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image by Esteban Rivera, 7 March 2010
Today on the website, which is a website that
reports and broadcasts news related to Colombian Top Tier Soccer League,
features a video showing the flag of a soccer team called Boyacá Chicó F.C.
The flag is a checkered flag, as seen in this
video. (Video application can be located on the right hand side).
"Boyacá Chicó Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in the city of
Tunja. The club was founded on March 26, 2002 in Bogotá as Deportivo Bogotá
Chicó F.C. named after one of the city's neighborhoods".
Source:
-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyaca_Chico_FC,
- Boyacá Chicó 2010-3-7 (snapshot of the video, elapsed time approximately 5
seconds after it starts).
The flags seen are from left to right: Boyacá,
Colombia and Boyacá Chicó F.C.
For additional information please see: Boyacá Chicó F.C. (official website)
http://www.boyacachico.com/
Esteban Rivera, 7 March 2010
image by Eugene Ipavec, 20 June 2010
The flag in the video is checkered blue/white, 10 pieces high. However I've
located a photo of an official club function where the is chequy 6 pieces high and the color scheme
light green/white (which matches the uniforms). This would seem to suggest that
the details may not matter very much, just so long as there is checkering (which
is BTW apparently derived from the bordure of the club emblem:
http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/2o1w6bc2errno/svauuf/chico003.gif
Eugene Ipavec, 20 June 2010
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 August 2010
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 August 2010
image by Eugene Ipavec, 24 August 2010
"Instituto Colombiano del Deporte" (COLDEPORTES) was
founded on 6 November 1968 by the Ministry of Culture (Decree No.
2743).
COLDEPORTES is a state organism ruling the Sports National
System, encompassing the Colombian Olympic Committe, the
Colombian Paralympic Committee, national sports federations and
several other entities.
Up to now, Colombia has won nine medals in the summer Olympic
Games:
1972 (Munich)
Helmut Bellingrodt : Shooting / Running game target (silver)
Alfonso Perez: Boxing / Lightweight (bronze)
Clemente Rojas: Boxing / Featherweight (bronze)
1984 (Los Angeles)
Helmut Bellingrodt : Shooting / Running game target (silver)
1992 (Barcelona)
Ximena Restrepo Gaviria: Athletics / 400 m (bronze)
1988 (Seoul)
Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha: Boxing / Bantamweight (bronze)
2000 (Sydney)
María Isabel Urrutia Ocoró: Weightlifting / - 75 kg (gold)
2004 (Athens)
Mabel Mosquera Mena: Weightlifting / - 53 kg (bronze)
María Luisa Calle Williams: Cycling / Points race (bronze)
The flag of COLDEPORTES, according to the photo shown on the website
of COLDEPORTES, is white with a runner's black silhouette
surmounting three yellow, blue and red rings (indeed the three
Olympic rings matching the Colombian national colours), the whole
inscribed in a black ring, surmounted by the black writing
COLDEPORTES and surmounting the black writing INSTITUTO COLOMBIANO
/ DEL DEPORTE.
A table flag with the writings swapped can be seen on photos
taken during the visit of Jacques Rogge, President of IOC, to
COLDEPORTES.
The two versions of the flag have a fringe reproducing the design
of the Colombian national flag.
Ivan Sache, 4 January 2008
On August 4, 2010 I spotted a variant of the Coldeportes flag. The flag
is a white horizontal flag but with the
new coat of arms on the middle.
I first saw this flag from a
picture of a meeting, on the website of the
DIMAYOR
(however, since the website has changed its content, the DIMAYOR link provided does not show the flag anymore).
It's also important to notice that on the official website of Coldeportes, the flag has a tricolor diagonal border, as seen on this
picture.
Esteban Rivera, 15 August 2010
image by Zachary Harden, 22 July 2018
In 2012 there was a new logo adopted by the agency to be more in line with
other government bodies in a unified branding (source:
http://www.coldeportes.gov.co/coldeportes/quienes_somos/simbolos/logo_coldeportes_1137).
What I can tell is the rings below the "man in motion" was removed and the outer
ring was changed from solid black to the three colors of the national flag in
almost a paint-brush effect. The logo font changed and the state emblem was
added to the left of the overall mark. The logo can be seen at
http://www.coldeportes.gov.co/_templates/Default2016/recursos/images/cabezote/logo-coldeportes2.png.
