Verdes FC

Verdes FC

Full name	Real Verdes Football Club
Nickname(s)	Verdes
Founded	1976
Ground	Norman Broaster Stadium San Ignacio Town, Belize
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Sergio Chuc
Manager	Walter Salazar
League	Premier League of Belize
Home colours Away colours

Verdes FC (previously Hankook Verdes) are a Belize association football club which competes in the Belize Premier Football League. They are based in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a town situated on the border of Guatemala. The club was established in 1976 as Real Verdes Football Club and changed their name to Hankook Verdes in 2004. The club is one of the oldest active professional football teams in Belize and has been in existence since the inception of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home games are played at Marshalleck Stadium.

The club has established an excellent reputation for the development of many past and current members of the Belize national football team, despite not having won any club championships at the national level until 2008.

In 1985, Hankook Verdes was the first team to represent Belize in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Throughout the history of Belizean football, Real Verdes has represented its country more than any other club in Belize. The list of CONCACAF opponents includes professional teams such as Cruz Azul, UNAM, Santos Laguna (Mexico); Real España, Platense, Pumas UNAH (Honduras); Club Xelajú MC, Municipal, Comunicaciones, (Guatemala); and Luis Ángel Firpo (El Salvador). Hankook Verdes has the most UNCAF Club Tournament appearances of any Belize Football Club.

Achievements

Old Logo Verdes United

• Belize Premier League: 1

  2007–08

• Premier League of Belize: 1

  2014–15 Closing

Performance in International competitions

• Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 4 appearances

Best: First Round in 1995, 1999, 2006

1993: Preliminary Round

1994: Preliminary Round

1995: First Round

1999: First Round

2006: First Round

• CONCACAF Champions League: 2 appearances

Best: Group stage in 2015–16

2008–09 : Preliminary Round

2015–16 : Group stage

International level

• As of 21 August 2015

Opponent	First meeting	Last Meeting	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alajuelense	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8
Aurora	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
Cruz Azul	Aug 26, 2008	Sept 9, 2008	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12
FAS	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Municipal	1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Olimpia	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Puntarenas	Aug 22, 2006	Aug 31, 2006	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
Querétaro	Aug 4, 2015	Sept 17, 2015	2	0	1	1	0	8	−8
San Francisco	Sept 22, 2015	Oct 22, 2015	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
Walter Ferretti	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Totals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Friendly matches not included.
• Games decided by penalty shootout are counted as ties.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Benito Morreira GK Yusef Guerra DF Víctor Cruz DF Willian Nascimento DF Christobal Gilharry DF Ryan Gill DF Eduardo Góngora DF Jahron Myvette MF San Leobardo Méndez MF Rodney Shamir Pacheco (Captain[1]) MF Nahjib Guerra MF Richard Jiménez

No. Position Player MF Jesús Patiño MF Jamil Cano MF Delroy Andrews MF Yoras Silva MF Jorge Alemán MF Darroll Lambey FW Deon McCaulay FW Jarret Davis FW Marlon Molina FW Elston Augustin FW Oswin Williams

Notable former players

• Erwin Contreras (Captain, Belize national football team, 1990–93)
• Jorge García (Captain, Belize national football team, 1994–97)

Managers

Real Verdes

• Sergio Enrique Pardo

Verdes Hancock

• Nayo Waight (2005)
• Ramon Cayoc (2008)

Verdes FC

• Walter Salazar (2013)
• Pablo Cacho (2014–15)
• Walter Salazar (2015–)

References

1. Verdes Captain Rodney Pacheco

External links

• Hankook Verdes