Clubname: | Deportivo Carchá |
Fullname: | Club Social y Deportivo Carchá |
Nickname: | Hombres Peces (Fishmen) Peces Cenizos (Ashen Fish) |
Founded: | 1962 |
Ground: | Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay, San Pedro Carchá, Guatemala |
Capacity: | 15,000 |
Manager: | Ariel Sena |
League: | Primera División de Ascenso |
Season: | 2010 Clausura Grupo B |
Position: | 7th |
Club Social y Deportivo Carchá, is a Guatemalan football club based in San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz Department. They play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay.
The club was founded in 1962 and won promotion to the Liga Mayor B in 1974, entering the competition as Deportivo Carchá Jimmy Álvarez, named after their first manager.[1] In 1992 they joined the Guatemalan second division and they finished champions in the 1997/1998 season[2] to make their debut at the highest level of Guatemalan football, playing in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala in 1998/1999. They were relegated again after the 2000/2001 season and even went down further to the third tier of Guatemalan football.
Most recently they have again been playing in the Primera División Group "A" or "B". They are nicknamed Los Hombres Peces (the Fisherman).