Deportivo Xinabajul

Guatemalan football club

Football club

Deportivo Xinabajul

Full name

Club Social y Deportivo Xinabajul Huehue

Nickname(s)

El Equipo X (The X Team)

Founded

1980; 43 years ago

Ground

Estadio Los Cuchumatanes

Capacity

5,340

Chairman

Mauro Rodríguez^[1]

Manager

Pablo Centrone

League

Liga Nacional

Clausura 2024

7th (Quarterfinals)

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Xinabajul Huehue is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football.

Founded in 1980, they competed in the Liga Nacional, the top division in the nation,^[when?] and play home matches at the Estadio Los Cuchumatanes.

History

In the summer of 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 began play in division 3. Ever since then, the team has been playing in the Primera División, the second tier of Guatemalan football.^[3]

The club returned to the Liga Nacional in June 2022 after winning their promotional playoff game against Marquense.

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	Darío Silva
2	DF	GUA	Kenlly Velásquez
3	DF	GUA	Fernando Gómez
4	DF	GUA	Alexander Cifuentes
5	DF	GUA	Elías Vásquez
6	MF	GUA	Esteban Marroquín
7	MF	GUA	Marvin Ceballos (captain)
9	FW	PAR	Julio Giménez
10	FW	URU	Guillermo Chavasco
11	FW	GUA	Esnaydi Zuñiga (on loan from Xelajú)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	GUA	Andy Ruiz
15	MF	GUA	Alexander Trigueros
16	DF	GUA	Gabriel Cabrera
20	FW	GUA	Yorman Baltazar
21	FW	URU	Uri Amaral
22	DF	GUA	José Sánchez
23	GK	GUA	Omar Mendoza
24	MF	ARG	Facundo Otero
25	FW	GUA	Luis Sanchez
29	DF	GUA	Denzel Díaz
30	GK	GUA	Jorge Moreno (on loan from Comunicaciones)
31	MF	GUA	Ronald Ardón
32	MF	ARG	Facundo González
70	MF	GUA	Yordin Hernández (on loan from Xelajú)
77	MF	GUA	Joshua Ubico

Notable former players

Álvaro Hurtarte (MF)
Henry Medina (DF)
Sergio Azurdia (DF)
Hetzon Pereira (MF)
Usiel Rivas (DF)
Andrés Quiñonez (DF)
Kristian Guzmán (DF)
Ademar (MF)
Valtencir (MF)
Matías González (DF)
Paolo Dantaz (MF)
Raul Peñaranda (FW)
Martín Zúñiga (FW)
Liborio Sánchez (GK)
Manuel Gamboa (DF)
Darwin Pacheco (DF)
Fernando Patterson (GK)

References

^ Tienen nuevo Presidente - GuateFútbol (in Spanish)
^ "FOX Deportes". 28 April 2022.
^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (2011-02-19). "Fútbol de Guatemala está de duelo tras asesinato de vicepresidente del Deportivo Xinabajul | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-13.