C.D. FAS

Clubs from San Salvador had dominated Salvadoran football for many years. The municipal mayor of the Santa Ana district, Manuel Tomás Monedero, wanted to create a team from Santa Ana to end the dominance of the San Salvador clubs. Together with the help of Santa Ana mayor Waldo Rey, Monedero organized the union of all the clubs in Santa Ana (including Unión, Colegio Salesiano San José, Cosmos, RAL, Colón, Santa Lucía and Los 44).

On 16 February 1947, these teams united to form Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, or FAS for short. Samuel Zaldaña Galdámez was named the club first president. It was originally proposed that the club should wear yellow and black, but Monedero settled on the more traditional choice of red and blue.

The club played its first match on 26 March 1947 against the previous year's champion Libertad FC at the Finca Modelo (which would be their home stadium for many years). The club's founding players were Juan Moreno and Óscar González, Goalkeeper; Tomás Morán, Jorge Brito and Guillermo Herrera, defenders; Manuel Padilla, Lino Medina, Moisés Jovel, Antonio Pérez and Eliseo Ramos, midfielders; Víctor Castro, Tomás Angulo, Antonio Mancía, Antonio Azucena and Mario González, strikers. Armando Chacón was the manager. The first match ended in a 4-1 defeat.

In 1948-49, FAS moved into the First Division for the first time, and have remained their ever since. Chacón was still the manager, and the team began on a winning note by defeating Juventud Olimpica 2–1. They recorded two more wins over Dragón and Santa Anita (3–0, 3–2 respectively) before losing 3–1 to Cusatleco. FAS would ultimately finish 3rd behind Libertad FC and champion Once Municipal.

In 1951-52, FAS won their first title. The manager was Victor Manuel "Pipe" Ochoa, who proceeded to lead the club to a second title in 1953-54. During the 1956–57 season, the club came close to relegation, which caused the owners to hire Argentinian coach Alberto Cevasco and bring in the reinforcements of foreign players, like (Omar Muraco, Javier Novello, Héctor Marinaro, Héctor Dadeiro and Miguelito Álvarez. This move led the club to a third title in 1958-59.

In 1961-62, César Viccinio managed the team to its fourth title, while Raul Miralles led the team to another in 1962. At the beginning of the 1963, the club moved its headquarters to the newly built Estadio Santaneco.

The early history of that stadium was marked by tragedy, as goalkeeper Oscar Quiteño collapsed during a friendly match against Orión F.C. Efforts to revive him failed, and Quiteño died on the pitch. In his honor, the club renamed the stadium to Estadio Quiteño and wore black uniforms for two years.

Fans came to believe the club was cursed, as Quiteño's death was followed by a fifteen-year title drought. Adding to that frustration was that the club reached the finals in 1965, 1968, and 1969 and meet defeat all three times. Their tormentor was Alianza, known at that time as the "Orquestra Alba" for their harmony and skill.

FAS did break that curse with titles in 1977-78, 1978–79, 1981, and 1984. In addition, they won the 1979 CONCACAF Champions League by beating The key to that run was forward Jorge "Mágico" González. Widely considered the greatest player in Salvadoran history, Gonzalez was at FAS from 1977 to 1982, and at that time was nicknamed Mago. After the 1982 season, he left El Salvador for Spain and La Liga, playing at Cadiz, Barcelona, and Valladolid.

However, a title drought of ten more years followed.

In 1993, that drought led to the appointment of a new board of directors. The new board's first move was to hired Uruguayan coach Saúl Rivero, as well as a host of experienced players from both Uruguay and El Salvador. The board also placed a new emphasis on youth leagues. Finally, they purchased lights for the stadium, making night games possible. FAS proceeded to win titles in 1994-95 and 1995–96, beating Luis Ángel Firpo in both seasons. Part of the key to this run was the return of Jorge "Mágico" González and the addition of Hugo Pérez.

