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Independiente Juniors
Full name	Club Deportivo Independiente Juniors
Nickname(s)	El Mini-Negriazul (The Junior black-and-blue)
Founded	13 July 2017; 7 years ago
Ground	Banco Guayaquil; Quito, Ecuador
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Franklin Tello Núñez
Manager	Javier Rabanal
League	Serie B
2023	5th
Website	https://www.independientedelvalle.com/

Club Deportivo Independiente Juniors, known as Independiente Juniors or formerly as Alianza Cotopaxi, is a football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador. The club acts as Independiente del Valle's reserve team.

History

Founded on 13 July 2017 as Alianza Cotopaxi SC in Cotopaxi, the club reached the Segunda Categoría after finishing second in the regional championships. In the following year, the club reached an agreement with Independiente del Valle to become their reserve team,^[1] and reached promotion to the Ecuadorian Serie B at the end of the year, after having the core of the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores.^[2]

After the promotion to the second division of Ecuadorian football, the club changed name to Club Deportivo Independiente Juniors, and moved to Latacunga.^[3]^[4] In 2020, the club moved to Sangolquí, joining the first team which was already in the city.

List of managers

Franklin Anangonó (2017)
Juan Carlos León (2018–2019)
Yuri Solano (2020)
Felipe Sánchez (2021)
Miguel Bravo (2022)
Galo Rodríguez (2023)
Javier Rabanal (2024–)

Current squad

As of 5 March 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ECU	Cristhian Tapia
2	DF	ARG	Juan Randazzo
3	DF	ECU	Jerry Parrales
5	MF	URU	Joaquín Vergés
6	DF	ECU	Luis Ayala
7	MF	ECU	Stick Castro
8	MF	ECU	Arnaldo Zambrano
10	MF	ECU	Bagner Delgado
11	MF	URU	Mauricio Alonso
14	MF	COL	Stiven Tapiero
15	MF	ECU	Ariel Alcívar
16	FW	ARG	Enzo Ariel Fernández
19	DF	ECU	Ángel Gracia
20	MF	ECU	Daniel Segura


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	ECU	William Ocles
23	MF	ECU	Bryan Lerma
25	DF	ECU	Marco Montaño
26	MF	ECU	Jean Estacio
29	DF	ECU	Dennys Quintero
30	GK	ECU	Jorge Pinos
33	DF	ECU	Jeison Mina (on loan from Barcelona SC)
36	MF	ECU	Alex Capuz
37	DF	ECU	José Luis Quiñones
77	FW	URU	Mathías Acuña
80	FW	ECU	Frank Obando
92	GK	ECU	Adonis Pabón

References

^ "Tener a la filial en Serie "B" se torna indispensable para Independiente del Valle" [Having a reserve team in the Serie "B" becomes indispensable for Independiente del Valle] (in Spanish). InfoCancha. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ "La Serie B 2019 ya tiene su primer ascendido" [The 2019 Serie B already have their first promoted] (in Spanish). EcuaGol. 9 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ "Alianza Cotopaxi (Independiente Juniors) y Duros del Balón logran el boleto a la Serie «B»" [Alianza Cotopaxi (Independiente Juniors) and Duros del Balón get the tickets to Serie "B"] (in Spanish). Planeta Fútbol. 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ "Alianza Cotopaxi, filial de Independiente del Valle, ganó cupo a la Serie B" [Alianza Cotopaxi, Independiente del Valle's reserves, won a place in the Serie B] (in Spanish). El Universo. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2019.