C.D. Santiagueño

C.D. Santiagueño

Full name	Club Deportivo Santiagueño
Founded	1917
Ground	Estadio Leonidas Flores Cárdenas, Santiago de María, El Salvador
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Santiagueño is a Salvadoran professional football club from Santiago de María, Usulután.

C.D. Santiagueño won the Salvadoran Premier Division title in the 1979-80 season.

History

1979-1980

After clinching fourth place in the regular league season, the club won the national title in the final round. In the final group round of four teams, Santiagueño beat Águila, FAS and Independiente Nacional 1906 to finish top of the group with five wins and only one defeat.

Subsequent years

The following season, in 1980-81, they clinched the regular season league title. In the finals, however, they fell short to Atlético Marte, losing 2-1 in the first leg, and 3-1 in the second leg. Both games were played in the Estadio Cuscatlán. Despite winning the title two years previous the team were relegated to Second Division in 1982. They were relegated from the Third Division in 2007.

Santiagueño in International Competition

• 1R = First Round

Season	Competition	Round	Land	Club	Score
Copa Fraternidad 1980	Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1R		CSD Municipal	2-1, 2-5

Season	Competition	Round	Land	Club	Score
Copa Fraternidad 1981	Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1R		CD Suchitepéquez	2-2, 2-3

Notable coaches

Argentina

• Raúl Miralles (1979)

Chile

• Carlos Máscaro

El Salvador

• Juan Antonio Merlos "Maquinita"
• Miguel Aguilar Obando (1996)
• Luis Alonso Santana "El Chispo"

Guatemala

• Rafael Osorio (1980–1981)

Achievements

• Primera División de Fútbol Profesional:1979-80

External links

• Un recuerdo llamado Santiagueño - El Diario de Hoy (Spanish)