Tipografía Nacional

Full name	Club de Foot-ball Tipografía Nacional
Nickname(s)	Tip Nac, Tipógrafos
Founded	1924
Ground	Various venues
Home colours

Tipografía Nacional ("Tip Nac") is a defunct football club that was 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.

The team was founded in 1924 and was the oldest in the nation's Liga Mayor / Liga Nacional, the nation's top division. It 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 1943, Tipografía won back-to-back titles in the 1943 and 1944-45 tournaments, being undefeated during the first one, 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 ultimately disappeared in 2002.^[3]

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

[edit] Honours

• Liga Mayor titles: 3
  • 1943, 1944-45, 1952-53

• Liga Capitalina titles: 3
  • 1938, 1939, 1940

[edit] References

1. ^ (Spanish) "Guatemala, 100 años de fútbol - Clásicos de antaño". Prensa Libre. http://www.prensalibre.com/especiales/ME/guatefut/16.html. Retrieved 2007-02-22. 
2. ^ (Spanish) ""Al rescate de Tipografía Nacional"". Diario La Hora. http://www.lahora.com.gt/07-03-01/paginas/deportes.htm#n2. Retrieved 2007-02-22. 
3. ^ Source: http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/pl/2007/diciembre/30/PDFs/PLMT30122007.PDF

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