Sacachispas

Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas is a professional football club based in Chiquimula, Guatemala.

This article is about the Guatemalan club. For the Argentine club, see Sacachispas Fútbol Club.
Sacachispas
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Sacachispas
Nickname(s)El Equipo de la "S" (The "S" Team)
Los Muteros
FoundedJune 15, 1949
GroundEstadio Las Victorias
Chiquimula, Guatemala
Capacity9,000
Chairman Alexander Hernández
Head Coach Mario Calero
LeaguePrimera División de Ascenso
Clausura 20103rd (Group B)

The team plays in the Primera División de Ascenso, the second-highest football division in Guatemala. Their home stadium is the Estadio Las Victorias.

The club has also played in the Liga Mayor, having reached their best position in the 1995–96 season, when they were runners-up.[1] They have been playing in the second division since 2000.

History

Nicknamed Los Muteros,[2] the club was founded as a result of two meetings. The first, in the south-west corner of Ismael Cerna´s Park, was attended by the distinguished citizens Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Josué Goshop, Héctor Antonio Monroy, Jorge González and Manuel Samayoa, on June 15, 1949; and the second meeting was near Colegio Amigos, where the Estadio Las Victorias now stands. Neftalí Aguilar, Caleb Goshop, Neco Velásquez, Enrique Valdés, Gata Cuellar, Ronald Williams, Mincho Paz, Lipe Franco, Quincho Díaz, Chentío Castañeda, Edmundo Rivera, Pío Martínez and Armando Portillo, and the people in the first meeting, were all at the second meeting.
The first uniform was a white jersey with white shorts. Their first coach was the Governor of Chiquimula, Colonel Guadalupe López Ochoa who got new uniforms: a white jersey with blue stripes, and white shorts.

The name

Many of the footballers had their headquarters in the Roxi barbershop, owned by Carlos Enrique Morales Hernández aka Quique. One night in a players' meeting, one customer who came from El Salvador told them about an Argentine movie showing in that country, Pelota de Trapo (Ball Rag). The movie was about a group of kids who play with the name Sacachispas. He suggested that name for the Chiquimula football team. That led to the current name of the Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
GK Saul Diaz
GK Luis Alonso Hernandez
DF Lester Garcia
MF Alexis Mata
MF Luis Fernando Valdez
MF Gonzalo Bautista
FW Julio Vanegas
FW Neftalí Espino
FW Juan Ródas
Marlon Revolorio
Joaquin Valdez
Hugo Paiz
Sander López
No. Position Player
Sabino Mazariegos
Guillermo Alvárez
Wilder Galicia
Cristian Cardona
Luis Javier Roche
Marvin Pineda
Yefry González
Luis Armando Flores
Oscar Piñero
Kosuke Maruyama
Anibal Salguero
Nelson Riascos
FW Everaldo Ferreira

Notable former players

List of coaches
  • Sergio Pardo

Honours

National titles
  • Liga Mayor B: 1
1992
  • Segunda División: 2
1993
Torneo Clausura 2010
  • Copa Amistad: 1
2007

References
  1. Guatemala 1995/1996 – RSSSF
  2. CLUB DEPORTIVO SACACHISPAS – LigaPrimeraDivision (in Spanish)


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