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Once Deportivo

Full name	Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan
Nickname(s)	Tanque Fronterizo
Founded	20 July 2019; 4 years ago (2019-07-20)
Ground	Estadio Simeón Magaña, Ahuachapán
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Salume Inversión S.V
Chairman	Antonio Salaverría
Manager	Carlos Romero
League	Primera División
2020 Apertura	Overall: 3rd Playoffs: Quarterfinal
Home colours Away colours

Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Ahuachapán, El Salvador. The club was founded on 20 July 2019, and plays its home games at Estadio Simeón Magaña.

History

On July 20, 2019, Primera Division awarded a new license to ownership group who wanted a team based in Ahuachapan, This came about after Pasaquina were stripped of their license and were forced to sell their spot, the new team filled the vacancy in the market created by the dissolution of Once Municipal three years earlier. On July 21, 2019, the club announced that Once Deportivo, which had previously been used as a placeholder name for the club, would be the official team name. ^[1]

Once Deportivo announced Uruguayan Pablo Quiñones as its head coach on July 20, 2017, joining general director Roberto Campos in a search for players. Segio Calero was signed as the club's first player on July 22, 2019.

Once Deportivo started its inaugural season against Municipal Limeno on 29 July 2019, losing 3–0. ^[2] The club's first ever goal was a goal scored by Anthony Roque in the Once's third league game, a 2–1 loss against Aguila. Once Deportivo's first win was a 2–1 victory over Isidro Metapan, which came in the fifth round of their first Primera Division season on 18 August 2019. ^[3] Once Deportivo finished their first season in twelfth position. They failed to make it into the top six teams to reach the finals.

Following the conclusion of the season, Once Deportivo sacked Pablo Quinones and hired Spaniard Juan Dieguez to be the new coach. The club bolstered their campaign with the hiring of international players such as Mexicans Marco Granados and Edgar Solis, Nicaraguan Luis Fernando Copete, and Salvaodran such as Marcelo Tejada. The club started the season strongly winning six games, drawing two games and losing three games. On March, 2020 the season was suspended due to coronavirus pandemic. A week later FESFUT the organiser of El Salvador football declared that the final round of matches and the final would be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The title was subsequently awarded to Once Deportivo, who finished on top of the points table after the eleven rounds that were played. This is Once Deportivo first title in their history. ^[4] However, at the FESFUT extraordinary meeting on 29 April 2020, it was decided that the Clausura 2020 season title originally awarded to Once Deportivo would be retracted and the title would not be awarded. However, they would remain the third representative of El Salvador in the 2020 CONCACAF League. ^[5]

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Primera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (0) : None ( 2020 Clausura originally awarded but later retracted)

Stadium

• Estadio Simeón Magaña, Ahuachapán (2019-Present)
  • Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos, Sonsonate (2019)

Once Deportivo plays its home games at Estadio Simeon Magana in Ahuachapan, Ahuachapan. However the club was not allowed to play at the Estadio Simeon Magana was to unable to meet the requirements to play for the first part of the Clausura 2019 therefore they moved their games to the Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos, Sonsonate. However they received approval to return to the Estadio Simeon Magana. ^[6]

Sponsorship

Companies that Once Deportivo currently has sponsorship deals with for 2024–2025 includes:

• Elite Wear SVs – Official kit suppliers
• Pepsi – Official sponsors
• Mister donut – Official sponsors
• Canal 4 – Official sponsors
• La Geo – Official sponsors
• Sistema Fedecredito – Official sponsors
• ALCASA – Official sponsors
• Electrolit – Official sponsors

