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Jocoro F.C.

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Jocoro F.C.
Full nameJocoro Football Club
Nickname(s)Los Fogoneros
Morazanicos
Founded19 May 1991; 33 years ago (1991-05-19)
GroundComplejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Morazán
ChairmanEl Salvador Leonel Hernández
ManagerEl Salvador Alvaro Canizalez
LeagueEl Salvador Primera División
2022 AperturaOverall: 3rd
Playoffs: Runners-up

Jocoro Fútbol Club are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Jocoro, Morazán, El Salvador.[1][2] The Team competes in Primera División, the top division of the salvadoran football system.

Jocoro has won two Salavdoran Segunda Division league titles, in Apertura 2017 and again in Clausura 2018, as well as two Tercera Division in 1995 and Clausura 2016.

History

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The club was founded in 1991. In 1992, The club played in their very first season of professional football in Liga Mayor B (currently the Terecera division), the club would spend two seasons before winning promotion to the segunda division. [1] The club spent years trying to promotion to the first division, they made the Playoff-relegation game three times in 1998, 1999 and 2001, however they always fell short.

The club finally succeeded in gaining promotion to the first division when they won the Apertura 2017 defeating El Roble de Ilobasco o aggregate, then winning the Clausura title defeating Brujos de Izalco of Izalco 6-3 on aggregate, winning automatic promotion to the primera division. The club would go on to enjoy its most successful years through the 2020-21 season they would earn a best-ever third-place result. Just missing on the final losing 2-1 on aggregate against Aguila.

In the 2022 Apertura, Jocoro reached the Primera division final for the first time in the club's history under the direction of Jose Romero. However they lost 2-0, which allowed FAS to become champions for the nineteenth time.

After reaching two finals in five the years, the club suffered a disastrous season Clausura 3034, the club failed to stay consistent on and off the field, The club only won 2 games, 3 draws and 17 losses, the club was almost relegated, Jocoro had four coaches after the start of the 2010 season; all four coaches resigned due to results and lack of payment. Their last coach was Carlos Romero

Finally It was announced that Jocoro had sold their spot in the primera division to Titan.[3]

Honours

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Stadium

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Jocoro plays its home games at Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego in Jocoro. However the club stated the Complejo Tierra de fuego was too small to play in the primera division therefore they moved their games to the bigger Estadio Correcaminos.

Sponsorship

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Companies that Jocoro currently has sponsorship deals with for 2023–2024 includes:

  • Milan – Official kit suppliers
  • Caja de Credito Jocoro – Official sponsors
  • Inversions bendicion de dios – Official sponsors
  • Electrolit – Official sponsors
  • L& A  – Official sponsors
  • Las Perlitas – Official sponsors

Club records

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Individual records

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  • Record appearances (all competitions): TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
  • Record appearances (Primera Division): Honduran Junior Padilla, 150 from 2020 to 2024
  • Most capped player for El Salvador: 63 (0 whilst at Jocoro), Juan Jose Gomez
  • Most international caps for El Salvador while a Jocoro player: 3, Juan Carlos Argueta
  • Most caps won whilst at Jocoro: 3, Juan Carlos Argueta.
  • Record scorer in league: Salvadorian Juan Carlos Argueta, 25
  • Most goals in a season (all competitions): TBD, 62 (1927/28) (47 in League, 15 in Cup competitions)
  • Most goals in a season (Primera Division): Argentinian German Aguila, 15
  • First goal scorer in International competition: Argentinian Luis Acuña (v. Cobán Imperial; Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula; August 1, 2023)
  • Most goals in a CONCACAF competitions: 1, Argentinians German Aguila and Luis Acuna
  • Most appearance in a CONCACAF competitions:, TBD

