Real Estelí F.C.

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Real Estelí
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Full name Real Estelí Fútbol Club
Nickname(s) El Tren del Norte
(The Train of the North)
Founded 1960 (as Estelí FC)
Ground Estadio Independencia,
Estelí, Nicaragua
Ground Capacity 5,000
Chairman Nicaragua Fidel Moreno
Manager Nicaragua Otoniel Olivas
League Primera División, Nicaragua
Apertura 2013 1st
Website Club home page

Real Esteli Fútbol Club is a Nicaraguan football club playing in the top national league, the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Primera División (First Division National Championship). The club play out of their home stadium, Estadio Independencia, based in the northern city of Estelí.

Real Estelí is the second most successful club in Nicaragua (behind Diriangén), earning a combined 13 national Apertura/Clausura championships. The club has the distinction of winning the most consecutive championships in CONCACAF with seven.

History

The club was founded in 1960 as Estelí FC, but acquired its current name in 1961. Real Estelí FC plays at the Estadio Independencia, one of the biggest stadiums in Nicaragua, with a capacity of 4,800. The club is known by the nickname, El Tren del Norte (Train of the North), coming as it does, from the northern region of Las Segovias.

The club made history in Nicaraguan and Central American Football in 2004, eliminating favorites Real España in the First Round of the Copa Interclubes UNCAF, becoming the first Nicaraguan football team in history to advance to the second round of the tournament.

Real Estelí FC has finished in the top five of Nicaragua's top division every year since 1986 and has achieved some of the highest attendances in the league during this period.

Real Estelí won the 2013 Apertura Nicaraguan championship after 4–0 aggregate victory over Managua team Walter Ferreti. For "El Tren del Norte" it was their seventh consecutive league title and 11th overall. Estelí created history by equaling the Central American record for most successive league championships, alongside legendary Salvadoran side, Hércules who won seven consecutive titles from 1927 to 1934.

Crest

The club crest consists of a crown, representing 'Real' (meaning 'Royal'). Similar crowns can be seen on the crests of many other clubs with the prefix 'Real', such as Spanish clubs Real Betis, Real Zaragoza and Real Madrid[1]

The two gold stars of the crest mark the first two national championships won by the club (in 1991 and 1999), while the red and white striped shield represents the club colours as used on team shirts. The logo was redesigned and digitalised in 2000 by Nakor'd J. García and Michael D. Raney (current President/CEO of the World Football Organization), based on the original design by Arnulfo Rivera Zeledón and Johnny Herrera Vallejos.

'El Clásico' rivalry

There is often a fierce rivalry between the two strongest teams in the national league, where the game between Real Estelí and Diriangén has become known as El Clásico (The Classic).

Honours

National titles

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

Best: Group Stage in 3 times
2009 : Preliminary Round
2012 : Preliminary Round
2013 : Group Stage
2014 : Group Stage
2015 : Group Stage
Best: Quarter-finals in 2004
2000 : First Round
2003 : First Round
2004 : Quarter-finals
2006 : First Round
2007 : First Round

Record versus other nations

As of 2013-09-25

The Concacaf opponents below = Official tournament results: (Plus a sampling of other results)

Opponent Last Meeting G W D L F A PTS +/-
Costa Rica Alajuelense 26 – Sept – 2012 6 0 0 6 2 21 0 -19
Panama Árabe Unido 1996 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 -1
El Salvador Atlético Marte 15 – Dec – 1991 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 -3
Guatemala Comunicaciones 6 – Dec – 1991 1 0 0 1 0 15 0 -15
Nicaragua Diriangén 2003 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
El Salvador FAS 2003 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1
Canada Montreal Impact 2 – Oct – 2008 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 -1
Honduras Motagua 16 – Aug – 2007 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 -4
Honduras Olimpia 24 – Sept – 2013 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 -2
Honduras Real España 29 – Sept – 2004 4 0 2 2 5 14 2 -9
Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa 26 – Aug – 2014 7 0 2 5 2 12 2 -10
United States Sporting Kansas City 23 – Sept – 2014 4 0 2 2 2 7 2 -5
Panama Tauro 1992 2 0 0 2 1 7 0 -6
Canada Toronto 2 – Aug – 2011 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 -2
Mexico UANL 18 – Sept – 2012 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 -4
Totals 0

Jersey sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt partner
1998–01 Galaxia
2000–08 Enitel
2008–Present Movistar
2008–Present La Curaçao
2011–Present Yahoo!

Current squad

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Justo Lorente      Nicaragua
2 Alvaro Brun      Uruguay
3 Jonathan Mosquera      Colombia
6 Defender Cristian Gutiérrez      Nicaragua
7 Midfielder Manuel Rosas      Nicaragua
8 Midfielder Vinicius Caetano      Brazil
9 Forward Carlos Chavarría      Nicaragua
10 Forward Samuel Wilson      Nicaragua
11 Forward Rudel Calero      Nicaragua
12 Midfielder Elmer Mejía      Nicaragua
13 Defender Francisco Paz      Nicaragua
15 Midfielder Franklin López      Nicaragua
16 Midfielder Elvis Pinel      Nicaragua
17 Forward Luis Manuel Galeano      Nicaragua
18 Devis Gutiérrez      Colombia
19 Leandro Da Cruz      Brazil
20 Marcel Cecel      Brazil
21 Midfielder Félix Rodriguez      Nicaragua
23 Nahun Peralta      Nicaragua
24 Norfran Lazo      Nicaragua
25 Henry Maradiago      Nicaragua
27 Josue Quijano      Nicaragua
29 Esdras Gonzales      Nicaragua

Squad Changes 2016 Clausura

In:

  • Nicaragua TBDTransferred from


Out:

Personnel

Management

Position Name
Manager Nicaragua Ramón Otoniel Olivas
Assistant Manager and Goalkeeping Coach Nicaragua Sergio Ivan Rodríguez
Fitness Coach Cuba Marcos Gomez
Fitness coach Nicaragua Carlos Rivera

Former notable players

Players in Bold = Represented their national team

List of Coaches

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References

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