Deportivo Chiantla is a Guatemalan football club from

Chiantla Chiantla () is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango. The municipality is situated at 2,000 metres above sea level and covers an area of 521 km2. The annual festival is on January 28. History Mercedaria ...

Huehuetenango Department Huehuetenango is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. It is situated in the western highlands and shares borders with the Mexican state of Chiapas in the north and west; with El Quiché in the east, with Totonicapán, Quetzaltenango and San ...

. It was founded on 1980. It currently plays in the

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 ( ...

, the second tier of Guatemalan football.

History

The team began playing at amateur leagues having a great progress gaining more supporters and sponsors. In 1992 it achieved the professional status after being promoted to Liga mayor B today known as the second tier

. In the 2017/18 they gained promotion to the

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 '' Fede ...

for the first time ever.

Current squad

List of coaches

* Elvis Tello Alvarado (2010) * Julio César Englenton Chuga (Dec 2015 - ) * Marvin Hernández (Aug 2017 - August 2018) * Alberto Salguero (Sept 2018-)

References

Fedefut GuatemalaSoccerway profile
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