page_title: Manizales
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Manizales / Sports
caption_attribution_description: English: Match between Costa Rica and Spain. Palogrande stadium, Manizales. 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Español: Partido Costa Rica vs. España. Estadio Palogrande, Manizales. Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sub-20 de 2011.
context_page_description: Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano.
  Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an important hub for higher educational institutions.
context_section_description: Manizales has several sports centers, the main one being in the area of the Palogrande Stadium. The city has a professional football team, Once Caldas, which is housed in the Palogrande Stadium, winner of the prestigious South American Copa Libertadores 2004, and 4-time champion of Category First A of Colombia, ranking eighth in the tournament's history. Manizales has also had two professional basketball teams Caldas Bancafetero Aces and  Wise Caldas which were champions of the Colombian Professional Basketball tournament in 1989 and 2000 respectively, both played in the Coliseo Mayor Jorge Uribe venue. The city also has indoor soccer presence through the futsal cup microfútbol in both male with Real Caldas FS and female with Real Caldas, and the FIFA Futsal League in Club Deportivo Linear which won the 2011-II championship, all these are played in the Coliseo Menor Vargas Ramón Marín venue.
  Manizales has also been home to sporting events such as the Fourth National Games in 1936, South American Football U-20 in 1987, the Copa America 2001, the South American U-20 2005 and most importantly World Cup 2011 U-20.
caption: CRC Palogrande Stadium – ESP 2011
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