The Bogota Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Bogota
Mauricio Medina was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Javier Torres joins the Bogota first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Javier Torres is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ivan Diaz joins the Bogota first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Diaz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hugo Duque steps up from the Bogota academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hugo Duque has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bogota promote Jose Murillo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jose Murillo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
David Reyes knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Bogota, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad The dressing room has a star in it
- Squad A season on the outside for Jefferson Racines
- Squad The training reports on Juan Alberto Sánchez are not good