Santa Tecla F.C.

Santa Tecla Fútbol Club is a Salvadoran multi-sport club based in Santa Tecla since being formed in 2007.[1] Although they compete in a number of different sports, Santa Tecla is mostly known for its professional association football team.[2] The club has competed in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the nation's top tier, since being promoted there for Apertura 2012.[3][4][5] Santa Tecla was founded in 2007, and currently plays its home games at the 10,000 capacity soccer-specific Estadio Las Delicias.[6]

Santa Tecla F.C.

Full name	Santa Tecla Fútbol Club
Founded	2007 (2007)
Ground	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Eduardo Amaya de Leon
Manager	Juan Andrés Sarulyte
League	Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Home colours Away colours

History

Santa Tecla Fútbol Club was formed in 2007 as a means for the "Tecleños" citizens to support a local team. It had been almost 40 years since the demise of former league champions Quequeisque.[7]

They took over the Telecom FC licence and made their debut in professional football in the 2007–08 season.[8] During their first competitive season, the team managed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Promotion to La Primera

Santa Tecla won their first title in 2012, winning the 2012 Apertura second division title by defeating Brasilia 2–1. A week later Santa Tecla defeated Titán (the champion of the 2011 Clausura title) 2–1 with goals by William Maldonado and Roberto González, allowing for Santa Tecla to be promoted to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador (La Primera) for the first time in club history.[9]

Champions

In 2015, the club had its most successful period in its history under the guidance of Argentinian Osvaldo Escudero. The club were able to win their first championship (the Clausura 2015) in club history. Santa Tecla won on a penalty shootout 3–1 after the match finished 1–1; William Maldonado was the lone goal-scorer for Santa Tecla in the final.[10]

Second championship

Santa Tecla finished in third place in the regular season, advancing to the 2016 Apertura Playoffs, where they met Isidro Metapan in the first round. They drew the first leg 2–2, but Santa Tecla won the second leg at TBD, to win 3–2 on aggregate. Santa Tecla faced the Aguila in the semi-final, winning 4–3 on aggregate to advance to La Primera's championship game. Santa Tecla faced the Alianza F.C. for the championship. Santa Tecla won 3–2 on a game-winning brace by Sebastian Abreu in the second half, with Gerson Mayen scoring the other goal in the first half, thus winning their second title in La Primera.

Third championship

Santa Tecla finished in third place in the regular season, advancing to the 2017 Clausura Playoffs, where they met C.D. FAS in the first round. They drew the first leg 0–0, but Santa Tecla won the second leg at Estadio Las Delicias 1–0, to win 1–0 on aggregate. Santa Tecla faced the Aguila in the semi-final, winning 5–2 on aggregate to advance to the championship game. Santa Tecla faced the Alianza F.C. for the championship for the second straight tournament. Santa Tecla once again won La Primera's championship title with a comprehensive 4–0 victory, with Marlon Cornejo, Gerson Mayen William Canales and Carlos Bueno.

Contenders and Fourth championship

Following their third La Primera championship, the team made two consecutive finals (Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018) against Alianza F.C., losing 4–1 and 1–0 respectively. During that period they were coached by Argentinian Ernesto Corti and Uruguayan Ruben da Silva. On 16 December 2018, Santa tecla won their fourth La Primera championship, defeating their rival Alianza F.C. 2–1 thanks to a double from Wilma Torres. The title end their recent losses and dominance by Alianza in the finals.

Stadium

• Estadio Las Delicias (2007–)
  • Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González; San Salvador (2012) played in TBD during Estadio Las Delicias renovation.
  • Estadio Universitario UES; San Salvador (2019) played in Clausura 2019 during Estadio Las Delicias renovation.
  • Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador (2019–) played in Clausura 2019 during Estadio Las Delicias renovation.

Santa Tecla Fútbol Club has forged its entire history, from 2007 to the present, in the Estadio Las Delicias, but during stadium renovations they played their matches in the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González and Estadio Universitario UES.

