C.D. FAS

FAS
Full name Club Deportivo Futbolistas
Asociados Santanecos
Nickname(s) Tigres
Tigrillos
Founded February 16, 1947
Ground Estadio Oscar Quiteño,
Santa Ana, El Salvador
(Capacity: 15,000)
Owner Movimiento Cívico Santaneco
Chairman David Linares
Manager Ricardo Mena Laguán
League Primera División
Clausura 2011 Primera Division, 2nd
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as C.D. FAS or simply FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Santa Ana. They are rivals with Club Deportivo Águila. FAS currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, their home ground being the Estadio Oscar Quiteño. Their mascot is the Tiger.

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History

The Beginning

After many years dominated by clubs from San Salvador, The municipal mayor of Santa Ana district Manuel Tomás Monedero wanted a team to represent A team from Santa Ana who would put an end to the dominance of The San Salvador Clubs. With the help of the Santa Ana Mayor Waldo Rey gathered all the clubs in Santa Ana (these Included Unión, Colegio Salesiano San José, Cosmos, RAL, Colón, Santa Lucía and Los 44) and togther they decided to join forces to create a single club. The club was born on 16 February 1947. It was named Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos or FAS for short and Samuel Zaldaña Galdámez was named the club first president. The club colours were going to be Yellow and black, However Manuel Monedero went with the more traditional colours of red and blue.

The First Steps

The club played their first game in their history on the 26th of March, 1947 against the previous year champion Libertad F.C. at the Finca Modelo (which would be their home stadium for many years). The club lost 4-1, They went on the play several games with victories over Alcranes (2-1, 6-1) and defeated the first international team Municipal of Guatemala (3-2). The club founding players were Juan Moreno and Óscar González, Goalkeeper; Tomás Morán, Jorge Brito and Guillermo Herrera, defenders; Manuel Padilla, Lino Medina, Moisés Jovel, Antonio Pérez and Eliseo Ramos, midfielders; Víctor Castro, Tomás Angulo, Antonio Mancía, Antonio Azucena and Mario González, strikers while they were coached by Armando Chacón.

Achievements

Since they were formed in 1947, FAS has won 17 national titles and has finished second 14 times.

1951–52, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1962, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981, 1984, 1994–95, 1995–96, Clausura 2002, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2009
1979
1980

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

1997 - Qualifying stage (Central Zone)

Stadium

C.D. FAS plays its home games at Estadio Oscar Quiteño in Santa Ana. They have played there since it was opened in 1963. The stadium is named after Oscar Quiteno, a goalkeeper of FAS who died after an accident on the soccer pitch. Previously they played at the Finca Modelo in Santa Ana between 1947 to 1962.

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Current squad

As of February 11, 2011:
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 Luis Contreras
2 DF Donni Valle
3 DF Marvin González (captain)
4 DF Ramón Flores
5 DF Néstor Renderos
6 DF José Granadino
7 MF William Maldonado
8 MF Cristian Álvarez (vice-captain)
9 FW Alejandro Bentos
11 FW Williams Reyes
12 MF José Solis
13 MF Juan Moscoso
14 FW Ricardo Ulloa
No. Position Player
15 MF Emerson Veliz
16 MF Vicente Melgar
17 DF Andrés Menéndez
18 MF Ernesto Iraheta
19 MF Gustavo López
20 FW Marcio Teruel
21 FW Óscar Ulloa
23 FW Carlos Aparicio
25 GK Óscar Arroyo
26 DF Héctor Ventura

Squad Changes for Clausura 2012

In:

Out:

Retired numbers

10Mágico González, forward, 1977–82; 1991–99

Records

[1]

All time top scorers

No. Player period Goals
1 David Arnoldo Cabrera 1966–86 240
2 Williams Reyes 2000–05, 2009- 118
3 Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos 2001–08, 2009- 97
4 Jorge "Mágico" González 1977–82, 1991–99 73
5 Roberto Cassadei 1975–80 71
6 Carlos Eduardo "Monito" Pineda Moreno 1947–61 67
7 Ricardo "Chilenito" Valencia 1949–59 62
8 Guillermo Rivera 1988–98 58
9 Odir Jaques 1967–70 49
10 Elmer Acevedo 1966–70 47

Note: Players in bold text are still active with Club Deportivo FAS.

Personnel

Current technical staff

Head Coach Willian Renderos Iraheta
Assistant Coach William Osorio
Physical Diego Barreto
Sport Directive Ricardo Mena Laguán
physiotherapist Lic. Yasmin del Carmen Navarro
Medical trainer Dr. Herber Milton Ramírez Dr. Oscar René Antonio Dr. Mario Ernesto Cabrera
Goalkeeping Coach Adolfo Menéndez

Presidential history

 
Name Years
Samuel Zaldana Galdmez 1947-TBA
Tomas Armando Monedero 1960s-1980s
Manuel Monedero (jnr) 1981–1985
Óscar Monedero
Roberto Mathies Hill 1994–1995
Jose Reynaldo Valle 1996–2009
Byron Rodríguez 2009–2010
Margarita Jaramillo 2010–2011
David Linares 2011-

Notable players

Notable Coaches

1940s

1950s

1960s

  • Carbilio Tomasino (1961)
  • César Viccinio (1961–62)
  • Raúl Miralles (player/coach) (1962–63)
  • Juan Carlos "El Cacho" Giménez (1968)
  • Victor Manuel Ochoa (1969)
  • Eduardo "EL Gato" Valdez (1969)

1970s

  • Ricardo Mena Laguán (1970)
  • Carlos Javier Mascaró (1970–71)
  • Max Belloso "Katan" Cubas (1972–75)
  • Raúl Miralles (1975)
  • José Eugenio "Chepito" Castro (1976–78)
  • Oscar Nielzen (1976–77)
  • Juan Fernández Segui (1978–79)

1980s

1990s

2000s to 2010

2010s to date

Others

[2]

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Preceded by
Clausura 2009

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Apertura 2009 (Seventeenth title)
Succeeded by
Incumbent