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.

Deportivo Achuapa
Full nameClub Deportivo Achuapa
Nickname(s)Los Cebolleros (The Chives)
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
GroundEstadio Winston Pineda
Capacity6,000
ChairmanFrancisco Zepeda
ManagerRónald Gómez
LeagueLiga Nacional
Apertura 20231st (Quarterfinals)

History edit

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 edit

Domestic competitions edit

League edit

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

Friendly Tournaments edit

  • Copa La Fraternidad
Winners (1): 2023

Current squad edit

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

Notable former players edit

Managerial history edit

References edit

  1. ^ DEPORTIVO ACHUAPA[permanent dead link] – ligaprimeradivision (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Guatemala 2000/01 – RSSSF