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{{Short description|Colombian association football club}}
{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Santa Fe
| image = Independiente Santa Fe logo.png
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| fullname = Club Independiente Santa Fe<ref>{{cite web|url=https://independientesantafe.com/quienes-somos/|title=¿Quiénes somos?|website=independientesantafe.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.winsports.co/equipos/club-independiente-santa-fe-sa-3439|title=Club Independiente Santa Fe|website=winsports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://independientesantafe.com/old_site/2016/01/13/rectificacion-convocatoria-divisiones-menores-2016/|title=[Rectificación] Convocatoria Divisiones Menores 2016|access-date=2023-03-11|website=Independiente Santa Fe|language=es}}</ref>
| nickname = ''Los Cardenales'' (The [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinals]])<br />''El Expreso Rojo'' (The Red Express)<br /> ''Los Leones'' (The Lions)<br />''El Primer Campeón'' (The First Champion)
| owner = Perlun S.A.S. (52%)
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1941|02|28}}
| ground = [[Estadio El Campín]]
| capacity = 36,343<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101008163809/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/destination/cities/city=2070/index.html FIFA Web]</ref>
| chairman = Luis Eduardo Méndez
| manager = [[Jorge Bava]]
| league   = {{Colombian football updater|SantaFe}}
| season   = {{Colombian football updater|SantaFe2}}
| position = {{Colombian football updater|SantaFe3}}
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'''Club Independiente Santa Fe''', known simply as '''Santa Fe''', is a Colombian professional [[Association football|football]] team based in [[Bogotá]], that currently plays in the [[Categoría Primera A]]. They play their home games at the [[Estadio El Campín|El Campín]] stadium. Santa Fe is one of the three most successful teams in Colombia, winning nineteen titles, which include ten national championships (most recently in [[2025 Categoría Primera A season|2025]]), four [[Superliga Colombiana]], two [[Copa Colombia|Copas Colombia]], and international titles such as one [[Copa Sudamericana]], one [[Suruga Bank Championship]], and one [[Copa Simón Bolívar]]. Santa Fe is one of the three clubs that has played every championship in the Categoría Primera A.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/coventric.html |title=Coventric! |website=RSSSF.com |last=Stokkermans |first=Karel |date=3 October 2013 |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202071958/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/coventric.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Santa Fe became the first Colombian team to win the [[Copa Sudamericana]], and the first and only Colombian team to win an official tournament outside America. The club was recognized as one of the ten best clubs in the world in 2015 by the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/news-former-india-u-17-star-aniket-bharti-signs-colombian-club-santa-fe|title=Former India U-17 star Aniket Bharti signs for Colombian club Santa Fe|date=5 September 2023|access-date=6 September 2023|archive-date=6 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906060317/https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/indian-football/news-former-india-u-17-star-aniket-bharti-signs-colombian-club-santa-fe|website=Sportskeeda.com|first=Mohul|last=Bhowmick}}</ref> occupying the seventh position and being the best ranked of South America.<ref>{{cite web|editor=International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS)|url=http://iffhs.de/club-world-ranking-2015/|title=CLUB WORLD RANKING 2015|date=7 January 2016|access-date=7 January 2016|archive-date=11 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811225147/https://iffhs.de/club-world-ranking-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Santa Fe has a fierce rivalry with [[Millonarios F.C.|Millonarios]] who share the same stadium. The game is considered one of the most famous derbies in [[South America]] and is known as ''El Clásico Bogotano'' or ''El Clásico Capitalino''.

==History==

''Independiente Santa Fe'' was officially founded on February 28, 1941, as an amateur football team. The club's founders were mainly graduates from the [[Gimnasio Moderno]] and of a high social class. Santa Fe was at first going to be a team based on ex-students of Gimnasio Moderno, but later incorporated players from other schools. The primary objective of the club was to participate in a local tournament hosted by the Sports Association of Bogotá. Their first recorded game was against Universal, a match that ended in a goalless draw. The team ended the tournament as runner-up with 20 points, being beaten by Legión Militar Deportiva de los Taxis Rojos, a representative of a transportation company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://independientesantafe.co/2015/02/independiente-santa-fe-su-origen/ |title=Independiente Santa Fe: Origen &#124; Independiente Santa Fe |access-date=2016-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322231639/http://independientesantafe.co/2015/02/independiente-santa-fe-su-origen/ |archive-date=2015-03-22 }}</ref><ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.independientesantafe.com/club/historia.html |date=* }}</ref>

