C.D. Dragón
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Dragón |
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| Nickname(s) | "Los Mitologicos", "Monstruo Verde", 'Escupefuego' |
| Founded | 18 September 1939 |
| Ground |
Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel, El Salvador |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Chairman |
 Arturo Castellón |
| Manager |
Nelson Ancheta
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| League | Primera División |
| Apertura 2016 | Primera División 1st (Champion) (Final) |
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. Dragón have played their home games at the 10,000 capacity Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza since 1956 when the stadium was built. Their traditional home kit consists of Green and white shirts (striped) with white shorts and green socks. The club has a long-standing rivalry with national opponents Águila, and matches between the two sides are known as the derby.
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 Division.
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