Sevilla FC Puerto Rico was a Puerto Rican professional association football team based in

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. Founded in 2006, the team used to play in the

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. The club was founded in 2006 as a farm team for the

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of the

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in Bayamón, but in 2008 partnered with the Spanish

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club

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and moved a year later to Juncos. Sevilla won both the regular season and play-offs in the inaugural season of the

in 2008, and also won the regular season in 2011 before losing the play-off final on penalties to Leones. The team used to play its home games at

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, and the team's colors are white, black, blue and gold. Their current head coach is Francis Muñoz. The team also has a secondary team called Atletico Sevilla that plays in Liga Nacional de Futbol de Puerto Rico, the other 1st division of football in Puerto Rico.

History

The club was formed in 2006 as Puerto Rico Islanders B, a

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for the

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, and played in the now defunct "Liga Premier" from 2006 to 2007. The team were based in Bayamón, outside

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, with their parent club. In 2008 the club found a new affiliate in the shape of

, one of the leading clubs of Spain. and changed their name to Sevilla Bayamón FC. The club became one of the eight founders of the

, the first nationwide league in Puerto Rico. Before the 2009 season the club folded due to ownership problems, however the city of Juncos bought them in time for the 2009 season thus allowing Sevilla FC Puerto Rico defend its title. Sevilla FC debuted on 3 July 2008, in a 1–0 victory over

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, and followed the victory by beating River Plate by the same score. On 20 July 2008, Sevilla FC defeated

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to go into first place in the league. The team solidified their position in the fourth game, where they defeated

1–0, and then defeated

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11–1. The run of five victories from the start of the season ended on 10 August 2008, when they drew against

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. This marked the end of the league's first half, the teams would then compete against each other a second time. In the first two games of this stage, Sevilla FC defeated Gigantes de Carolina and Caguas Huracán. To close the regular season, the team won 3, lost 2 and drew 1 game. On 2 October 2008, Sevilla defeated the Carolina Giants 6–0 to clinch the first place of this stage. On Saturday 18 October 2008 Sevilla won the first Puerto Rico Soccer League Championship 2–1 against River Plate. In the 2009 season, the team moved to Juncos and were renamed Sevilla-FC Juncos. Sevilla-FC Juncos won their first game of the 2009 season against Bayamón (1–0). Sevilla won their next game 5–1 against

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. The club ended their season in 3rd place and losing in the semifinals of the

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to the eventual winners Bayamon FC. In 2011 Sevilla won the regular league championship but lost in a penalty shootout to Leones in the play-off final.

Colors and badge

Up until 2007, they wore uniforms resembling that of their parent club, the Puerto Rico Islanders, using the same colors of orange, dark blue and white. In 2008, when they partnered with Sevilla FC of Spain they adopted this team's uniforms and colors of white, purple, red and black. The current home kit is a replica of one of Sevilla FC's old uniforms: it is all white with black and red paint strokes that run horizontally just below the arm from right to left. The away uniforms also use this strokes but instead of black it uses white. Image:SevillaPRFC.gif, Their new logo File:Sevillanewlogo.jpg, Sevilla PR's first logo

Stadium

Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

; Bayamon, Puerto Rico (2006–2007) * Alfredo "Papo" Alejandro Stadium;

(2008–2010) *

;

(2011–present) When Sevilla FC Juncos was called Sevilla Bayamon FC, it played its matches at the

in Bayamon, but after it moved from Bayamon to Juncos due to financial problems, Sevilla-FC Juncos new stadium will be located in the town of Juncos. The new stadium is going to be named Sevilla FC Stadium. They currently play at the Josué Elevadito González Stadium in Juncos.

Achievements

: :: Play-off Champion: 2008, :: League Champion: 2008, 2011

Atlético Sevilla PR

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: ::Runners-up (1): 2006

Record

Year-by-year

References

External links

Sevilla FC-Juncos official site

Sevilla FCPR News
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