Deportivo Coatepeque
| Full name | Coatepeque Fútbol Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Serpientes Rojas (Red Serpents) Los Diablos (The Devils) | |||
| Founded | 15 May 1967; 56 years ago | |||
| Ground | Estadio Israel Barrios | |||
| Capacity | 20,000[1] | |||
| President | Oscar Alexander Perez | |||
| Manager | Silvio Fernández | |||
| League | Primera División | |||
| Clausura 2024 | 12th (Relegated) | |||
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Coatepeque Fútbol Club, is a Guatemalan professional 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.
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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
- 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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