List of C.D. FAS coaches
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FAS is a Salvadoran sports club based in Santa Ana that is best known for its professional football team playing in the country's top-tier division, the Primera División. Founded in 1947, after the union of all the clubs in Santa Ana (including Unión, Colegio Salesiano San José, Cosmos, RAL, Colón, Santa Lucía and Los 44). Samuel Zaldaña Galdámez the first club president invitied Salvadoran Armando Chacón to become the football team's first official head coach..
As of the end of the 2022 Clausura, FAS have had 50 managers of 12 nationalities, eight of which assumed caretaking roles. A total of 30 managers completed at least one season with the club, and 28 won at least one title. Salvadoran's José Eugenio "Chepito" Castro is FAS's most successful manager with 3 titles, including 2 regional championships and One International title. Peruvian Agustin Castillo holds the record with league titles, with 5 titles. [2]
The current manager is Peruvian Agustin Castillo, who succeeded Uruguayan Ricardo Preza during the Apertura 2024 season.
List of Head Coaches of FAS from when the club was formed: FAS have had 49 coaches
Information correct as of the match played on 7 April 2023. [1]
| Name | Nat | From | To | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armando Chacón | 
|
1947 | 1949 | First Coach of FAS | |
| Pedro Celestino Dacunha | 
|
1950 | 1950 | First foreign Coach of FAS | |
| Victor Manuel Ochoa |
|
1951 | 1954 | 2 Primera División | First former player to become coach |
| Jose Manuel Deras |
|
TBD | TBD | ||
| Alberto Cevasco | 
|
January 1958 | 1959 | 1 Primera División | |
| Carbilio Tomasino |
|
1961 | 1961 | ||
| César Viccinio |
|
1961 | 1962 | 1 Primera División | |
| Raúl Miralles |
|
1962 | 1963 | 1 Primera División | Player and coach |
| Javier Mascaró | 
|
1964 | 1964 | ||
| José Giuseppe Rossini | 
|
1966 | 1966 | ||
| Gregorio Bundio |
|
TBD | TBD | ||
| Juan Carlos "El Cacho" Giménez |
|
1968 | 1968 | ||
| Victor Manuel Ochoa |
|
1969 | 1969 | ||
| Eduardo "El Gato" Valdez |
|
1969 | 1969 | ||
| Ricardo Mena Laguán |
|
1970 | 1970 | ||
| Javier Mascaró |
|
1970 | 1971 | ||
| Max Belloso "Katan" Cubas |
|
1972 | 1974 | ||
| Javier Mascaró |
|
1974 | December 1974 | ||
| Mauricio Mora |
|
January 1975 | May 1975 | ||
| Raúl Miralles |
|
May 1975 | 1975 | ||
| Oscar Nielzen | 
|
1976 | 1976 | ||
| José Eugenio "Chepito" Castro/ Juan Fernández Segui | & 
|
1976 | 1979 | 2 Primera División 1 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1979 1 Runners up Copa Interamericana |
|
| Juan Francisco Barraza |
|
1980 | 1982 | 1 Primera División | |
| Juan Quarterone |
|
1983 | 1984 | 1 Primera División | |
| Enrique Grey | 
|
1985 | 1985 | ||
| Rubén Amorín |
|
1986 | 1987 | ||
| Orlando de León |
|
1987 | 1988 | ||
| Marvin Rodriguez | 
|
1990 | 1991 | ||
| Juan Carlos Montes |
|
1991 | 1992 | ||
| Juan Carlos Masnik |
|
1992 | 1993 | ||
| Hernán Carrasco Vivanco |
|
1993 | December 1994 | ||
| Saul Lorenzo Rivero |
|
January 1995 | January 1997 | 2 Primera División | |
| Valdeir Vieira |
|
February 1997 | July 1997 | ||
| Nelson Brizuela | 
|
October 1997 | July 1998 | ||
| Oscar Emigdio Benítez |
|
July 1998 | May 1999 | ||
| Juan Carlos Masnik |
|
June 1999 | September 1999 | ||
| Oscar Emigdio Benítez |
|
TBD | May 1999 | ||
| Rubén Guevara |
|
September 1999 | December 1999 | ||
| Ricardo Mena Laguán |
|
January 2000 | June 2000 | ||
| Odir Jacques |
|
June 2000 | August 2000 | ||
| Juan Ramón Paredes |
|
August 2000 | October 2000 | ||
| Cesar Acevedo |
|
October 2000 | October 2000 | ||
| Roberto Abruzzesse |
|
October 2000 | November 2000 | ||
| Garabet Avedissian | 
|
November 2000 | April 2001 | ||
| Rubén Guevara |
|
May 2001 | June 2001 | ||
| Agustín Castillo | 
|
July 2001 | September 2005 | 5 Primera División | |
| Carlos de los Cobos | 
|
October 2005 | May 2006 | ||
| Julio Asad |
|
June 2006 | May 2007 | ||
| Nelson Ancheta |
|
June 2007 | December 2008 | ||
| Roberto Gamarra |
|
January 2009 | June 2010 | 1 Primera División | |
| Alberto Rujana |  
|
July 2010 | September 2010 | ||
| Jorge Abrego |
|
September 2010 | December 2010 | ||
| Agustín Castillo |
|
January 2011 | June 2011 | ||
| Willian Renderos Iraheta |
|
July 2011 | December 2011 | ||
| Ricardo Mena Laguán |
|
December 2011 | January 2012 | ||
| Agustín Castillo |
|
February 2012 | December 2012 | ||
| Carlos Recinos |
|
December 2012 | January 2013 | ||
| William Osorio |
|
February 2013 | May 2013 | ||
| Jaime de la Pava |
|
June 2013 | December 2013 | ||
| Efrain Burgos |
|
December 2013 | September 2014 | ||
| Agustín Castillo |
|
September 2014 | December 2015 | ||
| Carlos "Ché" Martínez Sequeira |
|
December 2015 | March 2016 | ||
| Roberto Gamarra |
|
March 2016 | May 2016 | ||
| Osvaldo Escudero |
|
May 2016 | February 2017 | ||
| Emiliano Pedrozo |
|
February 2017 | May 2017 | ||
| Cristiam Álvarez |
|
May 2017 | June 2018 | ||
| Álvaro de Jesús Gómez[2][3] |
|
June 2018 | September 2018 | ||
| Erick Dowson Prado |
|
September 2018 | September 2019 | ||
| Guillermo Rivera |
|
September 2019 | March 2020 | ||
| Jorge Humberto Rodriguez |
|
March 2020 | June 2022 | 1 Primera División | |
| Octavio Zambrano | 
|
June 2022 | April 2023 | 1 Primera División | |
| Efren Mercano (Interim) |
|
April 2023 | June 2023 | ||
| Raul Arias |
|
June 2023 | April 2024 | ||
| Richard Preza |
|
April 2024 | August 2024 | ||
| Agustin Castillo |
|
August 2024 | Present |
References
[edit]- ^ [1] Archived 2008-12-21 at the Wayback Machine - cdfas.net
- ^ "Jesús Gómez llegó al cubil para hacerse con las riendas de FAS". 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Álvaro Gómez habló sobre su salida repentina del FAS".
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