Once Caldas
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Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Palogrande stadium.
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Full name | Once Caldas S.A. | |||
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Nickname(s) | El Blanco (The White); El Blanco Blanco de Manizales (Manizales's White-White); Los Albos (the Albos); El Equipo Albo (The Albo Team) | |||
Founded | 16 April 1947 (1947-04-16) (Foundation of Deportes Caldas) 15 January 1961; 63 years ago (1961-01-15) (Merger with Once Deportivo)[1] | |||
Ground | Estadio Palogrande | |||
Capacity | 28,678[2] | |||
Chairman | Tulio Mario Castrillón | |||
Coach | Hernán Darío Herrera | |||
League | Categoría Primera A | |||
2023 | Primera A, 16th of 20 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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They were the surprise winners of the Copa Libertadores in 2004. The club was founded in 1961[1] after the merger of Deportes Caldas and Deportivo Manizales (also known as Once Deportivo).[3]