Alianza Petrolera F.C.
Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Alianza Petrolera Fútbol Club was a Colombian professional football team based in Barrancabermeja, Santander, that last played in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded in 1991 and played in the Categoría Primera B until 2012. They played their home games at the Daniel Villa Zapata stadium. They also played home matches in the town of Guarne, Antioquia, in Yopal, Casanare and in Floridablanca.
The club was dissolved in January 2024, with Alianza F.C. taking their place.
History
Alianza Petrolera was founded on 24 October 1990, entering the second-tier competition Categoría Primera B where they played from 1992 to 2012. They enjoyed a significant run of success between 1998 and 2004, finishing as runners-up in 2002. However, their fortunes changed after that and by 2009 the club was on the verge of folding.
In the 2009 Apertura, they performed dismally, earning just five points and not winning a single game. The club was short on sponsors, coaches, and players, and their participation in the Finalizacion seemed doubtful. They managed to compete, but finished dead last. In early 2011, Alianza Petrolera signed a partnership deal with Atlético Nacional that would net them players and coaching staff on loan, with much of the wages covered by the latter team.[1]
This new arrangement revitalized the club, which qualified for the finals of the "Torneo Finalización" in 2012. This earned them a berth in the final against Deportivo Rionegro. Alianza prevailed, winning the first leg 1–0 and the second leg 3–1. That earned them a spot in the season final against América de Cali, with promotion on the line. The first leg ended 2–1 in favor of Alianza, but the second leg ended 1–0 in favor of América de Cali. The series went to penalty kicks, where Alianza Petrolera prevailed and earned promotion to the top flight for the very first time.
Alianza has not been relegated back since. Their best campaign in the top flight was in the 2015 Finalización tournament. During the first stage, the club enjoyed a consistent performance, leading the table for some rounds of the tournament and ending in sixth place with 33 points, which allowed them to qualify for the knockout stages for the first time, losing to Independiente Medellín in the quarterfinals.
After finishing in eighth place in the aggregate table of the 2023 Categoría Primera A season, Alianza Petrolera qualified for their first international competition, the 2024 Copa Sudamericana. However, on 16 January 2024 the club announced their departure from Barrancabermeja due to the lack of financial support from local authorities, accepting a proposal from the city of Valledupar to move there. With the move to Valledupar, the club was also rebranded to Alianza F.C., dropping its colors and the word Petrolera from their name, and adopting as new colors those representative of their new hometown.[2] Consequently, its successor club Alianza F.C. inherited the Copa Sudamericana berth earned by Alianza Petrolera.
Honours
- Categoría Primera B
- Winners (1): 2012
Stadium
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Players
Records
Most capped players
Source: BDFA
Last updated on: 20 May 2016
Top scorers
Source: BDFA
Last updated on: 20 May 2016
Notable players
List of call-ups to national teams:
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Jérez Jr. (2013–2017), (2017–2021)
- Template:Flagicon Nelson Barahona (2014)
Managers
- Template:Flagicon José de Jesús Vega (1998)
- Template:Flagicon José Suárez (1999)
- Template:Flagicon Fernando Valderrama (2000–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo León Holguín (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Alexis Mendoza (2003)
- Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Bedoya (2004)
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo León Holguín (2005)
- Template:Flagicon Felipe Merino (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo León Holguín (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Ramoa (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Didier Luna (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Oscar Upegui (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Estrada (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Henry Barón (2010)
- Template:Flagicon Héctor Estrada (2011–2013)
- Template:Flagicon Guillermo "El Teacher" Berrío (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Adolfo León Holguín (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Oscar Upegui (2015–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Edgar Moreno (2016)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Luis Bernal (2016–2017)
- Template:Flagicon Juan Cruz Real (2017–2018)
- Template:Flagicon César Torres (2018–2020)
- Template:Flagicon Wilson Gutiérrez (2021)
- Template:Flagicon Hubert Bodhert (2021–2023)
- Template:Flagicon César Torres (2023)
Source: Worldfootball.net
References
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External links
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- Alianza Petrolera page on DIMAYOR (archived)
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- Defunct football clubs in Colombia
- Association football clubs established in 1990
- Association football clubs disestablished in 2024
- 1990 establishments in Colombia
- 2024 disestablishments in Colombia
- Categoría Primera A clubs
- Categoría Primera B clubs
- Unrelegated association football clubs
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