C.D. Jalapa
| Full name | Club Deportivo Jalapa | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Tigres del Jumay (The Jumay's Tigers) | ||
| Founded | 1978 | ||
| Ground |
Estadio Las Flores Jalapa, Guatemala | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Chairman |
 Edmundo Ruano | ||
| Manager |
 Franklin Cetre[1] | ||
| League | Liga Nacional de Fútbol | ||
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Jalapa is a Guatemalan professional football club who play in the Liga Nacional, the top level division in the country. They are based in Jalapa and their home stadium is the Estadio Las Flores.
History
The team was founded on July 10, 1978.[2]
Having been promoted to the Liga Nacional in 2001 under coach Benjamín Monterroso, Jalapa won the domestic cup three times, in 2002, 2005, and 2006.
The club's biggest achievement has been winning the 2007 Apertura tournament, which was the first national championship won in the club's history. The title earned them a berth in the CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09.
Jalapa won their second league championship by defeating Guatemalan great C.S.D. Municipal in the clausura 2009 final. This is their second championship in two years by which they have written history in Guatemala.
2010's
After Jalapa become champions, they entered into an economic situation making the departure of most of the champions players, they were relegate to the Liga de Ascenso Nacional. The pace did not change for them, they got more economic issues which recurred to relegated the team to Segunda Division and continue they relegation until the team disappear.
2012
There is a new team which play in the same stadium Las Flores called Los Tigres de Jumay which won the Tercera Division and promoted to Segunda Division.
Current squad
Apertura 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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List of football coaches
- Óscar Enrique Sánchez
- Juan Alberto Salguer
- Benjamín Monterroso (2000–01)
Julio César Cortés (2005)- Carlos Jurado (2006–08)
Hector Trujillo (2009)- Ariel Longo (2009–10)
References
- ↑ Franklin Cetre nuevo técnico de Jalapa – LaRed Deportiva (Spanish)
- ↑ – Prensa Libre
Honours
- Liga Nacional de Guatemala titles: 2
- Apertura 2007, Clausura 2009
- Copa de Guatemala titles: 3
- 2002, 2005, 2006
External links
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