List of Deportivo Cali managers

Deportivo Cali is a professional football club based in Cali, Colombia, which plays in Categoría Primera A. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Deportivo Cali since 1912, the date of the first available data for a club manager. Each manager's entry includes his years of tenure, honours won and significant achievements while under his care, where available. Caretaker managers and player-managers are included, where known. As of 2024, Deportivo Cali has had 56 known full-time managers, 10 caretaker managers, and 5 player-managers.

Fernando Castro won two league titles with Deportivo Cali, in the 1995–96 and 2015 Apertura tournaments.

The first known manager for Deportivo Cali in the professional era was Moisés Emilio Reuben, who arrived to the club as a player in 1947 and was appointed as player-manager shortly after, ahead of the team's first participation in the Colombian football championship in 1948.[1]

The most successful Deportivo Cali manager in terms of trophies won is Francisco "Pancho" Villegas, who won three Categoría Primera A trophies in his first five-year tenure as manager.[2] He is also the club's longest-serving manager, having served for five years between 1965 and 1970 and then again for a brief period in 1976.

List of managers

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The complete list of Deportivo Cali managers is shown in the following table:[3]

Italics denote a caretaker manager, PM denotes a player-manager.

Name Nationality From To Honours[2]
Francisco Villa Bisa   Spain 1912 1912
Moisés Emilio ReubenPM   Argentina 1947 1948
Adelfo Magallanes   Peru 1949 1949
Carlos Peucelle   Argentina 1950 1950
Manuel GiúdicePM   Argentina 1950 1951
Roberto Scarone   Uruguay 1951 1952
Julio Tocker   Argentina 1953 1953
Camilo CervinoPM   Argentina 1954 1954
Pablo Rojas   Colombia 1954 1954
Santiago RivasPM   Paraguay 1955 1955
Julio Tocker   Argentina 1959 1959
Manuel SanguinettiPM   Uruguay 1959 1959
José Fabrini   Argentina 1960 1960
Carlos Peucelle   Argentina 1961 1961
Luis López   Argentina 1961 1962
Gaudencio Thiago de Melo   Brazil 1963 1963
Óscar Ramos   Colombia 1963 1964
Francisco Solano Patiño   Paraguay 1964 1964
Francisco "Pancho" Villegas   Argentina 1965 1970 3 Categoría Primera A
Federico Vairo   Argentina 1966 1966
Roberto Resquín   Argentina 1970 1971 1 Categoría Primera A
Luis López   Argentina 1971 1971
Óscar López   Colombia 1971 1972
Vladislao Cap   Argentina 1972 1973
Vladimir Popović   Yugoslavia 1974 1974 1 Categoría Primera A
Raúl Rodríguez Seaone   Argentina 1975 1975
Washington Etchamendi   Uruguay 1976 1976
Jorge Ramírez Gallego   Colombia 1976 1976
Néstor Rossi   Argentina 1976 1976
Francisco "Pancho" Villegas   Argentina 1976 1976
Carlos Bilardo   Argentina 1976 1978
Eduardo Luján Manera   Argentina 1979 1980
Edilberto Righi   Argentina 1980 1981
Miguel Ángel Basílico   Argentina 1982 1982
Eduardo Retat   Colombia 1983 1983
Pedro Nel Ospina   Colombia 1984 1984
Vladimir Popović   Yugoslavia 1984 1986
Julio Comesaña   Uruguay 1986 1987
Óscar Tabárez   Uruguay 1988 1988
Carlos Portela   Colombia 1988 1988
Vladimir Popović   Yugoslavia 1989 1989
Jorge Luis Pinto   Colombia 1990 1991
Miguel Company   Peru 1991 1992
Carlos Portela   Colombia 1993 1993
José Yudica   Argentina 1993 1994
Fernando Castro   Colombia 1995 1997 1 Categoría Primera A
Reinaldo Rueda   Colombia 1997 1998
José Eugenio Hernández   Colombia 1998 2000 1 Categoría Primera A
Luis Fernando Suárez   Colombia 2001 2001
Néstor Otero   Colombia 2001 2001
Fernando Castro   Colombia 2002 2002
Óscar Quintabani   Argentina 2002 2003
Sergio Angulo   Colombia 2003 2003
Javier Álvarez   Colombia 2003 2003
Bernardo Redín   Colombia 2004 2004
Norberto Peluffo   Colombia 2004 2004
Jaime de la Pava   Colombia 2005 2005
Pedro Sarmiento   Colombia 2005 2006 1 Categoría Primera A
Omar Labruna   Argentina 2006 2007
Néstor Otero   Colombia 2007 2007
Daniel Carreño   Uruguay 2008 2008
Ricardo Martínez   Colombia 2008 2008
José Eugenio Hernández   Colombia 2009 2009
Jorge Luis Bernal   Colombia 2010 2010
Jorge Cruz   Colombia 2010 2010
Jaime de la Pava   Colombia 2010 2011 1 Copa Colombia
Jorge Cruz   Colombia 2011 2011
Jairo Arboleda   Colombia 2011 2011
Rubén Darío Insúa   Argentina 2011 2012
Julio Comesaña   Uruguay 2012 2012
Héctor Cárdenas   Colombia 2012 2012
Leonel Álvarez   Colombia 2013 2014 1 Superliga Colombiana
Héctor Cárdenas   Colombia 2014 2014
Fernando Castro   Colombia 2015 2016 1 Categoría Primera A
Mario Yepes   Colombia 2016 2017
Héctor Cárdenas   Colombia 2017 2017
Sergio Angulo   Colombia 2017 2017
Gerardo Pelusso   Uruguay 2018 2018
Lucas Pusineri   Argentina 2019 2019
Alfredo Arias   Uruguay 2020 2021
Ítalo Cervino   Colombia 2021 2021
Rafael Dudamel   Venezuela 2021 2022 1 Categoría Primera A
Ítalo Cervino   Colombia 2022 2022
Mayer Candelo   Colombia 2022 2022
Sergio Angulo   Colombia 2022 2022
Jorge Luis Pinto   Colombia 2022 2023
Sergio Herrera   Colombia 2023 2023
Jaime de la Pava   Colombia 2023 2024
Hernando Patiño   Colombia 2024 2024
Hernán Torres   Colombia 2024[4] 2024[5]
Sergio Herrera   Colombia 2024[6] 2024
Alfredo Arias   Uruguay 2025[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ruiz Bonilla, Guillermo (2019). Deportivo Cali - La Amenaza Verde (First ed.). Mundo Fútbol S.A.S. p. 332. ISBN 978-958-48-6212-9.
  2. ^ a b "Técnicos Campeones – Deportivo Cali". deportivocali.com.co (in Spanish). Deportivo Cali. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  3. ^ Ruiz Bonilla, Guillermo (2019). Deportivo Cali - La Amenaza Verde (First ed.). Mundo Fútbol S.A.S. pp. 332–351. ISBN 978-958-48-6212-9.
  4. ^ "Finalmente es oficial: Hernán Torres, nuevo técnico de Deportivo Cali" [It is finally official: Hernán Torres, new manager of Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ^ "No va más: Deportivo Cali anunció la salida de Hernán Torres" [He is no more: Deportivo Cali announced Hernán Torres's exit] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Sergio Herrera, nuevo director técnico de Deportivo Cali" [Sergio Herrera, new manager of Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Oficial: Alfredo Arias regresa a Deportivo Cali" [Official: Alfredo Arias returns to Deportivo Cali] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.