Leones Vegetarianos FC

Leones Vegetarianos Fútbol Club is an Equatorial Guinean football club based in the city of Malabo. It currently plays in Equatoguinean first division. The club was founded as Vegetarianos CF by the Spaniard Juan Manuel Rojas, a vegetarian man from Granada who arrived in Equatorial Guinea in 2001 and years later went to India, where he staged a hunger strike.[2][3] Its rival club is Atlético Semu.

Leones Vegetarianos
Full nameLeones Vegetarianos Fútbol Club
Founded20 July 2000; 24 years ago (2000-07-20)[1]
GroundEstadio de Malabo
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Capacity15,250
ChairmanBienvenido Ateba Mangue
Head coachFrancisco Owono Elá
LeagueLiga Nacional de Fútbol
20181st
Websitehttp://leonesvegetarianos.com

Notable players

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Achievements

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2017, 2018.
2014.
  • Equatoguinean Super Cup: 0

Performance in CAF competitions

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2018 - Preliminary Round
2019 - Preliminary Round
2015 - Preliminary Round

References

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  1. ^ "10468440_588606254603663_7544711392144259119_n.JPG (960x541 pixels)". scontent-b-mia.xx.fbcdn.net. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ Juan Manuel Rojas presidente de la ´Fundación Vegetariana PRP´ y enfermo de Parkinson, expoliado en la India y Guinea Ecuatorial Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Un español, en huelga de hambre por un equipo de fútbol indio vegetariano Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
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