Municipal Limeño

Club Deportivo Municipal Limeño is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión, El Salvador.[2]

Municipal Limeño

Full name	Club Deportivo Municipal Limeño
Nickname(s)	Los Chancheros Santarroseños Cucheros
Founded	11 September 1949
Ground	Estadio Jose Ramon Flores,[1] Santa Rosa de Lima
Chairman	Samuel Gálvez
Manager	Misael Alfaro
League	Salvadoran Primera División
Home colours Away colours

The club currently participates in the Primera División. Their home stadium is Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, with a capacity of 5,000.

Limeño have won five Segunda División. Municipal Limeño have lost two Primera División finals in 1999 and 2001.

History

The club was founded on 11 September 1949 and started and continue to be based in the town of Santa Rosa de Lima in the department of La Union. The club began playing in the second division and spent almost twenty years there until in 1971 Municipal Limeño got promoted to the top flight at the expense of UCA.

First tenure in the first division (1972–1975)

Municipal Limeño campaign of the 1972 season was exceptional one for a newly promoted team with them coming in sixth place with sixteen points their team was led strongly by the Guatemalan Tomas Gambo, who scored five goals (the team leading goalscorer) and enabled the club to qualify to the semi-final group. However their experience was an unhappy one with the team losing all their games and bowing out of championship contention. Limeño 1973 and 1974 season were unhappy campaign with the team struggling and finishing in the relegation group, however both time the team managed to survive relegation at the expense of Excelsior and Sonsonate. But after several near relegation, Municipal Limeño finally were relegated in the 1975 season after only earning 16 points from 33 games. The club were forced to play a promotion-relegation battle against Once Municipal in which the team lost and were relegated to the second division along with Juventud Olímpico.

Second Tenure in the first division (1993–2005)

It would not be until 1993, 18 years after getting relegated, that they would make a return to the first division. during their second tenure (1993–05) in the first division they reached the semi-finals six times, including reaching the grand final in the Apertura 1999 and Apertura 2000 under the coaching off Óscar Emigdio Benítez however both time the club lost in the grand final against Águila. They were once again relegated in 2005, after they lost a promotion-relegation match against Coca-Cola of Soyapango.

Third Tenure in the first division (2009–2010)

On 26 June 2009, Chalatenango going through financial troubles, sold their spot in the Salvadoran Primera División to Limeño. This resulted Municipal Limeño's return to the First Division after a four-year absence. However their campaign was an unhappy one with them finishing second last and forcing them to play a promotion/relegation match against Once Municipal which they lost and were relegated to the Second Division and that's where the club has remained ever since.

Recent Events

The club spent the next few seasons trying to regain promotion to the First Division, they made several second division semi-finals and grand finals but always falling short, however the club finally succeeded when they won the Apertura 2015 title defeating Fuerte San Francisco, then winning the Clausura 2016 title defeating Atlético Comalapa of Chalatenango 5–4 in penalties, after tying on aggregate 3–3, the club were promoted back to the Primera Division.

Stadium

Municipal Limeño plays their home matches on the Estadio Jose Ramon Flores in the suburb of Santa Rosa de Lima in La Union. The Estadio Jose Ramon Flores has been Municipal Limeño's home stadium since its creation 1963.[3][4]

Home stadiums

• Estadio Jose Ramon Flores; Santa Rosa de Lima (1963–present)

Rivalries

Municipal Limeño have rivalries with several clubs, including local rivalries with Atlético Balboa. A rivalry with Águila was created when Águila and Limeño, faced each other twice in grand finals (Both falling in the way of Águila). When former Limeño player Rudis Corrales moved to Águila, it caused uproar with Águila supporters.

Limeno has supported a long rivalry with Pasaquina for geographical reasons, since both are from the province of La Union; this clash is called the "Derby Unionense."

