Atlético Marte

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Club Deportivo Atlético Marte is a Salvadoran football club from San Salvador, El Salvador. The club currently plays in Segunda División Fútbol de Profesional of El Salvador.

The club was once a prominent team in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol Profesional winning seven championships while in the league. The team won titles in 1955, 1955-56, 1969, 1970, 1980-81, 1982, and 1985. [1] In those years, Salvadoran football legend Luis Ramírez Zapata was one of their stars. The team was relegated to the second division after the 2002 Clausura season, where it has remained since.

In 1981, the team was runner-up of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup losing to SV Transvaal of Surinam.

In 1991 the club won the CONCACAF Cup Winners Tournament in Guatemala.