C.D. Atlético Marte

Atlético Marte

Full name	Club Deportivo Atlético Marte
Nickname(s)	Los Marcianos El Equipo Bandera El Bombardero Marciano Los Carabineros
Founded	22 April 1950
Ground	Estadio Cuscatlán (Capacity: 32,000)
Chairman	Felix Guardado
Manager	Fausto Omar Vásquez
League	Primera División
Clausura 2011	Primera Division, 6th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Atlético Marte is a football club from San Salvador, El Salvador. The club has changed their name a couple of times to C.D. Arabe Marte (1998–1999), (1999–2000) and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque (2006–2008). The club changed to its original name again in 2008; C.D. Atlético Marte.

The club was once a prominent team in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol Profesional winning eight championships while in the league. The team won titles in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980–81, 1982, and 1985. [1] In the 1980s, Salvadoran football legend Luis Ramírez Zapata and Norberto Huezo, Ramón Fagoaga, José Luis Rugamas were among their stars. The team was relegated to the second division after the 2002 Clausura season, where it remained until the Clausura 2009. In 1981, the team was runner-up of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup losing to SV Transvaal of Surinam. In 1991 the club won the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup in Guatemala. C.D. Atlético Marte played in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional after being promoted at the end of the 2009 Clausura season from the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

History

Atlético Marte came to life on April 22, 1950, when the Alacranes, which was managed by some of the military, were given promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. Atlético Marte's arrival in the first division coincided with the disappearance of Libertad F.C., both players and staff were absorbed into Atlético Marte as a sign of respect. The team were made up of great players such as the goalkeeper Ovidio López, defenders Antonio "El Chino" Montes, Isaías Choto, Alvaro Alarcón and Roberto "Venado" Barrios, Midfielders Luis Regalado and Conrado Miranda, and finally the strikers Carlos "La Rata" Gálvez, Armando "El Potro" Ruano, Obdulio Vásquez and Mario Aguila. The original team colours were camisola cream and ochre calzoneta. In 1959 the team colours was changed to blue and white.

In the 1955-56 season, reinforced with players of the stature of Gustavo Lucha, Manuel Garay, Armando Rivas, Miguel "El Pibe" Vásquez, René "Pelón" García and Abraham "El Carabina" Jiménez, Atlético Marte won its first championship, and remained champion in the tournament 1956-57 and 1957-58. In other words, three consecutive years of being champions. After ten years of drought in terms of titles, but always with the label of a prestigious and dangerous team, 'The Martians' returned to the glory of winning successive championships in 1969-70 and 1970-71. It was the fourth and fifth titles respectively in its history.

From 1972 to 1979, 'The Martians' continued fighting for the title with the teams of the primera Division, but it was not until the 1980-81 season could they raise their sixth title. They were able to reclaim the title by winning 1982-83 season, it's fair to mention that the team had only domestic players this year and continued with their Eighth and what would turn out to be their last title in 1985.

However, their teams quality were finally recognised internationally, when in 1992 they were crowned champion of CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup, a contest held in Guatemala and with the presence of so many strong teams in the regions such as Club Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico; Comunicaciones, Guatemala; Saprissa, Costa Rica; and Real Estelí, Nicaragua. They had previously made the final of Concacaf champions cup in 1981 however losing to SV Transvaal of Surinam over two leg series.

They failed to reach the final of the primera division, but maintained its strength by making two semifinal both times defeated by Aguila. The team of 1995 was directed by Reno and Renucci contained great foreigners players such as Rodinei Martins, el "ostrero" Alberi Dos Santos y Agustin Alberto "La Chochera" Castillo. The players of 1999 finished second on the table, mainly due to Emiliano Pedrozo, Ernesto Góchez, Cristian Lopez, Chepe Martínez, Mario Pablo Quintanilla and Guillermo Morán.

Honours

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• Primera División: 8

1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980-81, 1982, 1985

• Segunda División: 1

2008 Apertura ^{[note 1]}

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 0

Runner-up (1): 1981

• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup: 1

1991

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1991 - Champion

1994 - Quarter-Finals

Overall seasons table in Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Pos.	Club	Season In D1	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif.
TBA	Atlético Marte	52	1509	583	476	450	2306	1948	+308

Last updated: 15 June 2009 [2]

Current squad

As of Apertura 2011:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Diego Cuéllar 2 DF José Lemus 3 DF Jaime Medina 4 Francisco René Pérez 5 MF Henry Noé Reyes 6 GK Francisco Pérez 7 MF Ricardo Gómez 8 MF Erick Molina 9 FW Juan Melgar 10 MF Gilberto Baires 11 FW Elías Montes 12 GK Javier Gómez 13 DF Fidel Jiménez 14 DF Alexander Vidal Larín 15 MF Danny Torres

