Verdes FC

Verdes F.C.
Full name	Verdes Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Green Machine
Founded	1976
Ground	Norman Broaster Stadium; San Ignacio Town, Belize
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Ian Haylock
Manager	Angel Orellana Hernandez
League	Premier League of Belize
2022–23	Champions (Closing season)
Home colours	Away colours

Verdes F.C. (previously Hankook Verdes) is a Belizean association football club which competes in the Premier League of Belize. They are currently based in San Ignacio, Belize, a town situated in the district of Cayo, Belize. The club was established in 1976 as Real Verdes Football Club and changed their name to Hankook Verdes in 2004. They are now known only as Verdes F.C, locally being called only Verdes. The club is one of the oldest active professional football teams in Belize and has been in existence since the inception of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home games are played at Norman Broaster Stadium.

The club has established an excellent reputation for the development of many past and current members of the Belize national football team, despite not having won any club championships at the national level until 2008. Verdes F.C. had previously won the amateur Belize National Football Association championship in 1986.^[1] In 2004, Hankook Verdes F.C. announced that they would opt out of the Belize Premier Football League due to unprofessional conduct, including late arrivals by officials and the other team, prior to a match against Kulture Yabra.^[2] Verdes F.C.'s recent league championships include the opening season of the 2019–20 Premier League of Belize and both seasons of the 2021–22 FFB Top League, where they went undefeated.^[3]^[4] The club would later win the 2022–23 Closing season.

In 1985, Verdes F.C. was the first team to represent Belize in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. They have appeared in eight editions of the competition and twice in its successor, the CONCACAF Champions League.^[5] Throughout the history of Belizean football, Verdes F.C. has represented its country more than any other club in Belize. The list of CONCACAF opponents includes professional teams such as Cruz Azul, UNAM, Santos Laguna, Querétaro (Mexico); Real España, Platense, Pumas UNAH (Honduras); Xelajú, Municipal, Comunicaciones, (Guatemala);San Francisco (Panama); and Luis Ángel Firpo (El Salvador);Arcahaie (Haiti). Verdes F.C. has the most UNCAF Club Tournament appearances of any Belize football club.

Verdes F.C. appeared in three consecutive editions of the CONCACAF League from 2020 to 2022 and were the second Belizean club to participate in the tournament.^[6] Their first attempt in 2020 was halted by a COVID-19 outbreak among the players and the need to quarantine in Panama rather than being able to transit to the CONCACAF League venue in Santo Domingo. Their preliminary round match was cancelled and their opponents, Haitian side Arcahaie FC, was awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.^[7] In 2022, they became the first Belizean club to win a competitive series in the competition.^[8]^[9]

Honours

Belize Premier Football League/Premier League of Belize
- Champions (7): 2007–08, 2014–15 Closing, 2017–18 Opening, 2019–20 Opening

          2021-22 Opening, 2021–22 Closing
          2022–23 Closing,

Performance in International competitions

CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League

Season	Competition	Round		Home	Away	Aggregate
1986	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	2R	Pembroke Hamilton Club	2–1	0–3	2–4
1987	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1R	Real España	0–2	1–6	1–8
1988	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	PR	Cruz Azul	0–2	2–12	2–14
1991	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1R	Real España	0–1	0–5	0–6
1994	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	PR	Comunicaciones	1–3	1–2	2–5
1995	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1R	Municipal	0–3	0–3	0–6
1997	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1R	Xelajú MC	0–0	0–2	0–2
1998	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Group North B	Platense	0–0	0–6	4th
			Aurora	1–2	3–2
			Luis Ángel Firpo	—	1–4
2008–09	CONCACAF Champions League	PR	Cruz Azul	0–6	0–6	0–12
2015–16	CONCACAF Champions League	Group C	Querétaro	0–0	0–8	3rd
2015–16	CONCACAF Champions League	Group C	San Francisco	2–1	0–8	3rd

CONCACAF League

Season	Competition	Round		Home	Away	Aggregate
2020	CONCACAF League	PR	Arcahaie	0–3 (w/o)
2021	CONCACAF League	PR	Santos de Guápiles	0–1	1–5	1–6
2022	CONCACAF League	PR	Platense	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
2022	CONCACAF League	R16	Alianza	0–2	1–5	1–7

Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 4 appearances
Best: First Round in 1995, 1999, 2006

1993: Preliminary Round

1994: Preliminary Round

1995: First Round

1999: First Round

2006: First Round

CONCACAF League

Season	Competition	Round		Home	Aggregate
2023	CONCACAF Central American Cup	Group D	Motagua	0–5	5th
			Alajuelense	0–3
			Sporting San Miguelito	0–4
			Olancho	2–3

