Club Social y Deportivo Xelajú Mario Camposeco, commonly known as Xelajú MC or just ''Xela'' and nicknamed ''Superchivos'' is a Guatemalan professional

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club competing in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They are located in

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, Department of Quetzaltenango, and play their home matches in the ''

Estadio Mario Camposeco The Estadio Mario Camposeco is a football stadium located in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. It is the home of one of the most traditional clubs in Guatemala, Xelajú MC (''Los Chivos''). It has a capacity of 11,220. Location The Mario Camposeco ...

''. They are the most successful team (in terms of national titles won) not based in the capital city in the history of the league.

History

The club was founded in 1928 as ''Germania''; after ten years of existence, their name would be changed to ADIX ''(Asociación Deportiva Independiente de Xelajú)'', and during that time the uniform colors were established as red jersey and blue shorts,History
- Official website a combination that remains to date. The team was renamed Xelajú Mario Camposeco in honor of local footballer

Mario Camposeco Mario Salvador Camposeco López (6 August 1921 – 17 June 1951) Source: was a Guatemalan footballer. Born in Quetzaltenango, he started his football career in 1938 playing for the local team ''América''. He then joined club Xelajú becoming ...

who was the captain of the club in the 1940s, helped them win 10 consecutive Quetzaltenango department titles, and who was still an active player when he died in a plane crash in 1951. Source: The ''Superchivos'' have been Guatemalan champions five times, first in 1961–62, again in 1980, a third time in 1995–96, a fourth time in the 2006–07 season, and a fifth in 2011–12. Xelajú has won the Copa Centenario once, in 1972–73. In the 2007 Clausura tournament, they eliminated five-time defending champion

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in semi-finals, to reach their first final since the inception of the ''Apertura''/''Clausura'' format. They faced Marquense, losing the first match 0–1 and winning the second match 4–1, for an aggregate score of 4–2 which gave them their fourth championship. It was the first time since 1980 that two teams from outside of

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finished first and runner-up. The club currently has a kit deal with Guatemala-based company MR. Past kit sponsors include

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, Vicnar, Puma, Reto Sports and Do More. They have a fierce rivalry with Suchitepéquez, which is known as the ''Clásico del Suroccidente.'' Their other rivals also consist of Marquense and

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Crest

The club's shield is circular in shape, it has written in white letters the name of the team around the circumference, in the center it has a goat and the background is a yellow soccer ball. For each title the club gets, a Moon is added to the shield.

Supporters

Xelajú has the largest fan base outside of the capital department and have great tradition within

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n football. They are considered as one of the biggest fanbases in all of

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n football. One of the most typical characteristics of the supporters is the way they sing ''

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'', a theme considered as the anthem of

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

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and predecessors ** Champions (5) : 1962, 1980, 1996, Clausura 2007, Clausura 2012

Cups

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and predecessors ** Champions (3) : 1963, 1973, 2010

Performance in international competitions

* CONCACAF Champions' Cup ::

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- Second Round *

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:: 2007 - Quarterfinals *

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:: 2012-13 - Quarterfinals

Current squad

''As of: February 15, 2022''

Out on loan

Notable former players

* Sergio Anaya ''(FW)'' (1959–1966) * Mariano Crisanto Meléndez (''FW'') (1995-1996) *

''(FW)'' (1942–1951) * Mario Castellanos ''(FW)'' (2017-2021) * Julio Estacuy (''DF)'' (2005-2019) * Jhony Girón (''DF)'' (2006-2015) * Nestor Jucup (''MF)'' (2008-2019) *

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(''MF)'' (2018-2019) * Édgar Chinchilla ''(FW)'' (2011-2015) * Jhonny Cubero ''(FW)'' (2005–2010) * Fernando Patterson ''(GK)'' (1996–2008) * Sergio Morales ''(MF)'' (2004–2013) * Jorge Suárez ''(GK)'' (1981–1982) * Mauricio Quintanilla ''(FW)'' (1979–1982) * Israel Silva (''FW'') (2004–2021) * Juliano Rangel (''DF)'' (2013-2016)

Managerial history

* Roberto Chávez Lozano (1961–1962) * Aníbal Villagrán (1963) * Asisclo Sáenz (1963–1964) * Ferenc Meszaros (1966) * Arnoldo Camposeco (1972–1973) * Sergio Anaya (1978) * Javier Mascaró (1980) * Orlando de León (1981) * Javier Mascaró (1991–1992) * Marvin Rodríguez (1995–1996) * Walter Claverí (2000) * Camilo Aguilar (2001) * Julio Antúnez (2001–2004) * Edwin Pavón (2004) * Luis da Costa (2005–2006) * Carlos Jurado (2007) * Gabriel Castillo (2008–2009) * Alberto Jorge (2009–2010) *

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(2010) * Francisco Lobato (2010) * Gustavo Adolfo Cifuentes (2010) * Carlos Jurado (2010–2011) *

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(2011–2013) * Saul Lorenzo Rivero (2013–2014) * Hector Julian Trujillo (2013–2014) * Carlos Jurado (2014) * Nahúm Espinoza (2014–2015) *

(2015-2016) * Carlos Jurado (2016) *

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(2016) * Ronald Gómez (2016-2018) * Walter Claverí (2018) *

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(2018-2019) * Walter Horacio González (2019) * Sergio Egea (2019-2020) * Walter Claverí (2020) * Marcó Antonio Morales (interim) (2020-2021) * Gustavo Machaín (2021) * Marcó Antonio Morales (2021) *

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(2021-2022) * Amarini Villatoro (2022- )

References

External links

Official Website
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