C.D. Lenca

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Lenca
DeportivoLencalogo.jpg
Full name Club Deportivo Lenca
Nickname(s)Los Cachorros
Ground Estadio Humberto Micheleti,
El Progreso, Honduras
Ground Capacity 5,000
Manager Flag of Honduras.svg Tulio Castellanos
League Liga Mayor
2012–13 Yoro Champions

Deportivo Lenca was a Honduran soccer club based on El Progreso, Honduras.

El Progreso Municipality in Yoro, Honduras

The municipality of El Progreso is located in the Honduran department of Yoro.

Honduras republic in Central America

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. In the past, it was sometimes referred to as "Spanish Honduras" to differentiate it from British Honduras, which later became modern-day Belize. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

It played in Liga de Ascenso de Honduras but in 2008 it was bought by Club Junior from El Negrito, Yoro. They currently play in Liga Mayor de Honduras. [1]

El Negrito Municipality in Yoro, Honduras

El Negrito is a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras.

Yoro Municipality in Honduras

Yoro is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong storms make fish fall from the sky.

Their name derives from the Lenca people and their emblem once feature the Chief Lempira, a national hero in Honduras.

Lempira (Lenca ruler) Hero of Honduras

Lempira was a war chieftain of the Lencas of western Honduras in Central America during the 1530s, when he led resistance to Francisco de Montejo's attempts to conquer and incorporate the region into the province of Honduras. Mentioned as Lempira in documents written during the Spanish conquest, he is regarded by the people as a warrior hero.


Achievements

Winners (1): 2005–06 C
Runners-up (2): 1970–71, 1975
Winners (1): 1961

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References

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