Comunicaciones F.C.

Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C., based in Guatemala City are one of the most popular and successful soccer clubs in Guatemala. Communicaciones has won 30 National Championships, including having won six consecutive titles, the most of any Guatemalan club team.

This article is about the Guatemalan club. For the Argentine club, see Club Comunicaciones.
Comunicaciones FC
Full nameComunicaciones Fútbol Club Sociedad Anónima
Nickname(s)Los Cremas (The Creams)[1]
Albos (Whites)
El Comu
FoundedAugust 16, 1949 (1949-08-16)
GroundEstadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores,
Guatemala City
Capacity26,000
OwnerRemigio Ángel González
ChairmanPedro Portilla
ManagerWilly Coito Olivera
LeagueLiga Nacional
2019 AperturaLiga Nacional, 3rd (semifinals)
WebsiteClub website

History

Comunicaciones origins date back to the 1920s to previous incarnations as Hospicio FC and España. Club Comunicaciones was formed in 1949 after Colonel Carlos Aldana Sandoval, then Minister of Telegraphs and Communications, took charge of the team and renamed it Comunicaciones (Communications).

The club plays its home games at the Estadio Cementos Progreso which has a capacity of 17,022. In addition to its 30 league titles, Communicaciones has won eight league Cups and ten Supercups. In international competition, Communicaciones has garnered 2 UNCAF Interclub Cups and one CONCACAF Champion’s Cup.

The color that identifies the club is white, which they began using in their kit shortly after its foundation, though initially the uniform of the club was Cream. Their historic arch-rival is Municipal and the two clubs compete in the Classico Chapin one of the greatest rivalries in Guatemalan football.

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues
  • Liga Nacional de Guatemala
    • Champions (30) : 1956, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2015 Clausura

Cups
  • Copa de Guatemala and predecessors
    • Champions (8) : 1951–52, 1955, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1991–92, 2009
  • Campeón de Campeones (Super Cup) and predecessors
    • Champions (10) : 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997(2) [2]

CONCACAF

Current squad
As of February 5, 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Jose Calderon
3 DF Nicolás Samayoa
4 DF Michael Umaña (captain)
5 DF Allan Miranda
7 MF Maximiliano Lombardi
8 MF Rodrigo Saravia
9 FW Edgar Chinchilla
11 FW Agustín Herrera
12 GK Arnold Barrios
13 FW Carlos Castrillo
14 DF Rafael Morales
15 MF Fredy Thompson
16 FW Andrés Lezcano
No. Position Player
18 MF Oscar Mejia
19 FW Jostin Daly
20 DF Gerardo Gordillo
24 MF Oscar Santis
25 MF Alejandro Galindo
26 MF Lynner Garcia
27 GK Fredy Pèrez
31 MF Stheven Robles
34 DF Carlos Mejía
35 FW Bladimir Diaz
37 DF Allen Yanes
52 MF Jorge Aparicio
87 DF Allan Miranda

In

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

No. Position Player
— FW Bladimir Diaz (From Alianza)
No. Position Player
— FW Agustín Herrera (From Antigua Sport)

Out

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

No. Position Player
— GK TBA (To TBA)
No. Position Player
— MF TBA (To TBA)

Players with dual citizenship
  • Alejandro Galindo
  • Gerardo Gordillo
  • Nicolás Samayoa
  • Allen Yanes
  • Bladimir Diaz
  • Michael Umaña
  • Andrés Lezcano
  • Allan Miranda
  • Maximiliano Lombardi

Former coaches

References
  1. Jusino, Edwin (7 August 2014). "Listo el club boricua para su partido de hoy" [The Puerto Rican club is ready for today's match]. FutbolBoricua.co (in Spanish). Fútbol Boricua Inc. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. RSSSF (2009). "Guatemala – List of Cup Winners". Retrieved 10 December 2010.
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