Deportivo Coatepeque

Coatepeque

Full name	Coatepeque Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Serpientes Rojas (Red Serpents) Los Diablos (The Devils)
Founded	15 May 1967; 56 years ago
Ground	Estadio Israel Barrios
Capacity	20,000[1]
President	Oscar Alexander Perez
Manager	Silvio Fernández
League	Primera División
Clausura 2024	12th (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Coatepeque Fútbol Club, is a Guatemalan football club based in Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Department. They compete in the Primera División, the second tier of Guatemalan football.

They play their home games at Estadio Israel Barrios.^[2]

History

Coatepeque plays in the Primera División, returning back after being relegated from the Liga Nacional during the 2023-24 season.

Coatepeque was founded in 1967, under the name of Deportivo Independencia which was later changed to Deportivo Coatepeque.

The team won promotion to the premier Liga Nacional for the first time in their history during the 2013–14 season.

Their rivals are Xelajú, known as Derbi de Quetzaltenango given both teams from the same department.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GUA Luis Tatuaca 4 DF  GUA Luis Estrada 5 DF  URU Federico Antúnez 6 MF  GUA Osman Valeriano 7 MF  GUA Christian Solares 8 DF  GUA Carlos Alvarado 10 MF  MEX Armando Zamorano 12 GK  GUA Vander Cruz 14 DF  GUA Wilson Díaz (captain) 15 FW  PAR Edison Ávalos 16 DF  SLV Edgardo Mira 17 MF  GUA Denilson Ochaeta 19 DF  GUA Sixto Betancourt 20 MF  GUA Ditter Lang 21 FW  CRC José Alvarado

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  GUA José Guerra 25 MF  GUA Christian Guerra 30 MF  MEX Abel Guzman 31 DF  GUA Pablo Rosas 33 MF  GUA Tobit Vasquez 44 DF  GUA Melfor Ramos 77 MF  GUA José Palma 98 FW  GUA Diego Tatuaca (on loan from USAC) - GK  MEX Liborio Sánchez - FW  GUA Fredy López - MF  GUA Ramiro Luna - FW  GUA Herminio Pérez

Historical list of coaches

• Carlos Barone (2006-2008)
• Paulo César Barros (2009–2010)
• Antonio Archila (2010–2011)
• Ramon Ramírez (2011–2012)
• Byron Pérez (2012)
• Gabriel Castillo (2012–2013)
• Jeff Korytoski (2013–2014)^[3]
• Richard Preza (2014)
• Ulises Sosa (2014)
• Rudy Méndez (2014)
• Manuel Castañeda (2014-2015)^[4]
• Héctor Trujillo (2015–2016)^[5]
• Ronald Mora (2020)
• Gabriel Castillo (2021)
• Héctor Trujillo (2021-2022)
• Joaquín Álvarez (2022-2023)
• Paco Ramírez (2023)
• Silvio Fernández (2024-present)

Honours

Domestic Competitions

League

• Primera División de Ascenso

Winners: Apertura 2022

References

1. Nuestro Diario (in Spanish)
2. Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine – World Stadiums
3. "Ziggy Korytoski Bio". San Diego State Athletics. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
4. Calderón y Polo, con técnico nuevo en el Coatepeque – Crítica (in Spanish)
5. Héctor Julián Trujillo llega como DT a Coatepeque Archived 2015-05-23 at the Wayback Machine – LaRed (in Spanish)

External links

• LNF de Guatemala
• LPDF de Guatemala
• Guatefutbol.com