Ground Capacity 16,000 2016 11th Founded 16 October 1967 Manager Jaime de la Pava | Chairman Oscar Ignacio Martán Website Club home page Location Cali, Colombia Ground Estadio Doce de Octubre | |
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Full name Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá Nickname(s) El Equipo Corazón (The Heart Team; from the city of Tuluá's own nickname El Corazón del Valle - or The Valley's Heart) Leagues Categoría Primera B, Categoría Primera A | ||
Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá, commonly known as Cortuluá, is a professional Colombian football team based in Tuluá, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded on October 16, 1967 and play their home games at the Doce de Octubre stadium.
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History
Cortuluá was founded in 1967 by a group of people headed by Paraguayan former player and coach Hernando Acosta. In 1993, Cortuluá wins his first title in the Categoría Primera B, ascending to the next year to the Primera A. Its first game was in February 26, 1994 at the Estadio Hernando Martinez Azcárate of nearby Buga against Envigado.
In the Copa Mustang 2001 Cortuluá is proclaimed champion of the Torneo Apertura (at that time this didn't give title) and classifies for 2002 Copa Libertadores. However, in 2004 the team descends to the Categoría Primera B.
In 2006, the United States Treasury identified the football club as one of ten businesses allegedly operating on behalf of one of the most wanted Colombian drug barons, Carlos Alberto Renteria Mantilla. The move by the United States authorities placed a freeze on any assets owned by the club within the United States, and prevented United States residents from having dealings with the club.
After five years in the Categoría Primera B, the club was promoted back to the Categoría Primera A in 2009. Cortuluá qualified for the final of the "Torneo Apertura", surpassing in Group A of the semi-finals at Deportes Palmira, Deportivo Rionegro, and Atlético Bucaramanga. In the final instance vs. Itagüí Ditaires, the first leg ended 3–1 with a win for Cortuluá, but it lost 2–0 in the second leg. In the penalty shootout Cortuluá won 6–5, thus winning the "Torneo Apertura" and classifying to the Final of the year, where Cortuluá defeated Atlético Bucaramanga and returned to the top tier for the following season.
In the 2010 season, the team was relegated again and returned to the second division, where it played for four seasons until the 2015 season, when they were once again promoted in a special tournament to increase the size of the Categoría Primera A to 20 teams. They came on top of Group B, ahead of Unión Magdalena, pre-tournament favorites América de Cali, and Deportivo Pereira and thus earned promotion for the 2015 season. In 2016, its reserve team placed third in the U-20 Copa Libertadores.
Domestic honours
International honours
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
Current squad
As of 4 February 2017Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.