In 1942, Santa Fe was coached by [[Jack Greenwell]], former [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] player and coach, notable for having won three times the [[Copa del Rey]] and the [[1939 South American Championship]] with [[Peru national football team|Peru]]. That year Santa Fe played in the first division of the A.D.B., which was canceled in the middle of that year. That same year also reached the final of the ''Torneo de [[Cundinamarca department|Cundinamarca]]'', which lost against [[América de Cali]]. Jack Greenwell died on November 20 of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.goaldentimes.org/jack-greenwell-the-original-journeyman-of-football/|title = Jack Greenwell - the Original Journeyman of Football|date = 26 July 2013|access-date = 17 July 2016|archive-date = 9 July 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160709001749/http://www.goaldentimes.org/jack-greenwell-the-original-journeyman-of-football/|url-status = live}}</ref>

On 21 May 1948 was established in Colombia the [[DIMAYOR]], which would serve to manage Colombian professional football. They agreed to hold the [[1948 Campeonato Profesional|first professional championship]] for the second half of the year. On August 15, Santa Fe played its first game in the professional championship against [[Once Caldas|Deportes Caldas]], a match that ended 3–3. Santa Fe finished the league as the first champion of the [[Categoría Primera A|Colombian first division]], winning 12 of 18 games, drew 3 and also lost 3. The team was able to score 57 goals for and received 29 goals. The goalscorer of the team was the [[Spanish Argentine]] Jesús María Lires with 20 goals, second goalscorer of the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col48.html |title=RSSSF.com Colombia 1948 |access-date=2013-06-27 |archive-date=2013-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314214639/http://rsssf.com/tablesc/col48.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Next year Santa Fe was third, five points behind the champion, local rivals [[Millonarios F.C.|Millonarios]]. Seeking for a new title, Santa Fe took advantage of the events of [[El Dorado (football)|El Dorado]] signing Argentines [[Héctor Rial]] and [[René Pontoni]] (the former became a star of [[Real Madrid]] years later), as well the Englishmen [[Neil Franklin]] and [[George Mountford (footballer born 1921)|George Mountford]] from [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], and [[Charlie Mitten]] from [[Manchester United]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/home/1592/article-168116.html |title=Colombia Aprende - Exposición el "Fútbol Dorado" |access-date=2011-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040245/http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/home/1592/article-168116.html |archive-date=2014-01-06 }}</ref> However, the signings did little, as Santa Fe was not into the top three for about ten years, being their worst the [[1954 Campeonato Profesional|1954 campaign]] where they finished last with just five points.

In 1958, Santa Fe got its second title after finishing first with 48 points. They got its third title just two after years with 61 points. Getting this title, Santa Fe became the second Colombian club appearing at the [[Copa Libertadores]]. In that tournament, Santa Fe was placed in the preliminary round with Ecuadorian club [[Barcelona Sporting Club|Barcelona]]. The first match was a 3–0 victory for Santa Fe and the second game was a 2–2 draw. In the next round, Santa Fe eliminated Bolivian [[club Jorge Wilstermann]]. Santa Fe drew 2–2 with Jorge Wilstermann on point aggregate and 3–3 on aggregate score, so the winner was decided by a draw of lots. In the semifinals, Santa Fe faced Brazilian club [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]]. The home leg was a 2–2 draw, but Santa Fe lost 4–1 in the away leg.

