Freeport F.C.

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Freeport F.C.
Freeport Football Club Logo.png
Full nameFreeport Football Club
Nickname(s)Go Green
FoundedMarch 14, 2011
Ground Antoinette Tubman Stadium
Monrovia, Liberia
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAllen Nyonno
ManagerWesley Gbotoe
League Liberian First Division
2024–25 Liberian First Division, 11th of 14

Freeport Football Club is a football club from Liberia based on the Bushrod Island in Montserrado County. The club plays in the LFA First Division. [1] [2]

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History

Early history

The club was founded on March 14, 2011, and started playing in the Liberia Football Association Logan town sub-committee third division league and became champions of the Logan town sub-committee third division in 2015. [3] In 2017, the club won the Liberia Football Association Montserrado County Sub-Association third division championship and got promoted to the Liberia Football Association second division league. [4] [5] [6]

Promotion To The Top Tier

The club gained promotion to the top tier of Liberian football after spending just a year in the second tier. [7] They finished third in on the 2019 Liberia Football Association second division table and got promoted to the Liberia Football Association first division along with FC Bea Mountain. [6] The club played in the Liberian top tier for the first time during the 2019–20 LFA First Division. [8] The club became title contenders in their debut year as they challenged for the top of the league table and reached the last eight of the Liberian FA Cup before the season got canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. [9] They were sixth on the league table before the cancellation of the league.

Current squad

As of 10 November 2020

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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Jacob Sackor
2 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Daniel Koffa
3 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR William Kollie
4 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Elliott Suah
5 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Terrence Gbollie
6 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Simon Krah
7 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR David Wesseh
8 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR George Yarkpawolo
9 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Kevin Kromah
10 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Edward Zayzay
11 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Jimmy Flomo
12 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Abraham Tamba
14 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Bruce Yakpah
15 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Desmond Gbotoe
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Justin Mulbah
18 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Waylon Gbaa
19 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Stephen Kromah
20 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Elijah Zogbaye
21 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Raymond Wulu
22 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Ronald Vah
23 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Ernest Momolu
25 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Theophilus Jallah
26 DF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Connor Gono
27 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR William Tugbe Jr.
28 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Troy Mawolo
30 GK Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Cyrus Binda

Technical staff

PositionStaff
First team head coachWesley Gbotoe
Deputy coachBarnabas Kromah
TrainerDaniel Mulbah
Team ManagerAnthony Yakpah
Kit ManEugene Wesseh
MedicKyle Sackor

Source: [ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Liberia: Football Resumes As New Season Kicks Off". allAfrica.com. November 6, 2020.
  2. "Championnat national du Libéria (J1) : Démarrage de la nouvelle saison 2020-2021". africafootunited.com. 26 October 2020. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. https://bushchicken.com/freeport-fc-leaps-from-league-underdog-to-a-serious-title-contender/#:~:text=After%20two%20years%20in%20the,2019%20second%20division%20league%20table.
  4. Voyou, Boima C. Jr. (July 10, 2019). "Bea Mountain and Freeport FC promoted to Liberia Football Association First Division League". Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  5. https://bushchicken.com/byc-fc-ii-crowned-second-division-champions-freeport-and-bea-mountain-grab-first-division-slots/
  6. 1 2 Kokoi, Anthony (July 11, 2019). "Liberia: LFA-Orange 2nd Division - Which Teams Promoted, Relegated?". allAfrica.com.
  7. "Champions LPRC Oilers Held, Freeport FC Begins 1st Division Campaign with Win as LISCR FC Drops Points". December 10, 2019.
  8. "Liberia Football Federation Shuts Down National League Over COVID-19 Pandemic". May 5, 2020.
  9. https://bushchicken.com/freeport-fc-leaps-from-league-underdog-to-a-serious-title-contender/#:~:text=Six%20years%20after%20its%20establishment,2019%20second%20division%20league%20table.