C.D. Atlético Marte

Atlético Marte

Full name	Club Deportivo Atlético Marte
Nickname(s)	Los Marcianos (The Martians) El Equipo Bandera (The Flag Team) El Bombardero Marciano (The Martians Bombers) Los Carabineros (The Police)
Founded	22 April 1950; 74 years ago (1950-04-22)
Ground	Estadio Cuscatlán
Chairman	Luis Carrillo
Manager	Edson Flores
League	ADFA San Salvador
2022 Apertura	Overall: 8th Playoffs: Quarterfinal
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Atlético Marte, also known as Atlético Marte, is a Salvadorian association football club based in San Salvador.^[1]

The club plays in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, the top tier of the El Salvador football league system, and host matches at the Estadio Cuscatlán.^[2][3]

Atlético Marte have a long-standing rivalry with their neighbouring club Alianza, with whom they have contested the derby since 1968.

Since its formation in 1950, the club has won eight Primera División titles—in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980–81, 1982, and 1985—and the Segunda División de El Salvador once, in Torneo Clausura 2009).

In 1981, the team was runner-up of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup losing to SV Transvaal of Suriname. Atlético Marte won their inaugural international title, the 1991 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup with 2 victories over Racing Gonaïves and Leones Negros UdeG and a loss to Comunicaciones F.C.

The club has changed their name several times to C.D. Árabe Marte (1998–99), (1999–00) and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque (2006–08). The club returned to the original name in 2008; C.D. Atlético Marte.

In the 1980s, Salvadoran football legend Luis Ramírez Zapata and Norberto Huezo, Ramón Fagoaga, José Luis Rugamas were among their star players.

The history of Atletico Marte started at the end of the 1940s, when the San Salvadorian team España FC was dissolved.

Emilio Guardado and Carlos Carranza, leaders of the recent dissolved España FC, called a meeting with the players that remained of this team and others in the capital city of San Salvador to give life to another club called Alacranes F.C.

After a year playing under the name of Alacranes F.C., club president Colonel José Castro Melendez called a meeting at the old national gymnasium, and at the initiative of the player Conrado Miranda, it was decided to change the club name to Atletico Marte.

The club was officially born on the 2 June 1950 by the combination of military-related members such as José Castro Melendez, Fidel Quintanilla and Jesús Rodríguez and the general public such as Emilio Guardado, José Santiago Avelar and Armando Carranza.

The original uniform colors were ochre and beige, however with the passage of time the colors were changed to the current blue and white.

One of the most significant events of Atetico Marte was a 2–0 triumph on the home turf of Deportivo Saprissa, the first time a Salvadorian club had defeated a Costa Rican side on the opponent's home turf. The goals were scored by Gustavo "el Bordador" Lucha y Raúl Peña.

The club had played in the Primera División for five years, however it wasn't until the 1955 season under the players-coaches of Conrado Miranda and Isaiah Choto they won their first title. This was done thanks to 1–0 victory over Leones de Sonsonate with the lone goal coming from Fernando "El Gato" Barrios.

The players included Manuel "Tamalón" Garay, Antonio Montes, Armando Larín, Rutilio Rivera, Luis Antonio Regalado "Loco", Conrado Miranda, Gerónimo Pericullo (Argentina), Juan Bautista Pérez (Argentina), Raúl "Pibe" Vásquez (Argentina), Gustavo "el Bordador" Lucha, Fernando "el Gato" Barrios and René Pimentel.

Atletico Marte with the same core group of players from the previous campaign and the inclusion of Guatemalan Gabriel Urriolawere able to capture their second title consecutively, always under the command of Conrado Miranda and Isaiah Choto.

In 1956–57 campaign, the club was rejuvenated with players such as goalkeeper Francisco "Paco" Francés, Argentinian Rodolfo Baello, Guillermo "Loro" Castro, Julio César "Muñeca" Mejía, Mauricio "Pachín" González and many others. The club was able to win their 3rd title.

