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THE TEAM

Stadium      Songs      Roster
 

The Kits: 

Jerseys -- Apertura Tournament 2000 


The Stadium 
Luis Angel Firpo plays its home games at Sergio Torres Rivera Stadium in Usulután - better known throughout Central America as THE DEVIL'S CAULDRON because it is close to impossible to defeat Firpo there. 

Located in the Barrio La Parroquia, the stadium is an exception in El Salvador's professional soccer:  Firpo is the only team in First Division that plays in its own stadium.  Firpo's first president, Mr. Gustavo Demis, bought two thirds of the stadium and, in 1950, the then president, Mr. Juan Boillat, bought the other third.  A curious note:  Between 1960 and 1970 Mr. Gilberto Napoleon Flores Huezo, one of Firpo's higher ups, made an effort to remodel the stadium's walls and seats, but, it would seem, at the expense of the team - Firpo, in those same years, was going up and down between the First and Second Division (see the team's history). 

The Devil's Cauldron 

In 1987 the stadium was renamed after the legendary former owner and president of the team -- the stadium known as Usulután Stadium became known as Sergio Torres Rivera Stadium in Usulután. 
 


The Songs: 
These are some songs that the fans have sent me.  Read them, learn them, and sing them anywhere Firpo is playing.  Stop singing them just to scream Firpo's goals!  (I do not know how it will work out since they are in Spanish.  Just try to learn them.  If you have a Firpo song in English, send it in and I will post it). 

(Thanks to Edwar Aguilar in Usulután for this one.) 
HAY VIENE EL FIRPO, HAY VIENE EL FIRPO. 
HOY VIBRAN LOS ESTADIOS EN TODO EL SALVADOR. 
ORIENTE HACE AL FIRPO EL EQUIPO GANADOR, 
¡VIVA EL FIRPO, VIVA EL FIRPO! 
LA GARRA Y EL CORAJE DEL BUEN USULUTECO, 
SE SIENTE CUANDO EL FIRPO COMIENZA A GOLEAR. 
¡VIVA EL FIRPO, VIVA EL FIRPO! 
FIRPO ES EL EQUIPO GANADOR, 
ORGULLO DE MI PATRIA EL SALVADOR 
¡VIVA EL FIRPO!. 

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(Thanks to Roman Linares and the Toros Granata from New York.  You are true fans!) 
VAMOS VAMOS  
LOS FIRPENSES  
VAMOS FIRPENSES 
VAMOS A GANAR. 

VAMOS VAMOS FIRPO 
POR QUE ESTE DIA TENEMOS QUE GANAR. 

GANARE GANARE GANARE GANARE. 
SOMOS LOS CAMPEONES INMORTALES. 
SOMOS LA PASION Y LA LOCURA. 
SOMOS PARTE DEL MEJOR EQUIPO DEL MUNDO "LUIS ANGEL FIRPO". 
 


The Roster: 

Apertura Tournament "Pilsener Cup 2000"
Club President: Joseph Arguedas
Coach: Prof. Julio Escobar (Chile)
Assistant Coach: Prof. Juan Carlos Carreño (Chile)
Players:
POSITIONS NAMES
Goalkeepers: Alfaro, Misael
Deras, Allan
Defenders: Bautista, Douglas
Cárcamo Batres, Leonel
Dos Santos, Mauricio (Brazil)
Joya, Carlos Mario
Portillo, Marcos
Quintanilla, Nelson
Zelaya, Neri
Midfielders: Durán, René
Gámez, Juan
García, Guillermo
Monterrosa, José
Montoya, Nelson
Toro, Raúl (Chile)
Vásquez, Pedro
Forwards: Cabrera, Santos
Canjura, Aarón
Hernández, Washington (Uruguay)
Renderos Iraheta, Williams -- On loan from Boston Bulldogs (USA A-League)
Rodríguez, Celio (Brazil/Salvadoran Naturalized)
Víchez, Freddy
Cut: Castro Franco, Israel (forward)
De Mello, Nildelson (forward)
Hernándes, Carlos (defender)
Lozano, Romeo (golkeeper)
Pérez, Alfredo (forward) -- On loan to ADET
Henríquez, Itzar (forward) -- Returned to Municipal Limeño
Injured: Monterrosa, José -- Knee, out for 1 month
 
 
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