Municipal Limeño


Club Deportivo Municipal Limeño is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión, El Salvador.
The club currently participates in the Primera División. Their home stadium is Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, with a capacity of 5,000.
Limeño have won five Segunda División. Municipal Limeño have lost two Primera División finals in 1999 and 2001.

History

The club was founded on 11 September 1949 and started and continue to be based in the town of Santa Rosa de Lima in the department of La Union.
The club began playing in the second division and spent almost twenty years there until in 1971 Municipal Limeño got promoted to the top flight at the expense of UCA.

First tenure in the first division (1972–1975)

Municipal Limeño campaign of the 1972 season was exceptional one for a newly promoted team with them coming in sixth place with sixteen points their team was led strongly by the Guatemalan Tomas Gambo, who scored five goals and enabled the club to qualify to the semi-final group. However their experience was an unhappy one with the team losing all their games and bowing out of championship contention.
Limeño 1973 and 1974 season were unhappy campaign with the team struggling and finishing in the relegation group, however both time the team managed to survive relegation at the expense of Excelsior and Sonsonate.
But after several near relegation, Municipal Limeño finally were relegated in the 1975 season after only earning 16 points from 33 games. The club were forced to play a promotion-relegation battle against Once Municipal in which the team lost and were relegated to the second division along with Juventud Olímpico.

Second Tenure in the first division (1993–2005)

It would not be until 1993, 18 years after getting relegated, that they would make a return to the first division.
during their second tenure in the first division they reached the semi-finals six times, including reaching the grand final in the Apertura 1999 and Apertura 2000 under the coaching off Óscar Emigdio Benítez however both time the club lost in the grand final against Águila.
They were once again relegated in 2005, after they lost a promotion-relegation match against Coca-Cola of Soyapango.

Third Tenure in the first division (2009–2010)

On 26 June 2009, Chalatenango going through financial troubles, sold their spot in the Salvadoran Primera División to Limeño. This resulted Municipal Limeño's return to the First Division after a four-year absence. However their campaign was an unhappy one with them finishing second last and forcing them to play a promotion/relegation match against Once Municipal which they lost and were relegated to the Second Division and that's where the club has remained ever since.

Recent Events

The club spent the next few seasons trying to regain promotion to the First Division, they made several second division semi-finals and grand finals but always falling short, however the club finally succeeded when they won the Apertura 2015 title defeating Fuerte San Francisco, then winning the Clausura 2016 title defeating Atlético Comalapa of Chalatenango 5–4 in penalties, after tying on aggregate 3–3, the club were promoted back to the Primera Division.

Stadium

Municipal Limeño plays their home matches on the Estadio Jose Ramon Flores in the suburb of Santa Rosa de Lima in La Union. The Estadio Jose Ramon Flores has been Municipal Limeño's home stadium since its creation 1963.

Home stadiums

Municipal Limeño have rivalries with several clubs, including local rivalries with Atlético Balboa. A rivalry with Águila was created when Águila and Limeño, faced each other twice in grand finals. When former Limeño player Rudis Corrales moved to Águila, it caused uproar with Águila supporters.
Limeno has supported a long rivalry with Pasaquina for geographical reasons, since both are from the province of La Union; this clash is called the "Derby Unionense."

Honours

Domestic honours

In

Out

Players with dual citizenship

Coaching staff

Reserve Municipal Limeño 2020/2021

Reserve squad

Management Municipal Limeño 2020/2023

Board of Directors

Limeno Reserve Sub-15

Limeno's reserve team currently plays in the Primera Division Reserve League. It plays its home matches at TBD, adjacent to the first team's ground, and it is coached by José Dagoberto Sosa.

Women

The women's team was created in 2018 and will first participate in 2019

Managers

YearManager
1958–60 Gustavo Molina and Carlos Gudiel
1972 Yohalmo Aurora
1974–75 Juan Francisco Barraza
1975–76 Luis "Chispo" Santana
1983–84 Salvador Rivas
1984 Moises Gonzales
1988 Elmer Rodríguez
1993–94 Nelson Brizuela
1997 Henry Vanegas
Aug 1999 – Dec 99 Óscar Emigdio Benítez
Jan 2000 – July 00 Rubén Alonso
Aug 2000 – April 1 Agustín Castillo
April 2001 – July 1 Hernán Vivanco
July 2001–?? Kiril Dojčinovski
2002 – May 2 Óscar Emigdio Benítez
May 2002 – June 2 Omar Sevilla
June 2002 – April 3 Henry Vanegas
April 2003 – May 3 Antonio Carlos Vieira
June 2003 – Sept 03 Rubén Guevara
Oct 2003 – June 4 Jorge García
July 2004 – Sept 04 Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz Ruíz
Sept 2004 – Dec 04 Raúl Héctor Cocherari
Jan 2005–06 Nelson Brizuela
Jan 2005–06 José Ramón Avilés
2006 – May 2006 Hugo Coria
2006–07 Nelson Brizuela

YearManager
2008 – Nov 08 Mario Martínez
Dec 2008 – June 9 Jorge Alberto García
June 2009 – Aug 09 Miguel "La Peluda" Aguilar
Aug 2009 – Jan 10 Víctor Coreas
Jan 2010 – May 10 Eraldo Correia
May 2010 – Aug 10 Juan Ramón Paredes
Jan 2011 – Dec 12 Carlos Romero
Jan 2014 – June 14 Mario Martínez
July 2014 – Sept 14 Fidel Antonio Bonilla
Sept 2014 – Feb 15 Esteban Melara
Feb 2015 – June 15 David Ramírez
June 2015 – July 16 Carlos Romero
July 2016– Nov 2016 Mauricio Alfaro
Nov 2016 – Feb 2016 Francisco Robles
Feb 2016– Nov 2017 Hugo Ovelar
Dec 2017 – March 2018 Emiliano Barrera
March 2018 Wilfredo Molina interim
March 2018– Oct 2018 Víctor Coreas
March 2018– ec 2018 Omar Sevilla
December 2018– November 2019 William Renderos Iraheta
November 2019– December 2019 Manuel Carranza Murillo
December 2019– Present Alvaro Misael Alfaro

League history

Players

Internationals who have played at Limeño

Players marked in bold gained their caps while playing at Limeno.
CaptainNationalityYearsNotes
1994
-2001
2003
2010
2016
2016
2017-2017
2017-2017
2018-2018
2018-2018–
2019-–

Personnel honours

Note: ''Players in bold text are still active with Municipal Limeno