Club Deportivo Guastatoya is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guastatoya, El Progreso Department. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football.

C.D. Guastatoya
Full nameClub Deportivo Guastatoya
Nickname(s)Los Pechos Amarillo (The Yellow Chests)
Auriverdes (Golden Greens)
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990)
GroundEstadio David Cordón Hichos[1]
Capacity3,100
ChairmanEdwin Rodriguez
ManagerDwight Pezzarossi
LeagueLiga Nacional
Clausura 202410th

History

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The team had its origins under the name of Guastatoya Futbol Club, which was founded in 1990, however, the club was refounded as C.D. Guastatoya in 2005 in the city of Guastatoya in the Department of El Progreso. They have been in the Guatemalan First Division and in the amateur leagues of the country, that until in the 2013–14 season they managed to ascend to the Liga Nacional for the first time in its history, despite not being the champion of the Guatemalan First Division. They have a rivalry with local club Sanarate and Antigua.

Stadium

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They play at the Estadio David Cordón Hichos, which holds a capacity of 3,100.

Honours

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Performance in international competitions

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2019 - Round of 16
2019 - Round of 16
2021 - Semifinals
2022 - Round of 16

Current squad

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As of August 11, 2024: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CRC Adrián de Lemos (captain)
2 DF   MEX Omar Domínguez
3 DF   GUA Walter García
4 DF   GUA Brayan Morales
5 MF   GUA Samuel Garrido
6 FW   GUA Jonathan Estrada
8 MF   GUA Bryan Tumax
9 FW   PAR Roque Caballero
10 MF   ARG Gervasio Núñez
11 DF   GUA Dilan Palencia
13 GK   GUA Junior Figueroa
14 MF   SLV Jaime Alas
16 DF   GUA Rubén Morales
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   GUA Robin Betancourth
20 FW   GUA Jehú Fajardo
21 MF   GUA Uzías Hernández
22 MF   GUA Jonathan Garcia
23 DF   GUA Víctor Armas
26 DF   GUA Juan Carlos Escobar
27 FW   GUA Nelso García
28 MF   GUA Josué Trujillo
29 FW   GUA José González
35 MF   GUA Edy Palencia
70 FW   MEX Isaac Acuña
77 MF   GUA Denilson Sánchez
99 GK   GUA Jordy Cifuentes

Managerial history

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Guastatoya has had 11 permanent managers since it first appointed Uruguayan Ariel Sena coach in 2010. The longest serving manager was Ariel Sena, who managed Guastatoya for five years from 2010 to December 2015. Ariel Sena won the club's first title, winning the Segunda División title in 2011, while Amarini Villatoro won the club's first Liga Nacional title in Apertura 2018 and their second Liga Nacional title in Clausura 2018. They then won their third Apertura title under Willy Coito Olivera in February 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Stadiums in Guatemala - World Stadiums (in English)
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  • Official website
  • C.D. Guastatoya on Facebook
  • C.D. Guastatoya on Twitter
  • C.D. Guastatoya on Instagram
  • Primera División
  • footballdatabase
  • Guatefutbol.com — Liga-Nacional (fuerte-sancion-para-amarini-villatoro)
  • "Guatemala – Deportivo Guastatoya – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news – Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-05-14.