Full name Futbol Club Sonsonate Ground Capacity 8,000 Apertura 2016 Primera División 10th | Nickname(s) Los “Cocoteros” Chairman Pedro Contreras Manager Agustín Castillo Founded 1948 | |
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Futbol Club Sonsonate is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador.
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F.C. Sonsonate
Founded in 1948, the club was known as CD Sonsonate, playing in the town of Sonsonate, and that is the name used most often. Despite several name changes the club always follows the lineage of titles and history back to the Sonsonate name. The club won promotion to the primera division in 1998, however one season later they were relegated The club currently competes in the Terecea Division since the 2012 season.
Ferrocarril
The team competed for many years in the Salvadoran Sports Commission national week football tournament. In 1943, Ferrocarril won the Occidental Zone of El Salvador, and played in the final round with Central Zone winners Quequeisque and Oriental Zone winners Luis Ángel Firpo. They finished second in the group, runners-up to Quequeisque. Ferrocarril did not return to the first division of El Salvador after failing to enter the 1951–52 league. They later renamed themselves as Leones.
Leones
The Leones arrived in the national league in the 1951–52 season, simply since the Salvadoran Football Federation had no institutionalised relegation rules. In their first year, the Leones finished runners-up to FAS. After five years in the league, they were relegated to the second division in the 1955–56 season. They returned to the first division in 1958, not before being relegated again in the 1960–61 season. The Leones failed to be promoted for a third time. They were renamed CD Sonsonate in 1967.
Alba-Acajutla
Founded in 2008, the club was known as CD Alba-Acajutla, also playing in the town of Sonsonate. However, after poor attendance and financial struggle, the team sold their spot in the second division and reverted to their original form.
F.C. Sonsonate rebirth and modern history (2009–Current)
On the 9th of September 2009, Cesar Antonio Contreras and Miguel Antonio Castillo along with Pedro Antonio Contreras and with the support of the Sonsonate department (in particular the head of the department José Roberto Aquino) were able to re-activate Sonsonate from defunct status and begin their time in the modern era.
The club competed in the Tercera Division for a few years, before winning promotion to the Segunda Division in 2011 under the direction of Ricardo Andrés Navarro.
Despite strong club following and several finals appearances the club failed to win the Apertura and Clausura title to achieve promotion in the Primera Division.
However, on the 12 July 2015, the club purchased the spot of recently promoted Real Destroyer meaning the club will participate in the Primera division for the first time in fifteen years (last time was 1999).
Sponsorship
Companies that Sonsonate currently has sponsorship deals with include:
Stadium
The team plays its home games in Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, in Sonsonate, which opened in and has a seating capacity of 8,000. Previously the team played at Estadio Cepa for the 2009 season when they were called Abla-Acajutla which is located in Acajutla. They also previously played at the Estadio Municipal de Izalco in Izalco, which has a capacity of. For the 2015 season, Sonsonate played their home matches (due to renovations being done Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos) at the Estadio Julio Milian Morales which is located Juayua and has a capacity
Sonsonate wore the green and white striped jersey since their establishment. Various name changes have brought about different colored jerseys. In 2008, after the club relocated from Sonsonate to Acatulja, the club changed their colours to rad and white. However, after the club moved back to Sonsonate they reverted to green and white.
Nicknames
National titles
Current squad
As of 2017: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Squad Changes for the Apetura 2016
In:
Out
U-20 youth team youth league
Sonsonate's youth squad plays in the ten-team Primera División Reserves (El Salvador). Current members of the squad are:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.