Current squad

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As of June, 2024. 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 El Salvador SLV Marlon Joya
3 DF El Salvador SLV Anibal Peña
7 FW El Salvador SLV Herbeth Sosa
8 MF El Salvador SLV Orlando Martinez
15 DF El Salvador SLV Nelson Rodriguez
17 FW Honduras HON Jesús Padilla
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 FW El Salvador SLV Allan Benitez
32 FW El Salvador SLV Diego Amaya
33 DF El Salvador SLV Leonel Venturas
38 DF El Salvador SLV Jefrey Benitez
42 MF El Salvador SLV Jonathan Matus
43 MF El Salvador SLV Guillermo Vladimir
45 DF El Salvador SLV Josue Cuellar
46 DF El Salvador SLV Hector Gonzalez
47 FW El Salvador SLV Alejandro Hernandez
53 FW El Salvador SLV Kevin Guevara

Players with dual citizenship

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  • El Salvador United States Allan Benitez

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
El Salvador SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2023-24 Apertura and Clausura)

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
Colombia COL Jhon Machado (From TBD)
El Salvador SLV TBD (From TBD)
El Salvador SLV TBD (From TBD)
El Salvador SLV TBD (From TBD)
El Salvador SLV TBD (From TBD)
No. Pos. Nation Player
El Salvador SLV TBD (From TBD)
El Salvador SLV TBD (From TBD)
El Salvador SLV TBD (From TBD)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
El Salvador SLV Jaime Ortiz (To Isidro Metapan)
Argentina ARG Luis Acuña (To Fuerte San Francisco)
El Salvador SLV Lester Blanco (To TBD)
El Salvador SLV Salvador Galindo (To Fuerte San Francisco)
El Salvador SLV Nelson Moreno (To Fuerte San Francisco)
Colombia COL Jhon Machado (To TBD)
El Salvador SLV Elvis Claros (To Municipal Limeno)
El Salvador SLV Juan Carlos Argueta (To Isidro Metapan)
Argentina ARG German Aguila (To FAS)
El Salvador SLV Nelson Rodriguez (To Dragon)
El Salvador SLV Jose Orlando Martinez (To Dragon)
No. Pos. Nation Player
El Salvador SLV Enmanuel Hernandez (To Fuerte San Francisco)
El Salvador SLV Carlos Arevalo (To Platense)
El Salvador SLV Wilson Rugamas (To Fuerte San Francisco)
El Salvador SLV Henry Maldonado (To Dragon)
El Salvador SLV Oscar Sanchez (To Cacahuatique)
El Salvador SLV Guillermo Fuentes (To Cacahuatique)
El Salvador SLV Jonathan Quintanilla (To Dragon)
El Salvador SLV Joel Turcios (To Cacahuatique)
El Salvador SLV Hugo Hernandez (To Cacahuatique)
El Salvador SLV Alcides Gomez (To Cacahuatique)

Reserve Team

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Jocoro's youth squad plays in the twelve-team Primera División Reserves (El Salvador). Current members of the squad are: As of February 2023.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF El Salvador SLV José Membreño
33 DF El Salvador SLV Luis Méndez
35 DF El Salvador SLV Érick Sosa
36 MF El Salvador SLV Edwin Benítez González
37 DF El Salvador SLV Bryan Hernández
38 DF El Salvador SLV Kevin Girón
39 DF El Salvador SLV Edgar Soto
40 DF El Salvador SLV Ronald Calix Cruz
41 MF El Salvador SLV Bryan Mejía
42 MF El Salvador SLV Érick Álvarez
No. Pos. Nation Player
43 MF El Salvador SLV Jonathan Turcios
44 MF El Salvador SLV Daniel Rodríguez
45 GK El Salvador SLV Nelson Guerrero
46 MF El Salvador SLV Ricardo Portillo
47 MF El Salvador SLV David Lazo Parras
48 GK El Salvador SLV Steven García
49 FW El Salvador SLV Marvin Pineda
53 GK El Salvador SLV Marlon Hernández
54 MF El Salvador SLV Wilman Ramírez
55 MF El Salvador SLV Jorge Amaya

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable players

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Internationals who have played at Jocoro

