Santa Tecla F.C.

Santa Tecla Fútbol Club was a Salvadoran multi-sport club based in Santa Tecla since being formed in 2007.^[1] Although they competed in a number of different sports, Santa Tecla was mostly known for its professional association football team.^[2] The club competed in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the nation's top tier, since being promoted there for Apertura 2012.^[3][4][5] Santa Tecla was founded in 2007, its home games were at the 10,000 capacity soccer-specific Estadio Las Delicias.^[6]

Santa Tecla F.C.

Full name	Santa Tecla Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Periquitos Tecleños Los Verdes
Founded	15 January 2007; 18 years ago (2007-01-15)
Dissolved	25 March 2025; 56 days ago (2025-03-25)
Ground	Estadio Las Delicias
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Eduardo Amaya de Leon
Manager	Juan Ramón Sánchez
League	Segunda División
2023 Clausura	Overall: 9th Playoffs: Did not qualify
Home colours Away colours

History

Santa Tecla Fútbol Club was formed in 2007 as a means for the "Tecleños" citizens to support a local team. It had been almost 40 years since the demise of former league champions Quequeisque.^[7]

They took over the Telecom FC licence and made their debut in professional football in the 2007–08 season.^[8] During their first competitive season, the team managed to reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Promotion to La Primera

Santa Tecla won their first title in 2012, winning the 2012 Apertura second division title by defeating Brasilia 2–1. A week later Santa Tecla defeated Titán (the champion of the 2011 Clausura title) 2–1 with goals by William Maldonado and Roberto González, allowing for Santa Tecla to be promoted to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador (La Primera) for the first time in club history.^[9]

Champions

In 2015, the club had its most successful period in its history under the guidance of Argentinian Osvaldo Escudero. The club were able to win their first championship (the Clausura 2015) in club history. Santa Tecla won on a penalty shootout 3–1 after the match finished 1–1; William Maldonado was the lone goal-scorer for Santa Tecla in the final.^[10]

Second championship

Santa Tecla finished in third place in the regular season, advancing to the 2016 Apertura Playoffs, where they met Isidro Metapan in the first round. They drew the first leg 2–2, but Santa Tecla won the second leg at TBD, to win 3–2 on aggregate. Santa Tecla faced the Aguila in the semi-final, winning 4–3 on aggregate to advance to La Primera's championship game. Santa Tecla faced the Alianza F.C. for the championship. Santa Tecla won 3–2 on a game-winning brace by Sebastian Abreu in the second half, with Gerson Mayen scoring the other goal in the first half, thus winning their second title in La Primera.

Third championship

Santa Tecla finished in third place in the regular season, advancing to the 2017 Clausura Playoffs, where they met C.D. FAS in the first round. They drew the first leg 0–0, but Santa Tecla won the second leg at Estadio Las Delicias 1–0, to win 1–0 on aggregate. Santa Tecla faced the Aguila in the semi-final, winning 5–2 on aggregate to advance to the championship game. Santa Tecla faced the Alianza F.C. for the championship for the second straight tournament. Santa Tecla once again won La Primera's championship title with a comprehensive 4–0 victory, with Marlon Cornejo, Gerson Mayen William Canales and Carlos Bueno.

Contenders and fourth championship

Following their third La Primera championship, the team made two consecutive finals (Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018) against Alianza F.C., losing 4–1 and 1–0 respectively. During that period they were coached by Argentinian Ernesto Corti and Uruguayan Ruben da Silva. On 16 December 2018, Santa tecla won their fourth La Primera championship, defeating their rival Alianza F.C. 2–1 thanks to a double from Wilma Torres. The title end their recent losses and dominance by Alianza in the finals.

Recent events

The club's finances were heavily impacted by the death of the club president José Vidal Hernández and the COVID pandemic. As an ongoing consequence, the club were restricted in their spending focusing on selling their experienced players and focusing on their youth players. The club went from being title contenders to fighting for survival.

