Founded as Deportivo Rionegro in 1944, Leones Fútbol Club participated in all seasons of the Categoría Primera B from 1991 to 2017, when the team was runner-up of the tournament and was promoted to Categoría Primera A for the first time.
The team played for almost forty years in the amateur league. The team's first president was Libardo Sanchez and his first manager was Alfonso Piedrahita. Thanks to its performances and achievements in the 80s the club was admitted in the first edition of the Categoría Primera B, the second-tier of the professional Colombian league, played in 1991. In 1993, with the direction of manager Carlos Augusto Navarrete, Rionegro managed to be among the five best of the tournament. The team got its best performance in 2001, when they were runners-up under the direction of manager Orlando Restrepo.
In 2008 Deportivo Rionegro, with René Higuita as their captain and star and with Óscar Aristizábal as manager, managed to win the first tournament of the year, defeating Unión Magdalena in the final, but in the second half failed to reach the final, so they had to fight for the title of the Primera B against Real Cartagena, losing on aggregate by 2-4. They played the promotion matches against Envigado F.C., but lost by a score of 3-1 on aggregate. In 2014 Deportivo Rionegro moved to Bello and changed its name to Leones Fútbol Club. The following year they moved to Turbo where they stayed for another year before moving back to the Medellín metropolitan area in 2016, establishing themselves in Itagüí.
Leones ended as runners-up in the 2017 Primera B, winning the Torneo Finalización and then going on to lose the final to Boyacá Chicó on penalty kicks. However, since they ended the season as the best team in the aggregate table, they earned promotion to the Categoría Primera A for the 2018 season, the first time the team played in the first division. They were relegated back to Primera B at the end of the season, finishing in bottom place of the relegation table.
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leones, also, known, itagüí, leones, professional, colombian, football, team, based, itagüí, playing, categoría, primera, starting, from, 2019, they, play, their, home, games, estadio, metropolitano, ciudad, itagüí, itagüí, leonesfull, nameitagüí, leones, fútb. Leones F C also known as Itagui Leones is a professional Colombian football team based in Itagui playing in the Categoria Primera B starting from 2019 They play their home games at the Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagui Itagui LeonesFull nameItagui Leones Futbol Club 1 Nickname s El Equipo FelinoLos FelinosLos Felinos de AntioquiaLos Felinos del Valle de AburraLa Garra AntioquenaAuriverdesFounded15 February 1944 80 years ago 1944 02 15 as Deportivo RionegroGroundEstadio Metropolitano Ciudad de ItaguiCapacity12 000ChairmanCarlos MurilloManagerGiovanny RuizLeagueCategoria Primera B2023Primera B 6th of 16WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird colours Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Honours 4 Players 4 1 Current squad 4 2 Notable players 5 References 6 External linksHistory editFounded as Deportivo Rionegro in 1944 Leones Futbol Club participated in all seasons of the Categoria Primera B from 1991 to 2017 when the team was runner up of the tournament and was promoted to Categoria Primera A for the first time The team played for almost forty years in the amateur league The team s first president was Libardo Sanchez and his first manager was Alfonso Piedrahita Thanks to its performances and achievements in the 80s the club was admitted in the first edition of the Categoria Primera B the second tier of the professional Colombian league played in 1991 In 1993 with the direction of manager Carlos Augusto Navarrete Rionegro managed to be among the five best of the tournament The team got its best performance in 2001 when they were runners up under the direction of manager Orlando Restrepo In 2008 Deportivo Rionegro with Rene Higuita as their captain and star and with oscar Aristizabal as manager managed to win the first tournament of the year defeating Union Magdalena in the final but in the second half failed to reach the final so they had to fight for the title of the Primera B against Real Cartagena losing on aggregate by 2 4 They played the promotion matches against Envigado F C but lost by a score of 3 1 on aggregate In 2014 Deportivo Rionegro moved to Bello and changed its name to Leones Futbol Club The following year they moved to Turbo where they stayed for another year before moving back to the Medellin metropolitan area in 2016 establishing themselves in Itagui Leones ended as runners up in the 2017 Primera B winning the Torneo Finalizacion and then going on to lose the final to Boyaca Chico on penalty kicks However since they ended the season as the best team in the aggregate table they earned promotion to the Categoria Primera A for the 2018 season the first time the team played in the first division They were relegated back to Primera B at the end of the season finishing in bottom place of the relegation table Stadium editFurther information Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de ItaguiHonours editCategoria Primera B Runners up 1 2017Players editCurrent squad edit As of 18 August 2021 2 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp COL Arled Cadavid2 DF nbsp COL Brayan Carabali4 DF nbsp COL Carlos Gallego captain 6 MF nbsp COL Stiven Palomeque7 FW nbsp COL Gilber Lucumi8 MF nbsp COL John Wilmar Arango10 MF nbsp COL Mateo Munoz11 FW nbsp COL Luis Felipe Gomez12 GK nbsp COL Juan David Ramirez13 DF nbsp COL Miguel Arboleda16 MF nbsp COL Juan Diego Giraldo18 FW nbsp COL Jefferson Rivas19 MF nbsp COL Juan Diego Ceballos20 FW nbsp COL Andres Cordoba No Pos Nation Player21 DF nbsp COL Hadier Borja23 DF nbsp COL Javier Torres25 DF nbsp COL Nicolas Gil29 MF nbsp COL Kevin Perez GK nbsp COL Cristian Holguin GK nbsp COL Juan Millan DF nbsp COL Jhoan Cuernu DF nbsp COL Juan Sebastian Herrera MF nbsp COL Roinner Fruto MF nbsp COL Ever Meza MF nbsp COL Pablo Ospina MF nbsp COL David Pabon FW nbsp COL Brayan Martinez FW nbsp COL Luis VillalbaNotable players edit nbsp Ivan Cordoba 1993 1995 nbsp Samuel Vanegas 1996 nbsp Vladimir Marin 1999 2001 nbsp Neider Morantes 2005 nbsp Rene Higuita 2008 2009 nbsp Jefferson Duque 2010 2012 References edit Pagina en www leonesfc c LEONES F C Dimayor com co Division Mayor del Futbol Colombiano Retrieved 18 August 2021 External links editLeones FC on DIMAYOR Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leones F C amp oldid 1192152615, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
