Alianza Valledupar F.C.
Association football club in Colombia
Football club
Alianza Valledupar
Full nameAlianza Fútbol Club
NicknameLos Vallenatos (The Valledupar ones)
Founded16 January 2024; 2 years ago (2024-01-16)
GroundEstadio Armando Maestre Pavajeau
Capacity11,000
ChairmanCarlos Ferreira
ManagerHubert Bodhert
2025Primera A, 10th of 20

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

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.[1] 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.[2] That same day, Alianza Fútbol Club was presented at a press conference held in Valledupar, where it was confirmed that the club would play under a new crest and would adopt as new colors those representative of the city.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] Despite staging an upset against Cruzeiro with a 3–3 draw at Mineirão in their second group stage match,[6] Alianza failed to make any further progress in the competition.

Stadium

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 16 January 2026

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  COL Johan Wallens
3 DF  COL Kevin Moreno (on loan from Deportivo Cali)
4 FW  COL Eudy Pérez
5 DF  COL Pedro Franco (captain)
6 MF  COL Ever Meza
7 MF  COL Jhair Castillo
8 FW  COL Jesús Muñoz
10 MF  URU Wiston Fernández
11 MF  COL Sergio Aponzá
12 GK  COL Juan Camilo Chaverra
14 MF  COL Charly Villegas
15 MF  COL Carlos Esparragoza
16 DF  COL Yilson Rosales
17 MF  COL Felipe Pardo
19 MF  COL Luis Pérez
23 DF  COL Juan Viveros
24 DF  COL Eduard Banguero
25 FW  COL Josy Pérez
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF  COL Yeiner Londoño
28 MF  COL Jeison Osorio
29 FW  COL Carlos Lucumí
30 FW  COL Jhon Valoyes
77 FW  COL Ayron del Valle
— GK  COL Pier Grazziani
— DF  COL Kevin Aponzá
— DF  COL Juan Arcila
— DF  COL Jesús Figueroa
— DF  COL Luis Mina
— DF  COL Carlos Pájaro
— DF  COL Leonardo Saldaña
— MF  COL José Carlos Muñoz
— MF  COL Johan Parra
— FW  COL Juan Sebastián Ramírez
— FW  COL Diego Torres
— FW  COL Cristian Vergara

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  SLV Mayer Gil (at Deportivo Pasto)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Managers

Source: Worldfootball.net

References

  1. ^ "Equipo de Copa Sudamericana amenaza con irse a Valledupar: 'Hemos sufrido mucho'" [Copa Sudamericana team threatens with leaving for Valledupar: "We have suffered a lot"] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Oficial: Alianza Petrolera cambia Barrancabermeja por Valledupar" [Official: Alianza Petrolera change Barrancabermeja for Valledupar] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Oficializaron la llegada de Alianza Fútbol Club a Valledupar" [They made official the arrival of Alianza Fútbol Club to Valledupar] (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Nacional remonta y gana en su debut ante Alianza" [Nacional come back and win in their debut against Alianza] (in Spanish). Diario As. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Alianza elimina a América y está en grupos de Sudamericana" [Alianza knock América out and they are in the Sudamericana groups] (in Spanish). Diario As. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Alianza FC hizo historia en Copa Sudamericana: heroico empate en Brasil ante Cruzeiro" [Alianza FC made history in Copa Sudamericana: heroic draw in Brazil against Cruzeiro] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  • Official site
  • Team profile at Soccerway
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