C.D. FAS

FAS
Full nameClub Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos
Nickname(s)El Rojo (The Red)
El Cuadro Asociado
Fastanecos
Rey de Copas (The King of Cups)
Tigres (Tigers)
Tigrillos
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Founded16 February 1947 (1947-02-16)
GroundEstadio Óscar Quiteño[2][3][4]
Capacity17,500
OwnerUnited States AMG Sports Inc
ChairmanEl Salvador Chambita Monje
ManagerColombia Richard Preza
LeagueEl Salvador Primera División
2022 AperturaOverall: 2nd Group B
Playoffs: Champions
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana.[5][6]

It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professional league.[7][8] The team's nickname is Los Tigres (The Tigers).[9] FAS was founded on 16 February 1947. The team plays its home games at the Estadio Óscar Quiteño, the third largest stadium in El Salvador.[10][11]

The club has a long-standing rivalry with Águila and Alianza, and are the only three clubs to never have been relegated to the Second Division. Matches between them are known as Clásicos. FAS also plays a local derby against Isidro Metapán.[12]

FAS is the most successful club in El Salvador football with the highest fan base. Domestically, the club has won a record nineteen national league titles. In international competitions, FAS have one FIFA recognized club trophies, tied with Alianza and Águila as the only club to achieve it. They have won one CONCACAF Champions' Cup/Champions League trophies, and finished runners up in the 1979 Copa Interamericana cup, and third place in the 1980 Copa Interclubes UNCAF.

  1. ^ "FAS' El rojo Rey de Copas Roar in El Salvador". fifa.com. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Precios y horario para el partido del FAS ante el Chagüite". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ "FAS jugará ante Alianza a las 7:30 p.m. en el Óscar Quiteño". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ "El recibimiento al FAS en el Quiteño podría traer consecuencias". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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  7. ^ Gráfico, El. "FAS realiza visorías para encontrar nuevos talentos". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. ^ Gráfico, El. "FAS quiere fichar otra vez a Dustin Corea". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. ^ "CD FAS". worldfootball.net. World Football. Nickname: Tigres
  10. ^ "FAS evalúa jugar las semi-finales por la noche, en el Quiteño". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  11. ^ "FAS evalúa jugar las semi-finales por la noche, en el Quiteño". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Alianza y FAS ya están en semi-finales". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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