Rugby team

Santa Fe

Club · Colombia · Primera A

«Los Cardenales»

341 Matches

143 wins

102 draws

96 losses

437–358 Goals

+79 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Form D D D W D D

Ómar Pérez spent nine years in the Santa Fe shirt and left with nine titles. When sixteen friends, alumni of Gimnasio Moderno and Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, met at Café del Rhin on 28 February 1941, they called the team Independiente to mark it out from clubs backed by investors, and Santa Fe after the passage where they sat and the old nickname for people from Bogotá.

Two more titles followed within a decade, in 1958 and 1960, on his way to a World Cup two years later. The championship count has since reached ten, with the most recent Apertura won in 2025.

Nothing in the trophy case matches 2015, when Santa Fe beat Argentina's Huracán on penalties to win the Copa Sudamericana. A year later, in Japan, they beat Kashima Antlers 1–0 for the Suruga Bank Championship.

Home games are played at El Campín, in front of a crowd that can run past 36,000, in the red-and-white that gave the team its best-known nickname, Los Cardenales.

Latest results

All matches

8 Sep	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	Vasco DA Gama H	0:0	D
6 Sep	Primera A	Fortaleza FC H	2:2	D
3 Sep	Primera A	Millonarios H	3:2	W
30 Aug	Primera A	Junior A	1:1	D
27 Aug	CONMEBOL Sudamericana	River Plate A	1:1	D
26 Aug	Primera A	Jaguares H

Standing

CONMEBOL Libertadores

Group stage · Group E

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Corinthians	6	3	2	1	8:4	11
2	Platense	6	3	1	2	8:7	10
3	Santa Fe	6	2	2	2	6:7	8
4	Peñarol Montevideo	6	0	3	3	4:8	3

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Team statistics

matches counted: 341

341 Matches

143 wins

102 draws

96 losses

437–358 Goals

+79 Difference

1.3 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 341

143 102 96

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	341	174	167
Scored	437	249	188
Conceded	358	142	216
Scored per game	1.3	1.4	1.1
Conceded per game	1.0	0.8	1.3
Difference	+79	+107	−28

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Nahuel Lautaro Bustos Forward 39 Matches

Daniel Torres Midfielder 38 Matches

Hugo Rodallega Martínez Forward 38 Matches

Luis Ángel Palacios Mena Forward 36 Matches

Christian Mafla Defender 35 Matches

Weibmar Asprilla Goalkeeper 35 Matches

Emanuel Olivera Defender 34 Matches

Victor Moreno Defender 33 Matches

Squad of Santa Fe

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
19	Nahuel Lautaro Bustos	Forward		39
16	Daniel Torres	Midfielder		38
11	Hugo Rodallega Martínez	Forward		38
14	Luis Ángel Palacios Mena	Forward		36
32	Christian Mafla	Defender		35
12	Weibmar Asprilla	Goalkeeper		35
18	Emanuel Olivera	Defender		34
3	Victor Moreno	Defender		33
8	Omar Andrés Fernández Frasica	Forward		33
7	Johan Torres	Midfielder		32
40	Martin Palacios	Forward		32
1	Andrés Felipe Mosquera Marmolejo	Goalkeeper		32
15	Iván René Scarpeta Silgado	Defender		31
13	Helibelton Palacios	Defender		31
10	Alexis Zapata	Midfielder		31
6	Kilian David Toscano Bassa	Forward		30
9	Franco Misael Fagúndez Rosa	Midfielder		29
24	Jeison Andrés Angulo Trujillo	Defender		27
77	Jader Obrian	Midfielder		24
27	Yeicar Alberto Perlaza Perea	Midfielder	23	21
17	Maximiliano Lovera	Forward		19
20	Yílmar Andrés Velásquez Palacios	Defender		19
22	Edwin Stiven Mosquera Palacios	Midfielder		19
4	Mateo Puerta	Defender		17
2	Juan Quintero	Defender		16
21	Ewil Hernando Murillo Rentería	Midfielder		11
37	John Rentería	Defender		9
12	Weibmar Asprilla	Goalkeeper		4
7	Jhojan Torres	Midfielder		4
5	Jhon Wenceslao Meléndez Murillo	Defender		4
33	Carlos Nemokon	Goalkeeper		4
25	Emerson Rivaldo Rodríguez Valois	Midfielder		3
39	Cristhian Portocarrero	Midfielder		3
43	Jean Caicedo	Defender		3
35	Kevin Balanta	Defender		3
31	J. Espitia	Goalkeeper		2
30	Kevin Cortes	Midfielder		2
40	M. Palacios	Forward		1
31	Juan Espitia	Goalkeeper		1
42	Jhojan Zúñiga	Midfielder		1

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Fixtures of Santa Fe

10 Sep · 21:00 Union Magdalena A Copa Colombia
13 Sep · 20:00 Deportes Tolima H Primera A
15 Sep · 21:00 Deportivo Pereira A Primera A
15 Sep · 23:00 Vasco DA Gama A CONMEBOL Sudamericana

8 Sep Vasco DA Gama H 0:0 D
6 Sep Fortaleza FC H 2:2 D
3 Sep Millonarios H 3:2 W
30 Aug Junior A 1:1 D
27 Aug River Plate A 1:1 D
26 Aug Jaguares H
23 Aug America de Cali H 0:0 D
20 Aug River Plate H 0:0 D

Honours of Santa Fe

Categoría Primera A 1948, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1971, 1975, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2025 10
Superliga Colombiana 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021 4
Copa Colombia 1989, 2009 2
Copa Sudamericana 2015 1
Suruga Bank Championship 2016 1