Deportes Savio is an Honduran

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Santa Rosa de Copán

Santa Rosa de Copán

Santa Rosa de Copán is the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is set at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level....

, Copán

Copán (department)

Copán is one of the departments in the western part of Honduras. The departmental capital is the town of Santa Rosa de Copán. The department is well-known for its tobacco and fine cigars....

. The team currently plays Liga Nacional de Honduras.

History

Deportes Savio was founded in 1964 as Atlético Lempira. They changed their name to Santo Domingo Savio in 1971, when Padre Chavarría was in charge of the team and wanted it to be a part of the Instituto Santo Domingo Savio in Santa Rosa de Copán. In 1995, a board of new directors bought the category of Deportes Progreseño of Segunda division

Liga de Ascenso de Honduras

Liga de Ascenso is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as Segunda División and renamed Liga de Ascenso on 21 July 2002...

 and changed the name of the club to Deportes Savio.

Deportes Savio was promoted to Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras for the first time in the 1999-2000 season but were relegated back down to Liga de Ascenso de Honduras

Liga de Ascenso de Honduras

Liga de Ascenso is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as Segunda División and renamed Liga de Ascenso on 21 July 2002...

 after they finished in last place in the 2001-02 season. The team manage to earn a second promotion to Liga Nacional de Honduras by defeating Arsenal in the 2006-07 Liga de Ascenso promotion playoff.

In 2007, although they did not make the play-offs in their return to the top league, Deportes Savio was very successful, finishing fifth place in the standings and becoming the third best team with the highest average attendance.

National Level

• Champions of Liga de Ascenso de Honduras
  Liga de Ascenso de Honduras
  Liga de Ascenso is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as Segunda División and renamed Liga de Ascenso on 21 July 2002...
  
  : 3

1999-00, 2004-05 Ap., 2006-07 Ap.

• Runner-up of Liga de Ascenso de Honduras
  Liga de Ascenso de Honduras
  Liga de Ascenso is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as Segunda División and renamed Liga de Ascenso on 21 July 2002...
  
  : 2

2002-03, 2005-05 Cl.

League performance

Regular season											Post season
Season	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-	Ded	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-
2000-01 A	8th	18	5	6	7	24	24	21	0	-	Didn't enter
2000-01 C	10th	18	3	6	9	14	30	15	-16	-	Didn't enter
2001-02 A Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras 2001-02 Apertura The 2001–02 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was divided into two phases, the Apertura tournament which lasted from September to December 2001, and the Clausura tournament which was played from January to May 2002. C.D. Motagua and C.D. Marathón each lifted one trophy obtaining the 39th and...	10th	18	1	9	8	19	32	12	-13	-	Didn't enter
2001-02 C	7th	18	6	3	9	19	25	21	-6	-	Didn't enter
2007-08 A Honduras Apertura 2007-08 Honduras Apertura 2007-08 was the opening and fifty-one season of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started on August 11, 2007 and finished December 31, 2007. It followed the Honduras Clausura 2006-07 season...	5th	18	5	7	6	14	15	22	-1	-	Didn't enter
2007-08 C Honduras Clausura 2007-08 Honduras Clausura 2007-08 was the opening and fifty-second season of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started on January 12, 2008 and finished on May 27, 2008. It followed the Honduras Apertura 2007-08 season...	9th	18	4	7	7	18	24	19	-6	-	Didn't enter
2008-09 A	5th	18	8	4	6	24	19	28	+5	-1	Didn't enter
2008-09 C	6th	18	5	5	8	17	21	19	-4	-	Didn't enter
2009-10 A	8th	18	4	5	9	13	23	17	-10	-	Didn't enter
2009-10 C	9th	18	4	5	9	13	23	17	-10	-	Didn't enter

All-time record vs. opponents

• As of 2009-10 Clausura

  Opponent	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Ded.
  Broncos Club Deportivo Broncos Club Deportivo Broncos was a Honduran soccer club based on Choluteca, Honduras. Due to financial problems, the club sold its franchise to Universidad and became Broncos UNAH after the 1981-82 season.-League performance:...	5	0	4	1	3	6	-3	-
  Hispano	12	5	1	6	11	14	-3	-
  Marathón	20	6	5	9	21	33	-12	-
  Motagua	20	4	10	6	19	20	-1	-
  Olimpia	20	3	5	12	14	29	-15	-
  Platense	20	6	8	6	22	27	-5	-
  Real Comayagua Real Comayagua Real Comayagua was a Honduran football club based on Comayagua, Honduras.-League performance:* Real Maya bought Real Comayagua's franchise for the 2002-03 season.-All-time record vs. opponents:* As of 2001-02 Clausura...	4	0	2	2	3	9	-6	-
  Real España Real C.D. España Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:...	20	5	4	11	18	29	-11	-1
  Real Juventud	8	3	2	3	11	10	+1	-
  Universidad Pumas UNAH Pumas UNAH or simply Universidad was an Honduran football club. They changed their name to Broncos UNAH twice in 1982–83 and 2006–07 and played in Choluteca those two seasons...	8	2	1	5	6	11	-5	-
  Victoria	20	4	8	8	23	28	-5	-
  Vida	20	6	8	6	20	16	+4	-

Current squad