History C.D.S. Vida

1 history

1.1 salvavida
1.2 vida
1.3 1940s
1.4 1950s
1.5 vida s rise prominence
1.6 cds vida: glory years (1965–1985)
1.7 decline , descent obscurity

history
salvavida

vida founded on 14 october 1940 name of salvavida gregorio ramos, josé lamelas , valentín vásquez. name salva vida put salvador vacaro , vicente d antoni, founders of brewery cervecería hondureña, sa. initial colors of team red, white , blue, in recent times red , white used. club salva vida started when gregorio ramos decided separate board of directors of atlántida , form own team. @ time team salva vida part of league dionisio de herrera.

vida

later soccer club called vida in honor of mrs. vida code de castañeda. story tells during walk executives , players carrying out, mrs. vida, did not know how swim, fell water. mr. gregorio ramos ask aid phrase un salvavida para vida (a lifesaver mrs. vida) , afternoon , on club has been referred vida, since cervezería hondureña did not permit continued use name of product.

1940s

during decade of 1940s players in team in majority employees of gregorio ramos, owner of lavanderia ramos. president of team , contributed economically , handled team affairs. training carried out in small field located property of standard fruit company (dole).

1950s

at beginning of 1950s team made students local public school instituto manuel bonilla , amateur soccer club deportes diablos negros. notable stars famous talon arzú, alberto campion amaya, héctor jet castillo mckenzie, quiro brooks, cristóbal craka brooks, , spaniard rafael el fafa navarre.

vida s rise prominence

then in 1960s rising stars salvador hernández, nilmo edwards, , brothers morris , junia garden became key first team players team. vida became runners-up of liga amateur de honduras in 1961 (losing olimpia), , national champions in 1964—beating out soccer club salamar of san lorenzo in tegucigalpa.

in 1961 played 2 matches against sacachispas of guatemala in championship of central america , caribbean, winning both encounters scoreboard of 2–0. in year played friendly vs mexican champions cd oro , drew.

in 1962, club deportivo vida legally changed name club social y deportivo vida, since 1 of objectives self projection within la ceiba community. first president flor de maría coello, queen.

in 1964, liga amateur ready turn professional; berths created, , there 1 given la ceiba. vida participated in 3 team play-off against 2 teams liga dionisio de herrera, victoria , atlantida, determine team represent la ceiba in first honduran major league soccer. vida won play-off round , earned berth in new professional major league soccer, becoming 1 of founders of major league soccer in honduras; first president in 1965 vida s reigning president javier henríquez.

now team became professional, salaries of players calculated based on percentages of ticket window sales. part of becoming professional, soccer field vida played , trained amateurs (called campo aguila) became soccer stadium—the estadio ceibeño. stadium built, vida moved campo vida located in neighborhood la isla training ground (which still preserved date, , used youth league teams in la ceiba).

cds vida: glory years (1965–1985)

from 1965 1975, vida among top 4 of honduran major league soccer. there exceptions 8th-place finishes in 1967, 1974; 7th-place finish in 1975; , had play-off runs in 1970 , 1973, finished 5th instead.

during decade, vida had trophy successes, becoming runner-up in 1971.

from 1975 1985, vida became more successful , consistently in top 4 of honduran major league soccer—the 2 exceptions 8th-place finish in 1978, , 9th-place finish in 1979. in impressive feat.

trophy success included national champions in 1981, 1983, , runner-up in 1984, 1985.

at international level, vida participated in concacaf champions’ cup in 1972 , 1973, eliminated in first round (in 1972 toluca – 1:4 aggregate; 1973 saprissa – 0:3 aggregate)

in 1980s vida participated in concacaf champions’ cup in 1982, 1984, , vida eliminated in third round new york pancyprian freedoms – 2:3 aggregate. in 1985, beat cd fas in first round – 3:2 aggregate eliminated mexican powerhouse america – 1:3 aggregate.

during 1970s, team s notable players adolfo gorcha collins , carlos alvarado (two time leading goal scorer in honduran major league soccer in 1970 , 1971).

during 1980s, team s notable players enrique palanca mendoza, matilde lacayo, dennis la bomba hinds, cipriano dueños (national scoring champion in 1986) , roberto macho figueroa (a key player in honduran national team earned berth world cup spain 1982, sold real murcia after tournament).

decline , descent obscurity

from 1986 1996 vida entered decline. not dominant team 1975 1985. in 1986, vida rocked match fixing scandal after play-offs (finishing 3rd place overall after having finished spectacularly in 1st place during regular season). never recovered , beginning of end vida – decline. 1980s came close, finished 8th in 1987, 4th place in 1988, , sunk 9th in 1989 (after three-team relegation play-off). 1990s brought 1 joy – 3rd place finish in 1993. beyond disappointing. finished 7th in 1990, 1991, , 1994 , 8th in 1992, 1995, 1996.

in 1997, torneo cortos existed in mexico apertura , clausura adopted. vida disappointing. finished 8th (ap & cl 1997); 9th (1998, cl 2000, cl 2001); 10th (cl 1999); , mediocre 6th place play-off qualification (ap 1999 vs motagua, ap 2000 vs. olimpia, finishing 6th place overall each time)

in ap 2001, play-off format changed 4 teams. vida had close playoff-runs in cl 2002, ap 2004, cl 2005 (finishing 5th). made playoffs in ap 2003 vs real españa (finishing 3rd place); , cl 2008, cl 2009 vs olimpia(finishing 4th place)

despite these play-off-exceptions, vida disappointed. finished 10th 3 times (ap 2006, cl 2007, ap 2008); 9th (ap 2003, ap 2005); 8th (ap 2007); 7th (ap 2009). finished mediocre 6th place twice (cl 2006, ap 2010).

vida has still yet recapture magic , dominance once held 1975 1986.