C.D.S. Vida

CD Vida

Full name

Club Deportivo y Social Vida

Nickname(s)

Los Cocoteros (The Coconuts)
Los Rojiblancos (The Red-and-Whites)

Founded

14 October 1940

Ground

Estadio Nilmo Edwards,
La Ceiba, Honduras

Capacity

18,000

Chairman

Carla Belinda Dip

Manager

Elvin López

League

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras

2012–13 Clausura

9th

Home colours

Away colours

Club Deportivo y Social Vida, or simply Vida, is an Honduran association football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida.

The club has won two domestic league titles and has claimed second place thrice.

History

Salvavida

Vida was founded on 14 October 1940 with the name of Salvavida by Gregorio Ramos, José Lamelas and Valentín Vásquez.^[1] The name Salva Vida was initially put by Salvador Vacaro and Vicente D' antoni, founders of the brewery Cervecería Hondureña, SA. The initial colors of the team were Red, White and Blue, but in recent times only red and white are used. The Club Salva Vida started when Gregorio Ramos decided to separate from the board of directors of Atlántida and to form his own team. At that time the team Salva Vida was part of the League Dionisio de Herrera.

Vida

Later the soccer club was just called Vida in honor of Mrs. Vida Code de Castañeda. The story tells that during a walk that the executives and players were carrying out, Mrs. Vida, who did not know how to swim, fell into the water. Then Mr. Gregorio Ramos ask for aid with the phrase "un salvavida para Vida" (a lifesaver for Mrs. Vida) and from that afternoon and on the club has been referred to as Vida, since Cervezería Hondureña did not permit that they continued to use the name of their product.

1940s

During the decade of the 1940s the players in the team were in their majority employees of Gregorio Ramos, who was owner of Lavanderia Ramos. He also was the president of the team and contributed economically and handled the team affairs. The training was carried out in a small field located that was property of the Standard Fruit Company (DOLE).

1950s

At the beginning of the 1950s the team was made up with students from the local public school Instituto Manuel Bonilla and those from the amateur soccer club Deportes Diablos Negros. The most notable stars were the famous Talon Arzú, Alberto "Campion" Amaya, Héctor "Jet" Castillo McKenzie, Quiro Brooks, Cristóbal Craka Brooks, and the Spaniard Rafael "El Fafa" from Navarre.

Vida's rise to prominence

Then in the 1960s rising stars like Salvador Hernández, Nilmo Edwards, and the brothers Morris and Junia Garden became key First Team players for the team. Vida became runners-up of the Liga Amateur de Honduras in 1961 (losing to Olimpia), and National Champions in 1964—beating out the soccer club Salamar of San Lorenzo in Tegucigalpa.

In 1961 they played two matches against Sacachispas of Guatemala in the Championship of Central America and the Caribbean, winning both encounters with a scoreboard of 2–0. Also in that year they played a friendly vs Mexican Champions CD Oro and drew.

In 1962, the Club Deportivo Vida legally changed its name to Club Social y Deportivo Vida, since one of its objectives was self projection within the La Ceiba community. Its first president was Flor de María Coello, who was also its Queen.

In 1964, the Liga Amateur was ready to turn professional; berths were created, and there was one given to La Ceiba. Vida participated in a three team play-off against two teams from the Liga Dionisio de Herrera, Victoria and Atlantida, to determine which team would represent La Ceiba in the first Honduran Major League Soccer. Vida won the play-off round and earned its berth in the new professional Major League Soccer, becoming one of the Founders of the Major League Soccer in Honduras; its first President in 1965 was Vida's reigning president Javier Henríquez.

Now that the team became professional, salaries of the players were calculated based on the percentages of the ticket window sales. As part of becoming professional, the soccer field where Vida played and trained as amateurs (called Campo Aguila) now became a soccer stadium—the Estadio Ceibeño. With the stadium built, Vida moved to Campo Vida located in the neighborhood La Isla as their training ground (which is still preserved to this date, and used for youth league teams in La Ceiba).