FAS became the most dominant team in the beginning of the century, winning six titles between 2002 and 2006, this success came under the tenureship of Peruvian Agustin Castillo

The century would start off with mild success with FAS reaching the 2000 Clausura semi final before losing to runners up ADET and this was followed by missing the finals altogether in the 2000 Apetura, marking the worst performance under the Clausura/Apertura format for FAS.

For the 2001 Clausura, FAS started a youth revolution under new coach Ruben Guevara, these players will form the backbone for the upcoming dynasty to come, these include Eliseo Quintanilla, Gilberto Murgas, Marvin Gonzalez, Gerardo Burgos, Rafael Tobar, Jaime Gómez and Juan Granados. Along with experienced players such as William Osorio, Salvador Alfaro, Ricardo Cuellar, Carlos Linares and foreigner players Urguayans Pablo Quiñones and Alejandro Soler, Brazilian Alessandro Moresche and Argenitnian Alejandro de la Cruz and Peruvian Antonio Serrano, they reached the final but were defeated by archrivals C.D. Aguila 2-1.

Towards end of the 2001 Apertura season, FAS hired Peruvian Agustin Castillo although they just missed the finals, FAS had added the final pieces and they went on to win back to back tites winning the 2002 Apertura and 2002 Clausura, defeating Alianza F.C. 4-0 and San Salvador F.C. 3-1 respectively, with the youth injected a year ago, and adding important players such as Honduran William Reyes, Colombian Victor Mafla, Costa Rican Rolando Corella, William Machón, Jorge Rodríguez, Luis Contreras, Carlos Menjivar, Victor Velasquez, Daniel Sagastizado, Juan Carlos Padilla, Cristian Álvarez, Luis Castro, Ernesto Gochez, Juan Carlos Panameño and Alfredo Pacheco

They failed to win three titles in a row, after losing the 2003 Clausura semi finals match against Luis Angel Firpo in penalties. However they were able to win 14th title and 3rd title in 3 years, defeating their archrival C.D. Aguila in penalties.

After a small drought, On 20 December 2009 FAS won their 19th title defeating arch rival Aguila 3-2 thanks to goals for Josué Flores, Juan Carlos Moscoso and own goal by Mexican Arturo Albarrán. Its been more than a decade since FAS last won a championships, despite making five different finals including Clausura 2011 (Falling against Alianza), Clausura 2013 (Firpo), Apertura 2013 (Isidro Metapan), Apertura 2015 (Alianza) and Apertura 2019 (Alianza).

FAS progressed to the final in December 2019, where they faced the Alianza for the third time in decade; FAS was ultimately defeated in Alianza by a score of 1-0.

FAS won the Clausura 2021 Championship defeating (Alianza) on penalty shootout, after a 1-1 Draw in regular time, reaching its 18th title (National Record)

• Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador and predecessors
  • Champions (18): 1951–1952, 1953–1954, 1957–1958, 1961–1962, 1962, 1977–1978, 1978–1979, 1981, 1984, 1994–1995, 1995–1996, Clausura 2002, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2009. Clausura 2021 (record)

• American Airlines Cup
  • Champions (1) : 2002
• Copa Salvadorean Classic Soccer Challenge
  • Runners up (1) : 2014
• EDESSA Independence Cup
  • Runners up (1) : 2014

• CONCACAF Champions League and predecessors
  • Champions (1) : 1979
• Copa Interamericana
  • Runners up (1) : 1979
• UNCAF Club Championship
  • Runners up (1) : 1980

• 10 – Jorge "Mágico" González, Forward (1977–82, 1991–99)

As of 6 March, 2022[13] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SLV Kevin Carabantes 3 DF  SLV Siliazar Henríquez 4 DF  SLV Edson Melendez 5 MF  SLV Jose Portillo 6 MF  SLV Eriván Flores 7 FW  SLV Kevin Reyes 8 MF  SLV Bryan Landaverde 9 FW  COL Jefferson Collazos 11 FW  COL Bladimir Diaz 12 MF  HON Clayvin Zuninga 15 MF  SLV Adonay Rios 16 DF  SLV Andrés Flores 17 MF  SLV Marvin Figueroa

