| Full name | Club Deportivo Águila | |||
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| Founded | 15 February 1926 | |||
| Ground | Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel, El Salvador (Capacity: 10,000) |
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| President | Julio Sosa | |||
| Manager | Eraldo Correia | |||
| League | Primera Division | |||
| Clausura 2011 | Primera Division, 5th | |||
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Club Deportivo Águila is a Salvadoran football club based in San Miguel. They currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, and are one of the most prestigious teams in the country along with long-time rivals Club Deportivo FAS. Their home grounds is the Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, and their greatest achievement has been winning the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976, becoming the second Salvadoran team to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
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Club Deportivo Águila was founded on February 15, 1926, in the City of San Miguel, by a group of young people.[1] The first club President was Victor Vanegas. The major goal of the club was first to establish a baseball team, and later develop football and basketball teams. At the beginning, baseball and football were not as successful as basketball with the team dominating both El Salvador and as well as in neighboring countries.
In 1956, a group met in San Miguel and decided to form a football team named Club Deportivo Águila. Early players included Juan Francisco Barraza, Esteban Blanco, Salvador Hernandez, Juan Merthem, Atilio Pineda, Manuel Larios, and Rodolfo Fuentes.
During its time in the lower leagues, It fought for the affections of the San Miguel people alongside rival C.D. Dragón, but when they were promoted to the Liga, it attracted a following not only from San Miguel but also from the entire country. Proof of this was demonstrated by the fact that the teams sold more tickets when the local club played against Águila.
C.D. Águila ranks second in the number of championships won in El Salvador with fourteen titles. The two most successful coach in the club history are Conrado Miranda (1959,1975,1976) and the Argentinian Hugo Coria (Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000, Clausura 2001) with three titles each, Juan Francisco Barraza (1972,1983) and Victor Manuel Ochoa (1963,1964) with two titles each, while Honduran Carlos Padilla (1960), Brazilian Zózimo Alves Calazáns (1968), Chilean Hernán Carrasco Vivanco (1986) and Serbain-Salvadorean Vladan Vićević (Clausura 2006) with one title each. They were also champion of the Copa President in 2000 and won the Concacaf champions league.
The members of the team that conquered the first championship in 1959 were Luis Alberto Lopez, Rodolfo Fuentes, Justiniano Fernando Jimenez, Manuel Larios, Raul Vasquez, Raul Bonilla, Raul Lizano, Juan Francisco Barraza, Juan Antonio Merlos, and Saul Molina.
Companies that Águila currently has sponsorship deals with include:
Aguila have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them.
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As of Apertura 2011:
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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Aguila's youth squad plays in the ten-team Primera División Reserves (El Salvador). Current members of the squad are:
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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Players that have played for Águila in their career and won a World Cup:
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| Manager | Eraldo Correia |
| Assistant Manager | Salvador Coreas Privado |
| Assistant Manager and Reserve Coach | David Omar Sevilla |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Santos Rivera |
| Fitness Coach | Wilson Gil |
| Club Doctor | Dr. José Victorino Villatoro and Dr. Luis Alonso Vasquez |
| knesliogiocal | David Antonio Platero |
| Utility | Roric Antonio Sigaran and Jorge Odir Granados |
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