Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan

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.

Once Deportivo F.C.

Full name	Once Deportivo Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Tanque Fronterizo
Founded	20 July 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-20)
Ground	Estadio Simeón Magaña
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Salume Inversión S.V
Chairman	Giancarlo Angelucci
Manager	Guillermo Rivera
League	Primera División
2024 Apertura	Overall: 6th Playoffs: Champions
Home colours Away colours

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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 to win the title for the first time in history.^[7]

Following their title win, the club lost their coach Erick Prado and Josue Rivera to Isidro Metapan, Jorge Cruz to FAS and Goalkeeper Gerson Lopez to long term Injury. They Hired Argentinian Fabio Larramendi to defend their title, However they started the campaign as the worst season for a champion in Apertura/Clausura format, after 10 games the club had only gained 3 points (3 draws and 7 loss) and were anchored to the bottom of the table. After the poor start of the season Argentinian Fabio Larramendi was sacked. ^[8]

On March 15, 2025 the president of Once Deportivo Giancarlo Angelucci announced that Once Deportivo will no longer be based or play in Ahuachapan due to conflict with the department council and refusal to install stadium lights ruling out night games. ^[9]

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Primera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : Apertura 2024 None (2020 Clausura originally awarded but later retracted)

Stadium

• Estadio Simeón Magaña, Ahuachapán (2019-Present)
  • Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos, Sonsonate (2019)

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.^[10]

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

• First victory in the Primera Division for Once Deportivo: 2-1 Isidro Metapan, August 17, 2019
• First goalscorer for Once Deportivo:Anthony Roque v Aguila, August 10, 2019
• First goalscorer in the Primera Division for Once Deportivo: Anthony Roque v Aguila, August 10, 2019
• Largest Home victory, Primera División: 3-0 v Chalatenango, 9 March 2020
• Largest Away victory, Primera División: 4-0 C.D. Sonsonate, November 18, 2019
• Largest Home loss, Primera División: 4-0 v El Vencedor, 25 August 2019
• Largest Away loss, Primera División: 0-6 Isidro Metapan, 18 October 2020.
• Highest home attendance: 2,000 v Primera División, 2018
• Highest away attendance: 1,000 v Primera División, San Salvador, 2018
• Highest average attendance, season: 49,176, Primera División
• Most goals scored, Apertura 2019 season, Primera División: 21, TBD, 2018
• Longest winless streak: 2025 Apertura: 10 games (3 draws and 7 loss)
• Worst season: Primera Division Apertura 2019: 3 win, 5 draws and 14 losses (14 points)
• First CONCACAF Champions League match: Once Deportivo 1–1 Communcaciones; Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores; 5 August 2021.

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 9 March 2025^[update]: 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 (vice-captain) 4 FW  SLV Diego Chavez (vice-captain) 5 FW  SLV Carlos Anzora (captain) 6 MF  SLV Efrain Carcamo 7  SLV Andres Rivas 8 MF  SLV Cesar Noe Flores (vice-captain) 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 28 MF  SLV Jimmy Najarro 32  SLV Julio Paulinho 37  SLV Walter Menjivar 43 DF  SLV Nester Somoza 44  SLV Carlos Lainez 58 MF  SLV Diego Rosales

No. Pos. Nation Player 30  SLV Michael Antero 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 Andres Rivas (From Platense) —  SLV Jimmy Najarro (From Alianza) —  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 March 2025

Position	Staff
Coach	Guillermo Rivera (*)
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	Javier (*)

Management

As of January 2025^[11]

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 - March 2025	0–3–7
Guillermo Rivera		March 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
Carlos Anzora	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	70	0	0	0	70
8	Walter Chigüila	2019, 2021–2023	58	0	0	0	58
9	Jomal Williams	2022-2023, 2024-Present	56	0	0	2	58
10	Marvin Morales	2019–2021	52	2	0	0	52
11	Enner Orellana	2022-Present	50	0	0	0	50
12	Yonatan Guardado	2020-2022	49	0	0	2	49
13	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

As of March 13, 2025

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	5	0	0	0	5

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.

• Jabari Hylton
• Kemal Malcolm
• Abdiel Macea
• Luis Copete
• David Rugamas
• Julio Sibrian
• Melvin Cartagena
• Marcelo Díaz
• Kevin Menjívar
• Kevin Roman
• Ivan Barahona
• Jorge Cruz
• William Maldonado
• Néstor Renderos
• Rómulo Villalobos
• David Rugamas
• Gilberto Baires
• Elvin Alvarado
• Cristian Sanchez
• Jomal Williams