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{{short description|Guatemalan association football club}}
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{{about|the Guatemalan club|the Argentine club|Club Comunicaciones}}
{{Infobox football club
| current = 2024–25 Liga Nacional de Guatemala
| clubname = Comunicaciones
| image = Comunicaciones fc logo.png
| image_size = 200px
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| fullname = Comunicaciones Fútbol Club Sociedad Anónima
| nickname = ''Los Cremas''<ref>{{cite web|last=Jusino|first=Edwin|url=https://futbolboricua.co/listo-el-club-boricua-para-su-partido-de-hoy/|title=Listo el club boricua para su partido de hoy|website=FutbolBoricua.co|publisher=Fútbol Boricua Inc.|access-date=12 September 2019|date=7 August 2014|language=es|trans-title=The Puerto Rican club is ready for today's match}}</ref><br />(The Creams)<br />''Los Albos''<br />(The Whites)<br />''El Hexacampeón''<br />(The Six-Time Champion)<br />''El Único Hexa''<br />(The Only Six-Time Champion)<br />''El Más Grande de Guatemala''<br />(The Biggest in Guatemala)
| short name = COM
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1949|8|16}}
| ground = [[Estadio Cementos Progreso]]
| capacity = 17,000
| owner = Albavision
| chairman = Cristian Cáceres 
| manager = [[Roberto Hernández (Mexican footballer)|Roberto Hernández]] 
| league = [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Liga Nacional]]
| season = [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Apertura 2024]]
| position = 6th (Quarterfinals)
| website = {{URL|https://comunicacionesfc.com/}}
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'''Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A.''', better known as '''Comunicaciones F.C.''' or '''Comunicaciones''', is a professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Guatemala City]]. They compete in the [[Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Liga Nacional]], the top tier of Guatemalan football. One of the most popular and successful football clubs in [[Guatemala]], Comunicaciones have won 32 national championships, the most of any Guatemalan club team, including six consecutive. In addition to their 32 league titles, Comunicaciones have won eight league cups and ten Supercups. In international competition, Comunicaciones have won two UNCAF Interclub Cups, one [[CONCACAF Champions League|CONCACAF Champions Cup]], and one [[CONCACAF League]] championship.

The club plays their home games at the [[Estadio Cementos Progreso]], which has a capacity of 17,000 after being renovated.

==History==
{{unreferenced section|date=May 2016}}
Comunicaciones origins date back to the 1920s to previous incarnations as Hospicio FC and España. Club Comunicaciones was formed in 1949 after Colonel [[Carlos Aldana Sandoval]], then Minister of Telegraphs and Communications, took charge of the team and renamed it Comunicaciones ("Communications" in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]).

The club colour is white, which they began using in their kit shortly after the club's foundation, though initially the uniform was cream. Their historic arch-rival is [[C.S.D. Municipal|Municipal]] and the two clubs compete in the ''[[El Clásico Chapín]]'', one of the greatest rivalries in [[Football in Guatemala|Guatemalan football]]. Their other fierce rivals consist of [[Antigua GFC|Antigua]] known as the ''El Clasico Provincial'' and a rivalry with [[Quetzaltenango Department|Quetzaltenango]] club [[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú]] as ''El Clásico del Oeste.''

==Supporters==
Since its inception, the Albo fans have been composed of the different strata of [[Guatemala]]n society. In the 80s, organized support began to take more momentum, at that time by batons that were located in different sectors of the stadium that were felt with songs, chopped paper, balloons and blankets, marking a different pattern of support from the fans of that time in [[Guatemala]]n football.

It was at that time when the nickname of the "Millionaire Fans" was popularly printed by the thousands of fans and fans that the club has throughout the country. Currently the cream fans are the only one in Guatemala who have adopted the type of ''South American breath'' in which everyone in the stadium sings in unison giving a unique atmosphere in the stands. 

[[File:Comunicaciones75Aniversario.webp|thumb|right|[[Tifo]] commemorating the 75th anniversary of Comunicaciones with the Vltra Svr in the background]]

===La barra brava===
In the early 90s, the first organized support group called Fuerza Crema officially emerged, regularly located in the Preference area of the stadium, becoming the largest in the country with more than 2,500 members.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} It was until mid-1996 that after several differences between its leaders, the Albos force separated.

