 The team's most successful era took place in the mid-1980s.Having been runner-up in the 1982 domestic league, Suchitepéquez won the national league title in 1983, with a record of 16 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses in 22 matches.The team was managed by the Uruguayan Julio César Cortés, a former Uruguayan international who played in three World Cups.