Cobán Imperial

Cobán Imperial

Full name	CSD Cobán Imperial
Nickname(s)	Príncipes Azules (Blue Princes)
Founded	1924
Ground	Estadio José Ángel Rossi, Cobán, Guatemala
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Irasema Meléndez
Manager	Rafael Díaz
League	Liga Nacional
2020 Apertura	Liga Nacional, 3rd (quarterfinals)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Cobán Imperial, nicknamed Los Príncipes Azules ("The Blue Princes"), is a Guatemalan football club based in Cobán, Alta Verapaz. They play their home games in the Estadio Verapaz.

It's one of the traditional clubs of Guatemala, the club became league champions for the first time in 2004, when they defeated Municipal in the Clausura tournament final.^[1] The club was relegated from Liga Mayor after losing a play-off to Zacapa and spent 2007 until 2014 in the Primera División Group "A" or "B". Following a win over Deportivo Mictlán in May 2015, Coban was promoted to the Liga Mayor where they currently play.^[2]

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

• Liga Nacional de Guatemala and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : Clausura 2004

• Copa de Guatemala and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : 2018-2019

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK URU Álvaro García 2 DF GUA Milton Gary Leal 3 DF GUA Walfred Herrera 4 DF GUA Rafaél Gonzalez 5 DF GUA Enrique Klug 6 MF ARG Francisco Ladogana 7 MF GUA Erwin Morales 8 DF GUA Yeltsin Álvarez 9 FW GUA Edi Danilo Guerra 10 MF SLV Gerson Mayen 11 MF BRA Janderson Pereira 12 GK GUA Iván Pacheco 13 MF GUA Edwin González 14 MF GUA Hamilton Cárdenas 15 MF GUA Edgar Chub 16 FW URU Jonathan Charquero 17 MF GUA Ángel Cabrera 18 FW GUA Henry López 19 MF HON Bayron Méndez 20 MF GUA Víctor Guay 21 MF GUA Byron Leal 22 MF GUA Stefano Cincotta

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF GUA Erwin Morales 24 MF GUA Elías Vásquez 25 GK SLV Derby Carrillo 26 DF GUA Carlos Estrada 27 MF PAR Orlando Moreira 28 DF GUA Sergio Azurdia 29 FW GUA Josué Mitchell 30 DF GUA Eduardo Soto 31 DF GUA Byron Leal 32 DF PAR Víctor Solalinde 33 DF GUA Alexander Cifuentes 34 MF GUA Hetzon Pereira 35 DF GUA Juan Manuel Orellana 36 MF GUA Nery Oliva 37 MF GUA Víctor Guay 39 FW PAR Lauro Cazal 42 FW GUA Daniel Guay 48 MF GUA Jonathan Morán 49 DF GUA Tómas Castillo 92 MF GUA Fredy Juárez 99 MF GUA Fredy Lopez

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Jorge Rodriguez
Assistant Manager	Adolfo Menendez
Assistant Manager	Walter Alegria
Goalkeeping Coach	Julio "Tigrillo" Hernandez
Fitness Coach	Rene Ramirez
Team Doctor
Kinesiologist	Alejandro Aldana
Utility	Alex Grijalva & Cesar Caal

List of Coaches

• Rubén Amorín (1979)
• Julio César Cortés (1997–98)
• Héctor Trujillo (2000–01)
• Luís López Meneses (2001)
• Julio González (2003)
• Mario Reig (2004)
• Julio César Antúnez (2007–08)
• Carlos de Toro (2010)
• Garabet Avedissian (2010–11)
• Amarini Villatoro (2011–2012)
• Fabricio Benitez (2015- Feb 2016)
• Héctor Trujillo (Feb 2016 - May 2016)
• Ariel Sena (June 2016-Aug 2017)
• Fabricio Benitez (Aug 2017-)

References

External links

• Official Facebook