Some former members of the old group changed sectors in the stadium forming in the same year the [[barra brava|barra]] Vltra Svr (Ultra Sur), a name it adopted due to its location in the General South area of the property. This group is characterized by the songs it provides to the team throughout the match, in addition to receptions, ''flags'' and walks, something that was not customary in [[Guatemala]]n football.

The barra has large blankets, flags, umbrellas, hype with murgas, trumpets, dubbing and a huge hype brought from [[Chile]] to encourage the club. In its beginnings the bar even hosted more than 3,000 members in transcendental matches.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

[[File:Vltra_Svr2.JPG|thumb|right|Vltra Svr at the 2013 Apertura final]]

==Mascot==
===Casper===
[[File:Casper.JPG|thumb|right|Giant [[inflatable]] of Casper]]
The mascot of Comunicaciones is the ghost ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper]]'' who has been accompanying the club since 1985. It was brought from [[Miami]] in September 1985 by the then president of the team, Teddy Plocharski, at a cost of $2,000 (15,392.65 Quetzales), being the first football club to use a mascot in Central America.

He first appeared at the [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores|Doroteo Guamuch]] on September 8, 1985, for the 124th classic, in which Comunicaciones beat [[CSD Municipal|Municipal]] by 3 to 1. The suit has undergone three transformations since its creation, the first in 1995 and the second 1998, this being the one that is maintained today.

==Stadium==
The team currently play their home games at the [[Estadio Cementos Progreso]], which holds at a capacity of 17,000, where their ''B team'' used to play. Before 2023, they played at the [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], which is also the home of the [[Guatemala national football team]].

==Honours==
===National===
* '''[[Liga Nacional de Guatemala]]'''
** '''Champions (32):''' 1956, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, [[2008-09 in Guatemalan football#Torneo Apertura ("Opening" Tournament)|2008 Apertura]], [[2010–11 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2010 Apertura]], [[2010–11 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2011 Clausura]], [[2012–13 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2012 Apertura]], [[2012–13 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2013 Clausura]], [[2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2013 Apertura]], [[2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2014 Clausura]], [[2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2014 Apertura]], [[2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season|2015 Clausura]], [[2021-22 Liga Nacional de Guatemala|2022 Clausura]], [[2023–24 Liga Nacional de Guatemala|2023 Apertura]]
** Runners-up (26): 1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1995–96, Clausura 2000, Apertura 2000, Clausura 2002, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2004, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2008, Apertura 2009, Apertura 2011, Clausura 2016, Apertura 2018, Clausura 2021, Apertura 2021
* '''[[Copa de Guatemala]]'''
** '''Champions (8):''' 1951–52, 1955, 1970, 1972, 1983, 1986, 1991–92, 2009
** Runners-up (1): 1972–73
* '''Copa Campeón de Campeones de Guatemala'''
** '''Champions (10):''' 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998<ref name="Titles-cup">{{cite web |url= https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/guatcuphist.html |title= Guatemala – List of Cup Winners |access-date = 10 December 2010|author= RSSSF |year= 2009}}</ref>
** Runners-up (4): 1952, 1984, 1986, 2024

===International===
====Continental====
* '''[[CONCACAF Champions Cup]]'''
** '''Champions (1):''' [[1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1978]]
** Runners up (2): [[1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1962]], [[1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1969]]
* '''[[CONCACAF League]]'''
** '''Champions (1):''' [[2021 CONCACAF League|2021]]
* '''[[CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup]]'''
** Runners-up (1): [[1991 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup|1991]]
====Regional====
* '''[[UNCAF Interclub Cup|Copa Fraternidad/Copa Interclubes UNCAF]]'''
** '''Champions (2):''' [[1971 Copa Fraternidad|1971]], [[1983 Copa Fraternidad|1983]]
** Runners up (3): [[1976 Copa Fraternidad|1976]], [[1977 Copa Fraternidad|1977]], [[2003 UNCAF Interclub Cup|2003]]

===Awards===
* '''CONCACAF League Fair Play''': 2021

==Performance in CONCACAF competitions==

*'''[[CONCACAF Champions Cup]]: 28 appearances'''
::Best results: [[1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1978]]–'''Champions'''; [[1962 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1962]], [[1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1969]]–Runners-up
::Most recent participation: [[2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup|2024]]–First Round

