Cumbayá Fútbol Club is an Ecuadorian professional

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club from the city of

Cumbayá Cumbayá is a rural parish of the Metropolitan District of Quito in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It is located east of Quito, in the Tumbaco Valley northwest of the Ilaló volcano, in the San Pedro River valley, a tributary of the Guayllab ...

. Founded on 31 May 1970 as ''Club Deportivo Los Loros'', they play in the

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History

Founded on 31 May 1970 as ''Club Deportivo Los Loros'' in

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

, the club started to play in the ''Segunda Categoría de Pichincha'' in 2013. They reached the

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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

and renamed ''Cumbayá Fútbol Club''. In the following three seasons, the club competed in the Segunda Categoría before reaching the finals in 2020, where they achieved promotion to the

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but lost to Guayaquil Sport. In their first-ever season in the second division, Cumbayá achieved promotion to the

on 23 September 2021, being subsequently declared champions with three rounds to go. On 12 October, manager

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announced his departure from the club.

Achievements

**Winners (1): 2021 *

**Runners-up (1): 2020

Players

Current squad

References

External links

* Football clubs in Ecuador Association football clubs established in 1970 1970 establishments in Ecuador {{Ecuador-sport-stub