Leones Vegetarianos FC
Leones Vegetarianos Fútbol Club is an equatorial Guinean football club from Malabo .
history
The association was founded on July 20, 2000 by the militant Spanish vegetarian Juan Manuel Rojas as the Vegetarianos Fútbol Club .
Rojas, originally from Granada , organized a hunger strike in the small Indian town of Pushkar in 2006 to force the construction of a sports field to help train a group of young vegetarians to become football players .
Leones Vegetarianos FC won their first title on October 12, 2014, when they defeated Deportivo Mongomo in the cup final after a 1-1 draw in regular time with 5-4 on penalties . Five months later, on March 19, 2015, a 1-0 win against record champions Sony de Ela Nguema won the Supercup. In 2017 the club won the state championship for the first time .
successes
- Equatorial Guinean Champion: 2017
- Equatorial Guinean Cup Winner: 2014
- Equatorial Guinean Supercup: 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leones Vegetarianos »Rose storiche at calcio.com
- ↑ Jean Damien Lesay: 1,000 football clubs . Universe, 2015, p. 266. ISBN 978-0-7893-3110-6
- ↑ Eugenio Pordomingo: Juan Manuel Rojas presidente de la ´Fundación Vegetariana PRP´ y enfermo de Parkinson, expoliado en la India y Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish; article of July 31, 2011)
- ↑ Un español, en huelga de hambre por un equipo de fútbol indio vegetariano (Spanish; article of September 29, 2006)
- ↑ Equatorial Guinea 2014 at RSSSF (English)
- ↑ Equatorial Guinea - List of Champions at RSSSF (English)