Freeport F.C.

Freeport F.C.

Full name	Freeport Football Club
Nickname(s)	Go Green
Founded	March 14, 2011
Ground	Antoinette Tubman Stadium Monrovia, Liberia
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Allen Nyonno
Manager	Wesley Gbotoe
League	LFA First Division
2022–23	LFA 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	LBR	Jacob Sackor
2	MF	LBR	Daniel Koffa
3	DF	LBR	William Kollie
4	MF	LBR	Elliott Suah
5	DF	LBR	Terrence Gbollie
6	MF	LBR	Simon Krah
7	FW	LBR	David Wesseh
8	MF	LBR	George Yarkpawolo
9	FW	LBR	Kevin Kromah
10	MF	LBR	Edward Zayzay
11	FW	LBR	Jimmy Flomo
12	DF	LBR	Abraham Tamba
14	MF	LBR	Bruce Yakpah
15	FW	LBR	Desmond Gbotoe


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	LBR	Justin Mulbah
18	MF	LBR	Waylon Gbaa
19	FW	LBR	Stephen Kromah
20	FW	LBR	Elijah Zogbaye
21	DF	LBR	Raymond Wulu
22	MF	LBR	Ronald Vah
23	DF	LBR	Ernest Momolu
25	FW	LBR	Theophilus Jallah
26	DF	LBR	Connor Gono
27	FW	LBR	William Tugbe Jr.
28	FW	LBR	Troy Mawolo
30	GK	LBR	Cyrus Binda

Technical staff

Position	Staff
First team head coach	Wesley Gbotoe
Deputy coach	Barnabas Kromah
Trainer	Daniel Mulbah
Team Manager	Anthony Yakpah
Kit Man	Eugene Wesseh
Medic	Kyle Sackor

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Liberia: Football Resumes As New Season Kicks Off". allAfrica.com. November 6, 2020.
^ "Championnat national du Libéria (J1) : Démarrage de la nouvelle saison 2020-2021". africafootunited.com. 26 October 2020.
^ 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.
^ Voyou, Boima C. Jr. (July 10, 2019). "Bea Mountain and Freeport FC promoted to Liberia Football Association First Division League".
^ https://bushchicken.com/byc-fc-ii-crowned-second-division-champions-freeport-and-bea-mountain-grab-first-division-slots/
^ ^a ^b Kokoi, Anthony (July 11, 2019). "Liberia: LFA-Orange 2nd Division - Which Teams Promoted, Relegated?". allAfrica.com.
^ "Champions LPRC Oilers Held, Freeport FC Begins 1st Division Campaign with Win as LISCR FC Drops Points". December 10, 2019.
^ "Liberia Football Federation Shuts Down National League Over COVID-19 Pandemic". May 5, 2020.
^ 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.

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