Deportivo Coatepeque

El Deportivo Coatepeque, is a Guatemalan football club based in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football.

El Deportivo Coatepeque
Full nameEl Deportivo Coatepeque
Nickname(s)Las Serpientes (The Serpents)
Founded15 May 1967; 56 years ago
GroundEstadio Israel Barrios
Capacity20,000
PresidentRonaldo Samayoa
ManagerPaco Ramírez
LeagueLiga Nacional
Clausura 2023Group A 1st (Runners-up)

They play their home games at Estadio Israel Barrios.[1]

History

Deportivo Coatepeque plays in the Liga Nacional, after achieving direct promotion during the 2022-23 Primera División.

Coatepeque was founded in 1967, under the name of Deportivo Independencia which was later changed to Deportivo Coatepeque.

The team won promotion to the premier Liga Nacional for the first time in their history during the 2013–14 season.

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
1 GK Costa Rica CRC Luis Rivas
4 DF Guatemala GUA Luis Estrada
5 DF Guatemala GUA Brandon Flores
6 MF Guatemala GUA Osman Valeriano
7 MF Guatemala GUA Christian Solares
8 FW Guatemala GUA César Chinchilla
9 FW Colombia COL Santiago Gómez
10 FW Costa Rica CRC Joshua Parra
11 FW Guatemala GUA Oliver Díaz
12 GK Guatemala GUA Vander Cruz
14 DF Guatemala GUA Wilson Díaz (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Guatemala GUA Denilson Ochaeta
19 DF Guatemala GUA Sixto Betancourt
20 MF Guatemala GUA Ditter Lang
21 FW Costa Rica CRC José Alvarado
22 MF Guatemala GUA José Guerra
23 DF Uruguay URU Mathías Techera
24 MF Guatemala GUA Lusvin Gálvez
25 MF Guatemala GUA Christian Guerra
31 DF Guatemala GUA Pablo Rosas
44 DF Guatemala GUA Melfor Ramos
77 MF Guatemala GUA José Palma

Historical list of coaches
  • Argentina Carlos Barone (2006-2008)
  • Brazil Paulo César Barros (2009–2010)
  • Guatemala Antonio Archila (2010–2011)
  • Argentina Ramon Ramírez (2011–2012)
  • Guatemala Byron Pérez (2012)
  • Guatemala Gabriel Castillo (2012–2013)
  • United States Jeff Korytoski (2013–2014)[2]
  • Uruguay Richard Preza (2014)
  • Guatemala Ulises Sosa (2014)
  • Guatemala Rudy Méndez (2014)
  • Guatemala Manuel Castañeda (2014-2015)[3]
  • Argentina Héctor Trujillo (2015–2016)[4]
  • Costa Rica Ronald Mora (2020)
  • Guatemala Gabriel Castillo (2021)
  • Argentina Héctor Trujillo (2021-2022)
  • Guatemala Joaquín Álvarez (2022-2023)
  • Mexico Paco Ramírez (2023- )

Honours

League
Winners: Apertura 2022

References
  1. Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine – World Stadiums
  2. "Ziggy Korytoski Bio". San Diego State Athletics. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. Calderón y Polo, con técnico nuevo en el Coatepeque – Crítica (in Spanish)
  4. Héctor Julián Trujillo llega como DT a Coatepeque Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine – LaRed (in Spanish)


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