C.D. Chalatenango

Chalatenango
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Full name	Club Deportivo Chalatenango
Nickname(s)	Los Duros del Norte (The hard north); Los Alacranes (The Scorpions)
Founded	1950
Ground	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez,; Chalatenango, El Salvador
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Rigoberto Mejía
Manager	Ricardo Serrano
League	Primera División
Apertura 2015	Primera División 12th

Club Deportivo Chalatenango is an Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador, currently playing in the Salvadoran Premier League, El Salvador's top tier of football. The club was founded in 1950 as C.D. Alacranes and reformed in 1975 as Club Deportivo Chalatenango. In 1975 the club relocated to their current Estadio José Gregorio Martínez stadium. They initially competed in the Regional and national competition before eventually joining the full Salvadoran Second Division in 1960s and subsequently enjoyed promotion to the top flight for the 1979 season.

Since its formation in 1950, the club has won three Segunda División Salvadoreño titles (1979, 1990, 2003) and one Tercera División Salvadoreño (2013 Clausura).

Its emblem and mascot is a Scorpion.

History

C.D. Alacranes

The club was founded in the early '50s under the name of C.D. Alacranes, at a time where the giants of El Salvador soccer, Quequeisque of Santa Tecla, became defunct and were replaced by a new generation of clubs. The football club was formed by Don Jose Gregorio Martinez and a group of chalatecos whose purpose was to create a team that represented Chalatenango and the north of El Salvador. The team name, Alacranes, is Spanish for "Scorpions".

C.D. Alacranes acquired the license to participate and after many years of competition they demonstrated their quality in the inferior divisions by winning four championships. The team reached to the national finals in 1937, losing to C.D. 33 by a score of 3–1.^[1] However its economic situation was in a terrible state putting its existence in danger. During that period, Colonel Oscar René Serrano accepted the leadership of the club, and with his experience, undertook the task of giving new life to the "Scorpions". The club ascended to the Salvadoran Second Division in the 1950s, changing their name from C.D. Alacranes to Club Deportivo Chalatenango.

Club Deportivo Chalatenango

In 1979, Club Deportivo Chalatenango obtained promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional and managed to stay there for ten years.

In 1990, C.D. Chalatenango were relegated to the segunda división. They stayed in the segunda división battling promotion for 13 years until they won promotion in 2003, but a year later they were relegated again.

However they were able to quickly return to the Primera División de Fútbol Professional by purchasing the spot of Coca-Cola for $250,000. ^[2]

In the 2008 Apertura, Chalatenango reached the final for the first time in the club's history under the direction of Carlos Melendez. After a 3–3 draw in normal time, they lost 4–3 on penalties, which allowed Isidro Metapán to become champions for the second time.

The team qualified for the 2009–2010 CONCACAF Champions league knockout phase based on their record in apertura and clausura. On 26 June 2009, due to financial trouble, sold their spot in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional to Municipal Limeño. Because the club failed to fill out the necessary paperwork to compete in the Second Division before the 7/23/09 deadline, C.D. Chalatenango did not compete during the 2009–2010 season.

At the time, the club owed its former players $17,000 in unpaid salaries, and it owed CONCACAF $7,500 for pulling out of the CONCACAF Champions League ^[3]

At the end of 2009, some of Chalatenango's former players created a new team, merging it with Nejapa FC to establish Alacranes del Norte.

In 2010, the club filed the necessary paperwork to be able to compete in the Second Division.^[4]

In 2012, The club merged with Vendaval to form Chalatenango-Vendaval and they played in the second division. However, after one season, in 2013, the partnership between Chalatenango and Vendaval ended and they split into two teams again, with Vendaval remaining in the Second division while Chalatenango descending down a level to play in the third division.

However, on 18 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]

Honors

Primera División

Runners up: Apertura 2008

Segunda División Salvadoreño

Champions: 1979, 1990, 2003

Tercera División Salvadoreño

Champions: 2013 Clausura

Stadium

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez ; Chalatenango (1975–present)

Chalatenango plays its home games at Estadio José Gregorio Martínez in Chalatenango. The Estadio José Gregorio Martínez is a 15,000-seat soccer-specific stadium.

Rivalry

Chalatenango's current biggest rivalry was with fellow Chalatenango based team Atlético Comalapa, against whom they contest the derby chalateco.

Another of Chalatenango's rivalry was with fellow Chalatenango based but now defunct team Alacranes del Norte, against whom they contest the derby chalateco. The rivalry stems from Alacranes del Norte 's relocation from Nejapa to Chalatenango and using the same colours and stadium as Chalatenango

Sponsorship

Companies that Chalatenango currently has sponsorship deals with include:

Milan – Official Kit Suppliers
Alcadia Municipal Chalatenango – Official sponsors
MC San Antonio – Official sponsors
Canal 4 – Official sponsors
Lemus – Official sponsors

Current squad

As of 2015^[update]: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	MF	Miguel Solís
3	DF	Félix Alexander Sánchez
4	DF	Yovany Guardado
5	DF	Juan Carlos Orellana
6	MF	Marcelo Messias
7	MF	Manuel Rodríguez
8	MF	Roberto Maradiaga
9	FW	Bladimir Díaz
11	FW	Samuel Kordell
14	FW	Ricardo Orellana

