Aurora Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional

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club. They are based in

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and play their home matches in the ''

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''. Once one of the most powerful teams in the country and a traditional rival of fellow local teams

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and

Comunicaciones Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional association football, football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Liga Nacional, th ...

, the team has now been relegated to a lower division, although they remain the third-most successful team in Guatemalan football. Their uniform is black and yellow vertical striped shirt and black shorts.

History

The club is owned by the

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and was founded on April 14, 1945, as ''Aurora de la Guardia de Honor'', a name that was shortened to ''Aurora F.C.'' in 1946. Having joined the Liga Mayor in 1947, they have won eight league titles, 10 second place finishes and two international titles. During the 1960s decade, they won their first three national league titles, which came in a span of four years, in the 1964, 1966, and 1967–68 seasons. The three championships came under Uruguayan coach

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. In 1975, they won their fourth league title, repeating the feat in 1978. The 1970s also brought international success, as they won the Copa Fraternidad in 1976 by beating some of the best teams in Central America, including defending champions Platense, thanks in good part to the attacking duo Pennant and René Morales each contributing with a tournament-high seven goals to the successful run.Buzón de Rodrigo
. Aurora would go on to win another Copa Fraternidad title in 1979. Two more league titles came in the 1980s, one in 1984 and the other in 1986, the former while being managed by coach Rubén Amorín and the latter under Jorge Roldán, who also led them to another title in the 1992–93 season, the eighth and last championship won by Aurora to date. In 2005, they shocked local fans and media when they were relegated to Primera División after 60 years of playing in the top flight.

Current Squad

In

Out

Personnel

Coaching staff

''As of June 2025''

List of coaches

(1958–71), (1984) * Néstor Valdés Moraga (1973) * Jorge Roldán (1974–75), (1979), (1986–87), (1992–93), (1996–97) * Omar Muraco (1975–76) * Marvin Rodríguez (1978) * Juan Quarterone (1980) * Carlos Alberto Mijangos (1988) * José Luis Estrada (1994–95) * Felipe Antonio Carías (2000) * Alfredo López (2001) * Mariano Aguirre (2007) * Gustavo Faral (2009) * Tomas Castillo * Diego Cerutti (2021) * Gustavo Machaín (2021–2022) * Gabriel Castillo (2022–June 2023) * Daniel Berta (July 2023-December 2024) * Saúl Phillip (January 2025 -''Present'')

Honours

Liga Nacional de Guatemala Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ...

titles: 8 ::1964, 1966, 1967–68, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1992–93 *

Primera División de Ascenso The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of football in Guatemala. Formerly, it was known as ''Liga Mayor "B"''. It is sanctioned by the National Football Federation of Guatemala The National Football Federation of Guatemala ( ...

titles: 1 ::Apertura 2020 * Copa de Guatemala: 4 ::1958–59, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1984 * Copa Fraternidad: 2 ::

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

::Runner-up (3):

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

Performance in CONCACAF competitions

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup The CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup was an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its secondary continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It was held from 1991 to 1998, althou ...

: 1 appearance ::1994 – ''Finalist'' *Campeón Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 2 ::1976, 1979

References

External links

Unofficial website
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– ''Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol'' – special report by ''Prensa Libre'' – prensalibre.com (archived) {{UNCAF Interclub Cup Winners Football clubs in Guatemala Association football clubs established in 1945 Football clubs in Guatemala City 1945 establishments in Guatemala UNCAF Interclub Cup winning clubs