Deportivo Coatepeque

El Deportivo Coatepeque

Full name	El Deportivo Coatepeque
Nickname(s)	Las Serpientes
Founded	1967
Ground	Israel Barrios Stadium, Coatepeque, Guatemala
Ground Capacity	20.000
President	Lic. Ronaldo Samayoa
Manager	Manuel Castañeda
League	Primera División de Ascenso
2013 Clausura Grupo A	3rd

El Deportivo Coatepeque, is a Guatemalan football club based in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department.

They play their home games at Israel Barrios Stadium.^[1]

History

Deportivo Coatepeque plays in the Liga Nacional (the Narional Major League of Guatemalan Football)

Deportivo Coatepeque was founded in 1967, under the name of Deportivo Independencia which was later changed to Deportivo Coatepeque.

The team won promotion to the premier Liga Nacional for the first time in their history and is playing in this top Guatemalan Major National League during the 2013–14 season.

Current squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Víctor Ayala 2 DF Omar Jaime (captain) 5 DF Carlos Gallardo 6 MF Javier del Águila 7 MF Tyson Alavarado 8 MF Diego Cardillo 10 MF Edgar Méndez 11 FW Agustín Herrera 12 DF José Lemus 14 DF Ángel Pérez 15 MF Armando Polo 16 FW Luis Rivera

No. Position Player 17 FW Yimi Villatoro 20 FW Wilber Pérez 21 DF Carlos Granados 22 DF Alvin Mendoza 23 DF Kristian Guzmán 24 DF Jorge Castañeda 25 GK Manuel Sosa 27 MF Luis Cos 29 DF Luis Rodríguez 32 GK Ilmer Ixlaj 88 MF Roberto Peña 99 FW Gio Morales

List of coaches

• Paulo César de Jesus Barros (2009–10)
• Antonio Archila (2010–11)
• Ramon "El Tanque" Ramírez (2011–12)
• Byron Perez (2012)
• Gabriel Chato Castillo (2012–13)
• Jeff "Ziggy" Korytoski (2013–14)
• Richard Presa (2014)
• Ulises Sosa (2014)
• Rudy Mendez (2014)
• Manuel Castañeda (2014–present)

References

External links

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