Comunicaciones F.C.

This article is about the Guatemalan club. For the Argentine club, see Club Comunicaciones.

Comunicaciones FC

Full name	Comunicaciones Fútbol Club Sociedad Anónima
Nickname(s)	Los Cremas (The Creams) Albos (Whites) El Comu
Founded	August 16, 1949 (1949-08-16)
Ground	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City
Capacity	26,000
Owner	Remigio Ángel González
Chairman	Pedro Portilla
Manager	Willy Coito Olivera
League	Liga Nacional
2019 Apertura	Liga Nacional, 3rd (semifinals)
Website	http://www.comunicacionesfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C., based in Guatemala City are one of the most popular and successful soccer clubs in Guatemala. Communicaciones has won 30 National Championships, including having won six consecutive titles, the most of any Guatemalan club team.

History

Comunicaciones origins date back to the 1920s to previous incarnations as Hospicio FC and España. Club Comunicaciones was formed in 1949 after Colonel Carlos Aldana Sandoval, then Minister of Telegraphs and Communications, took charge of the team and renamed it Comunicaciones (Communications).

The club plays its home games at the Estadio Cementos Progreso which has a capacity of 17,022. In addition to its 30 league titles, Communicaciones has won eight league Cups and ten Supercups. In international competition, Communicaciones has garnered 2 UNCAF Interclub Cups and one CONCACAF Champion’s Cup.

The color that identifies the club is white, which they began using in their kit shortly after its foundation, though initially the uniform of the club was Cream. Their historic arch-rival is Municipal and the two clubs compete in the Classico Chapin one of the greatest rivalries in Guatemalan football.

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Liga Nacional de Guatemala
  • Champions (30) : 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 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2015 Clausura

Cups

• Copa de Guatemala and predecessors
  • Champions (8) : 1951–52, 1955, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1991–92, 2009
• Campeón de Campeones (Super Cup) and predecessors
  • Champions (10) : 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997(2)

CONCACAF

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup
  • Champions (1) : 1978 (shared with Universidad de Guadalajara and Defence Force)
  • Runners up (1) : 1962, 1969
• Copa Fraternidad / UNCAF Interclub Cup
  • Champions (2) : 1971, 1983
  • Runners up (3) : 1976, 1977, 2003
• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup:
  • Runners up (1) : 1991

Current squad

As of February 5, 2020

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	PAN	Jose Calderon
3	DF	GUA	Nicolás Samayoa
4	DF	CRC	Michael Umaña (captain)
5	DF	CRC	Allan Miranda
7	MF	URU	Maximiliano Lombardi
8	MF	GUA	Rodrigo Saravia
9	FW	GUA	Edgar Chinchilla
11	FW	MEX	Agustín Herrera
12	GK	GUA	Arnold Barrios
13	FW	GUA	Carlos Castrillo
14	DF	GUA	Rafael Morales
15	MF	GUA	Fredy Thompson
16	FW	CRC	Andrés Lezcano

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	GUA	Oscar Mejia
19	FW	CRC	Jostin Daly
20	DF	GUA	Gerardo Gordillo
24	MF	GUA	Oscar Santis
25	MF	GUA	Alejandro Galindo
26	MF	GUA	Lynner Garcia
27	GK	GUA	Fredy Pèrez
31	MF	GUA	Stheven Robles
34	DF	GUA	Carlos Mejía
35	FW	COL	Bladimir Diaz
37	DF	GUA	Allen Yanes
52	MF	GUA	Jorge Aparicio
87	DF	GUA	Allan Miranda

In

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SLV	Bladimir Diaz (From Alianza)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	MEX	Agustín Herrera (From Antigua Sport)

Out

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	GUA	TBA (To TBA)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GUA	TBA (To TBA)

Players with dual citizenship

• Alejandro Galindo
• Gerardo Gordillo
• Nicolás Samayoa
• Allen Yanes
• Bladimir Diaz
• Michael Umaña
• Andrés Lezcano
• Allan Miranda
• Maximiliano Lombardi

Former coaches

• José Casés Penadés (1951–54)
• Federico "Chapuda" Morales (1955–56)
• José Casés Penadés (1956–60)
• Carlos Enrique "Ronco" Wellman (1968–69)
• Walter Ormeño (1970–71)
• Carmelo Faraone (1971)
• Walter Ormeño (1972)
• Rubén Amorín (1977–78)
• Walter Ormeño (1979–80)
• Jorge "Mono" Lainfiesta (1981–82)
• Salvador Pericullo (1983)

• Ranulfo Miranda (1985)
• Carlos Enrique "Ronco" Wellman (1990–91)
• Raúl Héctor Cocherari (1991)
• Juan Ramón "La Bruja" Verón (1994–95)
• Carlos Miloc (1996–97)
• Juan Ramón "La Bruja" Verón (1997–98)
• Carlos de Toro (1998)
• Carlos Miloc (1998–99)
• Alexandre Guimarães (1999)
• Dušan Drašković (2000–01)
• Alberto Aguilar (2001)

• Horacio Cordero (2002–03)
• Antonio Alzamendi (2004)
• Luis Cubilla (2005)
• Miguel Ángel Brindisi (2005–07)
• Julio César "El Pocho" Cortés
• Julio González (July 2009–Sept 10)
• Iván Franco Sopegno (2010–11)
• Rónald González (Dec 2011–Dec 12)
• Iván Franco Sopegno (Jan 2013–May 14)
• William Coito Olivera (May 2014–Dec 15)
• Iván Sopegno (Dec 2015–)

External links

• Official Website (in Spanish)