Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful football teams in Colombia, having won ten domestic league championships, one Copa Colombia and one Superliga Colombiana, for twelve titles.
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13 Facts About Deportivo Cali
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Deportivo Cali is the only Colombian football club that owns its own stadium.
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Cali Football Club was formed in 1908 by students under the leadership of Nazario Lalinde, Juan Pablo Lalinde and Fidel Lalinde, who came back from Europe bringing football to the city of Cali, but in 1912 the students under the leadership of the three Lalinde brothers organized the team and renamed it as Deportivo Cali beginning practice under their first coach, Catalan born Francisco Villa Bisa.
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Deportivo Cali is mostly recognized in Cali as one of Colombia's best players ever.
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In 1978 Deportivo Cali became the first Colombian club to reach the Copa Libertadores final, losing against Boca Juniors.
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Two years later and with Jose Eugenio "Cheche" Hernandez as manager, Deportivo Cali won its seventh title after finishing in the top eight of the Finalizacion tournament, and topping a semifinal group including Atletico Nacional, Millonarios, and America de Cali.
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The championship in the second tournament of the 2005 season allowed Deportivo Cali to take part in the 2006 Copa Libertadores, in which the team failed to make it out of the group stage after only being able to collect one point out of 18.
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In 2010, Deportivo Cali failed to qualify for the final rounds of both the Apertura and the Finalizacion, but was able to win the Copa Colombia for the first time in history under the management of Jaime de la Pava.
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Deportivo Cali competed in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana but were knocked out by Santa Fe on penalties, while in the Torneo Finalizacion they were unable to qualify for the semifinals.
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Deportivo Cali led Deportivo Cali to the play-offs in both of the tournaments played in 2013, reaching the final of the Torneo Finalizacion, but losing it to Atletico Nacional.
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Deportivo Cali would go on to win the 2014 Superliga Colombiana against the same rival Alvarez was fired after a poor start in the 2014 Apertura.
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In 2015, Deportivo Cali won the Torneo Apertura and reached the quarterfinals of the Torneo Finalizacion with a squad formed mostly by youth footballers.
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