Club Deportivo Malacateco-Coatepeque is a Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

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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 Malacatán

Malacatán

Malacatán is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala, located to the west of San Marcos town. It is fairly close to the border with Mexico - the border-crossing point is in the nearby village of El Carmen.-Sports:...

, San Marcos

San Marcos (department)

San Marcos is a department in Guatemala. The capital is the city of San Marcos.-Departmental history:The department was created by a governmental decree on 8 May 1866, together with Huehuetenango, Izabal and Petén departments...

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They play their home games in the Estadio Santa Lucía

Estadio Santa Lucía

Estadio Santa Lucía is a soccer stadium located in Malacatán, Guatemala. It is home to Primera División club Deportivo Malacateco. Its capacity is 7,000 people....

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History

Nicknamed Los Toros, the club was founded on 8 September 1962 after a merger of clubs Morazán, Interrogación and Juvenil and by initiative of Humberto Bermúdez, Evelio de León, Felipe Sánchez, José María Munguía, José Rivera, Vicente López and Feliciano Boj. Forty five years later, they earned their historic promotion to Liga Mayor

Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala...

by defeating Juventud Retalteca

Juventud Retalteca

Club Social y Deportivo Juventud Retalteca is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Retalhuleu and who compete in the Liga Nacional, the nation's top footballing division. They play their home games at the Estadio Dr...

 3-0 (3-2 agg.) in the Primera División de Ascenso

Primera División de Ascenso

The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of the Guatemalan league system of football. Formerly, it was known as Liga Mayor "B"...

2007 Clausura final. This was also the first time in Primera División de Ascenso history that the same team won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus being automatically promoted without a need of an "extra" game. In 2008, they were relegated to Primera División

Primera División de Ascenso

The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of the Guatemalan league system of football. Formerly, it was known as Liga Mayor "B"...

 after ending in last place in the Liga Mayor

Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala...

. In 2010, the club returned to the top division in Guatemala.

Carlos Mercedes Vásquez

In November 2010, first team squad member Carlos Mercedes Vásquez was kidnapped and murdered. A note on his body parts claimed he was killed for messing with another man's woman.

Current squad

List of coaches

Francisco "Avioneta" Pineda (1980–81) Paulo César Barros (2007–08) Adán Onelio Paniagua (2009) Franklin Cetre (2009–10)