C.D. FAS

Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana.[5][6]

FAS
Full nameClub Deportivo Futbolistas
Asociados Santanecos
Nickname(s)Tigres
Tigrillos[1]
Founded16 February 1947
GroundEstadio Oscar Quiteño,[2][3][4]
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Capacity17,500
Owner Asociación Club Deportivo FAS
Chairman Guillermo Morán
Coach Jorge Rodríguez
League Primera División

It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professional league.[7][8] The team's nickname is Los Tigres (The Tigers).[9] FAS was founded on 16 February 1947. The team plays its home games at the Estadio Óscar Quiteño, the third largest stadium in El Salvador.[10][11]

The club has a long-standing rivalry with Águila and Alianza F.C., and are the only three clubs to never have been relegated to the Second Division. Matches between them are known as Clásicos. FAS also plays a local derby against Isidro Metapán.[12]

FAS is the most successful club in El Salvador football with the highest fan base. Domestically, the club has won a record seventeen national league titles. In international competitions, FAS have one FIFA recognized club trophies, tied with Alianza and Águila as the only club to achieve it. They have won one CONCACAF Champions' Cup/Champions League trophies, and finished runners up in the 1979 Copa Interamericana cup, and third place in the 1980 Copa Interclubes UNCAF.

History

The Beginning

Clubs from San Salvador had dominated Salvadoran football for many years. The municipal mayor of the Santa Ana district, Manuel Tomás Monedero, wanted to create a team from Santa Ana to end the dominance of the San Salvador clubs. Together with the help of Santa Ana mayor Waldo Rey, Monedero organized the union of all the clubs in Santa Ana (including Unión, Colegio Salesiano San José, Cosmos, RAL, Colón, Santa Lucía and Los 44).

On 16 February 1947, these teams united to form Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, or FAS for short. Samuel Zaldaña Galdámez was named the club first president. It was originally proposed that the club should wear yellow and black, but Monedero settled on the more traditional choice of red and blue.

The First Steps

The club played its first match on 26 March 1947 against the previous year's champion Libertad FC at the Finca Modelo (which would be their home stadium for many years). The club's founding players were Juan Moreno and Óscar González, Goalkeeper; Tomás Morán, Jorge Brito and Guillermo Herrera, defenders; Manuel Padilla, Lino Medina, Moisés Jovel, Antonio Pérez and Eliseo Ramos, midfielders; Víctor Castro, Tomás Angulo, Antonio Mancía, Antonio Azucena and Mario González, strikers. Armando Chacón was the manager. The first match ended in a 4-1 defeat.

Early History (1948–1959)

In 1948-49, FAS moved into the First Division for the first time, and have remained their ever since. Chacón was still the manager, and the team began on a winning note by defeating Juventud Olimpica 2–1. They recorded two more wins over Dragón and Santa Anita (3–0, 3–2 respectively) before losing 3–1 to Cusatleco. FAS would ultimately finish 3rd behind Libertad FC and champion Once Municipal.

In 1951-52, FAS won their first title. The manager was Victor Manuel "Pipe" Ochoa, who proceeded to lead the club to a second title in 1953-54. During the 1956–57 season, the club came close to relegation, which caused the owners to hire Argentinian coach Alberto Cevasco and bring in the reinforcements of foreign players, like (Omar Muraco, Javier Novello, Héctor Marinaro, Héctor Dadeiro and Miguelito Álvarez. This move led the club to a third title in 1958-59.

1960–1992

In 1961-62, César Viccinio managed the team to its fourth title, while Raul Miralles led the team to another in 1962. At the beginning of the 1963, the club moved its headquarters to the newly built Estadio Santaneco,

The early history of that stadium was marked by tragedy, as goalkeeper Oscar Quiteño collapsed during a friendly match against Orión F.C.. Efforts to revive him failed, and Quiteño died on the pitch. In his honor, the club renamed the stadium to Estadio Quiteño and wore black uniforms for two years.