As for the flag, it did change with the logo. It can be seen at
http://www.coc.org.co/wp-content/uploads/0O5B68311-1024x683.jpg
The
Olympic Committee of Colombia flag did not change.
image by Zachary Harden, 22 July 2018
The Colombia
Paralympic Committee is a logo on white; it can (also) be seen at
http://www.coc.org.co/wp-content/uploads/0O5B68311-1024x683.jpg.
Zachary Harden, 22 July 2018
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2012
The COC (Comité Olímpico Colombiano, Colombian Olympic Committtee) has
changed its logo, thus changing its flag.
The new logo is seen
here. (Source:
Facebook profile of the Colombian Olympic Committee)
The new flag then is the new logo on a horizontal background.
For additional information go to:
COC (official website):
Esteban Rivera, 15 April 2012
There is an
evidence of the current flag change for the Colombian Olympic Committee.
(flag on the right)
Source:
http://extroversia.universia.net.co/buscadortags/comite_olimpico_colombiano.html
The flag is the
new logo
on a white horizontal background, and the picture belongs to a meeting during
the Asamblea General Ordinaria 2012 (2012 Ordinary General Assembly) held on
March 28, 2012.
Esteban Rivera, 30 June 2012
Previous flags:
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Juan Manuel
Gabino, 29 June 2009
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Juan Manuel
Gabino, 29 June 2009
On on 6 Sep 2003, Felipe Carrillo contributed images
of two Colombian National Olympic Committee flags: Both are 2:3
white with an emblem centered on the cloth, emblem taking about
half the height in width. This emblem is a plain Colombian national flag stretched to a ratio
of about 4:9 above a representation of the Olympic rings. One of
the flag variants adds the country name in black bold serif
capitals above the flag.
In Felipe Carrillo’s image the Olympic rings are shown much
thicker than usual and not interlocked; I
suppose this is a drawing error and not an actual design feature.
I note also the use of different shades of blue, yellow, and red
(in the flag panels and the respective ring), which might be due
to the use of inhomogeneous clipart. I kept this, against my own
opinion, to keep it in pace with our own images of the national
and Olympic flags.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 June 2009
See also: Olympics and National Olympic committees
image by Eugene Ipavec, 25 August 2005
I found this flag of the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (official website
at: www.colfutbol.org) which is the
official Colombian Sport institution in charge of all national soccer teams. It
was established, shut down and it later merged with other national soccer
associations to be finally set up in its "current version" in 1971. For more
historical background check (in Spanish) www.colfutbol.org/federacion/historia.htm.
Regarding its symbols, you can reach them at www.colfutbol.org/federacion/simbolos.htm.
The flag is plain white with the symbol in the center.
E.R., 11 August 2005
The colors in the TV screenshots were a bit washed out--I took
the football to be beige.
Eugene Ipavec, 11 August 2005
From the pictures it seems that the soccer ball is beige
(instead of red, as the logo shows).
E.R., 11 August 2005
image by Tomislav Šipek, 31 March 2019
I found flag with a red ball on the logo. So, I am now not sure if this is
true color or a newer version of the logo.
http://dimayor.com.co/dimayor-impuso-la-orden-al-merito-deportivo-al-sr-fuad-char-abdala/
http://www.eluniversal.com.co/deportes/futbol/ramon-jesurum-fue-designado-presidente-de-la-federacion-colombiana-de-futbol-212044
Tomislav Šipek, 31 March 2019
image by Eugene Ipavec, 23 December 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 23 December 2005
This is the flag of the DIMAYOR (División Mayor del Fútbol
Colombiano, or Colombian Soccer Major Division in English). The
DIMAYOR was established on June 27, 1948, right when professional
soccer was established in Colombia. At first it included only the
professional soccer clubs (First Division teams only) but it
currently includes both First and Second Division teams. DIMAYOR
changed its name to Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional
Colombiano, but it kept
the abbreviation DIMAYOR for reference and identification
purposes. The First Division is called Primera A, and the Second
Division is called Primera B.
The flag should be the emblem on white background. A variant of
the flag is the same emblem but on yellow background (the yellow
color.
