 After earning promotion to the maximum division ("Liga Mayor "A"") in the 1957–58 season, Antigua finished third in the 1959–60 league table.However, they could not retain their level in the following years, suffering relegation after the 1964 season.After more than a decade in the "Liga Mayor B", the club's administration was inherited by the Antigua Guatemala Municipality, and in December 1976, earned promotion back to the "Liga Mayor "A"", but were relegated two years later as the number of teams in the league was reduced from 18 to 12.