pablo Antonio Ortíz Cabezas	Defender	2
98	Jermein Peña	Defender	2
12	Jaime Acosta	Goalkeeper	1

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Fixtures of Junior

30 Aug Santa Fe H 1:1 D
27 Aug America de Cali A 2:4 L
24 Aug Once Caldas H 1:1 D
16 Aug Chico A
12 Aug Deportivo Pereira H
2 Aug Millonarios H 0:1 L
29 Jul Barranquilla A 3:3 D
26 Jul Deportes Tolima A 1:2 L

Honours of Junior

Categoría Primera A 1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2025, 2026 12
Copa Colombia 2015, 2017 2
Superliga de Colombia 2019, 2020 2