HISTORY OF MILLONARIOS FC

The Appropriate Name

In the beginning it was called Union Bogota, then Deportivo independiente, shift by Deportivo Independiente "Municipal", already was believed to be it definitive would be Deportivo "Millonarios" but do not, I change for Club Deportivo Los Millonarios and now finally Millonarios Futbol Club.

Why the Embajador nickname?

This nickname was given since the year 50 players were staying in Hotel Embajador 14th Street with seventh, in the Centre of Bogota, also was the first Colombian team to play abroad with great success.

"Golden Jubilee of Real Madrid"

In 1952 they met fifty years of the Foundation of the Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. Then the directives of the Spanish team of that time thought in making a friendly small in which were invited the best teams in Europe and America, in America the invitation was sent to the Club Atlético River Plate, team that refused to participate because they were in a severe economic crisis, giving Argentina millionaire team participation to Millonarios by the level successful football shown and catalogued it as the best in America.

Small Club World Cup

In 1952, a group of sports entrepreneurs, created small of the World Club Cup, a friendly competition that brought together major teams from Europe and South America. Millonarios was invited to participate in the 1952 and 1953 editions. In his first participation, the team finished runner-up with seven points, behind Real Madrid with a 1·1 tie in a tournament played to two turns, in which also participated the Botafogo of Brazil with a 4·4 tie and defeat 0·2, and host La Salle of Venezuela 4·1 and 5·1 victory.

In its participation in 1953, the team was crowned champion trophy invicta way with 11 points, above the River Plate of Argentina by a 5·1 victory and a draw 1·1, Rapid Vienna of Austria victory 2·1 and 4·0 and the RCD Espanyol de Barcelona of Spain 6·0, 4·0 victory.

Professional Championship

• First Star (1949)

The first title in the Colombian professional soccer of Los Millonarios, it was in what is known as the home of the "Dorado", defeating in the final to Deportivo Cali, after finishing tied with 44 points in the standings. The final was played back and forth. In Cali, he won Los Millonarios 1·0 with a goal by Adolfo Pedernera. In Bogota the blue triumph was 3·2 with goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano, Alcides Aguilera and Adolfo Pedernera; by the Cali discounted Valeriano López y Barbadillo. Pedro Cabillon was the spoils of gold with 42 goals, record until today. The technician was Carlos "cacho" Aldabe, who was that recommended bringing Pedernera. Millonarios reached to win 17 consecutive games (national Record) and added 20 dates of undefeated, falling on the last date, forcing the tiebreaker.

• Runner-up (1950)

Millonarios came to the last date likely to be champion for the second time, but his dream was frustrated by the Deportes Caldas which, with a difference of 2 points, earned his first star and left Millonarios in second place in the championship last date clashed with party Bogota University which lost and left him in second place, since Deportes Caldas had tied 0·0 in Manizales with America de Cali.

• Second Star (1951)

He won his second title with superiority, adding 60 points, 11 more than the second, won 28 games, drew four and lost two, scored 98 goals and had the meanest fence to receive only 29. This was the first team which was called the "Ballet Azul" by which described the press as its indescribable rioplatense style game. He filled all the stadiums where playing and the blue team took important popularity nationwide. Alfredo Di Stefano was the top scorer with 31 goals. Coach and player was Adolfo Pedernera, before the departure of Aldabe.

• Third Star (1952)

For Los Millonarios team became the Boca, was the first Colombian team to achieve it in 1952. Again, millionaires was superior to the other 14 teams that were in the Championship. He played 28 games of which won 20, drew six and lost only two. 71 goals scored and only 13 goals against for a total of 46. The runner-up was again the Boca Juniors de Cali to six points of difference, Millonarios secured the title with a draw 1·1 to Atletico Nacional in Medellin.

