Deportivo Marquense

Marquense

Full name	Club Deportivo Marquense
Nickname(s)	Los Leones (The Lions)
Founded	1958
Ground	Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos, Guatemala (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Rolando Pineda Lam
Manager	César Méndez
League	Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Clausura 2009	8th (league)
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Marquense, also just known as Marquense, are a Guatemalan professional football club based in San Marcos, Department of San Marcos, and who compete in the Liga Nacional, the nation's top footballing division, since 2000. They play their home games at the Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada.

History

The club was founded in 1958, and were promoted to the then Liga Mayor "A" in 1962, remaining in the top division until 1966, when they finished in bottom place. They were relegated as far down as the Second Division (third level in the country), before earning promotion to the Primera División de Ascenso in the 1990s. After more than three decades competing in lower divisions, the team was promoted back to the Liga Nacional in May 2000, and in 2004, they reached the semifinals of the Apertura tournament. In 2006, they finished second in the Clausura tournament, their best result ever, reaching the final and losing to the defending champion CSD Municipal.

Marquense qualified to the UNCAF Club Tournament for the first time in their history after finishing above the loser of the 2005 Apertura final, Comunicaciones, in the overall standings. The team reached the semifinals of the 2006 UNCAF tournament, where they lost to Costa Rican club Puntarenas F.C., but after beating Victoria of Honduras in the third place match on a 4-1 aggregate, they were able to reach the CONCACAF Champions' Cup for the first time in their history. Marquense played C.F. Pachuca, the Mexican First Division defending champions, in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup quarterfinals, with Pachuca winning the first leg 2-0 at home on February 22, 2007 and 1-0 in San Marcos on February 28, 2007, thus eliminating the Guatemalan team on a 3-0 aggregate.

In the 2007 Clausura tournament, Marquense reached the final, facing Xelajú MC, who won the title on a 4-2 aggregate score. It was the first time since 1980 that two teams from out of Guatemala City finished as champions and runner-up.

Honours

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

• Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 1 appearance

Best: 2006-07 - Third Place

Year	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg
2006/07	Águila	2 - 0	1 - 1
2006/07	Marathón	1 - 1	1 - 0
2006/07	Puntarenas	0 - 2	0 - 0
2006/07	Victoria	3 - 0	1 - 1

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1 appearance

Best: 2006-07 - Quarter-Finals

Year	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg
2006/07	C.F. Pachuca	0 - 2	0 - 1

Squads

First team

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 GK Luis Pedro Molina GK Manuel Sosa DF Elver Jiménez DF Israel Dónis DF Joaquín Álvarez DF Hugo Villanueva DF Juliano Rangel DF Asdrubal Merlos MF Leonel Noriega MF José Gramajo MF Francisco Aguilar

No. Position Player MF André Rocha Martins MF Riqui Murga MF Eduardo Gómez MF Jonathan López MF Gustavo Grajeda FW Jonny Brown FW Johnny Ruiz FW Julio César Vanegas FW Jorge Ortíz FW Tomaz de Sousa

List of Coaches

• Deportivo Marquense
• César Eduardo Méndez

Former Logo

External links

• (Spanish) Official web site
• (Spanish) History of Deportivo Marquense
• Team profile on Polish Football Clubs Database (Polish)