Patriotas F.C.

Patriotas

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Full name	Patriotas Boyacá S.A.
Founded	18 February 2003 (2003-02-18)
Ground	Estadio La Independencia, Tunja, Colombia
Ground Capacity	21,000
Chairman	Juan Manuel Rogelis
Manager	Harold Rivera
League	Categoría Primera A
2015	10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Patriotas F.C., also known as Patriotas Boyacá, is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the La Independencia stadium.

History

Patriotas FC was founded in 2003 by the then governor of Boyaca Miguel Ángel Bermúdez, together with then Coldeportes' chairman and the owners of hardware business G&J. That year the club was in the semi-finals and was eliminated by the club Boyacá Chicó. In 2004 the team advanced again to the semi-finals but it was eliminated by Deportivo Antioquia, Centauros Villavicencio and Expreso Rojo. In 2005 Patriotas was second in the general table but in the semi-finals was eliminated by Bajo Cauca. In 2009 and after the changes implemented in the Championship, Patriotas was first in Group B but was eliminated again in the semi-finals and ended up in third place. In 2011 the team was promoted to the First Division after beating America de Cali by penalties.

Current Squad

As of 11 June 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Juan Guillermo Castillo 2 DF Jesús Murillo 4 DF Jonathan Segura 5 MF Larry Vásquez 7 FW Carlos Andrés Rivas 8 MF Leonardo Pico 9 FW Ray Vanegas (on loan from Medellín) 10 MF Harold Rivera 11 MF Alan Navarro 12 GK Oswaldo Villada 14 DF Nicolás Carreño 15 DF Sebastián Acosta

No. Position Player 16 DF Harold Macías 19 DF Carlos Henao (on loan from América de Cali) 20 DF Jhon Cano 21 FW Darwin López (on loan from Deportes Tolima) 23 FW Jorge Ramírez 25 GK Antonio Otero 27 FW Carlos Rentería 28 MF Raúl Loaiza 29 MF Iván Corredor 30 FW Tommy Tobar 32 FW Martín Icart MF Carmona

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player – MF Cristhian Subero (at América de Cali)

No. Position Player

Managers

Country	Name	Dates
Colombia	Álvaro de Jesús Gómez	2003
Colombia	Álvaro Zuluaga	2004
Colombia	Harold Morales	1 January 2005 – June 2006
Colombia	Epimenio Cristancho	1 July 2006 – 31 December 2006
Colombia	Juan Carlos Grueso	2007 – 2008
Argentina	Mario Vanemerak	1 January 2009 – June 2009
Colombia	Eduardo Julián Retat	1 July 2009 – December 2009
Colombia	Orlando Restrepo	1 January 2010 – March 2010
Colombia	Carlos Hoyos	1 April 2010 – December 2010
Colombia	Miguel Augusto Prince	1 January 2011 – 4 October 2012
Colombia	Eduardo Retat	5 October 2012 – 31 December 2012
Colombia	Arturo Reyes	1 January 2013 – 25 April 2013
Argentina	Juan Díaz	2 April 2013 – 30 June 2013
Uruguay	Julio Comesaña	1 July 2013 – 1 February 2014
Colombia	Harold Rivera	3 April 2014 – Present

Source: Worldfootball.net

External links

• Official Team Site
• Unofficial Fan Site