Libertad F.C. (Ecuador)

Ecuadorian football club

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Football club

Libertad

Full name

Libertad Fútbol Club

Nickname(s)

Libertario

Founded

17 May 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-17)

Ground

Reina del Cisne

Capacity

14,935

Chairman

Marlon Granda

Manager

Juan Carlos León

League

Ecuadorian Serie A

2023

Serie A, 13th of 16

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Libertad Fútbol Club is an Ecuadorian professional football club from the city of Loja. Founded on 17 May 2017, they play in the Serie A.

History

Founded on 17 May 2017 as Independiente Fútbol Club de Pindal, the club played in the Segunda Categoría de Loja in the 2018 season,^[1] In 2019, the club qualified to the national phase of the Segunda Categoría, being knocked out in the group stage.

Ahead of the 2020 campaign, Independiente changed name to Libertad Fútbol Club,^[2] winning the tournament in Loja but still being knocked out early in the Segunda Categoría. After a second consecutive title in Loja in 2021, Libertad achieved promotion to the Serie B as champions.^[3]

In the 2022 Serie B, their first-ever season in the second level, Libertad won an immediate promotion to the Serie A, finishing in the third place but benefitting from Independiente Juniors' ineligibility for promotion.^[4]

Achievements

Segunda Categoría
- Winner (1): 2021

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Juan Cruz Bolado
4	DF	ECU	Cesar Obando
5	MF	ECU	Pedro Larrea
6	DF	ECU	Bryan Caicedo
7	MF	ECU	Ivan Zambrano
8	MF	COL	Felipe Ávila
9	FW	ECU	Diego Ávila
10	MF	ECU	Cristian Penilla
11	MF	ECU	Jalmar Almeida
12	MF	ARG	Gonzalo Valenzuela
13	MF	ECU	Libinton Angulo
15	DF	ECU	José Hernández
17	FW	ECU	Wilter Ayovi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ECU	Ricardo Borja (on loan from Barcelona SC)
20	MF	ECU	Ariel Vélez
22	FW	ARG	Tobias Donsanti
23	MF	ECU	Edwin Angulo
25	DF	ECU	Denilson Bolanos
26	MF	ECU	Nixon Molina
27	DF	ARG	Juan Alvacete
29	GK	ECU	Wálter Hinostroza
31	DF	ECU	Glendys Mina
37	DF	ECU	Jose Caicedo
66	DF	ECU	Luis Gómez
90	GK	ECU	Eduardo Bores
—	DF	ECU	Jhonnier Estrada

References

^ "Siete equipos competirán en segunda categoría en Loja" [Seven teams will play in Segunda Categoría in Loja] (in Spanish). La Hora. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "La nueva esperanza del fútbol lojano" [The new hope of football in Loja] (in Spanish). De Rabona. 25 July 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "Libertad FC de Loja jugará por primera vez en Serie B" [Libertad FC de Loja will play for the first time in the Serie B] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 30 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "Libertad de Loja ascendió a la Serie A por primera vez" [Libertad de Loja promoted to the Serie A for the first time] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 30 October 2022. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.