Independiente F.C. (El Salvador)


Independiente Futbol Club is a Salvadoran professional football club based in San Vicente, El Salvador. They play in the Tercera División, 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 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

Players

Current squad

''As of: October 1, 2024''

Management and support staff

Coaching staff

As of June 2024
PositionStaff
Manager

Records and statistics

Club records

Individual records

  • Record appearances : TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
  • Record appearances : Paraguayan Jorge Caceres, 64 from 2018 to 2019
  • Most capped player for El Salvador: 62, Magico Gonzalez
  • Most international caps for El Salvador 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 : TBD, 62
  • Most goals in a season : Óscar Gustavo “Lotario” Guerrero, 19

Top goalscorers

Note: ''Players in bold text are still active with Independiente FC''

Coaches

Club Deportivo Real Independiente/ Independiente Nacional 1906
Independiente de San Vicente