Once Lobos

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Once Lobos Chalchuapa

Full name

Once Lobos Chalchuapa

Nickname(s)

Once Lobos

Founded

1922

Ground

Estadio Cesar Hernández
Chalchuapa, El Salvador
(Capacity 15,000)

Manager

Jose Ramon Aviles

League

Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Apertura 2007

12th (Group A)





Home colours





Away colours

Once Lobos - Chalchuapa, commonly known as Once Lobos are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador.

They are the oldest club still active in any form of the El salvador league system.

They were relegated from Primera División de Fútbol Profesional after 2004/2005 season. They currently play in the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño after being relegated in 2005

1 History
2 Colours and crest
3 Honours
4 Current squad
5 Notable players
6 Notable Coaches
7 External links

[edit] History

Once Lobos was founded in 1922, in the Historic city of Chalchuapa. They celebrated their first official match against UCA in 1923 and until recently played all of their home games within earshot of the magnificent Tazumal pyramid and its ancient "ball field" from pre-Columbian times at the "Estadio el Progreso" where the famous tagline was "the grass never progresses". Since December 2002 their home pitch is the Estadio Cesar Hernández in the outskirts of the city. Their ascension to Primera division de el salvador was won on February 7, 1980 at the Oscar A. Quiteño Stadium in the neighboring city of Santa Ana, were they beat UCA in the second and decisive game.

In 1980, Once Lobos were promoted to the top division. Their struggle to fight-off relegation was made more difficult by the league's decision the previous year to remove 2 teams at season's end. Despite this, they finished 9th assuring themselves a spot in Salvadorian's top level of competition one more year. The teams relegated that year were C.D. Dragón and Platense.

In the 1981 Season, the Chalchuapa side won the "Torneo de Copa" beating the League Champion Atlético Marte by penalties, At the conclusion of regulation the score was tied one all (Once Lobos was scored W. Barrera at 27‘) and nothing changed in the ensuing 30 minute overtime.

The 1982 season saw the team come under the direction of Dr. Ricardo Mena Laguán. At the end of the regular league, the teams that made it onto the final Serires were C.D. Águila, Atlético Marte, Independiente and Once Lobos. In this elimination round Atlético Marte defeated Once Lobos, 2 nil in the first leg and tieing the second leg one all. Once Lobos and Águila fought for 3rd and 4th place respectively in a single game played on 19th of december, Once Lobos emerged victorious by Penalties after the end of regulation the score read 3 all. Once Lobos capitalized on all 5 shots while Águila could only score 4. Thus achieving the best position for the "yuqueros" in their long history. To make this achievement more impressive, Once Lobos did it with only 10 men on the pitch since the 81st minute in regular time, when Mario D. Campos was sent off.

In their last season at the top level in this period, 1983, Once Lobos made it to the final round once again. Still under the direction of Ricardo Mena Laguán. Joined by Independiente, C.D. FAS and C.D. Águila they fought the final in a two round round robin elimination; achieving 3rd place once again by defeating, Independiente this time in the last game by a score of 2-1.

They were promoted to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño 1995 and then ascended to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional in 2004 through a "play-off" game between the 2nd place Segunda División (Once Lobos) and the penultimate place in Primera División (Chalatenango).

[edit] Colours and crest

kit colours.

Throughout the history of the club, Once Lobos have worn yellow with a blue strip

[edit] Honours

Honour	Year(s)
Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño winners	1980/81
Primera División de Fútbol Profesional 3rd place	1982
Primera División de Fútbol Profesional 3rd place	1983
Torneo de Copa Champions	1981
Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño winners	1996/1997

[edit] Current squad

As of August20, 2007:

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Carlos Adalberto Portillo
5	DF	Luís Miguel Rosales
6	DF	Raúl Estrada Zulin
18	DF	Carlos Rene Sandoval
21	DF	Mario Francisco López
22	DF	Miguel Solís Estupiñán
2	MF	Israel Antonio Ramírez
7	MF	Moisés de Jesús Leiva
8	MF	Henry Danilo Rojas
9	MF	Jaime Mauricio Aguilar
10	MF	William Antonio Cazun
11	MF	Raúl Ernesto Perdomo

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Juan Ramon Aviles
15	MF	Víctor Efanor Jaramillo
17	MF	Godofredo Menjivar Erazo
19	MF	Carlos Mauricio Arévalo
4	FW	Luis Armando Paniagua
14	FW	José Manuel Vindel
16	FW	Juan Francisco Meléndez
25	GK	Mauricio José Alvarenga \
	FW	César Rossell
	FW	Dimas Braz de Oliveira