Alacranes Del Norte

Alacranes del Norte

Full name	Alacranes del Norte Fútbol Clube
Founded	July 2002 (as Nejapa F.C.)
Dissolved	January 2011
Ground	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez, Chalatenango, El Salvador
Capacity	15,000
Home colours Away colours

Alacranes del Norte (formerly known as Nejapa Fútbol Club) was a football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

The club last played in the Segunda División. In January 2011, it was announced that the Alacranes del Norte license had been removed by the Segunda División, following financial difficulties for the owner, Mynor Vargas and the failure of attempts to find a new ownership group.^[1]

Nejapa Fútbol Clube was formed in July 2002, thanks to collaboration with both the municipal council of Nejapa (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. In the play-off semi final they defeated Municipal Limeño to reach the final, which they played against Juventud Independiente. They won with a winning goal by Osorio and earned promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador for the first time.^[2]

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.^[3] In January 2011 the club folded due to financial reasons.

Under the Nejapa F.C. name, they played most of their home games at the Polideportivo Victoria Gasteiz in Nejapa, with occasions where the team would play in the Estadio Cuscatlán. Since late 2009, the Estadio José Gregorio Martínez in Chalatenango had served as their home stadium.

Sponsors

• Front Milan (Kit manufacturer)
• Caja de Crédito de Quezaltepeque
• Tigo
• MK medicamentos
• CANAL 12 de Televisión
• Mides

2010

2008–2009

2002–2008

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.

• Segunda Division: 2

Apertura 2006

Clausura 2007

(Apertura 2007 – Clausura 2010)

• Apertura 2007 José Luis Osorio (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 Cristian Ernesto López (2 goals)

Name	From	To
Douglas Vidal Jiménez	2004	2006
Carlos Antonio Meléndez	2006	2007
Mauricio Cienfuegos	Jan 2008	Aug 2008
Emiliano Pedrozo (caretaker)	Aug 2008	Sep 2008
Daniel Uberti	Sep 2008	Dec 2009
Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Jan 2009	May 2009
Gustavo de Simone	Aug 2009	Jan 2010
Carlos Antonio Meléndez	Jan 2010	Aug 2010
Garavet Avedissian	Aug 2010	Jan 2011
Marcos Portillo	Jan 2011	Jan 2011

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

• Alacranes del Norte at Soccerway.com
• Football in Nejapa 1935–2002 – La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
• Football in Nejapa 2004–2006 – La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
• La Evolución de Nejapa – La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)