Jocoro F.C.

Jocoro F.C.
Full name	Jocoro Football Club
Nickname(s)	Los Fogoneros
Founded	19 May 1991; 30 years ago
Ground	Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Morazán
Chairman	Leonel Hernández
Manager	Edgar Henriquez
League	Primera División
2020 Apertura	Overall: 7th; Playoffs: Semifinal
Home colours	Away colours

Jocoro Fútbol Club are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Jocoro, Morazán, El Salvador.^[1]^[2]

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. [1] 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.

Honours[]

Segunda Division: 2

Champions: (2) :Torneo Apertura 2017 , Clausura 2018

Tercera Division: 1

Champions: (2) : 1995, Torneo Clausura 2016 [2]

Stadium[]

Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego (2017-2018, 2020-)
- Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno
- Estadio Correcaminos, Gotera, Morazan (2018-2019)
- Estadio Jose Ramon Flores Berrios, Santa Rosa Lima (2019-2020)

Jocoro plays its home games at Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego in Jocoro. However the club stated the Complejo Tierra de fuego was to small to play in the primera division therefore they moved their games to the bigger Estadio Correcaminos.

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)

Individual records[]

Record appearances (all competitions): TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
Record appearances (Primera Division): Edgar Cruz, 68 from 2018 to 2020
Most capped player for El Salvador: 63 (0 whilst at Jocoro), Juan Jose Gomez
Most international caps for El Salvador while a Jocoro player: 1, Alexander Campos
Most caps won whilst at Jocoro: 1, Alexander Campos.
Record scorer in league: Paraguayan Diego Areco, 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): Honduran Carlos Lanza, 10

Current squad[]

As of 6 March, 2022. 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	SLV	Héctor Ramírez
2	DF	SLV	Kevin Calderon
3	DF	SLV	José Valladares
4	DF	SLV	José Galindo
5	FW	SLV	Kevin Cruz
6	DF	COL	Yohalin Palacios
7	DF	SLV	Walter Guevara
8	MF	SLV	Nelson Alvarenga
9	FW	COL	Jhon Machado
11	MF	SLV	Franciso Reyes
12	MF	SLV	Enmanuel Hernandez
14	FW	SLV	Levin Espinal
16	DF	SLV	Edgar Nolasco


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	HON	Junior Padilla (captain)
19	DF	SLV	Elvis Claros
20	MF	HON	Nissi Sauceda
21	FW	HON	Jairo Róchez
22	GK	SLV	Abiel Aguilera
23	DF	SLV	Nelson Moreno
24	DF	SLV	William Mancía
26	FW	SLV	Santos Guzmán
29	MF	SLV	Joel Turcios
30	MF	SLV	Yuvini Salamanca
31	FW	USA	Allan Benitez
34	MF	SLV	Jonathan Quintanilla
36	FW	SLV	Ronald Aparicio

Reserve Team[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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. 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[]

Most appearances[]

Place	Name	Period	Primera Division	Total
1	Edgar Cruz	2018–2020	68	68
2	Francisco Escobar	2018–2020	67	67
3	Jorge Narciso Cáceres	2019–2020	64	64
4	Nelson Alvarenga	2018, 2019–	63	63
5	Francisco Noé Reyes	2018–2020, 2020-	50	50
6	Reinaldo Adalberto Aparicio	2018–2019	39	39
10	Diego Areco	2018–2019	39	39
7	Juan Jose Hernandez	2018–2019	38	38
8	David Hernandez	2018–	35	35
9	Giuviny Avely Esquivel	2018–2019	35	35

Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro FC roster.

Goals[]

Place	Name	Period	Primera Division	Playoffs	Total
1	Diego Areco	2018-2019, 2021	21	0	21
2	Edgar Cruz	2018-2020	17	0	17
3	Carlos Lanza	2020-2021	13	1	13
4	Jhon Machado	2019-	11	0	11
5	Santos Guzman	2020-	7	0	7
5	Fredrick Ogangan	2018	4	0	4
7	TBD	2019-	10	0	10
8	TBD	2019-	10	0	10
9	TBD	2019-	10	0	10
10	TBD	2019-	10	0	10

Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro roster.

Personal[]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Staff
Manager	Edgar Henriquez (*)
Assistant Manager	Omar Pimentel(*)
Technical Advisor	Víctor Fuentes
Reserve Manager	Oscar Eduardo Alvarez
Goalkeeper Coach	Jesus Alvarez Mancha (*)
Under 17 Manager	Marvin Benitez
Under 15 Manager	Rolando Torres
Ladies Manager	Nauricio Aguilar (*)
Fitness Coach	Rene Obdulio Zarco
Team Doctor	Raul Serrano
Kinesiologist	Manuel Carranza (*)
Utility	Tulio Peña

Management[]

board of directors[]

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
Representative	TBD
Sports Manager	TBD
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
	1997	1997
José Mario Martínez	2000	2000
Rubén Alonso	January 2001	2002
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 ^†^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]	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 [3]	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	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
^† Won the Apertura title in the Segunda Division
^§ Won the Clausura title in the Segunda Division

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

References[]

^ "Un jugador profesional argentino debutó en una serie televisiva". El Gráfico.
^ "Jocoro está a 180 minutos de llegar a Primera División". May 5, 2018.
^ "Carlos Romero tiene una oferta para dirigir al Águila". El Gráfico.
^ "En Ilobasco se definirá al campeón de la segunda división". El Gráfico.
^ "Jocoro, con medio boleto para ascender a primera división". El Gráfico.
^ "Audaz ya tiene nuevo entrenador". March 2, 2018.

[1] "Un jugador profesional argentino debutó en una serie televisiva". El Gráfico.

[2] "Jocoro está a 180 minutos de llegar a Primera División". May 5, 2018.

[3] "Carlos Romero tiene una oferta para dirigir al Águila". El Gráfico.

[4] "En Ilobasco se definirá al campeón de la segunda división". El Gráfico.

[5] "Jocoro, con medio boleto para ascender a primera división". El Gráfico.

[6] "Audaz ya tiene nuevo entrenador". March 2, 2018.

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