Verdes FC

Verdes FC

Full name	Real Verdes Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Green Machine
Founded	1976
Ground	Norman Broaster Stadium San Ignacio Town, Belize
Capacity	2,000
Chairman	Sergio Chuc
Manager	Martín Dimas Dall'orso
League	Premier League of Belize
Home colours Away colours

Verdes FC (previously Hankook Verdes) is a Belizean association football club which competes in the Premier League of Belize. They are currently based in San Ignacio, Belize, a town situated in the district of Cayo, Belize. The club was established in 1976 as Real Verdes Football Club and changed their name to Hankook Verdes in 2004. They are now known only as Verdes FC, locally being called only Verdes. The club is one of the oldest active professional football teams in Belize and has been in existence since the inception of the Football Federation of Belize. Their home games are played at Norman Broaster Stadium.

The club has established an excellent reputation for the development of many past and current members of the Belize national football team, despite not having won any club championships at the national level until 2008.

In 1985, Hankook Verdes was the first team to represent Belize in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Throughout the history of Belizean football, Real Verdes has represented its country more than any other club in Belize. The list of CONCACAF opponents includes professional teams such as Cruz Azul, UNAM, Santos Laguna, Querétaro (Mexico); Real España, Platense, Pumas UNAH (Honduras); Xelajú, Municipal, Comunicaciones, (Guatemala);San Francisco (Panama); and Luis Ángel Firpo (El Salvador);Arcahaie (Haiti). Hankook Verdes has the most UNCAF Club Tournament appearances of any Belize Football Club.

Achievements[]

• Belize Premier League: 1

  2007–08

• Premier League of Belize: 1

  2014–15

• Premier League of Belize:1

  2019-2020

Performance in International competitions[]

• Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 4 appearances

Best: First Round in 1995, 1999, 2006

1993: Preliminary Round

1994: Preliminary Round

1995: First Round

1999: First Round

2006: First Round

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League: 10 appearances

Best: Group stage in 2015–16

1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

2008–09 : Preliminary Round

2015–16 : Group stage

International level[]

• As of 21 August 2015

Opponent	First meeting	Last Meeting	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alajuelense	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8
Aurora	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
Cruz Azul	Aug 26, 2008	Sept 9, 2008	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12
FAS	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Municipal	1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Olimpia	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Puntarenas	Aug 22, 2006	Aug 31, 2006	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
Querétaro	Aug 4, 2015	Sept 17, 2015	2	0	1	1	0	8	−8
San Francisco	Sept 22, 2015	Oct 22, 2015	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
Walter Ferretti	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1999 Copa Interclubes UNCAF	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Totals			0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Friendly matches not included.
• Games decided by penalty shootout are counted as ties.

Current squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 GK  BLZ Woodrow West — GK  BLZ Kerry Gonzalez 28 GK  BLZ Charles Tillett — DF  BLZ Brandon Jones — DF  BLZ Collin Westby — DF  BRA Mailson Moura 8 DF  BLZ Elroy Smith — DF  BLZ Blake Tejada 15 DF  BLZ Norman Anderson 99 DF  BLZ Evral Trapp 24 DF  MEX Christian Sánchez 13 DF  MEX Jorge Sánchez 11 DF  BLZ Jahron Myvette — MF  BLZ Denmark Casey Jr.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  BLZ Jesse August 5 MF  BLZ Izon Gill 10 MF  BLZ Jordy Polanco — MF  BLZ Nahjib Guerra — MF  COL Sebastián Vergara 25 MF  BLZ Krisean Lopez 14 MF  BLZ Darrel Myvette — MF  BLZ Ricardo Jimenez — MF  BLZ Kashief Gentle 33 MF  MEX Edwin Villeda 29 FW  BLZ Trimayne Harris 21 FW  MEX Ronaldo Herrera — FW  BLZ Jerome James — FW  COL Andrés Cortabarria — FW  BLZ Jarret Davis

Notable former players[]

• Erwin Contreras (Captain, Belize national football team, 1990–93)
• Jorge García (Captain, Belize national football team, 1994–97)

Managers[]

Real Verdes[]

• Antonio Carlos Vieira

Verdes Hancock[]

• Nayo Waight (2005)
• Ramon Cayoc (2008)

Verdes FC[]

• Walter Salazar (2013)
• Pablo Cacho (2014–15)
• Walter Salazar (2015–2017)
• Marvin Ottley (2017-)
• es:Martín Dimas Dall'orso Martín Dimas Dall'orso (2019-Present)

References[]

External links[]

• Hankook Verdes