Comunicaciones 5010943 225347303 2008-07-13T05:41:33Z 76.213.158.152 /* Honours */ {{Primarysources|date=January 2008}} {{about|the Guatemalan club|the Argentine club|Club Comunicaciones}} {{Football club infobox | clubname = Comunicaciones | image = [[Image:Club Comunicaciones.gif|90px]]| fullname = Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones | nickname = ''Los Cremas'' | founded = [[1949]]| ground = ''[[Estadio Mateo Flores]]'',<br />[[Guatemala City, Guatemala|Guatemala City]] | capacity = 30,000. | chairman = [[Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg|20px]] [[Roberto Arzú]] | manager = [[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] Julio González | league = [[Liga Nacional de Guatemala|Liga Nacional de Fútbol]]| season = 2007 Clausura | position = 1th (of 10 teams) | shirtsupplier = | shirtsponsors = | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=FFFFFF|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=800000|body2=800000|rightarm2=800000|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFF| }} '''CSD Comunicaciones''' is a [[Guatemala]]n [[Football (soccer)|football club]] located in [[Guatemala City]]. The club is currently playing in the highest Guatemalan league, [[Liga Nacional de Guatemala|Liga Nacional]]. The club currently plays at [[Estadio Mateo Flores]]. It is one of the most successful clubs in Guatemala, the other being its arch-rival, [[CSD Municipal]]. It is the only Guatemalan team who has played against [[Real Madrid]] (with [[Gento]], [[Ferenc Puskás]], [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]), [[Santos FC]] (with [[Pelé]]), and [[Boca Juniors]] (with [[Diego Armando Maradona]]). The Club has currently undergone structural and legal changes to enhance its operations and financial flexibility. An organization named "El Protectorado del Club Comunicaciones" represented by 5 of Raul Garcia-Granados' (founder and long time president of the club) grandchildren will be responsible for caring after the Club's image and performance. Their main attributes are electing the team's manager and structuring the Club's financial operation. The five members of the "Protectorado" are: *'''President''': [[Roberto Arzú|Roberto Arzú Garcia-Granados]] *'''Director 1''': Jorge Raul Garcia-Granados *'''Director 2''': Enrique Godoy Garcia-Granados *'''Director 3''': Giancarlo Vestrini Garcia-Granados *'''Director 4''': Alejandro Arzú Garcia-Granados ==Squads== ===First team=== <!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Do NOT add new players before their signing is officially announced by the club. -- This is Wikipedia, not a football gazette. Any unconfirmed and unsourced signing will be -- removed at sight. -- Thanks in advance. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> {{Football squad start}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[David Guerra]]| |pos=GK|}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Carlos Gallardo]]|pos=DF|}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Carlos Castrillo]]|pos=DF|}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Rafael Morales]]|pos=DF|}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Wilson Clemente Lalín]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Elmer Ponciano]]|pos=DF|}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Luis Bradley]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Brazil|name=[[Iverton Páez]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Hernán Sandoval]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Tránsito Montepeque]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Dwight Pezzarossi|Dwight A. Pezzarossi]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Rigoberto Gómez]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad mid}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Ricardo Jerez Jr.]]|pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Allan Secaida]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Erwin Morales]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Jairo Arreola]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Cristian Álvarez (Guatemalan footballer)|Cristian Álvarez]] | pos=GK}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Jonathan Marquez]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Edgar Cotto]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Manuel Soto archila]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Edwin Enriquez]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Abner Trigueros]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Milton Hernández]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Erwin Morales]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Juan Prado]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Marco Tulio Cianni]]|pos=MF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Guatemala|name=[[Edson Arriola]]|pos=DF}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Rolando Fonseca]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad player|no=|nat=Uruguay|name=[[Adrian Apellaniz]]|pos=FW}} {{Football squad end}} ==Notable players== '''Former''' *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Omar Larrosa]], midfielder, 1971-1972 *{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Latorre]], forward 2003-2005 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Oscar Enrique Sánchez|Oscar "El Conejo" Sanchez]], forward *{{flagicon|HON}} [[Milton Núñez]], [[Striker|forward]], 2005-2006 *{{flagicon|HON}} [[Carlos Pavón]], forward, 2005-2006 *{{flagicon|HON}} [[Nicolás Suazo]], forward, 1997-2000 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Edgar Estrada]], goalkepeer, 1996-2003 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Guillermo Enriquez Gamboa]], *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Ricardo jerez]], goalkepeer, *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Mario Rodríguez]], forward, 2002-2004 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Claudio Rojas]], forward, 1999-2004 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Edgar Valencia]], forward, 1997-2001 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Edwin Westphal]], forward, 1996-2001 *{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Rolando Fonseca]], forward *{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Floyd Guthrie]], midfielder *{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Ronald González]], defender *{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Mauricio Solís]], midfielder *{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jewisson Bennett]], midfielder *{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Jhonny Cubero]], forward *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Julio Rodas]], forward, 1996-2004 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Nelson Cáceres]], defender, 1996-2000 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Erick Miranda]], defender, 1996-2004 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Ivan León]], defender *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Jorge Rodas]], midfielder *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Juan Manuel Funes]], midfielder *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Allan Wellmann]], midfielder *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Eduardo Acevedo]], defender *{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcelo Saraiba]], *{{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[Abdul Thompson Conteh]], forward, 1999-2000 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Engelver Herrera]], defender, 1995-1999 *{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Martín Machón]], midfielder, 1997-1999 2002-2005 ==Honours== * '''[[Liga Nacional de Guatemala|League]] titles: 21''' **1956, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979-80, 1981, 1982, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00 Apertura, 2000-01 Clausura, 2002-03 Apertura, 2002-03 Clausura * '''[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]: Runner-up''' **1962, 1969, * '''[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]: Champion 1''' **1978 * '''[[Copa Interclubes UNCAF|Torneo Fraternidad/UNCAF Club Championship]]''' ** '''Winner (2)''': 1971, 1983 ** '''Runner-up (3)''': 1976, 1977, 2003 *[[CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup]] (1 appearance) ** '''Runner-up''': 1991 * '''''Copa de Gigantes de CONCACAF'': ** '''Runner-up''': 2000 ==External links== *{{es icon}} [http://www.camerinocrema.com New Official web site] *{{es icon}} [http://www.imperio-crema.com Official fans web site] *{{es icon}} [http://www.ultracrema.com Official fans web site] *{{es icon}} [http://www.soypurocrema.com fans web site] {{fb start}} {{Guatemalan Liga Mayor}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Guatemalan football clubs]] [[Category:Football (soccer) clubs established in 1949]] [[Category:Guatemala City]] [[de:CSD Comunicaciones]] [[es:Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones]] [[fr:Comunicaciones]] [[nl:CSD Comunicaciones]] [[pl:Comunicaciones Gwatemala]]