Independiente F.B.C.

Founded on September 20, 1925, by young people from the neighborhood of Campo Grande, its first president was Marciano Romero. The name Independiente arose as a way to get away from the influence of the political parties in football, something very common in those years. After the Chaco War and when football tournaments resumed in the capital after the war, the club competed in the Federación Paraguaya de Deportes championships. In the 40s and 50s, when the promotion and relegation system was re-implemented in the divisions of the current Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF) and when the Tercera División was created, the club affiliated and has competed since then in the APF competitions. After relegating to the last division, the club achieved the Tercera División title again in 1975, after being promoted and relegated again, it repeated the Third Division title in 1980, thus achieving its third title of the so-called Segunda de Ascenso. It remained for several years in the Segunda División then called Primera de Ascenso, until 1,997 inches (5,070 cm) which the APF reorganizes its divisions and creates the División Intermedia as the new Segunda División nd expanding the levels of Paraguayan soccer from 3 to 4 divisions, the club was not one of the clubs selected to be part of the División Intermedia, so in 1997 it competed again in the Tercera División then called Primera de Ascenso, since the Segunda de Ascenso became the Cuarta División. In 2001 they achieved the title…