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador and predecessors
  • Champions (4) : Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017, Apertura 2018
• Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : Clausura 2012

Cups

• Copa El Salvador and predecessors
  • Champions (2) : 2016–17, 2018–19

Minor Cups

• Jaguar Sportic Cup
  • Champions (1) : 2015–16

Current squad

As of 2020
[11] 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  MEX Alejandro Dautt 2 DF  COL Yosimar Quinonez 3 DF  SLV Wálter Torres 4 DF  SLV Kevin Reyes 5 DF  SLV Alexander Méndoza (captain) 6 MF  SLV Herbert Sosa 7 FW  SLV Álvaro Lizama 8 MF  SLV Rodrigo Rivera 9 FW  SLV David Diaz 10 FW  ARG Juan Aimar 11 FW  COL Brayan Obregón Jr. 12 MF  SLV Iván Barahona 14 FW  COL Wilmar Cruz 15 DF  SLV Gerardo García 16 DF  QAT Klober Bukele

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  SLV Óscar Paz 19 FW  SLV Marlon Cornejo 20 MF  SLV Santos Guzman 21 FW  SLV Gerson Sánchez 23 MF  SLV Erick Rivera 24 MF  SLV Andrés Hernández 25 GK  SLV Mario Martínez 26 GK  SLV Wilbert Hernandez 29 FW  SLV Carlos Flores 34 MF  SLV Ángel Callejas 37 DF  SLV Giovanni Ávila 43 FW  SLV Fernando Quintanilla 49 FW  SLV Andrés Hernández 50 FW  CAM Jorgen Messi

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 Roberto Dominguez Fuentes (at Bolivar for the 2019–20 season) — DF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2020–21 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2020–21 season) — DF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2020–21 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 — DF  COL Yosimar Quinonez (From TBD) — GK  SLV Wilbert Hernandez (From FAS) — FW  SLV Jose David Diaz (From Isidro Metapan)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV Santos Guzman (From C.D. Aguila) — FW  COL Wilmar Cruz (From Orsomarso S.C.) — FW  SLV Marlon Cornejo (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 - GK  BRA Ricardinho Paraiba (To Isidro Metapan) - MF  SLV Wilfredo Cienfuegos (To Alianza) - DF  SLV Bryan Tamacas (To Alianza)

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  SLV Andres Flores Jaco (To FAS) - DF  ARG Rodrigo de Brito (To TBD)

Players with dual citizenship

• Brayan Obregón Jr.

Personnel Coaching staff 2020

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Juan Andrés Sarulyte
Assistant Manager	Juan Gilardo
Reserve Manager Sub-17	Eduardo Castillo
Director of Football Sub-15	Josué Martínez
Goalkeeping Coach	Rosendo Pérez Rodriguez
Fitness Coach	Juan Pablo Rodas
Team Doctor	Mario Rivera
Kinesiologist	Hector Bermudez & Jose Rodriguez
Utility	David Ernesto Guevara
Head of Academy	Leonel Cárcamo
Under-17 Academy Team Manager	Eduardo Castillo
Under-15 Academy Team Manager	Oscar Martinez

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Honorary President	Óscar Ortiz
President	Eduardo Amaya de Leon
Vice President	Boris Romero
Management Representative	Roberto D'Aubuisson
Administrative Manager	Rene Guevara
Board Director	Guillermo Figueroa
Board Director	Oscar Ortiz
Board Director
Board Director
Board Director
Board Director
Board Director

Reserve team

Santa Tecla's youth squad plays in the ten-team Primera División Reserves (El Salvador). Current members of the squad are:[12][13][14]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 MF  SLV Cristian Burgos 36 MF  SLV Kevin Delgado 37 DF  SLV Luis Valladares 38 MF  SLV Ángel Callejas 39 MF  SLV Walter Torres 40 DF  SLV Emerson Rivera 41 FW  SLV Eduardo Osorio 44 MF  SLV Josué Cornejo

No. Pos. Nation Player 51 MF  SLV Kevin Montenero 52 FW  SLV Pablo Campos 53 GK  SLV Jairo Guardado 54 GK  SLV Rodrigo Pérez 56 MF  SLV Marco Calvo 57 DF  SLV José García Ramírez 58 MF  SLV Saúl Hernández 59 DF  SLV Geovany Ávila

Presidential history

Name Years Óscar Ortiz 2012–2014 José Vidal Hernández[15][16][17][18][19] 2014–2018 Guillermo Figueroa 2018–2019 José Eduardo Amaya 2020-

