C.D. Sonsonate

C.D. Sonosonate
Full name Club Deportivo Sonsonate
Nickname(s) Los “cocoteros”
Founded 1948
Ground Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos
Capacity 8,000
Chairman Dr. Rubén Alfonso Rodríguez
Manager Ivan 'Diablo' Ruiz
League Segunda Division

Club Deportivo Sonsonate is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador.

History

C.D. Sonsonate

Founded in 1948, the club was known as C.D. Sonsonate, playing in the town of Sonsonate, and that is the name used most often. Despite several name changes the club always follows the lineage of titles and history back to the Sonsonate name. The club currently competes in the Terecea Division since the 2012 season.

Ferrocarril

The team competed for many years in the Salvadoran Sports Commission national week football tournament. In 1943, Ferrocarril won the Occidental Zone of El Salvador, and played in the final round with Central Zone winners Quequeisque and Oriental Zone winners C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo. They finished second in the group, runners-up to Quequeisque.[1] Ferrocarril did not return to the first division of El Salvador after failing to enter the 1951-52 league. They later renamed themselves as Leones.

Leones

The Leones arrived in the national league in the 1951-52 season, simply since the Salvadoran Football Federation had no institutionalised relegation rules. In their first year, the Leones finished runners-up to C.D. FAS. After five years in the league, they were relegated to the second division in the 1955-56 season. They returned to the first division in 1958, not before being relegated again in the 1960-61 season.[2] The Leones failed to be promoted for a third time. They were renamed C.D. Sonsonate in 1967.

Alba-Acajutla

Founded in 2008, the club was known as C.D. Alba-Acajutla, also playing in the town of Sonsonate. However, after poor attendance and financial struggle, the team sold their spot in the second division and reverted to their original form.[3]

Stadium

Their home ground is the Estadio Cepa in Acajutla, which can hold 3,000. When in Sonsonate, they played all their home games at the Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos which has a capacity of 8,000 people. Prior to that the club played all their home games at the Estadio Municipal de Izalco.

Colors and nicknames

Kits, colours and designs

Sonsonate wore the green and white striped jersey since their establishment. Various name changes have brought about different colored jerseys. In 2008, after the club relocated from Sonsonate to Acatulja, the club changed their colours to rad and white. However, after the club moved back to Sonsonate they reverted to green and white.

1948-2007, 2012-
2008–2009

Nicknames

Current squad

As of 2014: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 El Salvador GK Rafael Lucha
4 El Salvador David Flores
2 El Salvador Ronald Villalta
5 El Salvador Ricardo Figueroa
33 El Salvador Alejandro Perez
6 El Salvador Elmer Abarca
No. Position Player
10 Colombia Ramon Solis
7 El Salvador Rodolfo Diaz Pimentel
31 El Salvador Noe Capacho
9 Colombia Freddy Gonzales
22 Colombia Oscar Balanta
El Salvador Julio Bernal

List of presidents

List of coaches

References

  1. ↑ El Salvador - List of Final Tables - RSSSF
  2. ↑ El Salvador - Divisional Moves Between First and Second Division - RSSSF
  3. ↑ El Salvador 2008/09 - RSSSF

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