LD Alajuelense
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Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (L.D.A.), is a Costa Rican football
club, currently playing in the Primera División de Costa Rica
. It was founded on June 18, 1919. The team is located in Alajuela
's downtown and they play their local games at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
.
Alajuelense was the first Costa Rican team to win a CONCACAF
Champions' Cup in 1986. The club is known by their fans as "La Liga" and had the privilege to be the only Central American club to participate in South American competitions such as Copa Merconorte
in 2000 and the Copa Sudamericana
in 2006.
They are the only club in Costa Rica football history with at least one Championship gained in each decade.
Alajuelense was part of the 7 teams that built and formed the National League in Costa Rica
, back in 1921, along with La Libertad
, Sociedad Gimnástica Española, CS Herediano, CS Cartaginés, CS La Unión de Tres Ríos, y la Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense. They won their first championship 1928. In 1960, the team made a tour around the world, leaving Costa Rica on September 17. In 78 days the team played 24 games, winning 12, losing 7 and the other 5 ended up tied. They scored 71 goals and received 47, with a remarkable performance from Juan Ulloa Ramírez, being the top scorer of this tour.
Throughout their history, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense has generated a lot of great players and stunning performances. They are known as one of the best teams in the Central America area. Their best decade was the 1990s, during which they won 4 Championships and 4 sub-championships as well.
And also by the end of the 90's and the middle of the 2000s, they won 4 local championships in a row 2 Copa Interclubes UNCAF
Throphies and a CONCACAF Club Champions
, being the base for the Costa Rican football team in the Korea and Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup
, with 9 players.
The club struggled with some financial problems in the second part on the 2000s decade, so they had to end contract with a lot of their regular players and started to built a team based on their younger divisions, but it is now free of debts and with a team averaging 24 year-old players is still one of the best teams in the area and one of the teams with most fans in Costa Rica, winning the last 2 championships in its country.
On July 20, 1966, due to a motion by the Municipality of Alajuela, the stadium was renamed to honor the great Alajuelense and FC Barcelona
player Alejandro Morera Soto
. On March 19, 1970, the stadium saw its first night game when Alajuelense faced Honduran
club Motagua, beating them 4–1. The stadium is not only home to Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, but it is also shares itself along with Estadio Ricardo Saprissa as the home of the Costa Rican National team.
Until 2005, the Morera Soto's grass was known as the best natural one in Central America, but a conbination of fungus and hurricanes destroyed the grass and it never fully recovered. By the end of 2008, the management of the team decided to install a 5th generation synthetic grass, in order to have the field always ready and also have the availability to rent the place for concerts and/or special events and have the possibity for the younger division to train in the same field. The last game the team played at the natural turf was the first game of the 2008 winter's final, beating their archrival Deportivo Saprissa 2 – 0 on December 17, 2008. After a long delay, the field was ready to be used by July 18, 2009. The field's re-opening was held against Caracas FC from Venezuela
, the game ended up with a tie 1 – 1.
In 2009, the club installed a synthetic turf called Xtreme Turf from ACT Global Sports. This football turf has achieved FIFA two star certification for approval for top international matches. This is the only FIFA two-star installation currently in Central America.
Now the Stadium has a gym, museum with pictures, wallpapers, banners and approximately 500 trophies, physiotherapy center, clinic, meeting rooms, press conference room and two additional smaller pitches so all the first division and their minor divisions can have the same treatment. The size of the field was shrunk a little bit, it used to be the biggest in Costa Rica.
It represents four main attributes of the major king of the jungle, that are reflected on the teams vision and mission: Courage, Strength, Dynamism and Fidelity.
-Note: Froylan Ledezma
Signed by AFC Ajax in 1997 for around 4,5 million euros. (Record for a Costa Rican Football player in that moment).
-Note: Bryan Ruiz
Is currently the most valuable player for Costa Rica (15 million euros).
Foreigners
Mauricio Montero
, defender
(1985–1997)
-Note: Javier Delgado
led LDA to several titles:
Costa Rican Short-Tournament Championships:
Tournament Cups
Interamerican Cup
: 0
Other Internacional Championships
Friendly Tournaments:
(3rd Captain)
(2nd Captain)
(Captain)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, currently playing in the Primera División de Costa Rica
Primera División de Costa Rica
Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...
