Deportivo Carcha
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Wikipedia - Deportivo Carchá
Club Social y Deportivo Carchá, is a Guatemalan football club based in San Pedro Carchá, Alta Verapaz Department. They play their home games in the Estadio Juan Ramon Ponce Guay.
History
The club was founded in 1962 and won promotion to the Liga Mayor B in 1974, entering the competition as Deportivo Carchá Jimmy Álvarez, named after their first manager. In 1992 they joined the Guatemalan second division and they finished champions in the 1997/1998 season to make their debut at the highest level of Guatemalan football, playing in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala in 1998/1999. They were relegated again after the 2000/2001 season and even went down further to the third tier of Guatemalan football.
Most recently they have again been playing in the Primera División Group "A" or "B". They are nicknamed Los Hombres Peces (the Fisherman).
Deportivo Carchas största framgång på internationell nivå var att nå finalen i CONCACAF Champions League 2010, där de förlorade mot Pachuca från Mexiko. Laget har också deltagit i CONCACAF League, den näst högsta klubbturneringen i Nord- och Centralamerika och Karibien, flera gånger.
Deportivo Carcha är ett av de mest framgångsrika fotbollslagen i Guatemala de senaste åren. Laget är känt för sitt starka försvar och sin snabba kontringsförmåga. Deportivo Carcha är också ett populärt lag bland fans i Guatemala.