|
Do
you have good credit? Apply for your VISA card now:
THE TEAM
Stadium
Songs Roster
The Kits:
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).
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!.
**
(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 |
|
|
|
|
|