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Deportivo Iztapa
Club Deportivo Iztapa, is a Guatemalan football club based in Iztapa, Escuintla Department. It plays their home games in the Estadio Municipal El Morón. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. Honours Domestic Competitions League *Primera División de Ascenso :Winners (3): Clausura 2017, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2018 Current squad Managerial history * Eduardo Acevedo (2009-2010) * Gustavo Reinoso (2013-2014) * Jose Luis Torres (2014) * Francisco Melgar (2016-2019) * Juan Alberto Salguero (2019) * Ramiro Cepeda Ramiro Augusto Cepeda (born 25 April 1975) is a former Argentine football manager and former player . He currently is the manager for Liga Nacional club Antigua. Honours Club ;Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alian ... (2019-2022) * Richard Parra (2022) * Milton García (2022- ) References *https://web.archive.org/web/20190318190740/http://ligaprimeradivision.com/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iztapa
Iztapa (), or Puerto de Iztapa, is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. It is located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and surrounded by Michatoya and Maria Linda Rivers, and also by the Canal de Chiquimulilla. Its population is about 15,000 people. Etymology As of 1850, the British were referring to the Iztapa as Yetapa. Archaeology Fishtail points, the most common style of tool manufacturing in Mesoamerica, were discovered in Iztapa (c. 7700–7300 BCE). They are considered to be the remains of an archaic Iztapan culture. 1897 port construction In 1897, president José María Reina Barrios attempted to build an interoceanic railroad to offer it to international investors during the Central America Expo of that year. His ambitious plan included a terminal at Iztapa Port, which was being built to improve conditions at Puerto San José. However, the international price collapse of both coffee and silver brought all work to standstill and the railroad c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escuintla Department
Escuintla () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital of the department is the city of Escuintla. Escuintla covers an area of 4,384 km² and is situated in the coastal lowland region, directly south of Guatemala City, and bordered by the Pacific Ocean. Escuintla produces about 43 percent of gross domestic product of Guatemala. Municipalities # Escuintla # Guanagazapa # Iztapa # La Democracia # La Gomera # Masagua # Nueva Concepción # Palín # San José # San Vicente Pacaya # Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa # Sipacate # Siquinalá # Tiquisate Tiquisate () is a town, with a population of 29,193 (2018 census), and a municipality in the Escuintla department Escuintla () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital of the department is the city of Escuintla. Escuintla covers ... Museums * Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia Notes External linksInteractive department map {{Authority control Departments of Guatemala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by Honduras; to the southeast by El Salvador and to the south by the Pacific Ocean. With an estimated population of around million, Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and the 11th most populous country in the Americas. It is a representative democracy with its capital and largest city being Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, also known as Guatemala City, the most populous city in Central America. The territory of modern Guatemala hosted the core of the Maya civilization, which extended across Mesoamerica. In the 16th century, most of this area was conquered by the Spanish and claimed as part of the viceroyalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 from Spain and Mexico. In 1823, it became part of the Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Nacional De Fútbol De Guatemala
''Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala'' (National Football League of Guatemala), formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" (Major League "A") is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the ''Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala''. The champion and runner-up teams of the Liga Nacional's official tournaments qualify to participate in international competitions within their regional confederation. Twelve teams currently compete in the league. Municipal and Comunicaciones are the two most successful clubs in the league to date, having won 31 tournaments respectively. History Its first official professional tournament took place in 1942, and succeeded what was known as the ''Liga Capitalina'' (League of the Capital), which was an amateur tournament that started in 1919. The 1942-43 tournament was played by seven teams in a double round-robin tournament. Three teams – Municipal, Tipografía Nacional, and ''Guatemala FC'' & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primera División De Ascenso
The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of football in Guatemala. Formerly, it was known as ''Liga Mayor "B"''. It is sanctioned by the National Football Federation of Guatemala The National Football Federation of Guatemala ( es, Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala), known as Fedefut Guate or FENAFUTG, is the governing body of football in Guatemala. It organizes the football league, Liga Nacional de Guatemala, Pr .... It is composed of two groups of ten teams each. The top 3 teams of each group go to the promotion playoffs. The bottom two teams of each group go to the relegation playoffs against each other. The winner stays, while the loser gets relegated and the winners of the Segunda Division will be automatically promoted. Primera División de Ascenso teams 2022-23 Season External links Liga Primera División de AscensoLeague SummarySoccerway 2 Guat {{NorthAm-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Irazún
