C.D. Águila

Club Deportivo Águila, commonly known as Águila, is a Salvadoran football club based in San Miguel, San Miguel, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the Primera División, the top tier of the El Salvador football league system.[1] The team is currently managed by Salvadoran Carlos Romero and captained by the current Salvadoran international Benji Villalobos. Águila is one of the most successful clubs in El Salvador football history.[2] C.D. Águila have won sixteen Primera División championships, one Copa Presidente, and one CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976. Their CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976 win in 1976 made them the second Salvadoran team to win a CONCACAF title. Since 1956, Águila have played their home games at Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza. The stadium is one of the biggest stadiums in El Salvador. Águila holds a long-standing rivalry with neighbours Dragón, known as the San Miguel derby. Águila also has a rivalry with FAS, known as El Clásico (English: The Classic).[3]

C.D. Águila

Full name	Club Deportivo Águila
Founded	February 15, 1926 (1926-02-15)
Ground	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel, El Salvador
Capacity	14,000
President	Raúl Díaz
Manager	Daniel Messina
League	Primera División
Home colours Away colours

History

Foundation and early years

Club Deportivo Águila was founded on 15 February 1926, in the City of San Miguel, by a group of young people.[4] The first club President was Victor Vanegas. The major goal of the club was first to establish a baseball team, and later develop football and basketball teams. At the beginning, baseball and football were not as successful as basketball with the team dominating in both El Salvador as in neighbouring countries.

In 1956, a group met in San Miguel and decided to form a football team named Club Deportivo Águila. Early players included Juan Francisco Barraza, Esteban Blanco, Salvador Hernández, Juan Merthem, Atilio Pineda, Manuel Larios, and Rodolfo Fuentes.

During its time in the lower leagues, it fought for the affections of the San Miguel people alongside rival Dragón, but when they were promoted to the Liga, it attracted a following not only from San Miguel but also from the entire country. Proof of this was demonstrated by the fact that the teams sold more tickets when the local club played against Águila.

Titles

C.D. Águila ranks second in the number of championships won in El Salvador with fifteen titles. The two most successful managers in the club history are Conrado Miranda (1959, 1975, 1976) and Argentinian Hugo Coria (Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000, Clausura 2001) with three titles each, Juan Francisco Barraza (1972, 1983) and Victor Manuel Ochoa (1963, 1964) with two titles each, while Honduran Carlos Padilla (1960), Brazilian Zózimo (1968), Chilean Hernán Carrasco Vivanco (1986) and Serbian-Salvadoran Vladan Vićević (Clausura 2006) won one title each. They were also winners of the Copa President in 2000 and won the CONCACAF Champions League.

The members of the team that conquered the first championship in 1959 were Luis Alberto López, Rodolfo Fuentes, Justiniano Jiménez, Manuel Larios, Raúl Vásquez, Raúl Bonilla, Raúl Lizano, Juan Francisco Barraza, Juan Antonio Merlos,[5] and Saúl Molina.[6]

Sponsorship

Companies that Águila currently has sponsorship deals with include:

• Maca – Official Kit Suppliers
• Pilsener – Official sponsors
• Mister donut – Official sponsors
• Canal 4 – Official sponsors

Stadium

• Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza (1956–)
  • Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador (2012, 2016–2017) games in the CONCACAF Champions League and played in Clausura 2016 during Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza renovation.
  • Estadio Flor Blanca; San Salvador (TBD) International games prior to the building of Estadio Cuscatlán

Águila plays its home games at Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza located in San Miguel. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people.

Colours and crest

Since the club foundation the clubs have always played in orange with black stripes shirt, black shorts and orange socks.
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While the club alternative kit is Black with Orange stripes.

• Home

2005–06

2007–08

2009

2010–11

2012–13

2014–15

2015

• Away

2015–

Statistics and records

Main article: C.D. Águila records and statistics

TBD holds the record for most Águila appearances, having played TBD first-team matches from TBD to TBD. The record for Águila's most capped international player is Rudis Corrales with 77 caps (33 while at the club), Arnold Cruz of Honduras is Águila's most capped foreign international player.

Luis Ramírez Zapata is Águila's all-time top goalscorer, with 184 goals. other players have also scored over 100 goals for Águila: Hugo Coria and the previous goalscoring record-holder Félix Pineda (1971–1983).

Rivalries

Águila's biggest rivalries are with Alianza, Luis Ángel Firpo and FAS. Together, these teams form the "Big Four" of Salvadoran football, and are the primary title contenders each season.

The rivalry stems not only from their competitiveness, but from the economic, political, and cultural clashes between the cities of San Miguel, Santa Ana and San Salvador, where the other three clubs are based.

