Alianza F.C.

For the football team in Panama with the same name, see Alianza F.C. (Panama).

Alianza F. C.

Full name

Alianza Fútbol Club

Nickname(s)

Los Albos
Paquidermos (Elefantes Blancos)

Founded

1958 (as Atlético La Constancia)

Ground

Estadio Cuscatlan,
San Salvador, El Salvador

Capacity

57,000

Chairman

Lisandro Pohl

Manager

Daniel Fernández

League

Primera División

Apertura 2015

Primera División 3rd (Champions)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador.

Alianza is one of the most popular and successful clubs in El Salvador. The team currently plays in the Primera División, which is the highest tier league in the country.

Founded in 1960, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even more significantly, Alianza was the first Central American and Salvadoran club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1967, and is currently one of only three Salvadoran teams to have done so.

History

The Beginning

Atlético La Constancia were formed in 1958 by the workers of the local industry. Although small in terms of financial status, they were able to reach the Liga de Ascenso (second division) final in 1958. However they lost 2–0 in a two legged series against Águila. The club however purchased a spot in the first division at the expense of Once Municipal. After promotion to the first division, they were able to gain the sponsorship of the Intercontinental Hotel and the president of the Intercontinental Hotel, Peruvian Mr. Axel Hochkoeppler and Enrique Sol Meza, the industrialist and president of Alianza F.C. decided to name the club Alianza F.C. in honor of Alianza Lima. Hernán Carrasco Vivanco joined the club as the coach and began getting the players to play an exciting game of football and alongside a strong advertisement campaign Salvadorans (in particular San Salvador residents) began to change their allegiance from Juventud Olímpica and began to embrace Alianza. One of Alianza greatest triumphs happened in 1966, when they defeated Santos, containing the great Pelé, at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca they were helped mostly from their foreign players Argentines Dante Juárez, Juan Verón and Santiago all on loan at the time.

Orquesta Blanca

After their achievement of defeating Santos, Alianza won their first title in the very same year. Hernán Carrasco had the team playing some such cohesion and fast, they were labelled Orquesta Blanca by fans and media alike. No other Salvadoran team had that success defeating a World and Americas Champion. The team won fifteen straight games when they reached the final and thanks to goals by the Chilean Miguel "el Chueco" Hermosilla and Mario Monge and despite a goal by "el Tabudo" Méndez for Águila, they were able to win 2–1 becoming champions for the first time. "The Orquesta Alba" were able to win twenty games, draw ten games and only lose six games scoring eighty three goals and conceding thirty nine goals. The team was made up by many great players, including Edgar "Pata Gorda" Morales, Roberto "la Burra" Rivas, Alberto "Pechuga" Villalta, Raúl "Araña" Magaña, Guido Alvarado, Salvador Mariona, Mario Monge, Luis "Cascarita" Tapia, Miguel "el Chueco" Hermosilla, Ricardo Sepúlveda and Jorge "el Conejo" Liévano. In the 1967 season the club signed Gualberto "el Pulpo" Fernández who replaced the departing Raúl Magaña, and also signed "el Chino" Flores, "Tancho" Ángel, "el Ruso" Quintanilla and the Chilean Hernán Álvarez. On 20 August 1967, the club were able to win their second title defeating Sonsonate F.C. 5–1, Tapia scored a double while Monge, Cabezas and Flores scored one goal each. Alianza's success continued defeating Club América (2–0), Flamengo (3–2) and tying (0–0) with Peñarol.^[1]

Alianza F.C. became the first El Salvadoran club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1967, when they defeated Jong Colombia over a three-leg series. Despite losing the first leg, Alianza was able to win the second leg 3–0 thanks to goals by Odir Jacques, Tapia and Leonardo Salas. With the series tied at one all and the away goals wasn't invented yet the teams played another leg to decide the winner: Alianza won the leg 5–3 with Tapia and Flores scoring a double while Odir Jacques scored the other goal.

