Tipografía Nacional

Full name	Club de Foot-ball Tipografía Nacional
Nickname(s)	Tip Nac Tipógrafos Impresores
Founded	1924
Ground	Estadio Municipal de Barberena
Capacity	5,000
Manager	Carlos Ruiz
League	Liga Tercera División de Guatemala
2014–15	4th (Group A-5)
Website	Club website
Home colours

Tipografía Nacional is a football club based in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

It was one of the most traditional teams in the country in the 20th Century, and it remains the fourth-most successful club in the history of Guatemalan football in terms of national titles won.

History

Founded on 24 January 1924, Tipografía Nacional was the oldest team in the Liga Mayor / Liga Nacional, the nation's top division. The club was named after the national printing house, Tipografía Nacional.

Having entered the then Liga Capitalina in 1928, the team won three local titles between 1938 and 1940. Between 1937 and 1941, they had a streak of 51 matches scoring at least one goal.^[1] The team also won three official championships between 1943 and 1953. After Municipal won the first Liga Mayor championship in 1942, Tipografía won back-to-back titles in the 1943 and 1944–45 tournaments, being undefeated during the former, collecting eight wins and two draws. Tipografía and Municipal engaged in the first known rivalry in the league, which faded after Comunicaciones and Municipal became the two most dominant clubs and each other's arch-rival.

Tipografía also finished as league runner-up once, and won one domestic cup. In 1981, they finished at the bottom of the table, being relegated to the "B" division (now Primera División). They earned promotion back to the Liga Mayor after two seasons, but suffered relegation again in the 1992–93 season; due in good part to lack of financial support,^[2] the team continued descending to lower categories, until it was ultimately dissolved in 2002.^[3]

Its resurgence came up in 2012 as a result of acquiring Club Cahabón's franchise for Q75,000. Tip-Nac is, as of early 2013, a member of the Guatemalan Second Football Division. ^[4]

Its uniform colours were red-and-white vertical striped shirt and blue shorts.

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Manager	Carlos Ruiz

Honours

• Liga Mayor (3):

1943, 1944–45, 1952–53

• Liga Capitalina (3):

1938, 1939, 1940

• Copa de Guatemala (1):

1954

Positions in National Tournaments

1927 Champion – Second Division, undefeated

1928 fifth place

1929 fifth place

1930 third place

1931 runner up

1932 third place

1934 third place

1935 fourth place

1936 third place

1937 runner up

1938 Champion

1939 Champion

1940 Champion

1941 runner up

1942 third place

1943 Champion – undefeated

1944 no tournament

1945 Champion

1946 no tournament

1947 fifth place

1948 Champion

1949 no tournament

1950–51 fourth place

1952–53 Champion

1954–55 fourth place

1956 seventh place

1957–58 seventh place

1959–60 fourth place

1961–62 sixth place

1963 sixth place

1964 tenth place

1965 fifth place

1966 seventh place

1967 eight place

1968 fifth place

1969 eight place

1970 eight place

1971 eight place

1972 fifth place

1973 fourth place

Former coaches

• Roberto Calderón (1937–1944)
• Joaquín Ortíz "Tacuazín" (1943–1945), (1953)
• Lorenzo Ausina Tur (1968–1969)
• Rolando Torino (1984–1985)
• Palmiro Jonathan Salas Sandoval (1992–1994)
• Carlos Alberto Mijangos (2004)
• Haroldo Cordón
• Felipe Antonio Carías (2012)
• Carlos Ruiz (2014)
• Javier Sinay (2014-2016)
• Mario Tzic (2016)

References