Fans came to believe the club was cursed, as Quiteño's death was followed by a fifteen-year title drought. Adding to that frustration was that the club reached the finals in 1965, 1968, and 1969 and meet defeat all three times. Their tormentor was Alianza, known at that time as the "Orquestra Alba" for their harmony and skill.

FAS did break that curse with titles in 1977-78, 1978–79, 1981, and 1984. In addition, they won the 1979 CONCACAF Champions League by beating The key to that run was forward Jorge "Mágico" González. Widely considered the greatest player in Salvadoran history, Gonzalez was at FAS from 1977 to 1982, and at that time was nicknamed Mago. After the 1982 season, he left El Salvador for Spain and La Liga, playing at Cadiz, Barcelona, and Valladolid.

However, a title drought of ten more years followed.

1993–1994

In 1993, that drought led to the appointment of a new board of directors. The new board's first move was to hired Uruguayan coach Saúl Rivero, as well as a host of experienced players from both Uruguay and El Salvador. The board also placed a new emphasis on youth leagues. Finally, they purchased lights for the stadium, making night games possible. FAS proceeded to win titles in 1994-95 and 1995–96, beating Luis Ángel Firpo in both seasons. Part of the key to this run was the return of Jorge "Mágico" González and the addition of Hugo Pérez.

2000s

FAS became the most dominant team in the beginning of the century, winning six titles between 2002 and 2006, this success came under the tenureship of Peruvian Agustin Castillo

The century would start of with mild success with FAS reaching the 2000 Clausura semi final before losing to runners up ADET and this was followed by missing the finals altogether in the 2000 Apetura, marking the worst performance under the Clausura/Apertura format for FAS.

For the 2001 Clausura, FAS started a youth revolution under new coach Ruben Guevara, these players will form the backbone for the upcoming dynasty to come, these include Eliseo Quintanilla, Gilberto Murgas, Marvin Gonzalez, Gerardo Burgos, Rafael Tobar, Jaime Gómez and Juan Granados. Along with experienced players such as William Osorio, Salvador Alfaro, Ricardo Cuellar, Carlos Linares and foreigner players Urguayans Pablo Quiñones and Alejandro Soler, Brazilian Alessandro Moresche and Argenitnian Alejandro de la Cruz and Peruvian Antonio Serrano, they reached the final but were defeated by archrivals C.D. Aguila 2-1.

Towards end of the 2001 Apertura season, FAS hired Peruvian Agustin Castillo although they just missed the finals, FAS had added the final pieces and they went on to win back to back tites winning the 2002 Apertura and 2002 Clausura, deafeating Alianza F.C. 4-0 and San Salvador F.C. 3-1 respectively, with the youth injected a year ago, and adding important players such as Honduran William Reyes, Colombian Victor Mafla, Costa Rican Rolando Corella, William Machón, Jorge Rodríguez, Luis Contreras, Carlos Menjivar, Victor Velasquez, Daniel Sagastizado, Juan Carlos Padilla, Cristian Álvarez, Luis Castro, Ernesto Gochez, Juan Carlos Panameño and Alfredo Pacheco

They failed to win three titles in a row, after losing the 2003 Clausura semi finals match against Luis Angel Firpo in penalties. However they were able to win 14th title and 3rd title in 3 years, defeating their archrival C.D. Aguila in penalties.

2010s to present

After a small drought, On 20 December 2009 FAS won their 19th title defeating arch rival Aguila 3-2 thnks to goals for TBD and TBD. Its been more than a decade since FAS last won a championships, despite making five different finals including Clausura 2011 (Falling against Alianza), Clausura 2013 (Firpo), Apertura 2013 (Isidro Metapan), Apertura 2015 (Alianza) and Apertura 2019 (Alianza).

FAS progressed to the final on December, 2019, where they faced the Alianza for the third time in decade; FAS was ultimately defeated in Alianza by a score of 1-0.

