Deportivo Xinabajul

Deportivo Xinabajul is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Deportivo Xinabajul
Full nameDeportivo Xinabajul
Nickname(s)The X Team
Founded1980
GroundEstadio Los Cuchumatanes,
Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Capacity10,000.
Chairman Mauro Rodríguez[1]
Manager Gilberto Yearwood
LeagueLiga Nacional de Fútbol
Clausura 20097th (league)

Founded in 1980, they competed in the Liga Nacional, the top division in the nation, and played home matches at the Estadio Los Cuchumatanes.

As of summer 2012, the club was disaffiliated and disbanded after not paying player salaries and going into heavy debt.

Bad ownership and mismanagement led to the downfall of the club.[2]

A new club from the same city claiming to have no relation to Deportivo Xinabajul, was founded weeks later, they will begin play in division 3.[3]

2010/2011 squad

The 2010/2011 season included the following games:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  CRC Fernando Patterson
— GK  GUA José Fernando Rodríguez
— DF  GUA Jonathan Sandoval
— DF  GUA Sergio Azurdia
— DF  GUA Andy Tohonson
— DF  GUA Steve Durini
— DF  GUA Jaime Torres
— DF  HON Darwin Pacheco
— MF  GUA Jacinto Méndez
— MF  GUA Álvaro Hurtarte
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GUA David Espinoza
— MF  GUA Héctor Alarcón
— MF  GUA Willy Medina
— MF  GUA Andoni Martínez
— MF  GUA César Alegría
— MF  COL Gustavo Betancur
— FW  GUA Erick Priego
— FW  BRA Anderson Castilho
—  GUA Leonidas Palacios

Notable former players

References
  1. Tienen nuevo Presidente - GuateFútbol (in Spanish)
  2. http://www.foxdeportes.com/sudamericana/story/terremoto-para-el-futbol-en-guatemala/
  3. http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2011/02/19/465573/futbol-de-guatemala-esta-de-duelo-tras-asesinato-de-vicepresidente-del-deportivo-xinabajul.html


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