CD Suchitepéquez

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Deportivo Suchitepéquez

Full name

Club Deportivo Suchitepéquez

Nickname(s)

Venados (Deer)

Founded

1960

Ground

Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo
Mazatenango, Guatemala
(Capacity 12,000)

Chairman

Alfonso Cruz Berganza

Manager

Manuel Castañeda

League

Liga Nacional de Fútbol

2007 Clausura

6th (playoffs) 6th (league)





Home colours





Away colours

Club Deportivo Suchitepéquez are a Guatemalan professional football club that competes in the Liga Nacional, the top division in the nation. They are based in Mazatenango, Department of Suchitepéquez, and their home stadium is the Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo. The team was formed in 1960, and won their only league championship in 1983.

1 History
2 Performance in CONCACAF competitions
3 Notable players
4 Current squad
5 Notable coaches
6 Notes and references
7 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 1980s

In 1981, they defeated Spanish league champions Atlético Madrid 1-0 on a friendly match to re-open the Carlos Salazar stadium.

The team's most successful era ever took place in the mid 1980s. Having been runner-up in the 1982 domestic league, Suchitepéquez won the national league title in 1983, with a record of 16 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses in 22 matches. The team was managed by Uruguayan former World Cup player Julio César Cortés.

Suchitepéquez went on to play in the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, beating Deportivo Saprissa in the first round. In the second round, they drew with Universidad Nuevo Leon 1-1 in the first leg, and then beat them 3-0 at home, becoming the first Guatemalan football team to defeat a Mexican team in an official tournament.^[1] After that they faced CF Atlante, drawing the first match but losing 0-6 in the second leg to the eventual champions.

They finished second in the local league again in 1984, repeating that in the 1989/90 tournament.

[edit] 1990s

In 1992, Suchitepéquez won the summer (cup) tournament, and then defeated the 1992 league champions Municipal in the Champion of champions match,^[2] winning their first title of the decade.

They won the domestic cup in 1993, a second Champion of champions title in 1994, and another domestic cup in 1997.

[edit] Relegation

The club struggled to remain in the top division during the 1998/99 season, finishing next to last overall, and avoiding relegation in the last instance by winning a relegation playoff. The following year, they finished in last place overall, and were directly relegated.

[edit] 2000s

After four years in Primera División, the club returned to the top division for the 2004/05 season, finishing fourth in the Torneo Apertura.

[edit] Performance in CONCACAF competitions

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (2 appearances)

1993 - 4th place

1995 - Qualifying stage (Central Zone)

[edit] Notable players

Former players

Carlos Castañeda, midfielder, 1980s and 1990s
Alejandro Ortiz Obregón, defender, 1980s and 1990s
Julio César Anderson, forward, 1960s
Ricardo Jerez Hidalgo, goalkeeper, 1960s
Ricardo Piccinini, goalkeeper, 1980s
Julián Arturo Vargas, defender, 1980s
Manuel Coronado, defender, 1990s
Edwin Villatoro, forward, 2000s (active)
César "El Picho" Trujillo, forward, 2000s

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Cristian García
2	DF	Francisco de Leon
3	DF	Julio Cesar Monterroso
4	DF	Anderson Baptista
5	DF	Rafaél González
6	DF	Fredy Taylor
7	FW	Edwin Villatoro
8	MF	Wilfred Velásquez
9	FW	Sandro Zamboni
10	MF	Sergio Morales
11	FW	Jarol Miranda

No.	Position	Player
12	GK	Carlos Morales
13	MF	Fabricio Benitez
14	DF	Wilson Lalin
15	MF	Andres Rivera
16	DF	Gerson Monterroso
17	MF	Mynor Solval
18	DF	Williams Villagran
19	DF	Edín López
20	GK	Jose Mejia
21	MF	Gabriel Monterroso
22	MF	Miguel Fernandez
23	MF	Carlos Nazaret
24	MF	Jacinto Mendez
25	MF	Milton Cabrera
12	DF	Edwin Hidalgo