Independiente Medellín
| Full name | Deportivo Independiente Medellín | |||
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| Nickname(s) | El Rojo Paisa (The Paisa Red) El Poderoso de la Montaña (The Mighty of the Mountain) El Decano (The Dean) El Equipo del Pueblo (The People's Team) Medallo | |||
| Short name | DIM | |||
| Founded | 14 November 1913 as Medellín Foot Ball Club | |||
| Ground | Estadio Atanasio Girardot | |||
| Capacity | 40,943 | |||
| Chairman | Juan Camilo Restrepo | |||
| Manager | Alejandro Restrepo | |||
| League | Categoría Primera A | |||
| 2024 | Primera A, 10th of 20 | |||
| Website | dimoficial | |||
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Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardot, which seats 40,943 people, and is also shared with city rivals Atlético Nacional. The team is dubbed "El Poderoso de la Montaña" (Mighty of the Mountain) due to Medellín's geographical location high in the Andes mountains, and as a reference to the many amateur titles it won in its early years.
Founded in 1913 as the second oldest club in Colombia, Independiente Medellín has won the Categoría Primera A six times: in 1955, 1957, 2002–II, 2004–I, 2009–II, and 2016–I, and the Copa Colombia three times: in 1981, 2019, and 2020. Its best performance at international level was in 2003, when the team reached the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores.
Independiente Medellín has a rivalry with Atlético Nacional, and the teams face each other in El Clásico Paisa, which is considered one of the most important derbies in the country.