C.D. Malacateco

Malacateco
Full name	Club Deportivo Malacateco
Nickname	Los Toros (The Bulls)
Founded	8 September 1962; 63 years ago
Ground	Estadio Santa Lucía
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Carlos Gutiérrez
Manager	Roberto Montoya
League	Liga Guate
Apertura 2024	4th (Quarterfinals)
Website	http://deportivo-malacateco.es.tl/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Club Deportivo Malacateco (Spanish pronunciation: [klˈub dˌepoɾtˈiβo mˌalakatˈeko]), is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Malacatán, San Marcos.

They play their home games in the Estadio Santa Lucía. They compete in the Liga Guate, the top tier of Guatemalan football.

History

Nicknamed Los Toros, the club was founded on 8 September 1962 after a merger of clubs Morazán, Interrogación and Juvenil and by initiative of Humberto Bermúdez, Evelio de León, Felipe Sánchez, José María Munguía, José Rivera, Vicente López and Feliciano Boj.^[2] Forty five years later, they earned their historic promotion to Liga Mayor by defeating Juventud Retalteca 3–0 (3–2 agg.) in the Primera División de Ascenso 2007 Clausura final. This was also the first time in Primera División de Ascenso history that the same team won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, thus being automatically promoted without a need of an "extra" game. In 2008, they were relegated to Primera División after ending in last place in the Liga Mayor. In 2010, the club returned to the top division in Guatemala.^[3]

Carlos Mercedes Vásquez

In November 2010, first team squad member Carlos Mercedes Vásquez was kidnapped and murdered. A note on his body parts claimed he was killed for messing with another man's woman.^[4]

First Title

In the Apertura 2021, under Roberto Hernández, Malacateco claimed their biggest success in the club history by winning their first Liga Nacional title after defeating Comunicaciones 2-0 on 2 January 2022.

Rivals

Malacateco have a common rivalry with fellow San Marcos club Marquense, known as the “Derbi de San Marcos”.

Crest

Their crest consists of the face of an angry red bull and the nickname of the team below.

Stadium

The Estadio Santa Lucía is the official venue of the team, it is located in the municipality of Malacatán in San Marcos, has a capacity for 8,000 spectators and also has synthetic grass and electric lighting.

Honours

Domestic honours

Leagues

Primera División de Ascenso
- Champions (3): Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007, Apertura 2009
Liga Nacional de Guatemala and predecessors
- Champions (1): Apertura 2021

Friendly Tournaments

Copa Internacional Tapachula
- Winners (1): 2024

Performance in international competitions

CONCACAF League

2022 - Preliminary Round

Players

Current squad

As of 24 July 2025. 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
1	GK	MEX	Miguel Jiménez
5	DF	GUA	Andy Soto
6	DF	GUA	José Sánchez
7	FW	GUA	José Franco (on loan from Antigua)
8	MF	GUA	Kevin Ramírez (captain)
10	MF	GUA	José Ochoa
12	DF	PAN	Irving Hernández
15	MF	GUA	Gabino Vásquez
16	DF	MEX	Víctor Torres
17	DF	GUA	Wagner Estrada
20	FW	CRC	Diego Sánchez
21	FW	MEX	Ángel López


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	CRC	José Guillermo Ortiz
23	MF	GUA	Joshua Trigueño
26	MF	GUA	Frankli Quinteros
27	FW	GUA	Vidal Paz (on loan from Antigua)
30	GK	GUA	Abel Guzmán
31	MF	GUA	Sergio Pérez
33	MF	MEX	Brayan Morales
93	DF	GUA	Marlon Chun
-	DF	GUA	Ditter Lang
-	MF	CRC	Kenneth Cerdas
-	MF	GUA	Frank de León

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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
—		CRC	José Guillermo Ortiz (From Herdiano)
—		GUA	José Franco (From TBD)
—		GUA	Kenneth Cerdas (From TBD)
—	GK	MEX	Miguel Jiménez (From TBD)
—		GUA	Frank De León (From TBD)


No.	Nation	Player
—	GUA	Gabino Vásquez (From TBD)
—	GUA	Ivan Estrada (From TBD)
—	GUA	TBD (From TBD)

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