C.D. El Vencedor

Club Deportivo El Vencedor, commonly referred to as El Vencedor, is a Salvadoran professional football club based at Santa Elena, Usulután Department, El Salvador. They currently play in Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño,

El Vencedor

Full name	Club Deportivo El Vencedor
Founded	19 June 1921; 104 years ago (1921-06-19)
Ground	Estadio José Germán Rivas Santa Elena, Usulután, El Salvador
Chairman	José Ferrufino Melara
Manager	Nelson Ancheta
League	Tercera Division
2019–2020	Promoted
Home colours Away colours

History

El Vencedor won the Apertura 2018 title, after they defeated Platense 4–1 in penalties after tying in a two-legged series.^[1]

This was title was followed with the most glorious event in the club history, as El Vencedor were able to once again defeat San Pablo Tachico (who were the Clausura 2019 Champion) in a promotion playoff 6–5 after penalties, after tying 0–0. Which enabled the club to play in the primera division (the top division in El Salvador) for the first time ever in the club history. ^[2][3]

El Vencedor ownership had reportedly experienced thousands dollars in operating losses since El Vencedor joined the Primera division. The club president Marlon Claros stated that due to a lack of corporate support for the team and the municipality withdrew it support. Following the closure of the shortened 2020 Clausura season due to CO-VID 19 virus pandemic, The club eventually seceded their spot to Atletico Marte .

Honours

Domestic honours

• Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors
• Champions (1): 2018 Apertura
  • Promotion Play-off Winners (1): 2018–2019
  • Promotion Runner up (2): 1982, 1986
• Tercera División Salvadorean and predecessors
  • Champions (2): 1977, 2003-2004 Zona Oriental

Stadium

• Estadio José Germán Rivas, Santa Elena (-2019)
  • Estadio Jiboa, San Vicente (2019)
  • Estadio Sergio Torres (2019–present)
  • Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla (2020)

El Vencedor plays its home games at Estadio José Germán Rivas in Santa Elena, Uslutlan. However the club stated the Estadio German Lozano was too small to play in the primera division therefore they moved their games to the bigger Estadio Jiboa. In September 2019 the club made an agreement with the owners of Luis Angel Firpo to play their home games at Estadio Sergio Torres.

Sponsorship

Companies that El Vencedor currently has sponsorship deals with for 2025–2026 includes:

• Sport Milrum  – Official kit suppliers
• CableSat – Official sponsors
• Diabla – Official sponsors
• Electrolit – Official sponsors
• Las Cabanitas – Official sponsors
• General Autoparts – Official sponsors
• Eletcric Clima – Official sponsors
• TBD – Official sponsors

Current squad

As of 9 March 2025^[update]: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV —  SLV —  SLV —  SLV —  SLV

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV —  SLV —  SLV

Players with dual citizenship

• Brandon Martinez-Trelles

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) — MF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season) — MF  SLV TBD (at TBD for the 2021-2022 season)

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SLV Henry Rodriguez (From TBD) —  SLV Calib Zelaya (From TBD) — FW  SLV Anthony Aguila (From TBD) — MF  SLV Riquelmi Garcia (From TBD) —  SLV Kevin Campos (From TBD) —  SLV TBD (From TBD)

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV TBD (From TBD) —  SLV TBD (From TBD) —  SLV TBD (From TBD)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV TBD (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD)

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV TBD (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD) —  SLV TBD (To TBD)

Personal

Coaching staff

As of January 2024

Position	Staff
Manager	Eliseo Salamanca (*)
Assistant Manager	Miguel Obando
Reserve Manager	Jhonny Funes
Goalkeeper Coach	Carlos López Neves
Under 17 Manager	TBD
Under 15 Manager	TBD
Sporting Director	Miguel Aguilar Obando
Fitness Coach	Alberto Grande
Team Doctor	Jose Ferrufino Flores (*)
Kinesiologist	TBD
Utility	TBD

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	Tenure
Ranulfo Ayala	El Salvador	1965
Jose German Rivas	El Salvador	1981
Rafael Lozano	El Salvador	1998–1999
Rafael Ramírez	El Salvador	2002
Rafael Lozano	El Salvador	2003[4]
TBD	El Salvador	TBD, 2017 – September, 2017
Jose Mario Martinez	El Salvador	September, 2017 – October, 2017
Omar Sevilla	El Salvador	October, 2017 – June, 2018
Giovanni Trigueros	El Salvador	June, 2018 – February, 2019
Miguel Aguilar Obando	El Salvador	February, 2019 – March 2019
Giovanni Trigueros	El Salvador	March, 2019 – June 2019
Victor Coreas	El Salvador	June, 2019 – December 2019
Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	El Salvador	January, 2020 – March, 2020
Manuel Carranza Murillo	El Salvador	May, 2020 – Present
Erasmo Lazo	El Salvador	March, 2022 – May, 2022
Juan Oficialdegui	Argentina	June, 2022 – October 2022
Rafael Lozano	El Salvador	October, 2022 – July, 2023
Eliseo Salamanca	El Salvador	August, 2023 – Present
Porfrio Aquiles	El Salvador	TBD – December 2024
Samael Vigil	El Salvador	January, 2025 – March 2025
Kilmar Jimenez	El Salvador	March, 2025 – Present

Club records

• First victory in the Primera Division for El Vencedor: 4-0 Once Deportivo, 25 August 2019
• First goalscorer in the Primera Division for El Vencedor: Panamanian Nicolás Muñoz v Isidro Metapan August 10, 2019
• Largest Home victory, Primera División: 2-0 v Alianza, 22 September 2019
• Largest Away victory, Primera División: 4-0 v Once Deportivo, 25 August 2019
• Largest Home loss, Primera División: 0-1 v Once Deportivo, 4 November 2019
• Largest Away loss, Primera División: 0–3 v Aguila, 28 July 2019
  1-4 FAS, 28 October 2019
• Highest home attendance: 3,215 v C.D. Aguila, Primera División, September 29, 2019
  2,000 v Platense, 2018, Segunda Division final
• Highest away attendance: 1,000 v Primera División, San Salvador, TBD, 2019
• Highest average attendance, season: 49,176, Primera División
• Most goals scored, season, Primera División: 28, TBD, 2019
• Worst season: Segunda Division 2002-2003: 1 loss, 4 draws and 17 losses (7 points)
• Biggest loss in History (and Tercera Division): 1- 14 Sal Y Mar, 20 October 2024
• Biggest loss in the Primera division: 0–3 v Aguila, 28 July 2019
• Biggest loss in the Segunda Division: 0–11 Nacional 1906 in 2006 Otra tunda para El Vencedor: 14 de noviembre 2005 .::. El Diario de Hoy

Individual records

• Record appearances (all competitions): TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
• Record appearances (Primera Division): Salvadoran Ramon Lopez and Reinaldo Aparicio, 32 from 2019
• Most capped player for El Salvador: 63 (0 whilst at El Vencedor), Juan Jose Gomez
• Most international caps for El Salvador while an El Vencedor player: 2, Henry Hernandez
• Most caps won whilst at El Vencedor: 2, Henry Hernandez.
• Record scorer in league: TBD, 396
• Most goals in a season (all competitions): TBD, 62 (1927/28) (47 in League, 15 in Cup competitions)
• Most goals in a season (Primera Division): Nicolás Muñoz, 19

Notable former players

Players listed below have had junior and/or senior international caps for their respective countries before, while and/or after playing at El Vencedor.

• Henry Hernandez
• Juan Jose Polio
• Nicolás Muñoz
• Sergio Mendez
• Eduardo Vigil
• Fabricio Alfaro
• Christian Bautista
• Styven Vasquez