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Most appearances

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Place Name Period Primera Division Playoffs SLV Cup Continental Total
1 Honduras Junior Padilla 2020–2024 120 0 0 4 150
2 El Salvador Elvis Claros 2020–2024 100 0 0 4 147
3 El Salvador Nelson Moreno 2020–2024 88 0 0 1 130
4 El Salvador Nelson Alvarenga 2018, 2019–2022 121 0 0 0 121
5 El Salvador Yuvini Salamanca 2020-2023 118 0 0 0 118
6 El Salvador Juan Carlos Argueta 2022–2024 75 0 0 0 75
6 El Salvador Edgar Cruz 2018–2020 68 0 0 0 68
7 El Salvador Francisco Escobar 2018–2020 67 0 0 0 67
8 Paraguay Jorge Narciso Cáceres 2019–2020 64 0 0 0 64
9 El Salvador Francisco Noé Reyes 2018–2020, 2020-2021 60 0 0 0 60
10 El Salvador Hector Ramírez Carvajal 2021-2023 60 0 0 0 60

Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro FC roster.

Goals

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Place Name Period Primera Division Playoffs SLV Cup Continental Total
1 El Salvador Juan Carlos Argueta 2022-2024 25 0 0 0 25
2 Paraguay Diego Areco 2018-2019, 2021 21 0 0 0 21
3 Argentina German Aguila 2023-2024 18 0 0 1 19
4 El Salvador Edgar Cruz 2018-2020 17 0 0 0 17
4 Colombia Jhon Machado 2019-2022 16 0 0 0 16
6 Honduras Carlos Lanza 2020-2021 13 1 0 0 13
7 El Salvador Nelson Alvarenga 2019-2022 12 0 0 0 12
8 El Salvador Santos Guzman 2020-2022 12 0 0 0 12
9 Honduras Junior Padilla 2020-2024 11 0 0 0 11
10 Argentina Luis Acuna 2023-2024 9 0 0 1 9
11 El Salvador Yuvini Salamanca 2020-present 7 0 0 0 7
12 Nigeria Fredrick Ogangan 2018 4 0 0 0 4

Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro roster.

Personal

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Coaching staff

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As of February 14, 2024

Position Staff
Manager El Salvador TBD (*)
Assistant Manager El Salvador Carlos Romero (*)
Technical Advisor El Salvador Víctor Fuentes
Reserve Manager El Salvador Nelson Gomez (*)
Goalkeeper Coach El Salvador Christian Reyes (*)
Under 17 Manager El Salvador Nelson Gomez (*)
Under 15 Manager El Salvador Rolando Torres
Ladies Manager El Salvador Alvaro Canizales (*)
Fitness Coach El Salvador Yeltzin Mejia (*)
Team Doctor El Salvador Raul Serrano
Kinesiologist El Salvador Manuel Carranza (*)
Utility El Salvador Wilfredo Perez (*)

Management

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board of directors

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As of August 1, 2023

Position Staff
Owner El Salvador Morazán Football Association
President El Salvador Leonel Antonio Hernández (*)
vice-president El Salvador Omar Eliseo Romero Espinal
Secretary El Salvador TBD
Vice-Secretary El Salvador TBD
Administrative Manager El Salvador Marvin Hernandez
Treasury El Salvador Mauricio Aguilar
vice-Treasury El Salvador TBD
Press secretary El Salvador Jose Hernandez (*)
Representative El Salvador Emerson Avalos (*)
Representative El Salvador Elena Ramirez (*)
Representative El Salvador Luis Granados (*)
Sporting Director El Salvador Rimey Nunez (*)
Scraper El Salvador TBD

Managers

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Jocoro have had 20 managers in 27 years. The first manager at the club was TBD. List of Head Coaches of Jocoro F.C. from when the club was formed:

