Aurora Fútbol Club are a Guatemala

Guatemala

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n professional football

Football (soccer)

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 club. Once one of the most powerful teams in the country, the team has now been relegated to a lower division. They are still the third-most successful team in Guatemalan soccer after CSD Municipal

CSD Municipal

Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or Los Rojos , are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City...

 and CSD Comunicaciones.

History

The club is owned by the Guatemalan Army

Military of Guatemala

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 and was founded on April 14, 1945 as Aurora de la Guardia de Honor, a name that was shortened to Aurora F.C. in 1946. They are based in Guatemala City

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

 and play their home matches in the Estadio Del Ejército

Estadio Del Ejército

Estadio del Ejército is a football stadium located in Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala. The stadium was built in 1950 and is the home of Aurora FC . Estadio del Ejército's maximum seating capacity is 13,000 people.-External links:...

; they are a traditional rival of fellow local teams Municipal and Comunicaciones. Their uniform is black and yellow vertical striped shirt and black shorts.

Aurora joined the Liga Mayor

Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala...

 in 1947. They have won eight league titles, 10 second place finishes and two international titles. During the 1960s decade, they won their first three national league titles, which came in a span of four years, in the 1964, 1966, and 1967-68 seasons. The three championships came under Uruguayan coach Rubén Amorín

Rubén Amorín

Rubén Darío Amorín Mattos is an Uruguayan former football player and coach.-Coaching career:He has spent the majority of his coaching career in Guatemala, where he won a record eight national titles with three different clubs from 1964 to 1992, and took CSD Municipal to win the CONCACAF...

. In 1975, they won their fourth league title, repeating the feat in 1978. The 1970s also brought international success, as they won the Copa Fraternidad (a regional tournament) in 1976 and 1979. Two more league titles came in the 1980s, one in 1984 and the other in 1986, the former while being managed by coach Rubén Amorín and the latter under Jorge Roldán

Jorge Roldán

Jorge Roldán Popol , known popularly as El Grillo is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder....

, who also led them to another title in the 1992-93 season, the eighth and last championship won by Aurora to date.

In 2005, they shocked local fans and media when they were relegated to Primera División

Primera División de Ascenso

The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of the Guatemalan league system of football. Formerly, it was known as Liga Mayor "B"...

 after 60 years of playing in the top flight.

Current squad

Notable former players

Dionel Bordón (FW), (1990s) Fernando Díaz (MF), (1990s) Omar Sanghzoni (FW), (1970s) Carlos “Cuca” Herrera (1964) Edgar Arriaza (FW), (1996), (2000–05) all-time second goalscorer (88) Raúl Calderon (MF), (1990-02) Luis Alfonso Espel (DF), (1993-05) Edgar Estrada

Edgar Estrada

Edgar Eladio Estrada Solís , popularly known as El Gato is a Guatemalan footballer who has played goalkeeper for several clubs in Guatemala's top division. He was capped 80 times for the Guatemala national football team....

 (GK), (1987–94) Juan Manuel Funes

Juan Manuel Funes

Juan Manuel Funes Fernández , popularly known as Memín Funes is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder who played professionally for the three most successful clubs in Guatemala – Aurora FC, Municipal, and Comunicaciones – and became a member and later captain of the...

 (MF), (1983–86), (2003–05) Rodolfo Garcia (GK), (1980s) Julio Gómez (MF), (1970s and 1980s) Maynor Jiménez (FW), (1990-00) Martín Machón

Martín Machón

Martín Alejandro Machón Guerra is a Guatemalan former professional footballer.He played mostly in the midfield for local club Comunicaciones and Major League Soccer clubs Los Angeles Galaxy and Miami Fusion, and also became a member of the Guatemala national team, which he represented during three...

 (MF), (1992–94)
Roderico Méndez (FW), (1980s and 1990s) Victor Hugo Monzón

Victor Hugo Monzón

Víctor Hugo Monzón Pérez is a Guatemalan football coach and former defender who played most of his career for the club Aurora FC in the 1980s and 1990s and became a member and later captain of the Guatemala national team.-Club career:...

