Alianza F.C. (Colombia)

This article is about the football club based in Valledupar, Colombia. For the Salvadoran football club, see Alianza F.C. For the Panamanian football club, see Alianza F.C. (Panama).

Alianza

Full name	Alianza Fútbol Club
Founded	16 January 2024 (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.

History

Further information: Alianza Petrolera F.C.

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Stadium

Further information: Estadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau

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.

Players

First-team squad

As of 9 March 2024

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
4	DF	COL	Alfonso Simarra
5	DF	COL	Pedro Franco (captain)
6	DF	COL	Santiago Orozco
7	MF	COL	Jhair Castillo
8	MF	COL	Freddy Flórez
9	FW	COL	Michael Rangel
10	MF	COL	Sherman Cárdenas
11	FW	COL	Andrés Rentería
12	GK	COL	Jaime Mora
14	FW	COL	Johan Parra
15	DF	COL	Cristian Blanco
16	DF	COL	Leonardo Saldaña
17	FW	COL	Andrés Morales

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	COL	Nelson Reyes
19	FW	COL	Ruyeri Blanco
20	FW	COL	Juan David Rueda
21	MF	COL	Rubén Manjarrés
22	DF	COL	Luciano Ospina
23	MF	COL	Ever Meza
24	FW	COL	Jesús Muñoz
25	MF	COL	Royscer Colpa
26	FW	SLV	Mayer Gil
27	FW	COL	Emerson Batalla (on loan from Talleres de Córdoba)
28	MF	COL	Brayan Gómez
29	MF	COL	Joel Contreras (on loan from Unión Magdalena)
30	GK	COL	Pier Grazziani
31	FW	COL	Sebastián Acosta
33	FW	COL	Marlon Torres
35	MF	COL	Kevin Torres

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player