Atlético Junior

Club Deportivo Popular Junior Fútbol Club S. A., known as Junior de Barranquilla or simply Junior, is a football club based in Barranquilla, Colombia. It was founded on 7 August 1924, being known as Atlético Junior, a name it used until the beginning of the 21st century, becoming the third-oldest club in the country. In sporting terms it is the fifth most decorated club in Colombian football, with fourteen official titles in the professional era: ten first-division titles, two Copa Colombia titles and two Superliga de Colombia titles.

Internationally, it has been runner-up in the Copa Sudamericana and a semi-finalist in the Copa Libertadores de América. It is the most important team in the Caribbean region. In addition, it has been the only club to represent Colombia as a national team at a South American Championship (now the Copa América), winning the Copa Mariscal Sucre, intended for the best national team among the Bolivarian teams.

The team plays at home at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, which bears the name of the Barranquilla-born footballer, a historic Colombian forward from the era of non-professional sport. It was inaugurated on 11 May 1986 and is located in the metropolitan locality in the south of the city, on the boundary between Barranquilla and the municipality of Soledad. Its total capacity is approximately 46,692 spectators.

Its classic rival is Unión Magdalena, from Santa Marta, against whom it plays the clásico costeño.