 (DF), (1980s and 1990s) Selvin Pennant (FW), (1974–82), all-time third goalscorer (87) Jorge Roldán

Jorge Roldán

Jorge Roldán Popol , known popularly as El Grillo is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder....

 (MF / FW), (1958–73), all-time top goalscorer (111) Edgar Salguero (DF), (1980s) Luis Swisher

Luis Swisher

Luis Arturo Swisher Salguero is a Guatemalan football defender who currently plays for USAC in Guatemala's top division.-Club career:Swisher started his professional career with Aurora FC making his debut with the club in 1997...

 (DF), (1997-01) Edwin Westphal

Edwin Westphal

Edwin Rodolfo Westphal Véliz is a Guatemalan former professional football forward.As a member of several clubs, he was a prolific goalscorer in the Guatemalan top-flight, especially during the 1990s...

 (FW), (1993–96) Omar Reyes (FW), (1980s) José Luis Cardozo (FW), (1990s) Washington Castagnero (MF), (1990s) Santiago Ostolaza

Santiago Ostolaza

Santiago José Ostolaza Sosa is an Uruguayan former football midfielder and current manager. Among others clubs, he was manager for Nacional of Uruguay and Ecuadorian ESPOLI....

 (DF)

List of Coaches

Rubén Amorín

Rubén Amorín

Rubén Darío Amorín Mattos is an Uruguayan former football player and coach.-Coaching career:He has spent the majority of his coaching career in Guatemala, where he won a record eight national titles with three different clubs from 1964 to 1992, and took CSD Municipal to win the CONCACAF...

 (1958–71), (1984) Néstor Valdez Moraga (1973) Jorge Roldán

Jorge Roldán

Jorge Roldán Popol , known popularly as El Grillo is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder....

 (1974–75), (1979), (1986–87), (1992–93), (1996–97) Omar Muracco (1975–76) Marvin Rodríguez

Marvin Rodríguez

Marvin Rodríguez Ramírez is a Costa Rican football coach and former striker. He coached the Costa Rican national team to its first World Cup participation in 1990.-Career:...

 (1978) Juan Quarterone

Juan Quarterone

Juan Quarterone Carbone is a former Argentine football midfielder.Nickname El Brujo he played in Argentina and El Salvador. After retiring as a player he coached a number of teams in El Salvador and the El Salvador national team.-Achievements:-External links:...

 (1980)
Carlos Alberto Mijangos

Carlos Alberto Mijangos

Carlos Alberto Mijangos Castro is a Guatemalan football coach and former midfielder who played his career at CSD Municipal. -Club career:...

 (1988) José Luis Estrada (1994–95) Felipe Antonio Carías (2000) Alfredo López

Alfredo Lopez

Alfredo Jose Miguel Lopez is an activist, writer, media producer, teacher and organizer in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently a well-known Internet activist and the Co-Director of May First/People Link, a progressive Internet users' organization and the Internet's oldest progressive...

 (2001) Mariano Aguirre (2007)

Honours

• League
  Liga Nacional de Guatemala
  Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala...
  
   titles: 8

1964, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1992-93

• Domestic Cup titles: 4

1958, 1968, 1969, 1983-84

• Torneo Fraternidad / UNCAF Club Championship
  Copa Interclubes UNCAF
  The UNCAF Club Tournament was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region . The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatically. It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF...
  
  : 2

1974, 1976

Runner-up (3): 1972, 1975, 1983

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

• CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
  CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
  The CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup was an international football club competition held from 1991 to 1998.The cup was between the winners of their nations domestic cup competitions, which posed a problem as some participating countries did not have a cup competition. The last three competitions were...
  
  : 1 appearance

1994 - Finalist

• Campeón Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 2

1976, 1979

External links

• Unofficial Website Aurora FC profile - Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol - special report by Prensa Libre - www.prensalibre.com