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Melvin Jacobo
16	MF	Antonio Hercules
17	MF	Manuel Otero
19	MF	Henry Alvarenga
20	FW	Luis Asencio
21	DF	Nelson Barrios
22	GK	Ismael Valladares
23	FW	Carlos Ayala
24	DF	Elder Figueroa
25	GK	Kevin Caravantes

Squad Changes for Clausura 2016

In:

Christian Vaquero – Transferred from
Nelson Barrios – Transferred from C.D. FAS
Ricardo Orellana – Transferred from C.D. Dragón
Juan Carlos Orellana – Transferred from Juventud Independiente
Cristian Bautista – Transferred from C.D. Águila
Roberto Maradiaga – Transferred from Atletico Marte

Out:

Henry Reyes – loaned back to Atlético Marte
Pablo Hütt – Transferred to
Ricardo Figueroa – Transferred to
Jehovany Avila – Transferred to
Ronald Pimentel – Transferred to
Moises Hernandez – Transferred to
Enrique Rodríguez – Transferred to
Oscar Rodriguez – Transferred to
Omar Hernandez – Transferred to
Joel Ortego – Transferred to

Players with dual citizenship 2015

Reserve League squad

Chalatenango's Reserve squad plays in the twelve-team Primera División Reserves (El Salvador). Current members of the squad are:

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

No.	Position	Player
35	GK	Kevin Caravantes
34	DF	Ronald Pérez
36	DF	Joel Ortega
37	DF	Yonatan Guardado
40	MF	Remberto Martinez
45	MF	Oscar Rodríguez
46	MF	Dennis Menjivar
47	MF	Carlos Zamora

No.	Position	Player
49	FW	Alexander Pérez
60	FW	Omar Hernandez
64	MF	Xavier Zelaya
69	FW	Javier Martinez
75	FW	Carlos Rivera
76	MF	Jacobo Posado
80	MF	Herberto Belzran

Personnel

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta
Assistant Managers	Oscar Pimentel
Reserve Manager	Geovanni Portillo
Under 17 Manager	TBD
Goalkeeper Coach	José Luis González
Fitness Coach	José Luis Guerra
Team Doctor	Wilfredo Guerra
Knesliogiocal	Josè Isaac Rodriguez
Utlity	Joselito Galdámez

Management

Position	Staff
Owner	Asociacion Municipal de Chalatenango
President	Dr. Rigoberto Mejía
Vice President	Lic. Antonio Lopez
Management Representative	Lic. Antonio Peraza
Assistant Representative	Lic. Omar Peraza
Administrative Manager	Lic. Candelario Cruz
Administrative Assistant Manager	Lic. Rosa Alas
Sports Manager	Kevin Rivera

Presidential history

Name	Years
Humberto Romero	1984–
Jesús Navas	-2003
José Elías Romero	2003–2004
José Salvador Cardoza	2005–2006
Lisandro Pohl	2006–2008
José Salvador Cardoza	2008– 2009
Rigoberto Mejía	2009–2015
Reynaldo Cardoza	2015–

Coaches

1960s

Oscar Rene Serrano
Don Goyo

1970s

Ricardo Tomasino
Orlando Cotto
Isaías Choto (QEPD).

1980s

Mauricio Alonso Rodríguez(1980)
Ricardo Tomasino (1981)
Conrado Miranda (1982)
Raúl Magaña
Guillermo "Loro" Castro
Armando Contreras Palma (1986–87)

1990s

Armando Contreras Palma (1990–1991)

2000s to date

Carlos Avedissian (2000–01)
Luis Angel León (2001–02)
Luis Roberto Hernández (2003)
Raúl Héctor Cocherari (2003)
Carlos Alberto Mijangos (2004–05)
Kelvyn de Jesus Hernandez (2004)
Agustín Castillo (2005–07)
Vladan Vićević (2007– Feb 2008)
Juan Ramon Sanchez (Mar 2008 – June 2008) (Caretaker)
Carlos Antonio Meléndez (July 2008–09)
Milton "El Tigana" Meléndez (2009)
Alexsander Rodriguez (2010)
Ricardo Serrano (2011)
Marcos Portillo (2012)
German Pérez (2013 – March 2014)
Angel Orellana (March 2014 – December 2014)
Ricardo Serrano (Jan 2015 – June 2015)
Juan Andrés Sarulyte (June 2015 – Aug 2015)
Ricardo Serrano (Aug 2015 – Dec 2015)
Nelson Mauricio Ancheta (Dec 2015–)

References

↑ El Salvador 1937 – RSSSF
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↑ [1] – La Prensa Grafica (Spanish)
↑ Club Deportivo Chalatenango history – Enchalate.com (Spanish)
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External links

[2] – Official team page
Historia – Alacranet (Spanish)
Una generación bendecida (Historia) – La Prensa Gráfica (Spanish)

[1] El Salvador 1937 – RSSSF

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[3] [1] – La Prensa Grafica (Spanish)

[4] Club Deportivo Chalatenango history – Enchalate.com (Spanish)

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