C.D. Atlético Marte
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Atlético Marte | |||
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| Founded | 22 April 1950 | |||
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Estadio Azteca, Ilopango | |||
| Capacity | 53,000 | |||
| Chairman |
 Hugo Carrillo | |||
| Manager |
 Juan Carlos Carreño | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| Clausura 2016 | Primera División 12th | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Club Deportivo Atlético Marte , also known as Atlético Marte is an Salvadorian association football club based in San Salvador The club plays in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of the El Salvador football league system, and host matches at the Estadio Cuscatlán. Atlético Marte have a long-standing rivalry with their neighbouring club Alianza, with whom they have contested the derby since 1968.
Since its formation in 1950,the club has won eight Primera División de Fútbol Profesional titles—in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980–81, 1982, and 1985—and the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño once, in 2009 Clausura.
In 1981, the team was runner-up of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup losing to SV Transvaal of Surinam. Atlético Marte won their first international title CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup in 1991 with a 2 victories over .
The club has changed their name a couple of times to C.D. Árabe Marte (1998–99), (1999–00) and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque (2006–08). The club changed to its original name again in 2008; C.D. Atlético Marte.
In the 1980s, Salvadoran football legend Luis Ramírez Zapata and Norberto Huezo, Ramón Fagoaga, José Luis Rugamas were among their stars.
History
Foundation and early history
The history of Atletico Marte started at the end of the 1940s, when the San Salvadorian team España FC was dissolved.
Emilio Guardado and Carlos Carranza, leaders of the recent dissolved España FC, called a meeting with the players that remained of this team and others in the capital city of San Salvador to give life to another club called Alacranes F.C..
However, after a year playing under the name of Alacranes F.C., club president Colonel José Castro Melendez called another meeting at the old national gymnasium, and at the initiative of the player Conrado Miranda, they decided to change the name of the club to Atletico Marte.
The club was officially born on the 2 June 1950 thanks to the combination of military personnels such as José Castro Melendez, Fidel Quintanilla and Jesús Rodríguez and members of the public such as Emilio Guardado, José Santiago Avelar and Armando Carranza.
The original uniform colors were the ochre and beige, however with the passage of time the colors were changed to the current blue and white.
One of the most important historical dates in the history of Atetico Marte was a 2–0 triumph against Deportivo Saprissa in their own home soil, the first time an Salvadorian club had defeated a Costan Rican on their own soil. The goals were scored by Gustavo "el Bordador" Lucha y Raúl Peña.
Premierships success
The club had played in the Primera division for five years, however it wasn't until the 1955 season under the players-coaches of Conrado Miranda and Isaiah Choto they won their first title. This was done thanks to 1–0 victory over Leones de Sonsonate with the lone goal coming from Fernando "El Gato" Barrios.
The players included Manuel "Tamalón" Garay, Antonio Montes, Armando Larín, Rutilio Rivera, Luis Antonio Regalado "Loco" , Conrado Miranda, Gerónimo Pericullo (Argentina), Juan Bautista Pérez (Argentina), Raúl "Pibe" Vásquez (Argentina), Gustavo "el Bordador" Lucha, Fernando "el Gato" Barrios and René Pimentel.
Atletico Marte with the same core group of players from the previous campaign and the inclusion of Guatemalan Gabriel Urriolawere able to capture their second title consecutively, always under the command of Conrado Miranda and Isaiah Choto.
In 1956–57 campaign, the club was rejuvenated with players such as goalkeeper Francisco "Paco" Francés, Argentinian Rodolfo Baello, Guillermo "Loro" Castro, Julio César "Muñeca" Mejía, Mauricio "Pachín" González and many others. The club was able to win their 3rd title.
A winning title would escape the club for more than a decade until 1969 when they won their fourth title thanks to future world cup coach Chilean Hernán Carrasco Vivanco and star players Raúl "Araña" Magaña, Guillermo Castro, Argentinian Rodolfo Baello, José Antonio "Ruso" Quintanilla, Chilean Ricardo Sepúlveda and Sergio Méndez. This was followed up with their fifth title in 1970 making the second time the club had won back to back title, this time they were reinforced with players such as Francisco Roque, Ernesto Aparicio, Manuel Cañadas, Adonay Castillo, Fernando Villalta, Roberto Morales, Elenilson Franco and Brazilian Odir Jacques.
