2025 Atlético Bucaramanga season

Atlético Bucaramanga
2025 season
Manager	Leonel Álvarez
Stadium	Estadio Américo Montanini
Categoría Primera A	11th
Copa Colombia	Pre-season
Superliga Colombiana	Runners-up
Copa Libertadores	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Frank Castañeda (5); All: ; Frank Castañeda (5)
Average home league attendance	10,001
	← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 season is the 76th in the history of Atlético Bucaramanga and their 10th consecutive season in Colombia's top flight. The club will compete in the Categoría Primera A, the Copa Colombia, the Superliga Colombiana, and the Copa Libertadores.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Aldair Quintana	Atlético Nacional	Free	1 January 2025	^[1]
MF	Jhon Vásquez	Independiente Medellín	Free	7 January 2025
FW	Jean Carlos Blanco	Aucas	Free	8 January 2025
FW	Kevin Londoño	Independiente Santa Fe	Free	8 January 2025
DF	Alejandro Moralez	Independiente Santa Fe	Loan	8 January 2025
MF	Diego Chávez	Deportivo Pasto	Free	10 January 2025
DF	José García	Internacional Palmira	Loan	12 January 2025
DF	Alejandro Artunduaga	Chania	Free	14 January 2025
MF	Sherman Cárdenas	Unattached	Free	16 January 2025
FW	Luciano Pons	Universidad de Chile	Free	24 January 2025	^[2]
FW	Andrés Ibargüen	Unattached	Free	12 March 2025

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Michael Rangel	Llaneros	Released	1 January 2025
MF	Johan Bocanegra	Nacional Potosí	Released	1 January 2025
MF	Edgard Camargo	Boyacá Chicó	Released	1 January 2025
DF	Kevin Cuesta	Independiente Santa Fe	Free	3 January 2025	^[3]
MF	Larry Vásquez	Amazonas	Undisclosed	22 February 2025	^[4]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Categoría Primera A	25 January 2025		Matchday 1		17	5	5	7	16	18	−2	029.41
Copa Colombia					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Superliga Colombiana	29 January 2025	6 February 2025	Final	Runners-up	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Copa Libertadores	1 April 2025		Group stage		4	1	2	1	6	9	−3	025.00
Total					23	6	9	8	23	28	−5	026.09

Last updated: 6 May 2025
Source: Competitions

Categoría Primera A

Torneo Apertura

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Once Caldas	20	10	3	7	26	22	+4	33	Advance to the semi-finals
8	Independiente Medellín	20	8	8	4	19	11	+8	32	Advance to the semi-finals
9	Atlético Bucaramanga	20	8	5	7	24	20	+4	29
10	Alianza	20	8	5	7	23	21	+2	29
11	Deportivo Pasto	20	8	5	7	20	20	0	29

Source: Dimayor, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 January 2025 1	Boyacá Chicó	1–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Tunja
19:20 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio La Independencia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: José Alexander Ortiz Novoa

2 February 2025 2	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–4	América de Cali	Bucaramanga
20:30 UTC−5	Pons 90+2'		Gómez 23' Vergara 57' Jiménez 78' (o.g.) Micolta 85'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Héctor Alexander Rivera González

9 February 2025 3	Once Caldas	2–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	Manizales
16:10 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Palogrande

14 February 2025 4	Deportivo Cali	0–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Palmira
19:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Deportivo Cali Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Bismarks Santiago

18 February 2025 5	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–0	Alianza	Bucaramanga
				Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini

1 March 2025 7	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–1	Junior	Bucaramanga
				Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini

7 March 2025 8	Águilas Doradas	0–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	Rionegro
19:30 UTC−5			Hernández 1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Alberto Grisales

14 March 2025 9	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–1	Deportivo Pereira	Bucaramanga
20:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Diego Ruíz

19 March 2025 6	Independiente Santa Fe	1–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	Bogotá
18:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio El Campín Attendance: 14,754 Referee: Mauricio Mercado

