Jocoro F.C.

Jocoro Fútbol Club are a Salvadoran professional football club based in Jocoro, Morazán, El Salvador.[1][2]

Jocoro F.C.
Full nameJocoro Football Club
Nickname(s)Los Fogoneros
Founded19 May 1991 (1991-05-19)
GroundComplejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Morazán
Chairman Leonel Hernández
Manager Edgar Henriquez
League Primera División
2020 AperturaOverall: 7th
Playoffs: Semifinal

History

The club was founded in 1991. In 1992, The club played in their very first season of professional football in Liga Mayor B (currently the Terecera division), the club would spend two seasons before winning promotion to the segunda division. The club spent years trying to promotion to the first division, they made the Playoff-relegation game three times in 1998, 1999 and 2001, however they always fell short. The club finally succeeded in gaining promotion to the first division when they won the Apertura 2017 defeating El Roble de Ilobasco o aggregate, then winning the Clausura title defeating Brujos de Izalco of Izalco 6-3 on aggregate, winning automatic promotion to the primera division. The club would go on to enjoy its most successful years through the 2020-21 season they would earn a best-ever third-place result. Just missing on the final losing 2-1 on aggregate against Aguila.

Honours

Champions: (2) :Torneo Apertura 2017 , Clausura 2018

Champions: (2) : 1995, Torneo Clausura 2016

Stadium

Jocoro plays its home games at Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego in Jocoro. However the club stated the Complejo Tierra de fuego was to small to play in the primera division therefore they moved their games to the bigger Estadio Correcaminos.

Club records

Individual records
  • Record appearances (all competitions): TBD, 822 from 1957 to 1975
  • Record appearances (Primera Division): Nelson Alvarenga, 99 from 2018 to 2022
  • Most capped player for El Salvador: 63 (0 whilst at Jocoro), Juan Jose Gomez
  • Most international caps for El Salvador while a Jocoro player: 1, Alexander Campos
  • Most caps won whilst at Jocoro: 1, Alexander Campos.
  • Record scorer in league: Paraguayan Diego Areco, 21
  • 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): Honduran Carlos Lanza, 10

Current squad

As of 6 March, 2022. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SLV Héctor Ramírez
2 DF  SLV Kevin Calderon
3 DF  SLV José Valladares
4 DF  SLV José Galindo
5 FW  SLV Kevin Cruz
6 DF  COL Yohalin Palacios
7 DF  SLV Walter Guevara
8 MF  SLV Nelson Alvarenga
9 FW  COL Jhon Machado
11 MF  SLV Franciso Reyes
12 MF  SLV Enmanuel Hernandez
14 FW  SLV Levin Espinal
16 DF  SLV Edgar Nolasco
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  HON Junior Padilla (captain)
19 DF  SLV Elvis Claros
20 MF  HON Nissi Sauceda
21 FW  HON Jairo Róchez
22 GK  SLV Abiel Aguilera
23 DF  SLV Nelson Moreno
24 DF  SLV William Mancía
26 FW  SLV Santos Guzmán
29 MF  SLV Joel Turcios
30 MF  SLV Yuvini Salamanca
31 FW  USA Allan Benitez
34 MF  SLV Jonathan Quintanilla
36 FW  SLV Ronald Aparicio

Reserve Team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF  SLV José Membreño
33 DF  SLV Luis Méndez
35 DF  SLV Érick Sosa
36 MF  SLV Edwin Benítez González
37 DF  SLV Bryan Hernández
38 DF  SLV Kevin Girón
39 DF  SLV Edgar Soto
40 DF  SLV Ronald Calix Cruz
41 MF  SLV Bryan Mejía
42 MF  SLV Érick Álvarez
No. Pos. Nation Player
43 MF  SLV Jonathan Turcios
44 MF  SLV Daniel Rodríguez
45 GK  SLV Nelson Guerrero
46 MF  SLV Ricardo Portillo
47 MF  SLV David Lazo Parras
48 GK  SLV Steven García
49 FW  SLV Marvin Pineda
53 GK  SLV Marlon Hernández
54 MF  SLV Wilman Ramírez
55 MF  SLV Jorge Amaya

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable Players

Internationals who have played at Jocoro

Most appearances
Place Name Period Primera Division Playoffs SLV Cup Continental Total
1 Nelson Alvarenga 2018, 2019–Present 99 0 0 0 99
2 Edgar Cruz 2018–2020 68 0 0 0 68
3 Francisco Escobar 2018–2020 67 0 0 0 67
4 Jorge Narciso Cáceres 2019–2020 64 0 0 0 64
5 Francisco Noé Reyes 2018–2020, 2020- 60 0 0 0 60
6 Junior Padilla 2020- 57 0 0 0 57
7 Reinaldo Adalberto Aparicio 2018–2019 39 0 0 0 39
8 Diego Areco 2018–2019 39 0 0 0 39
9 Juan Jose Hernandez 2018–2019 38 0 0 0 38
10 David Hernandez 2018–2021 38 0 0 0 38
11 Giuviny Avely Esquivel 2018–2019 35 0 0 0 35

Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro FC roster.

