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Independiente F.C. (El Salvador)

Independiente Futbol Club is a Salvadoran professional football club based in San Vicente, San Vicente, El Salvador. They currently play in the Tercera División, the top tier of El Salvador football league system, El Salvador football. The club was formed in 1946 and has played at its home ground, Estadio Jiboa, since TBD.

Independiente F.C.
Full nameIndependiente Futbol Club
Nickname(s)Los Fantasmas del Jiboa
Camoteros
Aurinegros
Founded1946
GroundEstadio Jiboa,
Ciudad de San Vicente,
El Salvador
Capacity8,000
ChairmanEl Salvador Lic. Josué Palacio
ManagerEl Salvador Adonay Ulises Martinez
LeagueEl Salvador Tercera División
Clausura 20199º (as C.D. Audaz)

History

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Early history, golden era and decline

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The team was founded in 1946 with the union of the 4 most representative teams of San Vicente, calling itself C.D. UDAL, a year later Independiente Futbol Clube was born. They were one of the first clubs to participate in the first professional division. They participated in the first division from 1948 to 1959 before being relegated for the first time in their history. The participated in the Segunda division until 1977, where they purchased the first division spot of ANTEL. It was during this spell did the club hit their golden period as they had several renowned players including Jesus Gonzales, Carlos “Carlanga” Rivera, Joaquín Valencia, Ricardo “la Tuca” Gómez, Jesús González Barillas, Efrain Yin Gonzalez Óscar "Lotario" Guerrero, Jose Maria Rivas, Ramón Maradiaga and Jorge González. The club reached the final twice in 1981 and 1982, the clubs lost the final to C.D. FAS and Atletico Marte respectively. Following these highs the club lost their top players and just two years later in 1984 were relegated to Segunda Division.

The club struggled financially and spent the next two decades moving between Segunda Division, Tercera Division and Semi Professional league. During this time between 1999 and 2001 they were known as Club Deportivo Real Independiente.

Merger, return to the primera division and decline

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In 2006, the owners of Coca/Cola later renamed Nacional 1906 approached Independiente FC, the board voted on merging the club forming Independiente Nacional 1906, this was the shot in the arm the club needed as they won promotion to Primera division, however the poor results led the team to the decline in the 2007 Clausura.

Refoundation

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After the relegation to Segunda Division they could not register in the new season in the 2007 Apertura for not fulfilling their financial obligations and the table went idle for several seasons, to the point of considering that the team had ceased to exist professionally, was until 2015 when they resume their activity when they register to compete in the Apertura Tournament of that year by purchasing a franchise in the Tercera Division, this because they lost the right to be in the Segunda Division after the long time elapsed after his descent from the Primera Division and his return to sports.

After a year in the Tercera Division, in January 2016, they decided to buy an invitation category and returned to Segunda Division, where they would reach the tournament of the Apertura Tournament that year when they defeated Turin F.C. getting half a ticket to the Major League, would return to final instances in the 2017 Clausura, but would fall with Audaz both in the final series of the tournament, and in the first defining party[1]

In 2019, for the start of the Tournament 2019 Clausura it is announced that the club's leadership acquires the team's franchise Audaz,[2] which due to economic problems and debts can not continue to hold in the first division, although for reasons of logistics handling in the tournament with the name and distinctive of the apastepecano club[3]

At the end of the 2020 season, Pablo Herrera (owner of the franchise license) announced that Independiente will lose their license and he will be giving the license to Luis Angel Firpo for the Clausura 2020.[4]

After four year hiatus, Independiente FC announced on June 15, 2024 they had purchased Estrella Roja and will complete in the 2024-2025 Tercera Division season.[5]

Honours

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Domestic honours

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Stadium

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Main article: Estadio Jiboa
 

The club currently plays its home matches at Estadio Jiboa, Formerly known as "Estadio Vicentino", it is located center of the city of San Vicente. Following renovation done by INDES, which included remodelling of dressing rooms, repairment of stands, installation of prefabricated perimeter wall and improvement of athletic track, upgrading of sanitary services (men and women), and installation of light towers to permit night games. This enabled the capacity to increase from 1,500 spectators to 8,00 spectators.

During stadium renovations in 2020, they played their matches in the Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera.

Supporters

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Independiente have two recognized, independent supporters groups the `` 'Yellow Faithful' and `` 'The Ghost bar of the jiboa' formerly LBDS. The latter group's name is a reference to the club mascot which is a ghost.

