Bayamón Fútbol Club is a Puerto Rican professional

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. The team is based in Bayamón and founded in 1999. They play their home games at

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. The club is a member of

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's DV7 Soccer Academy.

History

1999–2005

Bayamón FC was formed in 1999. They began to play in the Liga Mayor de Fútbol Nacional. They were very successful during their period in the league, becoming champions in the years 2000 and 2002, second place in 2003 and third place in 2004. The team was inactive from 2006 to 2008.

2009 season

Bayamón FC played in the first game of the 2009 Puerto Rico Soccer League season against defending champions

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, which Sevilla FC won 1–0. Bayamón then defeated Humacao Tornados 8–1 and Guaynabo Fluminense 4–1. After finishing second in the league table, Bayamón captured the playoff championship with a 3–2 aggregate victory over Atléticos de San Juan.

2010–2013

The team did not participate in the Puerto Rico Soccer League for the 2010 and 2011 seasons due to the league's instability. PRSL eventually folded after the 2011 Supercopa tournament. Instead, they played in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico, and they were champions during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

2014 season

The team was renamed Puerto Rico BFC and was expected to play in the

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. In the end the team never played in the league, but still qualified to the

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by winning their matches in the

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. Francisco Arias was their head coach during the 2014 season.

2016: Partnering with David Villa

In January 2016, it was announced that Bayamón FC would join legendary Spanish striker

on his new project of building soccer academies worldwide. Bayamón FC became the first academy from the DV7 program. Delfín Ferreres joined the coaching staff of the Bayamón FC senior team during the PRSL Clausura 2016 Tournament, which they won.

2017 season

Bayamon snatched up former Quintana Academy captain Luis Bermudes following the teams decision not to participate in the first division in 2017.

2018–19 season

Following the exit of Delfín Ferreres,

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was appointed Head Coach for the 2018 season. Bayamón hosted their annual Bayamón Cup, losing in the finals on penalty shootout against Blazers FC. From March 2018, they played in the Puerto Rican Football Federation Preparatory Tournament. With a dominant winning streak, Bayamón secured their spot in the semi-finals stage. Bayamón won the title after winning 1–0 against GPS Puerto Rico. In August 2018, it was announced that Bayamón FC will participate in the inaugural season of the Liga Puerto Rico. Spanish coach Josep Ferré took charge of the team in September 2018. Bayamón FC finished runners-up in the Liga Puerto Rico after losing the final in penalty shootout against

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. However they ended up winning the second edition of the Copa Luis Villarejo defeating Metropolitan FA 4-2 in the final.

2019-20 season

In July 2019, it was announced that Delfí Ferreres will take charge of the team.

2021-present

In March 2021, it was announced that Bayamón FC agreed to a professional partnership with newly formed

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team Queensboro FC. In December 2021, Bayamón FC became champions of the 2021 Liga Puerto Rico after defeating

1-2 in the final match played at the

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International performance

2010

In March 2010, Bayamón FC debuted in the

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, qualifier for the

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. Bayamón had

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international defender Kendall Waston in their squad. The club, along Saint Vincent Motor Systems 3 of

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, had already qualified to the second round due to

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's retirement and Defense Force's group change, playing two games to determine the group's winner. The first game was originally scheduled for 25 March 2010, but Systems 3's personnel only arrived partially, forcing the club to replace the date with an exhibition game against the

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, dropping the game 0–1. On 27 March 2010, both teams began the series at Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, with Bayamón FC defeating Systems 3 by a score of 4–1. Both teams tied 2–1 in the second game, keeping the global score in favor of the local team, which clinched the group's first place. Bayamón advanced through the second round after beating Avenues United 8–2 in global score. They became the second Puerto Rican club to reach the Final Round along with Puerto Rico Islanders. The final round was played in Trinidad where Bayamón faced the Islanders, San Juan Jabloteh and local champions Joe Public FC. A 3–0 loss against the Islanders, put Bayamón down in the standings followed by another loss against San Juan Jabloteh. In the final match, Bayamón got their most memorable win against local champions Joe Public FC with a 3–1 score.

