| Full name | Club Deportivo Atlético Balboa | ||
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| Nickname(s) | los porteños, La Ciclón | ||
| Founded | 1950 | ||
| Ground | Estadio Marcelino Imbers, La Unión, El Salvador (Capacity: 4,000) |
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| Chairman | Pablo Robles | ||
| Manager | Mario Martínez | ||
| League | Segunda Division | ||
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Club Deportivo Atlético Balboa, commonly known as Atlético Balboa or Balboa is a Salvadoran football club. The team currently plays in La Unión, El Salvador.
As of the end of 2011 they have never won a league championship, however they did win the 2005 Copa Presidente.
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The foundation of "Ciclón del golfo" goes back to 1950, In which a group of cipotes united in the Unionense district of Quebrachal to found a sport team. Mauro "el Turco" Granados, Simón Reyes, Paulino Cáceres, Pablo Rubio, Rodolfo Guzmán, Carlos Villalta, Carlos Juárez, René Pantoja, Luis Ávila, Chico Osorio, Juan Guevara, Chico Ruiz and Timoteo Hernández were the members on that fateful. The sports team purpose was to make a baseball team, however when the team didn't fill expectations they decided to form a football team. They decided to name the club Balboa after the Panamanian currency and played their first Friendly match against the Honduran team América de Choluteca. The teams first colours were white with Green diagonal stripes however were changed by the team first president Ricardo Flores to black and red.
After becoming champions of the Segunda division in 1998, Atlético Balboa ascended to the primera division where in their first season they finished runner-up thanks to the coaching effort of José Mario Martínez and Oscar Emigdio Benítez and great Players such as Franklin Vinosis Webster and Elvis Perreira.
After the first 12 months in the primera Division, The team tried to lay the foundation for a better season. However poor administrative decisions and Negative results didn't allow the team to achieve their goals. In this period the team went through three coaches Oscar Emigdio Benítez, Saul Molina and the Argentine Juan Quarterone however all three couldn't stop the slide and finished in seventh place. Despite new purchase of players (including Argentine Luciano Suárez, Colombian Manuel Díaz, Honduran Camilo Bonilla and Uruguayan Carlos Edgar Villarreal) the team lacked goals not even Franklin Webster and Pereira could break the goalscoring drought.
The team had just started 2002–2003 season when the team ran into economic and Performance problems. Juan Quarterone was replaced by the Paraguayan César Brizuela. The team performance was woeful only able to achieve 3 draws from 6 games. He was soon replaced by Argentine-Italian Carlos Barone whose team four last games almost got them relegated luckily C.D. Dragón had a poorer record. The large amount of money used to purchase foreign players were wasted with only the Colombian Carlos Asprilla providing his worth to the team. Franklin Webster the team most effective goalscorer was sold to San Salvador F.C.. The very next season Coaching merry go round continued with the Costa Rican Manuel Solano, Gabriel Avedissian and Paulo Roberto de Oliveira. all turned out to be disaster with Paulo Roberto de Oliveira failing to get a point and Gabriel Avedissian only achieving one point. The only bright spot was assistant coach Jesús Fuentes who directed the team with pride and helped to achieve four victories.
After those scares, Balboa realised its potential in the first Division. The team Finished runner-up after the effort of the coaching staff Juan Quartarone and Jorge Garcia. However disagreement between the board and the two technicians separated the club. Colombian Herny Vargas had the chance to participate in the UnCAf tournament however lost playoff to Luis Ángel Firpo. Atlético Balboa were in financial and team crisis again this time they could not get out of relegation battle and eventually lost to C.D. Vista Hermosa despite Nelson Mauricio Ancheta best effort.
The club was promoted to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, the top flight of El Salvador football, After Defeating J. Independiente for promotion in the 2008 season. Two years of moderate success under Guatemalan coach Carlos Mijangos and Argentina coach Robert Gamarra in which included just missing the finals series twice, however financial problems continue plaguing the clun and finally after two years of dreadful financial record the first division relegated the club to second division in the 2011 season.
As of Clausura 2010:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Name | From | To |
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| José Mario Martínez | 1990 | 1990 |
| José Mario Martínez | 1998 | 2000 |
| Oscar Emigdio Benítez | 2001 | 2001 |
| Juan Quarterone | 2002 | 2003 |
| Nelson Brizuela | 2003 | Apr 2003 |
| Carlos Barone | Apr 2003 | Aug 2003 |
| Manuel Alberto Solano Madrigal | Sep 2003 | 2003 |
| Carlos Garabet Avedissian | June 2003 | 2003 |
| Paulo Roberto de Oliveira | 2003 | 2003 |
| Jesus Fuentes | 2003 | 2004 |
| Oscar Emigdio Benítez | 2004 | 2004 |
| Juan Quarterone | 2004 | 2004 |
| Jorge Alberto García | 2004 | 2004 |
| Henry Vanegas | 2005 | 2005 |
| Jorge Alberto García | 2005 | 2006 |
| Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | 2006 | 2006 |
| Fausto Omar Vásquez | 2008 | June 2008 |
| Gustavo de Simone | 25 July 2008 | 30 Aug 2008 |
| Roberto Gamarra | 2007 | Jan 2009 |
| Carlos Alberto de Toro | 21 Jan 2009 | Feb 2009 |
| Luis Ramírez Zapata | Feb 2009 | June 2009 |
| Eduardo Santana | June 2009 | Aug 2009 |
| Angel Orellana | Aug 2009 | Sep 2009 |
| Jorge Alberto García | Sep 2009 | Sep 2009 |
| Luis Ramírez Zapata | Sep 2009 | Dec 2009 |
| Carlos Alberto Mijangos | Jan 2010 | June 2010 |
| Roberto Gamarra | June 2010 | December 2010 |
| Mario Martínez | December 2010 | 2011 |
| Head Coach | Roberto Gamarra |
| Assistant Coach | Omar Sevilla |
| Medical Trainer | Dr. Joaquín Corvera |
| knesliogiocal | Sr. René Castellón |
| Utility | Mauricio Juárez |
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