Alianza F.C. (San Salvador)
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| Full name | Alianza Fútbol Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
Los Albos Paquidermos (Elefantes Blancos) |
| Founded | 1958 (as Atlético La Constancia) |
| Ground |
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Capacity | 53,000 |
| Chairman |
 Lisandro Pohl |
| Manager |
Jorge Rodríguez
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| League | Primera División |
| Apertura 2016 | Primera División, 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Alianza is one of the most popular and successful clubs in El Salvador. The team currently plays in the Primera División, which is the highest tier league in the country.
Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even more significantly, Alianza was the first Central American and Salvadoran club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1967, and is currently one of only three Salvadoran teams to have done so.
Atlético La Constancia were formed in 1958 by the workers of the local industry. Although small in terms of financial status, they were able to reach the Liga de Ascenso (second division) final in 1958. They lost 2–0 in a two legged series against Águila. The club, however, purchased a spot in the first division at the expense of Once Municipal. After promotion to the first division, they were able to gain the sponsorship of the Intercontinental Hotel and its president, Peruvian Axel Hochkoeppler. Enrique Sol Meza, the industrialist and president of Alianza FC, decided to name the club Alianza FC in honor of Alianza Lima. Hernán Vivanco joined the club as the coach and began getting the players to play an exciting game of football. Alongside a strong advertisement campaign Salvadorans (in particular San Salvador residents) began to change their allegiance from Juventud Olímpica and began to embrace Alianza. One of Alianza's greatest triumphs happened in 1966, when they defeated Santos, including the great Pelé, at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanc They were helped mostly from their foreign players Argentines Dante Juárez, Juan Verón and Santiago, all on loan at the time.
After defeating Santos, Alianza won their first title in the same year. Hernán Carrasco had the team playing with such cohesion and speed, they were labelled Orquesta Blanca by fans and media alike. No other Salvadoran team had had that success defeating a World and Americas Champion. The team won fifteen straight games when they reached the final. Thanks to goals by the Chilean Miguel "El Chueco" Hermosilla and Mario Monge, and despite a goal by Sergio "El Tabudo" Méndez for Águila, they won 2–1, becoming champions for the first time. "The Orquesta Alba" were able to win twenty games, draw ten games and only lose six games, scoring eighty three goals and conceding thirty-nine goals.
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