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| Full name | Cumbayá Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Leones (The Lions) Los parroquianos El equipo parroquiano | |||
| Founded | 31 May 1970; 54 years ago (1970-05-31) | |||
| Ground | Olímpico Atahualpa | |||
| Capacity | 38,258 | |||
| Chairman | Diana Morales | |||
| Manager | Daniel Neculmán | |||
| League | Ecuadorian Serie A | |||
| 2023 | Serie A, 14th of 16 | |||
Cumbayá Fútbol Club is an Ecuadorian professionalfootball club from the city ofCumbayá. Founded on 31 May 1970, asClub Deportivo Los Loros, they play in theSerie B Ecuadorian 2025.
Founded on 31 May 1970 asClub Deportivo Los Loros inQuito, the club started to play in theSegunda Categoría de Pichincha in 2013. They reached theSegunda 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 ofCumbayá and renamedCumbayá 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 theSerie B but lost toGuayaquil Sport.[2]
In their first-ever season in the second division, Cumbayá achieved promotion to theSerie A on 23 September 2021, being subsequently declared champions with three rounds to go.[3] On 12 October, managerRaúl 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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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