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
President	Oscar Alexander Perez
Manager	Silvio Fernández
League	Primera División
Clausura 2024	12th (Relegated)

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

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

External links

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[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)

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