International level

As of 21 August 2015

Opponent	First meeting	Last Meeting	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alajuelense	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8
Aurora	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
Cruz Azul	Aug 26, 2008	Sept 9, 2008	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12
FAS	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Municipal	1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Olimpia	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Puntarenas	Aug 22, 2006	Aug 31, 2006	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
Querétaro	Aug 4, 2015	Sept 17, 2015	2	0	1	1	0	8	−8
San Francisco	Sept 22, 2015	Oct 22, 2015	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
Walter Ferretti	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Totals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Friendly matches not included.
Games decided by penalty shootout are counted as ties.

As 6 June 2024

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
1	GK	BLZ	Dejion Mcfadzean
2	FW	MEX	Jahyrl Smith
4	DF	BLZ	Brandon Jones
5	MF	BLZ	Glenford Gentle III
6	MF	MEX	Juan Leonel Guerrero Ocampo
7	MF	BLZ	Nahjib Guerra
8	FW	COL	Camilo Marquez
9	MF	URU	Nicolas Rocha
10	MF	BLZ	Jordy Polanco
11	DF	BLZ	Jahron Myvett
13	MF	COL	Jaylen Lennon
14	MF	BLZ	Darrel Myvett
15	FW	COL	Ronald Benavides
16	DF	BLZ	Alence Ayala
18	MF	BLZ	Zion Ramos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	COL	Miguel Medina
22	GK	ARG	Nahuel Paz
26	MF	COL	Arles Balanta
24	DF	MEX	Christian Ramírez
25	FW	BLZ	Krisean Lopez
17	MF	BLZ	Félix Martínez
27	GK	BLZ	Woodrow West
29	MF	BLZ	Trimayne Harris
19	MF	ARG	Zion Frazer
81	F	COL	Yubeiquer Arenas
77	F	BLZ	Desmond Wade
80	DF	MEX	Gerardo Madrid
88	DF	MEX	Marco Zavala
99	DF	BLZ	Everal Trapp

Notable former players

Erwin Contreras (Captain, Belize national football team, 1990–93)
Jorge García (Captain, Belize national football team, 1994–97)

Managers

Real Verdes

Antonio Carlos Vieira

Verdes Hancock

Nayo Waight (2005)
Ramon Cayoc (2008)

Verdes FC

Alberto Rafael "Chapay" Contreras (1980s-1990s)
Walter Salazar (2013)
Pablo Cacho (2014–15)
Walter Salazar (2015–2017)
Marvin Ottley (2017–)
Martín Dimas Dall'orso (2019–2021)
David Pérez Asensio (July 2021 – March 2023)
Angel Orellana (April 2023 - July 2023) [1]
José Migallón (July 2023 - - Present)

References

^ "Verdes – national champions again after 22 years". Amandala. April 15, 2008. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "Verdes opts out of B.P.F.L." Channel 5. April 21, 2004. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "Verdes FC wins Premier League Opening Season competition". The Guardian. December 20, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "Belize 2021/22". RSSSF. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "Verdes Football Club". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "Arcahaie and Verdes ready to kick off SCL". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. October 15, 2020. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "COVID-19 dashes Verdes' Concacaf League hopes in Santo Domingo". Amandala. October 24, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "History made as Verdes tie Platense to reach next round". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. August 4, 2022. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
^ "Verdes de Belice elimina al Platense de Liga CONCACAF en el Cuscatlán" [Verdes of Belize eliminates Paltense from the CONCACAF League in Cuscatlán]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). San Salvador. August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

External links

Hankook Verdes

[1] "Verdes – national champions again after 22 years". Amandala. April 15, 2008. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[2] "Verdes opts out of B.P.F.L." Channel 5. April 21, 2004. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[3] "Verdes FC wins Premier League Opening Season competition". The Guardian. December 20, 2019. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[4] "Belize 2021/22". RSSSF. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[CONCACAF-Bio-5] "Verdes Football Club". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[6] "Arcahaie and Verdes ready to kick off SCL". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. October 15, 2020. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[7] "COVID-19 dashes Verdes' Concacaf League hopes in Santo Domingo". Amandala. October 24, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[8] "History made as Verdes tie Platense to reach next round". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. August 4, 2022. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[9] "Verdes de Belice elimina al Platense de Liga CONCACAF en el Cuscatlán" [Verdes of Belize eliminates Paltense from the CONCACAF League in Cuscatlán]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). San Salvador. August 3, 2022. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

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