E.R, 23 December 2005
In 2016 they changed their logo again, and a new flag is displayed. An
official tweet (https://twitter.com/Dimayor/status/789282802474692608)
from their official Twitter account @Dimayor (https://twitter.com/Dimayor)
states that "after 8 years we are renovated", dated October 20, 2016. However,
this statement is not entirely true, since the last logo had been in use since
2005. The new logo features a soccer ball in the middle, in the Adidas Telstar
design, and twenty pentagons in different colors, one outer ring with 10, and
one inner ring with 10 as well, representing the different professional teams.
Source:
https://www.winsports.co/futbol-colombiano/multimedia/videos/este-es-el-nuevo-logo-de-la-dimayor-47414
Furthermore, the new logo became a controversial issue because of its
extreme similarity to the 2022 FIFA World Cup logo.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQypFCLG788,
http://www.futbolred.com/futbol-colombiano/liga-aguila/nuevo-logo-de-dimayor-y-el-polemico-parecido-al-de-qatar-2022-75232
and
http://www.eltiempo.com/deportes/futbol-colombiano/nuevo-logo-oficial-de-la-dimayor-causa-polemica-29627
The new flag is a white horizontal background with
the new logo as seen here (second flag from left to right):
http://www.elcolombiano.com (source:
http://www.elcolombiano.com/deportes/futbol/desafios-de-jorge-enrique-velez-nuevo-presidente-de-la-dimayor-AN9087435).
Esteban Rivera, 1 August 2018
Previous Symbols
image by Eugene Ipavec, 23 December 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 23 December 2005
image by Felipe Carrillo, 14 March 2003
Official Flag of one of the two most popular soccer team in
Colombia: Atletico Nacional (Nacional de Medellin).
Felipe Carrillo, 14 March 2003
Atlético Nacional describes a flag in their website:
www.atlnacional.com.co,
using the colors of Antioquia but green over white. Green
stands for hope, nature and the Antioquian mountains, while white
means peace, clarity, honesty and liberty.
Carlos Thompson, 18 March 2003
image by Ivan Sache, 21 October 2018
The club's supporters also use a flag horizontally divided green-white-green.
Photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blogverdolaga/8045046688/
Ivan Sache,
21 October 2018
image by E.R., 25 December 2005
official flag
image by Ivan Sache, 25 December 2005
fans flag
.jpg)
image from www.deporcali.com
coat of arms
The newspaper El Pais reports in its digital edition dated 18
December 2005 that the football club Deportivo Cali, won its
eight star (championship). A picture illustrating the article
shows supporters waving a green flag with a big white star.
Ivan Sache, 25 December 2005
The Colombian Soccer team is officially called Asociación Deportivo Cali,
better known as Depor Cali, or Super Depor (the nick Super Depor is related to
the Spanish First Division Club Deportivo La Coruña, because like the Spanish
club, the Deportivo Cali is not on the top of the list but it always obtains
good results and plays good soccer). The official website of the team is at www.deporcali.com.
The team was founded on January 16, 1943 and it plays in the City
of Cali (or officially called
Santiago de Cali), the capital of the Department of Valle (or Valle del Cauca, its official name). This team
is actually the first Colombian soccer team that can be truly called a club,
with stockholders and it is building its own Stadium as well, another country's
first (www.worldstadiums.com)
the flag with the star is not an official flag. The official flag
is the same flag as the Departamento de
Antioquia (see www.deporcali.com)
only the colors are inverted: that is green on top and white on
the bottom.
E.R., 25 December 2005
image by Felipe Carrillo, 15 May 2003
image by Carlos Thompson, 9 June 2003
At the site of Millonarios (Bogota) at www.millonarios.com.co,
there is a photo where you can see a blue over white flag with
the shield in the middle. I am not sure if this flag is
official in any sence.
Carlos Thompson, 18 March 2003
Felipe Carrillo sent a diagonaly divided flag. I am not sure if this
flag is official. In the web site of the club, www.futbolred.com,
there is a picture , I am not sure but it seems that the flag is
B-W horizontal. In the homepage there is a picture of the
public with a big B-W-B banner.
Looking at the sites of some supporters I have found the following site: www.geocities.com/soy_de_millos/Fotos.htm.
I guess that the black-blue flags are flags of the supporting
group "Comandos Aziles" rather than flags of the
team. I can see both per fess N-B and quartered B-N-N-B,
also a chekered blue-white falg, a plain blue flag with the CoA
of the team and the city, a frew W-B-W horizontal tribands and a
big W-B-W with a Y-R border in the bottom. The last picture, with
the red and white flags, are supporters of Santafe, the rival
team.
