Internacional F.C. de Palmira

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Internacional F.C. de Palmira
Internacional F.C. de Palmira.png
Full nameInternacional Fútbol Club de Palmira
Founded10 January 2024;13 months ago (2024-01-10)
Ground Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar
Capacity15,300
OwnerIgnacio Martán
ChairmanOscar Arturo Martán
Manager Héctor Cárdenas
League Categoría Primera B
2024 Primera B, 10th of 16
Website https://internacionalfc.co/

Internacional Fútbol Club de Palmira is a Colombian professional football team based in Palmira, Valle del Cauca. It was founded on 10 January 2024 and plays in Categoría Primera B, the second-tier competition of Colombian football.

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History

Internacional F.C. was founded by the Martán family after rebranding the club Cortuluá and relocating it to Palmira, Valle del Cauca Department ahead of the 2024 season.

Cortuluá, which had been based in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, started moving out of its hometown after their relegation from Categoría Primera A at the end of the 2022 season, citing the lack of financial support from successive local administrations. The club first moved to Yumbo, Valle del Cauca, [1] where it played its matches in the 2023 Primera B tournament. Cortuluá originally planned to rebrand to Yumbo Industriales F.C. within six months, [2] but this proposed change did not materialize.

At the end of 2023 Cortuluá requested another change of home stadium, planning to move to Palmira. The request was approved by DIMAYOR on 12 December 2023. [3] The club was ultimately rebranded as Internacional F.C. de Palmira on 10 January 2024. [4]

In their first season, Internacional were close to advance to the final stages in both tournaments of the 2024 Primera B season, but placed ninth in the Torneo I and tenth in the Torneo II. In the first tournament, they ended the first stage tied with Deportes Quindío in points, goal difference, goals scored, and away goals scored, but lost to them on away goals against. Internacional conceded 11 goals in their away games, but Deportes Quindío ended up claiming the last berth to the following stage of the competition as they only conceded 10 goals out of their stadium. [5]

Stadium

Internacional F.C. play their home matches at Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar in Palmira, which has a capacity of 15,300 people. It is shared with Orsomarso, who also play their home matches at this stadium.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2025

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Geisson Perea
3 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Stiven Valencia
5 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Yoiver González
6 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL José David Leudo
7 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Escobar
8 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Carlos Franco
10 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Mauricio González
11 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Johan Gamboa
12 GK Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Arled Cadavid
13 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Didier Delgado
14 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL David Orozco
16 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Maikoll Herrera
21 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Samuel Osorio
22 GK Flag of Colombia.svg  COL José Escobar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
23 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Víctor Ibarbo
26 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Danny Zúñiga
30 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Manuel Caicedo
31 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Jhonier Hurtado
32 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Fabio Delgado
34 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Jhonier Montiel
35 MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Kevin Caicedo
70 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Johan Arango
80 FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Darío Rodríguez
DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Luis Becerra
MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL David Contreras
MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Kener González
MF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Emerson Viveros
FW Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Jean Pool Trochez

Managers

Source: [6]

References

  1. "Dimayor dio luz verde para el cambio de sede del Cortuluá" [Dimayor greenlit Cortuluá's home stadium change] (in Spanish). Infobae. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. "¿Yumbo Industriales FC o Cortuluá? El club aclara la situación respecto a su nombre" [Yumbo Industriales FC or Cortuluá? The club clears up the situation regarding its name] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. "Dos históricos del fútbol colombiano harán un cambio de sede para el 2024" [Two historicals of Colombian football will make a change of venue for 2024] (in Spanish). La FM. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. "Conozca el nuevo equipo profesional del FPC que reemplazará a Cortuluá y jugará en Palmira, habla su presidente" [Get to know the FPC′s new professional team that will replace Cortuluá and will play in Palmira, its chairman speaks] (in Spanish). El País. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. "Deportes Quindío en semifinales de la B, pero su rendimiento no convence" [Deportes Quindío in the second tier's semifinals, but its performance is unconvincing] (in Spanish). La Crónica del Quindío. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  6. "Internacional de Palmira » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2025-01-21.