Atlético Independiente is a Honduran soccer club based on
Siguatepeque
Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Departments of Honduras, Honduran department of Comayagua Department, Comayagua. The city has a population of 79,520 (2023 calculation).
History
Founded by the Spanish in 1689 as a religious ce ...
,
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
. The club currently plays in
Liga de Ascenso de Honduras.
History
Club Atlético Independiente was founded on October 12, 1960, by Luis Méndez and Julio Zepeda. The club originally played in Liga de Fútbol “Amado Sánchez”, an independent league in
Siguatepeque
Siguatepeque () is a city and municipality in the Departments of Honduras, Honduran department of Comayagua Department, Comayagua. The city has a population of 79,520 (2023 calculation).
History
Founded by the Spanish in 1689 as a religious ce ...
, until 1979, when the club was promoted to Segunda Division (now called
Liga de Ascenso).
Since 1979, Atlético Independiente has been one of the most known and respected clubs in Liga de Ascenso. The club has come close to being promoted to
Liga Nacional de Honduras in many occasions, the closest being in 1990, where it lost a playoff game for the final to Tela Timsa. Until 2017, they were the only team to play in every Liga de Ascenso season. They were relegated to
Honduran Liga Mayor in June 2017 as they didn't show up at the last game for the ''No relegation match'' against
Estrella Roja, thus losing the category automatically.
Diez.hn – Independiente no se presentó y es el descendido en la zona centro
– 17 June 2017
Achievements
* Segunda División / Liga de Ascenso
::Runners-up (1): 1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
, 1995–96, 2009–10 C, 2014–15 C
External links
History of Atlético Independiente
References
Football clubs in Honduras
1960 establishments in Honduras
Association football clubs established in 1960
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