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Club Social y Deportivo Xelajú Mario Camposeco, commonly known as Xelajú MC or just Xela and nicknamed Superchivos are a Guatemalan professional football club competing in the Liga Nacional, the country's top footballing division. They are located in Quetzaltenango, Department of Quetzaltenango, and play their home matches in the Estadio 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.
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,[1] a combination that remains to date. The team finally settled as Xelajú M.C. in 1957.
The Superchivos have been Guatemalan champions four times, first in 1961/62, again in 1980, a third time in 1995/96, and a fourth time in the 2006/07 season. Xelajú has won the Copa Centenario once, in 1972/73. In the 2007 Clausura tournament, they eliminated five-time defending champion Municipal in semifinals, to reach their first final since the inception of the Apertura/Clausura format. They faced Deportivo Marquense, losing the first match 0-1 and winning the second match 4-1, for a global score of 4-2 which gave them their fourth championship. It was the first time since 1980 that two teams from outside of Guatemala City finished first and runner-up.
[edit] Current squad
[edit] Notable Players
[edit] Former Coaches
Gabriel Castillo
Carlos Jurado- Carlos Miloc
Edwin Pavón- Walter Claverí
Luis Da Costa
Marvin Rodríguez
[edit] References
- ^ Source: http://mixelajumc.com/historia/
[edit] External links
Fan Site: http://www.xelajumipasion.com
Juan Fernando Lopez
