Club Deportivo Cuenca Femenino is an Ecuadorian women's football club based in Cuenca, which plays at Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar. The team is part of the C.D. Cuenca. They currently play in the Superliga Femenina, the top-flight women's football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight (the other being Carneras). In 2019, they participated in Copa Libertadores Femenina for the first time.[1]

Deportivo Cuenca
Full nameClub Deportivo Cuenca Femenino
Nickname(s)Las Leonas
Founded4 March 1971; 53 years ago (1971-03-04)
GroundEstadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar
Capacity16,540
ChairmanGalo Cárdenas
ManagerSantiago Aguirre
LeagueSuperliga Femenina
20211st, Champions

Stadium

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Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, owned by the Sports Federation of Azuay, is the stadium where Deportivo Cuenca plays home. It has a capacity of 16,540 people according to regulations and it is located in the city of Cuenca, on Av. Del Estadio and José Peralta.

This stadium was inaugurated on 3 November 1945 with the name of Estadio Municipal El Ejido, changing in 1971 to Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar in honor of Alejandro Serrano Aguilar who was mayor of Cuenca and president of the club at the time.[2] Since 2015, it is known by the commercial name Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Banco del Austro.[3]

Honors

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National

References

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  1. ^ "Así quedaron los grupos de la Copa Libertadores Femenina 2019". Marca. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "El Estadio de Cuenca". Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ "El Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar ya tiene su nombre comercial". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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