C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Luis Angel Firpo |
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| Nickname(s) | Pamperos, Toros, Ultralempinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | September 17, 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Sergio Torres, Usulután, El Salvador |
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| Capacity | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Jozsef Arguedas |
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| Manager | Leonel Cárcamo Batres |
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| League | Primera División de Fútbol Profesional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apertura 2006 | Primera División, #4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club Deportivo Luis Angel Firpo or simply Firpo, is a Salvadoran football club that plays in Usulután, El Salvador and in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional.
Club Deportivo L.A. Firpo is the oldest club in El Salvador. The club was founded September 17, 1923 by a group of local citizens. Originally named Tecún Umán, the club was soon renamed in honor of Luis Angel Firpo, a famous Argentinean boxer, who almost became the first Latin heavyweight champion by knocking Jack Dempsey out of the ring on September 24, 1923.
Some of the greatest Salvadoran football players, including Mauricio Cienfuegos and Raul Diaz Arce, have played for L.A. Firpo at some point in their careers.
The team has won a total of seven Primera División de Fútbol Profesional championships in 1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1997-98, 1999 Clausura, and 2000 Clausura. Each is reflected on the team's logo by a star; there are currently a total seven stars to represent each championship team.
The team plays its home games at Estadio Sergio Torres in Usulután.
The team's mascot is the bull, a reference to the nickname of the team's namesake who was called "El Toro de las Pampas", which translates to "The Wild Bull of the Pampas"
As far as fans, Firpo is considered the team with more fans splited around the country and has the second largest number of fans living in San Salvador. Furia Pampera was the first to have two different representative locations; Usulutan (Furia Usulutan) and San Salvador (Furia SS).
[edit] Current squad
As of February 20, 2006:
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