A.D. Chalatenango

A.D. Chalatenango
Full nameAsociación Deportiva Chalatenango
Nickname(s)
  • Los Duros del Norte (The Hard Ones of the North)
  • Los Alacranes (The Scorpions)
Founded
  • 1950; 74 years ago (1950)
  • as Club Deportivo Chalatenango
  • 2009; 15 years ago (2009)
  • as Alacranes Del Norte
  • 2012; 12 years ago (2012)
  • as Clube Deportivo Chalatenango-Vendaval
  • 2013; 11 years ago (2013)
  • as Club Deportivos Chalatenango
  • 10 July 2017; 7 years ago (10 July 2017)
  • as Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango
GroundEstadio José Gregorio Martínez
Capacity15,000
Coordinates14°02′34″N 88°58′05″W / 14.04278°N 88.96806°W / 14.04278; -88.96806
ChairmanBertilio Henríquez Ayala
ManagerRicardo Serrano
LeagueFirst Division of Salvadoran Football
2022 ClausuraOverall: 10th
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Current season

Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador, they are currently playing in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.

The club was founded in 1950 as C.D. Alacranes, and reformed in 1975, as C.D. Chalatenango.[1]

In 1975, the club relocated to their current stadium, the Estadio José Gregorio Martínez stadium.[2][3]

They initially competed in the regional and national competition before eventually joining the full Salvadoran Second Division in 1960s, and subsequently enjoyed promotion to the top flight for the 1979 season.

Since its formation in 1950, the club has won three Segunda División Salvadoreño titles (1979, 1990, 2003) and one Tercera División Salvadoreño (2013 Clausura).[4][5][6]

Its emblem and mascot is a scorpion.[7]

  1. ^ "AD Chalatenango destituye a su director técnico – elsalvador.com". elsalvador.com. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Chalatenango quiere jugar el domingo por la noche ante Limeño". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Todo esto está rifando el Chalatenango para ayudar al equipo". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Juego Chalatenango-Pasaquina pasa para el domingo". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Pese a todo, el Chalatenango está en puestos de cuartos de final". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Bladimir Díaz: "Nos dimos en la madre para clasificar"". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Chalatenango reveló su plan de seguridad para duelo ante Metapán". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.