. It was founded on June 18, 1919. The team is located in Alajuela
Alajuela
Alajuela is the second largest city in Costa Rica after the capital, San José. It is also the capital of the namesake province. Because of its location in the Costa Rican Central Valley, Alajuela is nowadays englobed in the conurbation of Great Metropolitan Area...
's downtown and they play their local games at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Scotiabank is a multi-purpose stadium in Alajuela, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of L.D. Alajuelense. The stadium is owned and operated by La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense and is located in El Llano de Alajuela...
.
Alajuelense was the first Costa Rican team to win a CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
Champions' Cup in 1986. The club is known by their fans as "La Liga" and had the privilege to be the only Central American club to participate in South American competitions such as Copa Merconorte
Copa Merconorte
The Copa Merconorte was an international football competition played from 1998 to 2001 by clubs from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and later the United States, Costa Rica and Mexico...
in 2000 and the Copa Sudamericana
Copa Sudamericana
The Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...
in 2006.
They are the only club in Costa Rica football history with at least one Championship gained in each decade.
History
The team was created in 1919 when a group of friends that used to play in a team called "Once de Abril" (April the 11th) met at "Salon París", they wanted to give the city a team that could represent them at a national level. They played their first official game on august 2nd of that same year against CS Cartaginés getting their first victory, 3 – 1.Alajuelense was part of the 7 teams that built and formed the National League in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, back in 1921, along with La Libertad
La Libertad
La Libertad can refer to:;Ecuador*La Libertad, Guayas*La Libertad Canton;El Salvador*La Libertad, La Libertad*La Libertad Department;Honduras*La Libertad, Comayagua*La Libertad, Francisco Morazán;Guatemala*La Libertad, El Petén...
, Sociedad Gimnástica Española, CS Herediano, CS Cartaginés, CS La Unión de Tres Ríos, y la Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense. They won their first championship 1928. In 1960, the team made a tour around the world, leaving Costa Rica on September 17. In 78 days the team played 24 games, winning 12, losing 7 and the other 5 ended up tied. They scored 71 goals and received 47, with a remarkable performance from Juan Ulloa Ramírez, being the top scorer of this tour.
Throughout their history, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense has generated a lot of great players and stunning performances. They are known as one of the best teams in the Central America area. Their best decade was the 1990s, during which they won 4 Championships and 4 sub-championships as well.
And also by the end of the 90's and the middle of the 2000s, they won 4 local championships in a row 2 Copa Interclubes UNCAF
Copa Interclubes UNCAF
The UNCAF Club Tournament was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region . The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatically. It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF...
Throphies and a CONCACAF Club Champions
CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2004
The 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 39th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...
, being the base for the Costa Rican football team in the Korea and Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
, with 9 players.
The club struggled with some financial problems in the second part on the 2000s decade, so they had to end contract with a lot of their regular players and started to built a team based on their younger divisions, but it is now free of debts and with a team averaging 24 year-old players is still one of the best teams in the area and one of the teams with most fans in Costa Rica, winning the last 2 championships in its country.
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto en el Llano de Alajuela
The stadium is owned and operated by La Liga Deportiva Alajuelense and Scotia Bank, and is located in El Llano de Alajuela. The project to find a proper site for a permanent home started in 1938, when the director of the club, Carlos Bolaños, proposed that the club should purchase its own land. The land was purchased in 1940, but the site would not be football-ready until 1942, when Alajuelense played its first match at the site. The first game was played on January 18, 1942, when Liga Deportiva Alajuelense played Club Sport Cartagines.On July 20, 1966, due to a motion by the Municipality of Alajuela, the stadium was renamed to honor the great Alajuelense and FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
player Alejandro Morera Soto
Alejandro Morera Soto
Alejandro Morera Soto was a Costa Rican football player, who played as a striker mostly for LD Alajuelense in the Costa Rican Primera División...
. On March 19, 1970, the stadium saw its first night game when Alajuelense faced Honduran
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
club Motagua, beating them 4–1. The stadium is not only home to Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, but it is also shares itself along with Estadio Ricardo Saprissa as the home of the Costa Rican National team.