A winning title would escape the club for more than a decade until 1969 when they won their fourth title thanks to future world cup coach Chilean Hernán Carrasco Vivanco and star players Raúl "Araña" Magaña, Guillermo Castro, Argentinian Rodolfo Baello, José Antonio "Ruso" Quintanilla, Chilean Ricardo Sepúlveda and Sergio Méndez. This was followed up with their fifth title in 1970 making the second time the club had won back to back title, this time they were reinforced with players such as Francisco Roque, Ernesto Aparicio, Manuel Cañadas, Adonay Castillo, Fernando Villalta, Roberto Morales, Elenilson Franco and Brazilian Odir Jacques.

Atletico Marte once again went a decade without a title, until 1980, when under the technical direction of Armando Contreras Palma and a squad predominately made up of Salvadoran players such as Carlos Felipe Cañadas, Milton Campos, Alfredo Rivera, José Castillo, Jorge Peña, Manuel Ramos, Danilo Blanco, Ramón Fagoaga, Norberto Huezo, Jorge Salomón Campos and Miguel González were able to win their sixth title.

Atletico Marte under the technical direction of Armando Contreras Palma and assistant coach former world cup player Juan Ramón "Mon" Martinez the club was able to win their seventh title i 1982. The tournament was called President Alvaro Alfredo Magaña Cup, in honor of the current president of the republic El Salvador. This was thanks to a two-game series win over Independiente of San Vicente, the first game was 1–0 victory with a lone goal José Antonio "Tolín" Infantozzi and this was followed with a 2–0 victory with goals by José Antonio "Tolín" Infantozzi and Wilfredo "El Doctorcito" Huezo.

On 25 December 1985, Atlético Marte won their eighth and final Primera División title. This was thanks to a 5–2 victory over Alianza with the goals of Atletico Marte coming from Salomón Campos Mezquita, Norberto Huezo, Mario Figueroa (2) and Wilfredo Huezo. The list of players that helped them win the title included José Luis Rugamas, Alfredo Fagoaga, Marcial Turcios, Santana Cartagena, Danilo Blanco, Guillermo Ragazzone, Nelson Escobar, Norberto Huezo, Salomón Campos, Mauricio Perla, Carlos Meléndez, William "el Pony" Rosales, Uruguayan Raúl Esnal and Mario Figueroa.^[4]

On the international stage Atlético Marte had reached the final of the 1981 CONCACAF Champions Cup, however they lost the series to the SV Transvaal from Suriname. However, in 1991, the club was finally recognized internationally thanks to being crowned the champions of the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup, a competition which was held in Guatemala and had strong clubs such as Universidad de Guadalajara from Mexico, Comunicaciones from Guatemala, Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica and Real Estelí from Nicaragua.^[5] Atletico Marte finished first in the group with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.

After several attempts to win another domestic title, by assembling top quality national and foreign players, Atletico Marte suffered a massive decline due to administrative mismanagement and eventually entered into economic crisis which led to poor results eventually getting the club relegated at the end of the 2002 season.^[6]

However, leaders of Atletico Marte never gave up on the team and there was always a well publicized effort to return it to the Primera División. It was not until 2004, that the mythical Raul Alfredo "spider" Magaña approached the directors, presenting a draft where it recruited new sponsors and new management.

After almost five years of work, they won the Clausura 2008 title and would contest the winner of the Apertura to determine direct promotion. The loser would contest the ninth place side in the Primera División to determine if there should be promotion/relegation.

Atletico Marte was unsuccessful at apertura and clausura when they lost to Marte Soyapango in a penalty shootout in the semi-final.

On 14 June 2009 Atletico Marte returned to the Primera División by defeating AFI El Roble 3-1, at the Estadio Cuscatlan.

The only goal of this historic victory was by Roberto Maradiaga, and the technician that made possible the rise was the Argentine Ramiro Cepeda, a former player in Martian^{[clarification needed]} Segundo División in his first year working as a coach.

