Villa Clara (football club)

FC Villa Clara
Full nameFútbol Club Villa Clara
Nickname(s)El Expreso del Centro (The Center Express)
Founded1978; 47 years ago (1978)
GroundEstadio Camilo Cienfuegos
Zulueta (Villa Clara Province, Cuba)
Capacity5,000
ManagerRaúl Mederos Sosa[1]
LeagueCampeonato Nacional de Fútbol
20235th (Apertura, Group A)

Fútbol Club Villa Clara is a Cuban professional football club based in Santa Clara, Villa Clara Province. The club currently competes in the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol, the top division of Cuban football.

Overview

Villa Clara logo at the Camilo Cienfuegos Stadium

The club, mostly playing in Santa Clara at Estadio Augusto César Sandino, and representing the city and the whole province, is legally based in the village of Zulueta and plays some matches at the Camilo Cienfuegos Stadium. Next to the Camilo Cienfuegos stadium is a smaller football field for the public.

Achievements

League

International

Current squad

Squad of Villa Clara in the 2023 season [3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Cuba CUB Gilbert Iglesias
9 MF Cuba CUB Junior Betancourt
12 GK Cuba CUB Ray Machado
16 DF Cuba CUB Enmanuel López
18 MF Cuba CUB Lázaro Tuero
19 MF Cuba CUB Yordan Pérez
20 FW Cuba CUB Yosvani García
— GK Cuba CUB Ronaldo Ferrer
— GK Cuba CUB César Alejandro Manzano
— DF Cuba CUB Norgeman Rodríguez
— DF Cuba CUB Brayan Aquinet
— DF Cuba CUB Dariel Carta
— DF Cuba CUB Denis A. Díaz
— DF Cuba CUB Jairo Javier Moreno
— DF Cuba CUB Karel Alexander Castro
— DF Cuba CUB Mario E. Cuellar
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Cuba CUB Yeremi Molina
— MF Cuba CUB Jeffry Miguel Maya
— MF Cuba CUB Anderson Toledo
— MF Cuba CUB Brayan Vega
— MF Cuba CUB Héctor Aquila
— MF Cuba CUB Jaime Lázaro Domenech
— MF Cuba CUB Jan Carlos Fernández
— MF Cuba CUB José Felipe Denis
— MF Cuba CUB Lenier Menas
— MF Cuba CUB Miguel Colón
— MF Cuba CUB Rogney Hurtado
— MF Cuba CUB Yhonmy Lomothe
— FW Cuba CUB Lázaro J. Alfonso
— FW Cuba CUB Lázaro Yudelvis Sáez
— FW Cuba CUB Sándor Pérez
— FW Cuba CUB Sandor Sandoval

Coaches

In the 2023 season

Name Nationality
Pedro Pereira  Cuba
Farael Aquinet (assistant)  Cuba
Serguei Prado (assistant)  Cuba
Juan Carlos Fernández (goalkeeper)  Cuba
Raúl Mederos (fitness)  Cuba

References

  1. ^ DT Mederos: «La idea es sumar» - Vanguardia (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Copa de Las Antillas (U23) 2003". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  3. ^ "Villa Clara - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2023-09-17.


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