23 March 2025 10	Alianza	1–2	Atlético Bucaramanga	Valledupar
15:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau Referee: Luis Didier Gracia Benitez

28 March 2025 11	Atlético Bucaramanga	2–0	Atlético Nacional	Bucaramanga
19:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini

5 April 2025 12	Deportes Tolima	2–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	Ibagué
20:30 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Manuel Murillo Toro

13 April 2025 13	Atlético Bucaramanga	4–0	Fortaleza CEIF	Bucaramanga
20:10 UTC−5	Pons 22' Flores 47' Castañeda 74' (pen.) Vásquez 90+3'			Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Referee: Lizmair Suárez

17 April 2025 14	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–0	Envigado	Bucaramanga
16:00 UTC−5	Pons 23'			Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Referee: Steven Camargo

20 April 2025 15	Unión Magdalena	1–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	Santa Marta
16:10 UTC−5	Sarmiento 90+10' (pen.)		Pons 90+13'	Stadium: Estadio Sierra Nevada

27 April 2025 16	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–2	Millonarios	Bucaramanga
20:30				Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini

3 May 2025 17

Llaneros

2–1

Atlético Bucaramanga

10 May 2025 18

Atlético Bucaramanga

2–0

Independiente Medellín

17 May 2025 19

La Equidad

1–4

Atlético Bucaramanga

Superliga Colombiana

29 January 2025 First leg	Atlético Nacional	1–1	Atlético Bucaramanga	Medellín
19:30 UTC−5	Arce 58' Asprilla 60' Aguirre 67' Cardona 88'		Fabry 4' Ponce 30' Zárate 45+2' Hinestroza 45+1' 45+7' Quintana 50'	Stadium: Estadio Atanasio Girardot Attendance: 42,130 Referee: Diego Ruiz

6 February 2025 Second leg	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–0 (1–1 agg.) (3–4 p)	Atlético Nacional	Bucaramanga
19:30 UTC−5	Henao 9' Gutierrez 21' Jiménez 64' Mena 68' Sambueza 86'		Morelos 13' Salazar 29' Hinestroza 45+1' Campuzano 57' Viveros 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Carlos Ortega
	Penalties
	Henao Mena Sambueza Fabry Castañeda		Cardona Tesillo Zapata Uribe Hinestroza

Copa Colombia

Copa Libertadores

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Racing	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Advance to round of 16
2	Fortaleza	6	2	2	2	8	5	+3	8	Advance to round of 16
3	Atlético Bucaramanga	6	1	3	2	6	10	−4	6	Transfer to Copa Sudamericana
4	Colo-Colo	6	1	2	3	5	15	−10	5

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) CONMEBOL ranking.

1 April 2025 1	Atlético Bucaramanga	3–3	Colo-Colo	Bucaramanga
19:30 UTC−5	Londoño 9' Pons 24' Henao 57'	Report	Correa 38' (pen.), 84' Isla 63'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Attendance: 21,307^[5] Referee: Carlos Paul Benítez (Paraguay)

10 April 2025 2	Racing Club	1–2	Atlético Bucaramanga	Avellaneda, Argentina
19:00 UTC−3	Barrios 90+2'	Report	Pons 54' Sambueza 64'	Stadium: El Cilindro Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} ^[7] Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)

23 April 2025 3	Atlético Bucaramanga	1–1	Fortaleza	Bucaramanga
21:00 UTC−5	Pons 89' (pen.)	Report	Deyverson 19'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

6 May 2025 4	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–4	Racing Club	Bucaramanga
17:00		Report	Martínez 4' Solari 56' Sosa 69' Barrios 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Attendance: 21,496^[8]

13 May 2025 5	Fortaleza	0–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Fortaleza, Brazil
		Report		Stadium: Castelão Attendance: 40,279^[9]