Juan Ramon Sanchez left the club in February 2024 via mutual consent, with ten games remaining and the team in the relegation zone. Francisco Medrano was appointed as his replacement until the end of the season On 28 April 2024, Santa Tecla F.C.C were relegated as a consequence of their 2–1 loss against C.D. Luis Angel Firpo's. This ended the club's Twelve-year stint in the Primera Division, making them only the fifth former Primera Division champions to be relegated from the league since it began in Apertura-Clausura, following C.D. Vista Hermosa, Once Municipal, C.D. Dragon, C.D. Luis Angel Firpo and Atletico Marte.

On 25 March 2025, It was announced by Comisión Disciplinaria de la Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol (FESFUT) that the club will be banned from all levels of Salvadoran football and disbanded, while boards members Max Miguel Ayala Revelo (president), Jorge Italo Argueta Osorio (vice-president), Mario Enrique Monico Chavarría (secretary), Sonia Luz Alas de Valladares (treasurer), Juan Ramón Molina (trustee), Boris Ernesto Romero Castro (first director) and Juan Carlos Cruz Orellana (second director) were banned from all football related activities for 10 years.

Stadium

• Estadio Las Delicias (2007–present)
  • Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González; San Salvador (2012) played in TBD during Estadio Las Delicias renovation.
  • Estadio Universitario UES; San Salvador (2019, 2023-present) played in Clausura 2019 during Estadio Las Delicias renovation.
  • Estadio Cuscatlán; San Salvador (2019–2020) played in Clausura 2019 during Estadio Las Delicias renovation and again in Apertura 2020 due to dispute with INDES the owner of the stadium.
  • Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos; Sonsonate (2023–2024) played for both the Apertura/Clausura 2023 season while the Estadio Las Delicias renovation

Santa Tecla Fútbol Club has forged its entire history, from 2007 to the present, in the Estadio Las Delicias, but during stadium renovations they played their matches in the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González and Estadio Universitario UES.

Sponsorship

Companies that Santa Tecla FC currently has sponsorship deals with for 2023–2024 includes:

• AriJam – Official kit suppliers
• Electrolit – Official sponsors
• Sistema Fedecredito – Official sponsors
• Las Perlitas – Official sponsors
• Plaza Merlot – Official sponsors
• Transportes Galindo – Official sponsors
• ElQuijote – Official sponsors
• Laboratorios Proquifar – Official sponsors

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador and predecessors
  • Champions (4): Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017, Apertura 2018
• Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (1): Clausura 2012

Cups

• Copa El Salvador and predecessors
  • Champions (2): 2016–17, 2018–19

Minor Cups

• Jaguar Sportic Cup
  • Champions (1): 2015–16

Current squad

As of July, 2024. 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 2 DF  ARG Alejandro Frezzotti 6  SLV Kevin Garay 7  SLV Anthony Roque (captain) 9 FW  ARG Gonzalo Tarifa 11  ARG Adrian Toloza 15  SLV Brayan Erazo 16  SLV Rodrigo Rodriguez 21  SLV Aquiles Méndez (captain) 25 GK  SLV Cristopher Rauda 28  SLV Emerson Mancia —  SLV Balmore Ernesto Pineda —  SLV Gil Adonay Sanchez — MF  SLV Fernando Sanchez —  SLV Joaquin Montoya

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  SLV Edwin Cordova 6  SLV Carlos Alfaro 17  SLV Mauricio Aldair Perez 22 MF  SLV Jeffry Aguilar —  SLV A Rodríguez 25  SLV Erick Vega 31  SLV Allan Acevedo 36 DF  SLV Alejandro Serrano

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 —  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2023-24 Apertura and Clausura)

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 —  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)

Roberto Llamas

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 Cesar Orellana (To LA Firpo) —  SLV Andres Rivas (To Alianza) —  SLV Allan Ocon (To FAS) —  SLV Samuel Rosales (To FAS) —  SLV Mario Martinez (To FAS) —  SLV Diego Lemus (To Platense) —  SLV William Flores (To Once Deportivo)

