Independiente Futbol Club is a Salvadoran professional
football
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club based in San Vicente, El Salvador. They play in the
Tercera División
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, the top tier of El Salvador football league system, El Salvador football. The club was formed in 1946.
History
After a year in the
Tercera Division, in January 2016, they decided to buy an invitation category and returned to
Segunda Division, where they would reach the tournament of the Apertura Tournament that year when they defeated Turin F.C. getting half a ticket to the Major League, would return to final instances in the 2017 Clausura, but would fall with
Audaz both in the final series of the tournament, and in the first defining party
In 2019, for the start of the Tournament
2019 Clausura it was announced that the club's leadership acquires the team's franchise
Audaz, which due to economic problems and debts can not continue to hold in the first division, although for reasons of logistics handling in the tournament with the name and distinctive of the apastepecano club
At the end of the 2020 season, Pablo Herrera (owner of the franchise license) announced that Independiente would lose their license and he would be giving the license to Luis Angel Firpo for the Clausura 2020.
After a four-year hiatus, Independiente FC announced on June 15, 2024, they had purchased
Estrella Roja and would compete in the 2024-2025
Tercera Division season.
Honours
Domestic honours
*
Primera Division and predecessors
** Runners up: 1981, 1982
*
Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors
** Champions:
2016 Apertura
Players
Current squad
''As of: October 1, 2024''
Out on loan
In
Out
Management and support staff
Coaching staff
''As of June 2024''
Records and statistics
Club records
* First victory in the Primera Division for Independiente: 3-2
TBD, 1977
* First goalscorer in the Primera Division for Independiente: TBD v
TBD, 1977
* Largest Home victory,
Primera División: 4-1 v
Chalatenango 2 February 2020
* Largest Away victory,
Primera División: 3-0 v
Pasaquina, 29 October 2018
* Largest Home loss,
Primera División: 1–3 v
Chalatenango, 4 November 2018
* Largest Away loss,
Primera División: 0-8 v
Aguila, October 28, 2007
* Highest home attendance: 2,000 v
Primera División, 2018
* Highest away attendance: 1,000 v
Primera División,
San Salvador
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, 2018
* Most goals scored, season,
Primera División: 55 goals, 1982 Season
* Worst season: Primera Division 1984 & Apertura 2006: 4 wins, 7 draws and 16 losses (15 points) and 4 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses (15 points)
Individual records
* Record appearances (all competitions):
TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
* Record appearances (Primera Division): Paraguayan Jorge Caceres, 64 from 2018 to 2019
* Most capped player for El Salvador: 62 (0 whilst at Independiente),
Magico Gonzalez
* Most international
caps
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El Salvador
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while a Independiente player: 1,
TBD
* Most caps won whilst at Independiente: 1,
TBD.
* Record scorer in league:
TBD, 16
* Most goals in a season (all competitions):
TBD, 62 (1927/28) (47 in League, 15 in Cup competitions)
* Most goals in a season (Primera Division): Óscar Gustavo “Lotario” Guerrero, 19 (1982)
Top goalscorers
Note: ''Players in bold text are still active with Independiente FC''
Team captains
Coaches
Club Deportivo Real Independiente/ Independiente Nacional 1906
*
Carlos Antonio Meléndez (2002- June 2006)
*
Juan Ramon Paredes
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(July 2006 –Sept 2006)
*
Juan Quarterone (Oct 2006 – Mar 2007)
*
Rubén Alonso (April 2007 – Jun 2007)
Independiente de San Vicente
*
Guillermo "Loro" Castro (1978–1980)
* Julio del Carmen Escobar Ortiz (1982)
* Luis Alonso Santana "El Chispo" (1983)
* Iván Antonio Ruíz Zuñiga (2003–2005)
* ''Hiatus – Club suspended'' (2008– 2014)
* Ricardo Garcia "La Culebra" (2014 – Oct 2015)
*
Nelson Mauricio Ancheta (Feb 2016 -Sep 2016)
* Willy Mirnda (interim) (Sep 2016 – Oct 2016)
*
Rubén Alonso (Oct 2016 – Aug 2017)
*
Edgar Henríquez (Aug 2017 – Dec 2017)
* Ivan Ruiz (Dec 2017 -May 2018)
* Wilson Angulo (July 2018 – Sep 2018)
* Ivan Ruiz (Sep 2018– Nov 2018)
* Orlando Hernandez Torres (Nov 2018 – Dec 2019)
* ''Hiatus – Club suspended'' (Jan 2019– June 2019)
* Juan Cortes Diéguez (July 2019– October 2019)
* Omar Sevilla (October 2019 – March 2020)
*
William Renderos Iraheta (March 2020- April 2020)
* ''Hiatus'' (April 2020– June 2024)
* Adonay Martinez (June 2024- ''Present'')
References
{{Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Independiente Nacional 1906
2006 establishments in El Salvador
2007 disestablishments in El Salvador