Verdes FC

Verdes FC

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Full name	Real Verdes Football Club
Nickname(s)	Verdes
Founded	1976
Ground	Norman Broaster Stadium San Ignacio Town, Belize
Ground Capacity	2,000
Manager	Walter Salazar
League	Premier League of Belize
2012–13 (C)	Regular Season: 5th Playoffs: DNQ
Home colours Away colours

Verdes FC (previously Hankook Verdes) are a Belize association football club which competes in the Belize Premier Football League. They are based in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a town situated on the border of Guatemala. The club was established in 1976 as Real Verdes Football Club and changed their name to Hankook Verdes in 2004. The club is one of the oldest active professional football teams in Belize and has been in existence since the inception of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home games are played at Marshalleck Stadium.

The club has established an excellent reputation for the development of many past and current members of the Belize national football team, despite not having won any club championships at the national level until 2008.

In 1985, Hankook Verdes was the first team to represent Belize in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Throughout the history of Belizean football, Real Verdes has represented its country more than any other club in Belize. The list of CONCACAF opponents includes professional teams such as Cruz Azul, Pumas, Santos Laguna (Mexico); Real España, Club Deportivo Platense, Universidad NAH (Honduras); Club Xelajú MC, CSD Municipal, Comunicaciones, (Guatemala); and Luis Ángel Firpo (El Salvador). Hankook Verdes has the most UNCAF Club Tournament appearances of any Belize Football Club.

Achievements

File:Hankook Verdes logo.jpg

Old Logo Verdes United

• Belize Premier League: 1

  2007/08

• Premier League of Belize: 1

  2014/15 Closing

Performance in International competitions

• Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 4 appearances

Best: First Round in 1995,1999, 2006

1993: Preliminary Round

1994: Preliminary Round

1995: First Round

1999: First Round

2006: First Round

• CONCACAF Champions League: 2 appearances

Best: Group stage in 2015–16

2008–09 : Preliminary Round

2015–16 : Group stage

International level

• As of 21 August 2015

Opponent	First meeting	Last Meeting	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alajuelense	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8
Aurora	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
Cruz Azul	August 26, 2008	September 9, 2008	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12
FAS	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Municipal	Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1995	Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1995	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Olimpia	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Puntarenas F.C.	August 22, 2006	August 31, 2006	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
Querétaro	August 4, 2015	September 17, 2015	2	0	1	1	0	8	−8
San Francisco	September 22, 2015	October 22, 2015	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
Walter Ferretti	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Totals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Friendly matches not included.
• Games decided by penalty shootout are counted as ties.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player GK Benito Morreira DF Victor Cruz FW Jarrett Davis FW Deon McCaulay DF San Leobardo Mendez DF Rodney Pacheco (captain) DF Jahron Myvette MF Yuras Silva FW Oswin Williams MF Delroy Andrews MF Richard Jimenez DF Ryan Gill

No. Position Player MF Jorge Aleman DF William Nascimento DF Chris Gillharry MF Nahjib Guerra MF Jesús Patiño GK Yusef Guerra FW Marlon Molina MF Jamil Cano MF Darroll Lambey FW Elston Augustin DF Jahron Myvette DF Eduardo Gongora

Notable former players

• Erwin Contreras (Captain, Belize national football team, 1990–93)
• Jorge García (Captain, Belize national football team, 1994–97)

Managers

Real Verdes

• Sergio Enrique Pardo

Verdes Hancock

• Nayo Waight (2005)
• Ramon Cayoc (2008)

Verdes FC

• Walter Salazar (2013)
• Pablo Cacho (2014–2015)
• Walter Salazar (2015–)

External links

• Hankook Verdes