C.S.D. Comunicaciones

Comunicaciones
Full name Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones
Nickname(s) Los Cremas (The Creams),
Los Putos Albos,
Los Merengues "Las Mierda"
Founded 1949
Ground Estadio la Perrera,
Guatemala City
(Capacity: 16,000.)
Chairman Pedro Portilla
Manager Ronald Gonzalez
League Liga Nacional de Fútbol
Apertura 2010
Clausura 2011
Champion
Champion
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones is a Guatemalan football club located in Guatemala City.

The club is currently playing in the highest Guatemalan league, the Liga Nacional. Their home venue is the Estadio La Perrera in the nation's capital. Nicknamed Cremas (or Creams), they are the second-most successful club in Guatemala, behind arch-rival, Municipal. The club is considered the most popular in Guatemala.[1]

Comunicaciones is the only Guatemalan team who has played against Real Madrid (with Gento, Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano), Santos FC (with Pelé), and Boca Juniors (with Diego Armando Maradona).

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History

Founded in 1949, they were adopted by the Ministry of Communications.[2] They have boasted many great local players as well as some impressive foreign imports. They have won 24 league titles, only 4 short of Municipal's record of 28.[3] Also, they have won 5 domestic cup titles as well as 3 major CONCACAF club titles.

The team's ownership was associated with the Garcia-Granados family (that of former Guatemalan President Miguel García Granados) and the Arzu family (that of another former president, Alvaro Arzu).

1990s: Success

The team was successful during the 90s, luring renowned foreign players like Costa Ricans Mauricio Wright and Rolando Fonseca as well as Honduras's Milton Núñez.

The team also bought highly-esteemed local players from Aurora FC (such as Martín Machón, Edgar Estrada, and Edwin Westphal) and Municipal (such as Juan Manuel Funes, Jorge Rodas, and Julio Rodas).

This investment paid off by winning several titles, including 4 in a row starting with the 1996–97 league title.

2000s: Struggles

During the 2000s, the team spent money buying pricey foreign players like Carlos Pavon, Mauricio Solís, Ricardo Gonzalez, Fabián Pumar, and Julio Medina III. They also brought back Rolando Fonseca and Milton Núñez. However, they failed to stop arch-rival Municipal from racking up five straight national titles.

Eventually the team was sold to Mexican ownership. The current president is Mexican Pedro Portilla, who incidentally is also the owner of Mexico's Club America.

Ending the Drought

The team went 9 championships without a single title, but it finally ended the drought by winning Apertura 2008. Since, Comunicaciones has failed to win the last three championships, one going to C.D. Jalapa and the last two going to Municipal. Comunicaciones won the title again on December 19th, 2010 against archrival Municipal on a penalty shootout.

Current squad

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 David Guerra
2 DF Dagoberto Arriola
3 DF Elias Enoc Vasquez
4 DF Edgar Martinez
5 DF Erwin Morales
6 DF Carlos Mejia
8 FW Carlos Ramírez
9 FW Abner Trigueros
10 MF Marco Ciani
11 MF Osmar Lopez
12 MF Jean Márquez
13 DF Carlos Castrillo
14 DF Rafael Morales
No. Position Player
15 MF Fredy Thompson
16 FW José Javier del Aguila
17 FW Tránsito Montepeque
19 MF Bryan Ordonez
20 FW Hernàn Sandoval
22 MF Rigoberto Gómez
23 GK Mynor Padilla
24 MF Kendel Herrate
25 DF Jose Lemus
27 MF Marvin Ceballos
30 GK Juan Paredes
31 DF Adolfo Machado
77 FW Jairo Arreola
DF Michael Umaña

Notable players

Former coaches

  • José Casés Penadés (1951–54), (1956–60)
  • Federico "Chapuda" Morales (1955–56)
  • Carlos Enrique "Ronco" Wellman (1968–69)
  • Walter Ormeño (1970–71), (1972), (1979–80)
  • Carmelo Faraone (1971)
  • Julio César González
  • Ivan Franco Sopegno
  • Rubén Amorín (1977–78)
  • Jorge "Mono" Lainfiesta (1981–82)
  • Salvador Pericullo (1983)
  • Ranulfo Miranda (1985)
  • Carlos Wellman (1990–91)
  • Raúl Héctor Cocherari (1991)

Honours

1956, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00 Apertura, 2000–01 Clausura, 2002–03 Apertura, 2002–03 Clausura, Apertura 2008, Apertura 2010–2011, Clausura 2010–2011.
Runners-up (16):
1978 (shared with Defense Force and Chivas de Guadalajara)
Runners-up (2): 1962, 1969
1971, 1983
Runners-up (3): 1976, 1977, 2003
Runners-up (1): 1991

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