Club Deportivo Achuapa, is a Guatemalan football club based in El Progreso, Jutiapa Department. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They now play their home games in the Estadio Winston Pineda after moving there from the Estadio Municipal Manuel Ariza.

History[edit]

The club was founded in 1932 as Oriental Progresista.^[1] In 1974 they joined the Guatemalan League B.

They have spent the 2000/2001 season ^[2] at the highest level of Guatemalan football, playing in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala. They have been playing in the Primera División Group "A" or "B" until getting promoted back to the Liga Nacional in 2020.

Honours[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

League[edit]

• Primera División de Ascenso

Winners (1): Apertura 2019

• Segunda División de Ascenso

Winners (1): Clausura 2018

Friendly Tournaments[edit]

• Copa La Fraternidad

Winners (1): 2023

Current squad[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GUA Ribix García 4 DF  COL Camilo Mancilla 5 DF  GUA José Salazar 6 DF  GUA Rigoberto Hernández (captain) 7 MF  GUA Daniel Cardoza (on loan from Comunicaciones) 8 MF  GUA Kevin Navas 9 FW  COL Ezequiel Gelves 10 MF  GUA Edgar Macal 11 MF  GUA Danny López 13 GK  GUA Henry Orellana 14 DF  GUA Jorge Matul 17 FW  GUA Kevin Bordón 18 MF  GUA Jorge Escobar 19 MF  GUA Limber Carias 21 GK  GUA Jose Carlos García 22 FW  COL Eliser Quiñones 23 MF  USA Dennis Ramirez (on loan from Antigua)

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  GUA Oscar Gonzalez 25 FW  GUA Erick Lemus 27 DF  COL Elkin Mosquera 28 GK  GUA Billy Pérez 30 DF  GUA Kevyn Aguilar 32 DF  GUA Cristian Cortez 35 FW  GUA Reniller Arana 43 MF  CUB Yunior Pérez 77 FW  GUA Brandon Bautista 85 DF  GUA Bryan Gudiel 96 MF  GUA Victor Ortíz 99 FW  GUA Luis Túnchez

Notable former players[edit]

• Álvaro Garcia
• Juliano Rangel
• Rafael da Roza
• Marlon Negrete
• Orlando Osorio
• Alexis Libonatti
• Nicolas Martínez
• Roberto Nurse
• Jorge Estrada
• Brandon Dávila
• Hamilton López
• Oliver Rodas

Managerial history[edit]

• Ricardo Carreño (2000–2001)
• Irving Olivares (2019–2020)
• Iván León (2020–2021)
• Sergio Pardo (2021)
• Rafael Díaz (2021)
• Gustavo Machaín (2021)
• Raúl Arias (2021–2022)
• Adrián Arias (2022)
• Ramón Maradiaga (2022–2023)
• Raúl Arias (2023)
• Adrián Arias (2023)
• Milton García (2024)
• Rónald Gómez (2024- )

References[edit]