# Jocoro F.C.

Jocoro Fútbol Club are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Jocoro, Morazán, El Salvador. The Team competes in Primera División, the top division of the salvadoran football system.
Jocoro has won two Salavdoran Segunda Division league titles, in Apertura 2017 and again in Clausura 2018, as well as two Tercera Division in 1995 and Clausura 2016.

## History

The club was founded in 1991. In 1992, The club played in their very first season of professional football in Liga Mayor B (currently the Terecera division), the club would spend two seasons before winning promotion to the segunda division. The club spent years trying to promotion to the first division, they made the Playoff-relegation game three times in 1998, 1999 and 2001, however they always fell short.
The club finally succeeded in gaining promotion to the first division when they won the Apertura 2017 defeating El Roble de Ilobasco o aggregate, then winning the Clausura title defeating Brujos de Izalco of Izalco 6-3 on aggregate, winning automatic promotion to the primera division. The club would go on to enjoy its most successful years through the 2020-21 season they would earn a best-ever third-place result. Just missing on the final losing 2-1 on aggregate against Aguila.
In the 2022 Apertura, Jocoro reached the Primera division final for the first time in the club's history under the direction of Jose Romero. However they lost 2-0, which allowed FAS to become champions for the nineteenth time.
After reaching two finals in five the years, the club suffered a disastrous season Clausura 2024, the club failed to stay consistent on and off the field, The club only won 2 games, 3 draws and 17 losses, the club was almost relegated, Jocoro had four coaches after the start of the 2024 season; all four coaches resigned due to results and lack of payment. Their last coach was Carlos Romero
Finally It was announced that Jocoro had sold their spot in the primera division to Titan. However FESFUT announced with Jocoro failure to meet the requirement to register in the Primera Division, they would lose their spot and therefore could not sell their spot to Titan. The team was forced relegated to the Segunda Division.

## Honours

* Primera División: 1
** Runners up: (2) : Apertura 2022, Apertura 2023
* Segunda Division: 2
** Champions: (2) :Apertura 2017, Clausura 2018
** Runners up: (3) : 1998, 1999, 2001
* Tercera Division: 1
** Champions: (2) : 1995, Torneo Clausura 2016

## Stadium

* Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego (2017-2018, 2020-Present)
** Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno
** Estadio Correcaminos, Gotera, Morazan (2018-2019)
** Estadio Jose Ramon Flores Berrios, Santa Rosa Lima (2019-2020)
** Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras (2023) games in the CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Jocoro plays its home games at Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego in Jocoro. However the club stated the Complejo Tierra de fuego was too small to play in the primera division therefore they moved their games to the bigger Estadio Correcaminos.

## Sponsorship

Companies that Jocoro currently has sponsorship deals with for 2023–2024 includes:
* Milan – Official kit suppliers
* Caja de Credito Jocoro – Official sponsors
* Inversions bendicion de dios – Official sponsors
* Electrolit – Official sponsors
* L& A – Official sponsors
* Las Perlitas – Official sponsors

## Club records

* First victory in the Primera Division for Jocoro: 3-2 Firpo, July 29, 2018
* First goalscorer in the Primera Division for Jocoro: Paraguayan Jorge Caceres v Firpo 29 July 2018
* 100th goal in the Primera Division for Jocoro: Honduran Ovidio Lanza v Atletico Marte 4 January 2021
* Largest Home victory, Primera División: 5-1 v Limeno 25 October 2020
* Largest Away victory, Primera División: 3-0 v Pasaquina, 29 October 2018
* Largest Home loss, Primera División: 1–3 v Chalatenango, 4 November 2018
* Largest Away loss, Primera División: 1-4 v A.D. Isidro Metapan, 7 April 2019
* 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, season, Primera División: 25, Apertura 2018
* Worst season: Segunda Division 2002-2003: 1 win, 4 draws and 17 losses (7 points)
* First CONCACAF tournament match (2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup): Jocoro 1–4 Cobán Imperial; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula; August 1, 2023.
* Largest Home victory, CONCACAF tournament match (2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup): 5-1 v TBD, 2023
* Largest Away victory, CONCACAF tournament match (2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup): 3-0 v TBD, 2023
* Largest Home loss, CONCACAF tournament match (2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup): 0-4 v Saprissa, 11 August 2023
* Largest Away loss, CONCACAF tournament match (2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup): 0-5 v Cartaginés, 23 August 2023

