Leones, was a professional soccer team in San Salvador

San Salvador

The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...

, El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

. Leones arrived to the national league in the 1951-52 season, simply since the Salvadoran Football Federation had no institutionalised relegation rules. In their first year, Leones finished runners-up to C.D. FAS

C.D. FAS

Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as C.D. FAS or simply FAS , is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Santa Ana. They are rivals with Club Deportivo Águila. FAS currently play in the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional, their home ground being the...

. After five years in the league, they were relegated to the second division in the 1955-56 season. They returned to the first division in 1959, not before being relegated again in the 1960-61 season. Leones failed to be promoted for a third time.
leones later changed their name to C.D. Sonsonate

C.D. Sonsonate

Club Deportivo Sonsonate Futbol Club is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador.-Stadium:Sonsonate play all their home games at the Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos which has a capacity of 8,000 people ....

in 1967.