América Managua

Deportivo América

Full name	Deportivo América Managua
Nickname(s)	America (América)
Ground	Estadio Nacional Managua, Nicaragua
Capacity	18000
Chairman	Carlos M Quintanilla
Manager	Florencio Leiva
League	2da División Nacional
Home colours

América Managua is a Nicaraguan football team that last played at the local top level in the 2010–11 season.

History

It is based in Managua, and has been for long time the most successful team of the capital city and the one with the most fanatics in the area.

They won their first league title in 1985 coached by Florencio Leiva, after just being promoted.^[1] It was the first time a newly promoted side won the Nicaraguan league title. They played in the second division for several years and almost disappeared due to bankruptcy. At the end of the 2004–2005 season, Deportivo América won promotion to the top division after beating Scorpión FC in the Second Division championship final.^[2]

In May 2011 the club decided not to show up for a replay against Real Madriz risking the chance of being expelled from Nicaraguan football.^[3] The replay was ordered by FENIFUT after Xilotepelt accused América chairman Eliécer Trillos of bribing the Madriz team who lost the game 1–7 to save América from relegation and sent Xilotepelt down on goal difference.^[4]

Honours

• Primera División de Nicaragua: 3

  1985, 1988, 1990^[5]

List of managers

• José Antonio Pipa Cordero (1942-1946) [1]
• Salvador Dubois Leiva
• Florencio Leiva (1985–1990, 2006)
• Eduardo "Quito" López (July 2006 – 2006)
• Glen Blanco (2007)
• Edison Oquendo (2008)
• Miguel Artola (2008)
• Martín Mena (2010–2011)

References

1. Tras la hazaña – El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
2. Nicaragua 2004/05 Archived February 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
3. ¿El fin del América? – El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish)
4. Acusan al América Archived March 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
5. Nicaragua – List of Champions – RSSSF