# Orsomarso S.C.

Orsomarso Sportivo Clube is a Colombian professional football team based in Palmira. Founded in 2012, the club currently competes in the Categoría Primera B, and plays its home games at the Francisco Rivera Escobar stadium. Its name comes from the Italian comune Orsomarso.

## History

Orsomarso S.C. was founded on 7 December 2012 on the initiative of José Gabriel Sangiovanni, whose father José "Pepino" Sangiovanni (born in Orsomarso, Italy) and brother Oreste had also been linked to football as both served as chairmen of América de Cali. The club was originally created as a football academy based in the village of El Carmelo in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, aiming to help young footballers with limited economic resources start a professional footballing career. By July, Orsomarso already had an under-17 squad, under-19 squad, and a senior team which entered the amateur league of the Valle del Cauca Department (Copa El País), whilst the youth teams joined the youth championships organized by the Colombian Football Federation.
In January 2016, Orsomarso turned into a professional football club after its owners bought the affiliation rights (ficha) that belonged to Uniautónoma, club that was dissolved at the conclusion of the 2015 season and joined Categoría Primera B for the 2016 season. The club played its first professional match on 10 February 2016 against América de Cali, which was valid for the Copa Colombia and ended in a 2–0 defeat, while its first league match was a 2–0 away victory over Unión Magdalena four days later. In its first season as a professional club, Orsomarso failed to reach the final stages of the Primera B tournament, placing 11th with 40 points.
Orsomarso advanced out of the first stage of the second division championship for the first time in 2017, being eliminated in the Apertura tournament quarter-finals by Deportes Quindío. They also qualified for the knockout stages of that season's Finalización tournament, in which they were knocked out by Leones on penalties in the quarter-finals. The team was unable to replicate those performances in subsequent seasons, usually placing near to the bottom of the table.
Seven years passed for Orsomarso to once again advance to the final stages of the Primera B tournament, as they placed seventh in the first stage of the 2024 Torneo I with 25 points. For the following stage of the competition, they were drawn into Group A along with Atlético Huila, Tigres, and Real Cartagena. Orsomarso topped the group with 13 points, after winning four matches, drawing one, and losing the remaining one against Real Cartagena on the final matchday, with which they reached their first Primera B final series. There they faced Llaneros, losing on penalty kicks after a 2–2 draw on aggregate.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 11 June 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | COL | Euler Obando |
| 2 | DF | COL | Andrés Zuluaga |
| 3 | DF | COL | Keimer Sandoval |
| 4 | DF | COL | Darío Bonilla |
| 6 | MF | COL | Deyson Copete |
| 7 | MF | COL | Cristian Caicedo |
| 8 | DF | COL | Samir Mayo (captain) |
| 9 | FW | COL | Ancízar Aragón |
| 10 | MF | COL | Juan José Ramírez |
| 11 | MF | COL | Brayan Gómez |
| 12 | GK | COL | Brayan Benítez |
| 13 | MF | COL | Cristhian Mezú |
| 15 | DF | COL | Yeimar Mosquera |
| 16 | MF | COL | Jhojan Escobar |
| 17 | FW | COL | Breidy Goluz |
| 18 | FW | COL | Andrés Ruiz |
| 19 | MF | COL | Santiago Arrechea |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | COL | Carlos Hernández |
| 21 | MF | COL | Erik Preciado |
| 23 | FW | COL | Maicol Preciado |
| 24 | MF | COL | Guillermo Benavides |
| 26 | DF | COL | Samuel González |
| 27 | FW | COL | Juan Salcedo |
| 28 | MF | COL | Jhonier Zarante |
| 29 | FW | COL | Joao Salazar |
| 30 | GK | COL | Andrés Palacios |
| 32 | DF | COL | Santiago Agamez |
| — | DF | COL | Elkin Quiñónes |
| — | DF | COL | Juan Felipe Quiñónez |
| — | MF | COL | Víctor Chalá |
| — | MF | COL | Juan David Córdoba |
| — | FW | COL | Jhon Estiwar Lenis |
| — | FW | COL | Cristhian Ramos |

## Managers

* José Sangiovanni (June 2016 – December 2019)
* Edwards Muñoz (January 2020 – June 2021)
* Víctor Barón (July 2021 – October 2022)
* Roberto Steffaneti (November 2022 – December 2022)
* José Sangiovanni (January 2023 – June 2023)
* Stiven Sánchez (July 2023 – present)
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