Coatepeque Fútbol Club, is a Guatemalan football club based in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department. They compete in the Primera División, the second tier of Guatemalan football.

Coatepeque FC
Full nameCoatepeque Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Serpientes Rojas
Los Diablos
Founded15 May 1967; 56 years ago
GroundIsrael Barrios
Capacity20,000[1]
PresidentOscar Alexander Perez
ManagerSilvio Fernández
LeaguePrimera División
Clausura 202412th (Relegated)

They play their home games at Estadio Israel Barrios.[2]

History edit

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 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
1 GK   GUA Luis Tatuaca
4 DF   GUA Luis Estrada
5 DF   URU Federico Antúnez
6 MF   GUA Osman Valeriano
7 MF   GUA Christian Solares
8 DF   GUA Carlos Alvarado
10 MF   MEX Armando Zamorano
12 GK   GUA Vander Cruz
14 DF   GUA Wilson Díaz (captain)
15 FW   PAR Edison Ávalos
16 DF   SLV Edgardo Mira
17 MF   GUA Denilson Ochaeta
19 DF   GUA Sixto Betancourt
20 MF   GUA Ditter Lang
21 FW   CRC José Alvarado
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF   GUA José Guerra
25 MF   GUA Christian Guerra
30 MF   MEX Abel Guzman
31 DF   GUA Pablo Rosas
33 MF   GUA Tobit Vasquez
44 DF   GUA Melfor Ramos
77 MF   GUA José Palma
98 FW   GUA Diego Tatuaca (on loan from USAC)
- FW   GUA Fredy López
- MF   GUA Ramiro Luna
- FW   GUA Herminio Pérez

Historical list of coaches edit

  •   Carlos Barone (2006-2008)
  •   Paulo César Barros (2009–2010)
  •   Antonio Archila (2010–2011)
  •   Ramon Ramírez (2011–2012)
  •   Byron Pérez (2012)
  •   Gabriel Castillo (2012–2013)
  •   Jeff Korytoski (2013–2014)[3]
  •   Richard Preza (2014)
  •   Ulises Sosa (2014)
  •   Rudy Méndez (2014)
  •   Manuel Castañeda (2014-2015)[4]
  •   Héctor Trujillo (2015–2016)[5]
  •   Ronald Mora (2020)
  •   Gabriel Castillo (2021)
  •   Héctor Trujillo (2021-2022)
  •   Joaquín Álvarez (2022-2023)
  •   Paco Ramírez (2023)
  •   Silvio Fernández (2024-present)

Honours edit

Domestic Competitions edit

League edit

Winners: Apertura 2022

References edit

  1. ^ Nuestro Diario (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine – World Stadiums
  3. ^ "Ziggy Korytoski Bio". San Diego State Athletics. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ Calderón y Polo, con técnico nuevo en el Coatepeque – Crítica (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Héctor Julián Trujillo llega como DT a Coatepeque Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine – LaRed (in Spanish)

External links edit