Deportivo Independiente Medellín

Early years

Independiente Medellín was founded on 14 November 1913 under the name of Medellín Foot Ball Club by siblings Alberto, Luis, and Rafael Uribe Piedrahíta. The team played its first match against Sporting Medellín, who defeated them 11–0. The club won amateur titles in 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923 and 1930; with these titles it became one of the most important teams of Colombia at the time. In 1948, Medellín joined professional football and played the first edition of the Colombian professional league. Medellín placed seventh out of 10 teams, winning seven matches. Their first match was a 4–0 defeat against América de Cali. Their first win was 3–2 against Junior.

1950–1954: "La Danza del Sol"

In 1950, Medellin signed many Peruvian footballers in a movement known as El Dorado, when Colombian teams signed many foreign footballers. Some of the players signed include brothers Constantino Perales and Agapito Perales, Segundo Castillo, Roberto Drago and Luis Guzmán Gonzales. This squad was dubbed "La Danza del Sol", and that season the club finished fourth with 34 points. Medellín did not play in 1952 and 1953 due to economic problems. In 1953, the club changed its entire administration and was renamed to its current name, Deportivo Independiente Medellín. In the club's first season back, the 1954 season, they finished third in the league table. 1954 also marked the arrival of Argentine footballer José Manuel "El Charro" Moreno, who had won two South…

Domestic

Categoría Primera A Winners (6): 1955, 1957, 2002–II, 2004–I, 2009–II, 2016–I Copa Colombia Winners (3): 1981, 2019, 2020 Superliga Colombiana Runners-up (1): 2017

Regional

Campeonato Nacional Winners (7): 1918, 1920, 1922, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1938 Campeonato Departamental Winners (8): 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945

Friendly tournaments

Copa Jimenez Jaramillo (1): 1923 Copa Club Unión: 1942 Triangular ‘Trofeo Coltejer’: 1955 Torneo "Medellín sin tugurios": 1983 Copa Montreal (Canada): 1992 Copa DC United: 1994 Copa Ciudad de Popayán: 2005 Copa Gobernación de Antioquia: 2008, 2010 Copa del Pacífico: 2009