2012

After winning the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico, Bayamón traveled to

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where they played at the 2012

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facing local clubs Victory Sportif Club and Baltimore Sportif Club. They lost both matches only scoring a goal.

2013

For the 2013 CFU Club Championship, Bayamón FC signed legendary Costa Rican international

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. They traveled to

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where they played on the Group 2 facing Haiti's

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, and Jamaica's Boy's Town and

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. They lost all three matches managing to score one goal on the first match.

2014

Bayamón returned to the CFU Club Championship in 2014. They hosted matches from Group 1 facing Centro Dominguito, USR Sainte-Rose and Bodden Town. After a 5–0 win against Bodden Town, Bayamón tied in the next two matches winning the group by goal difference after USR Sainte-Rose and Centro Dominguito all tied with 5 points. Bayamón advanced to the Final Round for the second time in their history. However, the Final Round was cancelled after one of the teams couldn't make it, qualifying Bayamón to the

for the first time in history and becoming the second Puerto Rican team to do so.

2014 CONCACAF Champions League

In 2014, Bayamón FC played in the

, becoming the second Puerto Rican club to do so. The team qualified after winning all of their matches at the

. They played in

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facing legendary

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from

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and

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from

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. The team lost all of their matched but managed to score two goals on the two games played against Club América.

2022-present

After winning the 2021 Liga Puerto Rico, Bayamón FC were hosts in the 2022 Caribbean Club Shield played in

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in April 2022. Bayamón FC were crowned champions of the 2022 edition after defeating

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2-1 in the final celebrated at the

Stadium

Bayamón FC plays their matches at Bayamón Soccer Complex. Bayamón FC has been operating and managing the facilities of the Bayamón Soccer Complex since 2009.

Players and staff

Current roster

The current roster september 2024: The current roster:

Current technical staff

;''Head Coach'' * Delfi Ferreres ;''Assistant Coach'' * Fernando Reyes ;''Coach'' * Javier Torres

Notable former players

* Kendall Waston -

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* Alexis Rivera Curet -

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* Eric Reyes -

Year-by-year

Achievements

Domestic

;League * Liga Mayor de Fútbol Nacional **Champions (2): 2000, 2002 * Puerto Rico Soccer League **Champions (1): 2009 * Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Puerto Rico **Champions (2): 2011, 2012 * Liga Puerto Rico **Champions (1): 2021 ;Cup *FPF Preparatory Tournament **Champions (1): 2018 * Copa Luis Villarejo **Champions (1): 2019

Regional

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** Champions (1): 2014 *

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** Champions (1): 2022

Bayamón FC Femenino

Bayamón FC Femenino is the women's team of Bayamón FC. They play their home games at Bayamón Soccer Complex.

History

Bayamón FC women's team was formed in 2010. The first team was coached by Elgy Morales. Leander "Cuba" Betancourt took charge of the team in 2012, making the team one of the top sides in Puerto Rico winning the Apertura 2012, Clausura 2013, Apertura 2014, Clausura 2014, Clausura 2015 and Apertura 2016 tournaments of the Liga Superior Femenina. In July 2018, Bayamón FC won the Offside Magazine Cup. They currently play in the Liga Puerto Rico, opening their inaugural 2018–19 season with a 5–0 win against Guaynabo Gol SC on 21 October 2018. Bayamón FC won the 2019 Copa Luis Villarejo after defeating SPADI FC 2-1 in the final. Fernando Reyes was appointed as Head Coach for the 2019-20 season with striker Karina Socarrás rejoining the team.

Players and staff

Current roster

''As of July 2018'' The current roster:

Current technical staff

;''Head Coach'' * Fernando Reyes ;''Assistant Coach'' * José Luis "Majo" López ;''Trainer'' * Jaime Ruíz

Academy

The club currently has 28 teams within the organization including women, senior team development, and boys and girls youth teams. Currently, Bayamón FC has over 500 registered players and thus are the biggest football club in Puerto Rico.

Club crest

File:Bayamon_FC.png, Club crest (1999–2019)

References

External links

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Puerto Rico Football Federation
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