Deportivo Achuapa
Full nameClub Deportivo Achuapa
Nickname(s)Los Cebolleros (The Chives)
Founded1932 (1932)
GroundEstadio Winston Pineda
Capacity6,000
ChairmanFrancisco Zepeda
ManagerMilton García
LeagueLiga Nacional
Apertura 20231st (Quarterfinals)

Club Deportivo Achuapa, is a Guatemalan football club based in El Progreso, Jutiapa Department. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They now play their home games in the Estadio Winston Pineda after moving there from the Estadio Municipal Manuel Ariza.

History

The club was founded in 1932 as Oriental Progresista.[1] In 1974 they joined the Guatemalan League B.

They have spent the 2000/2001 season [2] at the highest level of Guatemalan football, playing in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala. They have been playing in the Primera División Group "A" or "B" until getting promoted back to the Liga Nacional in 2020.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

Winners (1): Apertura 2019
  • Segunda División de Ascenso
Winners (1): Clausura 2018

Friendly Tournaments

  • Copa La Fraternidad
Winners (1): 2023

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Guatemala GUA Ribix García
5 DF Guatemala GUA José Salazar
6 DF Guatemala GUA Rigoberto Hernández (captain)
7 MF Guatemala GUA Daniel Cardoza
8 MF Guatemala GUA Kevin Navas
9 FW Colombia COL Ezequiel Gelves
10 MF Guatemala GUA Edgar Macal
11 MF Guatemala GUA Danny López
13 GK Guatemala GUA Henry Orellana
14 DF Guatemala GUA Jorge Matul
17 FW Guatemala GUA Kevin Bordón
18 MF Guatemala GUA Jorge Escobar
19 MF Guatemala GUA Limber Carias
21 GK Guatemala GUA Jose Carlos García
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Colombia COL Eliser Quiñones
23 MF United States USA Dennis Ramirez (on loan from Antigua)
24 MF Guatemala GUA Oscar Gonzalez
25 FW Guatemala GUA Erick Lemus
27 DF Paraguay PAR Orlando Moreira
30 DF Guatemala GUA Kevyn Aguilar
31 GK Colombia COL Andrés Salazar
32 DF Guatemala GUA Cristian Cortez
35 FW Guatemala GUA Reniller Arana
43 MF Cuba CUB Yunior Pérez
77 FW Guatemala GUA Brandon Bautista
85 DF Guatemala GUA Bryan Gudiel
96 MF Guatemala GUA Victor Ortíz
99 FW Guatemala GUA Luis Túnchez
- DF Colombia COL Camilo Mancilla

Notable former players

  • Uruguay Álvaro Garcia
  • Brazil Juliano Rangel
  • Brazil Rafael da Roza
  • Colombia Marlon Negrete
  • Colombia Orlando Osorio
  • Argentina Alexis Libonatti
  • Argentina Nicolas Martínez
  • Panama Roberto Nurse
  • Guatemala Jorge Estrada
  • Guatemala Brandon Dávila
  • Guatemala Hamilton López
  • Guatemala Oliver Rodas

Managerial history

References

  1. DEPORTIVO ACHUAPA – ligaprimeradivision (in Spanish)
  2. Guatemala 2000/01 – RSSSF
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