Independiente Valle del Cauca

Independiente Valle del Cauca
Full nameIndependiente Valle del Cauca S.A.
Founded11 December 2025; 10 months ago (2025-12-11)
GroundFrancisco Rivera Escobar
Deportivo Cali
Capacity15,300
42,000
Owner(s)Sociedad Farlay S.A.
(through Grupo Independiente) (95%)
Other shareholders (5%)
PresidentMaruán David Issa
Head coachNicolás Serrano

Independiente Valle del Cauca, known as Independiente Yumbo until July 2026, is a Colombian football club based in Palmira, Valle del Cauca. The club was founded on 11 December 2025, and competes in the Categoría Primera B, the second tier of Colombian football, beginning with the 2026 season. The club is the successor to Atlético Huila, following the transfer of the club's license by its owner, Sociedad Farlay S.A., also known as Grupo Independiente.

History

On 13 November 2025, the board of directors of Atlético Huila formally requested the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (Dimayor) to approve a change of name and headquarters to relocate to the municipality of Yumbo in Valle del Cauca. The move was prompted by the poor infrastructure conditions of Estadio Guillermo Plazas Alcid in Neiva.

After less than a month, at the clubs' assembly held in Medellín on 11 December 2025, Dimayor approved the move of Atlético Huila to Yumbo and the transfer of the club's license to become Independiente Yumbo del Valle, unofficially, starting from the 2026 season.

On 31 December 2025, through an official statement on Atlético Huila's social media accounts, the club's owners confirmed the official name of the new club as Independiente Yumbo for the 2026 season.

In its first season, Independiente Yumbo placed ninth in the first stage of the 2026–I Primera B tournament, failing to advance to the semifinal stage. On 3 July 2026 the club announced a new relocation ahead of the second half of the season, this time to Palmira, being rebranded to Independiente Valle del Cauca in the process.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 September 2026

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. Nation Player
1 GK  COL Juan Támara
2 DF  COL Johan Lozano
3 DF  COL Danny Ferrer
4 DF  COL Julián Rodríguez
5 FW  COL Jesús Díaz (on loan from Junior)
6 MF  ARG Héctor Moreyra
7 FW  COL Hugo Mena
8 MF  COL Tomás Díaz
9 FW  COL Alan García
11 FW  ARG Lucas Farías
12 GK  COL Luis Mena
14 MF  COL José Ordóñez
15 DF  COL Johan Perdomo
16 DF  COL Heider De Arco
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ECU Luis Quiñonez
18 FW  COL Matías Caicedo
19 FW  COL Maicol Sequeda
20 MF  COL Juan Rubiano
21 DF  COL Jesús Rodríguez
22 GK  COL Jeison Méndez
23 FW  COL Johan Atehortúa
24 MF  COL Breiner Moya
25 MF  COL Francisco Peña
26 FW  COL William López
27 DF  COL José Ampudia
29 MF  COL Juan Palacios
34 FW  COL Jhon Pájaro
— MF  COL Santiago González

Ownership

Independiente Valle del Cauca is owned by Sociedad Farlay S.A., also known as Grupo Independiente, which also owns Independiente del Valle of Ecuador as well as Spanish side Numancia. When it was still Atlético Huila, the club became the second Colombian team to be part of foreign multi-ownership after Millonarios.

The ownership group includes:

References

  1. ↑ Camilo Zabaleta (11 December 2025). "Adiós al Atlético Huila: asamblea de la Dimayor aprobó el traslado al municipio de Yumbo". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "El exitoso dueño de Independiente del Valle compra al Atlético Huila". AS Colombia (in Spanish). 4 May 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  3. ↑ José Orlando Ascencio (14 November 2025). "Desaparece otro equipo histórico del fútbol colombiano: Atlético Huila cambiará de nombre y de sede". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Nace Yumbo del Valle, equipo de fútbol de dueños de Independiente del Valle de Ecuador". La República (in Spanish). 14 November 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Sofía Alexandra Duarte Torres (11 December 2025). "La Dimayor aprobó el cambio de sede de Yumbo del Valle, que antes era Atlético Huila". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Atlético Huila deja de existir y le da paso al Yumbo del Valle". Noticias Caracol (in Spanish). 11 December 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "Hoy no es un adiós, es un hasta luego". Instagram (in Spanish). Club Atlético Huila. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Equipo del FPC anunció cambio de nombre y sede para el segundo semestre" [FPC team announced a change of name and stadium for the second semester] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 3 July 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Alfredo Carreño (4 May 2023). "Huila vendido a la Sociedad Farlay S.A." Cápsulas Carreño (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2026.