Santa Fe's first success in the 2000s came late, when the team won the [[2009 Copa Colombia|Copa Colombia]], beating [[Deportivo Pasto]] in the finals. Since then, Santa Fe has had a successful period. Santa Fe got its seventh league title in the [[2012 Categoría Primera A season|2012 Torneo Apertura]], 37 years after its last league title. Santa Fe was second in the First Stage of the tournament with 29 points. In the semifinals, they were grouped with [[Boyacá Chicó]], [[Rionegro Águilas|Itagüí]] and [[La Equidad]]. Santa Fe advanced to the finals with 14 points. Santa Fe faced [[Deportivo Pasto]] in the finals. The first match ended in a 1–1 draw and the second was a 1–0 victory for Santa Fe. They got its first [[Superliga Colombiana]] title the next year and were runners-up in the [[2013 Categoría Primera A season|2013 Torneo Apertura]], won by [[Atlético Nacional]]. In its [[2013 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]] appearance, they got into Semifinals. They began the tournament in the Second Stage, facing [[Cerro Porteño]], [[Deportes Tolima]] and [[Real Garcilaso]], where they finished first with 14 points and unbeaten. They eliminated [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] in the Round of 16 and Real Garcilaso in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they were eliminated by [[Club Olimpia|Olimpia]], with an aggregate score of 2–1.

In the [[2014 Categoría Primera A season|2014 Torneo Apertura]], Santa Fe was fourth on the First Stage, advancing to Quarterfinals. There Santa Fe eliminated [[Once Caldas]] with an aggregate score of 5–3. In the semifinals, the team faced [[Atlético Nacional]]. The first match ended in a 1–0 win for Santa Fe. However, Nacional got a comeback with a 2–0 win, thus eliminating Santa Fe. In the Torneo Finalización, Santa Fe was first with 31 points. In the semifinals, the team was placed in a group with [[Atlético Huila]], Atlético Nacional and [[Once Caldas]]. Santa Fe placed first in the group, advancing to the finals where they faced [[Independiente Medellín]]. Santa Fe won the first match and drew in the second, with an aggregate score of 3–2, winning its 8th title. That year, Santa Fe was runner-up in the [[2014 Copa Colombia|Copa Colombia]], losing the finals against [[Deportes Tolima]] with an aggregate score of 3–2.

In the [[2014 Copa Libertadores]], Santa Fe played against [[Monarcas Morelia]] in the First Stage, drawing 2–2 on aggregate score and advancing to the next round due to [[away goals rule]]. In the Second Stage, the team was last of its group, in which they faced [[Atlético Mineiro]], [[Club Nacional]] and [[Zamora FC|Zamora]], winning only one match of six.

The [[2015 Categoría Primera A season|2015 season]] had a great start for the team, as they qualified for the [[2015 Copa Sudamericana]] after winning [[2015 Superliga Colombiana]] in which they faced 2014 Torneo Apertura winners [[Atlético Nacional]]. However, in the 2015 Torneo Apertura, the team can not advance to the knockout phase after placing ninth with 31 points. In the Torneo Finalización, the team was 8th with the same number of points as the last tournament, however this time it was enough to advance to the next round. There the team was eliminated by [[Junior F.C.|Junior]], whom also defeated them months later in the [[2015 Copa Colombia|Copa Colombia]] Finals.

{{football squad on pitch|align=right
| GK = '''[[Róbinson Zapata|Zapata]]'''
| RB = '''[[Yulián Anchico|Anchico (c)]]'''
| RCB = '''[[Francisco Meza|Meza]]'''
| LCB = '''[[Yerry Mina|Mina]]'''
| LB = '''[[Leyvin Balanta|Balanta]]'''
| RM = '''[[Juan Daniel Roa|Roa]]'''
| RCM = '''[[Yeison Gordillo|Gordillo]]'''
| LCM = '''[[Baldomero Perlaza|Perlaza]]'''
| LM = '''[[Luis Manuel Seijas|Seijas]]'''
| RCF = '''[[Wilson Morelo|Morelo]]'''
| LCF = '''[[Daniel Angulo|Angulo]]'''
| caption = [[2015 Copa Sudamericana]] Finals second leg starting lineup
}}

The international season of the team began with its [[2015 Copa Libertadores|Copa Libertadores]] participation. The team started in the Second Stage, where they faced [[Atlético Mineiro]], [[Colo-Colo]] and [[Club Atlas]]. Santa Fe placed 1st with 12 points. In the Round of 16, they played against Argentine team [[Estudiantes de La Plata]]. They lost the away match 2–1, but with a 2–0 victory in home the team advanced to the quarterfinals. There the team faced Brazilian club [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]. The team got a 1–0 victory in the home game, but lost 2–0 in the away match.