Javier Irazun (born 4 December 1986 in Uruguay) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays for Liga Nacional club Iztapa. Career Irazun started his senior career with CA Fénix. In 2013, he signed for Sud América in the Uruguayan Primera División, where he made eighty-nine league appearances and scored zero goals. After that, he played for Comunicaciones, Racing Club de Montevideo Racing Club de Montevideo is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently participates in the Uruguayan Segunda División Profesional following their relegation at the end of the 2019 season. Racing CM is known as "La Escuelita" (Th ..., and C.D. Olmedo, where he now plays. References External links Javier Irazún. "I am happy to be in a great team"Cutting between the mountainsJavier Irazún: "We must not go crazy, we are not the worst and we are not the best"Irazún wins his first Clásico and his second least beaten goalkeeper title 1986 births Living people Uruguayan men's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgardo Mira
Edgardo Arnulfo Mira Abrego (born 10 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga Nacional club Iztapa. Born in Guatemala, he represented the El Salvador national team. International career Mira officially received his first cap on 2 June 2018 in a friendly match against Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce .... References External links 1993 births Living people Men's association football defenders Salvadoran men's footballers Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers A.D. Chalatenango footballers Deportivo Chiantla players Salvadoran people of Guatemalan descent Sportspeople of Guatemalan descent {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The team captain of an association football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game is to participate in the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shootout. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains have no special authority under the Laws to challenge a decision by the referee. However, referees may talk to the captain of a side about the side's general behaviour when necessary. At an award-giving ceremony after a fixture like a cup competition final, the captain usually leads the team up to collect their medals. Any trophy won by a team will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigua GFC
Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the Estadio Pensativo. They are nicknamed ''Los Panzas Verdes'' ("Green bellies") in reference to the local avocados and as represented by the green stripes on the team uniform. History The club was founded in 1958 by Dr. Miguel Ángel Soto Bustamante and Mr. Antonio Martínez Barrios with the colonial city as its home. The club's first president was Rogelio Toldeo Estrada and the club's first manager was César Rodríguez Gudiel. After earning promotion to the maximum division (''Liga Mayor "A"'') in the 1957–58 season, Antigua finished third in the 1959–60 league table. However, they could not retain their level in the following years, suffering relegation after the 1964 season. After more than a decade in the '' Liga Mayor B'', the club's administration was inherited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Acevedo (Guatemalan Footballer)
Eduardo "''Gasparín''" Acevedo Pineda (born 8 June 1964) is a Guatemalan football manager and retired football defender. He is currently in charge of Guatemalan second division side Deportivo Coatepeque. Club career Acevedo played the majority of his professional career at Guatemalan club CSD Comunicaciones, where he went on to become the team captain and earn the nickname "Gasparín", same as the club's mascot and in reference to his loyalty for the club. Later on, however, he became a member of Comunicaciones' arch-rivals C.S.D. Municipal and also had a tenure at Antigua GFC. International career He made his debut for Guatemala in a May 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador and has earned a total of 23 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was a squad member at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 1991, 1996 and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cups. His final international was a May 2000 FIFA World Cup qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramiro Cepeda
Ramiro Augusto Cepeda (born 25 April 1975) is a former Argentine football manager and former player . He currently is the manager for Liga Nacional club Antigua. Honours Club ;Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even ... * Primera División ** Runners-up: Apertura 2012 References External links Ramiro Cepedaat Soccerway {{DEFAULTSORT:Cepeda, Ramiro Living people 1975 births Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine footballers Deportivo Zacapa players C.D. Suchitepéquez players C.D. Atlético Marte footballers Argentine football managers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo managers Universidad SC managers Deportivo Petapa managers Club Xelajú MC managers Expatriate footballers in El Salvador Expatriate football managers in El Salvador Expatriate foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
