Cucuta Deportivo
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| Full name | Cúcuta Deportivo Fútbol Club S.A. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Los Motilones (The Motilons), La Furia Motilona (The Motilon Wrath), El Doblemente Glorioso (The Twice Glorious), Los Rojinegros (The Red and Black) |
| Founded | 10 September 1924 |
| Ground |
Estadio Municipal Héctor "El Zipa" González Zipaquirá, Colombia |
| Capacity | 7,000 |
| Owner | José Augusto Cadena Mora |
| Manager | Flavio Robatto |
| League | Categoría Primera B |
| 2016 | 10th |
| Website | Club home page |
Cúcuta Deportivo Fútbol Club S. A. is a professional Colombian football team based in Cúcuta, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was officially founded on September 10, 1924, and its first appearance in a professional league was in the 1950 Campeonato Profesional season. They play their home games at the 42,000 capacity General Santander stadium, although starting from 2017 they will play their home games at Estadio Municipal Héctor "El Zipa" González in Zipaquirá, with capacity for 7,000 people. The team disputes the Clásico del Oriente Colombiano against its long-time rival Atlético Bucaramanga.
Cúcuta Deportivo has won seven titles between national and international, but the greatest achievements of the team are: two Primera B titles in 1995–96 and 2005, one Primera A title in 2006-II, and reaching the semi-finals of the 2007 Copa Libertadores, where they were knocked out by Argentinian club Boca Juniors. The IFFHS has ranked Cúcuta Deportivo 92nd in the list of best South American clubs of the 21st century.
There is some dispute regarding the founding year of Cúcuta Deportivo, but according to historian Alfredo Díaz, the club was founded on 10 September 1924 as Cúcuta Sports Club. The club's first games outside of Colombia were against a team composed of players representing Caracas, Venezuela on 23 November 1926. Two days later, on 25 November, the team played in La Guaira, Venezuela. Cúcuta Sports Club became the base of the Norte de Santander football team that took part in the first Colombian National Games (Juegos Deportivos Nacionales de Colombia) in 1928 in the city of Cali.
On 15 May 1949, the president of the Colombian football league invited the directors of Club Colpet, Chinaquillo, Guasimales, and Unión Frontera to strengthen Cúcuta Deportivo in order to compete in the new Colombian professional football league. In order to facilitate the economic reforms required to join the league, Hernando Lara Hernández bought 1,700 shares in the club in September of the same year.
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