Comunicaciones F.C.

Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C., based in Guatemala City are one of the most popular and successful soccer clubs in Guatemala. Communicaciones has won 30 National Championships, including having won six consecutive titles, the most of any Guatemalan club team.

This article is about the Guatemalan club. For the Argentine club, see Club Comunicaciones.
Comunicaciones FC
Full nameComunicaciones Fútbol Club Sociedad Anónima
Nickname(s)Los Cremas (The Creams)[1]
Albos (Whites)
El Comu
FoundedAugust 16, 1949 (1949-08-16)
GroundEstadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores,
Guatemala City
Capacity26,000
OwnerAlbavision
PresidentJuan Leonel Garcia
ManagerMauricio Tapia
LeagueLiga Nacional
2020 AperturaLiga Nacional, 2nd (quarterfinals)
WebsiteClub website

History

Comunicaciones origins date back to the 1920s to previous incarnations as Hospicio FC and España. Club Comunicaciones was formed in 1949 after Colonel Carlos Aldana Sandoval, then Minister of Telegraphs and Communications, took charge of the team and renamed it Comunicaciones (Communications).

The club plays its home games at the Estadio Cementos Progreso which has a capacity of 17,022. In addition to its 30 league titles, Communicaciones has won eight league Cups and ten Supercups. In international competition, Communicaciones has garnered 2 UNCAF Interclub Cups and one CONCACAF Champion’s Cup.

The color that identifies the club is white, which they began using in their kit shortly after its foundation, though initially the uniform of the club was Cream. Their historic arch-rival is Municipal and the two clubs compete in the Classico Chapin one of the greatest rivalries in Guatemalan football.

Honours

Leagues
  • Liga Nacional de Guatemala
    • Champions (30) : 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 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2008 Apertura, 2010 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2015 Clausura

Cups
  • Copa de Guatemala and predecessors
    • Champions (8) : 1951–52, 1955, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1991–92, 2009
  • Campeón de Campeones (Super Cup) and predecessors
    • Champions (10) : 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997(2) [2]

CONCACAF

Current squad
As of February 5, 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  PAN José Calderón
3 DF  GUA Nicolás Samayoa
4 DF  CRC Michael Umaña (captain)
5 DF  CRC Allan Miranda
7 MF  URU Maximiliano Lombardi
8 MF  GUA Rodrigo Saravia
9 FW  GUA Edgar Chinchilla
11 FW  MEX Agustín Herrera
12 GK  GUA Arnold Barrios
13 FW  GUA Carlos Castrillo
14 DF  GUA Rafael Morales
15 MF  GUA Fredy Thompson
16 FW  CRC Andrés Lezcano
18 MF  GUA Oscar Mejia
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  CRC Jostin Daly
20 DF  GUA Gerardo Gordillo
24 MF  GUA Oscar Santis
25 MF  GUA Alejandro Galindo
26 MF  GUA Lynner Garcia
27 GK  GUA Fredy Pèrez
28 MF  PAN José Murillo
31 MF  GUA Stheven Robles
34 DF  GUA Carlos Mejía
35 FW  COL Bladimir Diaz
37 DF  GUA Allen Yanes
52 MF  GUA Jorge Aparicio
87 DF  GUA Allan Miranda

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  SLV Bladimir Diaz (From Alianza)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  MEX Agustín Herrera (From Antigua Sport)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  GUA TBA (To TBA)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GUA TBA (To TBA)

Players with dual citizenship
  • Alejandro Galindo
  • Gerardo Gordillo
  • Nicolás Samayoa
  • Allen Yanes
  • Bladimir Diaz
  • Michael Umaña
  • Andrés Lezcano
  • Allan Miranda
  • Maximiliano Lombardi

Former coaches

References
  1. Jusino, Edwin (7 August 2014). "Listo el club boricua para su partido de hoy" [The Puerto Rican club is ready for today's match]. FutbolBoricua.co (in Spanish). Fútbol Boricua Inc. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. RSSSF (2009). "Guatemala – List of Cup Winners". Retrieved 10 December 2010.
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