Freeport F.C. Explained

Clubname:Freeport F.C.
Fullname:Freeport Football Club
Nickname:Go Green
Founded:March 14, 2011
Ground:Antoinette Tubman Stadium
Monrovia, Liberia
Capacity:12,000
Chairman:Allen Nyonno
Manager:Wesley Gbotoe
League:Liberian First Division
Season:2023–24
Position:Liberian First Division, 11th of 14
American:yes

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]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liberia: Football Resumes As New Season Kicks Off. November 6, 2020. allAfrica.com.
  2. Web site: Championnat national du Libéria (J1) : Démarrage de la nouvelle saison 2020-2021. africafootunited.com. 26 October 2020. 11 November 2020. 11 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111022217/https://africafootunited.com/news/championnat-national-du-liberia-(j1)-demarrage-de-la-nouvelle-saison-2020-2021/18395. dead.
  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. Web site: Bea Mountain and Freeport FC promoted to Liberia Football Association First Division League. Boima C. Jr.. Voyou. July 10, 2019. November 11, 2020. November 11, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111050248/https://sportsliberia.com/2019/07/bea-mountain-and-freeport-fc-promoted-to-liberia-football-association-first-division-league/. dead.
  5. https://bushchicken.com/byc-fc-ii-crowned-second-division-champions-freeport-and-bea-mountain-grab-first-division-slots/
  6. Web site: Liberia: LFA-Orange 2nd Division - Which Teams Promoted, Relegated?. Anthony. Kokoi. July 11, 2019. allAfrica.com.
  7. Web site: Champions LPRC Oilers Held, Freeport FC Begins 1st Division Campaign with Win as LISCR FC Drops Points. December 10, 2019.
  8. Web site: 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.