Until 2005, the Morera Soto's grass was known as the best natural one in Central America, but a conbination of fungus and hurricanes destroyed the grass and it never fully recovered. By the end of 2008, the management of the team decided to install a 5th generation synthetic grass, in order to have the field always ready and also have the availability to rent the place for concerts and/or special events and have the possibity for the younger division to train in the same field. The last game the team played at the natural turf was the first game of the 2008 winter's final, beating their archrival Deportivo Saprissa 2 – 0 on December 17, 2008. After a long delay, the field was ready to be used by July 18, 2009. The field's re-opening was held against Caracas FC from Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, the game ended up with a tie 1 – 1.
In 2009, the club installed a synthetic turf called Xtreme Turf from ACT Global Sports. This football turf has achieved FIFA two star certification for approval for top international matches. This is the only FIFA two-star installation currently in Central America.
Now the Stadium has a gym, museum with pictures, wallpapers, banners and approximately 500 trophies, physiotherapy center, clinic, meeting rooms, press conference room and two additional smaller pitches so all the first division and their minor divisions can have the same treatment. The size of the field was shrunk a little bit, it used to be the biggest in Costa Rica.
Mascot
The team is now represented by a Lion. In every home game, the mascot comes out at the pitch and plays on the field with fans, walk through the pitch with models giving away gifts from their sponsors and cheers the team with a huge flag. Before the game starts and during the half-time break, the Lion walks among the crowd and poses for pictures with the children. The original mascot used to be a Mango because the team is located in Alajuela that is known as "La Ciudad de los Mangos" ("The Mangoes' City") because of the high amount of Mango Trees that could be located in the province due its weather, but later on, the mascot was changed into a Lion.It represents four main attributes of the major king of the jungle, that are reflected on the teams vision and mission: Courage, Strength, Dynamism and Fidelity.
Notable players
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Sandro AlfaroSandro AlfaroSandro Alfaro Gamboa is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer. He played for several clubs in Costa Rica.-Club career:...
"La Escopeta"- Wardy AlfaroWardy AlfaroWardy Alfaro Pizarro is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays for LD Alajuelense in the Costa Rican Primera División....
- Alejandro AlpizarAlejandro AlpizarAlejandro Alpízar Delgado is a Costa Rican professional football player, who plays for Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. Due his haircut, facial hair style and his skinny figure he was nicknamed "El Mosquetero" , but is also known as "Djorkaeff" or "El Matador".-Club career:Before moving to Saprissa,...
"El Mosquetero" - Carlos Alvarado Villalobos "El Aguilucho"
- Juan Carlos ArguedasJuan Carlos ArguedasJuan Carlos Arguedas Ávila is a retired Costa Rican soccer player. Currently, he is coach of first division team San Carlos FC....
"La Barbie" - Luis Diego ArnáezLuis Diego ArnáezLuís Diego Arnáez Villegas is a retired Costa Rican football player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Costa Rica national football team.-Career:...
"El Flaco" - Omar ArroyoOmar ArroyoOmar Arroyo Rodríguez is a retired Costa Rican professional footballer. He currently plays for several clubs in Costa Rica.-Club career:...
- Victor Badilla "El Cuervo"
- Austin BerryAustin BerryAustín Gerardo Berry Moya is a retired Costa Rican soccer player who is the assistant coach of CS Herediano.As a player, Berry played for L.D. Alajuelense and SC Freiburg. He made his debut for the national team in 1991 and collected a total of 65 caps, scoring 5 goals...
- Steven BryceSteven BryceSteven José Bryce Valerio is a Costa Rican football player, who plays attacking midfielder or winger, who last played for A-League club Brisbane Roar.-Club career:...
- Carlos Castro "El Doberman"
- Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
- Ricardo Chacón
- Gerardo Chavarría "Lalo"
- José Carlos Chaves InnekenJosé Carlos ChavesJosé Carlos Chávez Innecken is a former Costa Rican football player who played for LD Alajuelense.-Club career:Chaves played for Inter Bratislava in the Czechoslovak First League during the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons....
- Ronald Chávez "El Carraco"
- Pablo ChinchillaPablo ChinchillaPablo Chinchilla Vega is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for LASK Linz in the Austrian Football Bundesliga.-Club:...
- Jhonny CuberoJhonny CuberoJhonny Cubero is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays for Xelajú MC in Guatemala.-International career:...