Atletico Marte once again went a decade without a title, until 1980, when under the technical direction of Armando Contreras Palma and a squad predominately made up of Salvadoran players such as Carlos Felipe Cañadas, Milton Campos, Alfredo Rivera, José Castillo, Jorge Peña, Manuel Ramos, Danilo Blanco, Ramón Fagoaga, Norberto Huezo, Jorge Salomón Campos and Miguel González were able to win their sixth title.
Atletico Marte under the technical direction of Armando Contreras Palma and assistant coach former world cup player Juan Ramón "Mon" Martinez the club was able to win their seventh title. This was thanks to a two-game series win over Independiente of San Vicente, the first game was 1–0 victory with a lone goal José Antonio "Tolín" Infantozzi and this was followed with a 2–0 victory with goals by José Antonio "Tolín" Infantozzi and Wilfredo "El Doctorcito" Huezo.
On the 25th of December 1985, Atlético Marte won their eighth and last primera division title. This was thanks to a 5–2 victory over Alianza with the goals of Atletico Marte coming from Salomón Campos Mezquita, Norberto Huezo, Mario Figueroa (2) and Wilfredo Huezo. The list of players that helped them win the title included José Luis Rugamas, Alfredo Fagoaga, Marcial Turcios, Santana Cartagena, Danilo Blanco, Guillermo Ragazzone, Nelson Escobar, Norberto Huezo, Salomón Campos, Mauricio Perla, Carlos Meléndez, William "el Pony" Rosales, Uruguayan Raúl Esnal and Mario Figueroa.[1]
Champions of CONCACAF 1992
On the international stage Atlético Marte had reached the final of the 1981 CONCACAF Champions Cup, however they lost the series to the SV Transvaal from Suriname. However, in 1991, the club was finally recognized internationally thanks to being crowned the champions of the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup, a competition which was held in Guatemala and had strong clubs such as Universidad de Guadalajara from Mexico, Comunicaciones from Guatemala, Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica and Real Estelí from Nicaragua.[2] Atletico Marte finished first in the group with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.
Relegation to the Second Division
After several attempts to win another domestic title, by assembling top quality national and foreign players, Atletico Marte suffered a massive decline due to administrative mismanagement and eventually entered into economic crisis which led to poor results eventually getting the club relegated at the end of the 2002 season.
Promotion back to the First Division
However, leaders of Atletico Marte never gave up on the team and there was always a well publicized effort to return it to the first division. It was not until 2004, that the mythical Raul Alfredo "spider" Magaña approached the directors, presenting a draft where it recruited new sponsors and new management.
After almost five years of work, the team won the Apertura 2008 title of the second division, which the winner of the Apertura will face the winner of the Clausura title to win direct promotion to the primera with the loser having to play the ninth place in the first division.
Atletico Marte failed to achieve direct promotion with winning by apertura and clausura, thanks to losing to Marte Soyapango in a penalty shootout in the semi final.
However,on 14 June 2009 Atletico Marte achieved history by returning to the first division thanks to defeating AFI El Roble 1–0 at the Estadio Cuscatlan.
The lone goal of the historic victory was due to Roberto Garcia Maradiaga, and the technician that made possible the rise was the Argentine Ramiro Cepeda, a former player in Martian second division who in his first year working as a coach.
Modern era
Atletico Marte's run in the primera division during 2009 and 2015 was a mix of little to moderate success, excluding the Apertura 2013 season where under the guidance of Guillermo Rivera the team finished first in the league (including a record 14 games undefeated) and reached the semi final where they were eliminated by the tournament champion Isidro Metapan 3–2 on aggregate, the team was a middle to low table team.[3]
Although the emergence of talented players such as Gilberto Baires, Ibsen Castro, Otoniel Salinas, Javier Gomez, Anibal Parada, Chistopher Ramirez, Christian Esnal, Argentinian Gonzalo Mazzia and Uruguayan Mauro Aldave.
On the 3rd of May, 2015 after 7 years of top flight football, Atletico Marte were relegated to the second division despite a 4–1 victory over Dragon. They were knocked out by C.D. Pasaquina by one point.[4] However, on the 18th of June, 2015 the team purchased a franchise license in the new expansion of the primera division and will able to compete in the Primera Division for the Apertura 2015 season.[5] But one year later Atletico Marte were relegated at the end of 2016 clausura season[6]
Honours
Domestic
- Winners (8): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980–81, 1982, 1985
- Winners (1): 2008 Apertura[note 1]
CONCACAF
- Runners-up: 1981
- Winners: 1991
Performance in CONCACAF & Domestic competitions
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Overall seasons table in Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Pos. Club Season In D1 Pl. W D L GS GA Dif. TBA Atlético Marte 65 1945 715 600 630 2872 2522 +350
Stadium
- Flor Blanca; San Salvador (1950–2001)
- TBD (TBD) game in Primera division
- Cancha Alfombrada Lirios de Quezaltepeque; Quezaltepeque (2005–2008) games in the Segunda division
- Cancha del Estadio Azteca; Ilopaneco (2016-) games in the Segunda division
- Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador (2001–2005, 2009–2016)
The team plays its home games in the 45,000 capacity all-seater Estadio Cuscatlán, in San Salvador. Previously the team played at Flor Blanca, where they had played their home matches from 1950 until the end of the 2001 season. The stadium was located in San Salvador. The team's headquarters are located in TBD.
