Tipografía Nacional

History

Founded on 24 January 1924, Tipografía Nacional was the oldest team in the Liga Mayor / Liga Nacional, the nation's top division. The club was named after the national printing house, Tipografía Nacional.

Having entered the then Liga Capitalina in 1928, the team won three local titles between 1938 and 1940. Between 1937 and 1941, they had a streak of 51 matches scoring at least one goal. The team also won three official championships between 1943 and 1953. After Municipal won the first Liga Mayor championship in 1942, Tipografía won back-to-back titles in the 1943 and 1944–45 tournaments, being undefeated during the former, collecting eight wins and two draws. Tipografía and Municipal engaged in the first known rivalry in the league, which faded after Comunicaciones and Municipal became the two most dominant clubs and each other's arch-rival.

Tipografía also finished as league runner-up once, and won one domestic cup. In 1981, they finished at the bottom of the table, being relegated to the "B" division (now Primera División). They earned promotion back to the Liga Mayor after two seasons, but suffered relegation again in the 1992–93 season; due in good part to lack of financial support, the team continued descending to lower categories, until it was ultimately dissolved in 2002.

Its resurgence came up in 2012 as a result of acquiring Club Cahabón's franchise for Q75,000. Tip-Nac is, as of early 2013, a member of the Guatemalan Second Football Division.

Its uniform colours were red-and-white vertical striped shirt and blue shorts.

Honours

Liga Mayor titles: 3

Liga Capitalina titles: 3

Copa de Guatemala titles: 1

Positions in National Tournaments

1927 Champion – Second Division, undefeated 1928 fifth place 1929 fifth place 1930 third place 1931 runner up 1932 third place 1934 third place 1935 fourth place 1936 third place 1937 runner up 1938 Champion 1939 Champion 1940 Champion 1941 runner up 1942 third place 1943 Champion – undefeated 1944 no tournament 1945 Champion 1946 no tournament 1947 fifth place 1948 Champion 1949 no tournament 1950–51 fourth place 1952–53 Champion 1954–55 fourth place 1956 seventh place 1957–58 seventh place 1959–60 fourth place 1961–62 sixth place 1963 sixth place 1964 tenth place 1965 fifth place 1966 seventh place 1967 eight place 1968 fifth place 1969 eight place 1970 eight place 1971 eight place 1972 fifth place 1973 fourth place

Former coaches

Roberto Calderón (1938–1940)

Joaquín Ortíz "Tacuazín" (1943–1945)

Lorenzo Ausina Tur (1968–1969)

Palmiro Jonathan Salas Sandoval (1992–1994)

Carlos Alberto Mijangos (2004)

Haroldo Cordón

Felipe Antonio Carías (2012)