Once Lobos
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Once Lobos Chalchuapa, commonly known as Once Lobos, is a professional Salvadoran
football
club based in Chalchuapa
, Santa Ana
, El Salvador
. They are the oldest club still active in any form of the El Salvador football league system.
They currently play in the Segunda Division
, after being relegated in the Clausura 2005.
.
They celebrated their first official match against UCA in 1923 and until recently played all of their home games within earshot of the magnificent Tazumal
pyramid and its ancient "ball field" from Pre-Columbian
times at the "Estadio el Progreso" where the famous tagline was "the grass never progresses".
Since December 2002, their home pitch is the Estadio Cesar Hernández in the outskirts of the city.
Their ascension to Primera Division was achieved on February 7, 1980 at the Óscar Quiteño
stadium in the neighboring city of Santa Ana
, were they beat UCA in the second and decisive game.
In 1980, Once Lobos were promoted to the top division. Their struggle to fight-off relegation was made more difficult by the league's decision the previous year to remove 2 teams at season's end.
Despite this, they finished 9th assuring themselves a spot in the Salvadoran top level of competition one more year. Dragón
and Platense
were the two clubs relegated that year.
In the 1981 Season, the Chalchuapa side won the "Torneo de Copa" beating the League Champion Atlético Marte
by penalties. At the conclusion of the regulation time, the score was tied one all (Once Lobos scorer was W. Barrera at 27‘) and nothing changed in the ensuing 30 minute overtime.
The 1982 season saw the team come under the direction of Dr. Ricardo Mena Laguán. At the end of the regular season, the teams that made it onto the final Serires were Águila
, Atlético Marte
, Independiente and Once Lobos.
In this elimination round, Atlético Marte
defeated Once Lobos 2 nil in the first leg and drawing in the second leg.
Once Lobos and Águila fought for 3rd and 4th place respectively in a single game played on December 19. Once Lobos emerged victorious by Penalties after the end of regulation the score read 3 all.
Once Lobos capitalized on all 5 shots while Águila could only score 4. Thus achieving the best position for the "yuqueros" in their long history.
To make this achievement more impressive, Once Lobos did it with only 10 men on the pitch since the 81st minute in regular time, when Mario D. Campos was sent off.
In their last season at the top level in this period, 1983, Once Lobos made it to the final round once again.
Still under the direction of Ricardo Mena Laguán.
Joined by Independiente, C.D. FAS
and C.D. Águila
fought the final in a two round robin elimination; achieving 3rd place once again by defeating Independiente this time in the last game by a score of 2-1.
They were promoted to the Segunda Division
in 1995 and then ascended to the Primera Division
in 2004 through a "play-off" game between the 2nd place Segunda División (Once Lobos) and the penultimate place in Primera División (Chalatenango).
Caesar Hernadez Juan Dutch
Carles La Nurdal Juan Carlos Lopez Padilla Julio Enrique Martínez Chico Mendoza Roberto Ochoa
Guillermo Rivera Jose Rafael Tobar Giovanni Trigueros Efrain Burgos Juan Ramon "Mon" Martínez
Mauricio Laureano Alvarenga James Owusu-Ansah
Carlos Coyoy (1985) Noel Gutierez Rene Medieta Justavino Cisneros Néstor Ayala
Gabriel Garcete
Claudio Pasadi (2004) Pablo Quinones (2004–05) Gustavo Rodriguez (1979–1980)
(1981–82) Ricardo Mena Laguán (1982–83) Mauricio Laureano Alvarenga "Tarzan" (1996) Ricardo Mena Laguán (2002) Edwin Portillo
(2003–04) Carlos Recinos
(2004–05)
Ruben Ernesto Guevara (2005) Genaro Sermeno (2005)
Roberto "Toto" Gamarra (2005–06) Jose Ramon Aviles (2008) Ángel Eugenio Orellana (2008–09)
Mauricio Alvarenga (2009–2010) Cesar "El Piscuchita" Acevedo (2010-) Eraldo Correia
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
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 Chalchuapa
Chalchuapa
Chalchuapa is a town and a municipality located in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. The city of Chalchuapa is in a wide valley at 650 meters above sea level, and watered by the Pampe River.- Overview :...
, Santa Ana
Santa Ana Department
Santa Ana is a department of El Salvador in the northwest of the country. The capital is Santa Ana.- General information :It has 2,023 km² and a population of over 600,000. This department was created on February 8, 1855...
, El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. They are the oldest club still active in any form of the El Salvador football league system.
They currently play in the Segunda Division
Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
The Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño is the second level of the El Salvador League System of football. Teams have a chance to gain promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of...
, after being relegated in the Clausura 2005.
