Diriangén FC

Diriangén FC
Full name Diriangén FC
Nickname(s) Caciques
Founded 17 May 1917
Ground Estadio Cacique Diriangén
Diriamba, Nicaragua
Ground Capacity 7,500
Chairman Nicaragua Fernando Baltodano
Manager Argentina Andrés Novara
League Primera División de Nicaragua
2015 Apertura 2nd

Diriangén FC is a Nicaraguan professional football club based in Diriamba which competes in Nicaraguan Premier Division (Primera Division). It is one of the oldest clubs in not only Nicaragua but in Central America.

Diriangen has won 25 domestic titles or honors over the club's history. Diriangen was one of the most successful clubs in the history of football in Nicaragua, winning a title in every decade from the 1940s onwards. Diriagen holds an Nicaragua record for most National titles and domestic cups apiece, winning each honor twenty five and two times respectively. Diriagen is also the only club to never be relegated to the second division, which along with their success has spawned the club motto 'Diriangén no tuvo infancia, porque nació grande (in eglish it translates to Diriangen never had a childhood because it was born big)'.

On the international stage, Diriagen has competed in both the CONCACAF Champions League and its predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Copa Interclubes UNCAF.

The team's home field is the 5,000 Estadio Cacique Diriangén. The team's head coach is long-time Nicaraguan coach Florencio Levia, who has coached the team since May 2014.

Players such as Mauricio "El Chaparro" Cruz Jiron, Manuel "Catarro" Cuadra, and Livio Bendaña Espinoza are among the team's most successful stars. Diriangen fan base include one supporters' clubs.

History

On the 15th of May, 1917 the club was organised and founded in the town of Diriamba, the club was prominetely made up of immigrants of European descents and native youth from the town.

Prominent citizens of Diriamba made up the early playing group and members of the clubs these include; José Dolores González, Buenaventura Rappaccioli, Demetrio González, Enrique Baltodano, Juan Yuston, Diego and Carlos González, Ramón Quintanilla, among others.

This groundwork was built upon by several key members over several decades including: Gilberto and Fernando Quintanilla, Paco, Alberto and Alejandro Aleman, Ignacio Quintanilla, Manuel Medal, Siero Luis Antonio G. González, Fernando Gutiérrez, Matthew Quintanilla, Carlos Quintanilla, Carlos Marín, José María Bermudez, etc..

When the national league started in the 1930s, Diriangen were one of the first clubs to join although success did not come right away as they were decisively beaten by the stronger and older clubs such as the Managua clubs "Xolotlán" and "Atléticos" and the leon-based club Metropolitano.

However the "Diriangén" team eventually became a formidable and worthy team earning nicknames such as Dirianes, who were tough indigenous warriors in the area and the moniker was adapted to their symbol and was chosen as their mascot. This was shown during the '40s when they played the formidable Ferrocarril team made up of some of the best players and yet Diriangen were able to defeat them and several other clubs to win seven successive titles and the nickname

In its 96-year history, the "Diriangén" was multiple Champion National counting in its ranks a range of football stars Nica, mentioning in the decades of the '20s and '30s figures such as Carlos Alberto González, José Dolóres González, Fernando Briceño, Manuel Morales “El Capi”, Francisco 'Paco' Alemán, Edmundo Quintanilla González, José 'Pepe' Estrada, Ramón García 'El Tigre', Sergio Fairut y Félix Pedro Rocha; Armando Ideáquez, César Espinoza, Juan José Tercero, Roberto González, Francisco 'Paco' Zapata, Arnoldo Pacheco, Manuel Morales, José Domingo Siero, Ignacio 'Nacho' y Tulio González, Duilio Baltodano Pallais, Jorge Blanco, Antonio González Espinoza, Rodolfo 'Diriambita' Cruz, Francisco González, Moisés Baltodano, Antonio Zapata, Adolfo Aragón, Armando Blanco, Rodolfo Mendieta and others.

The generational change for the next two decades of the '40s and '50s many exceptional players shined such as Manuel 'Catarrito' Cuadra González, Pedro 'Milo”' Robleto, Humberto 'Mantainés' Martínez, José León Sánchez Román, Eduardo 'Lalo' Abud Pineda, José María 'Chema' Bermúdez, Alfredo Mendieta, Napoleón 'Porroncha' Molina, Alberto 'El Tico' Dávila, Julio 'El Negro' Rocha Idiáquez, Eduardo 'La Saeta Rubia' Siero, Arnulfo 'Milo 2' Robleto, Marco Tulio Bendaña, Gilberto 'La Chita' López, Hedí 'El Ciego' Jiménez, Emerson Flint, Douglas Pérez, Omar Jirón y Antonio Cruz and others. The generation of the forties won seven consecutive national championships (1940–1946).