Decline and title drought

With a new decade starting Carrasco and several of the Orquesta Alba players either left or retired. Despite a new era of great players coming through the ranks including international players including Brazilians Camargo, Taneses and Nilton Rodarte, Peruvian Fernando Alva, Uruguayan Julio Cesar Cortés "el Pocho", Chileans Hugo Ottensen and domestic players including Miguel "la Mica" González, Herbert Machón, "Míchel" Cornejo, Armando Cortez Sandoval, Jaime "Samba" Saravia, Roberto "el Cuchillo" Guerra, Jaime "la Chelona" Rodríguez and Carlos "el Cacho" Meléndez. The club failed to win another championship despite reaching the final four times, finishing runner-up four times (1971, 1973, 1975–76 and 1978–79). The club lowest point came when they came close to relegation in 1975, only surviving relegation by defeating Sonsonate on the last day of the championship. The club came from the wilderness to challenge for the title on Christmas Day 1985, however they lost 5–2 against city rivals Atlético Marte. ^[2]

Title success

After 20 years, in 1986 Alianza won its third league title under Ricardo Sepúlveda, a member of "The Orquesta Alba". Thanks largely to a 3–1 penalty shoot-out win over C.D. Águila after the game finished 0–0, with Carlos Reyes scoring the winning penalty. Their success began to build again with another title in 1989 under their legendary technician Carrasco and mainly based on the outstanding performance of Chilean Raúl Toro who scored the winning goal against Luis Ángel Firpo. Another title was obtained in the 1993–94 season after defeating FAS 2–1. Alianza's goals were scored by Milton Meléndez and Argentine Sergio Bufarini. Their achievement were due to the masterful tactics of the Uruguayan Gustavo Faral.^[3]

Alianza's international championship drought ended in 1997, when they defeated Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica to win the UNCAF Club Championship. Their strong momentum lead them to achieve another two domestic titles, both of these achievements were under the watchful eyes of the technician Juan Carlos Masnik and were helped by the heroic players such as Horacio Lugo, Marcelo Bauza, Uruguayan Alejandro Curbelo and Adrián de la Cruz.^[4]

Honours

Domestic honours

Primera División: 11
(10): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, Apertura 1998, Apertura 2001, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2011, Apertura 2015

International honours

CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1
(1): Winners (1): ::1967
UNCAF Club Championship: 1
(1): Winners (1): ::1997

Runner-up (1): 1980

Championship Tournament

01 ! (1)*Copa Santa Ana: 1

1977

Roberto Championship "Burra" Rivas
01 ! (0)*Roberto Championship "Burra" Rivas: 0

Records

Main article: List of Alianza F.C. records and statistics

Alianza F.C. was the first Salvadoran team to win CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Alianza F.C. are the last Salvadoran team to win UNCAF Club Championship
Alianza F.C. are the last Salvadoran team to win an international competition, this being the UNCAF Club Championship in 1997.

Sponsorship

Companies that Alianza currently has sponsorship deals with include:

TBD – Official Kit Suppliers
Tigo – Official sponsors
Pepsi – Official sponsors
Dominos Pizza – Official sponsors
Los Rinconcitos – Official sponsors
Farmactas virgen de Guadulope – Official sponsors
Gatorade – Official sponsors
Canal 4 – Official sponsors

Stadium

Alianza Futbol Club has forged its entire history in the Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca (Now Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González), in which achieved three titles during the 1960s. However it was damaged in the 2001 earthquakes and Alianza moved to the Estadio Cuscatlán. Since the 2013–14 season; Alianza FC return to Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González.

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca (1960–01)
Estadio Cuscatlán (2002–12)
Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca (2013)
Estadio Cuscatlán (2013–14)
Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca (2014)
Estadio Cuscatlán (2015–present)

Retired numbers

2 – Roberto Rivas, Defender (1960–70)

Players

Alianza is the first Salvadoran team to form an under-17 team for the new Under-17 League competition that will begin in April 2014.

Current squad^[5]

As of Clausura 2016:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Élmer Iglesias
3	DF	Edson Meléndez
4	DF	Andrés Flores Jaco
5	DF	Iván Garrido
6	DF	Ramón Martínez
7	MF	Rudy Valencia
8	MF	Rodrigo Rivera (vice-captain)
10	FW	Oscar Guerrero
11	MF	Juan Carlos Portillo
12	FW	Levi Martínez
14	MF	Herbert Sosa
15	DF	Danny Torres

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	David Díaz
22	FW	Rodolfo Zelaya
25	GK	Óscar Arroyo
26	DF	Miguel Blanco
27	MF	Isaac Portillo
28	FW	Manuel Iglesias
29	DF	Rodolfo Orellana
30	MF	Élmer Abarca
36	DF	Mario Jacobo
42	MF	Tony Roque
46	MF	Enrique Contreras

Squad Changes for the Apertura 2016

In:

TBD – Transferred from TBD

Out:

Willis Plaza – Transferred to

Notable players

Below are the notable former and current players who have represented Alianza in Primera Division and international competition since the club's foundation in 1958. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club, a list of every Alianza player who has been called up by there national team.