Goals
Place Name Period Primera Division Playoffs SLV Cup Continental Total
1 Diego Areco 2018-2019, 2021 21 0 0 0 21
2 Edgar Cruz 2018-2020 17 0 0 0 17
3 Carlos Lanza 2020-2021 13 1 0 0 13
4 Jhon Machado 2019- 12 0 0 0 12
5 Santos Guzman 2020- 9 0 0 0 9
5 Fredrick Ogangan 2018 4 0 0 0 4
7 Jairo Róchez Crisanto 2022- 3 0 0 0 3
8 TBD 2019- 10 0 0 0 10
9 TBD 2019- 10 0 0 0 10
10 TBD 2019- 10 0 0 0 10

Bolded players are currently on the Jocoro roster.

Personal

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Manager Edgar Henriquez (*)
Assistant Manager Omar Pimentel(*)
Technical Advisor Víctor Fuentes
Reserve Manager Nelson Gomez (*)
Goalkeeper Coach Jesus Alvarez Mancha (*)
Under 17 Manager Marvin Benitez
Under 15 Manager Rolando Torres
Ladies Manager Nauricio Aguilar (*)
Fitness Coach Rene Obdulio Zarco
Team Doctor Raul Serrano
Kinesiologist Manuel Carranza (*)
Utility Tulio Peña

board of directors
Position Staff
Owner Morazán Football Association
President Leonel Antonio Hernández
vice-president Omar Eliseo Romero Espinal
Secretary TBD
Vice-Secretary TBD
Administrative Manager Marvin Hernandez
Treasury Mauricio Aguilar
vice-Treasury TBD
Representative TBD
Sports Manager TBD
Scraper TBD

Managers

Jocoro have had 20 managers in 27 years. The first manager at the club was TBD. List of Head Coaches of Jocoro F.C. from when the club was formed:

Name From To
TBD 1992 1992
Esteban Melara TBD TBD
José Mario Martínez 1997 1997
José Mario Martínez 2000 2000
Rubén Alonso January 2001 2002
Ramón Velasques 2002 2002
Jorge Ortiz 2002 2002
Carlos Martínez 2002 September 2002
TBD TBD TBD
José Rolando Torres ** April 2016 June 2016
Carlos Romero July 2016 March 2017
TBD April 2017 July 2017
Carlos Romero †[3][4][5][6] August 2017 March 2018
Rubén Alonso § March 2018 June 2018
Emiliano Barrera * June 2018 June 2018
Nelson Ancheta July 2018 December 2018
Cristóbal Cubilla Delgadillo December 2018 February 2019
Guillermo Rivera February2019 June 2019
Nelson Ancheta June 2019 August 2019
Oscar Alvarez August 2019 September 2019
Marvin Benitez September 2019 December 2019
Juan Andrés Sarulyte December 2019 February 2020
Jose Romero February 2020 March 2020
Carlos Romero March 2020 April 2021
Jose Romero April 2021 May 2021
Pablo Quiñonez May 2021 August 26, 2021
Victor Coreas August 27, 2021 December 2021
Edgar Henriquez January 4, 2022 Present


  • * Appointed as coach, coached a few pre-season but resigned before the commencement of the actual campaign.
  • ** Won a Title in the Tercera Division
  • † Won the Apertura title in the Segunda Division
  • § Won the Clausura title in the Segunda Division

Managerial records:

  • Two man has managed the club through two different spells, Carlos Romero, in 2016 and then 2017-2018, and Rubén Alonso in 2000-2001 and then March 2018-June 2018 .
  • The longest spell as Jocoro manager was by Ruben Alonso, 2 years (2000–2001)
  • Uruguayan Ruben Alonso was the first foreign coach to manage Jocoro

References
  1. "Un jugador profesional argentino debutó en una serie televisiva". El Gráfico.
  2. "Jocoro está a 180 minutos de llegar a Primera División". May 5, 2018.
  3. "Carlos Romero tiene una oferta para dirigir al Águila". El Gráfico.
  4. "En Ilobasco se definirá al campeón de la segunda división". El Gráfico.
  5. "Jocoro, con medio boleto para ascender a primera división". El Gráfico.
  6. "Audaz ya tiene nuevo entrenador". March 2, 2018.
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