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FC Matanzas

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FC Matanzas
Nickname(s)Los Cocodrilos (The Crocodiles)
GroundEstadio Calimete, Matanzas, Cuba
Capacity1,000

FC Matanzas is a Cuban professional football club based in Matanzas. Its home stadium is the 1,000-capacity Estadio Calimete.[1] It currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional.[2]

History

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Their greatest achievement was beating Real Madrid CF in 1934. Their top scorer is Yunior González Torres from Jagüey with 132 goals. FC Matanzas was relegated to the Torneo de Ascenso in 2009-10, until 2013 they were invited to participate in the Campeonato Nacional. Later they would play in the Torneo de Ascenso again until 2017 when the second category was cancelled in 2018. In 2019, they returned to the highest level of Cuban football in the group stage format, where they finished 5th in the group.

In 2019-20, it achieved the 3rd in its history for the accumulation of points in the opening and closing.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Cuba CUB Brian Valdes Gil
GK Cuba CUB Julio Aldama
DF Cuba CUB Dayan Torriente
DF Cuba CUB Fernando Corrales
DF Cuba CUB Jorge Luis Carrion
DF Cuba CUB Wilber Contreras
DF Cuba CUB Yoslandy San Martìn
MF Cuba CUB Yoiniel Riscabal
MF Cuba CUB Livan Vasconcelos
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Cuba CUB Bryan Rosales Sarracent
MF Cuba CUB Eduanis Pulgaron
MF Cuba CUB Liusban Polledo
MF Cuba CUB Yohan De La Torre
MF Cuba CUB Carlos Muilian
FW Cuba CUB Angel Luis Flores
FW Cuba CUB Eduardo Morales
FW Cuba CUB Yordanis Tielves
FW Cuba CUB Yon Pite

References

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  1. ^ "FC Matanzas". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (13 February 2014). "Cuba 2013". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 1 April 2015.