Deportivo Achuapa

Club Deportivo Achuapa, is a Guatemalan football club based in El Progreso, Jutiapa Department. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They now play their home games in the Estadio El Cóndor after moving there from the Estadio Municipal Manuel Ariza.

Deportivo Achuapa

Full name	Deportivo Achuapa
Nickname(s)	Los Cebolleros (The Chives)
Founded	1932; 91 years ago (1932)
Ground	Estadio El Cóndor
Capacity	6,000
Chairman	Francisco Zepeda
Manager	Raúl Arias
League	Liga Nacional
Apertura 2022	8th (Quarterfinals)

History

The club was founded in 1932 as Oriental Progresista.^[1] In 1974 they joined the Guatemalan League B.

They have spent the 2000/2001 season ^[2] at the highest level of Guatemalan football, playing in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala. They have been playing in the Primera División Group "A" or "B" until getting promoted back to the Liga Nacional in 2020.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Primera División de Ascenso

Winners (1): Apertura 2019

• Segunda División de Ascenso

Winners (1): Clausura 2018

Friendly Tournaments

• Copa La Fraternidad

Winners (1): 2023

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MEX Kefren Avilés 2 DF   GUA Ribix García 4 DF   URU Federico Antúnez 5 MF   GUA Carlos Quiñonez 6 DF   GUA Rigoberto Hernández 8 MF   GUA Kevin Navas 10 MF   GUA Marco Pappa 11 MF   GUA Danny López 12 GK   GUA Juan Najarro 14 DF   GUA Jorge Matul (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   GUA Carlos Flores 17 FW   GUA Kevin Bordón 19 MF   GUA Limber Carias 20 FW   GUA Diego Ruiz 21 FW   MEX Víctor Mañón 24 MF   GUA Oscar Gonzalez 25 FW   GUA Erick Lemus 27 DF   PAR Orlando Moreira 28 GK   GUA Billy Perez 29 FW   COL Eliser Quiñones 30 MF   GUA Kevyn Aguilar 32 DF   GUA Cristian Cortez 34 DF   HON Juan Yax 35 FW   GUA Reniller Arana 85 DF   GUA Bryan Gudiel 88 FW   GUA Jehú Fajardo (on loan from Comunicaciones)

Notable former players

•   Álvaro Garcia
•   Juliano Rangel
•   Rafael da Roza
•   Marlon Negrete
•   Alexis Libonatti
•   Nicolas Martínez
•   Roberto Nurse
•   Jorge Estrada
•   Brandon Dávila
•   Hamilton López
•   Oliver Rodas

Managerial history

•   Ricardo Carreño (2000–2001)
•   Irving Olivares (2019-2020)
•   Iván León (2020-2021)
•   Sergio Pardo (2021)
•   Rafael Díaz (2021)
•   Gustavo Machaín (2021)
•   Raúl Arias (2021-2022)
•   Adrián Arias (2022)
•   Ramón Maradiaga (2022-2023)
•   Raúl Arias (2023- )

References

1. DEPORTIVO ACHUAPA^{[permanent dead link]} – ligaprimeradivision (in Spanish)
2. Guatemala 2000/01 – RSSSF