History
Once Lobos was founded in 1922, in the historic city of ChalchuapaChalchuapa
Chalchuapa is a town and a municipality located in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. The city of Chalchuapa is in a wide valley at 650 meters above sea level, and watered by the Pampe River.- Overview :...
.
They celebrated their first official match against UCA in 1923 and until recently played all of their home games within earshot of the magnificent Tazumal
Tazumal
Tazumal is a Pre-Columbian Maya archeological site in Chalchuapa, El Salvador. Tazumal means, "the place where the victims were burned," in K'iche'....
pyramid and its ancient "ball field" from Pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian era
The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...
times at the "Estadio el Progreso" where the famous tagline was "the grass never progresses".
Since December 2002, their home pitch is the Estadio Cesar Hernández in the outskirts of the city.
Their ascension to Primera Division was achieved on February 7, 1980 at the Óscar Quiteño
Estadio Oscar Quiteño
Estadio Óscar Alberto Quiteño is a multi-purpose stadium in Santa Ana, El Salvador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo FAS. The stadium holds 20,000 people and was built in 1963....
stadium in the neighboring city of Santa Ana
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Santa Ana is the second largest city in El Salvador, located 64 kilometers west of San Salvador, the capital city. Santa Ana has approximately 274,830 inhabitants and serves both as the capital of the department of Santa Ana and...
, were they beat UCA in the second and decisive game.
In 1980, Once Lobos were promoted to the top division. Their struggle to fight-off relegation was made more difficult by the league's decision the previous year to remove 2 teams at season's end.
Despite this, they finished 9th assuring themselves a spot in the Salvadoran top level of competition one more year. Dragón
C.D. Dragon
Club Deportivo Dragón is a Salvadoran football club. The team currently plays in San Miguel, El Salvador.-Achievements:*Primera División: 2*El Salvador Benefit Tournament: 1-Current squad:As of 2010:=-Notable players:...
and Platense
C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca
C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca, usually abbreviated to C.D. Platense,is a El Salvador Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño based in El Salvador,a small town in the province of Zacatecoluca.-Stadium:...
were the two clubs relegated that year.
In the 1981 Season, the Chalchuapa side won the "Torneo de Copa" beating the League Champion Atlético Marte
Atlético Marte
Club Deportivo Atlético Marte is a football club from San Salvador, El Salvador. The club has changed their name a couple of times to C.D. Arabe Marte , and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque . The club changed to its original name again in 2008; C.D...
by penalties. At the conclusion of the regulation time, the score was tied one all (Once Lobos scorer was W. Barrera at 27‘) and nothing changed in the ensuing 30 minute overtime.
The 1982 season saw the team come under the direction of Dr. Ricardo Mena Laguán. At the end of the regular season, the teams that made it onto the final Serires were Águila
C.D. Águila
Club Deportivo Águila is a Salvadoran football club based in San Miguel. They currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, and are one of the most prestigious teams in the country along with long-time rivals Club Deportivo FAS...
, Atlético Marte
Atlético Marte
Club Deportivo Atlético Marte is a football club from San Salvador, El Salvador. The club has changed their name a couple of times to C.D. Arabe Marte , and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque . The club changed to its original name again in 2008; C.D...
, Independiente and Once Lobos.
In this elimination round, Atlético Marte
Atlético Marte
Club Deportivo Atlético Marte is a football club from San Salvador, El Salvador. The club has changed their name a couple of times to C.D. Arabe Marte , and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque . The club changed to its original name again in 2008; C.D...
defeated Once Lobos 2 nil in the first leg and drawing in the second leg.
Once Lobos and Águila fought for 3rd and 4th place respectively in a single game played on December 19. Once Lobos emerged victorious by Penalties after the end of regulation the score read 3 all.
Once Lobos capitalized on all 5 shots while Águila could only score 4. Thus achieving the best position for the "yuqueros" in their long history.
To make this achievement more impressive, Once Lobos did it with only 10 men on the pitch since the 81st minute in regular time, when Mario D. Campos was sent off.
In their last season at the top level in this period, 1983, Once Lobos made it to the final round once again.
Still under the direction of Ricardo Mena Laguán.
Joined by Independiente, C.D. FAS
C.D. FAS
Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as C.D. FAS or simply FAS , is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Santa Ana. They are rivals with Club Deportivo Águila. FAS currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, their home ground being the...
and C.D. Águila
C.D. Águila
Club Deportivo Águila is a Salvadoran football club based in San Miguel. They currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, and are one of the most prestigious teams in the country along with long-time rivals Club Deportivo FAS...
fought the final in a two round robin elimination; achieving 3rd place once again by defeating Independiente this time in the last game by a score of 2-1.
