Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 03/31 23:00 6 Emelec v Independiente del Valle - View
Copa Libertadores 04/05 00:00 1 Liverpool Montevideo v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 04/07 17:00 7 Independiente del Valle v Club Atletico Libertad - View
Copa Libertadores 04/10 22:00 2 Independiente del Valle v San Lorenzo - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 04/14 17:00 8 Universidad Catolica del Ecuador v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 04/21 17:00 9 Independiente del Valle v Mushuc Runa - View
Copa Libertadores 04/25 00:30 3 Independiente del Valle v Palmeiras - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 04/28 17:00 10 Imbabura v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 05/05 17:00 11 Independiente del Valle v Deportivo Cuenca - View
Copa Libertadores 05/09 22:00 4 San Lorenzo v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 05/12 17:00 12 El Nacional v Independiente del Valle - View
Copa Libertadores 05/16 00:30 5 Palmeiras v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 05/19 17:00 13 Independiente del Valle v LDU Quito - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 05/26 17:00 14 Macara v Independiente del Valle - View
Copa Libertadores 05/30 22:00 6 Independiente del Valle v Liverpool Montevideo - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 06/02 17:00 15 Independiente del Valle v Orense - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 08/04 17:00 - Independiente del Valle v Delfin SC - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 08/11 17:00 - Barcelona Guayaquil v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 08/18 17:00 - Cumbaya FC v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 08/25 17:00 - Independiente del Valle v Tecnico Universitario - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 09/01 17:00 - SD Aucas v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 09/15 17:00 - Independiente del Valle v Emelec - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 09/22 17:00 - Club Atletico Libertad v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 09/29 17:00 - Independiente del Valle v Universidad Catolica del Ecuador - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 10/06 17:00 - Mushuc Runa v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 10/20 17:00 - Independiente del Valle v Imbabura - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 10/27 17:00 - Deportivo Cuenca v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 11/03 17:00 - Independiente del Valle v El Nacional - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 11/10 17:00 - LDU Quito v Independiente del Valle - View
Ekvádor - LigaPro Serie A 11/24 17:00 - Independiente del Valle v Macara - View

Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle, known simply as Independiente del Valle, is a professional football club based in Sangolquí, Ecuador, that currently plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A.

Founded in 1958, the club plays its home games at Estadio Banco Guayaquil, which opened in March 2021 and has a capacity for 12,000. In the 2013 Serie A Independiente finished runners-up, and they won their first league title in 2021.

In CONMEBOL competitions, it reached the final of the 2016 Copa Libertadores after famously defeating powerhouses River Plate and Boca Juniors, it won its first ever title in 2019, and three years later the club would become one of the few two-time Sudamericana champions after defeating São Paulo in the 2022 final.

The club is also known for producing youth talent, and a good example of this is the club's U-20 Copa Libertadores title in 2020. Some well-known footballers the club has produced are Jefferson Montero, Junior Sornoza, Arturo Mina, Cristian Ramírez, Gonzalo Plata, Moisés Caicedo, Piero Hincapié, Willian Pacho and Kendry Páez .

History

The club was founded on 1 March 1958 as Club Deportivo Independiente by Jose Terán, a football fan from Sangolquí, along with a group of friends including José Díaz, Jorge Atapuma, the Negro Sanguano, Tomás Zaldumbide and Marino Guayasamín. In 1977, two years after the death of José Terán, the club's name was changed to Club Social y Deportivo Independiente José Terán in honor of its founder. The name and initial club colors (red and white) were inspired by Argentine club Club Atlético Independiente.

Old logo used until 2007.

In 1995 the club reached the Segunda Categoría (3rd Division) for the second time. After winning the Segunda Categoría in 2007, the club changed its name to Independiente del Valle and adopted the current colors (blue and black). Los Negriazules achieved promotion to the Serie A for the first time ever in the 2010 season, after winning the 2009 Serie B.

In the 2013 Serie A, the club finished runners-up on the aggregate table. Independiente del Valle made its first international participation that same year, in the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, where it was eliminated in the second stage by Universidad de Chile after having beat Venezuelan club Deportivo Anzoategui in the first stage. The next year, the Ecuadorian club made its first Copa Libertadores participation and second overall international participation, with the 2014 edition. In that edition, the club was eliminated after placing 3rd in their group.

In July 2014, the club officially changed its name from "Independiente del Valle" to Club de Alto Rendimiento Especializado Independiente del Valle. Although the club had changed its name already, it had never been made official by the Ecuadorian Football Federation until that point.

Independiente del Valle unexpectedly reached the finals of the 2016 Copa Libertadores with incredible odds, being compared to Leicester City's Premier League title that same year. Independiente began its knockout stage run by beating Copa Libertadores defending champions, Argentina's River Plate, in the round of 16 2–1 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals they defeated Pumas UNAM on penalties 5–3, after an aggregate score of 3–3. The club subsequently faced Argentina's giant Boca Juniors in the semi-final, defeating them 5–3 on aggregate, including a 3–2 victory at the famous La Bombonera stadium. In the finals, the Ecuadorians faced Colombia's Atlético Nacional. In the first leg played at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa on 20 July, the match finished 1–1. Independiente's fairy tale story came to a conclusion after a 1–0 loss in the second leg with the series ending 2–1 in favor of the Colombians.

In November 2019, Independiente del Valle played their first ever Copa Sudamericana final, and only its second ever CONMEBOL final, where they defeated Club Atlético Colón 3–1 in Asunción. This was the Ecuadorian club's first ever historic title. It was considered a major upset because Colón had a richer history and a much bigger fanbase, with around 40,000 fans at the stadium versus only 500 Ecuadorians.

In February 2020, the club lost the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana against the champion of the 2019 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo. The first leg in Quito was a 2–2 draw, but in the second leg at Estadio Maracana, Flamengo won 3–0 and became the champion with a 5–2 aggregate score.

Futbalový klub Independiente del Valle, známy aj ako IDV, je ekvádorský profesionálny futbalový klub so sídlom v Sangolquí v provincii Pichincha. Klub bol založený v roku 2007 a od roku 2010 hráva v ekvádorskej najvyššej súťaži Serie A.

IDV je jediným ekvádorským tímom, ktorý vyhral medzinárodný pohár, keď v roku 2019 získal Copa Sudamericana. Klub tiež vyhral Copa Ecuador v roku 2022. Na domácej scéne získal IDV jeden titul Serie A (2021) a jeden Supercopa Ecuador (2023).

Domovským štadiónom IDV je Estadio Banco Guayaquil s kapacitou 12 000 miest. Klub má prezývku "Los Negriazules" (Čierno-modrí) kvôli svojim klubovým farbám.

IDV je známy svojim dôrazom na rozvoj mládeže a produkoval niekoľko hráčov ekvádorskej reprezentácie vrátane Moisésa Caiceda, Pervis Estupiñán a Jhegson Méndez.