- Errol DanielsErrol DanielsErrol Daniels Hibbert is a former Costa Rican football player, who used to played as a striker for LD Alajuelense. He played for the same club his entire career. He currently resides in New York....
"Don Gol" - Javier DelgadoJavier Delgado PradoJavier Delgado Prado is a former professional football player and coach.Delgado made 33 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, including qualifying matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-References:...
"El Sheriff" - Diego EstradaDiego EstradaDiego Alonso Estrada Valverde is a Costa Rican footballer. He plays for Real Zaragoza B.-Club career:Estrada began his professional career at Costa Rican club LD Alajuelense...
"Bochini" - Róger FloresRoger FloresRóger Flores Solano is a retired Costa Rican football player and manager. He was the captain of the Costa Rica national football team during the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy...
"Il Capitano" - Rolando FonsecaRolando FonsecaRolando Fonseca Jiménez is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Comunicaciones of the Guatemalan National League...
"El Principito" - Juan José Gámez Rivera
- Rónald Gómez "La Bala"
- Alejandro GonzálezAlejandro GonzálezAlejandro González may refer to:* Alejandro Martín González , Mexican boxer* Alejandro González, Jr. , his son, Mexican boxer* Alejandro González Alcocer , former governor of the Mexican state of Baja California...
- Ricardo González "El Gallo"
- Guillermo GuardiaGuillermo GuardiaGuillermo Guardia is considered one of the best Costa Rican soccer strikers during the 1980s. He played the greatest years of his career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he became the best goal scorer of the Costa Rica's first division during 1981, year when Saprissa finished being the champion....
"Nica" - Joaquín B. Guillén "El Candado Alajuelense"
- Carlos Hernández "El Zorro"
- Pablo Herrera BarrantesPablo Herrera BarrantesPablo Herrera Barrantes is a Costa Rican professional footballer. He currently plays for Aalesunds FK, and is known for his dribbling skill and pace.- Career statistics :-International career:...
- Javier Jiménez "Zurdo"
- Froylan LedezmaFroylán LedezmaFroylán Ledezma Stevens is a Costa Rican international football forward who currently plays for Admira Wacker. His nickname is "El Cachorro" which means "The Puppy".-Club career:...
"El Cachorro" - Luis Raquel Ledezma
- Wilmer LopezWilmer LópezWilmer López Arguedas is a retired Costa Rican footballer. He played for LD Alajuelense and is one of the club's biggest idols of all time.-Club career:...
"El Pato" - Alexander MadrigalAlexander MadrigalAlexander Madrigal Ureña is a Costa Rican-Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Cobán Imperial.-Career:Madrigal previously played for Municipal Pérez Zeledón....
"El Machón" - Luis Marín "Yiyo"
- Paul Mayorga
- Álvaro MesénÁlvaro MesénÁlvaro Mesén Murillo is a Costa Rican footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Municipal Liberia in Costa Rica.-Career:Mesén made his name with the club LD Alajuelense...
- Rodolfo Mills
- Cristian MonteroCristian MonteroCristian Montero Fallas is a Costa Rican professional football player. He currently plays for CS Herediano in the Costa Rican Primera División.-International career:...
"Lula" - Mauricio MonteroMauricio MonteroMauricio Montero Chinchilla is a retired Costa Rican footballer. He used to play for L.D. Alajuelense and AD Ramonense. His number 20 jersey was retired in L.D...
"El Chunche" - Rónald MoraRónald MoraRónald Mora Padilla is a former Costa Rican soccer player who played most of his career with Deportivo Saprissa, during the 1980s, as well as L.D. Alajuelense.- Biography :...
"El Macho" - Alejandro Morera SotoAlejandro Morera SotoAlejandro Morera Soto was a Costa Rican football player, who played as a striker mostly for LD Alajuelense in the Costa Rican Primera División...
"El Mago del Balon" - Bernal Mullins "Dinamita"
- Wilson Muñoz
- Allan OviedoAllan OviedoAllan Oviedo Rodríguez is a Costa Rican former striker.-References:...
- Kenneth Paniagua
- Winston ParksWinston ParksWinston Antonio Parks Tifet is a Costa Rican football striker who currently plays for FK Baku. He played in Europe before at Udinese, Ascoli, Slovan Liberec, Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Saturn Ramenskoe and Politehnica Timişoara....
