Club Deportivo Guastatoya is a Guatemalan
football club based in
Guastatoya
Guastatoya is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital and largest city of the department of El Progreso. The Guastatoya Water Park is located in the city. It is situated 73 km from the city of Guatemala. The city was leveled in 1976 from a ...
,
El Progreso Department
El Progreso () is a department in Guatemala. The departmental capital is Guastatoya. The Spanish established themselves in the region by 1551, after the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. El Progreso was declared a department in 1908, but was dissol ...
. They compete in the
Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football.
History
The team had its origins under the name of ''Guastatoya Futbol Club'', which was founded in 1990, however, the club was refounded as C.D. Guastatoya in 2005 in the city of
Guastatoya
Guastatoya is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital and largest city of the department of El Progreso. The Guastatoya Water Park is located in the city. It is situated 73 km from the city of Guatemala. The city was leveled in 1976 from a ...
in the Department of
El Progreso
El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of Yoro.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the eas ...
. They have been in the Guatemalan First Division and in the amateur leagues of the country, that until in the 2013/14 season they managed to ascend to the
Liga Nacional for the first time in its history, despite not being the champion of the Guatemalan First Division. They have a rivalry with
Sanarate.
Stadium
They play at the
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, which holds a capacity of 3,100.
Honours
*
Liga Nacional de Guatemala
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and predecessors
** Champions (3):
Clausura 2018,
Apertura 2018,
Apertura 2020
* Campeón de Campeones
** Champions (1): 2019
Performance in international competitions
*
CONCACAF Champions League
::
2019
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- Round of 16
*
CONCACAF League
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The competition uses a knockout cup format with each round having two le ...
::
2019
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- Round of 16
*
CONCACAF League
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The competition uses a knockout cup format with each round having two le ...
::
2021
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- Semifinals
*
CONCACAF Champions League
::
2022
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- Round of 16
Current squad
''As of 28 May 2023:''
Managerial history
Guastatoya has had 8 permanent managers since it first appointed Uruguayan Ariel Sena coach in 2010. The longest serving manager was Ariel Sena, who managed Guastatoya for five years from 2010 to December 2015. Ariel Sena won the club's first title, winning the Segunda División title in 2011, while Amarini Villatoro won the club's first Liga Nacional title in Apertura 2018 and their second Liga Nacional title in Clausura 2018. They then won their third Apertura title under Willy Coito Olivera in February 2021.
* Ariel Sena (2010–2015)
* Francisco Melgar (2015–2016)
*
Roque Alfaro
Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker.
Playing career
Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid 1970s. In 19 ...
(2016)
*
Amarini Villatoro (2016–2019)
*
Fabricio Benitez (2019–2020)
* Willy Coito Olivera (2020–2021)
* Rafael Díaz (2021)
*
Daniel Guzmán (2021)
*
Mario Acevedo (2021- )
References
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