Santa Fe got its first international title in the [[2015 Copa Sudamericana]]. They eliminated Ecuadorian [[LDU Loja]] in the First Stage and Uruguayan [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] in the Second Stage. In the Round of 16 they eliminated Ecuadorian [[Club Sport Emelec|Emelec]] on [[Away goals rule|away goals]] after drawing 2–2 on aggregate score. In the quarterfinals they won 2–1 on aggregate to Argentine [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] and in the semifinals they also advanced on away goals after drawing 1–1 with Paraguayan [[Sportivo Luqueño]]. In the finals they faced Argentine [[Club Atlético Huracán|Huracán]]. After drawing 0–0 in both matches, the winner had to be decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (football)|penalties]]. There Santa Fe won 3–1, thus getting the first international title of the club and qualifying for the [[2016 Copa Libertadores]], [[2016 Recopa Sudamericana]] and [[2016 Suruga Bank Championship]]. Santa Fe's [[Wilson Morelo]] tied with three footballers as top goalscorers of the tournament with five goals.

In the [[2016 Categoría Primera A season|2016 Torneo Apertura]], Santa Fe placed fourth, advancing to the next round. There, Santa Fe was eliminated by [[Cortuluá]] with an aggregate score of 2–3. In the [[2016 Copa Libertadores]], the team advanced to the Second Stage after eliminate [[Oriente Petrolero]] with an aggregate of 1–6. However, they were eliminated in the Second Stage after placing third in a group consisting of [[Cerro Porteño]], [[Cobresal]] (who were last) and [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]].

In the [[2025 Categoría Primera A season#Torneo Apertura|2025 Torneo Apertura]], Santa Fe placed sixth, advancing to the semi-finals. After placing first in Group A, the team defeated [[Independiente Medellín]] 2-1 in aggregate to win their tenth national title.

==Colours and badge==
[[File:1ER ESC amaril.png|thumb|100px|First badge of the club]]
The first badge of Santa Fe was designed by Ernesto Gamboa and Gonzalo Rueda with a clear British influence. Highlighting the Bogotá flag colors, red and yellow, combined to form the [[Christian cross|Holy Cross]], a symbol of faith and respect, referring to the name of the club.

There are many versions about the origin of the colors of the uniform. The most commonly accepted version is that Luis Robledo, one of the founders of the Independiente Santa Fe who was educated in England, was a fan of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], thus gives the team the red and white, which from 1941 became the symbol of the club.

Although historically the uniform of Santa Fe has been red and white, the club has used other colors in its uniform.

==Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Period
![[Kit (association football)|Kit]] manufacturer
!Shirt partner
|-
| 1980–89
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Saeta (brand)|Saeta]]
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Arroz Futura<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Caja Social de Ahorros<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Hotel Cosmos<br />{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Milo (drink)|Milo]]
|-
| 1990–91
| {{flagicon|COL}} Torino
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Madame Colette<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Snacks Colpal<br />{{flagicon|COL}} [[Postobón]]
|-
| 1992–95
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Saeta (brand)|Saeta]]
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Bavaria Brewery (Colombia)|Águila]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Club Colombia<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Konga
|-
| 1996
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Adidas]]
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Avianca]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Costeña
|-
| 1997–99
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Topper (sports)|Topper]]
| rowspan=4 style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Águila
|-
| 2000
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[FSS (brand)|FSS]]
|-
| 2001–03
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Patrick
|-
| 2004
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Runic
|-
| 2005
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Samsung]]
|-
| 2006
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Puma SE|Puma]]
|-
| 2007
| {{flagicon|COL}} SSW
| rowspan=2 style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Águila
|-
| 2008
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Puma SE|Puma]]
|-
| 2009–10
| rowspan="9" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Umbro]]
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Águila<br />{{flagicon|COL}} [[ETB (company)|ETB]]
|-
| 2011
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Croydon
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|COL}} AKT<br />{{flagicon|COL}} ASISTA
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|COL}} ASISTA<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Bodytech<br />{{flagicon|COL}} [[Canal Capital]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Honda]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} Pierre D'Agostiny
|-
| 2014
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|COL}} ASISTA<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Bodytech<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Bogotá Humana<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Canal Capital<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} Honda<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Loteria de Bogotá
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Bodytech<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Bogotá Humana<br />{{flagicon|China}} [[Huawei]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Honda]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} [[Postobón]]
|-
| 2016
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|China}} [[Huawei]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} [[Postobón]]
|-
|2017
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|China}} [[Huawei]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|COL}} [[Postobón]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} INCAP
|-
|2018
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|China}} [[Huawei]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|COL}} SMART
|-
|2019
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Kappa (brand)|Kappa]]
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|China}} [[Honor (brand)|Honor]]<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|COL}} BetPlay<br />{{flagicon|COL}} HV Multiplay
|-
|2020
| style="text-align: left" | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Hyundai<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Aguardiente Néctar<br />{{flagicon|COL}} BetPlay<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Colanta<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Ron Santa Fe<br />{{flagicon|COL}} Cerveza Águila
|}

