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Internacional F.C. de Palmira
Full name	Internacional Fútbol Club de Palmira
Founded	10 January 2024; 10 months ago
Ground	Estadio Francisco Rivera Escobar
Capacity	15,300
Owner	Ignacio Martán
Chairman	Oscar Arturo Martán
Manager	Héctor Cárdenas
League	Categoría Primera B
Website	https://internacionalfc.co/

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.

History

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]

Stadium

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 14 February 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	HON	Enrique Facussé (on loan from Motagua)
2	DF	ARG	Santiago Acha
4	DF	COL	José García
5	MF	COL	Manuel Sánchez
6	MF	COL	Maikoll Herrera
7	MF	COL	Lewis Sinisterra
8	MF	COL	Santiago Vergara
9	FW	COL	Carlos Cortés
10	MF	COL	Mauricio González
11	FW	COL	Johan Gamboa
12	GK	COL	Juan Camilo Loaiza
14	FW	COL	Óscar Segura (on loan from Deportivo Cali)
15	DF	COL	Jhon Morcillo
17	DF	COL	Kalazán Suárez (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	COL	Edwin Martínez
20	MF	COL	William Palacios
21	FW	COL	Samuel Osorio
22	GK	COL	Andrés Rodríguez
25	DF	COL	Emmanuel Peña
26	FW	COL	Danny Zúñiga
28	FW	COL	Jairo Ditta
30	MF	COL	Neyder Góngora
32	MF	COL	Emerson Viveros
34	DF	COL	Jhonatan Popó
35	FW	COL	Favián Torres
—	MF	ARG	Sebastián Bermúdez
—	MF	ARG	Juan Manuel Sánchez de León
—	FW	COL	Yefrei Rodríguez

References

^ "Dimayor dio luz verde para el cambio de sede del Cortuluá" [Dimayor greenlit Cortuluá's home stadium change] (in Spanish). Infobae. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "¿Yumbo Industriales FC o Cortuluá? El club aclara la situación respecto a su nombre" [Yumbo Industriales FC or Cortuluá? The club clears up the situation regarding its name] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "Dos históricos del fútbol colombiano harán un cambio de sede para el 2024" [Two historicals of Colombian football will make a change of venue for 2024] (in Spanish). La FM. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
^ "Conozca el nuevo equipo profesional del FPC que reemplazará a Cortuluá y jugará en Palmira, habla su presidente" [Get to know the FPC′s new professional team that will replace Cortuluá and will play in Palmira, its chairman speaks] (in Spanish). El País. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.