Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan

Once Deportivo F.C.
Full nameOnce Deportivo Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)Tanque Fronterizo
Founded20 July 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-20)
GroundEstadio Simeón Magaña
Capacity5,000
Owner Salume Inversión S.V
Chairman Giancarlo Angelucci
Manager Fabio Gaston Larramendi
League Primera División
2024 AperturaOverall: 6th
Playoffs: Champions

Once Deportivo Fútbol Club 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.

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. 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. 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. In 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. 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 2021 CONCACAF League.

On the 13th of November, 2024 the club president Héctor Salazar announced on the club social media that the entire Once Deportivo board had resigned due to the club inability to continue to run the club, as the club had acquired 100,000 dollars worth of debts.

Despite financial issues and most of the board resigning, Once Deportivo finished sixth in the Primera division, they went on to defeat LA Firpo and Cacahuatique and reached the final for the first time in their history. The club shocked the nation powerhouse team FAS 2–1 in the final, thanks to goals for Josue Rivera and Jomal Williams.

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

Stadium

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.

Colours and crest

  • Home
  • Away

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

Individual records

  • Record appearances (all competitions): Jorge Cruz, 123 from 2020 to Present
  • Record appearances (Primera Division): Salvadoran Jorge Cruz, 123 from 2020 to Present
  • 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: Trinidan and Tobagon Jomal Williams, 21
  • 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 19 January 2025: [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SLV Cesar Melara
2 DF  SLV Gabriel Velasquez
3 DF  COL Miguel Murrillo (captain)
4 FW  SLV Diego Chavez
5 FW  SLV Carlos Anzora
6 MF  SLV Efrain Carcamo
8 MF  SLV Cesar Noe Flores
10 FW  TRI Jomal Williams (vice-captain)
11 FW  JAM Kemal Malcolm
12  SLV Angel Ortega
14  SLV William Flores
17 MF  SLV Eduardo Gonzalez
19 MF  SLV Enrique Vasquez
20  SLV Brandon Martinez-Trelles
21 FW  SLV Kevin Roman
22 MF  SLV Steven Cerna
23 MF  SLV Jose Emmanuel Artero
27  SLV Juan Gil
No. Pos. Nation Player
30  SLV Michael Antero
32  SLV Julio Paulinho
37  SLV Walter Menjivar
43 DF  SLV Nester Somoza
44  SLV Carlos Lainez
47  SLV Adrian Figueroa
9  CUB Kevin Martin
16 DF  SLV Adrian Flores

Players with dual citizenship

  • Brandon Martinez-Trelles

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SLV Rodrigo Lazo (From Houston Dynamo Academy)
—  SLV TBD (From TBD)
—  SLV TBD (From TBD)
—  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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
—  SLV Josué Rivera (To Isidro Metapan)
—  SLV Jorge Cruz (To FAS)
—  SLV Gerson Lopez (To Injured)
—  SLV TBD (To TBD)
No. Pos. Nation Player
—  SLV TBD (To TBD)
—  SLV TBD (To TBD)
—  SLV TBD (To TBD)

Personnel

Coaching staff

As of January 2025

Position Staff
Coach Fabio Gaston Larramendi (*)
Assistant manager Francisco Sibrian (*)
Reserve manager José Arturo Cano (*)
Goalkeeper Coach TBD (*)
Under 17 Manager TBD (*)
Under 15 Manager TBD
Sporting director TBD (*)
Fitness Coach Salvador Polanco (*)
Team Doctor Mirna Gonzalez (*)
Fitness Coach TBD (*)
Physiotherapy Leonardo Torres (*)
Utility TBD (*)

Management

As of January 2025

Position Staff
Owner Salaverría Investments SV
President Giancarlo Angelucci
Vice-president Juan Marco Escobar
Treasure Carlos Villagran
Executive secretary Deimy Franco
Director of operations TBD
Brand Representative TBD
Administrative representative TBD
Grassroots Representative TBD
Sports director TBD

List of coaches

As of January 20, 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 - December 2024 33–32–29
Fabio Gaston Larramendi January 2025 - Present 0–0–1

Notable managers

The following managers have won at least one trophy while in charge at Once Deportivo:

Name Nationality From To Honours
Erick Prado El Salvador 1 December 2022 28 December 2024 1 Salvadoran championships (Apertura 2024)

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 –
Josué Rivera  El Salvador 2024 Won Apertura 2024 season
TBD  El Salvador 2025-Present –

Most appearances

Place Name Period Primera Division Playoffs SLV Cup Continental Total
1 Jorge Cruz 2020–2024 123 0 0 2 123
1 Josue Rivera 2021–2024 118 0 0 2 118
2 Marcelo Diaz 2020–2023 100 0 0 2 100
3 Kevin Menjivar 2019–2022 95 2 0 2 95
4 Melvin Cartagena 2020–2022 85 2 0 2 85
5 Julio Sibrian 2020–2022 75 2 0 2 75
6 Jose Enrique Contreras 2019–2020, 2021–2022 72 0 0 2 72
7 Bryan Paz 2019–2022 72 0 0 2 72
8 Miguel Murillo 2023-Present 60 0 0 0 60
8 Walter Chigüila 2019, 2021–2023 58 0 0 0 58
9 Marvin Morales 2019–2021 52 2 0 0 52
10 Enner Orellana 2022-Present 50 0 0 0 50
11 Jomal Williams 2022-2023, 2024-Present 49 0 0 2 49
11 Yonatan Guardado 2020-2022 49 0 0 2 49
12 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 Jomal Williams 2023–2024, 2024-Present 21 0 0 0 21
2 Bryan Paz 2020–2022 19 0 0 0 19
3 Josue Rivera 2021–2024 19 0 0 0 19
3 David Rugamas 2020–2021 12 3 0 0 15
3 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 Kemal Malcolm 2024–Present 5 0 0 0 5
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 Yonatan Guardado 2020–2022 15 1 0 0 16
2 Gerson Lopez 2023–2024 15 1 0 0 16
3 William Torres 2021–2022 10 0 0 0 10
4 Jesus Dautt 2022–2023 9 0 0 0 9
5 Yimmy Cuellar 2019–2020 8 0 0 0 8
6 Sergio Sibrian 2023 4 0 0 0 4
7 Cesar Melara 2023-Present 3 0 0 0 3

Bolded players are currently on the Once Deportivo roster.

Internationals who have played at Once Deportivo

Players marked in bold gained their caps while playing at Once Deportivo.

References

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  4. ^ "Once Deportivo es declarado campeón y no habrá más fútbol este semestre". ElGrafico. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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