Club Xelajú MC

Club Xelajú MC

Full name	Club Social y Deportivo Xelajú Mario Camposeco
Nickname(s)	Los Superchivos, Altenses, Xela
Founded	1928
Ground	Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (Capacity: 11,000)
Chairman	Juan Fernando Lopez
Manager	Hernan Medford
League	Liga Nacional de Fútbol
Clausura 2009	5th (playoffs) 5th (league)
Home colours Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Xelajú Mario Camposeco, commonly known as Xelajú MC or just Xela and nicknamed Superchivos are a Guatemalan professional football club competing in the Liga Nacional, the country's top footballing division. They are located in Quetzaltenango, Department of Quetzaltenango, and play their home matches in the Estadio Mario Camposeco. They are the most successful team (in terms of national titles won) not based in the capital city in the history of the league.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as Germania; after ten years of existence, their name would be changed to ADIX (Asociación Deportiva Independiente de Xelajú), and during that time the uniform colors were established as red jersey and blue shorts,^[1] a combination that remains to date. The team was renamed Xelajú Mario Camposeco in honor of local footballer Mario Camposeco who was the captain of the club in the 1940s, helped them win 10 consecutive Quetzaltenango department titles, and who was still an active player when he died in a plane crash in 1951.^[2]

The Superchivos have been Guatemalan champions four times, first in 1961/62, again in 1980, a third time in 1995/96, and a fourth time in the 2006/07 season. Xelajú has won the Copa Centenario once, in 1972/73. In the 2007 Clausura tournament, they eliminated five-time defending champion Municipal in semifinals, to reach their first final since the inception of the Apertura/Clausura format. They faced Deportivo Marquense, losing the first match 0-1 and winning the second match 4-1, for a global score of 4-2 which gave them their fourth championship. It was the first time since 1980 that two teams from outside of Guatemala City finished first and runner-up.

Current squad

2010/2011 season
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 Marvin Barrios GK Oscar Daniel Martínez GK Jorge Quiñónez DF Carlos de Castro DF Jhonny Girón DF Kristian Guzmán DF Milton Leal DF Javier Sinay MF Marco Ciani MF Edgar Cotto MF Héctor Saúl de Matta MF Julio Estacuy

No. Position Player MF Miguel Antonio Fernández MF Carlos Figueroa MF Eddy Ortíz MF Luis Roberto Piedrasanta MF Gregory Ruíz MF Manuel Antonio Soto FW Martin Crossa FW Israel Silva FW Néstor Escobar FW Minor López FW Osmar López FW David Orozco

Notable former players

• Sergio Anaya (FW) (1959-1966)
• Mario Camposeco (FW) (1942-1951)
• Jhonny Cubero (FW) (2005-2010)
• Fernando Patterson (GK) (1996-2008)
• Jorge Suárez (GK) (1981-??)

Former coaches

Roberto Chávez Lizano (1961-1962) Aníbal Villagrán (1963) Asisclo Sáenz (1963-1964) Ferenc Meszaros (1966) Arnoldo Camposeco (1972-1973) Sergio Anaya (1978) Calos Javier Mascaró (1980) Orlando de León (1981) Marvin Rodríguez (1996) Walter Claverí (2000) Camilo Aguilar (2001) Edwin Pavón (2004)

Luis da Costa (2005-2006) Carlos Jurado (2007) Gabriel Castillo (2008-09) Alberto Jorge (2009-2010) Horacio Cordero (2010) Francisco Lobato (2010) Gustavo Adolfo Cifuentes (2010)

References

1. ^ History - Official website (Spanish)
2. ^ (Spanish) Source: http://especiales.prensalibre.com/PDFs/Ediciones/2009/febrero/24/PDFs/PLMT24022009.pdf

External links

• Official Website
• Guatemala - List of Champions

Fan Site: http://www.xelajumipasion.com Fan Site: http://pasionsuperchiva.blogspot.com/