Atlético Balboa

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Atlético Balboa
Logo balboa.png
Full nameClub Deportivo Atlético Balboa
Nickname(s)Los Porteños, La Ciclón
Founded1950
Dissolved2010
GroundEstadio Marcelino Imbers,
La Unión, El Salvador
Capacity4,000
ChairmanEl Salvador Pablo Robles
ManagerEl Salvador Mario Martínez
LeagueSegunda División

Club Deportivo Atlético Balboa, commonly known as Atlético Balboa or simply Balboa, was a Salvadoran football club. The team formerly played in La Unión.

History[]

Foundation[]

The foundation of Atletico Balboa occurred in 1950 in La Union. Mauro "El Turco" Granados, Simón Reyes, Paulino Cáceres, Pablo Rubio, Rodolfo Guzmán, Carlos Villalta, Carlos Juárez, René Pantoja, Luis Ávila, Chico Osorio, Juan Guevara, Chico Ruíz and Timoteo Hernández were the original members of the team. The team was intended to be a baseball team, but it was changed to a football team. The club was named "Balboa" after the Panamanian balboa and its first match was played against the Honduran team América de Choluteca. The team's first colours were white with green diagonal stripes which were soon changed by the team's president Ricardo Flores to black and red.

Primera División[]

After becoming champions of the Segunda División in 1998, Atlético Balboa ascended to the Salvadoran Primera División where in their first season they finished runner-up while being coached by Mario Martínez and Óscar Benítez. The team's player lineup that season included Franklin Webster and Elvis Perreira.

Irregular way[]

The team's results and goal count declined between 1999 and 2001. During this time the team was coached by Óscar Benítez, Saúl Molina and Juan Quarterone. Luciano Suárez, Manuel Díaz, Camilo Bonilla and Carlos Edgar Villareal played for Balboa in this period.

Days of crisis[]

The team had just started the 2002–2003 season when the team ran into economic and performance problems. Juan Quarterone was replaced by the Paraguayan Nelson Brizuela. Under Brizuela, the team was only able to achieve 3 draws from 6 games. Brizuela was soon replaced by Argentine-Italian Carlos Barone whose team's last four games almost got them relegated but in the end Dragón had a poorer record. Atlético Balboa purchased many foreign players during the season but the only successful one was the Colombian Carlos Asprilla. Webster, the highest scoring player from the team was sold to San Salvador F.C.. The club then changed its coach several times during the 2003-2004 season, with Costa Rican Manuel Solano, Gabriel Avedissian and Paulo Roberto de Oliveira serving as coach at various points in time. These coaches, except for assistant coach Jesús Fuentes, all failed to produce a high number of wins.

Almost glory[]

After the events of 2002-2004 season Balboa advanced in the rankings of the Primera División. The team finished in second place in the 2006-2007 while being coached by Juan Quarterone and Jorge Alberto García. Then, tension between the board and the two coaches divided the club. The team, including Colombian player Henry Vargas did not participate in the due to losing playoff to C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo. However the next season Atlético Balboa was relegated from the Primera División when they lost to C.D. Vista Hermosa.

Current history[]

The club was promoted to the Salvadoran Primera División again after defeating Juventud Independiente in the 2008 season.[1] Two years of moderate success followed under Guatemalan coach Carlos Alberto Mijangos and Argentine coach Roberto Gamarra, during which the team came close to entering the finals series in both seasons. However, financial problems appeared again and after two subsequent years of debt, the club was demoted to the Second Division in the 2011 season. It then disbanded and played its last game in 2011.[2]

Honours[]

League[]

2000, 2008

Cups[]

2006

List of presidents[]

  • Ricardo Flores
  • Juan Pablo Robles (2003)
  • Noel Benítez (2004, 2006–2007)
  • Mario Sorto (2005)
  • Andrés Alonso Gómez (2007–2008)
  • Juan Pablo Robles (2009–2011) [1]

List of coaches[]

Name From To
El Salvador Mario Martínez 1990 1990
El Salvador Mario Martínez 1998 2000
El Salvador Óscar Benítez 2001 2001
Argentina Juan Quarterone 2002 2003
Paraguay Nelson Brizuela 2003 Apr 2003
Argentina Italy Carlos Barone Apr 2003 Aug 2003
Costa Rica Manuel Alberto Solano Madrigal Sep 2003 2003
Uruguay Carlos Garabet Avedissian June 2003 2003
Brazil Paulo Roberto de Oliveira 2003 2003
El Salvador Jesus Fuentes 2003 2004
El Salvador Óscar Benítez 2004 2004
Argentina Juan Quarterone 2004 2004
Argentina Jorge García 2004 2004
Colombia Henry Vanegas 2005 2005
Argentina Jorge García 2005 2006
El Salvador Nelson Ancheta 2006 2006
El Salvador Fausto Omar Vásquez 2008 June 2008
Uruguay Gustavo de Simone 25 July 2008 30 Aug 2008
Paraguay Roberto Gamarra 2007 Jan 2009
Argentina Carlos de Toro 21 Jan 2009 Feb 2009
El Salvador Luis Zapata Feb 2009 June 2009
Brazil Eduardo Santana June 2009 Aug 2009
El Salvador Angel Orellana Aug 2009 Sep 2009
Argentina Jorge García Sep 2009 Sep 2009
El Salvador Luis Zapata Sep 2009 Dec 2009
Guatemala Carlos Mijangos Jan 2010 June 2010
Paraguay Roberto Gamarra June 2010 December 2010
El Salvador Mario Martínez December 2010 June 2011

References[]

  1. ^ El Salvador 2007/08 – RSSSF
  2. ^ "FlashScore: Atletico Balboa - results, fixtures". www.flashscore.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
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