• Fourth Star (1953)

It was the end of the 'Dorado', foreign figures returned to their countries, but a team far superior to others, without Di Stefano, but with Pedernera and Rossi, Millonarios remained wins his third title in line, and only lost one match: on the first date with Atletico Quindio in Armenia 0·1 and did not lose in the remaining dates. He won 14 games and tied 7, scored 57 goals and received only 22 goals with 35 points, two more than the Quindio which was his nearest pursuer sumo. Home with 24 dates without losing, which was a record until 1988. This year it also wins the Copa Colombia by beating Boca Juniors de Cali, acrimonious rival of the "Dorado" and also small of the World Club Cup in Caracas.

• Runner-up (1956)

History seemed to repeat it self, Millonarios came to the last date with chance of being champion and so obtain his fifth title, occupying the second place with 34 points, 3 less that Deportes Quindio which would be the champion that year, took the title to Los Embajadores, to be champions team Bogotano needed Deportes Quindio lost and win on the last date to Independiente Medellín, Millonarios defeated the team Paisa 3·1 but Quindio also beat Boca Juniors de Cali which left Millonarios without being champions of that year.

• Runner-up (1958)

Millonarios reached the last date with one point less than its rival's House Santa Fe that would be champion this season, even though he had won and tied more games than the red team. But still reached the last date with possibilities of obtaining the title, so I should expect Santa Fe lost or gave and win or tie with greater difference of goals before Atletico Bucaramanga which attained blue to the 5·0 thrashing but the Santa Fe did the same in Barranquilla in the Junior and won 3·2, which took the title from Millonarios.

• Fifth Star (1959)

After five years, and with the start of the cycle in the technical direction of his ex-arquero at the time of the 'Dorado', doctor Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, the Millonario team, with the best defense with only 8 lost games and a total of 58 points, six more than the independente Medellin and 8 more than Deportivo Cali, his toughest rivals during the season. 44 Parties, won 22, drew 14 and lost only 8, scored 85 goals and only received 52. Ensured the title defeating 3·1 Cúcuta Deportivo in the Capital, making a difference.

• Sixth Star (1961)

The previous year reaching semifinals of Copa Libertadores 1960 affection to the team, returned to its best level in 1961 with a campaign even better, 44 matches, won 25, track is 12 and lost 7, with 95 goals, received 56 and sumo 62 points, making a huge difference of 8 points against its only rival, Independiente Medellin. Julio Cozzi, the Archer of the "Ballet Azul" as coach he had hired. Millonarios started winning the first six games, but then not indifference, managers acknowledged the error and the Ochoa who had resigned in October of 1960, back in the month of May and requested the hiring of Delio "maravilla" Gamboa, Atlas of Guadalajara, the best Colombian player of the era, who arrived in July and he was instrumental in the recovery of the equipmentin an unbeaten 16 dates and obtain the degree. It turned the Olympic December 5 game 5·3 national in El Campin.

• The eighth Star (1963)

The call "Linea Brasileña" gets its second tri-Championship in line (next to America de Cali),Millonarios brings to José "Pepe" Romeiro Cardozo, the best player of the Championship, achieved on July 7, when it beat Deportes Tolima by 8·0 scored most goals in its history. Santa Fe and Deportivo Cali harassed him until recent days but did not reach them. In 48 games,Millonarios won 27, drew 9 and lost 12, scored 102 goals and received 60 for a total of 63 points, two more than the Albi Rojos and three more that Valle del Cauca. This new tri-Championship got you would, in addition, deserving of the Copa Colombia, which would give it the DIMAYOR first team that got three consecutive league titles.

• Ninth Star (1964)

Millonarios reached the last date with 57 points, two more than the second in the table the Cúcuta Deportivo. But by calendarMillonarios should rest on the final date, so if the Cúcuta won it could force a series title. After difficulties in the displacement, Cúcuta starts beating Once Caldas, but in the second half collapses and the Once Caldas achieved the tie, escaping the possibility of forcing a final against Millonarios, who won the title with a point of difference. Of 48 games, he won 21, drew 15 and lost 12, scored 87 goals and received 72. In this way, "Millos" became the first team to win a tetracampeonato online, this time led first by the Brazilian João Avelino, who then by health problems with drew halfway through the year, being replaced by his assistant, Efraín Sánchez, which, in turn, acted in some plays as goalkeeper, sharing the post with Senen Mosquera.

