SANTA FE

Brief from client 

Independiente Santa Fe is a Bogota soccer club, founded on February 28, 1941 in the traditional "Café Rhine" (now called "Café Passage") located in the historic heart of the Colombian capital, at the initiative of several students from Rosario University and the College Modern Gymnasium.
Here on this site was established by two law students from the Universidad del Rosario and former students of the art gym, the founding of the Club Independiente Santa Fe thought at first consists only with Modern Gymnasium alumni. However, later it was decided to let players from other schools. In the first year the team won the second runner-up status of the ADB (Sports Association of Bogotá). Then the capital's press began calling the team's entry into the first category, making his debut against the team from the University, winning by 7-4.
In 1942, under the command of English Jack Greenwell, Santa Fe reached the final of the Tournament of Cundinamarca. This is the first precedent of the club in a major tournament before the start of the Colombian championship.
Table 'Cardinal', as is also popularly called, is renowned for being the first champion in the history of Colombian Professional Football in season 1948. In total has won eight national titles, for six leagues, all the time when the tournament lasted all year, most recently in 1975, and Colombia Cups in 1989 and 2009.