In another supporting website www.gratisweb.com/mimillos,
there is a nice picture of Gardfield dress as a Millonarios
supporter, with a W-B horizontal flag with the shield of the
team.
This site further says (translated by me): The Club is
represented by its colors blue and white which form its flag in
that exact order in equal-zised horizontal bands, a shied that we
can see in the attached picture and its beautiful anthem."
As I read the "official" flag should be blue on top.
Carlos Thompson, 9 June 2003
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 September 2017
"The Federación Colombiana de Automovilismo Deportivo, FCAD (English: Sports
Autoracing Colombian Federation) traces its roots as far as
Coldeportes being
the main organization in charge of ruling sports played in the
country. The different auto clubs of the time gathered at the Asamblea
Extraordinaria de Clubes (English: Clubs General Assembly) on April
30, 1971 to establish an organization for autoracing and FCAD was
officially recognized by Coldeportes in 1972."
Source: http://www.fedeautos.com.co/nosotros/historia
The flag is a white horizontal flag with the
logo (second from left to
right) in
the middle as seen
here (first flag from left to
right) as
well as
here.
Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoEI64L5bT8 at 0:13 and 1:39
http://www.autosmas.co/auto/noche-de-los-mejores-fcad-2016/
For additional information go to Fedeautos (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 12 September 2017
image by Zoltan Horvath, 04 February 2014
The Federación Colombiana de Golf (Colombian Golf Federation) flag is seen in
this
picture. (fourth flag from left to right)
(Source:
http://www.federacioncolombianadegolf.com/website/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9428:el-v-torneo-internacional-avianca-isencillamente-espectacular&catid=2:noticias-nacionales&Itemid=13).
It was founded in 1946.
The flag is the
logo on a white horizontal flag.
For additional information go to:
Federación Colombiana de
Golf (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 04 February 2014
image by E.R., 3 July 2005
.jpg)
image by E.R., 3 July 2005
Logo
Independiente Medellín is a soccer professional team from the city of
Medellín, founded in 1913. It's official website is www.dim.com.co. It is also
referred to as D.I.M. (Deportivo Independiente Medellín, or
Independent Sport 'Club' Medellin). This team plays in the
Estadio Atanasio Girardot (Atansio Girardot Stadium) which has a
capacity of 52,000 seats.
E.R., 3 July 2005
There's an additional flag of the Independiente Medellín
soccer team. It is the Coat of Arms on the middle of the flag ,
as seen in online
article, where in a sober ceremony the current President
hands the clubs' symbols to the most notorious players.
E.R., 8 October 2009
Today during the DIM presentation of its team for the
upcoming 2013-I league, its flag variant with Coat of Arms can be seen here.
Flag with Coat of Arms:
http://dalerojo.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DIM2013_1.jpg
http://dalerojo.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DIM2013_11.jpg
http://dalerojo.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DIM2013_51.jpg
Source -
picture
gallery
For additional information go to: DIM
(official website)
Esteban Rivera, 09 January 2013
image by Felipe Carrillo, 14 March 2003
Official Flag of one of the two most popular soccer team in
Colombia: Independendiente Santa Fe (Bogota).
Felipe Carrillo, 14 March 2003
In the official web site of the Club Independiente Santa Fe, this red over
white flag is described: www.independientesantafe.com.
There is no meaning about the colors, except that those are the
colors of the Club/Team.
Carlos Thompson, 18 March 2003
image located by
Esteban Rivera, 23 February 2013
On January 31st I was watching this documentary called "Paisas,
Memorias de un Pueblo. El Deporte en Antioquia 20" (Paisas, Memories
of a People, Sports in Antioquia (chapter) 20) ("Paisas" is a word
used by locals from the Department of Antioquia to refer to themselves, and
comes from the word "paisano", meaning fellow countryman.
During the documentary,
they mention the
Juegos Deportivos Nacionales (National Sport Games), and
specifically the II Edition, held in Antioquia in 1932. During the
inaugural parade, one can see two flags. Unfortunately since the
documentary is in black and white, is very difficult to determine the
colors. I guess that since they are Colombian games, where all
Departments are represented,
one could infer that the first flag (flag on the right) is the flag of
Colombia but the other flag
behind it (flag on the left) could be a sports flag (possibly the
Games flag, or it could be just the flag of any Department.
Esteban Rivera, 23 February 2013