Atletico Marte's run in the Primera División from 2009 to 2015 was a mix of little to moderate success, excluding the Apertura 2013 season where under the guidance of Guillermo Rivera the team finished first in the league (including a record 14 undefeated matches) and reached the semi-final where they were eliminated by the tournament champion Isidro Metapan 3–2 on aggregate, the team was a middle to low league team.^[7]

Although the emergence of talented players such as Gilberto Baires, Ibsen Castro, Otoniel Salinas, Javier Gomez, Anibal Parada, Christopher Ramirez, Christian Esnal, Argentinian Gonzalo Mazzia and Uruguayan Mauro Aldave.

On 3 May 2015, after 7 years of top flight football, Atletico Marte were relegated to the Segundo División despite a 4–1 victory over Dragon. They were knocked out by C.D. Pasaquina by one point.^[8] On 18 June 2015 the team purchased a franchise license in the new expansion of the Primera División and would compete in the Primera División for the Apertura 2015 season.^[9] At the end of 2016 clausura season, Atletico Marte were relegated^[10]

In April 2020, El Vencedor announced that due to financial hardship they would be releasing their spot in the Primera División to Atletico Marte.^[11]

After three years, with minimal success, On June 26, 2023, Atletico Marte sold their spot to Municipal Limeno and ended their spell in first division.^[12]

Atletico Marte due to complication on selling their spot to Municipal Limeno, Atletico Marte were registered to ADFA San Salvador in the fourth tier in Salvadoran Football league system.

• Primera División and predecessors
  • Champions (8): 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980–81, 1982, 1985
• Segunda División and predecessors
  • Champions (1): 2008 Apertura^{[note 1]}
  • Promotion Play-off Winners: 2008–2009

• Copa President and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : 1991

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup and predecessors
  • Runners-up (1): 1981
• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup and predecessors
  • Champions (1): 1991

• UNCAF Champions' Cup/Recopa de la UNCAF and predecessors
  • Champions (1): 1991 Recopa de la UNCAF

Pos.	Club	Season In D1	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif.
TBA	Atlético Marte	65	1945	715	600	630	2872	2522	+350

Last updated: 17 July 2015 [1]
[2]

Since its establishment in 1950, Atletico Marte stadiums has been:

• Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador (2017–present)

  • TBD (TBD) game in Segunda DivisiÓn

  • Cancha Alfombrada Lirios de Quezaltepeque; Quezaltepeque (2005–2008) games in the
  • Cancha del Estadio Azteca; Ilopaneco (2016) games in the Segunda Division
  • Estadio San Vicente, San Vicente (2023-Present)
• Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador (2001–2005, 2009–2016)
• Flor Blanca; San Salvador (1950–2001)

The team plays its home games in the 45,000 capacity all-seater Estadio Cuscatlán, in San Salvador. Previously the team played at Flor Blanca, where they had played their home matches from 1950 until the end of the 2001 season. The stadium in San Salvador. The team's headquarters are located in TBD.

Atletico Marte's chief rivalry is with the San Salvador-based team Alianza F.C., against whom they contest the Derbi capitalino. The two teams met 196 times since 1959, with the Alianza winning 87 matches, Atletico Marte winning 50 games and 61 draws.^[13] The most recent result was a 1–0 victory by Atletico Marte on the 2 April 2023.

Companies that Atletico Marte currently has sponsorship deals with for 2023–2024 includes:

• Arjam Sports – Official kit suppliers
• Sevisal – Official sponsors
• 106.9 FM – Official sponsors
• AmayaYArias – Official sponsor

Luis Angel Firpo's shirts have been sponsored by Pilsener since 2017. Previous sponsors have been Tapachulteca (1988–1999), TACA (1992), Pepsi (1999), Diana (2007–2013), Pilsener (2007–2013), Burger King (2013) and Tigo (2009). Their kits have been manufactured by Galaxia (since) . Prior manufacturers have been Galaxia (1999–2007, 2018), Kelme (2017) and Joma (2009–2013), Aviva (2018-TBD)

Period	Company
1988-1989	Umbro
1994-1998	Umbro
2011-2012	Galaxia
2015	Rush Sports Wear
2017-2019	Galaxia
2021	Arijam Sports
2022-2023	Tony Sports
2024–present	Arijam Sports

