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Once Caldas

Once Caldas
Full nameOnce Caldas S.A.
Nickname(s)El Blanco (The White);
El Blanco Blanco de Manizales (Manizales's White-White);
Los Albos (the Albos);
El Equipo Albo (The Albo Team)
Founded16 April 1947 (1947-04-16) (Foundation of Deportes Caldas)
15 January 1961 (1961-01-15) (Merger with Once Deportivo)[1]
GroundEstadio Palogrande
Capacity28,678[2]
ChairmanJorge Enrique Vélez
CoachHernán Darío Herrera
LeagueCategoría Primera A
2024Primera A, 5th of 20
Websitewww.oncecaldas.com.co

Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club plays its home games at Estadio Palogrande.

The club was founded in 1961 after the merger of Deportes Caldas and Deportivo Manizales (also known as Once Deportivo).[1][3]

The club has won the Categoría Primera A four times, but is mainly known for its 2004 Copa Libertadores title.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Colombia – Foundation Dates of Clubs". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ FIFA.com
  3. ^ "Historia". Oncecaldas.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  4. ^ "El recuerdo del Once Caldas campeón de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2004, hace 20 años" [The memory of Once Caldas, 2004 CONMEBOL Libertadores champion, 20 years ago] (in Spanish). ESPN. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2025.

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