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV Ángel Ortega (To Once Deportivo) —  SLV Gabriel Velasquez (To Once Deportivo) —  SLV (To TBD) —  SLV (To TBD) —  SLV (To TBD)

Coaching staff

As of April 4, 2024

Position	Staff
Manager	Francisco Medrano (*)
Assistant Manager	Rodrigo Vanegas *
Assistant Manager	TBD *
Reserve Manager	Rodrigo Vanegas *
Under 17 Manager	Douglas Vidal Jiménez *
Under 15 Manager	TBD *
Goalkeeping Coach	TBD *
Fitness Coach	Josué Martínez *
Team Doctor	Isela García
Kinesiologist	Hector Bermudez
Utility	David Ernesto Guevara
Utility	William Antonio Velázquez
Sporting Director	Fernando Ledesma (*)

Personnel

Management

Position	Staff
Honorary President	José Eduardo Amaya
President	Eduardo Amaya de Leon
Vice President	Jorge Italo Argueta *
Management Representative	Roberto D'Aubuisson
Administrative Manager	Rene Guevara
Board Director	Guillermo Figueroa
Board Director	Oscar Ortiz
Legal Representation	Max Ayala Revelo
General Director	Enrique Monico *
Board Director
Board Director
Board Director

Presidential history

Name Years Óscar Ortiz 2012–2014 José Vidal Hernández[11][12][13][14][15] 2014–2018 Guillermo Figueroa 2018–2019 José Eduardo Amaya 2020-Present

List of notable players

Captains

Name	years
Pedro Reyes	2012
Jaime Medina	2012–2013
Óscar Navarro	2013–2015
Gerson Mayen	2015–2016
Diego Chavarría	2016–2017
Gerson Mayen	2018–2019
Alexander Méndoza	2020–2021
Marlon Cornejo	2022
Gilberto Baires	2022–2023
Néstor Renderos	2023
Aquiles Méndez	2024-Present

World Cup players

Players that have played for Santa Tecla in their career and played in a World Cup:

• Sebastian Abreu

Copa America players

Players that have played for Santa Tecla in their career and played in a Copa America:

• Sebastian Abreu
• Carlos Bueno

Players with 50 or more goals/appearances for Santa Tecla

Includes competitive appearances only. Current players in bold

• Ricardinho (207 games, 80 goals)
• Juan Barahona (190 games)
• Gerson Mayen (180 games)
• Marlon Cornejo (148 games)
• Bryan Tamacas (153 games)
• Joel Almeida (139 games)
• Alexander Mendoza (130 games)
• Gilberto Baires (113 games)
• Facundo Simioli (83 games)
• Rodrigo Rivera (74 games)

List of coaches

Santa Tecla has had 20 permanent managers since it first appointed Armando Contreras Palma as coach in 2007. The longest serving manager was Osvaldo Escudero, who managed Santa Tecla for two years from May 2014 to May 2016. Edgar Henríquez "Kiko" won the club's first title, winning the Segunda División title in 2011, while Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi" won the club's first Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador (La Primera) title in 2015. This was followed by Ernesto Corti, who coached then to a second (2016) and third (2017) consecutive La Primera titles. Corti also won Copa El Salvador in 2017. Argentinian Christian Díaz made it four consecutive with the 2018 Apertura title. The current coach is Salvadorian Juan Ramón Sánchez.

