Cumbayá Fútbol Club is an Ecuadorian professional football club from the city of Cumbayá. Founded on 31 May 1970, as Club Deportivo Los Loros, they play in the Serie A.

Cumbayá
Full nameCumbayá Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Leones (The Lions)
Cumbayork
Founded31 May 1970; 54 years ago (1970-05-31)
GroundOlímpico Atahualpa
Capacity38,258
ChairmanDiana Morales
ManagerArmando Osma
LeagueEcuadorian Serie A
2023Serie A, 14th of 16

History

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Founded on 31 May 1970 as Club Deportivo Los Loros in Quito, the club started to play in the Segunda Categoría de Pichincha in 2013. They reached the Segunda Categoría in 2015, but were knocked out in the first stage.

In 2017, after a change of administration, the club was moved to the city of Cumbayá and renamed Cumbayá Fútbol Club.[1] In the following three seasons, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría before reaching the finals in 2020, where they achieved promotion to the Serie B but lost to Guayaquil Sport.[2]

In their first-ever season in the second division, Cumbayá achieved promotion to the Serie A on 23 September 2021, being subsequently declared champions with three rounds to go.[3] On 12 October, manager Raúl Duarte announced his departure from the club.[4]

The Pichincha club will make its debut in Serie A in 2022 for the first time in its history. Its first rival will be Independiente del Valle, at home. On the second date of the LigaPro, Cumbayá obtained its first victory in the first division of Ecuadorian soccer after beating the newly promoted Gualaceo as a visitor by 1 to 0 and on the fifth date of the LigaPro, Cumbayá obtained its first home victory in the first division of Ecuadorian soccer after beating Técnico Universitario at home by 2 to 0 at the Atahualpa Olympic Stadium.

Achievements

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Players

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Current squad

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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   ECU Alexi Lemos
2 MF   ECU Fernando Delgado
3 DF   ECU Kevin Hurtado
4 DF   ECU Juan Carlos Paredes
5 MF   ARG Alejandro Altuna
7 MF   ECU Jefferson Padilla
8 MF   ECU Maikel Valencia
9 FW   ARG Augusto Magoia
10 MF   ECU Rommel Tapia
12 DF   ECU Washington Plúas
14 DF   ECU Darwin Suárez
15 MF   ARG Lucas Ontivero
16 DF   ECU Luis Gustavino
17 FW   ECU Elian Carabalí
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   ECU Ariel Almagro
19 MF   ECU Melvin Díaz
20 MF   ECU Milton Gruezo
22 MF   ECU Thiago Serpa
23 GK   ARG Felipe San Juan
27 FW   ECU Jaime Ortíz
28 DF   ARG Franco Suárez
29 MF   ECU Kevin Rivera
30 FW   ECU Jefferson Vernaza
32 FW   ARG Bruno Vides
33 GK   ECU Benjamín Cárdenas
37 DF   ECU Gorman Estacio
DF   ARG Rodrigo Morínigo

References

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  1. ^ "Cumbayá F.C. busca su segunda victoria" [Cumbayá F.C. seek their second win] (in Spanish). La Hora. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Guayaquil Sport se proclama campeón de la Segunda Categoría" [Guayaquil Sport become champion of the Segunda Categoría] (in Spanish). Primicias. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ "¡Histórico!: Cumbayá FC consiguió el ascenso a la Serie A de Ecuador" [Historical! Cumbayá FC achieved promotion to the Serie A of Ecuador] (in Spanish). Radio Pichincha. 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Tras el ascenso: Raúl Duarte dejó de ser el DT del Cumbayá FC" [After the promotion: Raúl Duarte left as manager of Cumbayá FC] (in Spanish). Studio Fútbol. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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