List of notable players

Captains

Name	years
Jaime Medina	2012–2013
Óscar Navarro	2013–2015
Gerson Mayen	2015–2016
Diego Chavarría	2016–2017
Gerson Mayen	2018–2019
TBD	2020-

Players with 50 or more goals for Santa Tecla

Includes competitive appearances only. Current players in bold

• Ricardinho

List of coaches

Santa Tecla has had 16 permanent managers since it first appointed Armando Contreras Palma as coach in 2007. The longest serving manager was Osvaldo Escudero, who managed Santa Tecla for two years from May 2014 to May 2016. Edgar Henríquez "Kiko" won the club's first title, winning the Segunda División title in 2011, while Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi" won the club's first Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador (La Primera) title in 2015. This was followed by Ernesto Corti, who coached then to a second (2016) and third (2017) consecutive La Primera titles. Corti also won Copa El Salvador in 2017. Argentinian Christian Díaz made it four consecutive with the 2018 Apertura title.

Name	From	To
Armando Contreras Palma	2007	2007
Jorge Alberto Perez Quezada	2008	Nov 2009
Leonel Cárcamo	Nov 2009	Feb 2010
Efren Marenco	Feb 2010	July 2010
Armando Contreras Palma	Aug 2010	Oct 2010
Jorge Búcaro	Oct 2010	Dec 2010
Rubén Alonso	Dec 2010	Nov 2011
Edgar Henríquez "Kiko"	Dec 2011	June 2012
Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	June 2012	Oct 2012
Guillermo Rivera	Oct 2012	Dec 2012
William Renderos Iraheta	Dec 2012	Sept 2013
Edgar Henríquez "Kiko"	Sept 2013	May 2014
Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	May 2014	May 2016
Ernesto Corti	June 2016	December 2017
Rubén da Silva[20][21][22][23]	December 2017	June 2018
Christian Díaz	June 2018	April 2019
Rodolfo Gochez (Interim)	April 2019	April 2019
Sebastian Abreu	April 2019	May 2019
Rodolfo Gochez	May 2019	August 2019
Leonel Cárcamo (Interim)	August 2019	September 2019
Marco Sánchez Yacuta	September 2019	January 2020[24]
Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	January 2020	July 2020
Juan Andrés Sarulyte	August 2020	Present

Club records

Main article: List of Santa Tecla F.C. records and statistics

• First victory for Santa Tecla 2–1 Once Municipal, 6 August 2012
• Largest victory against Once Municipal 4–0, 2012

International level

• As of 3 August 2018

Opponent	First meeting	Last Meeting	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Municipal	August 20, 2015	August 25, 2015	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Real Salt Lake	September 15, 2015	September 24, 2015	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Seattle Sounders	February, 2018	March 2018	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3
Herediano	August 2, 2018	August 2018	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Totals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0

League season performance

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador (La Primera): Apertura 2012 – Apertura 2018

Season	League	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS	Playoffs	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS
Apertura 2012	La Primera	7th	18	5	6	7	24	33	21	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2013	La Primera	5th	18	8	5	5	24	17	29	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apertura 2013	La Primera	8th	18	4	7	7	24	30	19	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2014	La Primera	5th	18	7	4	7	25	24	25	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apertura 2014	La Primera	1st	18	8	6	4	20	15	30	Semi-finalist	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
Clausura 2015	La Primera	3rd	18	8	5	5	26	23	29	Champion	3	2	1	0	7	5	7
Apertura 2015	La Primera	4th	22	9	7	6	47	34	34	Quarter-finalist	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
Apertura 2016	La Primera	3rd	22	11	5	6	31	27	38	Champion	5	3	1	1	10	7	10
Clausura 2017	La Primera	3rd	22	9	7	6	36	27	34	Champion	5	4	1	0	10	2	13
Apertura 2017	La Primera	2nd	22	10	9	3	41	23	39	Runnerup	5	1	2	2	3	6	5
Apertura 2018	La Primera	2nd	22	12	7	3	40	12	47	Runnerup	5	2	2	1	6	3	8
Clausura 2018	La Primera	2nd	22	14	5	3	33	18	43	Champion	5	4	1	0	10	5	12
Clausura 2019	La Primera	2nd	00	00	0	0	00	00	00	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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15. "Santa Tecla confirma interés en Gerson Mayén". elgrafico.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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