Independiente del Valle Femenino
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| Full name | Dragonas Independiente del Valle | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Dragonas (Dragons) | |||
| Founded | 2022 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Banco Guayaquil Quito, Ecuador | |||
| Capacity | 12,000 | |||
| Chairman | Franklin Tello Núñez | |||
| Manager | Gustavo Pineda | |||
| League | Superliga Femenina | |||
| 2024 | Superliga Femenina, Champions | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Dragonas Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle and Dragonas IDV, is an Ecuadorian women's football club based in Sangolquí, which plays at Estadio Banco Guayaquil. The team is the women's football section of the Independiente del Valle and currently play in the Superliga Femenina, the top-flight women's football league in the country.
History
The women's football section of Independiente del Valle was established in 2022, in partnership with Universidad San Francisco. IDV became the country's first fully professional women's club.[1] The team played directly in the first division and reached the championship final, where it lost to Club Ñañas (0-0, 1-3), who had finished behind the Dragonas during the regular season. This runner-up finish nevertheless earned the club a ticket to the 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina, to be played in Ecuador.[2]
During this Copa Libertadores, the Dragonas lost their first match 1-3 to the Chilean side Club Universidad de Chile,[3] and were then swept aside 7-0 by the eventual tournament winners, Brazil's Palmeiras.[4] They nevertheless earned their first victory in the third group match against Paraguay's Libertad-Limpeño (1-0).[5]
Honors
- National
- Superliga Femenina (1): 2024
References
- ^ "Independiente del Valle apuesta por una verdadera igualdad con Dragonas". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Club Ñañas, campeón de la Superliga Femenina de Ecuador". El Universo (in Spanish). 25 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Guevara, Fernando (14 October 2022). "Dragonas IDV perdieron 1-3 ante la U. de Chile por la Copa Libertadores Femenina". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Palmeiras golea 0-7 a Dragonas y está en cuartos". beIN SPORTS Español (in Spanish). 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Dragonas IDV derrota a Libertad en la Libertadores femenina". Primicias (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)