A.D. Chalatenango

Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador, they are currently playing in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.

A.D. Chalatenango
Full nameAsociación Deportiva Chalatenango
Nickname(s)
  • Los Duros del Norte (The Hard Ones of the North)
  • Los Alacranes (The Scorpions)
Founded
  • 1950 (1950)
  • as Club Deportivo Chalatenango
  • 2009 (2009)
  • as Alacranes Del Norte
  • 2012 (2012)
  • as Clube Deportivo Chalatenango-Vendaval
  • 2013 (2013)
  • as Club Deportivos Chalatenango
  • 10 July 2017 (10 July 2017)
  • as Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango
GroundEstadio José Gregorio Martínez
Capacity15,000
Coordinates14°02′34″N 88°58′05″W
ChairmanBertilio Henríquez Ayala
ManagerRicardo Serrano
LeagueFirst Division of Salvadoran Football
2022 ClausuraOverall: 10th
Playoffs: Did not qualify

The club was founded in 1950 as C.D. Alacranes, and reformed in 1975, as C.D. Chalatenango.

In 1975, the club relocated to their current stadium, the Estadio José Gregorio Martínez stadium.

They initially competed in the regional and national competition before eventually joining the full Salvadoran Second Division in 1960s, and subsequently enjoyed promotion to the top flight for the 1979 season.

Since its formation in 1950, the club has won three Segunda División Salvadoreño titles (1979, 1990, 2003) and one Tercera División Salvadoreño (2013 Clausura).

Its emblem and mascot is a scorpion.

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