Marte Quezaltepeque 4091774 221532487 2008-06-24T22:39:46Z Willy turner 848043 {{Football club infobox | fullname = Club Deportivo Marte Quezaltepeque | image= | clubname = Marte Quezaltepeque (Atlético Marte) | nickname = Los Marcianos, el Equipo bandera| founded = [[22 April]], [[1950]]| ground = [[Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González]]| capacity = 32,000| chairman = Felix Guardado| manager = {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Raúl Magaña]]| league = [[Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño]]| season = Apertura 2007 | position = 1st (Group A)| shirtsupplier= Adidas| shirtsponsors= | pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_b1=_whiteshoulders|pattern_ra1=_whiteshoulders| leftarm1=0000FF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=0000FF|shorts1=0000FF|socks1=0000FF| }} '''Club Deportivo Marte Quezaltepeque''' is a [[football (soccer)|football]] club from [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]]. The club's former name was Arabe Marte. The club has changed it's name to '''Marte Quezaltepeque''' in the 2006/2007 season. The club currently plays in [[Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño]] of El Salvador. The club was once a prominent team in the top-tier [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional]] winning eight championships while in the league. The team won titles in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980-81, 1982, and 1985. [http://www.clima.com.sv/campeones.php] In those years, Salvadoran football legend [[Luis Ramírez Zapata]] and Norberto huezo Montoya were among their stars. The team was [[relegation|relegated]] to the second division after the 2002 Clausura season, where it has remained since. In 1981, the team was runner-up of the [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]] losing to [[SV Transvaal]] of [[Surinam]]. In 1991 the club won the CONCACAF Cup Winners Tournament in Guatemala. ==History== Atlético Marte came to life on April 22, 1950, when the Alacranes, which was managed by some of the military, were given promotion to the [[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional]]. Atlético Marte arrival in the first division coincided with the disappearance of Libertad F.C., both players and staff were absorbed into Atlético Marte as a sign of respect. The team were made up of great players such as the goalkeeper Ovidio López, defenders Antonio “El Chino” Montes, Isaías Choto, Alvaro Alarcón and Roberto “Venado” Barrios, Midfielders Luis Regalado and Conrado Miranda, and finally the strikers Carlos “La Rata” Gálvez, Armando “El Potro” Ruano, Obdulio Vásquez and Mario Aguila. The original team colours were camisola cream and ochre calzoneta. In 1959 the team colours was changed to blue and white. In the 1955-56 season, reinforced with players of the stature of Gustavo Lucha, Manuel Garay, Armando Rivas, Miguel “El Pibe” Vásquez, René “Pelón” García and Abraham “El Carabina” Jiménez, Atlético Marte won its first championship, and remained champion in the tournament 1956-57 and 1957-58. In other words, three consecutive years of being champions. After ten years of drought in terms of titles, but always with the label of a prestigious and dangerous team, the Martian returned to the glory of winning successive championships in 1969-70 and 1970-71. It was the fourth and fifth titles respectively in its history. From 1972 to 1979, The Martian continued fighting for the title with the teams of the primera Division, but it was not until the 1980-81 season could they raise their sixth title. They were able to reclaim the title by winning 1982-83 season, and continued with their Eighth and what would turn out to be their last title. However, their teams quality were finally recognised internationally, when in 1992 they were crowned champion of [[CONCACAF]] Cup Winners Tournament, a contest held in Guatemala and with the presence of so many strong teams in the regions such as University of Guadalajara, Mexico; Communications, Guatemala; [[Saprissa]], Costa Rica; and [[Real Estelí]], Nicaragua. They had previously made the final of Concacaf champions cup in 1981 however losing to [[SV Transvaal]] of [[Surinam]] over two leg series. They failed to reach the final of the primera division, but maintained its strength by making two semifinal both times defeated by Aguila. The team of 1995 was directed by Reno and Renucci contained great foreigners players such as Rodinei Martins, el “ostrero” Alberi Dos Santos y Agustin Alberto “La Chochera” Castillo. The players of 1999 finished second on the table, mainly due to Emiliano Pedrozo, Ernesto Góchez, Cristian Lopez, Chepe Martínez, Mario Pablo Quintanilla and Guillermo Morán. ==Achievements== *'''[[Primera División de Fútbol Profesional|Primera División]]''': 8 1955-56, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980-81, 1982, 1985 *'''[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]''' 1981 - Runner-up ** Round 1 v. [[Juventud Retalteca]] (GUA)-- 2:2, 3:1 ** Round 2 v. [[UANL Tigres]] (MEX)-- 1:1, 1:0 ** Round 3 v. [[C.D. Marathón]] (HON) -- not played ** Final v. [[SV Transvaal]] (Sur) -- 0:1, 1:1, 1:2 ==Performance in CONCACAF competitions== *[[CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup]] (2 appearances) ::1991 - '''Champion''' ::1994 - Quarter-Final ==Recent Updated squad== ==Current squad== ''As of 2007'' {{Fs start}} {{Fs player | no=1 | nat=El Salvador| pos=GK | name= [[Joaquín Moisés Quintanilla García]]}} {{Fs player | no=2 | nat=El Salvador| pos= | name= [[Walter Alejandro Córdova Córdova]]}} {{Fs player | no=3 | nat=El Salvador| pos= | name= [[Juan Carlos Gil Meléndez]]}} {{Fs player | no=4 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Cristian Kennet Rosales Rivas]]}} {{Fs player | no=5 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Carlos Ernesto Romero Quintanilla]]}} {{Fs player | no=6 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Salvador Isaías Gil Lazo]]}} {{Fs player | no=7 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Jonathan Josué Menjívar González]] }} {{Fs player | no=8| nat=Argentina| pos=MF| name= [[Ramiro