Generations of the decades of the '60s and '70s were not marred, and the so-called golden era of football in the Nicaraguan Diriangén highlighted figures like Manuel Cuadra Serrano “La Bamba”, Pedro José Jirón “Peché”, Manuel Flores “Cuchubal”, Manuel Tamariz, Gustavo Ocampo “El Cuervo”, Armando Mendieta “Mituy”, Leonel Quintanilla, Róger Páez “El Zorro”, Vidal Quintanilla “Paisa”, Rodolfo Castro “Fito”, Luis Enríquez “El Negro”, Francisco Romero “Chico Mambo”, Mario Orellana “El Mesié”, Tulio López “Cebolla”, Omar Jirón “Huacal”, Víctor Granja “Mama Yoya”, Gustavo González “Chepito”, Mauricio Cruz “El Chaparro”, Róger Gutiérrez “Macheteado”, Bayardo Barrera “Carita”, Rodolfo Zuñiga “El pocho”, Ricardo Fernández “Chambacú”, Danilo Hernández “Chacalín”, Francisco Hernández, Bayardo Baltodano “Carifay”, Manuel Quintanilla “La Zorra”, Horacio Rocha “Frambuco” y Cairo Arévalo “El Mico” . The basis of the national teams of those years were Diriangén players.

Many of the figures of the late '70s continued highlighting the decade of the '80s, añadiéndoseles new values as Reynaldo Cruz “La Cuerda”, Alejandro Esquivel “Chimicol”, Axel Barrios, Sergio Portillo “La Mascota”, Mario Mendieta Jr “Mituy”, Mario Chávez y Marvin Narváez “El Gato”, many of whom are complemented by generations to act in the '90s along with Reynaldo Cruz “La Cuerda”, Alejandro Esquivel “Chimicol”, Axel Barrios, Sergio Portillo “La Mascota”, Mario Mendieta Jr “Mituy”, Mario Chávez y Marvin Narváez “El Gato”.

The past decade includes players who rallied with the success of its predecessors, such as Carlos Novoa, Franklin López, David Solórzano, Martín Molina, Emilio Palacios, Miguel Cruz, Silvio Avilés “Dolores”, Denis Espinoza “El Pulpo”, Ismael Reyes “Huevo” y Hogly Corrales. Currently of all these, only David Solorzano plays for the club, being the undisputed captain, known as the Head Chief.

With 25 league titles,[1] it is the most successful club in Nicaragua's football history and it shares a feisty rivalry with Nicaragua's second big club, Real Estelí

Current squad

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Mendieta, CarlosCarlos Mendieta      Nicaragua
2 Defender Hernandez, Melvin RamonMelvin Ramon Hernandez      Nicaragua
4 Defender Valverde, NasserNasser Valverde      Nicaragua
5 Defender Tellez, ErickErick Tellez      Nicaragua
6 Midfielder Cruz, ReynaldoReynaldo Cruz      Nicaragua
7 Midfielder Membreño, CarlosCarlos Membreño      Nicaragua
8 Forward Coronel, LuisLuis Coronel      Nicaragua
9 Forward Palacios, EmilioEmilio Palacios      Nicaragua
10 Forward Carrera, LucasLucas Carrera      Argentina
11 Defender Solórzano, DavidDavid Solórzano (Captain)     Nicaragua
12 Forward Martella, Rodrigo LucasRodrigo Lucas Martella      Argentina
13 Forward Giraldo, AndrésAndrés Giraldo      Colombia
14 Defender Dávila, HerroldHerrold Dávila      Nicaragua
17 Midfielder Parrales, VictorVictor Parrales      Nicaragua
18 Midfielder Arguello, CristopherCristopher Arguello      Nicaragua
19 Midfielder Zapata, JonathanJonathan Zapata      Nicaragua
20 Defender Narvaez, JuanJuan Narvaez      Nicaragua
21 Midfielder Coronel, JassonJasson Coronel      Nicaragua
22 Forward González, GeraldGerald González      Nicaragua
23 Defender Urbina, JuanJuan Urbina      Nicaragua
25 Goalkeeper Acevedo, LesterLester Acevedo      Nicaragua
— Defender Arzamendia, SergioSergio Arzamendia      Argentina
— Midfielder Torres, CarlosCarlos Torres      Argentina

Squad Changes 2015 Apertura

In:

Out:

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Name
Manager Colombia Luis Javier Londoño
Assistant Manager Nicaragua Luis Olivares Casa Grande
Reserve Team Coach Nicaragua Luis Vega
General sporting directorEl Salvador Jose Luis Rugamas
Fitness CoachColombia Harold Rodríguez
Club Doctor Nicaragua Dr. Mongalo, Fisiatra, Nicaragua Dr. Félix Regalado and Dr. Victor Hugo Gómez Huerta
Utility Nicaragua Henry Murillo Espinoza

