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Diriangén FC is a Nicaraguan professional football club based in Diriamba which competes in Nicaraguan Premier Division (Primera Division). It is one of the oldest clubs in not only Nicaragua but in Central America. Diriangen has won 25 domestic titles or honors over the club's history. Diriangen was one of the most successful clubs in the history of football in Nicaragua, winning a title in every decade from the 1940s onwards. Diriagen holds an Nicaragua record for most National titles and domestic cups apiece, winning each honor twenty five and two times respectively. Diriagen is also the only club to never be relegated to the second division, which along with their success has spawned the club motto 'Diriangén no tuvo infancia, porque nació grande (in eglish it translates to Diriangen never had a childhood because it was born big)'. On the international stage, Diriagen has competed in both the CONCACAF Champions League and its predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Copa Interclubes UNCAF. The team's home field is the 5,000 Estadio Cacique Diriangén. The team's head coach is long-time Nicaraguan coach Florencio Levia, who has coached the team since May 2014. Players such as Mauricio "El Chaparro" Cruz Jiron, Manuel "Catarro" Cuadra, and Livio Bendaña Espinoza are among the team's most successful stars. Diriangen fan base include one supporters' clubs. ==History== On the 15th of May, 1917 the club was organised and founded in the town of Diriamba, the club was prominetely made up of immigrants of European descents and native youth from the town. Prominent citizens of Diriamba made up the early playing group and members of the clubs these include; José Dolores González, Buenaventura Rappaccioli, Demetrio González, Enrique Baltodano, Juan Yuston, Diego and Carlos González, Ramón Quintanilla, among others. These groundwork was built upon by several key members over several decades these include: Gilberto and Fernando Quintanilla, Paco, Alberto and Alejandro Aleman, Ignacio Quintanilla, Manuel Medal, Siero Luis Antonio G. González, Fernando Gutiérrez, Matthew Quintanilla, Carlos Quintanilla, Carlos Marín, José María Bermudez, etc.. When the national league started in the 1930s, Diriangen were one of the first clubs to join although Success didn't come right away as they were decisively beaten by the stronger and longer founded clubs such as the Managua clubs " Xolotlán " & " Atléticos " and the leon based club Metropolitano. However the "Diriangén" team eventually became a formidable and worthy team earning nicknames such as Dirianes, who were tough indigenous warriors in the area and with the oniker it was adapted to their symbol and was chosen as their mascot. this was shown during the 40s when the played the formidable Ferrocarril tem made up of some of the best players and yet Diriangen were able to defeat them and several other clubs to win seven successive titles and the nickname In its 96 year history, the "Diriangén" was multiple Champion National counting in its ranks with a range of football stars Nica, mentioning in the decades of the 20s and 30s figures such as Carlos Alberto González, José Dolóres González, Fernando Briceño, Manuel Morales “El Capi”, Francisco 'Paco' Alemán, Edmundo Quintanilla González, José 'Pepe' Estrada, Ramón García 'El Tigre', Sergio Fairut y Félix Pedro Rocha; Armando Ideáquez, César Espinoza, Juan José Tercero, Roberto González, Francisco 'Paco' Zapata, Arnoldo Pacheco, Manuel Morales, José Domingo Siero, Ignacio 'Nacho' y Tulio González, Duilio Baltodano Pallais, Jorge Blanco, Antonio González Espinoza, Rodolfo 'Diriambita' Cruz, Francisco González, Moisés Baltodano, Antonio Zapata, Adolfo Aragón, Armando Blanco, Rodolfo Mendieta and others. The generational change for the next two decades of the 40s and 50s was shining many exceptional players such as Manuel 'Catarrito' Cuadra González, Pedro 'Milo”' Robleto, Humberto 'Mantainés' Martínez, José León Sánchez Román, Eduardo 'Lalo' Abud Pineda, José María 'Chema' Bermúdez, Alfredo Mendieta, Napoleón 'Porroncha' Molina, Alberto 'El Tico' Dávila, Julio 'El Negro' Rocha Idiáquez, Eduardo 'La Saeta Rubia' Siero, Arnulfo 'Milo 2' Robleto, Marco Tulio Bendaña, Gilberto 'La Chita' López, Hedí 'El Ciego' Jiménez, Emerson Flint, Douglas Pérez, Omar Jirón y Antonio Cruz and others. The generation of the forties won seven consecutive national championships (1940-1946). Generations of the decades of the 60s and 70s not marred, and the so-called golden era of football in the Nicaraguan Diriangén highlighted figures like Manuel Cuadra Serrano “La Bamba”, Pedro José Jirón “Peché”, Manuel Flores “Cuchubal”, Manuel Tamariz, Gustavo Ocampo “El Cuervo”, Armando Mendieta “Mituy”, Leonel Quintanilla, Róger Páez “El Zorro”, Vidal Quintanilla “Paisa”, Rodolfo Castro “Fito”, Luis Enríquez “El Negro”, Francisco Romero “Chico Mambo”, Mario Orellana “El Mesié”, Tulio López “Cebolla”, Omar Jirón “Huacal”, Víctor Granja “Mama Yoya”, Gustavo González “Chepito”, Mauricio Cruz “El Chaparro”, Róger Gutiérrez “Macheteado”, Bayardo Barrera “Carita”, Rodolfo Zuñiga “El pocho”, Ricardo Fernández “Chambacú”, Danilo Hernández “Chacalín”, Francisco Hernández, Bayardo Baltodano “Carifay”, Manuel Quintanilla “La Zorra”, Horacio Rocha “Frambuco” y Cairo Arévalo “El Mico” . The basis of the national teams of those years were Diriangén players. Many of the figures of the late 70s continued highlighting the decade of the 80s, añadiéndoseles new values as Reynaldo Cruz “La Cuerda”, Alejandro Esquivel “Chimicol”, Axel Barrios, Sergio Portillo “La Mascota”, Mario Mendieta Jr “Mituy”, Mario Chávez y Marvin Narváez “El Gato”, many of which are complemented by generations to act in the 90s along with Reynaldo Cruz “La Cuerda”, Alejandro Esquivel “Chimicol”, Axel Barrios, Sergio Portillo “La Mascota”, Mario Mendieta Jr “Mituy”, Mario Chávez y Marvin Narváez “El Gato”. In the past decade include players who rallied with success its predecessors, such as Carlos Novoa, Franklin López, David Solórzano, Martín Molina, Emilio Palacios, Miguel Cruz, Silvio Avilés “Dolores”, Denis Espinoza “El Pulpo”, Ismael Reyes “Huevo” y Hogly Corrales. Currently all these, only David Solorzano plays for the club, being the undisputed captain, known as the Head Chief. With 25 league titles,〔(Nicaragua - List of Champions ) - RSSSF〕 it is the most successful club in Nicaragua's football history and it shares a feisty rivalry with Nicaragua's second big club, Real Estelí 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Diriangén FC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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