No. Position Player 16 MF Aníbal Parada (Captain) 17 MF Fabricio Alfaro 18 FW Juan Ángel Sosa 19 FW Alcides Bandera 20 MF Allan Fernández 21 FW Danis Cristopher Ramírez 22 FW James Owusu-Ansah 23 FW Ibsen Adalberto Castro 24 DF Mario Enrique Martínez 25 FW Erick Daniel Guerrero 26 Felipe Antonio Platero 27 José Ernesto Castillo 28 Osmín Ávalos Casco 29 Dennis Eduardo Hernández 30 FW Dustin Corea

Squad Changes for the Apertura 2011

In:

• Dustin Corea - Transferred from Free agent
• Allan Fernández - Transferred from Santa Tecla F.C.
• Fidel Jiménez - Transferred from A.D. Isidro Metapán
• Alexander Larín - Transferred from EL Roble
• James Owusu-Ansah - Transferred from TBA

Out:

• Glauber Da Silva - Transferred to C.D. Águila
• Manuel López - Transferred to UES
• Ricardo Orellana - Transferred to Once Municipal
• Emerson Veliz - Transferred to C.D. FAS
• Ramon Alberto Castillo - Transferred to TBA

Personnel

Current technical staff

Head Coach	Fausto Omar Vásquez
Assistant coach	Antonio Orellana Rico
Physical	Jose Lorenzo Marroquin Castaneda
Director Deportivo	Luis Guevara Mora
Medical trainer	TBA
Goalkeeping Coach	Shafick Napoleon Chavez Campos

Notable players

Rodolfo Baello (1956–69) Juan Bautista Pérez (1955–56) Marcelo Bruno (1993–94) Luis César Condomí Alfredo di Maio (1978–79) Óscar "Nene" Escalante (1978–79) Juan Fullana (2002) Enríque Omar González (1993–94) Miguel Ángel "Trucutú" Martínez (1978–79) Jerónimo Pericullo (1955–56) Andrés Puig (2001) Raúl "Pibe" Vásquez (1955–56) Alvery dos Santos (1992–93) Carlos Roberto Barbosa Elenilson Franco Enor Voss (1995–96) Enos Pereira (1974–75) Odir Jacques Rodinei Martins (1992–93, 1995–96) Ricardo Sepúlveda (1969–71) Henry Velez de la Torre (1991–92) José Luis Soto (1965) Óscar Mejía (2001–03) Jose Luis Alvarado Ernesto Aparicio Salvador Cabezas

Manuel Cañadas Santana Cartagena Guillermo Castro Carlos Castro Borja (1988–93) Ivan Castro Herrera Santiago Cortés Miguel Ángel Díaz Ramón Fagoaga Alberto Fay (1976–80) Ernesto Gochez (1995-01) Mauricio Ernesto González Luis Guevara Mora Norberto Huezo (1976), (1985–86) Wilfredo Iraheta Sergio Méndez Conrado Miranda Nildeson (1990–91) Emiliano Pedrozo (2000–02), (2009-) José "El Ruso" Quintanilla Guillermo Ragazzone Luis Ramírez José María Rivas Roberto Rivas José Luis Rugamas Marcial Turcios Alberto Villalta Deogracias Abaga Edu Mangue (1999)

Gabriel Urriola (1956–57) Giovanni Delgado Castillo Pastor Martínez (1991–92) Fabricio Pérez Nicolas Suazo Ricardo Bellancanzone (2002) Roberto Clemente Avila Alex López Buenfil (1996–97) Andrés Ortega (2001) José Luis Osorio (2009–10) Ramón Rodríguez (2001) Francisco Vargas (2001) Luis Ernesto Tapia (1970–71) Irineo Nunez Torres Agustín Castillo (1990–93) Fidel Ernesto Suárez Becerra (1995) José Luis "Camote" Vásquez Abdul Thompson Conteh (1994–95) Vladimir Henderson Suite (2002) José Luis Cardozo (1991–92) Raúl Esnal (1985–87) Mario Figueroa Viscarret (1985) Alejandro Larrea (1994–96)

Copa America winners

Raúl Esnal - Copa América 1983

Amílcar Cabral Cup winners

Abdul Thompson Conteh - Amílcar Cabral Cup (1993 Amílcar Cabral Cup) & (1995 Amílcar Cabral Cup)

Head coaches of Atlético Marte

• List of Head Coaches of Atlético Marte

Notable Coaches

1950s Emilio Guardado Conrado Miranda 1960s - 1970s Hernán Carrasco Vivanco 1980s Armando Contreras Palma Carlos Jurado 1990s | Juan Carlos Masnik 2000s to date Raul Magana Ramiro Cepeda

Notes

1. ^ On June 14, 2009, the club won the right to be in the Primera División by defeating AFI-El Roble of Ilobasco in the Finals of the Second Division.

External links

• http://www.clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com/
• http://www.fesfut.org.sv/cd_atletico_marte.html
• http://www.clima.com.sv/campeones.php
• http://www.elsalvador.com/enlajugada/13edicion/nota2.html
• http://www.elsalvador.com/enlajugada/13edicion/nota1.html
• http://www.clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com/
• http://www.diariocolatino.com/es/20050319/deportes/deportes_20050319_1678/?tpl=69