• Runner-up (1967)

This time would be his rival at the time of the ' gold which would take the title to Millonarios, because despite having greater difference in goals scored this time Millonarios would come without possibilities to the last date of the tournament, by which Deportivo Cali champion that season, had a wide advantage over team blue, 8 points needed bogotanos to be champions, 8 points that were impossible to obtain. thus occupied the other place the Copa Libertadores de América.

• Tenth Star (1972)

It had been eight years after the last National Championship won by Millonarios. With the return of Gabriel Ochoa Uribe to the technical bench, the club won his tenth title. The Torneo Apertura finished with capital equipment as winner with 38 units. Completion finished second, with the same score of (first) Deportivo Cali and Atletico Nacional (third). Therefore played a playoff among the three, which won the Cali group.

The triangular end disputed Millonarios, Deportivo Cali and Junior. In the last match played on 28 January 1973 Millonarios and Cali equaled 0·0 in Bogota, which gave to the 'Azules' title with 5 points, followed by Cali with 4. Junior was last with three units. Alejandro Brand, Willington Ortiz and Jaime Morón made up the front of Millonarios.

• Sub-champion (1973)

Millonarios came to the last time as champion, but this year its classic rival Atletico Nacional equalized it in points but with a worse goal difference. In the last date 

Millonarios he faced Santa Fe and turn Atletico Nacional was visiting the Junior, Millonarios were crowned champion until the minutes of repocision, but, Santa Fe finished tying the match while in Barranquilla Atletico Nacional goleaba 3·0 Junior, which took the title literally hands Los Millonarios team. The dispute over this title marked the beginning of a legendary rivalry between both clubs.

• Runner-up (1975)

Millonarios again came to the last time as champion, but his path was interrupted again by Holy House rival faith what at the last date were tied in points but Millonarios had better goal difference. The only thing that should make the Millonarios team was winning against the America de Cali which left the Blues in second place that year after losing valluno team in the estadio Pascual Guerrero 2·0, meanwhile Santa Fe won by the minimum difference in the campin to Once Caldas.

• Eleventh Star (1978)

In previous years the club had been a step to the title being runner-up in 1973 and 1975 and third in 1974, 1976 and 1977.

The 1978 campaign started badly. Led by Osvaldo Panzutto finished sixth in the opening tournament with 27 points.

In the tournament's completion the Argentine Pedro Dellacha takes the technical direction of the team, earning second place with 26 points, and thus qualifying to the semifinals. In that instance was second in Group B with six points.

Alejandro Brand (injured), but with Willington Ortiz, Jaime Morón, Juan José Irigoyen and Daniel Onega in the front, defeated Nacional in Medellin by 2·0, to Santa Fe in the classic by 1·0, I track is Nacional 1·1 in Bogotá and in both games with Deportivo Cali 0·0 and 1·1, to define all on December 20 on the last date of the tournament in the capital Derby.

With El Campin to burst, 18 minutes of the first time already the blue set earned 3·0 with goals from Irigoyen, Moron and Ortiz. Santa Fe closed the gap in the second part, pointing out the definitive 3·1, but failed to win the party nor less Championship. Millonarios with nine points won his 11th title against his rival's House in Bogota.

• Runner-up (1984)

Millonarios reached the final in second place with 69,25 points 21 less than champion the America de Cali, already without possibilities Millonarios faced paradoxically with América de Cali in Bogota that afternoon Millonarios won 3•1 but that outcome only reached him to maintain its quota in the Copa Libertadores already which Atletico Nacional occupied third place threatened the possibility of Millonarios to participate in the international contest.

• Twelfth Star (1987)

Nine years had to wait the institution to obtain a new title. Luis Augusto "Chiqui" García took the coaching of the team making an unexpected campaign.

In the local tournament he won three tournaments and five tables of the year. The opening in the end America with victoria 3·1 in Bogota and in Cali 0·0 tie; Completion with 40 points, four of advantage to the Atletico Nacional; Reclassification with 62 points, nine more than Nacional and the maximum bonus of 2 points.

