FC Matanzas

FC Matanzas

Nickname(s)	Los Cocodrilos (The Crocodiles)
Ground	Estadio Calimete, Matanzas, Cuba
Capacity	1,000

FC Matanzas is a Cuban professional football club based in Matanzas. Its home stadium is the 1,000-capacity Estadio Calimete. It currently plays in the Campeonato Nacional.

History

Their greatest achievement was beating Real Madrid CF in 1934. Their top scorer is Yunior González Torres from Jagüey with 132 goals. FC Matanzas was relegated to the Torneo de Ascenso in 2009-10, until 2013 they were invited to participate in the Campeonato Nacional. Later they would play in the Torneo de Ascenso again until 2017 when the second category was cancelled in 2018. In 2019, they returned to the highest level of Cuban football in the group stage format, where they finished 5th in the group.

In 2019-20, it achieved the 3rd in its history for the accumulation of points in the opening and closing.

Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	CUB	Brian Valdes Gil
—	GK	CUB	Julio Aldama
—	DF	CUB	Dayan Torriente
—	DF	CUB	Fernando Corrales
—	DF	CUB	Jorge Luis Carrion
—	DF	CUB	Wilber Contreras
—	DF	CUB	Yoslandy San Martìn
—	MF	CUB	Yoiniel Riscabal
—	MF	CUB	Livan Vasconcelos

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CUB	Bryan Rosales Sarracent
—	MF	CUB	Eduanis Pulgaron
—	MF	CUB	Liusban Polledo
—	MF	CUB	Yohan De La Torre
—	MF	CUB	Carlos Muilian
—	FW	CUB	Angel Luis Flores
—	FW	CUB	Eduardo Morales
—	FW	CUB	Yordanis Tielves
—	FW	CUB	Yon Pite