Honours

Domestic honours

• First Division of El Salvador
• Runners-up (2) – Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000
• Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions: (5)::1971, 1992, 1993, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016
• Tercera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions: N/A

Current squad

[5] 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 Abiel Aguilera 3 DF  SLV Mario Machado 4 DF  SLV Walter Guevara 5 DF  COL Arnulfo Beitar 6 MF  SLV Blas Lizama 7 FW  SLV Isidro Gutiérrez 8 MF  SLV Marvin Hernández 9 FW  PAR Hugo Oviedo 10 FW  SLV Roberto Sol 11 FW  SLV Harold Alas (captain) 12 DF  SLV César López 14 MF  SLV Luis Méndez 15 DF  SLV Ramón Viera

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  SLV Edgar Serrano 17 FW  SLV Roberto Monge 19 FW  PAR Samuel Giménez 20 MF  SLV Cristian Portillo 21 FW  HON Clayvin Zúniga 22 FW  SLV Ramón Rodríguez 23 MF  SLV Ever Rodriguez 25 GK  SLV Héctor Carrillo 26 GK  SLV William Ernesto Torres 27 MF  SLV Christopher Galeas 29 MF  SLV Raúl Guzmán 35 FW  SLV Kevin Oviedo 37 DF  SLV Ever Acosta

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 — GK  SLV William Torres (From Sonsonate) — MF  SLV Edgar Torres (From El Vencedor) — MF  SLV Ramon Viera (From El Vencedor)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  COL Arnulfo Beitar (From Sonsonate) — MF  SLV Raúl Guzmán (From TBD)

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 -  HON Emerson Lalin (To Chalatenango) -  SLV Isaac Zelaya (To TBD) -  SLV William Mancia (To Firpo) -  SLV Yuvini Salamanca (To Jocoro) -  SLV Roberto Carlos Sol (To Jocoro) -  SLV Kevin Calderon (To TBD) -  SLV Christopher Galeas (To Firpo)

No. Pos. Nation Player -  SLV Mario Martinez (To Firpo) -  SLV Fidel Jiminez (To Chalatenango) - GK  SLV Jose Manuel Gonzalez (To Jocoro) -  SLV Marlon Cornejo (To Santa Tecla F.C.) -  SLV Cristian Renderos (To TBD)

Players with dual citizenship

• TBD

Current technical staff of Municipal Limeño 2020/2023

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Misael Alfaro
Assistant and Reserve Manager	Jose Tobar
Under 17 Manager	José Dagoberto Sosa
Goalkeeper Coach	Mauricio Vargas
Under 15 Manager	Rudys Corrales
Fitness Coach	Carlos Eduardo Solito
Team Doctor	Raul Juarez
Kinesiologist	Salmon Blanco
Utility	Manuel Torres

Reserve Municipal Limeño 2020/2021

Reserve squad

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 Delwin Hernández 32 MF  SLV Vicente Hernández 33 FW  SLV Luis Blanco 34 FW  SLV Nelson Escobar 36 MF  SLV Cristian Alvarado 37 FW  SLV Erick Espinoza 40 DF  SLV José Canales 41 MF  SLV Luis Rivera 42 DF  SLV Ramón Velásquez

No. Pos. Nation Player 43 MF  SLV Erick Santos 44 MF  SLV Carlos Ábrego 46 MF  SLV Ericsson Chávez 47 MF  SLV Paul Cedillos 49 FW  SLV Kevin Majano 53 DF  SLV Douglas Vásquez 55 GK  SLV Marcos Hernández 60 DF  SLV Josué Ramírez

Management Municipal Limeño 2020/2023

Board of Directors

Position	Staff
Owner	Soccer Association of Limeño
President	Samuel Gálvez
Vice-President	Rómulo Gómez
Alternate Vice-President	Eduardo Chávez
Secretary	Benjamín Lazo
Administrative Manager	Pablo Cruz
Representative	Mártir Herrera
Sports Manager	Alejandro González
Club Administrative Manager	Carlos Cruz

Limeno Reserve Sub-15

Limeno's reserve team currently plays in the Primera Division Reserve League. It plays its home matches at TBD, adjacent to the first team's ground, and it is coached by José Dagoberto Sosa.

Women

The women's team was created in 2018 and will first participate in 2019[6]

Managers

Year Manager 1958–60 Gustavo Molina and Carlos Gudiel 1972 Yohalmo Aurora 1974–75 Juan Francisco Barraza 1975–76 Luis "Chispo" Santana 1983–84 Salvador Rivas 1984 Moises Gonzales 1988 Elmer Rodríguez 1993–94 Nelson Brizuela 1997 Henry Vanegas Aug 1999 – Dec 99 Óscar Emigdio Benítez Jan 2000 – July 00 Rubén Alonso Aug 2000 – April 1 Agustín Castillo April 2001 – July 1 Hernán Vivanco July 2001–?? Kiril Dojčinovski 2002 – May 2 Óscar Emigdio Benítez May 2002 – June 2 Omar Sevilla (interim) June 2002 – April 3 Henry Vanegas April 2003 – May 3 Antonio Carlos Vieira June 2003 – Sept 03 Rubén Guevara Oct 2003 – June 4 Jorge García July 2004 – Sept 04 Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz Ruíz Sept 2004 – Dec 04 Raúl Héctor Cocherari Jan 2005–06 Nelson Brizuela Jan 2005–06 José Ramón Avilés 2006 – May 2006 Hugo Coria 2006–07 Nelson Brizuela

