Atlético Balboa (1950–2010)

Atlético Balboa

Full name	Club Deportivo Atlético Balboa
Nickname(s)	Los Porteños, La Ciclón
Founded	1950
Dissolved	2010
Ground	Estadio Marcelino Imbers, La Unión, El Salvador
Ground Capacity	4,000
Chairman	Pablo Robles
Manager	Mario Martínez
League	Segunda División
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Club Deportivo Atlético Balboa, commonly known as Atlético Balboa or Balboa is a Salvadoran football club. The team currently plays in La Unión.

History

Team Foundation

The foundation of "Ciclón del Golfo" goes back to 1950, in which a group of cipotes united in the Unionense district of Quebrachal to found a sport team. 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 Ruiz and Timoteo Hernández were the members on that fateful. The sports team purpose was to make a baseball team, however when the team didn't fill expectations they decided to form a football team. They decided to name the club Balboa after the Panamanian currency and played their first Friendly match against the Honduran team América de Choluteca. The team's first colours were white with Green diagonal stripes however were changed by the team first president Ricardo Flores to black and red.

Team First season in the primera Division

After becoming champions of the Segunda Division in 1998, Atlético Balboa ascended to the Primera Division where in their first season they finished runner-up thanks to the coaching effort of José Mario Martínez and Oscar Emigdio Benítez and great players such as Franklin Vinosis Webster and Elvis Perreira.

Irregular way

After the first 12 months in the Primera Division, the team tried to lay the foundation for a better season. However poor administrative decisions and negative results didn't allow the team to achieve their goals. In this period the team went through three coaches Oscar Emigdio Benítez, Saul Molina and the Argentine Juan Quarterone however all three didn't stop the slide and they finished in seventh place. Despite the purchase of new players like Argentine Luciano Suárez, Colombian Manuel Díaz, Honduran Camilo Bonilla and Uruguayan Carlos Edgar Villarreal, the team lacked goals and not even Webster and Pereira could break the goalscoring drought.

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 César Brizuela. Under Brizuela, the team performance was woeful and they were 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. The large amount of money used to purchase foreign players were wasted with only the Colombian Carlos Asprilla providing his worth to the team. Webster, the team's most effective goalscorer was sold to San Salvador F.C.. The very next season the coaching merry go round continued with the Costa Rican Manuel Solano, Gabriel Avedissian and Paulo Roberto de Oliveira all turned out to be disaster with Paulo Roberto de Oliveira failing to get a point and Gabriel Avedissian only achieving one point. The only bright spot was assistant coach Jesús Fuentes who directed the team with pride and helped to achieve four victories.

Almost Team Glory

After those scares, Balboa realised its potential in the First Division. The team finished runner-up after the effort of the coaching staff Juan Quartarone and Jorge Garcia. However disagreement between the board and the two technicians separated the club. Colombian Herny Vargas had the chance to participate in the UnCAf tournament however lost playoff to Luis Ángel Firpo. Atlético Balboa were in financial- and team crisis again and this time they could not get out of the relegation battle and eventually lost to Vista Hermosa despite Nelson Mauricio Ancheta best effort.

Current history

The club was promoted to the Primera División, the top flight of El Salvador football, again after defeating Juventud Independiente for promotion in the 2008 season.^[1] Two years of moderate success followed under Guatemalan coach Carlos Mijangos and Argentine coach Robert Gamarra, which included just missing the finals series twice. However, financial problems continue plaguing the club and finally, after two years of dreadful financial records, the First Division relegated the club to the Second Division in the 2011 season.

Major honours

League

• Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño: 2

2000, 2008

Cups

• Copa Presidente: 1

2006

Players

Atletico Balboa is the first Salvadoran team to form an under-17 team for the new Under-17 League competition that will begin in April 2014.

Current squad

As of Clausura 2012:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Tiko Gomez

No. Position Player 18 DF Nicky Fuentes

Squad Changes for the Clausura 2015

In:

Out:

Current technical staff

Head Coach	Roberto Gamarra
Assistant Coach	Omar Sevilla
Medical Trainer	Dr. Joaquín Corvera
knesliogiocal	Sr. René Castellón
Utility	Mauricio Juárez

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)

List of Coaches

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

Winners of Man shot Chart Salvadoran Newspaper

• Nildeson (Apertura 2004) Goals Scored (13)
• Alex Campos (Apertura 2010) Goals Scored (9)

References

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