### Overall seasons table in Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

As of 30 December, after their 2024 Apertura when they were forced relegation
    Pos. Club Season In D1 Pl. W D L GS GA Dif. TBA Jocoro F.C. 6 248 65 76 107 275 358 −83

### Individual records

* Record appearances (all competitions): TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
* Record appearances (Primera Division): Honduran Junior Padilla, 150 from 2020 to 2024
* Most capped player for El Salvador: 63 (0 whilst at Jocoro), Juan Jose Gomez
* Most international caps for El Salvador while a Jocoro player: 3, Juan Carlos Argueta
* Most caps won whilst at Jocoro: 3, Juan Carlos Argueta.
* Record scorer in league: Salvadorian Juan Carlos Argueta, 25
* 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): Argentinian German Aguila, 15
* First goal scorer in International competition: Argentinian Luis Acuña (v. Cobán Imperial; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula; August 1, 2023)
* Most goals in a CONCACAF competitions: 1, Argentinians German Aguila and Luis Acuna
* Most appearance in a CONCACAF competitions:, TBD

## Current squad

    As of December 2025
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. | Nation | Player |
| — | SLV | TBD |
| — | SLV | TBD |
| — | SLV | TBD |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | SLV | TBD |
| — | SLV | TBD |
| — | SLV | TBD |

### Players with dual citizenship

* Allan Benitez

### 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. | Nation | Player |
| — | COL | Jhon Machado (From TBD) |
| — | SLV | TBD (From TBD) |
| — | SLV | TBD (From TBD) |
| — | SLV | TBD (From TBD) |
| — | SLV | TBD (From TBD) |
| No. | 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. | Nation | Player |
| — | SLV | Jaime Ortiz (To Isidro Metapan) |
| — | ARG | Luis Acuña (To Fuerte San Francisco) |
| — | SLV | Lester Blanco (To TBD) |
| — | SLV | Salvador Galindo (To Fuerte San Francisco) |
| — | SLV | Nelson Moreno (To Fuerte San Francisco) |
| — | COL | Jhon Machado (To TBD) |
| — | SLV | Elvis Claros (To Municipal Limeno) |
| — | SLV | Juan Carlos Argueta (To Isidro Metapan) |
| — | ARG | German Aguila (To FAS) |
| — | SLV | Nelson Rodriguez (To Dragon) |
| — | SLV | Jose Orlando Martinez (To Dragon) |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | SLV | Enmanuel Hernandez (To Fuerte San Francisco) |
| — | SLV | Carlos Arevalo (To Platense) |
| — | SLV | Wilson Rugamas (To Fuerte San Francisco) |
| — | SLV | Henry Maldonado (To Dragon) |
| — | SLV | Oscar Sanchez (To Cacahuatique) |
| — | SLV | Guillermo Fuentes (To Cacahuatique) |
| — | SLV | Jonathan Quintanilla (To Dragon) |
| — | SLV | Joel Turcios (To Cacahuatique) |
| — | SLV | Hugo Hernandez (To Cacahuatique) |
| — | SLV | Alcides Gomez (To Cacahuatique) |

