CD Suchitepéquez

Football club infobox
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fullname = Club Deportivo Suchitepéquez
nickname = "Venados" (Deer)
founded = 1960
ground = Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo
Mazatenango, Guatemala
capacity = 12,000
chairman = Alfonso Cruz Berganza
manager =
league = Liga Nacional de Fútbol
season = 2007-2008 Clausura
position = 6th (playoffs) 6th (league)
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Club Deportivo Suchitepéquez are a Guatemalan professional football club that competes in the "Liga Nacional", the top division in the nation. They are based in Mazatenango, Department of Suchitepéquez, and their home stadium is the "Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo". The team was formed in 1960, and won their only league championship in 1983.

History

1980s

In 1981, they defeated Spanish league champions Atlético Madrid 1-0 on a friendly match to re-open the Carlos Salazar stadium.

The team's most successful era ever took place in the mid 1980s. Having been runner-up in the 1982 domestic league, Suchitepéquez won the national league title in 1983, with a record of 16 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses in 22 matches. The team was managed by Uruguayan former World Cup player Julio César Cortés.

Suchitepéquez went on to play in the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, beating Deportivo Saprissa in the first round. In the second round, they drew with Universidad Nuevo Leon 1-1 in the first leg, and then beat them 3-0 at home, becoming the first Guatemalan football team to defeat a Mexican team in an official tournament. [Source: http://www.deportivosuchi.com/historia/Historia-80s.html] After that they faced CF Atlante, drawing the first match but losing 0-6 in the second leg to the eventual champions.

They finished second in the local league again in 1984, repeating that in the 1989/90 tournament.

1990s

In 1992, Suchitepéquez won the summer (cup) tournament, and then defeated the 1992 league champions Municipal in the "Champion of champions" match, [Equivalent to a "Super Cup" match between the league and cup champions.] winning their first title of the decade.

They won the domestic cup in 1993, a second "Champion of champions" title in 1994, and another domestic cup in 1997.

Relegation

The club struggled to remain in the top division during the 1998/99 season, finishing next to last overall, and avoiding relegation in the last instance by winning a relegation playoff. The following year, they finished in last place overall, and were directly relegated.

2000s

After four years in "Primera División", the club returned to the top division for the 2004/05 season, finishing fourth in the "Torneo Apertura".

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

*CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (2 appearances)::1993 - 4th place::1995 - Qualifying stage (Central Zone)

Notable players

Former players
*flagicon|GUA Carlos Castañeda, midfielder, 1980s and 1990s
*flagicon|GUA Alejandro Ortiz Obregón, defender, 1980s and 1990s
*flagicon|GUA Julio César Anderson, forward, 1960s
*flagicon|GUA Ricardo Jerez Hidalgo, goalkeeper, 1960s
*flagicon|ARG flagicon|GUA Ricardo Piccinini, goalkeeper, 1980s
*flagicon|PER Julián Arturo Vargas, defender, 1980s
*flagicon|GUA Manuel Coronado, defender, 1990s
*flagicon|GUA Edwin Villatoro, forward, 2000s (active)
*flagicon|GUA César "El Picho" Trujillo, forward, 2000s

Current squad

17 eduardo delgado

Notes and references

External links

*es icon [http://www.deportivosuchi.com/ Official web site] - deportivosuchi.com
*es icon [http://xibenel.tripod.com/index.html Web page dedicated to the club] - by Jorge Mario García
*es icon [http://www.literaturaguatemalteca.org/mazate3.htm Brief notes on the national title won in 1983, includes pictures of the celebration] - literaturaguatemalteca.org