# Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan

Once Deportivo Fútbol Club is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Ahuachapán, El Salvador. The club was founded on 20 July 2019, and plays its home games at Estadio Simeón Magaña.

## History

On July 20, 2019, Primera Division awarded a new license to ownership group who wanted a team based in Ahuachapan, This came about after Pasaquina were stripped of their license and were forced to sell their spot, the new team filled the vacancy in the market created by the dissolution of Once Municipal three years earlier. On July 21, 2019, the club announced that Once Deportivo, which had previously been used as a placeholder name for the club, would be the official team name.
Once Deportivo announced Uruguayan Pablo Quiñones as its head coach on July 20, 2017, joining general director Roberto Campos in a search for players. Segio Calero was signed as the club's first player on July 22, 2019.
Once Deportivo started its inaugural season against Municipal Limeno on 29 July 2019, losing 3–0. The club's first ever goal was a goal scored by Anthony Roque in the Once's third league game, a 2–1 loss against Aguila. Once Deportivo's first win was a 2–1 victory over Isidro Metapan, which came in the fifth round of their first Primera Division season on 18 August 2019. Once Deportivo finished their first season in twelfth position. They failed to make it into the top six teams to reach the finals.
Following the conclusion of the season, Once Deportivo sacked Pablo Quinones and hired Spaniard Juan Dieguez to be the new coach. The club bolstered their campaign with the hiring of international players such as Mexicans Marco Granados and Edgar Solis, Nicaraguan Luis Fernando Copete, and Salvaodran such as Marcelo Tejada. The club started the season strongly winning six games, drawing two games and losing three games. In March 2020 the season was suspended due to coronavirus pandemic. A week later FESFUT the organiser of El Salvador football declared that the final round of matches and the final would be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The title was subsequently awarded to Once Deportivo, who finished on top of the points table after the eleven rounds that were played. This is Once Deportivo first title in their history. However, at the FESFUT extraordinary meeting on 29 April 2020, it was decided that the Clausura 2020 season title originally awarded to Once Deportivo would be retracted and the title would not be awarded. However, they would remain the third representative of El Salvador in the 2021 CONCACAF League.
On the 13th of November, 2024 the club president Héctor Salazar announced on the club social media that the entire Once Deportivo board had resigned due to the club inability to continue to run the club, as the club had acquired 100,000 dollars worth of debts.
Despite financial issues and most of the board resigning, Once Deportivo finished sixth in the Primera division, they went on to defeat LA Firpo and Cacahuatique and reached the final for the first time in their history. The club shocked the nation powerhouse team FAS 2–1 in the final, thanks to goals for Josue Rivera and Jomal Williams to win the title for the first time in history.
Following their title win, the club lost their coach Erick Prado and Josue Rivera to Isidro Metapan, Jorge Cruz to FAS and Goalkeeper Gerson Lopez to long term Injury. They Hired Argentinian Fabio Larramendi to defend their title, However they started the campaign as the worst season for a champion in Apertura/Clausura format, after 10 games the club had only gained 3 points (3 draws and 7 loss) and were anchored to the bottom of the table. After the poor start of the season Argentinian Fabio Larramendi was sacked.
On March 15, 2025 the president of Once Deportivo Giancarlo Angelucci announced that Once Deportivo will no longer be based or play in Ahuachapan due to conflict with the department council and refusal to install stadium lights ruling out night games.

## Honours
### Domestic honours
#### Leagues

* Primera División Salvadorean and predecessors
** Champions (1) : Apertura 2024 None (2020 Clausura originally awarded but later retracted)

## Stadium

* Estadio Simeón Magaña, Ahuachapán (2019-Present)
** Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos, Sonsonate (2019)
Once Deportivo plays its home games at Estadio Simeon Magana in Ahuachapan, Ahuachapan. However the club was not allowed to play at the Estadio Simeon Magana was to unable to meet the requirements to play for the first part of the Clausura 2019 therefore they moved their games to the Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos, Sonsonate. However they received approval to return to the Estadio Simeon Magana.

## Colours and crest

* Home
* Away

## Sponsorship

Companies that Once Deportivo currently has sponsorship deals with for 2024–2025 includes:
* Elite Wear SVs – Official kit suppliers
* Pepsi – Official sponsors
* Mister donut – Official sponsors
* Canal 4 – Official sponsors
* La Geo – Official sponsors
* Sistema Fedecredito – Official sponsors
* ALCASA – Official sponsors
* Electrolit – Official sponsors

## Club records

* First victory in the Primera Division for Once Deportivo: 2-1 Isidro Metapan, August 17, 2019
* First goalscorer for Once Deportivo:Anthony Roque v Aguila, August 10, 2019
* First goalscorer in the Primera Division for Once Deportivo: Anthony Roque v Aguila, August 10, 2019
* Largest Home victory, Primera División: 3-0 v Chalatenango, 9 March 2020
* Largest Away victory, Primera División: 4-0 C.D. Sonsonate, November 18, 2019
* Largest Home loss, Primera División: 4-0 v El Vencedor, 25 August 2019
* Largest Away loss, Primera División: 0-6 Isidro Metapan, 18 October 2020.
* 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, Apertura 2019 season, Primera División: 21, TBD, 2018
* Longest winless streak: 2025 Apertura: 10 games (3 draws and 7 loss)
* Worst season: Primera Division Apertura 2019: 3 win, 5 draws and 14 losses (14 points)
* First CONCACAF Champions League match: Once Deportivo 1–1 Communcaciones; Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores; 5 August 2021.