==Stadium==
{{Main|Estadio El Campín}}
[[File:El campín - 13 September 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Estadio El Campín on 13 September 2011]]
The stadium [[Estadio El Campín|Nemesio Camacho]], also known as '''El Campín''', located in [[Bogotá]], is the venue where Independiente Santa Fe plays their home games. Its capacity is 36,343.<ref>{{cite web|last=FIFA|first=Web|title=Stadiums of 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup|url=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/destination/cities/city=2070/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008163809/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/destination/cities/city=2070/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2010|publisher=FIFA|access-date=20 July 2012}}</ref> Santa Fe's supporters traditionally tend to sit in the southernmost half of the stadium.

El Campín was inaugurated on August 10, 1938, at 57th Street with 30, having started its construction in 1935 on the initiative of the mayor of Bogotá, [[Jorge Eliecer Gaitán]]. The structure was handled by the [[Germans|German]] engineer Frederick Leder Müller. The stadium was designed to hold 10,000 spectators. The opening match was held in the [[1938 Bolivarian Games]], facing the [[Colombia national football team]] and the [[Ecuador national football team]], with a 2–1 defeat for the local team.

In 1951, the year that Santa Fe begins to use it to its home games, the stadium expanded its capacity to 39,000 spectators. The second extension of El Campín occurred in 1952 with a dramatic transformation. The total capacity changed to 62,500 spectators, but was limited to 48,000 for security. The last major modification was made for the qualifying matches for the [[2010 World Cup]] in South Africa and for the [[2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup]].

Other grounds that have been used by Independiente Santa Fe for their home games have been: the [[Estadio Alfonso López Pumarejo]], its first ground, the [[Estadio Municipal Los Zipas]] and the [[Estadio Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento]].

==Supporters and rivalries==
[[File:Clásico 250 048.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Santa Fe fans in the [[Estadio El Campín]], holding the seventh largest soccer flag of South America.<ref>[http://www.bolavip.com/40901/las-banderas-mas-grandes-de-latinoamerica/ Bolavip.com - Las banderas más grandes de latinoamérica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512013653/http://www.bolavip.com/40901/las-banderas-mas-grandes-de-latinoamerica/ |date=2013-05-12 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref>]]

In the late 1990s, the most notorious [[Barra brava]] of Santa Fe, ''La Guardia Albi-Roja Sur'' (White-Red South Guard) was created. It was one of the first fan-led organizations in Colombia that was fully formalized. In 2005, La Guardia Albirroja Sur made one of the largest soccer team's flag in the world. The flag, named the ''Lienzo de Fe'' was 350 meters long and 38 meters high, covering the southern end of the [[Estadio El Campín]], the half of the stadium, where the team's fans locate in home games.

===Clásico Capitalino===
Santa Fe has a fierce rivalry with intercity team [[Millonarios F.C.|Millonarios]], who also play in the same stadium as them. During this match Millonarios fans locate themselves in the northern part of the stadium much like Santa Fe's in the south.

