Diriangén FC


Diriangén FC is a Nicaraguan professional football club based in Diriamba which competes in Nicaraguan Premier Division. It is one of the oldest clubs in not only Nicaragua but in Central America.

History

Founded in 1917, Diriangén has won a total of 25 domestic titles, including at least one in every decade since the 1940s. They are also the only club in Nicaragua to have competed in every season of the league's top flight. As a result of this success, the club has become associated with the motto "Diriangén no tuvo infancia, porque nació grande" '.
Diriangén's strongest era was in the 1940s, when they won six consecutive championships. They won a seventh championship in 1949, and hoisted the crown three times in the 1950s. A long drought followed in the 1960s, but the club rebounded with consecutive titles in 1969–70 and again in 1974.
The 1980s saw a return to the form of glory days past. It opened with a threepeat and included other championships in 1987 and 1989. The 1990s were similar—a threepeat from 1994–97, followed by a title win in 1999–2000. However, the 2000s didn't go quite as well. Although Diriangén managed to win the championship in 2004–2005 and 2005–2006, the real power in Nicaragua had shifted to Real Esteli, winners of thirteen championships in 16 years.
Meanwhile, Diriangén struggled through a thirteen year title drought. That year was finally broken in Clausura 2018, when they knocked off Real Esteli 3–1 on aggregate.
The club celebrated its 100-year celebration in 2017

Current squad

As of:

Personnel

Current technical staff

PositionName
Manager Mauricio Cruz Jiron
Assistant Manager TBD
Reserve Team Coach TBD
General sporting director TBD
Fitness Coach TBD
Club Doctor TBD
Utility TBD

Management

PositionStaff
President Diego Jacir
Vice President Reynal Mairena
Legal Representative
Secretary of the Board
Treasurer
General administrator Diego Jacir

Honours and International Appearances

National

The Concacaf opponents below = Official tournament results:

Sponsors

Jersey sponsors

The stadium, Estadio Cacique Diriangén, holds 7,500 people. It is a multi-purpose stadium, and has been the home stadium of the Nicaragua national football team for many years. The stadium has much history: In this stadium the club Diriangén FC won against many teams from Central America.

List of managers

Diriangen has had permanent managers since it first appointed TBD as coach in 1917. The longest-serving manager was Mauricio Cruz Jiron, who managed Diriangen for fourteen years from 1992 to 2006. Hungarian Eduardo Kosovic was the foreign coach in the club. Mauricio Cruz Jiron is the most successful manager as he led the club to seven primera division titles.

Women's team

The women's team has won the Nicaraguan women's football championship four times in 2000, 2001, 2003 and lately in 2010.