C.D. Atlético Marte

Club Deportivo Atlético Marte is a football club from San Salvador, El Salvador. The club has changed their name a couple of times to C.D. Arabe Marte (1998–1999), (1999–2000) and C.D. Atlético Marte Quezaltepeque (2006–2008). The club changed to its original name again in 2008; C.D. Atlético Marte.

The club was once a prominent team in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol Profesional winning eight championships while in the league. The team won titles in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970, 1980–81, 1982, and 1985. In the 1980s, Salvadoran football legend Luis Ramírez Zapata and Norberto Huezo , Ramón Fagoaga, Jose Luis Rugamas were among their stars. The team was relegated to the second division after the 2002 Clausura season, where it remained until the Clausura 2009.In 1981, the team was runner-up of the CONCACAF Champions' Cup losing to SV Transvaal of Surinam. In 1991 the club won the CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup in Guatemala.C.D. Atletico Marte played in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional after being promoted at the end of the 2009 Clausura season from the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

History

http://www.clubdeportivoatleticomarte.com/Atlético Marte came to life on April 22, 1950, when the Alacranes, which was managed by some of the military, were given promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional.Atlético Marte's arrival in the first division coincided with the disappearance of Libertad F.C., both players and staff...
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