Cuniburo F.C.
Full name | Cuniburo Fútbol Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | El duende (The elf) Cuni | |||
Founded | 11 April 1992 | |||
Ground | Olímpico Atahualpa | |||
Capacity | 38,258 | |||
Chairman | Jan Spaarwater | |||
Manager | Juan Grabowski | |||
League | Ecuadorian Serie B | |||
2023 | Serie B, 3rd of 10 | |||
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Cuniburo Fútbol Club is an Ecuadorian professional football club from the city of Cayambe. Founded on 11 April 1992 they play in the Serie B.
History
[edit]Founded on 11 April 1992,[1] Cuniburo only reached the Segunda Categoría in 2008, where they narrowly missed out promotion in the final rounds.
After not competing in the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuniburo returned to an active status for the 2022 season, with a new board and with a new manager being Argentine Germán Corengia.[2] In that year, they won the Segunda Categoría and achieved promotion to the Serie B for the first time ever.[3]
Cuniburo finished the 2023 Serie B in the third place, only three points behind Imbabura. On 13 October 2024, the club achieved a first-ever promotion to the Serie A after a 2–0 win over San Antonio ,[4] and lifted the trophy three days later, after a 5–2 routing of 9 de Octubre.[5]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Hoy recordamos un año más de nuestro aniversario 🎉" [Today we remember another year of our birthday 🎉]. Cuniburo FC (in Spanish). Instagram. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Cuniburo FC, el club de Cayambe con un modelo de gestión único" [Cuniburo FC, the club from Cayambe with an unique management model] (in Spanish). Primicias. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Cuniburo logra el título del Ascenso Nacional 2022" [Cuniburo achieve the title of the 2022 Ascenso Nacional] (in Spanish). Primicias. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Cuniburo hizo historia y en 2025 jugará la LigaPro Serie A por primera vez" [Cuniburo made history and will play the LigaPro Serie A for the first time in 2025] (in Spanish). ESPN. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Cuniburo festejó doble: tras el ascenso, ganó el título de la Serie B" [Cuniburo celebrated double: after promotion, they won the title of the Serie B] (in Spanish). Olé. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.