*'''[[CONCACAF League]]: 4 appearances'''
::[[2019 CONCACAF League|2019]]: Quarter-finals
::[[2020 CONCACAF League|2020]]: First Round
::[[2021 CONCACAF League|2021]]: '''Champions'''
::[[2022 CONCACAF League|2022]]: Round of 16

*'''[[CONCACAF Central American Cup]]: 1 appearance'''
::[[2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup|2023]]: Quarter-finals

*'''[[CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup]]: 2 appearances'''
::[[1991 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup|1991]]: Runners-up
::[[CONCACAF Giants Cup|2001]]: Semi-finals{{efn|This last edition of the tournament was played under the title of "CONCACAF Giants Cup".}}

==Current squad==
{{Updated|12 June 2025}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player |no= 1| pos=GK|nat=GUA|name=[[:es:Fredy Pérez|Fredy Pérez]]}}
{{Fs player |no= 3|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=Elsar Martín}}
{{Fs player |no= 4| pos=MF|nat=CUB|name=[[Karel Espino]]}}
{{Fs player |no=5|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=[[Marco Domínguez]]}}
{{Fs player |no= 6| pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=[[José Carlos Pinto]]|other=[[Captain (association football)#Vice-captain|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player |no=8|pos=MF|nat=GUA|name=José Grajeda}}
{{Fs player |no=9|pos=FW|nat=GUA|name=[[Darwin Lom]]}}
{{Fs player |no=10| pos=MF|nat=GUA|name=[[José Manuel Contreras|José Contreras]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player |no=11| pos=FW|nat=GUA|name=Anderson Ortíz}}
{{Fs player |no=12| pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=Erick González}}
{{Fs player |no=13|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=[[Stheven Robles]]}}
{{Fs player |no=14| pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=[[Rafael Morales (footballer, born 1988)|Rafael Morales]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player |no=16|  pos=MF| nat=GUA|name=Daniel Cardoza}}
{{Fs player |no=19| pos=MF|nat=GUA|name=Axel de la Cruz}}
{{Fs player |no=21|pos=GK|nat=GUA|name=Josemaria Calderón}}
{{Fs player |no=22|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=[[Wilson Pineda]]}}
{{Fs player |no=23| pos=GK|nat=GUA|name=Arnold Barrios}}
{{Fs player |no=25|pos=FW|nat=GUA|name=[[Erick Lemus]]}}
{{Fs player |no=26| pos=MF|nat=GUA|name=[[Lynner García]]}}
{{Fs player |no=28| pos=DF|nat=COL|name=Jose Corena}}
{{Fs player |no=30|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=Emerson Raymundo}}
{{Fs player |no=33|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=Andy Contreras}}
{{Fs player |no=77| pos=FW|nat=GUA|name=Andy Palencia}}
{{Fs player |no=|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=Walter García}}
{{Fs player |no=|pos=DF|nat=GUA|name=José Gálvez}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player |no=-|  pos=DF| nat=GUA|name=[[Nicolás Samayoa]]|other= at [[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași]]}}
{{Fs player |no=-|  pos=GK|nat=GUA|name=Jorge Moreno|other= at [[Deportivo Xinabajul|Xinabajul]]}}
{{Fs player |no=-| pos=FW|nat=GUA|name=Erick Rivera|other= at [[Deportivo Mixco|Mixco]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===In===
{{fs start}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= José Gálvez |other=from [[Antigua GFC]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= Wálter García |other=from [[C.D. Guastatoya|Guastatoya]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=MEX|pos=|name= Ernesto Monreal |other=from [[Celaya F.C.|Celaya]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=MEX|pos=|name= Juan Christian Blanco  |other=from [[Mineros de Zacatecas]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= [[To be determined|TBD]] |other=from [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= [[To be determined|TBD]] |other=from [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= [[To be determined|TBD]] |other=from [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= [[To be determined|TBD]] |other=from [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= [[To be determined|TBD]] |other=from [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= [[To be determined|TBD]] |other=from [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos=|name= [[To be determined|TBD]] |other=from [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs end}}