As of October 2023 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SLV Kevin Perez 2 DF  SLV Alexis Mendez 3 DF  SLV Michael Pleitez 4 DF  SLV Emerson Carranza 5 MF  SLV Cristian Vasquez 6 MF  SLV Daniel Bonilla 7 MF  SLV Bryan Martinez 8 MF  SLV Daniel Ramos 9 FW  SLV David Callejas 10 MF  SLV Kevin Ramos (captain) 11 MF  SLV Jonathan Aguilera

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  SLV David Fuentes 14 DF  SLV Rodrigo Campos 15 MF  SLV Eduardo Hernandez 19 MF  SLV Douglas Mejia 20 MF  SLV Josue Garcia 21 DF  SLV Alejandro Arias 22 MF  SLV Fernando Trejo 24 FW  SLV Carlos Mendez 25 GK  SLV Steven Padilla 30 GK  SLV Johnathan Orellana

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

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2023-24 Apertura and Clausura)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player —  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)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player —  COL Jhon Machado (To TBD) —  SLV Diego Chevez (To Alianza) — GK  SLV Daniel Gutiérrez (To TBD) — DF  SLV Geovanny Sigaran (To TBD) — FW  SLV Daniel Barrera (To TBD) — MF  SLV Roberto Melgar (To TBD) — GK  PAR Sandro Melgarejo (To TBD) — DF  SLV Reinaldo Aparicio (To TBD) — DF  SLV Mauricio Cerritos (To TBD) —  SLV Ever Rodriguez (To TBD) —  SLV Diego Coca (To TBD) —  SLV Daniel Torres (To TBD) —  SLV Cesar Orellana (To TBD)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SLV Mario Alfaro (To TBD) — MF  SLV Mauricio Gomez (To TBD) — MF  SLV Ramon Rodriguez (To TBD) —  SLV Gil Sanchez (To TBD) —  SLV Axer Lopez (To TBD) —  SLV Jonathan Palma (To TBD) —  PAR Luis Ibarra (To Managua FC) —  SLV Jonathan Esquivel (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD)

Position	Staff
Manager	Edson Flores (*)
Assistant Manager	TBD
Assistant Manager	TBD
Reserve Manager	TBD
Ladies's Manager	TBD
Fitness coach	TBD
Goalkeeper Coach	TBD
Kineslogic	TBD
Utility Equipment	TBD
Football director	TBD
Team Doctor	TBD

Position	Staff
Owner	Inversiones Sport Claros
President	Luis Carrillo
Vice President
Secretary	Marlon Claros
Sportraadslid	German Estrada

Players with senior international caps:

This list all the players that have represented their respective national teams at the World cup. Those in Bold were playing with Atletico Marte when they played : [3]

• Raúl Magaña
• Roberto Rivas
• Santiago Méndez
• Salvador Cabezas
• Guillermo Castro
• Sergio Méndez
• Luis Guevara Mora
• Ramón Fagoaga
• Silvio Aquino
• José Luis Rugamas
• Norberto Huezo
• Guillermo Ragazzone
• Manuel Camacho

• Raúl Esnal – Copa América 1983

• Abdul Thompson Conteh – Amílcar Cabral Cup (1993 Amílcar Cabral Cup) & (1995 Amílcar Cabral Cup)

Name	Years
Julio Cesar Mejia (Muneca)	1966
Guillermo Castro (Loro)	1968
Alberto Villalta	1969-1970
Sergio Méndez	1975
Helio Rodrigues	1976-1978
Luis Cesar Condomi	1977-1978
Miguel Gonzalez	1978
Freddy Rivera	1981
Manuel "Lobo" Ramos y Ramos	1982-1983
Ramón Fagoaga	1985
Raúl Esnal	1986-1987
Norberto Huezo	1987
Carlos Cacho Melendez	1989
Santana Sanabria	1990-1991
Carlos Castro Borja	1992-1993
Wilfredo Iraheta Sanabria	1993-1994
Ricardo Guevara	1994-1995
Carlos Castro Borja	1996
Juan Carlos Hernández Baldizón	2002
Anibal Parada	2008-2012
Gilberto Baires	2012
Erick Molina	2013-2014
Anibal Parada	2015
Erick Molina	2016
Diego Hunter	2019-2020
Luis Tatuaca	2020-2021
Jose Portillo	2021
Andrés Quejada	2021-May 2022
Diego Chevez	June 2022- June 2023
Kevin Ramos	July 2023-Present

