Alacranes del Norte (formerly known as ''Nejapa Fútbol Club'') was a

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based in Chalatenango,

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. The club last played in the

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. In January 2011, it was announced that the Alacranes del Norte license had been removed by the

, following financial difficulties for the owner, Mynor Vargas and the failure of attempts to find a new ownership group.

History

Nejapa Fútbol Club

Nejapa Fútbol Clube was formed on July 2002, thanks to collaboration with both the municipal council of

Nejapa Nejapa is a municipality in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Traditions Las Bolas De Fuego One of the major traditions of Nejapa is ''Las Bolas De Fuego'' ("Balls of Fire"), celebrated August 31st. The celebration has two origins, ...

(without community collaboration) and the University of El Salvador (UES). When the equipment of the UES obtained a licence to play in the Second Division their representatives contacted René Canjura, mayor of Nejapa, to know if the town was interested in acquiring the space in the Third Division. In that month it concluded the process of inscription of the new equipment in the Third Division. In 2004, Nejapa won promotion to the

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thanks to the help of both Colombian player Andrés Medina Aguirre and Manager Douglas Vidal Jiménez (former coach of ADET). In 2005/06 season Nejapa progressed all the way to the final but were then defeated by Nacional 1906. In 2006, Carlos "El Cacho" Meléndez took the reins at Nejapa and started to sign both upcoming players and experienced ones, such as Mexican forward

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. In the play-off semi final they defeated Municipal Limeño to reach the final, which they played against

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. They won with a winning goal by Osorio and earned promotion to the

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for the first time.

Relocation and rename to Alacranes del Norte

In 2010, some of

C.D. Chalatenango Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador, they are currently playing in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador. The club was founded in 1950 as C.D. Alac ...

's former players created a new team and merged it with Nejapa to establish a new club. They decided to move it to the city of Chalatenango and renamed the club to ''Alacranes del Norte'' (Scorpions of the North) due to their new city's geographical location. In January 2011 the club folded due to financial reasons.

Stadium

Under the Nejapa F.C. name, they played most of their home games at the

Polideportivo Victoria Gasteiz Polideportivo Vitoria-Gasteiz is a multi-use sports complex located in Nejapa, El Salvador. The sports complex is mainly used for its soccer facility. The soccer field is the home field of Nejapa F.C., a first division soccer team with a capacit ...

, with occasions where the team would play in the

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. Since late 2009, the

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez The Estadio José Gregorio Martínez is a multi-use stadium located in the city of Chalatenango, El Salvador. Specifically in the Km 72 ½ mile of the road leading from San Salvador to the provincial capital, is used for football, where the lo ...

in Chalatenango had served as their home stadium.

Sponsorship

;Sponsors: * Front Milan (Kit manufacturer) *Caja de Crédito de Quezaltepeque *

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*MK medicamentos * CANAL 12 de Televisión *Mides ;Kit Information: Nejapa F.C. wore the red and white striped jersey since their establishment until 2008. Then they upgraded their uniform to incorporate a yellow jersey, red shorts and yellow socks. In 2010, after the club relocated from Nejapa to Chalatenango, the club decided to change the team colours from the current yellow and red to purple.

Honours

* Segunda Division: 1 ::Clausura 2007

League season performance

(Apertura 2007 – Clausura 2010)

Top scorers in the first division

*Apertura 2007

(6 goals) *Clausura 2008 Juan Carlos Reyes (9 goals) *Apertura 2008 Emiliano Pedrozo (5 goals) *Clausura 2009 Andrés Medina Aguirre (4 goals) *Apertura 2009 José Manuel Martínez (6 goals) *Clausura 2010 José Manuel Martínez Guillermo José Morán José Amílcar Ramírez Juan Carlos Panameño Cristian Ernesto López (2 goals)

Managerial history

Presidential history

* René Canjura (2004–09) * Gerardo Tomasino (2009) * Mynor Vargas (2010)

References

External links

Alacranes del Norte at Soccerway.com

Football in Nejapa 1935–2002
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Football in Nejapa 2004–2006
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La Evolución de Nejapa
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