Year Manager 2008 – Nov 08 Mario Martínez Dec 2008 – June 9 Jorge Alberto García June 2009 – Aug 09 Miguel "La Peluda" Aguilar Aug 2009 – Jan 10 Víctor Coreas Jan 2010 – May 10 Eraldo Correia May 2010 – Aug 10 Juan Ramón Paredes Jan 2011 – Dec 12 Carlos Romero Jan 2014 – June 14 Mario Martínez July 2014 – Sept 14 Fidel Antonio Bonilla Sept 2014 – Feb 15 Esteban Melara Feb 2015 – June 15 David Ramírez June 2015 – July 16 Carlos Romero July 2016– Nov 2016 Mauricio Alfaro Nov 2016 – Feb 2016 Francisco Robles Feb 2016– Nov 2017 Hugo Ovelar Dec 2017 – March 2018 Emiliano Barrera[7][8][9][10][11][12] March 2018 Wilfredo Molina interim March 2018– Oct 2018 Víctor Coreas March 2018– ec 2018 Omar Sevilla December 2018– November 2019 William Renderos Iraheta November 2019– December 2019 Manuel Carranza Murillo (interim) December 2019– Present Alvaro Misael Alfaro

League history

1950s: TBD TBD-1971: Segunda Division 1971–1975: Salvadoran Primera División 1975–1979: Liga de Ascenso 1980–1983: Liga B (tercera Division) 1983–1992: Liga de Ascenso 1993–2005: Salvadoran Primera División

2005–2009: Segunda Division 2009–2010: Salvadoran Primera División 2010–2016: Segunda Division 2016 – present: Salvadoran Primera División

Players

Internationals who have played at Limeño

Players marked in bold gained their caps while playing at Limeno.

• Tomás Gamboa
• Rudis Corrales
• Deris Umanzor
• Santos Rivera
• Elmer Martínez
• Josue Galdamez
• Julio César de León
• Carlos Guity
• Marvin Sanchez
• Kevin Carabantes
• Rudy Valencia
• Diego Coca[13]
• Julio Palacios
• Magdonio Corrales
• Franklin Delgado
• Erick Martinez
• Edwin Gonzalez
• Edwin Martinez
• Rene Galan
• Marvin Benitez
• Cesar Charun
• Oris Velasquez
• Francisco Alvarez
• Francisco Fuentes
• Selvin Zelaya
• Yuvini Salamanca
• Jorge Martinez
• Daniel Sagistizado
• Francis Reyes
• Elias Montes
• Martin Paredes
• Isidro Gutierrez
• Salvador Coreas
• Carlos Menjivar
• Walter Soto
• Victor Velasquez
• Henry Romero
• Rolando Torres
• Manfredi Portillo
• Fabricio Alfaro
• Rommel Mejia
• Irvin Valdez
• Jairo Henriquez
• Jose Angel Pena
• Harold Alas
• Isaac Zelaya
• Edwin Sanchez
• Marlon Cornejo
• Carlos Rivera
• Victor Coreas
• Gilberto Ramirez
• Francisco Osorto

Captains

• Only captains in competitive matches are included.
• Players marked in bold are still playing in the professional team.

Captain	Nationality	Years	Notes
Mario Ruiz	El Salvador	1994
Elmer Martinez	El Salvador	-2001
Victorino Arcadio Velásquez	El Salvador	2003
Víctor Velásquez	El Salvador	2010
Pastor Melgar	El Salvador	2016
Jefferson Viveros	Colombia	2016
Francisco Jovel Álvarez	El Salvador	2017-2017
Carlos del Giorno	Argentina	2017-2017
Diego Coca	El Salvador	2018-2018
Francisco Jovel Álvarez	El Salvador	2018-2018	–
Mario Machado	El Salvador	2019-	–

Personnel honours

• (Apertura 1999) Magdonio Corrales Goals Scored (9)
• (Clausura 2001) Rudis Corrales Goals Scored (13)
• (Apertura 2016) Jefferson Viveros Goals Scored (13)