==Honours==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|+Santa Fe honours
!style="width: 1%;"|Type
!style="width: 5%;"|Competition
!style="width: 1%;"|Titles
!style="width: 21%;"|Seasons
|-
|rowspan="3" |'''Domestic'''
! scope=col|[[Categoría Primera A]]
|align="center"|'''10'''
|align="left"|[[1948 Campeonato Profesional|1948]], [[1958 Campeonato Profesional|1958]], [[1960 Campeonato Profesional|1960]], [[1966 Campeonato Profesional|1966]], [[1971 Campeonato Profesional|1971]], [[1975 Campeonato Profesional|1975]], [[2012 Categoría Primera A season#Torneo Apertura|2012–I]], [[2014 Categoría Primera A season#Torneo Finalización|2014–II]], [[2016 Categoría Primera A season#Torneo Finalización|2016–II]], [[2025 Categoría Primera A season#Torneo Apertura|2025–I]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Copa Colombia]]
|align="center"|'''2'''
|align="left"|1989, [[2009 Copa Colombia|2009]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Superliga Colombiana]]
|style="background-color:gold"|'''4'''
|align="left"|[[2013 Superliga Colombiana|2013]], [[2015 Superliga Colombiana|2015]], [[2017 Superliga Colombiana|2017]], [[2021 Superliga Colombiana|2021]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''Continental'''
! scope=col|[[Copa Sudamericana]]
|align="center"|'''1'''
|align="left"|[[2015 Copa Sudamericana|2015]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Suruga Bank Championship]]
|align="center"|'''1'''
|align="left"|[[2016 Suruga Bank Championship|2016]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Copa Simón Bolívar (Venezuela)|Copa Simón Bolívar]]
|style="background-color:gold"|'''1'''{{smallsup|s}}
|align="left"|[[1970 Copa Simón Bolívar (Venezuela)|1970]]
|}
* {{legend|gold|record}}
* {{smallsup|s}} shared record

===Runner-up finishes===
* '''[[Categoría Primera A]]'''
** Runners-up (7): [[1963 Campeonato Profesional|1963]], [[1979 Campeonato Profesional|1979]], [[2005 Categoría Primera A season|2005–I]], [[2013 Categoría Primera A season|2013–I]], [[2017 Categoría Primera A season#Torneo Finalización|2017–II]], [[2020 Categoría Primera A season|2020]], [[2024 Categoría Primera A season#Torneo Apertura|2024–I]]

* '''[[Copa Colombia]]'''
** Runners-up (3): 1950–51, [[2014 Copa Colombia|2014]], [[2015 Copa Colombia|2015]]

* '''[[Copa Libertadores]]'''
** Semifinals (2): [[1961 Copa Libertadores|1961]], [[2013 Copa Libertadores|2013]]

* '''[[Copa CONMEBOL]]'''
** Runners-up (1): [[1996 Copa CONMEBOL|1996]]

* '''[[Copa Merconorte]]'''
** Runners-up (1): [[1999 Copa Merconorte|1999]]

* '''[[Recopa Sudamericana]]'''
** Runners-up (1): [[2016 Recopa Sudamericana|2016]]

==Performance in CONMEBOL competitions==
* '''[[Copa Libertadores]]: 14 appearances'''
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::1961: Semifinals
::1967: Group stage
::1972: Group stage
::1976: Group stage
::1980: Group stage
::2006: Round of 16
::2013: Semifinals
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::2014: Group stage
::2015: Quarterfinals
::2016: Group stage
::2017: Group stage
::2018: Group stage
::2021: Group stage
::2025: Second stage
{{col-end}}

* '''[[Copa Sudamericana]]: 7 appearances'''
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{{col-break|width=50%}}
::2010: Round of 16
::2011: Quarterfinals
::2015: Winners
::2016: Round of 16
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::2017: Round of 16 
::2018: Semifinals
::2023: Group stage
{{col-end}}

