Diriangén FC

Founded in 1917, Diriangén has won a total of 30 domestic titles, including at least one in every decade since the 1940s. They are also the only club in Nicaragua to have competed in every season of the league's top flight. As a result of this success, the club has become associated with the motto "Diriangén no tuvo infancia, porque nació grande" ("Diriangen never had a childhood because it was born big")'.

Diriangén's strongest era was in the 1940s, when they won six consecutive championships (1940–45). They won a seventh championship in 1949, and hoisted the crown three times in the 1950s (1953, 1956, and 1959). A long drought followed in the 1960s, but the club rebounded with consecutive titles in 1969–70 and again in 1974.

The 1980s saw a return to the form of glory days past. It opened with a threepeat (1981, 1982, and 1983) and included other championships in 1987 and 1989. The 1990s were similar—a threepeat from 1994–97, followed by a title win in 1999–2000. However, the 2000s didn't go quite as well. Although Diriangén managed to win the championship in 2004–2005 and 2005–2006, the real power in Nicaragua had shifted to Real Esteli, winners of thirteen championships in 16 years.

Meanwhile, Diriangén struggled through a thirteen year title drought. That year was finally broken in Clausura 2018, when they knocked off Real Esteli 3–1 on aggregate.

The club celebrated its 100-year celebration in 2017

As of: August 2022 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  NCA Justo Lorente 2 DF  COL Yohn Mosquera 3 DF  NCA Francisco Flores 4 DF  NCA Mario Dávila 5 DF  NCA Erick Téllez (Captain) 7 MF  NCA Abner Acuña 9 MF  NCA Luis Coronel 10 MF  ARG Carlos Torres 12  NCA Jonathan Zapata 14 MF  NCA Jason Coronel (Vice-Captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18  NCA Junior Arteaga 19 MF  BRA Pedro dos Santos 20 MF  BRA Robinson Da Silva 21  NCA Tulio López 22  NCA Alexander Zuniga 24 GK  NCA Ronald Ruiz 27 DF  NCA Luis Copete 28 FW  ARG Ramiro Peters 31 GK  NCA Miguel Rodriguez

The stadium, Estadio Cacique Diriangén, holds 7,500 people. It is a multi-purpose stadium, and has been the home stadium of the Nicaragua national football team for many years. The stadium has much history: In this stadium the club Diriangén FC won against many teams from Central America.

Diriangen has had permanent managers since it first appointed Napolen Parrales Bendaña as coach in 1917. The longest-serving manager was Mauricio Cruz Jiron, who managed Diriangen for fourteen years from 1992 to 2006. Hungarian Eduardo Kosovic was the foreign coach in the club. Mauricio Cruz Jiron is the most successful manager as he led the club to seven primera division titles.

Notable managers

The following managers have won at least one trophy while in charge at Diriangen:

Name	Nat	Tenure	Honors
Eduardo Cosovich	HUN	1956	Primera division 1956
Livio Bendaña Espinoza	NCA	1966-1972	Primera division 1969 and 1970
Mauricio Cruz Jiron	NCA	1992–06	Primera division 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005,2006, 2018 Clausura
Flavio Da Silva	BRA	2019 - 2022	Copa Primera 2020, 2021 Clausura, 2021 Apertura
Tyrone Leiva	NCA	2022 - Present	Clausura 2022

The women's team has won the Nicaraguan women's football championship four times in 2000, 2001, 2003 and lately in 2010.

• Soccerway profile
• Los inmortales caciques (history) – La Prensa (in Spanish)
• Historias del Fútbol Diriambino: Nacimiento del Diriangen Papyfutbol – Futbol de Nicaragua (in Spanish)
• De la gloria a la inmortalidad – La Prensa (in Spanish)
• El Equipo Diriangen de Futbol – Multicampeon Nica – Diriamba (in Spanish)
• Livio Bendaña Espinoza – El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
• Luis Mario "El Mesie" Orellana Castro – Notifutbol (in Spanish)
• Diriangen FC: 92 Años de Orgullo y Pasión – Notifutbol (in Spanish)
• Defendamos 83 años de historia – El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
• Trece técnicos han pasado durante la sequía – Barra Cacique (in Spanish)