For a complete list of Alianza players, see Category:Alianza F.C. footballers.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Daniel Fernandez
Assistant Managers	Juan Carlos Serrano
Reserve Manager	Daniel Fernandez
Under 17 Manager	Daniel Fernandez
Goalkeeper Coach	Shafick Chávez
Fitness Coach	Mario Villatoro
Team Doctor	Dr. Aristides Caceres
Knesliogiocal	Felix Zambia
Utility	Pablo Quironga
Director of Sports	Milton Melendez

Management

Position	Staff
Owner	Asociación de Empresa Pohl
President	Lisandro Pohl
Vice President	Jorge Rajo
Secretary	Herberth Silva
Treasury	Roberto Barillas
TBD
TBD

Presidential history

Alianza have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them.

Name	Years
Axel Hochkoeppler	1957–59
Enrique Sol Meza	TBA
Mauricio Salaverría Cáceres,	TBA
Ricardo Sol Meza	TBA
Ernesto Muyshondt Parker	TBA
Vicente Sol Bang	TBA
Juan Grané	TBA

Name	Years
Alejandro Hutt	TBA
Ricardo Simán	TBA
Luis Ohrlich	TBA
Fernando Calvo	TBA
Ronald Calvo	TBA
Miguel Pinto	TBA
Rafael Rengifo	TBA

Name	Years
Ricardo Balzaretti	TBA
Oscar Antonio Rodriguez	????–01
Ricardo Padilla	2001–05
Salvador Mariona	2005–07
Lisandro Pohl	2008–Present

Notable managers

Main article: List of Head Coaches of Alianza F.C.

The most successful all-time manager is Chilean Hernán Carrasco, who won four championships during his two tenures with Alianza FC (1966–1967, 1989–92). The list of honours include three Primera División titles (1965–66, 1966–67, 1989–90) and one CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1967).

Uruguayan Carlos Masnik was another notable manager with two titles won with Alianza, one Primera División championships (1996–97) and one UNCAF Club Championship (1997).

Chilean Ricardo Sepúlveda and Uruguayan Rubén Alonso both had outstanding careers as players for Alianza, and are the only two to win a title both as a player and coach (Sepulveda won the 1986–87, while Alonso won the Apertura 1998).

Gustavo Faral won the 1993–94 championship becoming the first Uruguayan and the first of three Uruguayan to win a title with Alianza.

Ramón Paredes become the first and so far only Salvadoran coach to win a title as coach of Alianza, which he did in 2001 Apertura title.

Uruguayan Juan Martín Mujica led the team to the 2004 Clausura title.

Under the coaching of Roberto Gamarra (coach), Alianza won the Clausura 2011 there most recent title victory.

References

↑ "El triunfo inolvidable". La Nacion. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
↑ "el cuento de la final navidena". El Grafico. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
↑ "Los Nuevos Campeonatos". La Nacion. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
↑ "Alianza es grande". La Nacion. 12 June 1997. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
↑ https://twitter.com/primerafutboles/status/685603634193797121

External links

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional of El Salvador

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Miscellaneous	Coaches Foreign players (Apertura 1998-Present) Foreign players (1926-1998) Top goalscorers Former Teams Records

CONCACAF Champions Cup and CONCACAF Champions League winners

CONCACAF Champions Cup	1962: Guadalajara 1963: Haïtien 1967: Alianza 1968 Toluca 1969: Cruz Azul 1970: Cruz Azul 1971: Cruz Azul 1972: Olimpia 1973: Transvaal 1974: Municipal 1975: Atlético Español 1976: Águila 1977: América 1978: Leones Negros, Comunicaciones, Defence Force 1979: FAS 1980: UNAM 1981: Transvaal 1982: UNAM 1983: Atlante 1984: Violette 1985: Defence Force 1986: Alajuelense 1987: América 1988: Olimpia 1989: UNAM 1990: América 1991: Puebla 1992: América 1993: Saprissa 1994: Cartaginés 1995: Saprissa 1996: Cruz Azul 1997: Cruz Azul 1998: D.C. United 1999: Necaxa 2000: Los Angeles Galaxy 2002: Pachuca 2003: Toluca 2004: Alajuelense 2005: Saprissa 2006: América 2007: Pachuca 2008: Pachuca

CONCACAF Champions League	2008–09: Atlante 2009–10: Pachuca 2010–11: Monterrey 2011–12: Monterrey 2012–13: Monterrey 2013–14: Cruz Azul 2014–15: América

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