He managed an undefeated 22 dates. In the last date was crowned champion in the octagonal end just to tie. On 20 December he beated 1·0 goal by Oscar "pajaro" Juarez junior in Bogota and achieved its 12 star with 22 points, two more than the America de Cali. It was the best season in its history in this tournament system, scored 101 goals and received only 54, with the best defense, total accumulation 86 points.

Also won two international tournaments in which he participated: the Marlboro Cup, beating Atletico Nacional, Tottenham Hotspurde Inglaterra and America of Mexico; and the Miami Cup where he defeated to the Colo-Colo of Chile, São Paulo of Brazil and the national team of the United States.

• Thirteenth Star (1988)

Its star 13 was difficult to achieve. Despite winning the tournament of the pentagonal with 11 points, and win the completion with 42 points, one more than Santa Fe, getting a bonus of 1.50.

He played on 18 December in Barranquilla to Junior, but at the same time playing Santa Fe and Nacional. The ambassadors arrived tied in 23.50 points with national but with better difference in goals scored.

Finished the first time, Millonarios lost 0·1 in Barranquilla and Nacional champion winning 1·0 in Bogota. At minute 13 of the second half, Mario Vanemerak even for Millonarios, then Santa Fe tie in Bogota. Millonarios try by all means to get the winning goal but it was not possible, it had to wait the final in Bogota. But he could finally crowned champion, the second of the "Chiqui" García, he also totaled a record 26 dates without losing, surpassing his own mark of 1953-54.

• Runner-up (1994)

Millonarios came to the last date in third place of quadrangular led America de Cali with 7 points while Millonarios remained you with only 2 points of difference, on the last date Millonarios average before the America de Cali in the campin. The Ambassador team needed that the purslane team lost in Medellin to Independiente Medellín.That afternoon Millonarios thumped 3·0 to the Cali but in Medellin, Nacional framework a goal missing 10 minutes to the end what sufficed to Atletico Nacional to take the title from Millonarios this season by having greater bonus.

• Runner-up (1995-96)

Millonarios reached the semifinals with 91 points in 4 place ranked first in Group B with 12 points, more than his closest pursuer Atletico Nacional, in the quadrangular final defeated Deportivo Cali Bogota lost in Cali, and lost against America de Cali in Cali and it thrashed in local 3·0, that night qualified for the Copa Libertadores in the following yearagainst Atletico Nacional won in Bogota and Medellin, completing 4 victories followed over the "verdolaga" between the quadrangular semifinals and at the end of quadrangular, the last date came to visit to Atletico Nacional with the possibility of leaving champion if in the Cali America classic he won and the box Ambassador also won, the first thing did not happen, despite the blue victory in Antioquia territory and that it made more points at the end, star was for the sugar box, because bonus it equalized in points and Serbia as a tie-break criterion.

• Fourteenth Star (2012-II)

After nearly 24 years without achieving the title of champion (18 December 1988 - December 16, 2012) and after a great campaign in the regular tournament or phase all against all the cast Ambassador classified with 3 dates in advance to the quadrangular semifinals. The "Azules" starting with difficulties this final phase since tournament which lost consecutively with the Junior of Barranquilla and Deportivo Pasto forcing the team led by the Tolimense Hernan Torres Oliveros to win or win, reaching the top position in Group A of the homers after defeating Deportes Tolima as local and visitor and to Deportivo Pasto as localremain the only team from the group that depends on its results to qualify to the final. After tying 0·0 with the Junior of Barranquilla in Bogota, Millonarios is depending on the result of the match between Deportivo Pasto and Deportes Tolima, match that was played at the same time and remains tied dsgn, result which ranks Millonarios to the finals, he played with Independiente Medellin.

The party of ida was in Medellin in a hopeful 0·0. The return match was held in Bogota in which the ambassadors went to halftime with a victory in the minutes of reset Wilberto Cosme goal, but starting the second time Independiente Medellin managed the tie, forcing the definition from the criminal point after be annulled a goal by Wason Renteria of Millonarios. The series of criminal was tied 4·4 which made the party to be defined by the so-called sudden death which gave the victory to Millonarios by a save from goalkeeper Luis Delgado.