Hispano F.C.

Hispano

Full name	Hispano Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Los Burritos
Founded	1945-07-03
Ground	Estadio Carlos Miranda Comayagua, Honduras (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	José María Martínez
Manager	Jorge Pineda
League	LINA
2007-08 Clausura	5th
Home colours Away colours

Hispano Fútbol Club is an Honduran football club based in Comayagua, Comayagua. The club currently the club plays in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras.

History

Hispano was founded on July 3, 1945 by Miguel Bulnes, Tafael Ruiz and Manuel Bulnes in a small barrio named Abajo located in Comayagua. The club was originally named Hispano Galvez in honor of Juan Manuel Galvez, the Honduran president at that time. The club changed their named to Hispano when Galvez's presidency was over.^[1]

In 1950, Hispano won a championship when they were part of an independent league in the north coast of Honduras. Their greatest achievement came on July 5, 2005 when they earn a promotion to the top division by beating Deportes Savio in the final.

The club was promoted to the top division in 2004-2005 but was later later relegated in the 2005-2006 season after finishing in last place. That same year, Hispano bought Valencia's category in the league for 3 million of lempiras. Most of Valencia's members like Luis Rodas, Kerpo de Leon, Gilberto Santos, Tushe, Marco Mejia, Henry Jimenez, Johnny Galdamez, Gerson Amaral, Rigoberto Padilla and Roy Posas became players for Hispano.

Hispano surprised everyone including their fans and directors during their third season. They manage to qualify to the playoffs and at the same time became one of the most difficult teams to beat in the Honduran league. ^[2] In their fourth season, the club ended in fifth place in the standing and didn't qualify to the playoffs. In the 2007 Apertura season, the team started the season well but faltered at the end finishing in seventh place and missing the playoffs for a second year in a row. Edwin Pavon, the coach who led them to the playoffs for the first time was fired and was replaced by Hector Vargas.

Honours

National Level

• Champions at Liga de Ascenso de Honduras: 1

2004-05 Cl.

• Runner Up at Liga de Ascenso de Honduras: 1

2003-04

League performance

All-time record vs. opponents

• As of 2009-10 Apertura

Current Squad

Apertura 2008-2009

No. Position Player GK Kerpo de León GK Pedro Álvarez GK Emmanuel Díaz DF Leonardo Morales DF Matías Espíndola DF Pofirio Boquín MF Eliud Membreño MF Máximo Arzú MF Johnny Arce MF Carlos Blandón DF Edward Mejía MF Pablo Genovese

No. Position Player MF David Álvarez MF Abner Méndez FW Henry Jiménez FW Héctor Castro FW Fredy Benítez FW Marcelo Segales FW Luis López FW Marcelo López FW Edilson Aguilar FW Juan Ramirez Cuzo

References