Chiquimula is a city in Guatemala . It is the capital of the department of Chiquimula and the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is located some 174 km from Guatemala City and within Guatemala known as "La perla del oriente" (the pearl of the east).
6-451: In 1851 during the Battle of La Arada Guatemalan military won over El Salvador and Honduras military forces, which is why Chiquimula was named "Ciudad Procer" Hero City. Chiquimula is the most populous city of eastern Guatemala. The official population of the city was 37,602, according to the 2002 census. As of 2018 the population had increased to 111,505. Sacachispas football club play in
12-641: A players' meeting, one customer who came from El Salvador told them about an Argentine movie showing in that country, Pelota de Trapo (Ball Rag). The movie was about a group of kids who play with the name Sacachispas. He suggested that name for the Chiquimula football team. That led to the current name of the Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. This article about
18-786: The Liga Nacional de Guatemala , they top-highest football division in Guatemala. Their home stadium is the Estadio Las Victorias . The club has also played in the Liga Mayor , having reached their best position in the 1995–96 season, when they were runners-up. They have been playing in the second division since 2000. Sacachispas Club Social y Deportivo Sacachispas is a professional football club based in Chiquimula , Guatemala . The team plays in
24-541: The Primera División , the second tier of Guatemalan football. Their home stadium is the Estadio Las Victorias . The club has also played in the Liga Mayor , having reached their best position in the 1995–96 season, when they were runners-up. They have been playing in the second division since 2021. Nicknamed Los Muteros , the club was founded as a result of two meetings. The first, in
30-523: The people in the first meeting, were all at the second meeting. The first uniform was a white jersey with white shorts. Their first coach was the Governor of Chiquimula, Colonel Guadalupe López Ochoa who got new uniforms: a white jersey with blue stripes, and white shorts. Many of the footballers had their headquarters in the Roxi barbershop, owned by Carlos Enrique Morales Hernández aka Quique. One night in
36-576: The south-west corner of Ismael Cerna ´s Park, was attended by the distinguished citizens Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Josué Goshop, Héctor Antonio Monroy, Jorge González and Manuel Samayoa, on June 15, 1949; and the second meeting was near Colegio Amigos, where the Estadio Las Victorias now stands. Neftalí Aguilar, Caleb Goshop, Neco Velásquez, Enrique Valdés, Gata Cuellar, Ronald Williams, Mincho Paz, Lipe Franco, Quincho Díaz, Chentío Castañeda, Edmundo Rivera, Pío Martínez and Armando Portillo, and
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