C.D. Federal

Federal

Full name	Club Deportivo Federal
Nickname(s)	Academia verdeamarilla Los Académicos
Founded	14 August 1935; 89 years ago (1935-08-14)
Dissolved	19 May 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-19)
Ground	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Capacity	35,000
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo Federal was a football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

History

The club was founded August 14, 1935, in the house of Mrs. Idilia Rubio in colonia La Hoya (La Hoya neighborhood) in Tegucigalpa. In the 1940s and 1950s it was one of the big three clubs in Honduras' capital city and the city's clasico was the Federal vs Motagua game.[1]

They were Honduran Amateur League champions in the 1954–55 season.[2]

Achievements

• Segunda División

Winners (2): 1973, 1998–99

Runners-up (2): 1967–68, 1978–79

• Amateur League

Winners (1): 1953

Runners-up (1): 1952

• Francisco Morazán Major League

Winners (3): 1952, 1953, 1962

League performance

Regular season										Post season
Season	Pos.	G	W	D	L	F:A	PTS	+/−	Ded.	Pos.	G	W	D	L	F:A	PTS	+/−
1974–75	7th	36	11	10	15	33:38	45	−15	–	Didn't enter
1975–76	9th	27	3	15	9	21:36	21	−15	–	Didn't enter
1976–77	8th	27	6	8	13	19:32	20	−13	–	Didn't enter
1977–78	10th	27	4	12	11	20:32	20	−12	–	Didn't enter
1999–2000 A	10th	18	1	6	11	18:37	9	−19	–	Didn't enter
1999–2000 C	6th	18	5	7	6	26:29	22	−3	–	4th	4	1	0	3	2:8	3	−6

Managers

• “Foncho” Uclés
• “Popo” Godoy
• Carlos Padilla Velásquez (1999–2000)
• Carlos de Toro (1999–2000)
• Dennis Allen (1999–2000)

References

1. Equipos de fútbol de Honduras que solo viven en los recuerdos – El Heraldo (in Spanish)
2. Honduras – List of Champions – RSSSF

External links

• Federal, 78 años de “académicos” (History) – Diaro Más (in Spanish)