Boxing team

Independiente del Valle

Club · Ecuador · Liga Pro

«Giant Killer»

329 Matches

184 wins

70 draws

75 losses

555–330 Goals

+225 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Form L W L W D W

A group of friends around José Terán started it in Sangolquí as a neighbourhood side, nothing more than a barrio club under the name Club Deportivo Independiente. When Terán died in 1977 the members renamed it after him. The break came in 2007: promotion out of the Segunda Categoría brought a new name, Independiente del Valle, and a new kit in black and blue. Two years later the club won Serie B and reached Ecuador's top flight for the first time.

What followed set it apart from Ecuadorian football's usual order. Independiente del Valle built its academy into a productive talent pipeline, and the nickname El Matagigantes — Giant Killer — was earned rather than chosen, through results against South American clubs many times its size. Moisés Caicedo left for Brighton in 2021 and moved on to Chelsea in 2023; Piero Hincapié went through Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen before Arsenal signed him in September 2025; Willian Pacho followed a similar route through Germany to Paris Saint-Germain in 2024. Kendry Páez has since become the academy's next reference point.

The senior side matched the academy's output. In 2019 Independiente del Valle beat Colón to win the Copa Sudamericana, and repeated the feat against São Paulo in 2022; Flamengo fell to them in the 2023 Recopa Sudamericana. A Copa Libertadores final was lost to Atlético Nacional in 2016, and Flamengo returned the favour in the 2020 Recopa. At home, the club has never had a natural rival in the way Quito's established trio do — Liga de Quito has become the closest thing, met repeatedly in title deciders, with Mushuc Runa emerging more recently as a competing force in academy development. The domestic breakthrough arrived in 2021, when Independiente del Valle won its first Ecuadorian championship, adding the Copa Ecuador the following year.

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, the club's ground in Sangolquí since it opened on 20 March 2021.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

25 Sep	Copa Ecuador	Gualaceo SC H	2:0	W
22 Sep	Liga Pro	Barcelona SC A
18 Sep	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Flamengo A	1:1	D
14 Sep	Liga Pro	Libertad Asunción A	3:2	W
11 Sep	CONMEBOL Libertadores	Flamengo H	0:2	L
6 Sep	Liga Pro	Macará H	3:1	W

Standing

Liga Pro

Group stage · Liga Pro - First hexagonal

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Independiente del Valle	30	24	2	4	73:33	74
2	Macará	31	16	6	9	43:34	54
3	Universidad Católica	31	14	9	8	52:29	51
4	Aucas	31	14	8	9	34:30	50
5	LDU Quito	31	14	7	10	33:25	49
6	Barcelona SC	30	11	11	8	32:25	44

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 329

329 Matches

184 wins

70 draws

75 losses

555–330 Goals

+225 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 329

184 70 75

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	329	163	166
Scored	555	310	245
Conceded	330	132	198
Scored per game	1.7	1.9	1.5
Conceded per game	1.0	0.8	1.2
Difference	+225	+178	+47

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Gustavo Cortez Defender 26 Matches

Emerson Pata Midfielder 26 Matches

Jhegson Sebastián Méndez Carabalí Midfielder 25 Matches

Djorkaeff Néicer Reasco González Forward 24 Matches

Matías Mijail Perello Midfielder 24 Matches

Ronald Elain Briones Legarda Midfielder 24 Matches

Jhon Jairo Espinoza Izquierdo Defender 24 Matches

Andy Velasco Defender 24 Matches

Squad of Independiente del Valle

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
15	Gustavo Cortez	Defender		26
31	Emerson Pata	Midfielder		26
32	Jhegson Sebastián Méndez Carabalí	Midfielder		25
99	Djorkaeff Néicer Reasco González	Forward		24
11	Matías Mijail Perello	Midfielder		24
16	Ronald Elain Briones Legarda	Midfielder		24
4	Jhon Jairo Espinoza Izquierdo	Defender		24
33	Andy Velasco	Defender		24
13	Daykol Alejandro Romero Padilla	Defender		24
14	Mateo Carabajal	Defender		24
17	Arón David Rodríguez Franco	Forward		23
10	Júnior Nazareno Sornoza Moreira	Midfielder		23
19	Layan Manuel Loor Requelme	Defender		22
6	Jordy José Alcívar Macías	Midfielder		22
1	Aldair Quintana	Goalkeeper		21
8	Youri José Ochoa Sempértegui	Midfielder		21
52	Yandri Vásquez	Forward		17
50	H. Angulo	Forward		17
23	Juan Viacava	Defender		17
9	Carlos Gabriel González Espínola	Forward		16
53	Justin Lerma	Midfielder		15
55	Darwin Gua gua	Midfielder		14
12	Eduardo Bories	Goalkeeper	23	14
5	Richard Hernán Schunke	Defender		13
70	Miguel Peralta	Goalkeeper		13
28	Hugo Quintana	Midfielder		11
56	Edwin Quintero	Midfielder		10
20	Anibal Gomez	Midfielder		8
2	Luis Felipe Zárate Cardozo	Defender		8
7	Patrik Kleiver Mercado Altamirano	Midfielder		7
18	Steven Góngora	Forward		4
21	Jean Pierre Arroyo	Midfielder		4
57	J. Quintero	Midfielder		3
22	Guido Villar	Goalkeeper		3
51	Deinner Ordonez	Defender		2
77	Claudio Spinelli	Forward	29	2
30	Alex Renato Ibarra Mina	Midfielder	35	2
18	Cristian Exequiel Zabala	Midfielder	28	2
23	Thiago Santamaría	Defender	23	2
4	Oscar Esteban Quiñonez Mendoza	Defender	25	2