Wikipedia - C.D. Malacateco

Club Deportivo Malacateco-Coatepeque is a Guatemalan football club based in Malacatán, San Marcos.

They play their home games in the Estadio Santa Lucía. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football.

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 by defeating Juventud Retalteca 3–0 (3–2 agg.) in the Primera División de Ascenso 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 after ending in last place in the Liga Mayor. 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.

First Title

In the Apertura 2021, under Roberto Hernández, Malacateco claimed their biggest success in the club history by winning their first Liga Nacional title after defeating Comunicaciones 2-0 on 2 January 2022.

Rivals

Malacateco have a common rivalry with fellow San Marcos club Marquense, known as the “Derbi de San Marcos”.

Malacateco este o echipă de fotbal din Guatemala, din orașul Malacatán din departamentul San Marcos. Echipa a fost fondată în 1936 și joacă în prezent în Liga Națională A (LNA), cel mai înalt nivel al fotbalului guatemalez.

Malacateco a câștigat campionatul național de trei ori, în Apertura 2019, Clausura 2021 și Apertura 2022. Echipa a câștigat, de asemenea, Cupa Guatemala în 2013 și 2019.

Culorile tradiționale ale echipei sunt roșu și negru, iar mascota sa este un bivol. Malacateco joacă meciurile de acasă pe Estadio Santa Lucía, care are o capacitate de 7.000 de locuri.

Printre cei mai notabili jucători ai lui Malacateco se numără:

* Sixto Betancourt
* Héber Arriola
* Kendel Herrarte
* Luis Martínez
* Carlos Ruiz