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Once Caldas

Club · Colombia · Primera A

«Los Albos»

300 Matches

107 wins

95 draws

98 losses

345–325 Goals

+20 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Form D L D D W L

That crowd has reason to gather.

The club as it stands today formed on 15 January 1961, a merger of two Manizales sides, Deportes Caldas and Once Deportivo, that had both folded after the 1951 season. It took the Deportes Caldas licence and, for a stretch, a different name, before reverting to Once Caldas in 1993. The 1950 championship belongs to that earlier incarnation; the ones that count as the modern club's own came later, in 2003 and again with both the Apertura and Finalización titles of 2009 and 2010.

None of that matches what happened in 2004. The following year brought a second final against the same Argentine opponent, this time in the Recopa Sudamericana, and again the trophy went the other way.

Goalkeeper Juan Carlos Henao built his career around Palogrande rather than around silverware alone, making more appearances for the club than anyone else. Striker Dairo Moreno went the other direction, starting out as the youngest member of that 2004 squad before becoming the top scorer in the history of the Colombian league.

In Manizales the fixture that matters most is the Clásico Cafetero against Deportivo Pereira, though Millonarios brings its own edge.

Latest results

All matches

5 Sep	Primera A	Chico A	0:2	L
2 Sep	Primera A	Fortaleza FC A	2:1	W
28 Aug	Primera A	Deportes Tolima H
24 Aug	Primera A	Junior A	1:1	D
17 Aug	Primera A	Alianza Petrolera H
14 Aug	Copa Colombia	Alianza Petrolera A

Standing

Primera A

Group stage · Apertura

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
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
7	Santa Fe	19	7	8	4	29:22	29

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 300

300 Matches

107 wins

95 draws

98 losses

345–325 Goals

+20 Difference

1.1 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 300

107 95 98

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	300	146	154
Scored	345	202	143
Conceded	325	131	194
Scored per game	1.1	1.4	0.9
Conceded per game	1.1	0.9	1.3
Difference	+20	+71	−51

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Jorge Luis Cardona Gutiérrez Defender 29 Matches

Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo Forward 29 Matches

Luis Felipe Gómez Miranda Midfielder 29 Matches

Juan David Cuesta Santos Defender 29 Matches

Felipe Parra Goalkeeper 29 Matches

Mateo Sulenta Midfielder 27 Matches

Jefry Arley Zapata Ramírez Midfielder 27 Matches

Jader Andrés Quiñónes Caicedo Midfielder 26 Matches

Squad of Once Caldas

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
2	Jorge Luis Cardona Gutiérrez	Defender	27	29
17	Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo	Forward	40	29
9	Luis Felipe Gómez Miranda	Midfielder	26	29
22	Juan David Cuesta Santos	Defender	28	29
99	Felipe Parra	Goalkeeper	26	29
28	Mateo Sulenta	Midfielder	24	27
14	Jefry Arley Zapata Ramírez	Midfielder		27
42	Jader Andrés Quiñónes Caicedo	Midfielder	25	26
16	Juan Castano	Defender	28	24
19	Thomas Garcia	Midfielder	20	23
15	Jaime Alberto Alvarado Hoyos	Midfielder	27	22
10	Luis Francisco Sánchez Mosquera	Midfielder		22
7	Michael David Barrios Puerta	Midfielder	35	21
12	James Aguirre	Goalkeeper		21
20	Andrés Felipe Roa Estrada	Midfielder	33	19
5	Iván Andrés Rojas Vásquez	Midfielder		18
30	Kevin Tamayo	Midfielder		18
18	Jáider Alfonso Riquett Molina	Defender		16
23	Kevin Andrés Cuesta Rodríguez	Midfielder		16
4	Efraín Navarro	Defender		15
88	Robert Andrés Mejía Navarrete	Midfielder		15
21	Heliker Guzmán	Forward	19	14
33	Juan Pablo Patiño Paz	Defender	28	12
70	D. Quiñones	Forward	31	12
8	Johan Esteban Beltrán Montano	Forward	26	9
39	Jian Rincón	Defender		7
29	Edwin Torres	Forward	28	6
23	Andres Colorado	Midfielder	27	6
30	Daniel Londoño Castañeda	Defender	31	6
3	Andrés Correa Valencia	Defender	32	6
25	Juan Gallego	Goalkeeper	21	4
36	Rafael Acuna	Midfielder		3
70	Deinner Alexander Quiñónes Quiñónes	Forward		3
5	Juan Pablo Nieto	Midfielder	33	2
3	Jerson Andrés Malagón Piracún	Defender	33	2
92	Andrés Felipe Ibargüen García	Forward		2
24	Luis Ángel Palacios Mena	Forward		2
6	Juan Diaz	Midfielder		2
19	Mateo García Rojas	Midfielder		2
25	J. P. Gallego	Goalkeeper		1