They gave a spectacular tribute in the 19th minute to Erasmo Henriquez, a player who died a year earlier from an illness, this bar has also lost three of its members 'Manyula' was the leader, 'Chato' and the 'Pijuyo' were always present.

Players

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Current squad

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As of: October 1, 2024 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF   SLV Nery Mejia
—   SLV Samuel Leon
2   SLV A Avalos
6   SLV A Gomez
7   SLV Aldair Perez
10   SLV Eduardo Navarro
11 MF   SLV J Argueta (captain)
16 FW   SLV David Garcia
17 DF   SLV Mauricio Garcia
—   SLV Edwin Sibrian
—   SLV Kevin Valladares
—   SLV Axel martinez
—   SLV Everlio Aguilar
— GK   SLV Levi Quintanilla
No. Pos. Nation Player
—   SLV Derek Rivas
—   SLV Saul Rivas
—   SLV Rodrigo Lopez
20   SLV Fernando Gomez
21 DF   SLV Steven Arevalo
21   SLV A Diaz
22 GK   SLV Aldair Argueta
25 MF   SLV Enrique Garcia
26   SLV Oscar Monge
33   SLV I Martinez
35   SLV Melvin Maldonado

Out on loan

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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
—   SLV TBD (to TBDy until May 2020)
—   SLV TBD (to TBDy until May 2020)

In

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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
— DF   SLV TBD (From TBD)
— DF   SLV TBD (From TBD)
— DF   SLV TBD (From TBD)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   SLV TBD (From TBD)
— DF   SLV TBD (From TBD)
— DF   SLV TBD (From TBD)

Out

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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
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)
— MF   SLV TBD (To TBD)

Management and support staff

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Coaching staff

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As of June 2024

Position Staff
Manager   Adonai Martínez
Assistant Manager   TBD
Fitness Coach   Wilmer Melara
Goalkeeper Coach   TBD
Under 17 Manager   TBD
Under 15 Manager   TBD
Team Doctor   TBD
Kinesiologist   TBD
Utility   TBD

Sponsorship

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Companies that Independiente currently has sponsorship deals with for 2024–2025 includes:

  • Pancho Sport  – Official kit suppliers
  • VaqueranoRentaCar – Official sponsors

Records and statistics

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Club records

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Individual records

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  • Record appearances (all competitions): TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
  • Record appearances (Primera Division): Paraguayan Jorge Caceres, 64 from 2018 to 2019
  • Most capped player for El Salvador: 62 (0 whilst at Independiente), Magico Gonzalez
  • Most international caps for El Salvador while a Independiente player: 1, TBD
  • Most caps won whilst at Independiente: 1, TBD.
  • Record scorer in league: TBD, 16
  • Most goals in a season (all competitions): TBD, 62 (1927/28) (47 in League, 15 in Cup competitions)
  • Most goals in a season (Primera Division): Óscar Gustavo “Lotario” Guerrero, 19 (1982) [7]

Top goalscorers

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No. Player period Goals
1   Óscar Gustavo “Lotario” Guerrero 1978-1983 19*
2   Tardelis Peña 2019-2020 9
3   Alexander Obregón 2019 8
3   Mágico González 1977 7
4   Camilo Gomez 2019 4
5   Luciano Sanhueza 2019 4
6   Fredrick Ogangan 2020 3
7   Rafael Burgos 2019 2
8   Jose Maria Rivas 1978–1984 tbd
10   Fredy González Víchez 2019 6

Note: Players in bold text are still active with Independiente FC

Team captains

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Name Years
  TBD TBD
  Francisco Calixto 1977
  Jesus Gonzalez 1978
  Henry Moreno Gato 1978-1979
  Modesto Henriquez 1989
  TBD TBD
  Erasmo Henriquez [1] 2015-2016

Coaches

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". ElSalvador.com. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ El Grafico. 22 February 2019 https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/554806/el-independiente-de-san-vicente-podria-volver-a-primera-division-en-the-clausura-2019/. Retrieved 2 March 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Audaz acatará la resolución de la comisión disciplinaria". El Grafico. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Herrera: "Estamos hablando con Firpo"". elGrafico.com. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Independiente de San Vicente regresa al fútbol profesional". diarioelsalvador.com. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". El Salvado. 29 October 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Amos del gol en el fútbol salvadoreño". El Grafico. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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