Patriotas Boyacá
Association football team from Colombia
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Patriotas Boyacá, also known as Patriotas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja, that plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the La Independencia stadium.
Rojo de Boyacá (Boyacá's Red)
Libertador (Liberator)
El Verdadero equipo de Boyacá (Boyacá's real team)
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| Full name | Patriotas Boyacá S.A. | |||
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| Nicknames | Lancero (Lancer) Rojo de Boyacá (Boyacá's Red) Libertador (Liberator) El Verdadero equipo de Boyacá (Boyacá's real team) | |||
| Founded | 18 February 2003 | |||
| Ground | La Independencia | |||
| Capacity | 20,630 | |||
| Chairman | César Guzmán | |||
| Manager | Carlos Giraldo | |||
| League | Categoría Primera B | |||
| 2025 | Primera B, 3rd of 16 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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History
Patriotas was founded in 2003 by the then-governor of Boyacá Miguel Ángel Bermúdez, together with the then Coldeportes chairman and the owners of hardware business G&J. In its first year in the Primera B, the club reached the semifinals, where it was eliminated by Bogotá Chicó.
In 2004 the team again advanced to the semifinals, where the team played against Deportivo Antioquia, Centauros Villavicencio and Expreso Rojo, but did not qualify. In 2005 Patriotas was second in the general table but in the semifinals was eliminated by Bajo Cauca F.C. In 2009 some changes were implemented in the tournament. Patriotas was first in Group B but was eliminated again in the semifinals and ended up in third place.
In 2011 the team was promoted to the Categoría Primera A after beating América de Cali by penalties in the promotion/relegation playoff.[1] In 2016, the team qualified for the final stages of the top tier for the first time, after placing eighth in the first stage.[2] That year, the team also managed to qualify for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana, which was the first participation of the team in an international competition, reaching the second stage.[3]
Patriotas's first spell in Primera A lasted 10 years as they were relegated back to Primera B at the end of the 2022 season, sealing their relegation on 16 October 2022 with two matches to go in the first stage of the 2022 Finalización tournament after a scoreless draw with Millonarios and a victory for Unión Magdalena against Deportivo Pereira, which ensured the team would end the season in the bottom two places of the relegation table.[4] The team made a quick return to the top flight, winning the 2023 Primera B's Torneo I and later defeating Fortaleza CEIF in the season's grand final to earn promotion.[5]
Honours
Domestic
- Categoría Primera B
- Winners (1): 2023
Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 2017 | Copa Sudamericana | FS |  Everton |
1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (4–3 p) |
| SS |  Corinthians |
1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 30 January 2025[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
| Country | Name | Dates |
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 Colombia | Álvaro de Jesús Gómez | 2003[7] |
| Colombia | Álvaro Zuluaga | 2004[8] |
| Colombia | Harold Morales | January 2005 – June 2006[9] |
| Colombia | Epimenio Cristancho | July 2006 – December 2006[10] |
| Colombia | Hernán Pacheco | January 2007 – June 2007[11] |
| Colombia | Juan Carlos Grueso | June 2007 – June 2008[12][13] |
| Colombia | Nelson Abadía | June 2008 – December 2008[13] |
 Argentina | Mario Vanemerak | January 2009 – June 2009[14] |
| Colombia | Eduardo Retat | July 2009 – December 2009[15] |
| Colombia | Orlando Restrepo | January 2010 – March 2010[16] |
| Colombia | Carlos Hoyos | April 2010 – December 2010 |
| Colombia | Miguel Augusto Prince | January 2011 – October 2012 |
| Colombia | Eduardo Retat | October 2012 – December 2012 |
| Colombia | Arturo Reyes | January 2013 – April 2013 |
| Argentina | Juan Díaz | April 2013 – June 2013 |
 Uruguay | Julio Comesaña | July 2013 – February 2014 |
| Colombia | Harold Rivera | April 2014 – December 2016 |
| Colombia | Diego Corredor | January 2017 – October 2019 |
| Colombia | Nelson Gómez | October 2019 – November 2020 |
 Spain | Abel Segovia | November 2020 – April 2021 |
| Colombia | Jhon Mario Ramírez | May 2021 – June 2021 |
| Colombia | Jorge Luis Bernal | July 2021 – August 2021 |
| Colombia | Juan David Niño | August 2021 – February 2022 |
| Colombia | Arturo Boyacá | February 2022 – May 2022 |
| Colombia | José Eugenio Hernández | June 2022 – December 2022 |
| Colombia | Juan David Niño | February 2023 – September 2023 |
| Spain | Jonathan Risueño | September 2023 – December 2023 |
| Colombia | Harold Rivera | January 2024 – September 2024 |
| Colombia | Dayron Pérez | September 2024 – December 2024 |
| Spain | Jonathan Risueño | January 2025 – August 2025 |
| Colombia | Andrés Cárdenas (caretaker) | August 2025 – December 2025 |
| Colombia | Carlos Giraldo | January 2026 – Present |
Source: Worldfootball.net
