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Club Deportivo Dragón is a Salvadoran football club, based in San Miguel, El Salvador; founded in 1939. Dragón has won the league title twice in the 1951 and 1953 and finished as runner-up on two occasions. Dragón have played their home games at the 10,000 capacity Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza since 1956 when the stadium was built. Their traditional home kit consists of Green and white shirts (striped) with white shorts and green socks. The club has a long-standing rivalry with national opponents Águila, and matches between the two sides are known as the derby. ==History== Dragón was founded on 18 September 1939; during this period no national league was available so they played against teams from different zones. Dragón represented San Miguel department. Dragón played their matches at the Estadio Charlaix, which would be their home stadium for several decades. Under the coaching of player-coach Esteban Blanco, the direction of Samuel Córdoba and key players such as Juan Francisco Barraza, Rómulo Granados and Domingo Flores, the club experienced their most successful period in the 1950s, when they won two league titles (1950–51, 1953–53) and lost two other championship finals.〔(El Salvador – List of Champions ) – RSSSF〕 However, Dragón's fortune would change when a new club was founded during the latter part of the 1950s, Águila. Águila began to assume the mantle as the top representative of San Miguel and began to drain Dragón of quality players such as (Barraza, Blanco and others), sponsorship and fans which led to Dragón not only developing a fierce rivalry with Águila but also led to the club being relegated to the Second Division after the conclusion of the 1963–64 season.〔()〕 The club spent 13 years in the second division during this time; they were one of the founding members of UCLA (Unión de Clubes de Liga de Ascenso) in 1971. However, on 12 February 1977, under Brazilian coach Jorge Tupinambá who had previously coached ANTEL and Platense to the first division, helped Dragón win their promotion game against Santiagueño 1–0 and helped elevate Dragón back to the first division.〔()〕 Dragón's stay in the first division was a short one (four years), the club only achieved two final series participation during the 1977–78, 1978–79 where they were quickly eliminated and the club was relegated to the second division after the conclusion of the 1980 season. Under the coaching of former player and idol Juan Francisco Barraza, the club almost achieved promotion back to the first division during the 1984–85 season; however, they lost their promotion game to CESSA and had to wait another four years to gain promotion.〔()〕 Jose Mario Martinez, whose name will become entwined with Dragón, helped the club gain promotion to the first division thanks to a 2–1 aggregate victory over alcón de San Cayetano Istepeque during this period a new crop of talented players were identified including future highest goalscorer for the El Salvador national football team Raul Diaz Arce, Moisés “Pecho de Mono” González, and others. Despite the success, the club were struck with financial troubles and had to sell those players and in just one season the club was relegated back to the second division. The club waited four years to achieve promotion once again thanks to the coaching of Miguel Aguilar Obando, who helped Dragón win their promotion game 4–0 over Arcense. Their most recent spell in the top tier lasted from 1996 through 2003; during this period several players shone including Honduran William Reyes, William Torres and others and they achieved a few final series. However they were relegated in 2003 to the Second Division and have played there for ten years. Dragón won promotion to the first division mainly due to the coaching of Jose Mario Martinez second time in which he helped Dragón gain promotion, Dragón defeated Ciclón del Golfo over the two legs with an aggregate score of 3–1.〔()〕 Despite having a very poor Apertura campaign in which Jose Mario Martinez was sacked and replaced by Nelson Ancheta, with the recruitment of club legend William Reyes and the emergence of stars like Rommnel Mejia, Santos Ortis, and Auriel Vasquez the club reached the Clausura Grand final (After disposing Santa Tecla in a play-off series 2–1, and defeating league leaders FAS in the semi-finals 1–0 on aggregate), However, despite the game ending 0–0 after 120 minutes two missed penalties in the shootout meant that Isidro Metapán would win the grand final 6–5 on penalties. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C.D. Dragón」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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