Sacachispas

Sacachispas
This article is about the Guatemalan club. For the Argentine club, see Sacachispas Fútbol Club.
Sacachispas
Full name Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas
Nickname(s) El Equipo de la "S" (The "S" Team)
Los Muteros
Founded June 15, 1949
Ground Estadio Las Victorias
Chiquimula, Guatemala
(Capacity: 9,000)
Chairman Guatemala Alexander Hernández
Head Coach Uruguay Mario Calero
League Primera División de Ascenso
Clausura 2010 3rd (Group B)
Home colours
Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas is a professional football club based in Chiquimula, Guatemala.

The team plays in the Primera División de Ascenso, the second-highest football division in Guatemala. Their home stadium is the Estadio Las Victorias.

The club has also played in the Liga Mayor, having reached their best position in the 1995-96 season, when they were runners-up.[1] They have been playing in the second division since 2000.

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History

Nicknamed Los Muteros[2], the club was founded as a result of two meetings. The first, in the south-west corner of Ismael Cerna´s Park, in where were the distinguished citizens Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Josué Goshop, Héctor Antonio Monroy, Jorge González and Manuel Samayoa, on June 15, 1949; and the second meeting was near of Colegio Amigos, on the ground it now occupies the Estado Las Victoras. In this attended besides the first mentioned, Neftalí Aguilar, Caleb Goshop, Neco Velásquez, Enrique Valdés, Gata Cuellar, Ronald Williams, Mincho Paz, Lipe Franco, Quincho Díaz, Chentío Castañeda, Edmundo Rivera, Pío Martínez and Armando Portillo.
The first uniform was a white jersey with white shorts. Their first coach was the Governor of Chiquimula, Colonel Guadalupe López Ochoa who got new uniforms: a white a blue stripes jersey with white shorts.

The Name

Many of the footballers had their headquarters in the Roxi barbershop, owned by Carlos Enrique Morales Hernández aka Quique. One night in a player's meeting, one customer who came from El Salvador told them about an Argentine movie was showing in that country, Pelota de Trapo (Ball Rag). The movie was about a group of kids who plays with the name of Sacachispas. He suggested naming that way the Chiquimula football team. That led to the name of the current Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
Guatemala GK Saul Diaz
Guatemala GK Luis Alonso Hernandez
Guatemala DF Lester Garcia
Guatemala MF Alexis Mata
Guatemala MF Luis Fernando Valdez
Guatemala MF Gonzalo Bautista
Guatemala FW Julio Vanegas
Guatemala FW Neftalí Espino
Guatemala FW Juan Ródas
Guatemala Marlon Revolorio
Guatemala Joaquin Valdez
Guatemala Hugo Paiz
Guatemala Sander López
No. Position Player
Guatemala Sabino Mazariegos
Guatemala Guillermo Alvárez
Guatemala Wilder Galicia
Guatemala Cristian Cardona
Guatemala Luis Javier Roche
Guatemala Marvin Pineda
Guatemala Yefry González
Guatemala Luis Armando Flores
Uruguay Oscar Piñero
Japan Kosuke Maruyama
Guatemala Anibal Salguero
Colombia Nelson Riascos

Notable former players

List of coaches

  • Chile Sergio Pardo

Honours

National titles

  • Liga Mayor B: 1
1992
  • Segunda División: 1
1993
  • Copa Amistad: 1
2007

References

  1. ^ Guatemala 1995/1996 - RSSSF
  2. ^ CLUB DEPORTIVO SACACHISPAS - LigaPrimeraDivision (Spanish)

External links


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