Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, are a
football
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club based in
Guatemala City
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. They compete in the
Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. The most popular and successful football clubs in
Guatemala
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, Communicaciones have won 31 National Championships, including having won six consecutive, the most of any Guatemalan club team. In addition to their 31 league titles, Communicaciones have won eight league Cups and ten Supercups. In international competition, Communicaciones have garnered 2 UNCAF Interclub Cups, one
CONCACAF Champion's Cup and one
CONCACAF League
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The competition uses a knockout cup format with each round having two leg ...
championship.
The club plays their home games at the
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
The Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest venue in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance ru ...
which has a capacity of 26,000.
History
Comunicaciones origins date back to the 1920s to previous incarnations as Hospicio FC and España. Club Comunicaciones was formed in 1949 after Colonel
Carlos Aldana Sandoval, then Minister of Telegraphs and Communications, took charge of the team and renamed it Comunicaciones ("Communications" in
Spanish
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).
The club colour is white, which they began using in their kit shortly after the club's foundation, though initially the uniform was cream. Their historic arch-rival is
Municipal
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and the two clubs compete in the ''
El Clásico Chapín El Clásico Chapin (English: The Classic Chapin), also known as the Guatemalan Derbi, El Clasico, El SuperClásico or El Juego De Juegos (Spanish language) is a football match between rivals C.S.D. Comunicaciones and C.S.D. Municipal. The rivalry co ...
'', one of the greatest rivalries in
Guatemalan football. They also share a rivalry with
Quetzaltenango
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club
Xelajú.
Supporters
Since its inception, the Albo fans have been composed of the different strata of
Guatemala
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n society. In the 80s, organized support began to take more momentum, at that time by batons that were located in different sectors of the stadium that were felt with songs, chopped paper, balloons and blankets, marking a different pattern of support from the fans of that time in
Guatemala
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n football.
It was at that time when the nickname of the "Millionaire Fans" was popularly printed by the thousands of fans and fans that the club has throughout the country. Currently the cream fans are the only one in Guatemala who have adopted the type of ''South American breath'' in which everyone in the stadium sings in unison giving a unique atmosphere in the stands
La barra brava
In the early 90s, the first organized support group called Fuerza Crema officially emerged, regularly located in the Preference area of the stadium, becoming the largest in the country with more than 2,500 members. It was until mid-1996 that after several differences between its leaders, the Albos force separated.
Some former members of the old group changed sectors in the stadium forming in the same year the
barra
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Vltra Svr (Ultra Sur), a name it adopted due to its location in the General South area of the property. This group is characterized by the songs it provides to the team throughout the match, in addition to receptions, ''flags'' and walks, something that was not customary in
Guatemala
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n football.
The barra has large blankets, flags, umbrellas, hype with murgas, trumpets, dubbing and a huge hype brought from
Chile
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to encourage the club. In its beginnings the bar even hosted more than 3,000 members in transcendental matches.
Mascot
Casper
The mascot of Comunicaciones is the ghost ''Casper'' who has been accompanying the club since 1985. It was brought from
Miami
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in September 1985 by the then president of the team, Teddy Plocharski, at a cost of $2,000 (15,392.65 Quetzales), being the first mascot to use a soccer team in Central America.
He first appeared at the
Doroteo Guamuch on September 8, 1985, for the 124th classic, in which Comunicaciones beat
Municipal
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
by 3 to 1. The suit has undergone three transformations since its creation, the first in 1995 and the second 1998, this being the one that is maintained today.
Stadium
The team currently play their home games at the
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
The Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest venue in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance ru ...
, which holds at a capacity of 26,000. They used to play at the
Estadio Cementos Progreso
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before, in which their ''B team'' currently play their games there in the
Primera División.
Honours
Domestic honours
Leagues
*
Liga Nacional de Guatemala
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* Lig ...
** Champions (31): 1956, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, Apertura 1999, Clausura 2001, Apertura 2002, Clausura 2003,
Apertura 2008,
Apertura 2010,
Clausura 2011,
Apertura 2012,
Clausura 2013,
Apertura 2013,
Clausura 2014,
Apertura 2014,
Clausura 2015,
Clausura 2022
Cups
*
Copa de Guatemala
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and predecessors
** Champions (8): 1951–52, 1955, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1991–92, 2009
* Campeón de Campeones (Super Cup) and predecessors
** Champions (10): 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997(2)
Continental honors
*
CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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** Champions (1):
1978
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(shared with
Universidad de Guadalajara
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and
Defence Force)
** Runners up (1): 1962, 1969
*
CONCACAF League
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** Champions (1):
2021
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*
Copa Fraternidad / UNCAF Interclub Cup
** Champions (2):
1971 *
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The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
,
1983
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* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
** Runners up (3):
1976
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* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
,
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
,
2003
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*
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
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:
** Runners up (1):
1991
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Current squad
Out on loan
Managerial history
* José Casés Penadés (1951–1954)
* Federico "Chapuda" Morales (1955–1956)
* José Casés Penadés (1956–1960)
* Carlos Enrique "Ronco" Wellman (1968–1969)
*
Walter Ormeño
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Career
Born in Lima, Ormeño played for Club Universitari ...
(1970–1971)
*
Carmelo Faraone (1971)
*
Walter Ormeño
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Career
Born in Lima, Ormeño played for Club Universitari ...
(1972)
*
Rubén Amorín
Rubén Darío Amorín Mattos (6 November 1927 – 24 December 2014) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He was born in Rocha.
Playing career
Amorín arrived in 1952 in Guatemala to play for Guatemala FC.
Coaching career
He has spent th ...
(1977–1978)
*
Walter Ormeño
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Career
Born in Lima, Ormeño played for Club Universitari ...
(1979–1980)
* Jorge "Mono" Lainfiesta (1981–1982)
* Salvador Pericullo (1983)
* Ranulfo Miranda (1985)
* Carlos Enrique "Ronco" Wellman (1990–1991)
*
Raúl Héctor Cocherari (1991)
*
Hernán Godoy (1992)
*
Juan Ramón "La Bruja" Verón (1994–1995)
*
Carlos Miloc
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Miloc played pro ...
(1996–1997)
*
Juan Ramón "La Bruja" Verón (1997–1998)
*
Carlos de Toro
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(1998)
*
Carlos Miloc
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(1998–1999)
*
Alexandre Guimarães
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(1999)
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Dušan Drašković
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(2000–2001)
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Alberto Aguilar (2001)
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Horacio Cordero
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(2002–2003)
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Antonio Alzamendi
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(2004)
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Luis Cubilla
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(2005)
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Miguel Ángel Brindisi
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(2005–2007)
*
Julio César "El Pocho" Cortés
*
Julio González (2009–2010)
*
Iván Franco Sopegno (2010–2011)
*
Rónald González (2011–2012)
*
Iván Franco Sopegno (2013–2014)
* Willy Coito Olivera (2014–2015)
*
Iván Franco Sopegno (2015–2017)
*
Rónald González (2017–2018)
* Willy Coito Olivera (2018–2019)
* Mauricio Tapia (2019–2021)
* Willy Coito Olivera (2021–present)
References
External links
Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comunicaciones
Football clubs in Guatemala
Football clubs in Guatemala City
Association football clubs established in 1949
1949 establishments in Guatemala
CONCACAF Champions League winning clubs
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