They were promoted to the Segunda Division
Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
The Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño is the second level of the El Salvador League System of football. Teams have a chance to gain promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of...
in 1995 and then ascended to the Primera Division
Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
The Primera División of the ' , more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, is the top professional football league in El Salvador. It was established in 1969 and as of 2011 has 10 clubs...
in 2004 through a "play-off" game between the 2nd place Segunda División (Once Lobos) and the penultimate place in Primera División (Chalatenango).
Honours
- Primera DivisionPrimera División de Fútbol ProfesionalThe Primera División of the ' , more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, is the top professional football league in El Salvador. It was established in 1969 and as of 2011 has 10 clubs...
: 0
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- Third Place (2): 1982, 1983
- Segunda DivisionSegunda División de Fútbol SalvadoreñoThe Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño is the second level of the El Salvador League System of football. Teams have a chance to gain promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of...
: 2
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- 1980-81, 1996-97
- Copa Champions Tourney: 1
-
- 1981
Colours and crest
Throughout the club's history, Once Lobos have worn yellow with a blue strip.Notable players
Durte Sejoua Oscar Planetti (1979–1980) Cesario Rosales (2006–07) Alexandro Moresche (2004) Anderson Batista (2004–05) Libardo Carbajal (2004–05) Hugo Elcio Luis Guevara MoraLuis Guevara Mora
Luis Ricardo Guevara Mora is a Salvadoran former football goalkeeper.Nicknamed el Negro, he became a member of the Salvadoran national team and represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Guevara remains one of El Salvador's best goalkeepers...
Caesar Hernadez Juan Dutch
Carles La Nurdal Juan Carlos Lopez Padilla Julio Enrique Martínez Chico Mendoza Roberto Ochoa
- Jaime Muñoz Jose Manuel "Loroco" Castro Jorge "La Ñurda" Oliva Alfre "Chelito" Perez Hector Eduardo Quezada Joaquin Ramos William Renderos Iraheta Jose Gilberto "Aguado" Pacheco Miguel Reyes
Guillermo Rivera Jose Rafael Tobar Giovanni Trigueros Efrain Burgos Juan Ramon "Mon" Martínez
Juan Ramón Martínez
Juan Ramón "Mon" Martínez is a retired football player from El Salvador.-Club career:He played in Guatemala, where he won a title with Municipal in 1965–1966...
Mauricio Laureano Alvarenga James Owusu-Ansah
James Owusu-Ansah
James Owusu-Ansah is a Ghanaian footballer, who currently plays for Once Lobos.-External links:...
Carlos Coyoy (1985) Noel Gutierez Rene Medieta Justavino Cisneros Néstor Ayala
Néstor Ayala
Néstor Ayala Villagra is a Paraguayan football player who plays as a striker for San Martín de San Juan in the Primera División Argentina.-Career:...
Gabriel Garcete
Gabriel Garcete
Gabriel Garcete Jimenez isa Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays for Once Lobos.He started his career with Sportivo Luqueño in 2000. The next season he moved on to play for Municipal Limeño. In 2005 he made a transfer to Atlético Balboa. He went on to play for C.D...
Claudio Pasadi (2004) Pablo Quinones (2004–05) Gustavo Rodriguez (1979–1980)
Notable Coaches
Ranulfo Castro (1923) Moran Monchez (1950's) Jose Moreira (1950's) Raul Miralles (1976) Miguel Angel Deras "Chincullita" (1979–1980) Jorge Tupinambá dos SantosJorge Tupinambá dos Santos
Jorge Tupinambá dos Santos is a former Brazilian football player and manager.-External links:*http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6429&idArt=3753310...
(1981–82) Ricardo Mena Laguán (1982–83) Mauricio Laureano Alvarenga "Tarzan" (1996) Ricardo Mena Laguán (2002) Edwin Portillo
Edwin Portillo
Edwin Ernesto Portillo is a Salvadoran football manager who is currently the head coach of A.D. Isidro Metapán.-Coaching career:...
(2003–04) Carlos Recinos
Carlos Recinos
Carlos Humberto Recinos Ortiz is a former soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.-Playing years:...
(2004–05)
Ruben Ernesto Guevara (2005) Genaro Sermeno (2005)
Roberto "Toto" Gamarra (2005–06) Jose Ramon Aviles (2008) Ángel Eugenio Orellana (2008–09)Mauricio Alvarenga (2009–2010) Cesar "El Piscuchita" Acevedo (2010-) Eraldo Correia
Eraldo Correia
Eraldo Correia Ribeiro , is a retired Brazilian football player and currently a manager.-Managerial career:He is the current head coach of UES in the Salvadoran Premier League after being appointed on March.-External links:* *...