Stadium

The team plays its home games in the 15,000 capacity all-seater Estadio Oscar Quiteño, in Santa Ana. The stadium is named after Oscar Quiteño, a goalkeeper of FAS who died after an accident on the soccer pitch. Previously the team played at Finca Modelo, where they had played their home matches from 1947 until the end of the 1962 season. The stadium was located in Santa Ana. The team's headquarters are located in TBD.

Sponsorship

Companies that FAS currently has sponsorship deals with include:

  • Joma – Official Kit Suppliers
  • Tigo – Official sponsors
  • Cerveza Pilsener – Official sponsors
  • Coop-1 de R.L., Santa Ana – Official sponsors
  • Canal 4 – Official sponsors
  • Portland – Official sponsors

Crest

FAS's crest has changed several times. Originally it consisted of the stylised letters F, A, S, which were woven into one symbol. The original crest was blue.

The FAS logo has a red, blue and white colour scheme. It has CD FAS written on the top and Santa Ana, El Salvador written on the bottom of the white ring enclosing a tiger.

Colours and Past kits

1963–65
1992–93
1989–91, 1994–2016
2017-18

Originally the club colours were blue and yellow, this was used until 1962 where the colours were changed to an all black outfit. However, with a new owners and stadium the colours were update to the colors used and known today to be associated with FAS blue and Red shirts, white shorts and red socks with blue stripes.

Honours

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

Domestic honours

League

Minor Cups
  • American Airlines Cup
    • Champions (1) : 2002
  • Copa Salvadorean Classic Soccer Challenge
    • Runners up (1) : 2014
  • EDESSA Independence Cup
    • Runners up (1) : 2014

CONCACAF
  • CONCACAF Champions League and predecessors
    • Champions (1) : 1979
  • Copa Interamericana
    • Runners up (1) : 1980
  • Interclube Cup of Uncaf
    • Runners up (1) : 1980

Retired numbers

Players

Current squad

[13] 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 Kevin Carabantes
2 DF  SLV Xavier García (captain)
3 DF  SLV Nestor Renderos
4 DF  SLV Javier Figueroa
5 DF  SLV Andrés Flores
6 MF  SLV Eriván Flores
7 FW  PAR Luis Rodriguez
8 MF  SLV Bryan Landaverde
9 FW  COL Raúl Peñaranda
11 MF  COL Mayer Hurtado
14 MF  SLV Julio Amaya
15 MF  SLV Fernando Castillo
16 MF  SLV Francisco Reyes
17 FW  SLV Alberto Henriquez
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  SLV Jacobo Kattán
20 DF  SLV Ibsen Castro
21 FW  PAR Diego Areco
22 FW  ARG Guillermo Stradella
23 MF  SLV Wilma Torres
24 DF  SLV Edwin Cuéllar
25 GK  SLV Héctor Ramírez
26 GK  SLV Nicolás Pacheco
27 DF  SLV Wálter Chigüila
28 MF  SLV Melvin Alfaro
29 MF  SLV Josué Rivera
32 MF  SLV Bryan Paz
34 MF  SLV Diego Chávez

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
— FW  SLV Denilson Vidal (at TBD for the 2020–21 season)
— MF  SLV Josue Rias (at TBD for the 2020–21 season)
— FW  SLV Bryan Hurtado (at Gent for the 2020–21 season)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SLV Jeffrey Lopez (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
— FW  PAR Diego Areco (From Jocoro)
— DF  SLV Andrés Flores Jaco (From Alianza)
— DF  SLV Nestor Renderos (From A.D. Isidro Metapan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  SLV Wálter Chigüila (Returned From loan Once Deportivo)

Out

[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
— DF  COL Eder Moscoso (To TBD)
— FW  FRA Hugo Bargas (To TBD)
— FW  MEX Diego Castellanos (To TBD)
— MF  SLV Diego Chavarría (To TBD)
— GK  SLV Wilberth Hernandez (To TBD)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  SLV Marvin Ramos (To TBD)
— FW  SLV William Canales (To TBD)
— MF  SLV Noe Reyes (To TBD)
— FW  SLV Ricardo Guevara (To Sonsonate)

