América de Cali (women)

América de Cali Femenino
Nickname(s)Las Diablas Rojas (The Red Devils)
Las Escarlatas (The Scarlets)
El Equipo De Dios (God's Team)
Founded15 September 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-15)
GroundEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Cali, Colombia
Capacity35,405[1]
ChairmanMarcela Gómez
ManagerCarlos Hernández
LeagueColombian Women's Football League
2023Runners-up
WebsiteClub website

América de Cali Femenino, commonly known as América Femenino, is the women's association football section of América de Cali based in the city of Cali, Colombia. They participate in Liga Profesional Femenina, the highest category of women's football, organized by Dimayor.[2][3] Like their male counterpart, they play their home games at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero.

History

The team was officially introduced on 15 September 2016 in the city of Cali, during the introduction of the first two hirings, players Catalina Usme and Nicole Regnier;[4] Marcela Gómez was in charge of the idea of creating a women's team linked to America; she would become the first president of the women's team. Thus, America would be linked to the project of promoting women's soccer in the country, both at the continental level and also at the world level.

Stadium

Current squad

As of 19 Jul 2022

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

Honours

Winners (2): 2019, 2022
Runners-up (2): 2020, 2023
Runners-up (1): 2020
Third place (2): 2019, 2022

References

  1. ^ "Technical and statistics report" (PDF). es.fifa.com. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ América de Cali (15 September 2016). "Equipo femenino".
  3. ^ América de Cali (15 September 2016). "Comunicado Oficial". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ^ ESPN (15 October 2016). "Nicole Regnier y Catalina Usme jugarán con América de Cali".