In Santa Fe The memory of the most glorious era that the Bogota team, between 2009 and 2016, breaking a streak that lasted decades without winning anything is still alive.
Nostalgia seizes fans, who remember that the cardinal won 3 Colombian League titles, 3 Super League, 1 Colombia Cup, 1 South American Cup and a Suruga Bank title. Nine glorious moments that were lived with César Pastrana as president, although the Cup, which opened the path of Gloria, won in 2009, with Armando Farfán as a leadership head.
All these titles are things of the past, because 9 years will be turned in in which only one Super League (2021) was won, and three league finals have been lost. In addition, in this 2025 there is a complicated moment in sports.
In 2018, César Pastrana made the surprise decision to resign, when his ascending career had among the candidates to lead Colombian football federation or Dimayor. In his replacement, Juan Andrés Carreño arrived, discussed management, because when he left, he left an economic crisis that Eduardo Méndez, the current president, is still remedied.
However, before Carreño arrived, in Santa Fe he was very close to named a former player who won everything, and is considered an idol and reference of that glorious era.
This is Agustín Julio, an archer who was the protagonist in the title of the 2009 Cup Colombia, and then stood out as a sports manager in that snack of national and international titles; In addition, he was an interim coach of the male team, and was even champion as DT of the women's team.
“In 2018, I was going to be president of Santa Fe. When he left (César) Pastrana, the presidency offered me,” Julio confessed in an interview with the YouTube channel 'León'.
The Cartagena, remembered as 'San Agustín', revealed: “When Pastrana decides not to continue, he consults and tells me: 'Julio, already you did the tour. I will not continue in Santa Fe, I would like you to be the president, I am going to propose to the Board of Directors'.”
“It was a very shocking blow, because I didn't expect it. So I asked him to give me a week, to consult with business friends. I talked to the sponsors who were: Huawei, Nectar, and supported me. I could check books (accountants) …” Agustín continued.
However, finally “Juan Andrés (Carreño) arrived to the presidency of Santa Fe, and I continued as a manager,” said Julio.
Would it have been a good president Agustín Julio? Wouldn't that economic collapse have left Eduardo Méndez? Everything was in anecdote.
(See video from 29:17 to 31:50)