Name	From	To
Armando Contreras Palma	2007	2007
Jorge Alberto Perez Quezada	2008	Nov 2009
Leonel Cárcamo	Nov 2009	Feb 2010
Efren Marenco	Feb 2010	July 2010
Armando Contreras Palma	Aug 2010	Oct 2010
Jorge Búcaro	Oct 2010	Dec 2010
Rubén Alonso	Dec 2010	Nov 2011
Edgar Henríquez "Kiko"	Dec 2011	June 2012
Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	June 2012	Oct 2012
Guillermo Rivera	Oct 2012	Dec 2012
William Renderos Iraheta	Dec 2012	Sept 2013
Edgar Henríquez "Kiko"	Sept 2013	May 2014
Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	May 2014	May 2016
Ernesto Corti	June 2016	December 2017
Rubén da Silva[16][17][18][19]	December 2017	June 2018
Christian Díaz	June 2018	April 2019
Rodolfo Gochez (Interim)	April 2019	April 2019
Sebastian Abreu	April 2019	May 2019
Rodolfo Gochez	May 2019	August 2019
Leonel Cárcamo (Interim)	August 2019	September 2019
Marco Sánchez Yacuta	September 2019	January 2020[20]
Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	January 2020	July 2020
Juan Andrés Sarulyte	August 2020	October 2020
Jaime Medina (Interim)	October 2020	January 2021
Rubén da Silva	January 2021	September 2021
Rodolfo Góchez (Interim)	September 2021	December 2021
Daniel Bartolotta	December 2021	March 2022
Leonel Cárcamo	March 2022	June 2022
Ernesto Corti	June 2022	May 2023
Francisco Medrano	July 2023	October 2023
Juan Ramón Sánchez	October 2023	April 2024
Francisco Medrano	April 2024	July 2024
Hiatus	July 2024	Present

Club records

Main article: List of Santa Tecla F.C. records and statistics

The Mexican goalkepper Joel Almeida holds Santa Tecla overall appearance record having played in 223 matches over the course of 8 seasons from 2015 to 2020 and 2022 to 2023. Following him is former defeneder Juan Barahona who contested 222 matches over the course of 11 seasons from 1997 to 2008.

The club's all-time leading scorer is Brazilian Ricardo Ferreira, who scored 81 goals while at the club from 2013 to 2018 and 2019 to 2020. Ricardo Ferreira is also third behind Joel Almeida and Juan Barahona in all time appearances having played in TBD matches during his 8-year stint at the club. Brazilian Ricardo Ferreira hold the record for most goals scored during a league season for Santa Tecla, he notched 10 goals, which he attained in the TBD season.

Santa Tecla's biggest league victory is 8–0 which occurred during the 2016 season against Pasaquina. Santa Tecla biggest victory in the Copa El Salvador 6-1 Escuela de Fútbol de Guazapa in 2016-2017 edition of the competition. The club's biggest victory on the CONCACAF stage occurred during the 1995 season, where Santa Tecla defeated American-based club Seattle Sounders FC 2–1.

Argentinian Osvaldo Escudero had the longest reign as Santa Tecla coach, with two years and six months (two consecutive) in charge, while Argentinian Ernesto Corti is the most successful coach in Santa Tecla history with two Primera division wins (Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017) and one Copa El Salvador (2016–2017) title.

• First victory for Santa Tecla 2–1 Once Municipal, 6 August 2012
• Record League victory: 8-0 v Pasaquina, Primera division, 14 February 2016
• Record League Defeat: 1-7 v Alianza, Primera division, 22 July 2012

International level

• As of 24 January 2023

Opponent	First meeting	Last Meeting	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Municipal	August 20, 2015	August 25, 2015	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Real Salt Lake	September 15, 2015	September 24, 2015	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Seattle Sounders FC	February, 2018	March 2018	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3
Herediano	August 2, 2018	August 2018	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Real Esteli	30 July 2019	6 August 2019	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
San Carlos	20 August 2019	27 August 2019	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Totals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0

League season performance

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador (La Primera): (Apertura 2012 – Clausura 2024)