### Individual records

* Record appearances (all competitions): Jorge Cruz, 123 from 2020 to Present
* Record appearances (Primera Division): Salvadoran Jorge Cruz, 123 from 2020 to Present
* Most capped player for El Salvador: 63 (0 whilst at Once Deportivo), TBD
* Most international caps for El Salvador while a Once Deportivo player: 2, Julio Sibrian and Melvin Cartagena.
* Most caps won whilst at Once Deportivo: 2, Julio Sibrian and Melvin Cartagena.
* Record scorer in league: Trinidan and Tobagon Jomal Williams, 21
* 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): David Rugamas, 12
* First goal scorer in International competition: Edgar Medrano (v. Communicaciones; Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores; 5 May 2021)

## Current squad

As of 9 March 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. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SLV | Cesar Melara |
| 2 | DF | SLV | Gabriel Velasquez |
| 3 | DF | COL | Miguel Murrillo (vice-captain) |
| 4 | FW | SLV | Diego Chavez (vice-captain) |
| 5 | FW | SLV | Carlos Anzora (captain) |
| 6 | MF | SLV | Efrain Carcamo |
| 7 | | SLV | Andres Rivas |
| 8 | MF | SLV | Cesar Noe Flores (vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | TRI | Jomal Williams (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | JAM | Kemal Malcolm |
| 12 | | SLV | Angel Ortega |
| 14 | | SLV | William Flores |
| 17 | MF | SLV | Eduardo Gonzalez |
| 19 | MF | SLV | Enrique Vasquez |
| 20 | | SLV | Brandon Martinez-Trelles |
| 21 | FW | SLV | Kevin Roman |
| 22 | MF | SLV | Steven Cerna |
| 23 | MF | SLV | Jose Emmanuel Artero |
| 27 | | SLV | Juan Gil |
| 28 | MF | SLV | Jimmy Najarro |
| 32 | | SLV | Julio Paulinho |
| 37 | | SLV | Walter Menjivar |
| 43 | DF | SLV | Nester Somoza |
| 44 | | SLV | Carlos Lainez |
| 58 | MF | SLV | Diego Rosales |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | | SLV | Michael Antero |
| 47 | | SLV | Adrian Figueroa |
| 9 | | CUB | Kevin Martin |
| 16 | DF | SLV | Adrian Flores |

### Players with dual citizenship

* Brandon Martinez-Trelles

### 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 |
| — | MF | SLV | TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) |
| — | MF | SLV | TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SLV | TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) |
| — | MF | SLV | TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) |

### 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 |
| — | GK | SLV | Rodrigo Lazo (From Houston Dynamo Academy) |
| — | | SLV | Andres Rivas (From Platense) |
| — | | SLV | Jimmy Najarro (From Alianza) |
| — | | 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 | Josué Rivera (To Isidro Metapan) |
| — | SLV | Jorge Cruz (To FAS) |
| — | SLV | Gerson Lopez (To Injured) |
| — | SLV | TBD (To TBD) |
| No. | Nation | Player |
| — | SLV | TBD (To TBD) |
| — | SLV | TBD (To TBD) |
| — | SLV | TBD (To TBD) |

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

As of March 2025
| Position | Staff |
| Coach | Guillermo Rivera (*) |
| Assistant manager | Francisco Sibrian (*) |
| Reserve manager | José Arturo Cano (*) |
| Goalkeeper Coach | TBD (*) |
| Under 17 Manager | TBD (*) |
| Under 15 Manager | TBD |
| Sporting director | TBD (*) |
| Fitness Coach | Salvador Polanco (*) |
| Team Doctor | Mirna Gonzalez (*) |
| Fitness Coach | TBD (*) |
| Physiotherapy | Leonardo Torres (*) |
| Utility | Javier (*) |

## Management

As of January 2025
| Position | Staff |
| Owner | Salaverría Investments SV |
| President | Giancarlo Angelucci |
| Vice-president | Juan Marco Escobar |
| Treasure | Carlos Villagran |
| Executive secretary | Deimy Franco |
| Director of operations | TBD |
| Brand Representative | TBD |
| Administrative representative | TBD |
| Grassroots Representative | TBD |
| Sports director | TBD |