Sergio Méndez is the all-time leading goalscorer for Atletico Marte, with 146—since joining the club in 1971. Miguel Gonzalez Barillas, who is the comes in second in all competitions with 87. TBD is the club's highest scorer in a single season with TBD goals in 00 appearances in the 1957–58 season. The most goals scored by a player in a single match is 4, This was achieved by TBD in a game against TBD in the 1980 season. The biggest victory recorded by Atletico Marte was 8–1 against Aguila, Primera División, 5 December 1993. Atletico Marte heaviest championship defeats came during the 1989 season: It was against TBD in 1989 (1–7).

• Longest unbeaten run: 20 matches (1985 season)
• First and only Salvadoran team to win the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (1991)
• First coach of El Salvador that won three championships consecutively: Salvadoran Conrado Miranda with Atletico Marte in 1955–57.
• First Salvadoran team to win in Costa Rican: defeating Deportivo Saprissa 2–0, 1952.
• Last Salvadoran team to win a CONCACAF Competition: 1991 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

The club's current manager is Salvadoran Edson Flores.^[14] 12] There have been TBD permanent and TBD caretaker managers of Atletico Marte since the appointment of the club's first professional manager, Emilio Guardado in 1950. The club's longest-serving manager, in terms of both length of tenure and number of games overseen, is TBD, who managed the club between 1996 and 2018. Argentine José Santacomba was Atletico Marte's first manager from outside the El Salvador. Salvadorans Conrado Miranda and Armando Contreras Palma is the club's most successful coach, having won three Primera División titles and one Copa El Salvador; followed closely by Chilean Hernán Carrasco Vivanco, who won two Primera División titles.

The following managers won at least one trophy when in charge of Atlético Marte
Name	Period	Trophies
Conrado Miranda	1955–1957	3 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Hernán Carrasco Vivanco	1968–1970, 2002	2 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Armando Contreras Palma	1981–1985, 1991, 1997	3 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, 1 1991 Copa El Salvador
Carlos Jurado	1991	1 UNCAF Cup Winners Cup
Juan Ramón Paredes [15]	1991	1 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
Ramiro Cepeda	2008–2010	1 Segunda División de El Salvador

Atletico Marte have had numerous presidents^{[clarification needed]} over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been Military rulers. Here is a complete list from when Jesús Rodolfo Rodríguez took over at the club in 1950, until the present day.

Name Years Jesús Rodolfo Rodríguez (Military Leader) 1950 José Castro Meléndez (Military Leader) 1950 Carlos H. Cornejo (Military Leader) TBD Salvador Henríquez (Military Leader) TBD Oscar René Serrano (Military Leader) 1973 Miguel Angel Castillo (Military Leader) TBD Angel Napoleón Orantes (Military Leader) TBD Jesús Gabriel Contreras (Military Leader) TBD Max Leiva (Military Leader) TBD Jorge Alberto Domínguez (Military Leader) TBD Marco A. González (Military Leader) TBD Mauricio Ernesto Vargas (Military Leader) 1995 Héctor Lobo (Military Leader) TBD Sigifredo Ochoa Pérez (Military Leader) TBD Mauricio Hernandez (Military Leader) 1988–89

Name Years Esteban Munguía TBD Félix Castillo Mayorga 1982–84 Felipe Mira, Orlando Calderón TBD José A. Platero TBD Odilio Viche TBD Saúl Salguero TBD Otmaro Luna TBD Osmín Viscarra TBD Emilio Charur TBD Ernesto "El Chato" Vargas 1994 Mauricio Ernesto Vargas 1997-1998 Rafael Ignacio Perez 1999-TBD Vicente Carranza 2001 Félix Guardado 2002–12 Hugo Carrillo 2012–2016 Tomas Aguirre 2017–2018 Hugo Carrillo 2019–2022 Marlon Claros 2023–Present

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