Management

Position Staff
President El Salvador Diego Jacir
Vice President Nicaragua Reynal Mairena
Legal Representative Nicaragua
Secretary of the Board Nicaragua
Treasurer Nicaragua
General administrator El Salvador Diego Jacir

Appearances

National

International

1994 – Quarter-Finals
1997 – Qualifying Stage (Central Zone)

Record versus other Clubs

As of 2013-09-13

The Concacaf opponents below = Official tournament results: (Plus a sampling of other results)

Opponent Last Meeting G W D L F A PTS +/-
El Salvador Águila 1976 2 0 0 2 2 11 0 -9
Costa Rica Alajuelense 1997 2 1 0 1 4 5 3 -1
El Salvador Alianza 1993 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 -4
Panama Árabe Unido 1998 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 -1
El Salvador Atlético Marte 1970 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 -7
Belize Coke Milpross 1989 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 -3
Guatemala Comunicaciones 1971 2 0 0 2 1 15 0 -14
Panama Euro Kickers 1997 2 1 0 1 6 5 3 +1
El Salvador FAS Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2004 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 -9
Costa Rica Herediano 1994 2 0 0 2 2 9 0 -7
Belize La Victoria FC 1992 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 -1
Guatemala Municipal 1977 2 0 0 2 2 16 0 -14
Honduras Olimpia Aug 30, 2006 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 -4
Honduras Real Maya Dec 4, 1994 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 -3
Honduras Real España 1990 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 -6
Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 1998 6 0 0 6 1 29 0 -28
Guatemala Suchitepéquez Aug 30, 2006 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 -2
Totals

Sponsors

Jersey sponsors

Shirt sponsors

Club culture

Supporters

Soccer is the favorite sport of diriambino public, which always attends its exhibits, filling chock the "Stadium". Stating that the sport of football, is the strongest bond of fraternity open to solidify and knowledge of the peoples of the Republic. Not only is a game that distracts and delights, but modern psychology considers it as an indissoluble bond in the area of friendship. So, the new generation, up the gauntlet thrown at the first initiators of football and kept the glories of "Diriangén" to date under the slogan Always Undefeated and Glorious!

Diriangén prominent supporters' group are called the barra cacique

Rivalries

There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is particularly the case in Primera División de Nicaragua, where the game between Real Estelí and Diriangén is known as the El Clásico.

Diriangen also has a burgeoning rivalry with Xilotepelt as the two teams represent two cities separated by only few miles, these matches are often referred to as El Derbi de Carazo.

Stadium

The stadium, Estadio Cacique Diriangén, holds 7,500 people. It is a multi-purpose stadium, and has been the home stadium of the Nicaragua national football team for many years. The stadium has much history: In this stadium the club Diriangén FC won against many teams from Central America.

Notable players

  • Argentina Gabriel Álvarez
  • Argentina Diego Campos
  • Argentina Roberto Chanampe
  • Argentina Carlos Javier Martino
  • Argentina Dante Segovia
  • Argentina Hugo Silva
  • Argentina Ricardo Valenzuela
  • Colombia Jorge Marín
  • Colombia Miguel Potes
  • Costa Rica Allan Chávez (2003)
  • Costa Rica Alfonso Martínez
  • Honduras Herberth Cabrera
  • Honduras Cesar Salandia
  • Mexico Yilberto Morales Chavez (2005)

List of managers
  • Honduras Edgardo Soza (2010)
  • Nicaragua Rolando Méndez (2010–11)
  • Costa Rica Glen Blanco (July 2011–Oct 11)
  • Nicaragua Martín Mena (Oct 2011–Feb 12)
  • El Salvador Ángel Eugenio Orellana (Feb 2012–June 12)
  • Honduras Francisco Nuñez (June 2012–Sept 12)
  • Nicaragua Luis Vega (Sep 2012–Oct 12)
  • Argentina Carlos Alberto de Toro (Oct 2012–Nov 13)
  • Brazil Flavio da Silva (Nov 2013–May 14)
  • Nicaragua Florencio Leiva (June 2014–Aug 14)
  • Argentina Roberto Chanampe (Aug 2014–July 2015)
  • Argentina Andrés Novara (July 2015-Oct 2015)
  • Colombia Javier Londono (Oct 2015-)

Notable Coaches

NameNatTenureHonors
Mauricio Cruz Jiron  NCA 1992–06 Primera division 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005 & 2006

Women's team

The women's team has won the Nicaraguan women's football championship four times in 2000, 2001, 2003 and lately in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ Nicaragua - List of Champions - RSSSF

External links

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