Players with dual citizenship
  • Mayer Gil Hurtado
  • Guillermo Stradella

Reserve Category Football

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  SLV Luis Rivera
33  SLV Christian García
34  SLV Wilber Chachagua
36  SLV Brandon Castillo
37  SLV Carlos Gálvez Mancía
38  SLV Jorge Aguilar
39  SLV José Bolaños
41  SLV Carlos Menéndez
42  SLV Melvin Linares
43  SLV Rodrigo Santamaría
44  SLV Kevin Maldonado
No. Pos. Nation Player
45  SLV Rolando Ramírez
46  SLV Diego Gómez
47  SLV Javier Bolaños
48  SLV Fernando Jaime Ríos
50  SLV Érick Vega
51  SLV Josué Rivera
52  SLV Luis Hidalgo
54  SLV Émerson Rivas
55  SLV Jonathan Valle
56  SLV Ángel Santos
57  SLV Salvador Romero

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Jorge Rodríguez
Assistant Managers William Osorio
Reserve Manager Enzo Henriquez
Under 17 Manager Juan Carlos Moscoso
Goalkeeper Coach Isias Adlaberto Sanchez
Sports Director Salvador Polanco
Fitness Coach Rene Ramirez
Team Doctor Jose Ernesto Martinez and Herbert Milton Ramirez
Kinesologisr TBD
Physiotherapist TBD

Management
Position Staff
Owner Asociacion Club Deportivo FAS
President Gerardo Erquicia Gazu
Vice President Milena de Escalón
Honorary President Jorgen Gonzalez
Administrative Manager Fredy Vega
Secretary Gerardo Erquicia
Club Scout Norberto Huezo

Presidential history
 
Name Years
Samuel Saldaña Galdámez 1947–TBA
Armando Tomas Monedero 1960s–1980s
Manuel Monedero (Jnr) † 1981–85
Óscar Monedero
Roberto Matías 1994–95
José Valle 1996–09
Byron Rodríguez 2009–10
Margarita Jaramillo 2010–11
David Linares 2011–12
Rafael Villanueva 2012–14
Byron Rodríguez 2014–16
Guillermo Morán[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] 2016–2018

Notable players

Team captains
Name Years
Don Lino 1947
Katan Cubas 1961
Ernesto "El Loco" Ruano 1968
David Arnoldo Cabrera 1971
Alcides Picchioni 1979–84
Manolo Alvarez 1987–88
Norberto Huezo 1991–92
Luis Enrique Guelmo 1992–93
William Osorio 1994–95
Jorge Abrego 1996
Jaime Murillo 1997
William Osorio 1998–04
Victor Velasquez 2004–06
Cristian Edgardo Álvarez 2006–07
Alfredo Pacheco 2007–09
Cristian Edgardo Álvarez 2009–10
Ramon Flores 2011–12
Williams Reyes 2013
Alexander Méndoza 2014–15
Luis Edgardo Contreras 2015–2016
Néstor Renderos 2017–2019
Xavier García 2019-

Club records
Main article: List of C.D. FAS records and statistics
  • FAS has the national record of most national titles won with 17
  • First victory for FAS 2–1 Juventud Olimpica Sept 19, 1948
  • Largest victory was against Independiente 11–0 3 May 1959
  • Largest defeat was 1-7 against Alianza F.C. 29 October 1989 at Estadio Cuscatlán. Raúl Toro (4), César Pineda (2) and Jaime Rodríguez scored for Alianza. Jorge Ábrego scored the only goal for FAS.
  • Most goal by any national team with 3,000 goal as of 4 July 2009

Head coaches of FAS

FAS has had various coaches since its formation in 1947. Agustín Castillo has served three terms as head coach. Ricardo Mena Laguán, Ruben Guevara and Victor Manuel Ochoa served two terms as head coach. Agustin Castillo was the club's most successful coach, having won five Primera División titles, following closely is Jose Eugenio Castro Chepito, who won two Primera titles, and one CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979, and Victor Manuel Ochoa & Saul Lorenzo Rivero won two Primera titles.

References
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