CDS Vida: The glory years (1965–1985)

From 1965 to 1975, Vida was usually among the Top 4 of the Honduran Major League Soccer. There were exceptions which were 8th-place finishes in 1967, 1974; 7th-place finish in 1975; and had play-off runs in 1970 and 1973, but finished 5th instead.

During that decade, Vida had trophy successes, becoming runner-up in 1971.

From 1975 to 1985, Vida became more successful and were consistently in the Top 4 of the Honduran Major League Soccer—the only two exceptions were an 8th-place finish in 1978, and a 9th-place finish in 1979. That in itself was an impressive feat.

Trophy success included National Champions in 1981, 1983, and runner-up in 1984, 1985.

At the international level, Vida participated in the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup in 1972 and 1973, but were eliminated in the First Round (in 1972 by Toluca – 1:4 aggregate; 1973 by Saprissa – 0:3 Aggregate)

In the 1980s Vida participated in the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup in 1982, 1984, and Vida was eliminated in the Third Round by New York Pancyprian Freedoms – 2:3 aggregate. In 1985, they beat CD FAS in the First Round – 3:2 aggregate but were eliminated by Mexican powerhouse America – 1:3 aggregate.

During the 1970s, the team's notable players were Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins and Carlos Alvarado (two time Leading Goal Scorer in the Honduran Major League Soccer in 1970 and 1971).

During the 1980s, the team's notable players were Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza, Matilde Lacayo, Dennis "La Bomba" Hinds, Cipriano Dueños (National High-scoring Champion in 1986)and Roberto "Macho" Figueroa (a key player in the Honduran National team that earned the berth to the World Cup Spain 1982, and sold to Real Murcia after the tournament).

Decline and descent into obscurity

From 1986 to 1996 Vida entered a decline. It was not the dominant team it was from 1975 to 1985. In 1986, Vida was rocked by a match fixing scandal after the play-offs (finishing 3rd Place overall after having finished spectacularly in 1st place during the regular season). It never recovered and was the beginning of the end for Vida – the decline. As the 1980s came to a close, it finished 8th in 1987, 4th place in 1988, and sunk to 9th in 1989 (after a three-team relegation play-off). The 1990s only brought one joy – a 3rd Place finish in 1993. Beyond that it was disappointing. It finished 7th in 1990, 1991, and 1994 and 8th in 1992, 1995, 1996.

In 1997, the Torneo Cortos as it existed in Mexico with an Apertura and a Clausura was adopted. Vida was mostly disappointing. It finished 8th (Ap & Cl 1997); 9th (1998, Cl 2000, Cl 2001); 10th (Cl 1999); and a mediocre 6th place play-off qualification (Ap 1999 vs Motagua, Ap 2000 vs. Olimpia, finishing 6th place overall each time)

In Ap 2001, play-off format changed to 4 teams. Vida had close playoff-runs in Cl 2002, Ap 2004, Cl 2005 (finishing 5th). They made the playoffs in Ap 2003 vs Real España (finishing 3rd Place); and Cl 2008, Cl 2009 vs Olimpia(finishing 4th place)

Despite these play-off-exceptions, Vida disappointed. It finished 10th three times (Ap 2006, Cl 2007, Ap 2008); 9th (Ap 2003, Ap 2005); 8th (Ap 2007); 7th (Ap 2009). It finished a mediocre 6th place twice (Cl 2006, Ap 2010).

Vida has still yet to recapture the magic and dominance it once held from 1975 to 1986.

Club rivalries

Clásico Ceibeño

Main article: Clásico Ceibeño

El Clásico Ceibeño (La Ceiba derby) is a football match played between Victoria and CDS Vida, both teams from La Ceiba, Honduras.

