Once Municipal
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| Full name | Club Deportivo Once Municipal |
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| Nickname(s) | Los Canarios (The Canaries) |
| Founded | 20 August 1945 |
| Ground |
Estadio Simeón Magaña, Ahuachapán, El Salvador |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Chairman |
 Ing Omar Maldonado |
| Manager |
Victor Coreas Privado |
| League | Liga de Plata Salvadoreña |
| Apertura 2016 | Apertura 2016 Grupo "A" |
Once Municipal or 11 Municipal is a Salvadoran association football club from Ahuachapán, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño . The club won its first league championship during the 1948–49 season. The club won its latest championship in the Apertura 2006 season.
Once Municipal came about due to the persistent effort of Salvador Marinero a resident of Ahuachapán, originally from San Vicente. He started a factory in the heart of Ahuachapán and started a football club with the residents of the community, they began playing in the second division. However it soon became apparent that it would be impossible to run a club without a strong financial backer due to cost of running an everyday club (uniforms, balls, wages for players and ticket collections). In 1946, Marinero went to property tycoon and mayor of Ahuachapán Alfonso Salaverría for financial support, he accepted on the condition that he see them play in person. After seeing the game, Salaverría was unimpressed with the players they had at their disposal so he asked for reinforcements such as René "Chacuate" Moscoso despite protest by Marinero due to him being so young, Salaverría had the final word and signed the player. After Salaverría paid their players one colon the club was officially founded in 1946 and played their first game in August against Ferrocarril, which Once Municipal won 3–1. Their first season was a success finishing second on the standing. Due to the success, Salaverría began recruiting more players including two Costa Ricans and hired the coach Armando Chacón from FAS. the season turned to be a glorious moment with Once Municipal winning their very first title in the club history.
After the club won their title, The players demanded more money however Salaverría couldn't afford to keep paying large salaries to the players, so a large exodus of players began most going to other first division team and the new team Atlético Marte. Then when the 1950–51 season came around as players weren't getting paid the club was punished by being demoted down to the fourth division. When the club started again they quickly rose through to the division achieving qualification to the first division in 1955, However financial problems and wage problems caused Salaverría to sell Once Municipal spot to Atlético Constancia, who would later change their name to Alianza F.C.. Once Municipal would once again be promoted to the first division being a midtable team, but in 1969–1970 another fiasco arose when players and management couldn't agree on terms of wages causing a large exodus of players and causing the club to be relegated again.
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