Argueta Zepeda]]}} {{Fs player | no=9| nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Edwin Alexander Benítez Henríquez]]}} {{Fs player | no=10 | nat=El Salvador| pos= | name= [[René Cruz Martínez Rivera]]}} {{Fs player | no=11 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Manuel Antonio Aguilar Alfaro]]}} {{Fs player | no=12| nat=El Salvador| pos= | name= [[Jaime Antonio Deras Rivas]]}} {{Fs player | no=13 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Gustavo Antonio Granados]]}} {{Fs player | no=14| nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Wil Ever Gillen]]}} {{Fs player | no=15 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Oswaldo Vladimir Chávez Sánchez]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player | no=16 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Enrique Martínez Bonilla]]}} {{Fs player | no=17| nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Zepeda]]}} {{Fs player | no=18| nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Fernando Jovel Deonantes Rodríguez]]}} {{Fs player | no=19 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Fabricio Ernesto Morán Rodríguez]]}} {{Fs player | no=20 | nat=El Salvador| pos= | name= [[Carlos Guillermo Osegueda Menjívar]]}} {{Fs player | no=21 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Douglas Roberto Tobar Recinos]]}} {{Fs player | no=22 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Danny Vladimir Torres Ángel]]}} {{Fs player | no=23 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Miguel Antonio Landaverde Rivera]]}} {{Fs player | no=24 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[José Roberto García Maradiaga]]}} {{Fs player | no=25 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Javier Antonio Gómez Choussy]]}} {{Fs player | no=26 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Rosember Cueva Martínez]]}} {{Fs player | no=27 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Carlos Enrique Calderón Anaya]]}} {{Fs player | no=28 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[Luis René Cardoza Sosa]]}} {{Fs player | no=29 | nat=El Salvador| pos=| name= [[José Ricardo Gómez Choussy]]}} {{Fs end}} ===Squad Changes for the Clausura 2008=== '''In:''' *{{flagicon|Argentina}} '''Javier Gómez''' *{{flagicon|El Salvador}} '''[[Elias vladmir Montes]]''' *{{flagicon|Panama}} '''Rodrigo Tello''' - ''signed from'' [[Sporting '89]] *{{flagicon|El Salvador}} Rafael Fuentes '''Out:''' ==Notable players== '''El Salvador''' * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Ramón Fagoaga]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[José Luis Rugamas]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Norberto Huezo]] (1976, 1985-86) * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Conrado Miranda]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Luis Ramírez Zapata|Luis Ramírez]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Guillermo Ragazzone]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Wilfredo Iraheta]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Miguel Ángel Díaz]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}}{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Alberto Fay]](1976-1980) * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Roberto Rivas]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Santiago Cortés (footballer)|Santiago Cortés]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Salvador Cabezas]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Ernesto Aparicio]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Guillermo Castro (footballer)|Guillermo Castro]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Sergio Méndez]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Alberto Villalta]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Ernesto Gochez]] (1995-2001) '''Sierra Leone''' * {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[Abdul Thompson Conteh]] (1994-95) '''Argentina''' * {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Emiliano Pedrozo]] (2000-2002) * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Fullana * {{flagicon|Argentina}} Andrés Puig '''Dominican Republic''' * {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} [[Oscar Mejia]] (2001-2003) '''Uruguay''' * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Alejandro Larrea]] (1994-96) '''Brazil''' * {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nildeson de Mello]] (1990-1991) '''Panama''' * {{flagicon|Panama}} Luis Ernesto Tapia (1970-71) '''Paraguay''' * {{flagicon|Paraguay}} Irineo Núñez '''Italy''' * {{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Ricardo Bellancanzone]] (2002) '''Honduras''' * {{flagicon|Honduras}} [[Fabricio Pérez]] '''Mexico''' * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Roberto Clemente * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Ramón Rodríguez ==Notable Coaches== '''Chile''' * {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hernán Carrasco Vivanco]] (1968-70), (2002) '''Uruguay''' * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Juan Carlos Masnik]] * {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Carlos Daniel Jurado Roman (1986-87) '''El Salvador''' * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Armando Contreras Palma]] * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Juan Ramón Paredes]] (2001) * {{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Luis Ángel León]] (2002) '''Argentina''' * {{flagicon|Argentina}}Marcelo Estrada '''Peru''' * {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Alberto Agustin Castillo]] (1990-93) '''Mexico''' * {{flagicon|Mexico}} Jorge Martinez (2001) '''Paraguay''' * {{flagicon|Paraguay}} Nelson Brizuela ==External links== * http://www.fesfut.org.sv/cd_atletico_marte.html * http://www.clima.com.sv/campeones.php * http://www.elsalvador.com/enlajugada/13edicion/nota2.html * http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/atleticomarte/ [[Category:Salvadoran football clubs|Atlético Marte]] [[Category:North American football (soccer) club stubs]] {{NorthAm-footyclub-stub}} [[es:Club Deportivo Atlético Marte]] [[pl:Atlético Marte San Salvador]]