Barranquilla F.C.

Barranquilla Fútbol Club is a professional Colombian football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Estadio Romelio Martínez.

Barranquilla F.C.

Full name	Barranquilla Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Los Rojos de Curramba (The Reds from Curramba)
Founded	8 April 2005; 20 years ago (2005-04-08)
Ground	Estadio Romelio Martínez
Capacity	11,000
Owner	Atlético Junior
Chairman	Ernesto Herrera Díaz
Manager	Dayron Pérez
League	Categoría Primera B
2024	Primera B, 11th of 16
Website	www.barranquillafc.com
Home colours Away colours

History

Barranquilla F.C. was founded on 8 April 2005 by a group of businessmen led by Arturo Char who considering that Barranquilla did not have a team in the Primera B, decided to give the city a new alternative. The club became a Dimayor member by purchasing the membership rights that formerly belonged to Johann and entered the Categoría Primera B championship immediately afterwards.^[1]

Although Barranquilla F.C. has not won any titles in the Primera B, the club is best known for being a feeder team for top tier club Atlético Junior, which is also owned by the Char family.^[2] Barranquilla F.C. serves the role of developing and providing playing experience to young players, with talented prospects being later promoted to the main squad of parent club Junior. It has been the starting point for players such as Carlos Bacca, Teófilo Gutiérrez and Luis Díaz, who were promoted to Junior and subsequently continued their careers abroad.^[3]

Stadium

Further information: Romelio Martínez Stadium

Barranquilla FC uses Romelio Martínez Stadium for their home matches, which has a capacity of 11,000 spectators.

Squad

As of 18 August 2025^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  COL César Bravo 2 DF  COL José Caicedo 4 DF  COL Edmilson Herazo 5 DF  COL Roque Viloria 6 MF  COL Sebastián Caballero 7 MF  COL Carlos Cantillo 8 MF  COL Javier Ortiz 9 FW  COL Miller Bacca 10 MF  COL Léider Berdugo 11 MF  COL Nicolás Villa 13 FW  COL Jairo Torres 14 DF  COL William Mosquera 15 DF  COL Humberto García 18 MF  COL Mohammed Bolívar 19 MF  COL Cristian Peñate 20 FW  COL Yesid García

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  COL Alberto Orozco 22 GK  COL Juan Lemus 23 FW  COL Diaed De Alba 24 DF  COL Alberto Higgins 26 FW  COL Darwin Torres 27 DF  COL Fabián Correa 28 MF  COL Iván Balanta 33 FW  COL Diego Calvo 99 FW  COL Jackie Muñoz — GK  COL Alex Chaverra — DF  COL Camilo Herrera — DF  COL Oscar Zúñiga — MF  COL Daniel Castillo — MF  COL Jesús Ceballos — FW  COL Carlos Durán

Managers

• Fernel Díaz (2005–2006)^[5]
• David Pinillos (2006–2008)^[6]
• Álex de Alba (2009–2010)^[7][8]
• Luis Grau (July 2011 – September 2012)^[9]
• Richard Garcés (September 2012 – July 2013)^[10]
• Arturo Reyes (July 2013 – May 2017)^[11]
• Roberto Peñaloza (June 2017 – June 2019)
• Evert Salas (July 2019 – December 2019)
• Roberto Peñaloza (December 2019 – May 2022)
• Arturo Reyes (May 2022 – November 2022)
• Nelson Flórez (November 2022 – March 2025)
• Grigori Méndez (March 2025 – July 2025)
• Dayron Pérez (July 2025 – Present)^[12]

Source: ^[13]

Affiliated clubs

• Junior