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Diriangén FC 
Full name Diriangén FC Nickname(s) Caciques Founded 1917 Ground Estadio Cacique Diriangén
Diriamba, Nicaragua
(Capacity: 7,500)Chairman 
Danilo AbudManager 
Glen BlancoLeague Primera División de Nicaragua 
Home coloursAway coloursDiriangén FC is a Nicaraguan football team playing at the top level. It is based in Diriamba. Their home stadium is Estadio Cacique Diriangén. It is the most successful club in Nicaragua's football history and it shares a feisty rivalry with Nicaragua's second big club, Real Estelí
Contents
Current squad
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 Marcos Landeros 2 DF Miguel Cruz 3 DF Cristofer Velásquez 5 DF Quesler Rizo 6 DF Hernaldo Blanco 7 MF German Umaña 8 MF Remmy Vanegas 9 FW Jorge Portocarrero 10 
FW Herbert Cabrera 11 DF David Solorsano 12 FW Darwin Ramírez 13 Bilsan Aguilar 14 Jorge Villavicencio 15 Marcos Méndez 16 Sergio Mena No. Position Player 17 MF Marcos Roman 18 MF Manuel Gutierrez 19 Lesthe Juarez 20 FW Juan Carlos Narvaez 22 MF Erick Tellez 23 DF Donald Parrales 24 Diederich Téllez 25 Lesther Acevedo 31 Bismarck Avellan 32 Victor Parrales 34 McPerson Garth 39 Otto Parrales 44 Nasser Valverde 46 Eulises Pavón 47 Herrol Davila 53 Reynaldo Cruz Squad Changes 2011 Apertura
In:
- Carlos Alonso- Transferred from América Managua
- Juan Urbina- Transferred from América Managua
- Byron Segura- Transferred from TBA
- David Blanco''- Transferred from TBA
Jonatan Brigatti Gomez- Transferred from TBA
Out:
- Donald Parrales- Transferred to Deportivo Walter Ferretti
- Quesler Rizo- Transferred to Deportivo Walter Ferretti
- Remmy Vanegas- Transferred to Managua F.C.
- Marcos Landeros- Transferred to Managua F.C.
- Manuel Gutierrez- Transferred to Managua F.C.
- Marcos Méndez- Transferred to Managua F.C.
Miguel Potes Mina- Transferred to C.D. Vista Hermosa
Appearances
National
- Primera División de Nicaragua: 26
- 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004 C, 2005 A, 2005/06
- Copa de Nicaragua: 2
- 1996, 1997
International
- CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances
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- 1994 - Quarter-Finals
- 1997 - Qualifying Stage (Central Zone)
Sponsors
Jersey sponsors
Shirt sponsors
- Joma (2003–present; also the shirt manufacturers)
Rivalry
El Clasico
There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in a national league, and this is particularly the case in Primera División de Nicaragua, where the game between Real Estelí FC and Diriangén FC is known as the 'El Clásico'.
El Derbi de Diriamba
The club's nearest neighbour is Xilotepelt. A rivalry is shared between fans of both football teams.
Stadium
Main article: Estadio Cacique DiriangénThe stadium, Estadio Cacique Diriangén, holds 7,500 people. It is a multi-purpose stadium, and has been the home stadium of the Nicaragua national football team for many years. The stadium has much history: In this stadium the club Diriangén FC won against many teams from Central America.
Notable players
- Gabriel Álvarez
- Diego Campos
- Roberto Chanampe
- Carlos Javier Martino
- Dante Segovia
- Hugo Silva
- Ricardo Valenzuela
- Jorge Marín
- Miguel Potes
- Allan Chávez (2003)
- Alfonso Martínez
- Herberth Cabrera
- Cesar Salandia
Yilberto Morales Chavez (2005)- Asley Fabricio Barrios
- Livio Bendaña Espinoza
- José María "Chema" Bermúdez
- Harry Cruz
- Mauricio "El Chaparro" Cruz Jiron (1973–82), (1984–92)
- Manuel "Catarro" Cuadra (1939–44)
- Sergio "Yuyo" Gago
- Léster "El Caballo" González Silva
- Pedro José "Peché" Jirón
- Gustavo "El Cuervo" Ocampo
- Juan "Juanelo" Orellana
- Eduardo "La Saeta Rubia" Siero
- Manuel Tamariz
Raúl Leguías
Heber Grijalva
Arturo Barragán (2003)
Nicolás Martínez- Adrian Moura
Coaches
- Mauricio Cruz Jiron (2005)
- Róger "Pinocho" Rodríguez (2006)
- Martín Mena (2007)
- Mauricio Cruz Jiron (2008–10)
- Edgard Sosa (2010)
- Rolando Méndez (2010–2011)
- Glen Blanco (2011- Oct 2011)
- Martín Mena (Oct 2011-)
- Martin "El Cantante" García.
- Omar Muraco
- Santiago Berrini
- Livio Bendaña Espinoza
Eduardo Kosovic
Women's team
The women's team has won the Nicaraguan women's football championship four times in 2000, 2001, 2003 and lately in 2010.
External links
- Official website
- http://www.diriangenfc.com/
- Soccerway profile
- http://www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2007/mayo/14/suplementos/deportivo/190816.shtml
- http://web.archive.org/web/20091027020232/http://espanol.geocities.com/futboldenicaragua/lusaco/2002_08_24_006.html
De la Gloria à la Immortalidad. By Loamny Picado. La Prensa de Nicaragua.
El Equipo Diriangen de Futbol - Multicampeon Nica.
Livio Bendaña Espinoza. El Nuevo Diario. Artículo por Milton Cuadra Serrano. Octubre 1, 2000.
Luis Mario "El Mesie" Orellana Castro. Publicado por Lusaco, Notifutgol. http://www.lusaco.tk
Diriangen FC: 92 Años de Orgullo y Pasión
Competition Seasons (current) · Champions · Players (foreign) · Coaches · StadiumsStatistics and awards Awards · Golden Boot · Hat-tricksCurrent clubs Chinandega FC · Diriangén · Juventus Managua · Managua F.C. · Deportivo Ocotal · Real Estelí · Real Madriz · Deportivo Walter FerrettiFormer clubs América Managua · Deportivo Bluefields · Deportivo Masatepe · Deportivo Jalapa · FC San Marcos · Scorpión FC · VCP Chinandega · Xilotepelt
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