Club records

• First victory in the Primera Division for Once Deportivo: 2-1 Isidro Metapan, August 17, 2019
• First goalscorer for Once Deportivo:Anthony Roque v Aguila, August 10, 2019
• First goalscorer in the Primera Division for Once Deportivo: Anthony Roque v Aguila, August 10, 2019
• Largest Home victory, Primera División: 3-0 v Chalatenango, 9 March 2020
• Largest Away victory, Primera División: 4-0 C.D. Sonsonate, November 18, 2019
• Largest Home loss, Primera División: 4-0 v El Vencedor, 25 August 2019
• Largest Away loss, Primera División: 0-6 Isidro Metapan, 18 October 2020.
• Highest home attendance: 2,000 v Primera División, 2018
• Highest away attendance: 1,000 v Primera División, San Salvador, 2018
• Highest average attendance, season: 49,176, Primera División
• Most goals scored, Apertura 2019 season, Primera División: 21, TBD, 2018
• Worst season: Primera Division Apertura 2019: 3 win, 5 draws and 14 losses (14 points)
• First CONCACAF Champions League match: Once Deportivo 1–1 Communcaciones; Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores; 5 August 2021.

Individual records

• Record appearances (all competitions): Marcelo Diaz, 100 from 2020 to 2023
• Record appearances (Primera Division): Salvadoran Marcelo Diaz, 100 from 2020 to 2023
• Most capped player for El Salvador: 63 (0 whilst at Once Deportivo), TBD
• Most international caps for El Salvador while a Once Deportivo player: 2, Julio Sibrian and Melvin Cartagena.
• Most caps won whilst at Once Deportivo: 2, Julio Sibrian and Melvin Cartagena.
• Record scorer in league: Bryan Paz, 19
• Most goals in a season (all competitions): TBD, 62 (1927/28) (47 in League, 15 in Cup competitions)
• Most goals in a season (Primera Division): David Rugamas, 12
• First goal scorer in International competition: Edgar Medrano (v. Communicaciones; Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores; 5 May 2021)

Current squad

As of 28 June 2024 ^[update]: [1] 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   SLV Jairo Guardado 2 DF   SLV Jefersson Alvarez 3 DF   COL Miguel Murrillo 6 MF   SLV Efrain Carcamo 7 FW   SLV Carlos Anzora 12 MF   SLV Carlos Herrera 16 DF   SLV Adrian Flores 17 FW   SLV Diego Chavez 19 FW   SLV Ivan Alexander Molina 21 FW   SLV Kevin Roman 22 MF   SLV Steven Cerna 23 MF   SLV Jose Emmanuel Artero 24 MF   SLV Eduardo Gonzalez 25 GK   SLV Gerson Lopez 26 FW   SLV Josué Rivera ( captain) 29 FW   SLV Jorge Cruz

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF   SLV Geovany Cortez 33 DF   SLV Fernando Pacheco 43 DF   SLV Nester Somoza 51 GK   SLV Cesar Melara 52 DF   SLV Kevin Moreno 99 FW   SLV Jhon Castillo 100 MF   SLV Rob Bukele

Players with dual citizenship

• TBD

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) — MF   SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) — MF   SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season)

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player —   SLV TBD (From TBD) —   SLV TBD (From TBD) —   SLV TBD (From TBD)

No. Pos. Nation Player —   SLV TBD (From TBD) —   SLV TBD (From TBD) —   SLV TBD (From TBD)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player —   SLV Julio Amaya (To Isidro Metapan) —   MEX Kevin Chaurand (To TBD) —   COL Jhonathan Urrutia (To TBD) —   SLV Néstor Renderos (To TBD) —   SLV Javier Bolanos (To TBD)

No. Pos. Nation Player —   SLV Ronald Aparicio (To TBD) —   SLV Bryan Rosales (To TBD) —   SLV Armando Gomez (To TBD) —   SLV Iván Barahona (To TBD) —   SLV Roberto Gonzalez (To TBD)

Personnel

Coaching staff

As of July 2024

Position	Staff
Coach	Erick Prado (*)
Assistant manager	TBD (*)
Reserve manager	José Arturo Cano (*)
Goalkeeper Coach	TBD (*)
Under 17 Manager	TBD (*)
Under 15 Manager	TBD
Sporting director	TBD (*)
Fitness Coach	Mario Villatoro (*)
Team Doctor	TBD (*)
Kinesiologist	TBD (*)
Utility	TBD (*)

