Villa Clara (football club)

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Villa Clara

Full name

Villa Clara

Nickname(s)

El Expreso del Centro (The Center Express)

Founded

1978; 46 years ago

Ground

Estadio Camilo Cienfuegos
Zulueta (Villa Clara Province, Cuba)

Capacity

5,000

Manager

Raúl Mederos Sosa^[1]

League

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol

2023

5th (Apertura, Group A)

Home colours

Away colours

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

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

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba: 14
- 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013, 2016

International

Copa de Las Antillas U23: 1
- 2003^[2]

Current squad

Squad of Villa Clara in the 2023 season ^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	CUB	Gilbert Iglesias
9	MF	CUB	Junior Betancourt
12	GK	CUB	Ray Machado
16	DF	CUB	Enmanuel López
18	MF	CUB	Lázaro Tuero
19	MF	CUB	Yordan Pérez
20	FW	CUB	Yosvani García
—	GK	CUB	Ronaldo Ferrer
—	GK	CUB	César Alejandro Manzano
—	DF	CUB	Norgeman Rodríguez
—	DF	CUB	Brayan Aquinet
—	DF	CUB	Dariel Carta
—	DF	CUB	Denis A. Díaz
—	DF	CUB	Jairo Javier Moreno
—	DF	CUB	Karel Alexander Castro
—	DF	CUB	Mario E. Cuellar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CUB	Yeremi Molina
—	MF	CUB	Jeffry Miguel Maya
—	MF	CUB	Anderson Toledo
—	MF	CUB	Brayan Vega
—	MF	CUB	Héctor Aquila
—	MF	CUB	Jaime Lázaro Domenech
—	MF	CUB	Jan Carlos Fernández
—	MF	CUB	José Felipe Denis
—	MF	CUB	Lenier Menas
—	MF	CUB	Miguel Colón
—	MF	CUB	Rogney Hurtado
—	MF	CUB	Yhonmy Lomothe
—	FW	CUB	Lázaro J. Alfonso
—	FW	CUB	Lázaro Yudelvis Sáez
—	FW	CUB	Sándor Pérez
—	FW	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

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

v t e Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba
Teams	Camagüey Ciego de Ávila Cienfuegos Granma Guantánamo Isla de La Juventud La Habana Las Tunas Pinar del Río Sancti Spíritus Santiago de Cuba Villa Clara
Seasons	Previous seasons 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2019–20 2020–21 2022 2023 2024
Former teams	Artemisa Ciudad La Habana Holguín Industriales Matanzas Mayabeque

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