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| Full name | Fortaleza C.E.I.F. Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nicknames | Forta Rey delTwitter (King of Twitter) Los Amix[1] (The Friends) | |||
| Founded | 15 November 2010; 15 years ago (2010-11-15) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Metropolitano de Techo | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Chairman | Francisco Serrano | |||
| Manager | Sebastián Oliveros | |||
| League | Categoría Primera A | |||
| 2024 | Primera A, 13th of 20 | |||
| Website | www | |||
Fortaleza C.E.I.F. is a professional Colombianfootball team based inBogotá, currently playing in theCategoría Primera A, the top tier ofColombian football. The team has been promoted to the Categoría Primera A thrice, in 2013, 2015 and 2023. From 2018 to 2020, they played their home games at theEstadio Municipal de Cota,[2] moving afterwards to theEstadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogotá.
The club was founded on 15 November 2010[3] asFortaleza F.C., based in the municipality ofSoacha. The club joined theCategoría Primera B after buying the licence of the recently dissolved clubAtlético Juventud.[4]
In the2013 Primera B season, the team was champion of the Finalización tournament, allowing them play the finals againstUniautónoma. The team lost the title, losing the home match with a 0–2 score, and drawing 1–1 in the away match. However, the team was promoted to thePrimera A after winning againstCúcuta Deportivo in the Promotion/relegation playoff with a 2–1 global score.
Fortaleza was relegated after its first year in the Primera A. The club ranked 16th in the Apertura tournament and 13th in the Finalización tournament, being the worst team in the Relegation table.
In 2015, the club was renamedFortaleza C.E.I.F. after merging with the amateur football clubC.E.I.F. (Centro de Entrenamiento Integrado para el Fútbol), founded in 2008.[5]That season, the club was promoted after reaching the finals, however they lost the title againstAtlético Bucaramanga with a 0–2 aggregate score. Fortaleza's second spell in the top flight also lasted one season, sealing their relegation back to Primera B with three matches to go after losing toPatriotas on 22 October 2016.[6]
After two seasons of mid-table performances, Fortaleza found themselves contending for promotion in the2019 Primera B season, in which they made it to the Torneo II semi-finals but were knocked out at that stage by the eventual runners-upBoyacá Chicó,[7] and were a serious contender in the final tournament of the2021 season. They advanced to the semi-finals after placing fourth in the first stage, and were leading their group with 10 points prior to the final matchday. Fortaleza needed to hold on to the top spot in order to achieve promotion, which they would manage by avoiding defeat againstBogotá, while at the same timeLlaneros andUnión Magdalena were playing their match inVillavicencio, with the latter side having a chance at promotion if they won and Fortaleza lost their match. Despite losing their match to Bogotá, Fortaleza were promoting to Primera A since Llaneros were winning their game, however, two goals scored by Unión Magdalena in stoppage time ended Fortaleza's promotion chances and triggered a match-fixing inquiry.[8][9] Although Fortaleza officially requested to get the match played in Villavicencio annulled and Unión Magdalena's promotion reversed,[10] the inquiry failed to find any irregularity.
Fortaleza returned to Primera A at the end of the2023 Primera B season, sealing promotion after defeatingCúcuta Deportivo in the Torneo II finals and securing the top spot in the season's aggregate table.[11] They eventually ended as season runners-up after losing the grand final to Patriotas.[12]
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Jaime Manjarrés (2011–2012)[14]Roberto Vidales (2012–2013)[15]Hernán Pacheco (2013–2014)Alexis García (2014)Nilton Bernal (2015–2016)Freddy Amazo (2016)Carlos Barato (2016–2017)Carlos Mora (2017)David Barato (2018–2019)
Pablo Garabello (2020)Nelson Flórez (2021–2023)Sebastián Oliveros (2023–present)Source:Worldfootball.net
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