Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas is a professional football club based in Chiquimula, Guatemala. The team plays in the Primera División, the second tier of Guatemalan football.

Their home stadium is the Estadio Las Victorias.

The club has also played in the Liga Mayor, having reached their best position in the 1995–96 season, when they were runners-up. They have been playing in the second division since 2021.

History

Nicknamed Los Muteros, the club was founded as a result of two meetings. The first, in the south-west corner of Ismael Cerna´s Park, was attended by the distinguished citizens Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Josué Goshop, Héctor Antonio Monroy, Jorge González and Manuel Samayoa, on June 15, 1949; and the second meeting was near Colegio Amigos, where the Estadio Las Victorias now stands. Neftalí Aguilar, Caleb Goshop, Neco Velásquez, Enrique Valdés, Gata Cuellar, Ronald Williams, Mincho Paz, Lipe Franco, Quincho Díaz, Chentío Castañeda, Edmundo Rivera, Pío Martínez and Armando Portillo, and the people in the first meeting, were all at the second meeting. The first uniform was a white jersey with white shorts. Their first coach was the Governor of Chiquimula, Colonel Guadalupe López Ochoa who got new uniforms: a white jersey with blue stripes, and white shorts.

The name

Many of the footballers had their headquarters in the Roxi barbershop, owned by Carlos Enrique Morales Hernández aka Quique. One night in a players' meeting, one customer who came from El Salvador told them about an Argentine movie showing in that country, Pelota de Trapo (Ball Rag). The movie was about a group of kids who play with the name Sacachispas. He suggested that name for the Chiquimula football team. That led to the current name of the Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK CHI Claudio Santis 2 DF GUA Ricardo Blanco 3 DF GUA Brandon Yaquián 4 DF GUA Rolman Sandoval 6 DF GUA Luis Revolorio 9 FW GUA Kevin Bordón 10 FW GUA Andy Palencia 11 MF CRC José SánchezNo. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF GUA Abel Miranda 17 DF GUA Allan López 18 FW COL Juan Arizala 23 GK GUA Jonathan Reyes 27 MF GUA Luis Cos 91 MF GUA Kevin García 92 MF GUA Brolin Valdizón 99 FW GUA Kevin Macareño
1GKCHIClaudio Santis
2DFGUARicardo Blanco
3DFGUABrandon Yaquián
4DFGUARolman Sandoval
6DFGUALuis Revolorio
9FWGUAKevin Bordón
10FWGUAAndy Palencia
11MFCRCJosé Sánchez
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16DFGUAAbel Miranda
17DFGUAAllan López
18FWCOLJuan Arizala
23GKGUAJonathan Reyes
27MFGUALuis Cos
91MFGUAKevin García
92MFGUABrolin Valdizón
99FWGUAKevin Macareño

Notable former players

List of coaches

Honours

National titles

  • Liga Mayor B: 1

1992

  • Segunda División: 2

1993 Torneo Clausura 2010

  • Copa Amistad: 1

2007

See also

External links

  • (in Spanish)