* '''[[Recopa Sudamericana]]: 1 appearance''' 
::2016: Runners-up

* '''[[Copa CONMEBOL]]: 1 appearance''' 
::1996: Runners-up

==Players==
{{updated|26 January 2025|<ref>{{cite web|title=Plantilla en la web oficial|url=https://independientesantafe.com/primer-equipo/|access-date=2023-08-14|archive-date=2023-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816202003/https://independientesantafe.com/primer-equipo/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

===First-team squad===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=COL|pos=GK|name=[[Andrés Mosquera (footballer, born 1991)|Andrés Mosquera]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Víctor Moreno}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=David Ramírez}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=Jhon Meléndez}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Kevin Cuesta}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=[[Omar Fernández]]|other=on loan from [[Club León|León]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=[[Ángelo Rodríguez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=[[Alexis Zapata]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=[[Hugo Rodallega]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=[[Jhojan Torres]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Iván Scarpeta}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=[[Dani Torres (Colombian footballer)|Daniel Torres]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ARM|pos=DF|name=[[Jordy Monroy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ARG|pos=DF|name=[[Emanuel Olivera]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=[[Yilmar Velásquez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Éwil Murillo|other=on loan from [[Atlético Nacional]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Elvis Perlaza}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=[[Santiago Mosquera]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=[[Jeison Angulo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Leandro Angulo}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Yeicar Perlaza|other=on loan from [[Atlético Nacional]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=[[Edwar López]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ARG|pos=MF|name=[[Lucas Ríos]]|other=on loan from [[Cúcuta Deportivo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Tomás Molina}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=[[Christian Mafla]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=COL|pos=GK|name=Ángel Álvarez}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=COL|pos=GK|name=Jhoyler Andrades}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Omar Albornoz}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=GK|name=Juan Espitia|other=at [[Patriotas Boyacá]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=GK|name=Omar Rodríguez|other=at [[Tigres F.C.|Tigres]] until 31 December 2024}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Alejandro Moralez|other=at [[Atlético Bucaramanga]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Alexander Porras|other=at [[Patriotas Boyacá]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Luis Rentería|other=at [[Patriotas Boyacá]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=Santiago Tamayo|other=at [[Tigres F.C.|Tigres]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Juan Aristizábal|other=at [[Patriotas Boyacá]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Sebastián Bonilla|other=at [[Patriotas Boyacá]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Kevin Cortés|other=at [[Real Cundinamarca]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Davinson Ibarra|other=at [[Unión Magdalena]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=William Ovalle|other=at [[Patriotas Boyacá]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=MF|name=Dylan Prieto|other=at [[Atlético Huila]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=Jersson González|other=at [[Deportes Tolima]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=COL|pos=FW|name=Yan Carlos Vega|other=at [[Real Cundinamarca]] until 31 December 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

===World Cup players===
The following players were chosen to represent their country at the [[FIFA World Cup]] while contracted to Independiente Santa Fe.
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Aponte]] (1962)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Héctor González (footballer, born 1937)|Héctor González Garzón]] (1962)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Jaime Silva (footballer)|Jaime Silva]] (1962)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Hernando Tovar]] (1962)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Francisco Zuluaga]] (1962)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Eduardo Niño]] (1990)
* {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Juan Manuel Peña]] (1994)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Léider Preciado]] (1998)
* {{flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Édison Méndez]] (2014)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Carlos Valdés (footballer)|Carlos Valdés]] (2014)
* {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Camilo Vargas]] (2014)