El Clásico

Of those rivalries, Águila's rivalry with FAS is the strongest and most passionate. That rivalry is traditionally referred to as El Clásico. The first in the series took place on 17 May 1959, and ended in a 1–1 draw. As of the end of the 2016 Clausura season, the clubs have faced each other in 224 competitive matches, which have resulted in 68 wins for Águila, 87 for FAS and 68 draws.

El Derbi Migueleño

The rivalry between Aguila and Dragón due to the fact that both teams are based in San Miguel.

Honours

Águila is historically the second most successful team in El Salvador football, as they have won the second most championships. They are also one of El Salvador's most successful team in international competitions, having won one trophy. Águila is one of only three clubs to have won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Primera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (16) : 1959, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964, 1967–68, 1972, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1983, 1987–88, Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000, Clausura 2001, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2012, Clausura 2019
• Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : 1958
• Tercera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : 1950

Cups

• Copa President and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : 1999-2000
• Campeón de Campeones
  • Winners (1): 2018-2019

CONCACAF

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup
  • Champions (1) : 1976
• UNCAF Interclub Cup
  • Runners up (1) : 1973

Current squad

[8] 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  SLV Walter López 3 DF  SLV Ronald Rodríguez 4 DF  SLV Fredy Espinoza 5 DF  SLV Wilson Rugama 6 MF  SLV Walter Ayala 7 FW  URU Waldemar Acosta 8 MF  SLV Kevin Sagastizado 9 FW  BRA Bruno Kairon 10 FW  USA Gerson Mayen 11 FW  BRA Marlon Da Silva 12 FW  SLV Santos Ortíz 14 FW  BRA Yan Maciel 16 MF  SLV Edwin Lazo 17 FW  SLV Jefferson Polío

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  SLV Diego Coca 21 FW  SLV Marlon Trejo 22 GK  SLV Benji Villalobos (captain) 23 FW  PAN Nicolás Muñoz 24 MF  SLV Franklin Campos 25 GK  SLV José Mejía 26 MF  SLV Victor Garcia 27 FW  SLV Robin Borjas 28 DF  COL Andrés Quejada 29 FW  SLV Misael Contreras 30 MF  SLV Ricardo Guevara 32 MF  SLV Kevin Berríos 34 MF  SLV Walter Pineda

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV Mártir Contreras (at EL Vencedor for the 2020-2021 season) — MF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2018–19 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2018–19 season) — DF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2018–19 season)

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 — MF  BRA Bruno Kairon (From TBD) — MF  BRA Yan Maciel (From TBD) — MF  BRA Marlon Da Silva de Moura (From TBD)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV Gerson Mayen (From Coban Imperial) — FW  PAN Nicolás Muñoz (From El Vencedor)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV Richard Menjívar (To TBA) — FW  URU Joaquín Vergés (To TBA) — FW  ARG José Vizcarra (To TBA)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV Gilberto Baires (To TBA)

Players with dual citizenship

• Gerson Mayen
• Nicolás Muñoz

Youth League squad

Águila's youth squad plays in the ten-team Primera División Reserves (El Salvador). Current members of the squad are:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 MF  SLV Herbert Gómez 32 MF  SLV Marvin Garmendia 33 FW  SLV Brayan Paz 34 DF  SLV Adrián Girón 36 DF  SLV Kevin Berríos 40 DF  SLV Carlos Chávez 42 FW  SLV Edgar Castillo 44 DF  SLV Melvin Cruz 45 FW  SLV Bryan Galdámez 46 GK  SLV Carlos Benítez 47 MF  SLV Roberto Martínez 48 MF  SLV Víctor Hernández

No. Pos. Nation Player 49 DF  SLV Luis Alvarenga 50 DF  SLV Leopoldo Torres 51 MF  SLV Joel Turcios Mendoza 52 MF  SLV Carlos Ortíz 53 MF  SLV Emmanuel Hernández 54 FW  SLV Enrique Rivas 55 MF  SLV Diego Henríquez 56 FW  SLV Herbert Flores 57 MF  SLV Hugo Martínez 58 MF  SLV Charly Argueta 59 MF  SLV Luis Pineda Alejo 60 GK  SLV Brandon Hernández

Personnel

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Hugo Coria
Assistant Managers	Mario Meza Mayén
Reserve Manager	Santos Noel Riviera
Under 17 Manager	Kilmar Jimenez
Fitness Coach	Luis Medina
Goalkeeper Coach	Oscar Buruca
Sport Director	Óscar Emigdio Benítez
Team Doctor	Dr. Marianinho Alvarado
General Physician	Dr. Salvador Beltrán
Knesliogiocal	Dr. Antonio Platero
Utility	Rene Salinas
Sub-Utility	Ricardo Morreira
Sub-Utility	Franklin Villatoro and Rorig Sigaran

Management

Position	Staff
Owner	Menjivar clinical investments
President	Dr. José Alexander Menjivar
Vice President	Jose Guerrero
general manager	Óscar Hassin
Secretary	Raúl Diaz
General Representative	Arturo Espinoza
managing director	José Argueta
Executive Manager	Miguel Chahin
Press Manager	Óskar Cruz
Manager of the Academy	Roberto Montoya
Scout Manager

Presidential history

Aguila have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them.

