Junior de Barranquilla

Also known as Atletico Junior, Júnior

Colombian association football club

Key facts

2025: Primera A, 3rd of 20 (Finalización champions)
Full name: Club Deportivo Popular Junior Fútbol Club S.A.
Nicknames: Los Tiburones (The Sharks) El Equipo Tiburón (The Shark Team) Los Rojiblancos (The Red-and-Whites) Los Quilleros (The Quilleros ) Los Reyes de la Costa (The Kings of the Coast) Los Curramberos (The Curramberos) Tu Papá (Your Dad)
Founded: 7 August 1924 ; 101 years ago ( 1924-08-07 ) (as Juventud Infantil )
Ground: Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Capacity: 46,692
Owner: Fuad Char
President: Antonio Char
Manager: Alfredo Arias
League: Categoría Primera A
Website: juniorfc .co

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Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. ( Latin American Spanish: [ˈʝunjoɾ]), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, capital of the department of Atlantico, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. Junior is the main Caribbean team in the top flight of Colombian football. In 2026, they were ranked #34 in the CONMEBOL annual club rankings.

The club was founded on August 7,1924. Known as Los Tiburones (The Sharks), or El Equipo Tiburón (The Shark Team). Junior have won the Colombian professional football championship eleven times (1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004 Finalización, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Finalización, 2018 Finalización, 2019 Apertura, 2023 Finalización, and 2025 Finalización). Some of the most notable players that have played for the club include Heleno de Freitas, Garrincha, Dida, Juan Ramón Verón, Efraín Sánchez, Carlos "El Pibe" Valderrama, Iván Valenciano, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Carlos Bacca, Julio César Uribe, Giovanni Hernández, Sebastián Viera and Luis Díaz.