Llaneros F.C.

Llaneros Fútbol Club S.A. is a professional Colombian football team based in Villavicencio, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Bello Horizonte stadium.[1]

For the Venezuelan club, see Llaneros de Guanare.
Llaneros F.C.
Full nameLlaneros Fútbol Club S.A.
Nickname(s)El equipo de la Media Colombia
Founded20 April 2012 (2012-04-20)
GroundEstadio Bello Horizonte
Villavicencio, Colombia
Capacity15,000
ChairmanJuan Carlos Trujillo
ManagerWalter Aristizábal
LeagueCategoría Primera B
20208th
WebsiteClub website

History

Llaneros F.C. was founded on 20 April 2012, after the then Governor of Meta Department Alan Jara and Mayor of Villavicencio Juan Guillermo Zuluaga with the backing of oil company Pacific Rubiales Energy bought the participation rights (ficha) of Categoría Primera B club Academia, based in Bogotá.[2] The General Assembly of Academia approved the sale of the club on 22 March 2012, with DIMAYOR giving its approval on 27 March 2012 and announcing that Llaneros would enter the competition for the second half of the 2012 season.[3][4] The club played its first game on 22 July 2012, losing to Alianza Petrolera by a 1–0 score at Academia's former home stadium Estadio Compensar in Bogotá.[5]

By 2015, the club went through an economic crisis accentuated by the problems of its main sponsor Pacific Rubiales, which led the owners to consider offers to sell and move the club to another area of the country.[6] However, at the start of 2016 Llaneros signed an alliance with Categoría Primera A club Santa Fe, in which Santa Fe sent several of its young players to Llaneros on loan as well as a coaching staff led by Germán González, while being responsible for the payment of their wages.[7]

Llaneros' best performance in Primera B came in the 2017 season, in which the team managed by Jairo Patiño reached the finals of the Torneo Finalización but were beaten by Leones by a 4–1 aggregate score, missing the chance to play an additional final series for promotion to the top flight.[8]

Stadium
Further information: Estadio Bello Horizonte

Current squad
As of 18 August 2021[9]

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  COL Kevin Armesto
2 DF  COL Cristian Mina
4 DF  COL Jesús Herrera
6 MF  COL Marlon Sierra
7 MF  COL Bryan Urueña
8 MF  COL Manuel González
9 FW  COL César Amaya
10 MF  COL Omar Vásquez (captain)
11 FW  COL Carlos Rivas
12 FW  COL Arley Bonilla
13 DF  COL Jimmy Micán
18 MF  COL William Díaz
16 DF  COL Miller Mosquera
19 MF  COL Mateo García
20 FW  COL Johann Amaya
22 DF  COL José David Mezú
23 GK  COL Juan Sebastián Duque
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF  COL Daniel Ramírez
26 DF  COL Camilo Pérez
27 DF  COL Jorge Mosquera
28 DF  COL José Edilberto Gómes
29 FW  COL Diego Echeverri
30 MF  COL Fabián Zambrano
35 MF  COL Carlos Hincapié
— GK  COL Marlon Tunjano
— DF  COL Luis Enrique Ortiz
— DF  COL David Rodríguez
— MF  COL Braison Cardona
— MF  COL Edward Cuernú
— MF  COL Carlos Echeverri
— FW  COL Keiner Córdoba
— FW  COL César Manzano
— FW  COL Jefferson Palacios
— FW  COL Daniel Saer

Managers
  • Alberto Rujana (2012–13)
  • Hubert Bodhert (2014–15)
  • Nelson Gómez (2015)
  • Víctor González Scott (2015)
  • Rubén Molina (2015)
  • Germán González (2016)
  • Jairo Patiño (2017–18)
  • Nelson Gómez (2018–19)
  • Jhon Alfredo Ramírez (2019)
  • David Suárez (2020)
  • Wilmer Sandoval (2020–21)
  • Walter Aristizábal (2021–)

References
  1. Record in Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine DIMAYOR
  2. "Llaneros FC el nuevo equipo del Meta en el fútbol colombiano" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. "Comunicado de la Asamblea General de Academia F.C." (in Spanish). Academia F.C. - Departamento de Prensa y Comunicaciones. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. "Academia jugará en Villavicencio y se llamará Llaneros Fútbol Club" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. "Llaneros perdió en su debut, cayó 0-1 con Alianza Petrolera" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 22 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. "Llaneros FC podría irse de Villavicencio en el 2016" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  7. "Llaneros, la sucursal de Santa Fe en la B" (in Spanish). El Espectador. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  8. "Leones asciende a la Liga Águila" (in Spanish). AS Colombia. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  9. "LLANEROS FC". Dimayor.com.co. División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano. Retrieved 18 August 2021.


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