Deportivo Xinabajul

Deportivo Xinabajul
Full name Deportivo Xinabajul
Nickname(s) The X Team
Founded 1980
Ground Estadio Los Cuchumatanes,
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Capacity 10,000.
Chairman Guatemala Mauro Rodríguez[1]
Manager Honduras Gilberto Yearwood
League Liga Nacional de Fútbol
Clausura 2009 7th (league)

Deportivo Xinabajul is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Founded in 1980, they competed in the Liga Nacional, the top division in the nation, and played home matches at the Estadio Los Cuchumatanes.

As of summer 2012, the club was disaffiliated and disbanded after not paying player salaries and going into heavy debt.

Bad ownership and mismanagement led to the downfall of the club.[2]

A new club from the same city claiming to have no relation to Deportivo Xinabajul, was founded weeks later, they will begin play in division 3.[3]

2010/2011 squad

The 2010/2011 season included the following games:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Costa Rica GK Fernando Patterson
Guatemala GK José Fernando Rodríguez
Guatemala DF Jonathan Sandoval
Guatemala DF Sergio Azurdia
Guatemala DF Andy Tohonson
Guatemala DF Steve Durini
Guatemala DF Jaime Torres
Honduras DF Darwin Pacheco
Guatemala MF Jacinto Méndez
Guatemala MF Álvaro Hurtarte
No. Position Player
Guatemala MF David Espinoza
Guatemala MF Héctor Alarcón
Guatemala MF Willy Medina
Guatemala MF Andoni Martínez
Guatemala MF César Alegría
Colombia MF Gustavo Betancur
Guatemala FW Erick Priego
Brazil FW Anderson Castilho
Guatemala Leonidas Palacios

Notable former players

References

  1. ↑ Tienen nuevo Presidente - GuateFútbol (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ http://www.foxdeportes.com/sudamericana/story/terremoto-para-el-futbol-en-guatemala/
  3. ↑ http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2011/02/19/465573/futbol-de-guatemala-esta-de-duelo-tras-asesinato-de-vicepresidente-del-deportivo-xinabajul.html


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