Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemala

Guatemala

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n professional football

Football (soccer)

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 team based in Antigua Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala famous for its well-preserved Spanish Mudéjar-influenced Baroque architecture as well as a number of spectacular ruins of colonial churches...

. They play their home games at the Estadio Pensativo

Estadio Pensativo

Estadio Pensativo is a soccer stadium in Antigua, Guatemala. The stadium is home to first division club Antigua GFC , and has a maximum capacity of 10,000 people....

 which has a capacity of 9,000. They are nicknamed Los Antigueños ("Ancient ones"), Los Panzas Verdes ("Green bellies") and Los Aguacateros ("Avocados").

History

The club was founded in 1958 by Dr. Miguel Ángel Soto Bustamante and Mr. Antonio Martínez Barrios with the colonial city as its home. The clubs first president was Rogelio Toldeo Estrada and the clubs first manger was César Rodríguez Gudiel.
They were relegated after 7 years from Guatemala's top division after the 2005/2006 season. After four more seasons, they were relegated from Guatemala's second division

Primera División de Ascenso

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Current squad

Notable players

  Marcelo Messias

Marcelo Messias

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 (2003) Víctor Cardona Wilson Flores Austin Berry

Austin Berry

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 (1999–00) Richard Smith Manuel Cañadas

Manuel Cañadas

Manuel de Jesús Cañadas is a retired footballer from El Salvador.-Club career:Cañadas has played the majority of his career at Atlético Marte, but also had spells at Alianza and Luis Ángel Firpo as well as in Guatemala with Antigua GFC.-International career:Cañadas has played for El Salvador from...

 (1972) Mario Acevedo

Mario Acevedo

Mario Giovany Acevedo Menzie is a Guatemalan football forward. He played for many local clubs, most famously CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division.-Club career:...

  Orlando A. Andrade

Former coaches

Jorge Tupinambá dos Santos

Jorge Tupinambá dos Santos

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 César Rodríguez Gudiel (1958) Carlos Rosales (2000) Rodolfo Arias Ever González (2009) Orlando A. Andrade (2009–10) Daniel Orlando Berta (Jan 2010-Mar 10) Ricardo Carreño (Mar 2010-)

External links

• Official site - Antigua GFC