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.
Full name | Leones Vegetarianos Fútbol Club | ||
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Founded | 20 July 2000[1] | ||
Ground | Estadio de Malabo Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | ||
Capacity | 15,250 | ||
Chairman | Bienvenido Ateba Mangue | ||
Head coach | Francisco Owono Elá | ||
League | Liga Nacional de Fútbol | ||
2018 | 1st | ||
Website | http://leonesvegetarianos.com | ||
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Notable players
editAchievements
edit- 2017, 2018.
- 2014.
- Equatoguinean Super Cup: 0
Performance in CAF competitions
edit- CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 2015 - Preliminary Round
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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)
- ^ Un español, en huelga de hambre por un equipo de fútbol indio vegetariano Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
External links
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