Independiente Santa Fe (women)

Club Independiente Santa Fe Femenino, commonly known as Independiente Santa Fe or simply Santa Fe, is a professional women's football club based in Bogotá, Colombia. They are the women's football section of Independiente Santa Fe and they currently play in the Colombian Women's Football League, the top level women's football league in Colombia. To date, the club has won three league titles.

Santa Fe
Full nameClub Independiente Santa Fe Femenino
Nickname(s)Las Leonas (The Lionesses)
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundEstadio El Campín
Bogotá, Colombia
Capacity36,343[1]
ChairmanEduardo Méndez
ManagerOmar Ramírez
LeagueColombian Women's Football League
2023Champions
WebsiteClub website

Like the institution's male counterpart, who were the first Colombian professional football champion in the 1948 season, the women's team obtained the honor of being the first team to win the Colombian Women's Football League, with their title in the first edition of the competition in 2017.[2]

In 2016, for the foundation of the women's team, Independiente Santa Fe formed an alliance with the amateur team Future Soccer, thus establishing the team.[3]

History

In 2000, a football school named Club Los Amigos was established in the south of Bogotá, which also attracts women. In 2005, the club was renamed Club Future Soccer. In 2006, the club took part in its first women's tournament and made a name for itself in the country with its young teams. In 2013, players from Future Soccer were called up to the national under-17 team.

In 2016, the foundation of the Colombian Women's Football Championship was announced. Future Soccer had sought an alliance with a big club from Bogotá to register in this new championship. The collaboration started with Independiente Santa Fe, which entered the team in the amateur championship where the team was unbeaten all the first phase and lost in the final on penalties against Club Molino Viejo.

In 2017, the first women's championship was launched, Santa Fe strengthened its team with international players and won its first match on February 19 three to zero against La Equidad at home. The Lionesses won all their matches of the first phase, they went into the final where they defeated Atlético Huila (2–1 and 1–0), in the return match at Estadio El Campín where the club set an attendance record for a women's football match with 33,327 spectators. Like the men's section in 1948, Santa Fe Femenino won the first national women's football championship.[4]

In 2018, Santa Fe were first in its group but were eliminated in the semi-finals. The following season, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 2020, Santa Fe won their second title by defeating América de Cali in the final,[5] while in 2021 they also made it to the final, in which they lost to Deportivo Cali.

Players

Current squad

As of 18 September 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Colombia COL Valentina González
2 DF Brazil BRA Jhenefer De Sá Silva
4 DF Colombia COL Andrea Pérez
5 DF Venezuela VEN Nubiluz Rángel
6 DF Colombia COL Viviana Acosta
7 MF Colombia COL Daniela Garavito
9 FW Venezuela VEN Enyerliannys Higuera
10 MF Colombia COL María Camila Reyes
11 FW Colombia COL Heidy Mosquera
12 GK Venezuela VEN Yessica Velásquez
13 MF Colombia COL Lucero Robayo
15 MF Colombia COL Wendy Cárdenas
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Colombia COL Sofía García
19 MF Colombia COL Gabriela Huertas
20 MF Colombia COL Karla Viancha
21 DF Colombia COL Kelly Ibargüen
23 MF Venezuela VEN Micheel Baldallo
25 GK Colombia COL Melany Díaz
26 DF Colombia COL Laura Tovar
27 MF Colombia COL Danna Gaviria
29 FW Colombia COL Paula Quiroga
30 FW Colombia COL Nikol Rojas
MF Colombia COL Liana Salazar

Honours

Domestic

Winners (3): 2017, 2020, 2023
Runners-up (1): 2021

International

Runners-up (1): 2021

References

  1. FIFA Web
  2. "Santa Fe: ejemplo del futbol colombiano". El Espectador. 13 March 2021.
  3. Libro Leones Rojos, 75 años, 75 ídolos.Págs.251-252.Novoa y Chacón, M. "Leones Rojos, 75 años, 75 ídolos", Cangrejo Editores, septiembre del 2016 en Bogotá
  4. "¡Santa Fe, primer campeón de la Liga femenina!" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. Así quedó el palmarés de la Liga Femenina BetPlay tras el segundo título de Santa Fe
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