Academia Fútbol Club was a Colombian professional
football club based in
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the largest ...
. The club was founded in 2005 and dissolved in 2012, becoming
Llaneros
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During the Spanish American wars of independence, lancers and cavalry served in both ar ...
.
History
Academia Fútbol Club appeared at first as a training school for players between 18 and 25 years of Compensar in 1999, under the name of Escuela de Fútbol Compensar – MasterCard. The team participated in the
Primera C
The Primera C Metropolitana is one of the two professional leagues that form the fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Primera C Metropolitana is made up of 20 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area (Gr ...
under the name of Compensar F.C.. The directives, noting the success of the team, decided to invest and acquire at the
DIMAYOR the entry form of Chía Fútbol Club to join the
Categoría Primera B
Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia.
Format
DIMAYOR has applied a new form ...
. The new club was named Academia Fútbol Club and started participating since 2005. In that season, the team was able to reach the quadrangulars.
Academia had its best season in 2007. In the first tournament of the year was runner-up after losing the final against
Envigado FC
Envigado Fútbol Club () is a Colombian professional football team based in Envigado, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur.
The club is renowned for the quality of its yo ...
. In the first game tied at home 1:1, 0:0 in the second tied, and in penalty kicks lose 7:6. In the second tournament the team is once again runner to lose both games in the final 2:1 against Envigado FC anew, with goals from
Carlos Sciucatti
Carlos Raúl Sciucatti (born January 7, 1986 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who last played for Mitra Kukar.
Careers
Argentina
He played for Independiente de Avellaneda from January 2006 to June 2007 in Argentina Primera Division w ...
for Academia. In the return match, played at the
Estadio Compensar
Estadio Compensar is a multi-use stadium in Bogotá, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of Academia FC
Academia Fútbol Club was a Colombian professional football club based in Bogotá. The clu ...
,
Ricardo Laborde scored for Academia, but the match ended 1:2. On November 28 and December 1 Academy played against
Deportivo Pereira
Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium.
History Early years
While there are several am ...
, to define the second promoted to the
Primera A for 2008. In the first leg the match finished tied (1:1), in the second leg, Pereira defeated Academia 3:1.
In 2012 the team was sold to
Villavicencio
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, due to budget cuts of Compensar. The decision to sell the team was approved on March 22. On March 27 became official the new team:
Llaneros F.C.
Llaneros Fútbol Club S.A. is a professional Colombian football team based in Villavicencio, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the Bello Horizonte stadium.
History
Llaneros F.C. was founded on 20 A ...
Stadium
External links
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Categoría Primera B clubs