Season	League	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS	Playoffs	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS
Apertura 2012	La Primera	7th	18	5	6	7	24	33	21	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2013	La Primera	5th	18	8	5	5	24	17	29	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apertura 2013	La Primera	8th	18	4	7	7	24	30	19	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2014	La Primera	5th	18	7	4	7	25	24	25	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apertura 2014	La Primera	1st	18	8	6	4	20	15	30	Semi-finalist	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
Clausura 2015	La Primera	3rd	18	8	5	5	26	23	29	Champion	3	2	1	0	7	5	7
Apertura 2015	La Primera	4th	22	9	7	6	47	34	34	Quarter-finalist	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
Apertura 2016	La Primera	3rd	22	11	5	6	31	27	38	Champion	5	3	1	1	10	7	10
Clausura 2017	La Primera	3rd	22	9	7	6	36	27	34	Champion	5	4	1	0	10	2	13
Apertura 2017	La Primera	2nd	22	10	9	3	41	23	39	Runner-up	5	1	2	2	3	6	5
Apertura 2018	La Primera	2nd	22	12	7	3	40	12	47	Runner-up	5	2	2	1	6	3	8
Clausura 2018	La Primera	2nd	22	14	5	3	33	18	43	Champion	5	4	1	0	10	5	12
Clausura 2019	La Primera	6th	22	7	9	6	29	30	30	Quarterfinals	2	0	0	2	1	3	0
Apertura 2019	La Primera	6th	22	8	7	7	33	26	31	Semi-finalist	4	1	2	1	4	3	4
Clausura 2020	La Primera	10th	11	2	5	4	11	13	11	Season cancelled	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apertura 2020	La Primera	11th	15	2	6	7	12	24	12	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2021	La Primera	2nd	16	6	4	6	23	24	22	Semi-finalist	4	3	0	1	6	4	9
Apertura 2021	La Primera	10th	22	6	6	10	23	33	24	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2022	La Primera	12th	22	4	7	11	19	32	19	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apertura 2022	La Primera	9th	10	3	2	5	15	17	11	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2023	La Primera	9th	22	6	7	9	26	29	25	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Apertura 2023	La Primera	12th	22	1	8	13	20	42	11	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clausura 2024	La Primera	10th	22	5	5	12	26	39	20	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Other departments

Football

Reserve team

The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players under the age of 21 before being promoted to the main team. The second team is coached by [ Rodrigo Vanegas. the team played in the Primera División Reserves, their greatest successes were winning the Reserve championships in Clausura 2017, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019 and Apertura 2021.

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 32  SLV M Perez 33  SLV A Nerio 35  SLV Rodrigo Rodríguez 37  SLV Brandon Amaya 38  SLV O Guardado 40  SLV Fernando Sánchez 41  SLV M Garcia 47  SLV A Figueroa 48  SLV W Escobar

No. Pos. Nation Player 52  SLV M Barahona 54 GK  SLV J Osorio 57  SLV Samuel Rosales 63  SLV B Guevara 65  SLV W Gutierrez —  SLV Andrés Rivas —  SLV Aldair Pérez —  SLV René Fuentes —  SLV Carlos Alfaro

Junior teams

The youth team (under 17 and under 15) has produced some of El Salvador's top football players, including TBD and TBD. They are currently coached by Douglas Vidal Jiménez

Women's team

The women's first team, which is led by head coach René David López, features several members of the El Salvador national ladies team including Damaris Quelez (who won golden boot 42 goals). Their greatest successes was winning the 2023 title.

Name	Years	Honours
TBD	TBD-TBD
TBD	TBD-TBD
René David López	TBD-Present	1 Liga Femenina (2022 Clausura)

Other sports

Santa Tecla has other departments for a variety of sports.

Basketball

Further information: Santa Tecla BC

Santa Tecla Básquetbol Club was founded on 2015 and play Liga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) which is the highest level in El Salvador league tier. the club is led by head coach Ernesto “el Colocho” Rodríguez, the club features several key members including Puerto Rican Bryan Vásquez and TBD. Their greatest successes were winning the 2016 Clausura, 2018 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, Apertura 2023

Baseball

Santa Tecla Béisbol Club was founded on 2016 and play Liga Nacional de Béisbol (LNB) which is the highest level in El Salvador league tier. the club is led by head coach Venezuelan Jesús Cartagena, the club features several key members including Puerto Rican Bryan Vásquez and TBD. Their greatest successes were reaching the TBD

Volleyball

Santa Tecla Voleibol Club was founded on 2016 and play Campeonaro Nacional which is the highest level in El Salvador league tier. the club is led by head coach TBD, the club features several key members including TBD and TBD. Their greatest successes were reaching the TBD