Management

As of July 2024

Position	Staff
Owner	Salaverría Investments SV
President	Héctor Salazar
Vice-President	TBD
Alternate Vice-President	Adolfo Salume
Executive secretary	TBD
Director of operations	TBD
Brand Representative	TBD
Administrative representative	TBD
Grassroots Representative	TBD
Sports director	TBD

List of coaches

As of May 30, 2024

Name	Nat	Tenure	Win-Draw-Loss
Pablo Quiñonez		July, 2019– November 2019	3-5-14
Juan Cortez		December, 2019– July 2020	6-2-3
Bruno Martinez		August, 2020– April 2021	13-9-9
Mario Elias Guevara		April, 2021– May 2021	see below
Carlos Romero		May, 2021– October, 2021	6-7-3
Mario Elias Guevara		October, 2021– December 2021	6-5-4
Ruben Da Silva		December 2021– June 2022	5-8-9
Rodolfo Gochez		June 2022 - October 2022	1-4-5
Erick Prado		December 2022 - Present	22-24-23

Notable players

Captains

• Only captains in competitive matches are included.
• Players marked in bold are still playing in the professional team.

Captain	Nationality	Years	Notes
Christian Sanchez	El Salvador	2019	-
Raul Gonzalez	El Salvador	2020	–
Luis Copete	Nicaragua	2020	–
Julio Sibrian	El Salvador	2021-2022	–
Walter Chigüila	El Salvador	2022	–
Jesús Dautt	Mexico	2023	–
Iván Barahona	El Salvador	2023-2024	–
TBD	El Salvador	2024-Present	–

Most appearances

Place	Name	Period	Primera Division	Playoffs	SLV Cup	Continental	Total
1	Marcelo Diaz	2020–2023	100	0	0	2	100
2	Kevin Menjivar	2019–2022	95	2	0	2	95
3	Melvin Cartagena	2020–2022	85	2	0	2	85
4	Julio Sibrian	2020–2022	75	2	0	2	75
5	Jose Enrique Contreras	2019–2020, 2021-2022	72	0	0	2	72
6	Bryan Paz	2019–2022	72	0	0	2	72
8	Walter Chigüila	2019, 2021-2023	58	0	0	0	58
7	Marvin Morales	2019–2021	52	2	0	0	52
8	Enner Orellana	2022-Present	50	0	0	0	50
9	Yonatan Guardado	2020-2022	49	0	0	2	49
10	Alexander Roque	2019–2021	43	2	0	0	43

Bolded players are currently on the Once Deportivo roster.

Goals

Place	Name	Period	Primera Division	Playoffs	SLV Cup	Continental	Total
1	Bryan Paz	2020–2022	19	0	0	0	19
2	Jomal Williams	2023–2024	16	0	0	0	16
3	David Rugamas	2020–2021	12	3	0	0	15
4	Edgar Medrano	2021	15	0	0	1	15
5	Jose Enrique Contreras	2019–2020, 2021	14	0	0	0	14
6	Marcelo Díaz	2020–2023	10	0	0	0	10
7	Craig Foster	2021	6	0	0	0	6
8	Raul Gonzales	2019–2020	4	0	0	0	4
9	Anthony Roque	2019–2021	4	0	0	0	4
10	Elvin Alvarado	2020–2021	4	1	0	0	4
11	Victor Landázuri	2023–2024	4	0	0	0	4

Bolded players are currently on the Once Deportivo roster.

Most shutouts

Place	Name	Period	Primera Division	Playoffs	SLV Cup	Continental	Total
1	Yimmy Cuellar	2019–2020	6	0	0	0	6
2	Yonatan Guardado	2020–2022	3	0	0	0	3
2	Ismael Valladares	2019–present	0	0	0	0	0

Bolded players are currently on the Once Deportivo roster.

Internationals

• Luis Copete
• David Rugamas
• Julio Sibrian
• Melvin Cartagena
• Marcelo Díaz
• Kevin Menjívar
• Jorge Cruz
• Néstor Renderos
• Jomal Williams

References

External links

• Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan at Soccerway