- Junior Barranquilla
Football club infobox
clubname = Junior
fullname = Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior
nickname = Los Tiburones
"(The Sharks)"
founded = 1924
ground =Estadio Metropolitano Barranquilla
capacity = 60,000
chairman = flagicon|Colombia Alejandro Arteta
manager = flagicon|UruguayJulio Comesaña
league =Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
season = 2007 Finalizacion
position = 13
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=000066|socks2=FFFFFFCorporación Deportiva Popular Junior [ [http://www.dimayor.com.co/club_junior.htm Web oficial de DIMAYOR] ] , also known by its old name Atlético Junior or simply Junior, is a
Colombia n football team based inBarranquilla . The club was founded in 1924 Known as "Los Tiburones" (The Sharks), they have won the Colombian championship five times.The pride of Colombia's Caribbean coast, it had a golden age in the mid-90's, when under the conduction of Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama, it won two of its championships, in 1993 and 1995. Thereafter, the club owners focused on creating talent from within, and following years of up and downs, the club became once again national champions in December 2004, after scoring in the last minute and beating Nacional in penalty kicks. The star of that season was the Argentinian Omar Sebastian Perez, who earned the love and respect of the whole city not only for his great technique and high quality of play, but for the way he melted with the rest of the team.
They have participated several times in
Conmebol 'sCopa Libertadores de América , where they ended up in 3rd place In 1994. One penalty kick away from reaching the final, they ended up losing against Vélez Sarsfield, who would then become the tournament's ultimate champion.Junior's home stadium is called the
Estadio Metropolitano or Roberto Meléndez Stadium, which is also home to the Colombian national football teamCurrent squad
:"As of
August 1 2008 "Football squad player|no=10|nat=Colombia|name=Giovanny Hernández |pos=MF (captain)Football squad player|no=14|nat=Colombia|name=Hayder Palacio |pos=DF (vice-captain)Team Honors
National
*sport honours|
Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (Colombian League)|5|1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004-IIInternational
*sport honours|
Reebok Cup (Friendly Tournament)|1|1997Atlético Junior also reached the semifinals stage in the 1994
Copa Libertadores de América, and was runner-up on 5 Mustang Cups (1948, 1970, 1983, 2000, 2003-I).Performance in CONMEBOL competitions
*
Copa Libertadores : 9 appearances::Best: Semi-Final in 1994
*Copa Sudamericana : 1 appearance::2004: Quarter-Final
*Copa CONMEBOL : 1 appearance::1992: Second RoundSelected Former Players
References
External links
* [http://www.juniorbarranquilla.com/ Official Web site of Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior]
* [http://www.fuerzatiburona.com/ Fuerza Tiburona Supporter's Team Website]
* [http://www.atleticojunior.com/ AtléticoJunior.com, not official]
* [http://www.juniorpasion.com/ Junior Pasion]
* [http://www.juniormultimedia.com Junior Multimedia]
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