Big three (Colombia)
The Big Three (Spanish: Los Tres Grandes) is the nickname of the three most successful sports clubs in Colombia. The football teams of América de Cali, Atlético Nacional and Millonarios F.C. have a great rivalry, and are usually the main contenders for the title. Combined they share a total of 44 out of 87 Colombian Football Championships ever played and generally end up sharing the top three positions (among several other historic clubs).
Two of them, Nacional and Millonarios, have never been relegated from the first division, having been participants in all editions since 1948 (the other club being Independiente Santa Fe), with América spending five years in the second tier of Colombian football. In international competition, both América and Nacional are two of the most well-known clubs in the continent due to their history in the Copa Libertadores, the latter has lifted it twice and the former, despite never doing so, has been the runner-up on four occasions and is in the top 10 of the all-time table of the competition, above any other team from Colombia and many multiple winners.
Several other clubs outside the big three have won the Colombian title on more than one occasion, with Deportivo Cali and Santa Fe having the fourth most national titles behind the Big Three in Colombia with 9 in total, with also important performances in international competition, the former has been the runner-up of the mighty Copa Libertadores twice (being the first Colombian team to play in the final) and the latter has lifted the Copa Sudamericana in 2015. Other chief competitors of the three are Junior, Once Caldas and Independiente Medellín.
See also
- Big Three (Belgium)
- Big Three (Costa Rica)
- Big Three (Greece)
- Big Three (Netherlands)
- Big Three (Portugal)
- Big Three (Turkey)
- Big Three (Peru)
References
- ↑ https://colombia.as.com/colombia/2017/03/02/futbol/1488414619_371898.html
- ↑ https://www.elespectador.com/deportes/futbolcolombiano/millonarios-nacional-y-america-los-equipos-grandes-de-c-articulo-457021
- ↑ https://www.colombia.com/futbol/liga-colombiana/los-5-equipos-mas-grandes-del-futbol-colombiano-210970
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