List of Deportivo Cali managers explained

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 55 known full-time managers, 10 caretaker managers, and 5 player-managers.

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

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

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

NameFromToHonours
Francisco Villa Bisa Spain19121912
Moisés Emilio ReubenPM Argentina19471948
Adelfo Magallanes Peru19491949
Carlos Peucelle Argentina19501950
Manuel GiúdicePM Argentina19501951
Roberto Scarone Uruguay19511952
Julio Tocker Argentina19531953
Camilo CervinoPM Argentina19541954
Pablo Rojas Colombia19541954
Santiago RivasPM Paraguay19551955
Julio Tocker Argentina19591959
Manuel SanguinettiPM Uruguay19591959
José Fabrini Argentina19601960
Carlos Peucelle Argentina19611961
Luis López Argentina19611962
Gaudencio Thiago de Melo Brazil19631963
Óscar Ramos Colombia19631964
Francisco Solano Patiño Paraguay19641964
Francisco "Pancho" Villegas Argentina196519703 Categoría Primera A
Federico Vairo Argentina19661966
Roberto Resquín Argentina197019711 Categoría Primera A
Luis López Argentina19711971
Óscar López Colombia19711972
Vladislao Cap Argentina19721973
Vladimir Popović197419741 Categoría Primera A
Raúl Rodríguez Seaone Argentina19751975
Washington Etchamendi Uruguay19761976
Jorge Ramírez Gallego Colombia19761976
Néstor Rossi Argentina19761976
Francisco "Pancho" Villegas Argentina19761976
Carlos Bilardo Argentina19761978
Eduardo Luján Manera Argentina19791980
Edilberto Righi Argentina19801981
Miguel Ángel Basílico Argentina19821982
Eduardo Retat Colombia19831983
Pedro Nel Ospina Colombia19841984
Vladimir Popović19841986
Julio Comesaña Uruguay19861987
Óscar Tabárez Uruguay19881988
Carlos Portela Colombia19881988
Vladimir Popović19891989
Jorge Luis Pinto Colombia19901991
Miguel Company Peru19911992
Carlos Portela Colombia19931993
José Yudica Argentina19931994
Fernando Castro Colombia199519971 Categoría Primera A
Reinaldo Rueda Colombia19971998
José Eugenio Hernández Colombia199820001 Categoría Primera A
Luis Fernando Suárez Colombia20012001
Néstor Otero Colombia20012001
Fernando Castro Colombia20022002
Óscar Quintabani Argentina20022003
Sergio Angulo Colombia20032003
Javier Álvarez Colombia20032003
Bernardo Redín Colombia20042004
Norberto Peluffo Colombia20042004
Jaime de la Pava Colombia20052005
Pedro Sarmiento Colombia200520061 Categoría Primera A
Omar Labruna Argentina20062007
Néstor Otero Colombia20072007
Daniel Carreño Uruguay20082008
Ricardo Martínez Colombia20082008
José Eugenio Hernández Colombia20092009
Jorge Luis Bernal Colombia20102010
Jorge Cruz Colombia20102010
Jaime de la Pava Colombia201020111 Copa Colombia
Jorge Cruz Colombia20112011
Jairo Arboleda Colombia20112011
Rubén Darío Insúa Argentina20112012
Julio Comesaña Uruguay20122012
Héctor Cárdenas Colombia20122012
Leonel Álvarez Colombia201320141 Superliga Colombiana
Héctor Cárdenas Colombia20142014
Fernando Castro Colombia201520161 Categoría Primera A
Mario Yepes Colombia20162017
Héctor Cárdenas Colombia20172017
Sergio Angulo Colombia20172017
Gerardo Pelusso Uruguay20182018
Lucas Pusineri Argentina20192019
Alfredo Arias Uruguay20202021
Ítalo Cervino Colombia20212021
Rafael Dudamel202120221 Categoría Primera A
Ítalo Cervino Colombia20222022
Mayer Candelo Colombia20222022
Sergio Angulo Colombia20222022
Jorge Luis Pinto Colombia20222023
Sergio Herrera Colombia20232023
Jaime de la Pava Colombia20232024
Hernando Patiño Colombia20242024
Hernán Torres Colombia2024[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ruiz Bonilla . Guillermo . Deportivo Cali - La Amenaza Verde . 2019 . Mundo Fútbol S.A.S. . 978-958-48-6212-9 . 332 . First.
  2. Web site: Técnicos Campeones – Deportivo Cali . deportivocali.com.co . Deportivo Cali . es . 20 October 2021.
  3. Book: Ruiz Bonilla . Guillermo . Deportivo Cali - La Amenaza Verde . 2019 . Mundo Fútbol S.A.S. . 978-958-48-6212-9 . 332–351 . First.
  4. Web site: Finalmente es oficial: Hernán Torres, nuevo técnico de Deportivo Cali. It is finally official: Hernán Torres, new manager of Deportivo Cali. es. Futbolred. 8 June 2024. 8 June 2024.