Diriangén FC
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| Full name | Diriangén FC |
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| Nickname(s) | Caciques |
| Founded | 17 May 1917 |
| Ground |
Estadio Cacique Diriangén Diriamba, Nicaragua |
| Capacity | 7,500 |
| Chairman |
 Fernando Baltodano |
| Manager |
Tyron Acevedo |
| League | Primera División de Nicaragua |
| 2016 Apertura | 3rd |
Diriangén FC is a Nicaraguan professional football club based in Diriamba which competes in Nicaraguan Premier Division (Primera Division). It is one of the oldest clubs in not only Nicaragua but in Central America.
Diriangen has won 25 domestic titles or honors over the club's history. Diriangen was one of the most successful clubs in the history of football in Nicaragua, winning a title in every decade from the 1940s onwards. Diriagen holds an Nicaragua record for most National titles and domestic cups apiece, winning each honor twenty five and two times respectively. Diriagen is also the only club to never be relegated to the second division, which along with their success has spawned the club motto 'Diriangén no tuvo infancia, porque nació grande (in English it translates to Diriangen never had a childhood because it was born big)'.
On the international stage, Diriagen has competed in both the CONCACAF Champions League and its predecessor, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Copa Interclubes UNCAF.
The team's home field is the 5,000 Estadio Cacique Diriangén. The team's head coach is long-time Nicaraguan coach Florencio Levia, who has coached the team since May 2014.
With 25 league titles, it is the most successful club in Nicaragua's football history and it shares a feisty rivalry with Nicaragua's second big club, Real Estelí
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The Concacaf opponents below = Official tournament results: (Plus a sampling of other results)
The stadium, Estadio Cacique Diriangén, holds 7,500 people. It is a multi-purpose stadium, and has been the home stadium of the Nicaragua national football team for many years. The stadium has much history: In this stadium the club Diriangén FC won against many teams from Central America.
The women's team has won the Nicaraguan women's football championship four times in 2000, 2001, 2003 and lately in 2010.
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