## List of coaches

As of January 20, 2024
| Name | Tenure | Win-Draw-Loss |
| Pablo Quiñonez | July, 2019– November 2019 | 3–5–14 |
| Juan Cortez | December, 2019– July 2020 | 6–2–3 |
| Bruno Martinez | August, 2020– April 2021 | 13–9–9 |
| Mario Elias Guevara | April, 2021– May 2021 | see below |
| Carlos Romero | May, 2021– October, 2021 | 6–7–3 |
| Mario Elias Guevara | October, 2021– December 2021 | 6–5–4 |
| Ruben Da Silva | December 2021– June 2022 | 5–8–9 |
| Rodolfo Gochez | June 2022 - October 2022 | 1–4–5 |
| Erick Prado | December 2022 - December 2024 | 33–32–29 |
| Fabio Gaston Larramendi | January 2025 - March 2025 | 0–3–7 |
| Guillermo Rivera | March 2025 - Present | 0–0–1 |

### Notable managers

The following managers have won at least one trophy while in charge at Once Deportivo:
| Name | Nationality | From | To | Honours |
| Erick Prado | El Salvador | 1 December 2022 | 28 December 2024 | 1 Salvadoran championships (Apertura 2024) |

## Notable players
### Captains

* Only captains in competitive matches are included.
* Players marked in bold are still playing in the professional team.
| Captain | Nationality | Years | Notes |
| Christian Sanchez | El Salvador | 2019 | - |
| Raul Gonzalez | El Salvador | 2020 | – |
| Luis Copete | Nicaragua | 2020 | – |
| Julio Sibrian | El Salvador | 2021-2022 | – |
| Walter Chigüila | El Salvador | 2022 | – |
| Jesús Dautt | Mexico | 2023 | – |
| Iván Barahona | El Salvador | 2023-2024 | – |
| Josué Rivera | El Salvador | 2024 | Won Apertura 2024 season |
| Carlos Anzora | El Salvador | 2025-Present | – |

### Most appearances

| Place | Name | Period | Primera Division | Playoffs | SLV Cup | Continental | Total |
| 1 | Jorge Cruz | 2020–2024 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 123 |
| 1 | Josue Rivera | 2021–2024 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 |
| 2 | Marcelo Diaz | 2020–2023 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| 3 | Kevin Menjivar | 2019–2022 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 95 |
| 4 | Melvin Cartagena | 2020–2022 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 85 |
| 5 | Julio Sibrian | 2020–2022 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 75 |
| 6 | Jose Enrique Contreras | 2019–2020, 2021–2022 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 |
| 7 | Bryan Paz | 2019–2022 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 |
| 8 | Miguel Murillo | 2023-Present | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 8 | Walter Chigüila | 2019, 2021–2023 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| 9 | Jomal Williams | 2022-2023, 2024-Present | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
| 10 | Marvin Morales | 2019–2021 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 11 | Enner Orellana | 2022-Present | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 12 | Yonatan Guardado | 2020-2022 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| 13 | Alexander Roque | 2019–2021 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Bolded players are currently on the Once Deportivo roster.

### Goals

| Place | Name | Period | Primera Division | Playoffs | SLV Cup | Continental | Total |
| 1 | Jomal Williams | 2023–2024, 2024-Present | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Bryan Paz | 2020–2022 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | Josue Rivera | 2021–2024 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | David Rugamas | 2020–2021 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | Edgar Medrano | 2021 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Jose Enrique Contreras | 2019–2020, 2021 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Marcelo Díaz | 2020–2023 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Craig Foster | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Kemal Malcolm | 2024–Present | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Raul Gonzales | 2019–2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Anthony Roque | 2019–2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Elvin Alvarado | 2020–2021 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Victor Landázuri | 2023–2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Bolded players are currently on the Once Deportivo roster.

### Most shutouts

As of March 13, 2025
| Place | Name | Period | Primera Division | Playoffs | SLV Cup | Continental | Total |
| 1 | Yonatan Guardado | 2020–2022 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Gerson Lopez | 2023–2024 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | William Torres | 2021–2022 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Jesus Dautt | 2022–2023 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Yimmy Cuellar | 2019–2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Sergio Sibrian | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Cesar Melara | 2023-Present | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Bolded players are currently on the Once Deportivo roster.

### Internationals who have played at Once Deportivo

Players marked in bold gained their caps while playing at Once Deportivo.
* Jabari Hylton
* Kemal Malcolm
* Abdiel Macea
* Luis Copete
* David Rugamas
* Julio Sibrian
* Melvin Cartagena
* Marcelo Díaz
* Kevin Menjívar
* Kevin Roman
* Ivan Barahona
* Jorge Cruz
* William Maldonado
* Néstor Renderos
* Rómulo Villalobos
* David Rugamas
* Gilberto Baires
* Elvin Alvarado
* Cristian Sanchez
* Jomal Williams