Colors and badge
- Atletico Marte (1994-2015)
The first crest had a simple design consisting of the initials of the club, "M" for Atletico Marte. The first change in the crest occurred in 1994, when the club changed their design completely removing the letter M and replacing with a crest with the eight stars surrounding the crest while the middle was replaced with a spartan warrior.
For the 2015 Apertura tournament, the team modified its logo. It is similar to the first and their most previous one, it now has the letter M like the original logo and is surrounded on top by 8 stars. Each star is said to represent 8 Championships.
Rivalry
Marte's current biggest rivalry was with fellow San Salvador based team Alianza F.C., against whom they contest the Derbi capitalino.
Sponsorship
Companies that Marte currently has sponsorship deals with include:
- Rush Athletic Wear– Official Kit Suppliers
- Lemus – Official sponsors
- Go Plast – Official sponsors
- Evisal – Official sponsors
- Techos Eureka – Official sponsors
Current squad[7][8]
As of Clausura 2016:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad Changes for the Apertura 2016
In:
Out:
- Marcelo Tejeda – Transferred to FAS
- Christopher Ramírez – Transferred to Alianza
- Érick Molina – Transferred to Sonsonate
- Edwin Sánchez – Transferred to Sonsonate
- Allan Fernández – Transferred to Metapán
- Dennis Salinas – Transferred to Chalatenango
- Gustavo López – Transferred to Dragón
- William Canales – Transferred to Santa Tecla
- Carlos Monteagudo – Transferred to Dragón
Personnel
Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Manager | Juan Carlos Carreño |
| Assistant Manager & Reserve Manager | Danilo Blanco |
| Fitness coach | Jose Luis Guerra |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Obed Rodriguez |
| TBD | TBD |
| Team Doctor | Wilmer Carcamo |
Management
| Position | Staff |
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| President | Hugo Carrillo |
| Vice President | |
| Secretary | Felix Guardado |
Notable players
- For details on former players, see All-time Atletico Marte roster.
Copa America winners
Amílcar Cabral Cup winners
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Club Records
- Longest unbeaten run: 20 matches (1985 season)
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Head coaches of Atlético Marte
| The following managers won at least one trophy when in charge of Atlético Marte | ||||
| Name | Period | Trophies | ||
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| Emilio Guardado |
1950–52 | 2 TBD | ||
| Conrado Miranda |
1955–57 | 3 Salvadoran Primera División | ||
| Marcelo Estrada |
TBD | 1 TBD | ||
| Hernán Carrasco Vivanco |
1968–70, 2002 | 2 Salvadoran Primera División | ||
| Armando Contreras Palma |
1981–85 | 3 Salvadoran Primera División | ||
 Carlos Jurado & Juan Ramón Paredes
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1991 | 1 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup | ||
 Ramiro Cepeda |
2008–10 | 1 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño | ||
List of President
Atletico Marte have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been Military rulers, here is a complete list of them from when Jesús Rodolfo Rodríguez took over at the club in 1950, until the present day.
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Notes
- ↑ On June 14, 2009, the club won the right to be in the Primera División by defeating AFI-El Roble of Ilobasco in the Finals of the Second Division.
References
- ↑ "Campeones". CLIMA. 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "Los años de gloria". El Salvador.com. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ "Atlético Marte: Maximus Invictus". Culebrita Macheteada. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "Y volver, volver, volver...". La Prensa Grafica. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "Chalatecos y marcianos nuevos inquilinos de la Liga Pepsi". primerafutboles. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "Otra vez a segunda". El Grafico. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/primerafutboles/status/685598137625522176
- ↑ https://twitter.com/primerafutboles/status/685598137625522176
- ↑ "Marte, con un proyecto serio". ElSalvador.com. 10 January 2001. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
External links
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup and CONCACAF Giants Cup winners | |
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| CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup | |
| CONCACAF Giants Cup | |
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