Name Years Miguel Charlaix F. 1959–66 Federico Garcia Prieto H. 1967–68 Enrique Garcia-Prieto H. 1969–70 Carlos Garcia-Prieto H. 1971–74 Saturnino Durlen Vargas 1975–77 Federico Garcia-Prieto H. 1977–78 Ernesto Muyshondt Parker 1979–81

Name Years Federico Garcia-Prieto N. 1982 Carlos Garcia-Prieto Hirleman 1983–84 Reynaldo López Nuila 1985–89 Carlos Garcia-Prieto Hirleman 1989–98 Alejandro González Arguello 1998–05 Lisandro Pohl 2005–06 Salvador Galeas 2006–09

Name Years Will Salgado 2009–10 Julio Sosa 2010–13 Pedro Fausto Arieta 2014–2016 Pedro Arieta Iglesias 2016–2018 Óskar Cruz (interim) 2018 Doctor José Victorino Villatoro 2018–

Team captains

Name	Years
Luis Rivas	1975
Francisco Jovel Cruz	19
Mario Castillo	1987
Ramón Maradiaga	1988
Hugo Coria	1991–1992
Wilfredo Figueroa	1994–1999
Mario Mayén Meza	1999–2000
José Alexander Amaya	2001–2004
Jorge Humberto Rodriguez	2005–2006
Fabio Ulloa	2006–2007
Victor Velasquez	2008
Hermes Martinez Misal	2009
William Torres Alegria	2010
Luis Anaya	2011–2012
Deris Umanzor	2013–2016
Henry Romero	2016–2017
Deris Umanzor	2017
Benji Villalobos	2018–2019
Andres Quejada	2019-

Notable players

World Cup winners

Players that have played for Águila in their career and won a World Cup:

• Zózimo (Sweden 1958 & Chile 1962)

World Cup Players

Players that have played for Águila in their career and played in a World Cup:

• Zózimo
• Mario Castillo
• Luis Guevara Mora
• José Francisco Jovel
• Juan Ramón Martínez
• Sergio Méndez
• Saturnino Osorio
• Joaquín Ventura
• Ramón Maradiaga

Head coaches

In 1956, Gregorio Bundio Núñez became the club's first full-time head coach. In 1976, Conrado Miranda led his side to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1976, the second salvadoran team to win a CONCACAF trophy.