## Reserve Team

Jocoro's youth squad plays in the twelve-team Primera División Reserves (El Salvador). Current members of the squad are: As of February 2023.
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 | MF | SLV | José Membreño |
| 33 | DF | SLV | Luis Méndez |
| 35 | DF | SLV | Érick Sosa |
| 36 | MF | SLV | Edwin Benítez González |
| 37 | DF | SLV | Bryan Hernández |
| 38 | DF | SLV | Kevin Girón |
| 39 | DF | SLV | Edgar Soto |
| 40 | DF | SLV | Ronald Calix Cruz |
| 41 | MF | SLV | Bryan Mejía |
| 42 | MF | SLV | Érick Álvarez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 43 | MF | SLV | Jonathan Turcios |
| 44 | MF | SLV | Daniel Rodríguez |
| 45 | GK | SLV | Nelson Guerrero |
| 46 | MF | SLV | Ricardo Portillo |
| 47 | MF | SLV | David Lazo Parras |
| 48 | GK | SLV | Steven García |
| 49 | FW | SLV | Marvin Pineda |
| 53 | GK | SLV | Marlon Hernández |
| 54 | MF | SLV | Wilman Ramírez |
| 55 | MF | SLV | Jorge Amaya |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Notable players
### Internationals who have played at Jocoro

* Luis Paradela
* Carlos Lanza
* Jamal Jack
* William Maldonado
* Juan Jose Gomez
* Alexander Campos
* Yuvini Salamanca
* Juan Carlos Argueta

### Most appearances

| Place | Name | Period | Primera Division | Playoffs | SLV Cup | Continental | Total |
| 1 | Junior Padilla | 2020–2024 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 150 |
| 2 | Elvis Claros | 2020–2024 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 147 |
| 3 | Nelson Moreno | 2020–2024 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 130 |
| 4 | Nelson Alvarenga | 2018, 2019–2022 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
| 5 | Yuvini Salamanca | 2020-2023 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Argueta | 2022–2024 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| 6 | Edgar Cruz | 2018–2020 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 7 | Francisco Escobar | 2018–2020 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| 8 | Jorge Narciso Cáceres | 2019–2020 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 9 | Francisco Noé Reyes | 2018–2020, 2020-2021 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| 10 | Hector Ramírez Carvajal | 2021-2023 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro FC roster.

### Goals

| Place | Name | Period | Primera Division | Playoffs | SLV Cup | Continental | Total |
| 1 | Juan Carlos Argueta | 2022-2024 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2 | Diego Areco | 2018-2019, 2021 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | German Aguila | 2023-2024 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | Edgar Cruz | 2018-2020 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Jhon Machado | 2019-2022 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Carlos Lanza | 2020-2021 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Nelson Alvarenga | 2019-2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Santos Guzman | 2020-2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Junior Padilla | 2020-2024 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Luis Acuna | 2023-2024 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Yuvini Salamanca | 2020-present | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Fredrick Ogangan | 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro roster.

## Personal
### Coaching staff

As of February 14, 2024
| Position | Staff |
| Manager | TBD (*) |
| Assistant Manager | Carlos Romero (*) |
| Technical Advisor | Víctor Fuentes |
| Reserve Manager | Nelson Gomez (*) |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Christian Reyes (*) |
| Under 17 Manager | Nelson Gomez (*) |
| Under 15 Manager | Rolando Torres |
| Ladies Manager | Alvaro Canizales (*) |
| Fitness Coach | Yeltzin Mejia (*) |
| Team Doctor | Raul Serrano |
| Kinesiologist | Manuel Carranza (*) |
| Utility | Wilfredo Perez (*) |

### board of directors

As of August 1, 2023
| Position | Staff |
| Owner | Morazán Football Association |
| President | Leonel Antonio Hernández (*) |
| vice-president | Omar Eliseo Romero Espinal |
| Secretary | TBD |
| Vice-Secretary | TBD |
| Administrative Manager | Marvin Hernandez |
| Treasury | Mauricio Aguilar |
| vice-Treasury | TBD |
| Press secretary | Jose Hernandez (*) |
| Representative | Emerson Avalos (*) |
| Representative | Elena Ramirez (*) |
| Representative | Luis Granados (*) |
| Sporting Director | Rimey Nunez (*) |
| Scraper | TBD |

