Atlético Junior
Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (Latin American Spanish: [ˈʝunjoɾ]), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior, commonly as Junior FC, or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. Junior is the main Caribbean team in the top flight of Colombian football. As of 2022, they sit in the 25th place of the best South American teams.
| Full name | Club Deportivo Popular Junior Fútbol Club S.A. | |||
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| Founded | 7 August 1924 as Juventud Infantil | |||
| Ground | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez | |||
| Capacity | 46,692 | |||
| Owner | Fuad Char | |||
| President | Alejandro Char | |||
| Manager | Arturo Reyes | |||
| League | Categoría Primera A | |||
| 2023 | Primera A, 6th of 20 (Finalización champions) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The club was founded on August 7, 1924. Known as Los Tiburones (The Sharks), or El Equipo Tiburón (The Shark Team). Junior have won the Colombian professional football championship ten times (1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004 Finalización, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Finalización, 2018 Finalización, 2019 Apertura, and 2023 Finalización). Some of the most notable players that have played for the club include Heleno de Freitas, Garrincha, Dida, Juan Ramón Verón, Efraín Sánchez, Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama, Iván Valenciano, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Carlos Bacca, Julio César Uribe, Giovanni Hernández, Sebastián Viera and Luis Díaz.