Key

*	Caretaker manager

No.	Nationality	Head coach	from	until	Honours
1		Gregorio Bundio Núñez	1956	1957
2		Agustín Vicente Noriega	1957	1958
3		Conrado Miranda	July 1959	May 1960	1 Championship
4		Carlos Padilla	1960	unknown	1 Championship
6		Alfredo Ruano	unknown	unknown
7		Victor Manuel Ochoa	1963	1964	2 Championship
8		Rodolfo Orlandini	1965	1965
9		Arnaldo Da Silva	1966	1966
10		Zózimo	1968	1968	1 Championship
		Silas Da Silva	1968	1969
11		Juan Francisco Barraza	1970	1973	1 Championship
12		Hernán Carrasco Vivanco	1974	1974
13		Conrado Miranda	1975	1978	2 Championship, 1 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
14		Calos Javier Mascaró	1978	1979
15		Conrado Miranda	1980	1981
16		René Mena	1981	1981
17		Saúl Molina	1981	1981
18		Juan Francisco Barraza	1981	1983	1 Championship
19		Julio Escobar	1985	1985
20		Omar Muraco	1985	1985
21		Hernán Carrasco Vivanco	1986	1988	1 Championship
		Ricardo Guardado	TBD	TBD
22		Néstor Matamala	1990	1991
23		Juan Quarterone	1992	1992
24		Oscar Emigdio Benítez	1993	1994
25		Juan Ramón Paredes	1995	1995
26		Milovan Đorić	1996	1996
5		Mario Carlos Rey Salgueiro	1996	1997
27		Mladen Stefanović	1997	1997
28		Miloš Miljanić	1998	1999
29		Carlos Vieira	1999	1999
30		Hugo Coria	1999	December 2000	2 Championship
31		Saul Lorenzo Rivero	January 2001	December 2001	1 Championship
32		Hugo Coria	January 2002	September 2002
33		Rubén Guevara	September 2002	December 2002
34		Ramón Maradiaga	February 2003	June 2003
35		Hugo Coria	June 2003	April 2004
36		Julio César Cortés	June 2004	October 2004
37		Carlos Alberto de Toro	October 2004	December 2004
38		Jorge Alberto García	December 2004	December 2005
39		Vladan Vićević	February 2006	December 2006	1 Championship
40		Gary Stempel	January 2007	June 2007
41		Luis Ramírez Zapata	July 2007	November 2007
42		Agustín Castillo	December 2007	December 2008
43		Pablo Centrone	December 2008	April 2009
44		Eraldo Correia	April 2009	December 2009
45		Nelson Ancheta	December 2009	March 2010
46		Rubén Alonso	March 2010	May 2010
47		Carlos Mijangos	June 2010	August 2010
48		Eraldo Correia	September 2010	December 2010
49		Hugo Coria	January 2011	September 2011
50		Omar David Sevilla^*	October 2011	December 2011
51		Eraldo Correia ^*	December 2011	January 2012
52		Víctor Coreas	January 2012	April 2013	1 Championship
53		Omar David Sevilla ^*	April 2013	June 2013
54		Vladan Vićević	June 2013	September 2013
55		Raúl Martínez Sambulá	September 2013	February 2014
56		Edwin Portillo	February 2014	March 2014
57		Jairo Ríos Rendón	March 2014	May 2014
58		Daniel Messina	June 2014	December 2014
59		Julio Dely Valdés	December 2014	May 2015
60		Eraldo Correia ^*	May 2015	December 2015
61		Juan Ramón Sánchez	December 2015	June 2016
62		Edgardo Malvestiti	June 2016	November 2016
5		Darío Larrosa ^*	November 2016	December 2016
56		Jorge Daniel Casanova	December 2016	August 2017
57		Osvaldo Escudero[10][11][12][13]	August 2017	February 2018
58		Marvin Benítez (interim)	February 2018	March 2018
59		Miguel Aguilar Obando[14][15]	March 2018	June 2018
60		Carlos Romero	July 2018	October 2019	1 Championship
61		Santos Noel Riviera (Interim)	October 2019	November 2019
61		Daniel Messina	November 2019	April 2020
32		Hugo Coria	April 2020	Present

Kit makers

Years	Kit manufacturers
1985–1986	Pony
1997–2000	Joma
2001–02	Galaxia
TBD	AVIVA
2003–04	Umbro
2004–07	Diadora
2007–09	Joma
2010	Nike
2011–12	Galaxia
2013	Diadora
2014–2018	Joma
2018–	Maca

References

1. Raúl Recinos (25 June 2017). "Águila comenzará su pretemporada con un cuadro tranquilo". Elsalvador.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
2. "Águila confirma amistoso ante Olimpia de Honduras | El Gráfico". Elgrafico.com. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
3. "Salvadoreños lucen los colores del Águila en el Camp Nou | El Gráfico". Elgrafico.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Juan Antonio Merlos (3 December 1941). "Juan Antonio Merlos : Juan Antonio Merlos Cabrera". Ceroacero.es. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
6. Saúl Molina (14 March 1938). "Saúl Molina : Saúl Victorino Molina". Ceroacero.es. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
7. "aguilaonline: CAMISETAS". Aguilaonline.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
8. "Club Deportivo Águila :: Estadísticas :: Títulos :: Títulos :: Historia :: Goles :: Próximos Partidos :: Resultados :: Noticias :: Vídeos :: Fotos :: Plantilla :: ceroacero.es". www.ceroacero.es. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
9. https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Aguila-confirma-renovaciones-y-bajas-para-el-proximo-torneo-20200406-0018.html
10. "Águila confirma otras tres bajas para el Clausura 2018". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
11. "Osvaldo Escudero: "El jugador está con una mentalidad diferente" - elsalvador.com". elsalvador.com. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
12. "El Águila sonríe después del empate con el subcampeón". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
13. "Directiva del Águila despidió a Osvaldo Escudero". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
14. "Miguel Aguilar Obando, técnico del Águila: "No todos los partidos se ganan jugando bien"". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
15. ""Si los jugadores perdían o empataban, el técnico no les hablaba toda la semana"". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Official Foundation website (in Spanish)
• Fan website (in Spanish)
• El Nido Aguilucho Fan website (in Spanish)
• At El Grafico