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

Sacachispas
Full nameClub Social y Deportivo Sacachispas
Nickname(s)El Equipo de la "S" (The "S" Team)
Los Muteros (The Muteros)
FoundedJune 15, 1949; 74 years ago
GroundEstadio Las Victorias
Capacity9,000
ChairmanAlexander Hernández
Head CoachWilder Galicia
LeaguePrimera División
Clausura 2024Group B 4th (Knockout Phase)

The team plays in the Primera División, the second tier of Guatemalan football. 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 2021.

History

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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

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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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CHI Claudio Santis
2 DF   GUA Ricardo Blanco
3 DF   GUA Brandon Yaquián
4 DF   GUA Rolman Sandoval
6 DF   GUA Luis Revolorio
9 FW   GUA Kevin Bordón
10 FW   GUA Andy Palencia
11 MF   CRC José Sánchez
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   GUA Abel Miranda
17 DF   GUA Allan López
18 FW   COL Juan Arizala
23 GK   GUA Jonathan Reyes
27 MF   GUA Luis Cos
91 MF   GUA Kevin García
92 MF   GUA Brolin Valdizón
99 FW   GUA Kevin Macareño

Notable former players

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List of coaches

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Honours

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National titles

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

References

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