Achievements

Domestic

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 2

1981–82, 1983–84

Runner-up (3): 1971–72, 1984–85, 1985–86

Liga Amateur de Honduras: 1

1961–62

League and play-off performance (1994–present)

Season	Position	G	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS	Playoff	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS
1994–95	7th	27	8	9	10	38	41	33	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	8th	27	5	14	8	25	37	29	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996–97	8th	27	7	7	13	21	33	28	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997–98 Apertura	8th	20	7	2	11	31	33	23	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997–98 Clausura	7th	20	5	8	7	26	26	23	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999 Apertura	9th	18	4	4	10	22	33	16	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999–00 Apertura	6th	18	6	4	8	18	30	22	Quarter-finals	2	0	1	1	3	4	1
1999–00 Clausura	10th	18	3	5	10	18	30	14	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000–01 Apertura	6th	18	6	5	7	22	24	23	Quarter-finals	2	0	1	1	1	3	1
2000–01 Clausura	9th	18	4	6	8	22	31	18	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001–02 Apertura	6th	18	3	11	4	20	23	20	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001–02 Clausura	9th	18	3	10	5	16	21	19	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002–03 Apertura	7th	18	4	7	7	19	29	19	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002–03 Clausura	5th	18	7	4	7	24	30	25	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003–04 Apertura	3rd	18	8	5	5	24	20	29	Semi-finals	2	1	0	1	3	4	3
2003–04 Clausura	9th	16	2	7	7	13	25	13	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004–05 Apertura	5th	18	6	4	8	20	23	22	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004–05 Clausura	7th	18	5	7	6	16	19	22	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005–06 Apertura	9th	18	4	6	8	22	25	18	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005–06 Clausura	5th	18	6	9	3	21	21	27	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006–07 Apertura	10th	18	3	2	13	17	39	11	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006–07 Clausura	6th	18	6	4	8	21	23	22	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007–08 Apertura	8th	18	4	8	6	18	22	20	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007–08 Clausura	10th	18	4	6	8	18	29	18	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008–09 Apertura	10th	18	1	6	11	11	25	9	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008–09 Clausura	4th	18	6	8	4	18	19	26	Semi-finals	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1
2009–10 Apertura	7th	18	4	6	8	22	33	18	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009–10 Clausura	3rd	18	8	4	6	25	20	28	Semi-Finals	2	0	2	0	3	3	2
2010–11 Apertura	6th	18	7	4	7	26	23	25	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010–11 Clausura	3rd	18	7	5	6	23	18	26	Semi-Finals	2	1	0	1	3	3	3
2011–12 Apertura	4th	18	7	5	6	19	21	26	Semi-Finals	4	1	0	3	4	8	3
2011–12 Clausura	6th	18	5	9	4	24	25	24	Quarter-Finals	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
2012–13 Apertura	7th	18	5	6	7	24	35	21	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012–13 Clausura	9th	18	4	7	7	17	29	19	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

All-time table

(From 1965/66 to 2007/08)

Seasons	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
43	1629	1302	387	468	447	1375	1568	-193

Performance (1997–98 – present)

Team	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Scored	Against	Points	Difference
Real España	44	13	21	10	57	60	60	-4
Platense	42	15	10	17	46	50	55	-4
Universidad	34	14	10	10	38	34	52	+4
Victoria	42	11	14	17	46	71	47	-24
Marathón	42	8	10	24	42	83	34	-41
Motagua	44	5	13	26	34	69	28	-35
Atlético Olanchano	16	7	4	5	28	26	25	+2
Olimpia	44	2	16	26	41	85	22	-44
Real Maya / Patepluma	12	5	4	3	17	15	19	+2
Hispano	12	4	4	4	14	16	16	-2
Broncos	10	3	2	5	16	17	11	-1
Deportes Savio	12	2	5	5	8	15	11	-7
Independiente	4	2	2	0	12	4	8	+8
Broncos-UNAH	4	2	2	0	5	4	8	+4
Valencia	8	1	5	2	6	7	8	-1
Honduras Salzburg	4	2	1	1	6	5	7	+1
Federal	4	2	1	1	6	5	7	+1
Palestino	4	2	0	2	7	7	6	+0
Real Comayagua	4	1	2	1	6	6	5	+0

International competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1963 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v.

Xelajú MC – 2:2, 0:6 (Xelajú advanced 8:2 on aggregate)

1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Final Round v.

Toluca – 1:3, 0:1 (Toluca advanced 4:1 on aggregate)

1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v.

