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).

A Deportivo Carcha gyökerei 1983-ig nyúlnak vissza, amikor Altibaj néven alapították. 1990-ben a klub átkerült a Tercera Divisónba, Guatemal harmadik osztályába. 2013-ban bajnokként jutottak fel a Segunda Divisiónba, Guatemal másodosztályába. 2017-ben a klub feljutott a Liga Nacionalba, Guatemal élvonalába. A Deportivo Carcha 2017 óta szerepel az élvonalban, és a 2020-as Clausura szezonban a 9. helyen végzett. A klub stadionja a 15 ezres befogadóképességű Estadio Juan Ramón Ponce Guay.