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  SLV Kevin Ayala 20 DF  SLV Ibsen Castro 21 MF  SLV Wilma Torres 22 FW  ARG Guillermo Stradella 23 DF  PAN Roberto Chen 24 DF  SLV Mauricio Cuellar 25 GK  SLV Gerson Lopez 27 FW  SLV Juan Gil 28 DF  SLV Rudy Clavel 29 MF  SLV Rodrigo Rivera 30 GK  SLV Jonathon Valle 34 MF  SLV Javier Bolanos 54 MF  SLV Emerson Sandoval

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player —  COL Jefferson Collazos (Santos de Nasca) —  SLV Marvin Figueroa (Isidro Metapan) —  SLV Bladimir Diaz (C.D. Chalatenango) —  SLV Rodrigo Rivera (Santa Tecla F.C.)

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV TBD (TBD) —  SLV TBD (TBD) —  SLV TBD (TBD)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player —  SLV Tomas Granitto (To TBD) —  SLV Dustin Corea (To TBD) —  ARG Mateo Ahmed (To Club Deportivo Los Chankas) —  SLV Denis Pineda (To C.D. Chalatenango)

No. Pos. Nation Player —  COL Luis Arturo Peralta (To TBD)

• Guillermo Stradella
• Bladimir Diaz

As for January 2022 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 31  SLV Nelson Castillo 36  SLV Rene Duenas 37  SLV Alexis Diaz 38  SLV Steven Cerna 40  SLV David Funez 41  SLV Lester Ramos 42  SLV Jair Alfaro 43  SLV Josué Lopez

No. Pos. Nation Player 45  SLV Eduardo Calderon 46  SLV Hector Fabian 47  SLV Jairo Garcia 49  SLV Christopher Ortiz 50  SLV Luis Hernandez 56  SLV Duvan Penate 57  SLV Fernando Cardonna 62  SLV William Figueroa

As for January 2022

Position	Staff
Manager	Jorge Rodríguez
Assistant Managers	William Osorio
Reserve Manager	Juan Carlos Moscoso
Under 17 Manager	TBD
Goalkeeper Coach	Carlos Eduardo Rivera
Sports Director	None
Fitness Coach	Rene Ramirez
Team Doctor	Carlos Martínez
Kinesologisr	TBD
Physiotherapist	Jorge Castro

The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players under the age of 21 before being promoted to the main team. The second team is coached by Efren Marenco. the team played in the Primera División Reserves, their greatest successes were winning the Reserve championships in Clausura 2017, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2019.

The youth team (under 17 and under 15) has produced some of El Salvador's top football players, including TBD and TBD.

The women's first team, which is led by head coach Ofini bolanos, features several members of the El Salvador national ladies team. Their greatest successes was winning the 2021 Clausura 3-2 penalties.

FAS has other departments for a variety of sports.

FAS Denver Básquetbol Club was founded in 2015 and play Liga Mayor de Baloncesto (LMB) which is the highest level in El Salvador league tier. the club is led by head coach TBD, the club features several key members including Puerto Rican Bryan Vásquez and TBD. Their greatest successes were winning the 2015 Clausura

Famous players such as venzeualn Jonathan José Figuera

FAS Béisbol Club was founded in 2016 and play Liga Nacional de Béisbol (LNB) which is the highest level in El Salvador league tier. the club is led by head coach Venezuelan Jesús Cartagena, the club features several key members including Puerto Rican Bryan Vásquez and TBD. Their greatest successes were reaching the TBD

FAS Voleibol Club was founded in 2016 and play Campeonaro Nacional which is the highest level in El Salvador league tier. the club is led by head coach TBD, the club features several key members including TBD and TBD. Their greatest successes were reaching the TBD