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C.D. Dragón

C.D. Dragón

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History

C.D. 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. 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…

League
Tercera División de El Salvador

Legacy

Honours

Dragon is historically the second most successful team from San Miguel in El Salvador football, as they have won the second most championships with 3 titles.

Domestic honours

Leagues

Primera División Salvadorean and predecessors Champions (3): 1950–51, 1952–53, 2016 Clausura Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors Champions (5): 1977, 1988–89, 1994–95, 2013 Clausura, 2022 Clausura Play-off winners: 2021–22 Runners up (1): Apertura 2025 Tercera División Salvadorean and predecessors Champions (1): Clausura 2013

Minor Cups

El Salvador Benefit Tournament Champions (1): 2000 Copa de la Historia Champions (1): 2015 Copa Roberto "Burra" Rivas Champions (1): 2016

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Description

football club in Salvador

Extract from Wikipedia

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 three occasions.

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