===Out===
{{fs start}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=URU|pos= |name=[[Diego Casas]] |other=to [[Deportivo Marquense|Marquense]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=MEX|pos= |name=[[Everardo Rubio]] |other=to [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos= |name=[[Antonio López (footballer, born 1997)|Antonio López]] |other=to [[C.S.D. Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos= |name=[[Gerardo Gordillo]] |other=to [[C.S.D. Xelajú MC|Xelajú]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=PER|pos= |name=[[Carlos Rivas]] |other=to [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos= |name=[[Joshua Trigueño]] |other=to [[C.D. Malacateco|Malacateco]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos= |name=[[To be determined|TBD]] |other=to [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs player|no=—|nat=GUA|pos= |name=[[To be determined|TBD]] |other=to [[To be determined|TBD]]}}
{{fs end}}

==Personnel==

===Coaching staff===
''As of June 2025''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! style="color:Blue; background:#FEFEFE;"|Position
! style="color:Blue; background:#FEFEFE;"|Staff
|-
|Manager||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Roberto Hernández (Mexican footballer)|Roberto Hernández]] (*) [https://www.espn.com.gt/futbol/guatemala/nota/_/id/15209171/roberto-hernandez-se-convierte-nuevo-dt-comunicaciones]
|-
|Assistant Managers||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Reserve Manager||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Under 17 Manager||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Ladies Manager||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Fitness Coach||{{flagicon|ARG}} TBD (*)
|-
|Goalkeeper Coach||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Sport Director||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Team Doctor||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|General Physician||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Knesliogiocal||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|-
|Utility||{{flagicon|GUA}} TBD (*)
|}

==Managerial history==
{{div col|colwidth=35em|small=yes}}
* {{flagicon|Spain}} José Casés Penadés (1951–1954)
* {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Federico Morales (1955–1956)
* {{flagicon|Spain}} José Casés Penadés (1956–1960)
* {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Carlos Enrique Wellman (1968–1969)
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Walter Ormeño]] (1970–1971)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[:es:Carmelo Faraone|Carmelo Faraone]] (1971)
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Walter Ormeño]] (1972)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Rubén Amorín]] (1977–1978)
* {{flagicon|Peru}} [[Walter Ormeño]] (1979–1980)
* {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Jorge Lainfiesta (1981–1982)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} Salvador Pericullo (1983)
* {{flagicon|Paraguay}} Ranulfo Miranda (1985)
* {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Carlos Enrique Wellman (1990–1991)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Raúl Héctor Cocherari]] (1991)
* {{flagicon|Chile}} [[Hernán Godoy]] (1992)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Ramón Verón]] (1994–1995)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Carlos Miloc]] (1996–1997)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Ramón Verón]] (1997–1998)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Carlos Alberto de Toro|Carlos de Toro]] (1998)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Carlos Miloc]] (1998–1999)
* {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Alexandre Guimarães]] (1999)
* {{flagicon|Montenegro}} [[Dušan Drašković]] (2000–2001)
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Alberto Aguilar Mijes|Alberto Aguilar]] (2001)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Horacio Cordero]] (2002–2003)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Antonio Alzamendi]] (2004)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Luis Cubilla]] (2005)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Miguel Ángel Brindisi]] (2005–2007)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[Julio César Cortés]]
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[:es:Julio González Montemurro|Julio González]] (2009–2010)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Iván Sopegno]] (2010–2011)
* {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Rónald González Brenes|Rónald González]] (2011–2012)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Iván Sopegno]] (2013–2014)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Willy Coito Olivera (2014–2015)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Iván Sopegno]] (2015–2017)
* {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Rónald González Brenes|Rónald González]]  (2017–2018)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Willy Coito Olivera (2018–2019)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} Mauricio Tapia (2019–2021)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Willy Coito Olivera (2021–2023)
* {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Iván Sopegno]] (2024)
* {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Willy Coito Olivera (2024)
* {{flagicon|Costa Rica}}  [[Rónald González Brenes|Rónald González]] (2024– May 2025)
* {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Roberto Hernández (Mexican footballer)|Roberto Hernández]] (May 2025–present)
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.comunicacionesfc.com/}}
* {{facebook|cremasOficial}}
* {{Twitter|CremasOficial}}
* {{instagram|comunicacionesfc}}
* [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/guatemala/csd-comunicaciones/5054/ Comunicaciones F.C.] at Soccerway
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111227181324/http://www.es.concacafchampions.com/page/LC/PerfilesdelosEquiposDetalle/0,,12857~1037869,00.html/ Comunicaciones F.C.] at [[CONCACAF]] (archived)

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