Antigua GFC
OFFICIAL NAME | Antigua Guatemala Futbol Club |
FOUNDED | 1958 |
VENUE | Estadio Pensativo |
HEAD COACH | Roberto Montoya (MEX) |
QUALIFICATION METHOD | Antigua GFC will make its SCL debut on the strength of being Guatemala’s 2019 Clausura champion with the second-most accumulated points in the 2018-19 season. |
DOMESTIC LEAGUE TITLES | (4) last: 2019 Clausura |
Antigua GFC, was founded in 1958, their official venue is the Estadio Pensativo and their Head Coach is Roberto Montoya (53 years old) from Mexico who was the technical assistant of Juan Antonio Torres Servin (MEX)
Antigua GFC has won four national titles (Apertura 2015, 2016, 2017 and Clausura 2019. They are one of the 3 Guatemalan clubs to debut in the competition, along with Guastatoya and Comunicaciones.
Antigua GFC qualified to the Preliminary Round of the Concacaf League after winning the 2019 Torneo Clausura of the National League of Guatemala.
Antigua GFC played in the 2016-17 edition of the Concacaf Scotiabank Champions League (SCCL) in Group F where they squared-off against NY Red Bulls and Alianza FC finishing last with a record of GP-4 W-0 D-2 l - GF-2 GA-7
Goalkeeper Cristian Roberto Álvarez (36) is the only player on the current squad who had two participations in the SCCL 2016-17 (1-1 vs. Alianza and 0-2 vs. NYRB)
Scorers of Antigua GFC in the SCCL: Mauro Portillo, Manfred Russell (CRC)
Anllel Porras and Rafael Lezcano were two of the team's scorers in the 2018-19 Season, who still remain in the roster (five goals each).
Antigua GFC’s new signings for 2019: Roberto Montoya MEX (coach) Christopher Ramírez (midfielder) Byron Alfredo Argueta (defender) Albert Barrientos (defender), Cristian Omar Ojeda (midfielder), Edwin Harold Fuentes (defender), Ricardo Álvarez (Forward, Mexico), Edgar Iván Pacheco (Forward, Mexico), Andy Ruiz (midfielder