===Former players===
{{Further|:Category:Independiente Santa Fe footballers}}

===Records===
====Top 10 most appearances of all time====
Source: [http://www.bdfa.com.ar/clubesa-Independiente-Santa-F%C3%A9-333.html BDFA]
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="width:5px;"|{{Tooltip|R|Ranking}}
!style="width:150px;"|Player
!style="width:20px;"|{{Tooltip|P|Position}}
!style="width:150px;"|Career
!style="width:40px;"|{{Tooltip|App.|Appearances}}
|-
|1||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Alfonso Cañón]]||[[Midfielder|MF]]||1964–1976, 1981||504
|-
|2||align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Omar Pérez (Argentine footballer)|Omar Pérez]]||[[Midfielder (association football)|MF]]||2009–2017||367
|-
|3||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Carlos Rodríguez (Colombian footballer)|Carlos Rodríguez]]||[[Defender (association football)|DF]]||1956–1966||359
|-
|4||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Agustín Julio]]||[[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]]||1997–2004||353
|-
|5||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[James Mina Camacho|James Mina]]||[[Goalkeeper (association football)|GK]]||1973–1984||346
|-
|6||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[William Morales (Colombian footballer)|William Morales]]||[[Defender (association football)|DF]]||1981–1994||322
|-
|7||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Hernando Cuero]]||[[Defender (association football)|DF]]||1981–1990, 1992||313
|-
|8||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Manuel Acisclo Córdoba|Manuel Córdoba]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1987–1993, 1997||296
|-
|9||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Rafael Pacheco (Colombian footballer)|Rafael Pacheco]]||[[Defender (association football)|DF]]||1973–1980||296
|-
|10||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Ernesto Díaz]]||[[Midfielder (association football)|MF]]||1971–1975, 1977–1979, 1984–1986||287
|}
<small>Last updated on: 21 January 2018</small>

====Top 10 scorers of all time====
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!style="width:5px;"|{{Tooltip|R|Ranking}}
!style="width:150px;"|Player
!style="width:20px;"|{{Tooltip|P|Position}}
!style="width:150px;"|Career
!style="width:40px;"|{{Tooltip|Gls.|Goals}}
|-
|1||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Alfonso Cañón]]||[[Midfielder|MF]]||1964–1976, 1981||146
|-
|2||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Léider Preciado]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1998, 2001, 2004, <br />2005–2008||126
|-
|3||align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Alberto Perazzo]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1959–1963||98
|-
|4||align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Osvaldo Panzutto]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1959–1963||93
|-
|5||align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Germán Antón]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1948–1952, 1957, 1959||91
|-
|6||align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Omar Devani]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1965–1968||82
|-
|7||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Adolfo Valencia]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1988–1993, 1995–1996, 2002||78
|-
|8||align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Omar Pérez (Argentine footballer)|Omar Pérez]]||[[Midfielder (association football)|MF]]||2009–2017||77
|-
|9||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Héctor Javier Céspedes|Héctor Céspedes]]||[[Forward (association football)|FW]]||1975–1980, 1982, 1984||73
|-
|10||align=left|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Ernesto Díaz]]||[[Midfielder (association football)|MF]]||1971–1975, 1977–1979, 1984–1986||72
|}

<small>Last updated on: 21 January 2018</small>

==Managers==
{{Main|List of Independiente Santa Fe managers}}

==Women==
{{Main|Independiente Santa Fe (women)}}

'''Independiente Santa Fe Femenino''' is 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. The club is the most successful team in the Colombian women's football league with two titles, won in [[2017 Colombian Women's Football League|2017]] and [[2019 Colombian Women's Football League|2019]].<ref name="61f7ecd6">{{cite web|url=https://www.elespectador.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/santa-fe-su-proceso-y-ejemplo-en-el-futbol-femenino-colombiano/|title=Santa Fe: ejemplo del futbol colombiano|date=13 March 2021|work=El Espectador|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621141439/https://www.elespectador.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/santa-fe-su-proceso-y-ejemplo-en-el-futbol-femenino-colombiano/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Like the institution's male counterpart, who were the first Colombian professional football champions in 1948, the women's team obtained the honor of being the first club to win the Colombian Women's Football League with their title in 2017.

==Affiliated clubs==
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Patriotas Boyacá|Patriotas]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.goal.com/es-co/news/4565/liga-%C3%A1guila/2013/11/19/4418133/santa-fe-y-patriotas-har%C3%ADan-convenio| title = Santa Fe y Patriotas harían convenio {{!}} Goal.com| access-date = 2016-06-15| archive-date = 2016-10-12| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161012091158/http://www.goal.com/es-co/news/4565/liga-%C3%A1guila/2013/11/19/4418133/santa-fe-y-patriotas-har%C3%ADan-convenio| url-status = live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{official website|http://independientesantafe.co/index.php/}} {{in lang|es}}
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