29 May 2025 6	Colo-Colo	1–0	Atlético Bucaramanga	Macul, Chile
	Correa 26'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Monumental David Arellano Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Copa Sudamericana

Knockout round play-offs

17 July 2025 First leg	Atlético Bucaramanga	0–1	Atlético Mineiro	Bucaramanga
19:30 UTC−5		Report	Hulk 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Américo Montanini Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

24 July 2025 Second leg	Atlético Mineiro	0–1 (1–1 agg.) (3–1 p)	Atlético Bucaramanga	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
21:30 UTC−5		Report	Mena 45'	Stadium: Arena MRV Attendance: 22,653 Referee: Esteban Ostojich (Uruguay)
	Penalties
	Hulk Gustavo Scarpa Bernard Gabriel Menino Everson		Chávez Henao Mena Zárate

Notes

↑ Racing played their home match against Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the use of pyrotechnics by their fans in their 2024 Copa Sudamericana semi-final match against Corinthians.^[6]
↑ Colo-Colo played their home matches against Racing and Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the incidents in their match against Fortaleza.^[10]

References

↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Aldair Quintana se queda en Bucaramanga: el dato a destacar". futbolred.com.
↑ Camilo Riaño, Juan (30 January 2025). "Bucaramanga oficializa el fichaje de Luciano Pons". Diario AS. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
↑ "Kevin Cuesta, de 'leopardo' a 'león'". VAVEL. January 3, 2025.
↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Larry Vásquez, con nueva experiencia en el exterior: fue presentado". futbolred.com.
↑ "Bucaramanga 3-3 Colo Colo (1 de abr, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
↑ "Por qué Racing juega sin público ante Atlético Bucaramanga en el Cilindro" [Why Racing are playing against Atlético Bucaramanga at the Cilindro without fans] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
↑ "Bucaramanga 2-1 Racing (Apr 10, 2025) Final Score". ESPN.
↑ "Racing 4-0 Bucaramanga (6 de mai, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
↑ "Fortaleza 0-0 Bucaramanga (13 de mai, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
↑ "¿Por qué Colo Colo juega sin público vs. Racing Club por Copa Libertadores?" [Why are Colo Colo playing without fans against Racing Club for the Libertadores?] (in Spanish). RedGol. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

[Racing_v_Atlético_Bucaramanga-7] Racing played their home match against Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the use of pyrotechnics by their fans in their 2024 Copa Sudamericana semi-final match against Corinthians.^[6]

[Colo-Colo_home_matches-12] Colo-Colo played their home matches against Racing and Atlético Bucaramanga behind closed doors as they were punished for the incidents in their match against Fortaleza.^[10]

[1] Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Aldair Quintana se queda en Bucaramanga: el dato a destacar". futbolred.com.

[2] Camilo Riaño, Juan (30 January 2025). "Bucaramanga oficializa el fichaje de Luciano Pons". Diario AS. Retrieved 24 July 2025.

[3] "Kevin Cuesta, de 'leopardo' a 'león'". VAVEL. January 3, 2025.

[4] Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "Larry Vásquez, con nueva experiencia en el exterior: fue presentado". futbolred.com.

[5] "Bucaramanga 3-3 Colo Colo (1 de abr, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

[6] "Por qué Racing juega sin público ante Atlético Bucaramanga en el Cilindro" [Why Racing are playing against Atlético Bucaramanga at the Cilindro without fans] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

[8] "Bucaramanga 2-1 Racing (Apr 10, 2025) Final Score". ESPN.

[9] "Racing 4-0 Bucaramanga (6 de mai, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[10] "Fortaleza 0-0 Bucaramanga (13 de mai, 2025) Placar Final" (in Brazilian Portuguese). ESPN. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

[11] "¿Por qué Colo Colo juega sin público vs. Racing Club por Copa Libertadores?" [Why are Colo Colo playing without fans against Racing Club for the Libertadores?] (in Spanish). RedGol. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.

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