Saprissa – 0:2, 0:1 (Saprissa advanced 3:0 on aggregate)

1982 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v.

Brooklyn Dodgers – (Brooklyn Dodgers withdrew)

Second Round v.

Pumas UNAM – 2:2, 0:5 (Pumas UNAM advance 7:2 on aggregate)

1984 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Third Round v.

NY Pancyprian-Freedoms – 1:1, 1:2 (NY Pancyprian-Freedoms advance 3:2 on aggregate)

1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v.

FAS – 1:1, 2:1 (Vida advance 3:2 on aggregate)

Second Round v.

América – 1:0, 0:3 (América advance 3:1 on aggregate)

Torneo Fraternidad

1981 Torneo Fraternidad

First Round v.

Juventud Retalteca – 0:1, 3:1 (Vida advance 3:2 on aggregate)

Second Round v.

Marathón – (Marathón advance)

1982 Torneo Fraternidad

First Round v.

Juventud Independiente – 2:1, 1:0 (Vida advance 3:1 on aggregate)

Second Round v.

Xelajú MC – 0:0, 0:2 (Xelajú MC advance 2:0 on aggregate)

All-time top scorers

(As of 8 February 2012)^[2]

Carlos Alvarado (76 goals)
Dennis Hinds (44 goals)
Arturo Garden (40 goals)
Matilde Selim Lacayo (39 goals)
Morris Garden (37 goals)
Jorge Pineda (37 goals)
Enrique Mendoza (36 goals)

Current squad

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	Ricardo Canales
3	DF	Nolberto García
6	MF	Secundino Martínez
7	FW	Cholby Martínez
8	MF	Marcelo Canales
9	FW	Franco Güity
10	MF	Maycol Montero
11	MF	Bryan Moya
12	MF	Marcelo Santos
13	MF	Elder Torres
16	DF	Brayan García
17	FW	Mariano Lutzky
18	GK	Orlin Vallecillo

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Douglas Martínez
21	MF	Keven Crisanto
22	MF	Miguel Valerio
23	MF	Chestyn Onofre
24	MF	Walter Lapresti
26	DF	Jhonny Ramírez
27	MF	Wisdom Quaye
28	FW	Kevin Maradiaga
30	GK	Óscar Munguía
31	FW	Nilson Suazo
33	DF	Leonardo Domínguez
35	DF	Henry Bermúdez
44	DF	Christopher Cayetano

Managers

Aroldo Cordón
Carlos Enrique "Ronco" Wellman (1971)
Roberto González (1981)
Gonzalo Zelaya (1983)
Roberto González (1984–85)
Mario Ramón Sandoval (1995)
Enrique Grey Fúnez (1996)

Héctor Vargas (1999–00)
David Medina (2001)
Ricardo Ortiz (2006)
Carlos Martínez (2007–Dec 12)
Jorge Pineda (Dec 2012–April 14)^[3]
Ramón Maradiaga (May 2014–Sept 15)
Elvin López (201?–)

Old logos

Affiliated clubs

Atlético Madrid

References

↑ "A dar guerra" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-08-10. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
↑ Desafíe a Ismael – La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Jorge Pineda firma con el Vida – La Prensa (Spanish)

External links

(Spanish) Official Website

C.D.S. Vida

Founded in 1940 Based in La Ceiba

The Club	History Players

Rivalries	Clásico Ceibeño

Stadium	Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Honors (3)

Liga Nacional (2)	1981–82 1983–84

Liga Amateur (1)	1961–62

Website: www.cdsvida.com

Honduran Liga Nacional

2015–16 teams

Former teams

Seasons

1960s	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Liga Amateur de Honduras

Seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64

Former clubs	Abacá Aduana Deportivo Atlético Independiente España Federal Hibueras Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Salamar Sula Victoria Vida

Honduran Cup seasons

1968 1972 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2015 2015–16

Honduran football derbies

Marathón v Motagua Marathón v Olimpia Marathón v Real España Motagua v Olimpia Motagua v Real España Olimpia v Real España Victoria v Vida

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