C.D. Vista Hermosa

Vista Hermosa
Full name Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa
Nickname(s) Los Correcaminos
Founded April 17, 1999
Ground Estadio Correcaminos,
San Francisco Gotera, Morazán, El Salvador
(Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman Francisco Benitez
Manager Carlos Romero
League Primera División
Clausura 2011 Primera Division, 7th
Home colours
Away colours

Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa, commonly known as Vista Hermosa, is a professional Salvadoran football club based in San Francisco Gotera, Morazán, El Salvador. The club plays in the Primera Division, which is the top tier league in El Salvador.

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History

The club was founded on April 17, 1999 by Jose Gilberto Flores. Shortly after it's establishment, Sr. Flores struggled financially, thus resulting the welcome of Francisco Benitez. With Benitez' help, the club gain prominence and professionalism, helping the club grow along the way. Since their foundation and up until 2009, the club played its home games at the Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno. In 2009, after the newly built Estadio Correcaminos was fully constructed, they moved in and since then have called the stadium home.

In 2005, the club achieved its first major honor by winning the Salvadoran Primera División, the 2005 Apertura championship.

Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa is one of the revelations of the new century. 2005 proved to be perhaps their most successful year so far, by winning both championships, the Segunda division which got them promoted for the very first time and the Primera division Apertura 2005 championship. They created history as well becoming the youngest team to win both treble since 1974. The correcaminos were actually created to help remove youth from the gangs and the violence and drugs associated with them.

Until this remarkable period not many had heard a mention of this club, however they were able to overcome the obstacle of the big three of the Segunda division, which at the time were Chalatenago, Dragón and Independiente Nacional 1906. For the Apertura 2005, which was their very first tournament in the top flight, they were able to finish second place on the table with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses, and one draw. After defeating Luis Ángel Firpo in the semi-finals of the post-season, they were up against Isidro Metapán in the final, who had the best defence statistics in the whole tournament. Both sides had never achieved winning the title. However in the end, the Correcaminos won thanks to Mario Deras, who scored twice in extra time. Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa's main rival is Fuerte San Francisco, due to its close proximity and their fierce clashes to qualify to the Primera División. However, Vista Hermosa recently has been more dominant over their crosstown rivals having stayed in the first division ever since they firstly got promoted back in 2005.

Stadium

Club Deportivo Vista Hermosa play their home games at Estadio Correcaminos with a capacity of 12,000. They had previously played all their home games at the Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno, which had a capacity of 2,000. On April 2008, it was announced that plans had been drawn up for a new football stadium with a capacity for 12,000. The newly built stadium of Estadio Correcaminos was debuted in a game against Juventud Independiente on April 5, 2009.

Honours

Apertura 2005
Clausura 2005

Current squad

As of Clausura 2012:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Aníbal Peña
2 DF Pastor Melgar Hernández
3 DF José Noé Melgar
4 DF David Hernández
5 DF Yovani Humberto Romero
6 DF Geovani Alexander Martínez
7 MF Joel Monge
8 MF Derlin Jonathan Romero
10 MF Javier Hernández
11 FW Walter Soto
14 MF Roberto Sol
No. Position Player
15 MF Manfredi Portillo
16 MF Heriberto Antonio Velásquez
17 DF Jorge Alberto Umanzor
20 FW Arsenio Rodríguez
21 MF José Otoniel Salinas
23 DF Reynaldo Hernández
24 MF Alfonso Alberto Perla
25 Óscar Alexander Sánchez

Squad Changes for the Clausura 2012

In:

Out:

Personnel

Current technical staff

Head Coach Carlos Romero
Assistant Coach Alexander Vladmir Sanchez
Physical José Rolando Perez
striker coach Marvin Javier Hernández
Medical trainer Dr. Juan Dagoberto Diaz Argueta Dr. Raúl Alberto Juarez
knesliogiocal Manuel Carranza
Utility José Transito Alvarado Rudis Aguilar

Notable Coaches

Name From To
Silverio Hernández. 1999 2002
José Efraín Núñez 2003 2004
Mario Martínez 2004 2007
Jorge Alberto García 2007 2008
Víctor Coreas 2008 1 Mar 2009
Armando Contreras 2 Mar 2009 12 Oct 2009
Mario Martínez 13 Oct 2009 29 Nov 2010
Jorge Alberto García 1 Dec 2010 26 Dec 2010
Víctor Coreas 27 Dec 2010 3 Nov 2011
José Rolando Perez 4 Nov 2011 11 December 2011
Carlos Romero 13 December 2011 Present

Vista Hermosa chairmen

Name From To
Jose Gilberto Flores 1999 2000
Pedro Hernández 2001 2002
Francisco Benitez 2003 Present

Sponsorship

Shirt Manufacturer
Sponsors

First Division record (2005–Present)

Apertura 2005 – Present

Season Position GP W D L GF GA PTS Playoffs Pl. W D L GS GA PTS
Apertura 2005 2nd
18
10
1
7
28
26
31
Champions
3
2
0
1
4
2
6
Clausura 2006 3rd
18
8
2
8
27
22
26
Semi-Finals
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
Apertura 2006 8th
18
5
7
6
24
26
22
Did Not Qualify
Clausura 2007 8th
18
6
4
8
23
28
22
Did Not Qualify
Apertura 2007 5th
18
8
3
7
24
25
27
Did Not Qualify
Clausura 2008 4th
18
8
6
4
20
15
30
Semi-Finals
2
1
0
1
1
3
3
Apertura 2008 5th
18
7
6
5
20
18
27
Did Not Qualify
Clausura 2009 7th
18
6
3
9
23
28
21
Did Not Qualify
Apertura 2009 3rd
19
7
8
4
31
21
29
Semi-Finals
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
Clausura 2010 3rd
18
7
8
3
25
17
29
Semi-Finals
2
0
1
1
0
1
1
Apertura 2010 6th
18
3
9
6
20
25
18
Did Not Qualify
Clausura 2011 7th
18
6
8
4
19
15
26
Did Not Qualify
Apertura 2011 TBD
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Did Not Qualify

Notable formers players

External links

Preceded by
Clausura 2005

FAS

Primera Division
Apertura 2005
(1st title)
Succeeded by
Clausura 2006

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