Deportivo Coatepeque

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Coatepeque FC
Full nameCoatepeque Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Serpientes Rojas
Los Diablos
Founded15 May 1967; 56 years ago
GroundIsrael Barrios
Capacity20,000[1]
PresidentOscar Alexander Perez
ManagerSilvio Fernández
LeaguePrimera División
Clausura 202412th (Relegated)

Coatepeque Fútbol Club, is a Guatemalan football club based in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department. They compete in the Primera División, the second tier of Guatemalan football.

They play their home games at Estadio Israel Barrios.[2]

History[edit]

Deportivo Coatepeque plays in the Liga Nacional, after achieving direct promotion during the 2022-23 Primera División.

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 during the 2013–14 season.

Current squad[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Guatemala GUA Luis Tatuaca
4 DF Guatemala GUA Luis Estrada
5 DF Uruguay URU Federico Antúnez
6 MF Guatemala GUA Osman Valeriano
7 MF Guatemala GUA Christian Solares
8 DF Guatemala GUA Carlos Alvarado
10 MF Mexico MEX Armando Zamorano
12 GK Guatemala GUA Vander Cruz
14 DF Guatemala GUA Wilson Díaz (captain)
15 FW Paraguay PAR Edison Ávalos
16 DF El Salvador SLV Edgardo Mira
17 MF Guatemala GUA Denilson Ochaeta
19 DF Guatemala GUA Sixto Betancourt
20 MF Guatemala GUA Ditter Lang
21 FW Costa Rica CRC José Alvarado
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Guatemala GUA José Guerra
25 MF Guatemala GUA Christian Guerra
30 MF Mexico MEX Abel Guzman
31 DF Guatemala GUA Pablo Rosas
33 MF Guatemala GUA Tobit Vasquez
44 DF Guatemala GUA Melfor Ramos
77 MF Guatemala GUA José Palma
98 FW Guatemala GUA Diego Tatuaca (on loan from USAC)
- FW Guatemala GUA Fredy López
- MF Guatemala GUA Ramiro Luna
- FW Guatemala GUA Herminio Pérez

Historical list of coaches[edit]

  • Argentina Carlos Barone (2006-2008)
  • Brazil Paulo César Barros (2009–2010)
  • Guatemala Antonio Archila (2010–2011)
  • Argentina Ramon Ramírez (2011–2012)
  • Guatemala Byron Pérez (2012)
  • Guatemala Gabriel Castillo (2012–2013)
  • United States Jeff Korytoski (2013–2014)[3]
  • Uruguay Richard Preza (2014)
  • Guatemala Ulises Sosa (2014)
  • Guatemala Rudy Méndez (2014)
  • Guatemala Manuel Castañeda (2014-2015)[4]
  • Argentina Héctor Trujillo (2015–2016)[5]
  • Costa Rica Ronald Mora (2020)
  • Guatemala Gabriel Castillo (2021)
  • Argentina Héctor Trujillo (2021-2022)
  • Guatemala Joaquín Álvarez (2022-2023)
  • Mexico Paco Ramírez (2023)
  • Uruguay Silvio Fernández (2024-present)

Honours[edit]

Domestic Competitions[edit]

League[edit]

Winners: Apertura 2022

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nuestro Diario (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine – World Stadiums
  3. ^ "Ziggy Korytoski Bio". San Diego State Athletics. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ Calderón y Polo, con técnico nuevo en el Coatepeque – Crítica (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Héctor Julián Trujillo llega como DT a Coatepeque Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine – LaRed (in Spanish)

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