Freeport F.C.

{{short description|LFA First Division football club in Montserrado County, Liberia}}

{{Distinguish|Freeport RFC}}

{{Cleanup bare URLs|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox football club

| clubname = Freeport F.C.

| image = Freeport Football Club Logo.png

| fullname = Freeport Football Club

| nickname = Go Green

| founded = March 14, 2011

| ground = Antoinette Tubman Stadium
Monrovia, Liberia

| capacity = 10,000|

| chairman = Allen Nyonno

| manager = Wesley Gbotoe

| league = Liberian First Division

| season = 2023–24

| position = Liberian First Division, 11th of 14

| website =

| 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.{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202011060685.html|title=Liberia: Football Resumes As New Season Kicks Off|date=November 6, 2020|website=allAfrica.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://africafootunited.com/news/championnat-national-du-liberia-%28j1%29-demarrage-de-la-nouvelle-saison-2020-2021/18395|title=Championnat national du Libéria (J1) : Démarrage de la nouvelle saison 2020-2021|website=africafootunited.com|date=26 October 2020|access-date=11 November 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111022217/https://africafootunited.com/news/championnat-national-du-liberia-(j1)-demarrage-de-la-nouvelle-saison-2020-2021/18395|url-status=dead}}

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.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. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://sportsliberia.com/2019/07/bea-mountain-and-freeport-fc-promoted-to-liberia-football-association-first-division-league/|title=Bea Mountain and Freeport FC promoted to Liberia Football Association First Division League|first=Boima C. Jr.|last=Voyou|date=July 10, 2019|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111050248/https://sportsliberia.com/2019/07/bea-mountain-and-freeport-fc-promoted-to-liberia-football-association-first-division-league/|url-status=usurped}}https://bushchicken.com/byc-fc-ii-crowned-second-division-champions-freeport-and-bea-mountain-grab-first-division-slots/{{Cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201907110630.html|title=Liberia: LFA-Orange 2nd Division - Which Teams Promoted, Relegated?|first=Anthony|last=Kokoi|date=July 11, 2019|website=allAfrica.com}}

=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.{{Cite web|url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/sports/football/champions-lprc-oilers-held-freeport-fc-begins-1st-division-campaign-with-win-as-liscr-fc-drops-points/|title=Champions LPRC Oilers Held, Freeport FC Begins 1st Division Campaign with Win as LISCR FC Drops Points|date=December 10, 2019}} 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. The club played in the Liberian top tier for the first time during the 2019–20 LFA First Division.{{Cite web|url=https://frontpageafricaonline.com/health/liberia-football-federation-shuts-down-national-league-over-covid-19-pandemic/|title=Liberia Football Federation Shuts Down National League Over COVID-19 Pandemic|date=May 5, 2020}} 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.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. They were sixth on the league table before the cancellation of the league.

Current squad

{{updated|10 November 2020}}

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=LBR|name=Jacob Sackor|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=LBR|name=Daniel Koffa|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=LBR|name=William Kollie|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=LBR|name=Elliott Suah|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=LBR|name=Terrence Gbollie|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=LBR|name=Simon Krah|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=LBR|name=David Wesseh|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=LBR|name=George Yarkpawolo|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=LBR|name=Kevin Kromah|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=LBR|name=Edward Zayzay|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=LBR|name=Jimmy Flomo|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=LBR|name=Abraham Tamba|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=LBR|name=Bruce Yakpah|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=LBR|name=Desmond Gbotoe|pos=FW}}

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{{Fs player|no=16|nat=LBR|name=Justin Mulbah|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=LBR|name=Waylon Gbaa|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=LBR|name=Stephen Kromah|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=LBR|name=Elijah Zogbaye|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=LBR|name=Raymond Wulu|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=LBR|name=Ronald Vah|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=LBR|name=Ernest Momolu|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=LBR|name=Theophilus Jallah|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=LBR|name=Connor Gono|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=LBR|name=William Tugbe Jr.|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=LBR|name=Troy Mawolo|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=30|nat=LBR|name=Cyrus Binda|pos=GK}}

{{Fs end}}

Technical staff

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{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=First team head coach |s=Wesley Gbotoe}}

{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Deputy coach |s=Barnabas Kromah}}

{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Trainer |s=Daniel Mulbah}}

{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Team Manager |s=Anthony Yakpah}}

{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Kit Man |s=Eugene Wesseh}}

{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Medic |s=Kyle Sackor}}

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References