Coatepeque FC
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| Full name | Coatepeque Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nicknames | Serpientes Rojas (Red Serpents) Los Diablos (The Devils) | |||
| Founded | 15 May 1967; 56 years ago | |||
| Ground | Estadio Israel Barrios | |||
| Capacity | 20,000[1] | |||
| President | Oscar Alexander Perez | |||
| Manager | Silvio Fernández | |||
| League | Liga Primera División | |||
| Clausura 2024 | 12th (Relegated) | |||
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Coatepeque Fútbol Club, is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department. They compete in the Liga Primera División, the second tier of Guatemalan football.
They play their home games at Estadio Israel Barrios.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]Coatepeque plays in the Primera División, returning back after being relegated from the Liga Nacional during the 2023-24 season.
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.
Their rivals are Xelajú, known as Derbi de Quetzaltenango given both teams from the same department.
Current squad
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Historical list of coaches
[edit | edit source]- Argentina Carlos Barone (2006-2008) Subcampeon Nacional
- Error creating thumbnail: 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)[3]
- Uruguay Richard Preza (2014)
- Guatemala Ulises Sosa (2014)
- Guatemala Rudy Méndez (2014)
- Guatemala Manuel Castañeda (2014-2015)[4]
- Argentina Héctor Trujillo (2015–2016)[5]
- Costa Rica Ronald Mora (2020)
- Guatemala Gabriel Castillo (2021)
- Argentina Héctor Trujillo (2021-2022)
- Guatemala Joaquín Álvarez (2022-2023)
- Mexico Paco Ramírez (2023)
- Uruguay Silvio Fernández (2024-present)
Honours
[edit | edit source]Domestic Competitions
[edit | edit source]League
[edit | edit source]- Winners: Apertura 2022
See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Nuestro Diario (in Spanish)
- ^ Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine – World Stadiums
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- ^ Calderón y Polo, con técnico nuevo en el Coatepeque – Crítica (in Spanish)
- ^ Héctor Julián Trujillo llega como DT a Coatepeque Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine – LaRed (in Spanish)
