Deportivo Carcha
Deportivo Carcha
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Wikipedia - Deportivo Carchá
Club Social y Deportivo Carchá, is a Guatemalan football club based in San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz Department. They play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay.
History
The club was founded in 1962 and won promotion to the Liga Mayor B in 1974, entering the competition as Deportivo Carchá Jimmy Álvarez, named after their first manager. In 1992 they joined the Guatemalan second division and they finished champions in the 1997/1998 season to make their debut at the highest level of Guatemalan football, playing in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala in 1998/1999. They were relegated again after the 2000/2001 season and even went down further to the third tier of Guatemalan football.
Most recently they have again been playing in the Primera División Group "A" or "B". They are nicknamed Los Hombres Peces (the Fisherman).
Deportivo Carcha je jedním z nejúspěšnějších klubů v guatemalském fotbalu. Klub vyhrál pětkrát národní pohár a jednou ligový titul. V mezinárodních soutěžích se Deportivo Carcha zúčastnilo Poháru mistrů CONCACAF a Poháru vítězů pohárů CONCACAF.
Domácím stadionem Deportivo Carcha je Estadio Juan Ramón Ponce Guay. Stadion má kapacitu 10 000 diváků a je jedním z největších fotbalových stadionů v Guatemale.
Mezi nejznámější hráče Deportivo Carcha patří:
* Juan Carlos Plata
* Guillermo Ramírez
* Carlos Ruiz
* Gonzalo Romero
* Jaime Torres