Internacional F.C. de Palmira

Internacional Fútbol Club de Palmira is a Colombian professional football team based in Palmira, Valle del Cauca. It was founded on 10 January 2024 and plays in Categoría Primera B, the second-tier competition of Colombian football.

Internacional F.C. de Palmira

Full name	Internacional Fútbol Club de Palmira
Founded	10 January 2024; 19 months ago (2024-01-10)
Ground	Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar
Capacity	15,300
Owner	Ignacio Martán
Chairman	Oscar Arturo Martán
Manager	Héctor Cárdenas
League	Categoría Primera B
2024	Primera B, 10th of 16
Website	https://internacionalfc.co/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Further information: Cortuluá

Internacional F.C. was founded by the Martán family after rebranding the club Cortuluá and relocating it to Palmira, Valle del Cauca Department ahead of the 2024 season.

Cortuluá, which had been based in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, started moving out of its hometown after their relegation from Categoría Primera A at the end of the 2022 season, citing the lack of financial support from successive local administrations. The club first moved to Yumbo, Valle del Cauca,^[1] where it played its matches in the 2023 Primera B tournament. Cortuluá originally planned to rebrand to Yumbo Industriales F.C. within six months,^[2] but this proposed change did not materialize.

At the end of 2023 Cortuluá requested another change of home stadium, planning to move to Palmira. The request was approved by DIMAYOR on 12 December 2023.^[3] The club was ultimately rebranded as Internacional F.C. de Palmira on 10 January 2024.^[4]

In their first season, Internacional were close to advance to the final stages in both tournaments of the 2024 Primera B season, but placed ninth in the Torneo I and tenth in the Torneo II. In the first tournament, they ended the first stage tied with Deportes Quindío in points, goal difference, goals scored, and away goals scored, but lost to them on away goals against. Internacional conceded 11 goals in their away games, but Deportes Quindío ended up claiming the last berth to the following stage of the competition as they only conceded 10 goals out of their stadium.^[5]

Stadium

Further information: Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar

Internacional F.C. play their home matches at Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar in Palmira, which has a capacity of 15,300 people. It is shared with Orsomarso, who also play their home matches at this stadium.

Players

First-team squad

As of 31 January 2025

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 2 DF  COL Geisson Perea 3 DF  COL Stiven Valencia 5 DF  COL Yoiver González 6 DF  COL José David Leudo 7 DF  COL Juan Escobar 8 MF  COL Carlos Franco 10 MF  COL Mauricio González 11 FW  COL Johan Gamboa 12 GK  COL Arled Cadavid 13 DF  COL Didier Delgado 14 FW  COL David Orozco 16 MF  COL Maikoll Herrera 21 FW  COL Samuel Osorio 22 GK  COL José Escobar

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 FW  COL Víctor Ibarbo 26 FW  COL Danny Zúñiga 30 DF  COL Manuel Caicedo 31 FW  COL Jhonier Hurtado 32 DF  COL Fabio Delgado 34 DF  COL Jhonier Montiel 35 MF  COL Kevin Caicedo 70 FW  COL Johan Arango 80 FW  COL Darío Rodríguez — DF  COL Luis Becerra — MF  COL David Contreras — MF  COL Kener González — MF  COL Emerson Viveros — FW  COL Jean Pool Trochez

Managers

• Carlos Hernández (March 2024 – August 2024)
• Héctor Cárdenas (August 2024 – present)

Source: ^[6]