## Managers

Jocoro have had 20 managers in 27 years. The first manager at the club was TBD. List of Head Coaches of Jocoro F.C. from when the club was formed:
| Name | From | To |
| TBD | 1992 | 1992 |
| Esteban Melara | TBD | TBD |
| José Mario Martínez | 1997 | 1998 |
| José Mario Martínez | 2000 | 2000 |
| Rubén Alonso | January 2001 | May 2001 |
| José Mario Martínez | January 2002 | 2000 |
| Ramón Velasques | 2002 | 2002 |
| Jorge Ortiz | 2002 | 2002 |
| Carlos Martínez | 2002 | September 2002 |
| TBD | TBD | TBD |
| José Rolando Torres $^{**}$ | April 2016 | June 2016 |
| Carlos Romero | July 2016 | March 2017 |
| TBD | April 2017 | July 2017 |
| Carlos Romero $^†$ | August 2017 | March 2018 |
| Rubén Alonso $^§$ | March 2018 | June 2018 |
| Emiliano Barrera * | June 2018 | June 2018 |
| Nelson Ancheta | July 2018 | December 2018 |
| Cristóbal Cubilla Delgadillo | December 2018 | February 2019 |
| Guillermo Rivera | February2019 | June 2019 |
| Nelson Ancheta | June 2019 | August 2019 |
| Oscar Alvarez | August 2019 | September 2019 |
| Marvin Benitez | September 2019 | December 2019 |
| Juan Andrés Sarulyte | December 2019 | February 2020 |
| Jose Romero | February 2020 | March 2020 |
| Carlos Romero | March 2020 | April 2021 |
| Jose Romero | April 2021 | May 2021 |
| Pablo Quiñonez | May 2021 | August 26, 2021 |
| Victor Coreas | August 27, 2021 | December 2021 |
| Edgar Henriquez | January 4, 2022 | May 2022 |
| Carlos Estrada *** | May 29, 2022 | September 5, 2022 |
| Jorge Pineda | September 6, 2022 | October 2022 |
| Jose Romero $^£$ | October 2022 | December 2022 |
| Guillermo Bernandez | December 2022 | February 28, 2023 |
| Victor Coreas | February 28, 2023 | June 21, 2023 |
| Agustín Castillo $^#$ | June 22, 2023 | February 12, 2024 |
| Carlos Romero (Interim) | February 13, 2024 | March 24, 2024 |
| Marvin Hernandez (Interim) | March 25, 2024 | March 31, 2024 |
| Carlos Romero | April, 2024 | July, 2024 |
| Hiatus | August, 2024 | Present |
* $^*$ Appointed as coach, coached a few pre-season but resigned before the commencement of the actual campaign.
* $^{**}$ Won a Title in the Tercera Division
* $^{***}$ Appointed as coach, the season was suspended before he coached a game and resigned prior to the commencement of the season
* $^†$ Won the Apertura title in the Segunda Division
* $^§$ Won the Clausura title in the Segunda Division
* $^£$ Runner up in the Primera Division 2022 Apertura season
* $^#$ Runner up in the Primera Division 2022 Apertura season
Managerial records:
* Two man has managed the club through two different spells, Carlos Romero, in 2016 and then 2017-2018, and Rubén Alonso in 2000-2001 and then March 2018-June 2018 .
* The longest spell as Jocoro manager was by Ruben Alonso, 2 years (2000–2001)
* Uruguayan Ruben Alonso was the first foreign coach to manage Jocoro

## 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 TBD. the team played in the Primera División Reserves, their greatest successes were winning the Reserve championships in TBD. It plays its home matches at TBD, adjacent to the first team's ground, and it is coached by TBD.

#### Junior teams

The youth team (under 17 and under 15) has produced some of El Salvador's top football players, including TBD and TBD. It plays its home matches at TBD, adjacent to the first team's ground, and it is coached by TBD.

#### Women's team

The women's first team, which is led by head coach TBD, features several members of the El Salvador national ladies team. Their greatest successes were reaching the semi finals of Apertura 2023, where they lost 3-2 on aggregate to aguila Womens.