Guatemala

Malacateco

GuatemalaFounded: 1962Stadium: Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía, Malacatán (7,000 seats)Coach: R. Hernández

History

Club Deportivo Malacateco (Spanish pronunciation: [klˈub dˌepoɾtˈiβo mˌalakatˈeko]), is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Malacatán, San Marcos.

They play their home games in the Estadio Santa Lucía. They compete in the Liga Bantrab, the top tier of Guatemalan football.

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Nicknamed Los Toros, the club was founded on 8 September 1962 after a merger of clubs Morazán, Interrogación and Juvenil and by initiative of Humberto Bermúdez, Evelio de León, Felipe Sánchez, José María Munguía, José Rivera, Vicente López and Feliciano Boj. Forty five years later, they earned their historic promotion to Liga Mayor by defeating Juventud Retalteca 3–0 (3–2 agg.) in the Primera División de Ascenso 2007 Clausura final. This was also the first time in Primera División de Ascenso history that the same team won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus being automatically promoted without a need of an "extra" game. In 2008, they were relegated to Primera División after ending in last place in the Liga Mayor. In 2010, the club returned to the top division in Guatemala.

Carlos Mercedes Vásquez

In November 2010, first team squad member Carlos Mercedes Vásquez was kidnapped and murdered. A note on his body parts claimed he was killed for messing with another man's woman.

First Title

In the Apertura 2021, under Roberto Hernández, Malacateco claimed their biggest success in the club history by winning their first Liga Nacional title after defeating Comunicaciones 2-0 on 2 January 2022.

Rivals

Malacateco have a common rivalry with fellow San Marcos club Marquense, known as the “Derbi de San Marcos”.

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Squad

#GoalkeepersAgeAppsGoals
25M. Jiménez35
30A. Guzman29
#MidfieldersAgeAppsGoals
8K. Ramírez23
9J. Trigueño20
17R. Meneses29
19G. Vásquez19
31S. Perez22
F. Quinteros24

Upcoming fixtures

01:00
Antigua GFC
Malacateco
02:00
Malacateco
Municipal
22:00
Mixco
Malacateco
22:00
Malacateco
Marquense

Latest results

FT03:00
Suchitepéquez
Malacateco
1
0
FT01:00
Malacateco
Aurora
0
2
FT22:10
Deportivo San Pedro
Malacateco
2
2
FT18:00
Malacateco
Comunicaciones
1
0
FT20:00
Xelajú
Malacateco
2
1
FT03:00
Malacateco
Guastatoya
2
0
FT23:00
Cobán Imperial
Malacateco
2
0
FT02:00
Marquense
Malacateco
1
0
FT03:00
Malacateco
Mixco
1
0
FT03:00
Municipal
Malacateco
2
2