Records

• Debut in the primera division: 2–3 FAS, Estadio Santaneco, 7 May 1972
• Highest league position: 1st in the Primera division (Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000)
• Best post season finish: Runners up (Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000)
• Record League victory: 8–3 vs. Dragón (Primera Division, May 2003)
• Largest Home victory, Primera División: 4-1 v TBD, 2 February 2020
• Largest Away victory, Primera División: 3-0 v TBD, 29 October 2018
• Largest Home loss, Primera División: 1–3 v TBD, 4 November 2018
• Largest Away loss, Primera División: 1-4 v TBD, 7 April 2019
• Record attendance at Estadio Jose Ramon Flores : 25,133 v TBD, Primera Division (TBD)
• Most League appearances: 317, TBD (TBD)
• Most League goals scored: total, Tbd, TBD (1998–2003)
• Most League goals scored, season: 13,
• Worst season: TBD 2002-2003: 0 win, 0 draws and 0 losses (0 points)

Individual records

• Record appearances (all competitions): TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
• Record appearances (Primera Division): Paraguayan TBD, 64 from 2018 to 2019
• Most capped player for El Salvador: 76 (17 whilst at Limeno), Rudis Corrales
• Most international caps for El Salvador while a Limeno player: 17, Rudis Corrales
• Most caps won whilst at Limeno: 17, Rudis Corrales.
• Record scorer in league: Rudis Corrales, 77
• Most goals in a season (all competitions): TBD, 62 (1927/28) (47 in League, 15 in Cup competitions)
• Most goals in a season (Primera Division): Rudis Corrales (Clausura 2001) and Jefferson Viveros (Apertura 2016), 13
• Longest streak without conceding a goal: Abiel Aguilera 495 minutes (Apertura 2017) [14]
• First international to play for Limeno – Jorge Vásquez, 1973 (El Salvador 1967-1972)
• First Limeno international – Magdonio Corrales (for El Salvador v Guatemala, 19 March, 1999)

Top goalscorers (Apertura/Clausura season games only)

No.	Player	period	Goals
1	Rudis Corrales	1997-2003	77
2	Josué Galdámez	1999-2004, 2008	28
3	Magdonio Corrales	1993-2002, 2004	27
4	Clayvin Zuniga	2016-Present	26
5	Deris Umanzor	1998-2004	26
6	Carlos Villarreal	2000	18
7	Jefferson Viveros	2017	13
8	Jorge Sandoval	2002	13
9	Gabriel Garcete	2004, 2009	12
10	Raul Falero	2000-2001	10

Note: Players in bold text are still active with Municipal Limeno

References

1. "Municipal Limeño usará el estadio Ramón Flores Berríos hasta la cuarta fecha del Apertura 2018". Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica.
2. "Limeño y Santa Tecla definirán pase a semi-finales en Las Delicias". laprensagrafica.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
3. "La Reserva empató en su debut – Pasión Limeña". xn--pasionlimea-beb.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
4. "La reserva de Municipal Limeño sumó su tercera derrota – Pasión Limeña". xn--pasionlimea-beb.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
5. "Club Deportivo Municipal Limeño :: Estadísticas :: Títulos :: Títulos :: Historia :: Goles :: Próximos Partidos :: Resultados :: Noticias :: Vídeos :: Fotos :: Plantilla :: ceroacero.es". www.ceroacero.es. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
6. "Municipal Limeño Femenino va tomando forma". pasionlimeñas.
7. "Chalatenango ya tiene nuevo portero para el Clausura 2018". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
8. "Nuevo técnico del Municipal Limeño promete un equipo ofensivo". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
9. ""Hicimos quedar en ridículo al campeón"". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
10. ""Le dije que la próxima vez se tire más cerca del rival"". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
11. "Eraldo Correia: "Es un punto de oro" - elsalvador.com". elsalvador.com. 21 January 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
12. "Duelos claves por la permanencia en la Liga Mayor - elsalvador.com". elsalvador.com. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
13. "Diego Coca: "Este torneo será inolvidable para mí"". El Gráfico.
14. Alianza logra un nuevo récord de puntos en la primera división salvadoreña "Abiel aguilera el hombre record de la primera division Alianza logra un nuevo récord de puntos en la primera división salvadoreña" Check |url= value (help). El Gráfico.

External links

• Profile at El Grafico (in Spanish)