Deportivo Pereira
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| Full name | Corporación Social, Deportiva y Cultural de Pereira |
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| Founded | 12 February 1944 |
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Estadio Hernán Ramírez Villegas, Pereira, Colombia |
| Capacity | 30,297 |
| Chairman | Jhon Omar Candamil (Liquidator manager) |
| Manager | Alberto Bulleri |
| League | Categoría Primera B |
| 2016 | 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium.
While there are several teams in the Third Division (Primera C), Pereira is the only professional team in Risaralda.
Deportivo Pereira made its First Division debut (Primera A) in the 1949 season. Deportivo Pereira replaced Universidad, a soccer club founded in Bogotá that had played its previous season in the 'Pearl of the Otún River', nickname of the city of Pereira.
Founded on February 12, 1944, the team played its first game at home against Universidad De Bogota, losing 1–2. The team's first goal was scored by Ecuadorian player Humberto Suárez. Its first victory was against Atlético Bucaramanga, with a final score of 1–2, and goals scored by Omar Barahona and José “Mico” Zapata. A second victory as a visitor was obtained against Bucaramanga 3–4. The team's first victory playing at home was in October 9, 1949, beating Huracán 4–1, with goals scored by Carmelo Enrique Colombo, José "Mico" Zapata, Inocencio Paz Lasso "Cencio" and an own goal from Huracan's player Santos Isaza. The first top scorer of the "Matecaña" (another of Pereira's nicknames) team was the vallecaucanian Inocencio Paz Lasso "Cencio", with 11 goals. The team finished the season in last place with only 14 points.
Deportivo Pereira has never won a Primera A championship. The team's last successful season was in 1974, year in which the team reached third place.
Led by Gilberto Osorio, the roster included Óscar Héctor Quintabani, "Raton" Echeverri, Victor Longo, Henry Viáfara, Gilberto Cabrera, Farid Perchy, Sergio Cierra, Benjamin "Mincho" Cardona, Eduardo Emilio Vilarete, Jairo "Chiqui" Aguirre, and as substitutes Goalkeeper Reynel Ruiz, Midfielders Manzi and Ponciano Castro and strikers Abel Augusto Lobatón, Hernán "Pistolero" Villa and Iván Darío "Chumin" Castañeda. The team finished the tournament in 4th place.
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