Name From To
El Salvador TBD 1992 1992
El Salvador Esteban Melara TBD TBD
El Salvador José Mario Martínez 1997 1998
El Salvador José Mario Martínez 2000 2000
Uruguay Rubén Alonso January 2001 May 2001
El Salvador José Mario Martínez January 2002 2000
El Salvador Ramón Velasques 2002 2002
Argentina Jorge Ortiz 2002 2002
Honduras Carlos Martínez 2002 September 2002
El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
El Salvador José Rolando Torres ** April 2016 June 2016
El Salvador Carlos Romero July 2016 March 2017
El Salvador TBD April 2017 July 2017
El Salvador Carlos Romero [4][5][6][7] August 2017 March 2018
El Salvador Rubén Alonso § March 2018 June 2018
El Salvador Argentina Emiliano Barrera * June 2018 June 2018
El Salvador Nelson Ancheta July 2018 December 2018
Paraguay Cristóbal Cubilla Delgadillo December 2018 February 2019
El Salvador Guillermo Rivera February2019 June 2019
El Salvador Nelson Ancheta June 2019 August 2019
El Salvador Oscar Alvarez August 2019 September 2019
El Salvador Marvin Benitez September 2019 December 2019
Argentina Juan Andrés Sarulyte December 2019 February 2020
El Salvador Jose Romero February 2020 March 2020
El Salvador Carlos Romero [4] March 2020 April 2021
El Salvador Jose Romero April 2021 May 2021
Uruguay Pablo Quiñonez May 2021 August 26, 2021
El Salvador Victor Coreas August 27, 2021 December 2021
El Salvador Edgar Henriquez January 4, 2022 May 2022
Colombia Carlos Estrada *** May 29, 2022 September 5, 2022
Honduras Jorge Pineda September 6, 2022 October 2022
El Salvador Jose Romero £ October 2022 December 2022
Honduras Guillermo Bernandez December 2022 February 28, 2023
El Salvador Victor Coreas [5] February 28, 2023 June 21, 2023
Peru Agustín Castillo [6] # June 22, 2023 February 12, 2024
El Salvador Carlos Romero (Interim) February 13, 2024 March 24, 2024
El Salvador Marvin Hernandez (Interim) March 25, 2024 March 31, 2024
El Salvador Carlos Romero April, 2024 July, 2024
Hiatus August, 2024 Present
  • * Appointed as coach, coached a few pre-season but resigned before the commencement of the actual campaign.
  • ** Won a Title in the Tercera Division
  • *** Appointed as coach, the season was suspended before he coached a game and resigned prior to the commencement of the season
  • Won the Apertura title in the Segunda Division
  • § Won the Clausura title in the Segunda Division
  • £ Runner up in the Primera Division 2022 Apertura season
  • # Runner up in the Primera Division 2022 Apertura season

Managerial records:

  • Two man has managed the club through two different spells, Carlos Romero, in 2016 and then 2017-2018, and Rubén Alonso in 2000-2001 and then March 2018-June 2018 .
  • The longest spell as Jocoro manager was by Ruben Alonso, 2 years (2000–2001)
  • Uruguayan Ruben Alonso was the first foreign coach to manage Jocoro

Other departments

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Football

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Reserve team

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The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players under the age of 21 before being promoted to the main team. The second team is coached by TBD. the team played in the Primera División Reserves, their greatest successes were winning the Reserve championships in TBD. It plays its home matches at TBD, adjacent to the first team's ground, and it is coached by TBD.

Junior teams

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The youth team (under 17 and under 15) has produced some of El Salvador's top football players, including TBD and TBD. It plays its home matches at TBD, adjacent to the first team's ground, and it is coached by TBD.

Women's team

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The women's first team, which is led by head coach TBD, features several members of the El Salvador national ladies team. Their greatest successes were reaching the semi finals of Apertura 2023, where they lost 3-2 on aggregate to aguila Womens.

References

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  1. ^ "Un jugador profesional argentino debutó en una serie televisiva". El Gráfico.
  2. ^ "Jocoro está a 180 minutos de llegar a Primera División". May 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "¡Oficial! Titán es equipo de la Primera División!" [Official ! Titan is the new team in the first division]. diarioelsalvador.com (in Spanish). diarioelsalvador.com. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Carlos Romero tiene una oferta para dirigir al Águila". El Gráfico.
  5. ^ "En Ilobasco se definirá al campeón de la segunda división". El Gráfico.
  6. ^ "Jocoro, con medio boleto para ascender a primera división". El Gráfico.
  7. ^ "Audaz ya tiene nuevo entrenador". March 2, 2018.