Alacranes del Norte (formerly known as ''Nejapa Fútbol Club'') was a

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

based in Chalatenango,

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

. The club last played in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

. In January 2011, it was announced that the Alacranes del Norte license had been removed by the

, following financial difficulties for the owner, Mynor Vargas and the failure of attempts to find a new ownership group.

History

Nejapa Fútbol Club

Nejapa Fútbol Clube was formed in July 2002, thanks to collaboration with both the municipal council of

Nejapa Nejapa is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is part of the San Salvador metropolitan area. Traditions Las Bolas De Fuego One of the major traditions of Nejapa is ''Las Bolas De Fuego'' ("Balls of Fire"), celebrated ...

(without community collaboration) and the University of El Salvador (UES). When the equipment of the UES obtained a licence to play in the Second Division their representatives contacted René Canjura, mayor of Nejapa, to know if the town was interested in acquiring the space in the Third Division. In that month it concluded the process of inscription of the new equipment in the Third Division. In 2004, Nejapa won promotion to the Second Division thanks to the help of both Colombian player Andrés Medina Aguirre and Manager Douglas Vidal Jiménez (former coach of ADET). In 2005/06 season Nejapa progressed all the way to the final but were then defeated by Nacional 1906. In 2006, Carlos "El Cacho" Meléndez took the reins at Nejapa and started to sign both upcoming players and experienced ones, such as Mexican forward

José Luis Osorio José Luis Osorio (born 4 November 1980) is a Mexican professional football player. Club career Osorio previously played for UNAM Pumas in the Primera División de México, making three substitute appearances during the Invierno 1999 and Ver ...

. In the play-off semi final they defeated

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to reach the final, which they played against

Juventud Independiente Club Deportivo Juventud Independiente, also commonly known as Juventud Independiente, is a professional Salvadoran football club, based in San Juan Opico, La Libertad, El Salvador. Founded on 7 September 1943, holding home matches at Complejo ...

. They won with a winning goal by Osorio and earned promotion to the

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador (First Division of Professional Football of El Salvador), more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, also known as Liga Pepsi for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional ...

for the first time.

Relocation and rename to Alacranes del Norte

In 2010, some of C.D. Chalatenango's former players created a new team and merged it with Nejapa to establish a new club. They decided to move it to the city of Chalatenango and renamed the club to ''Alacranes del Norte'' (Scorpions of the North) due to their new city's geographical location. In January 2011 the club folded due to financial reasons.

Stadium

Under the Nejapa F.C. name, they played most of their home games at the Polideportivo Victoria Gasteiz in

, with occasions where the team would play in the

Estadio Cuscatlán The Estadio Cuscatlán is a football stadium located in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador. It was inaugurated in 1976. It can hold 53,400 spectators, making it the Association Football stadium with the largest spectator capacity in Central A ...

. Since late 2009, the

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez The Estadio José Gregorio Martínez is a multi-use stadium located in the city of Chalatenango, El Salvador. Specifically in the Km 72 ½ mile of the road leading from San Salvador to the provincial capital, is used for football, where the loca ...

in Chalatenango had served as their home stadium.

Sponsorship

;Sponsors: * Front Milan (Kit manufacturer) *Caja de Crédito de Quezaltepeque *

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*MK medicamentos * CANAL 12 de Televisión *Mides ;Kit Information: Nejapa F.C. wore the red and white striped jersey since their establishment until 2008. Then they upgraded their uniform to incorporate a yellow jersey, red shorts and yellow socks. In 2010, after the club relocated from Nejapa to Chalatenango, the club decided to change the team colours from the current yellow and red to purple.

Honours

* Segunda División Salvadoran and predecessors ** Champions (1) : Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007 * Tercera División Salvadorean and predecessors ** Champions (1) : * ADFAS and predecessors ** Champions - San Salvador Department (1) :

League season performance

(Apertura 2007 – Clausura 2010)

Top scorers in the first division

*Apertura 2007

(6 goals) *Clausura 2008 Juan Carlos Reyes (9 goals) *Apertura 2008 Emiliano Pedrozo (5 goals) *Clausura 2009 Andrés Medina Aguirre (4 goals) *Apertura 2009 José Manuel Martínez (6 goals) *Clausura 2010 José Manuel Martínez Guillermo José Morán José Amílcar Ramírez

Juan Carlos Panameño Juan Carlos Panameño Sifón (born April 12, 1977 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran footballer Club career Nicknamed ''La Brujita'' (the little witch), Panameño came through the youth ranks at ADET and made his senior debut in 1998 ...

Cristian Ernesto López (2 goals)

Managerial history

Presidential history

* René Canjura (2004–09) * Gerardo Tomasino (2009) * Mynor Vargas (2010)

References

External links

Alacranes del Norte at Soccerway.com

Football in Nejapa 1935–2002
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Football in Nejapa 2004–2006
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