C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Full name | Comunicaciones Fútbol Club Sociedad Anonima | |||
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Nickname(s) |
Los Cremas(The Creams) Albos (Whites) El Comu | |||
Founded | August 16, 1949 | |||
Ground |
Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City | |||
Capacity | 17,022 | |||
Owner | Remigio Ángel González | |||
Chairman | Pedro Portilla | |||
Manager | Iván Franco Sopegno | |||
League | Liga Nacional de Fútbol | |||
Clausura 2015 | Champion | |||
Website | Club home page | |||
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Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Communicaciones F.C., based in Guatemala City are one of the most popular and successful soccer clubs in Guatemala. Communicaciones has won 30 National Championships, including having won six consecutive titles, the most of any Guatemalan club team.
History
Comunicaciones origins date back to the 1920s to previous incarnations as Hospicio FC and España. Club Comunicaciones was formed in 1949 after Colonel Carlos Aldana Sandoval, then Minister of Telegraphs and Communications, took charge of the team and renamed it Comunicaciones (Communications).
The club plays its home games at the Estadio Cementos Progreso which has a capacity of 17,022. In addition to its 30 league titles, Communicaciones has won eight league Cups and ten Supercups. While on the international level Communicaciones has garnered 2 UNCAF Interclub Cups.
The color that identifies the club is white, which they began using in their kit shortly after its foundation, though initially the uniform of the club was Cream. Their historic arch-rival is Municipal and the two clubs compete in the Classico Chapin one of the greatest rivalries in Guatemalan football.
According to FIFA it is one of the "classical world" clubs, something that only 6 Central American teams have been. It is also recognized by the IFFHS as the second best team in the twentieth century in CONCACAF.
Honours
- 1956, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2015 Clausura
- Runners-up (22): 1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, 2000 Clausura, 2000 Apertura, 2002 Clausura, 2003 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Apertura, 2006 Apertura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2011 Apertura, 2016 Clausura.
- 1951–52, 1955, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1991–92, 2009
- Campeón de Campeones (Super Cup): 10
- 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997(2) [1]
- 1978
- Runners-up (2): 1962, 1969
- 1971, 1983
- Runners-up (3): 1976, 1977, 2003
- Runners-up (1): 1991
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former coaches
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References
- ↑ RSSSF (2009). "Guatemala – List of Cup Winners". Retrieved 10 December 2010.
External links
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- Official Website (Spanish)