C.S.D. Comunicaciones
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| Full name | Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Cremas (The Creams), Los Merengues |
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| Founded | August 16, 1949 | |||
| Ground | Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City (capacity: 16,000.) |
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| Chairman |  Pedro Portilla |
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| Manager |  Iván Franco Sopegno |
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| League | Liga Nacional de Fútbol | |||
| Apertura 2012 | Champion | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones is a Guatemalan football club located in Guatemala City.
The club is currently playing in the highest Guatemalan league, the Liga Nacional. Their home venue is the Estadio La Pedrera in the nation's capital. Nicknamed Cremas (or Creams), they are the second-most successful club in Guatemala, behind arch-rival Municipal. The club is considered the most popular in Guatemala.[1]
Comunicaciones is the only Guatemalan team who has played against Real Madrid (with Gento, Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano), Santos FC (with Pelé), and Boca Juniors (with Diego Armando Maradona).
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History[edit]
Founded in 1949, they were adopted by the Ministry of Communications.[2] They have boasted many great local players as well as some impressive foreign imports. They have won 25 league titles, only 4 short of Municipal's record of 28.[3] Also, they have won 5 domestic cup titles as well as 3 major CONCACAF club titles.
The team's ownership was associated with the Garcia-Granados family (that of former Guatemalan President Miguel García Granados) and the Arzu family (that of another former president, Alvaro Arzu).
1990s: Success[edit]
The team was successful during the 90s, luring renowned foreign players like Costa Ricans Mauricio Wright and Rolando Fonseca as well as Honduras's Milton Núñez.
The team also bought highly-esteemed local players from Aurora FC (such as Martín Machón, Edgar Estrada, and Edwin Westphal) and Municipal (such as Juan Manuel Funes, Jorge Rodas, and Julio Rodas).
This investment paid off by winning several titles, including 4 in a row starting with the 1996–97 league title.
2000s: Struggles[edit]
During the 2000s, the team spent money buying pricey foreign players like Carlos Pavon, Mauricio Solís, Ricardo Gonzalez, Fabián Pumar, and Julio Medina III. They also brought back Rolando Fonseca and Milton Núñez. However, they failed to stop arch-rival Municipal from racking up five straight national titles.
Eventually the team was acquired by a Mexican businessman Pedro Portilla, who also owns of the Mexican side Club América.
Ending the Drought[edit]
The team went 9 championships without a single title, but it finally ended the drought by winning Apertura 2008. Since, Comunicaciones has failed to win the last three championships, one going to C.D. Jalapa and the last two going to Municipal. Comunicaciones won the title again on December 19, 2010 against archrival Municipal on a penalty shootout.
Current squad[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players[edit]
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Former coaches[edit]
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Honours[edit]
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- 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, 1999–00 Apertura, 2000–01 Clausura, 2002–03 Apertura, 2002–03 Clausura, Apertura 2008, Apertura 2010, Clausura 2011, Apertura 2012.
- Runners-up (16):
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- 1952, 1955, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1991, 2009
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1 (jointly claimed)
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- 1978 (shared with Defence Force F.C. and Leones Negros U de G)
- Runners-up (2): 1962, 1969
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- 1971, 1983
- Runners-up (3): 1976, 1977, 2003
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- Runners-up (1): 1991
References[edit]
- ^ "Comunicaciones: The Creamas of Central America". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
- ^ Primera Época (1950–1967) La fundacional del coronel Aldana Sandoval – Official website (Spanish)
- ^ Guatemala – List of Champions – RSSSF
http://www.comunicacionesfc.com/
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