Alianza F.C. (Colombia)

Alianza

Full name	Alianza Fútbol Club
Founded	16 January 2024; 10 months ago (2024-01-16)
Ground	Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Carlos Ferreira
Manager	Hubert Bodhert
League	Categoría Primera A
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Alianza Fútbol Club is a Colombian professional football team based in Valledupar, Cesar Department, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club was founded on 16 January 2024 and plays its home games at the Armando Maestre Pavajeau stadium.

Alianza F.C. was founded by the owner and chairman of Alianza Petrolera, Carlos Orlando Ferreira, who relocated the club from Barrancabermeja, Santander Department after being offered financial support by the newly elected authorities and private enterprises from Valledupar and the Cesar Department.

Whilst Alianza Petrolera came from an eighth-place finish in the aggregate table of the 2023 Categoría Primera A season that qualified them for their first international competition, the 2024 Copa Sudamericana, by early January 2024 issues regarding financial support as well as the fact that Estadio Daniel Villa Zapata in Barrancabermeja was not suitable to host international games came up, along with an interest from Valledupar for the club to play their home matches there.^[1] On 16 January 2024 Alianza Petrolera officially confirmed their departure from Barrancabermeja due to the lack of financial support from local authorities while also dropping the word Petrolera from their name and the yellow and black colors that identified them.^[2] That same day, Alianza Fútbol Club was presented at a press conference held in Valledupar, where it was confirmed that the club will play under a new crest and will adopt as new colors those representative of the city.^[3]

The club played its first match on 21 January 2024, losing 3–1 to Atlético Nacional for the first round of the 2024 Apertura tournament.^[4] On 6 March Alianza played their first international match, defeating América de Cali 2–1 in the first stage of the Copa Sudamericana to advance to the group stage of the competition.^[5]

Alianza F.C. play their home matches at Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau in Valledupar, built in 1974 and renovated between 2013 and 2015 to host the 2015 South American U-15 Championship. The stadium, with a capacity of 11,000 spectators, served previously as home stadium for former Categoría Primera B club Valledupar F.C., which folded in June 2023.

As of 19 August 2024^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  COL Carlos Mosquera 2 DF  COL Efraín Navarro 3 DF  COL Jesús Figueroa 5 DF  COL Pedro Franco (captain) 6 DF  COL Santiago Orozco 7 MF  COL Jhair Castillo 8 MF  COL Freddy Flórez 9 FW  COL Misael Martínez 10 FW  COL Emerson Batalla (on loan from Talleres de Córdoba) 11 FW  COL Andrés Rentería 14 FW  COL Isaac Camargo 15 FW  COL Marlon Torres 16 DF  COL Leonardo Saldaña 17 DF  COL Cristian Blanco

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  COL John Edison García 20 DF  COL Felipe Mosquera (on loan from América de Cali) 21 MF  COL Rubén Manjarrés 22 DF  COL Luciano Ospina 23 MF  COL Diego Mendoza 24 FW  COL Jesús Muñoz 25 MF  COL Royscer Colpa 28 MF  COL Brayan Gómez 29 MF  COL Edwin Torres 30 GK  COL Pier Grazziani 91 FW  COL John Freddy Pérez 99 FW  SLV Mayer Gil

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

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