- Heriberto Quiros "Chimi"
- Oscar RamírezOscar RamírezÓscar Ramírez Hernández , nicknamed "El Machillo" , was a Costa Rican international footballer, whose great career is often considered as legendary in his native country. He played for the two most important teams in his country, LD Alajuelense and Deportivo Saprissa, becoming a star and an idol...
"El Machillo" - José Alexis Rojas "El Superman"
- Bryan RuizBryan RuizBryan Ruiz González , commonly known as Bryan Ruiz is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League. He is an attacking all-rounder, with good ball control, heading and passing....
"La Comadreja" - Roy Sáenz
- Esteban SiriasEsteban SiriasEsteban Sirias is a Costa Rican professional footballer who currently plays defender for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican first division.-Club career:...
- Enrique Smith "El Capataz"
- Ríchard SmithRichard SmithRichard Smith may refer to:* Richard Smyth , also written Richard Smith, English Catholic scholar* Richard Smith , English Catholic Bishop, titular of Chalcedon in Asia Minor...
"La Pantera" - Álvaro Solano
- Jose Luís Solera
- Mauricio Solís "El Mauro"
- Salvador Soto Villegas "El Indio Buroy"
- Jorge Manuel Ulate "El Gugui"
- Juan Ulloa Ramírez
- Marco UreñaMarco UreñaMarcos Danilo Ureña Porras, known as Marco Ureña is a professional Costa Rican footballer who plays in Russia for FC Kuban Krasnodar and the Costa Rica national football team as a striker.- International career :...
"El Faraon" - Enrique Vásquez "Quique"
- Harold Wallace "El Rapero"
- Victor NúñezVictor NúñezVíctor Núñez Rodríguez is a Costa Rican professional football player who currently plays for Club Sport Herediano in the Primera Division de Costa Rica.-Personal:...
"El Mambo"
Froylán Ledezma
Froylán Ledezma Stevens is a Costa Rican international football forward who currently plays for Admira Wacker. His nickname is "El Cachorro" which means "The Puppy".-Club career:...
Signed by AFC Ajax in 1997 for around 4,5 million euros. (Record for a Costa Rican Football player in that moment).
-Note: Bryan Ruiz
Bryan Ruiz
Bryan Ruiz González , commonly known as Bryan Ruiz is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League. He is an attacking all-rounder, with good ball control, heading and passing....
Is currently the most valuable player for Costa Rica (15 million euros).
Foreigners
Pablo Antonio GabasPablo Antonio GabasPablo Antonio Gabas is an Argentine--Costa Rican football player who currently plays for LD Alajuelense in Primera Division de Costa Rica....- Pablo Alejandro IzaguirrePablo Alejandro IzaguirrePablo Alejandro Izaguirre is a former Argentine football player who is currently LD Alajuelense's Assistant Head Coach....
"El Che" 
Essinho- Leandrinho
- Rodinei MartinsRodinei MartinsRodinei Martins is a former Brazilian football player..- External links :*...
Nixon Perea "El Concord"- Carlos Eduardo SalazarCarlos Eduardo SalazarCarlos Eduardo Salazar Paz is a Colombian footballer, who currently plays midfielder for the IPL side Sanat Mes Kerman FC. He played for teams of Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Chile and Iran.-Club career:...
Pavel Karoch
Eliseo QuintanillaEliseo QuintanillaEliseo Antonio Quintanilla Ortíz is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Guatemalan club Municipal and internationally for the El Salvador national team.-Club career:...
"Cheyo"
Eugenio Dolmo Flores- Nahamán González
- Emil MartínezEmil MartínezEmil Martínez is a Honduran football player who currently plays for Marathón and is a regular midfielder in the Honduras national team....
Ricky Cheng Siu ChungCheng Siu ChungCheng Siu Chung , is a football player, once holding the record for a Hong Kong transfer fee. Cheng moved to Costa Rica when he was 8 years old along with his parents and sister, and is fluent in Spanish and English as well as his native Cantonese. His father was a famous football player in Hong... 
Roberto TyrrelRoberto TyrrelRoberto Tyrrel was a Panamanian soccer player who played 24 years as a professional goalkeeper in both Panamanian soccer league and Costa Rica soccer league.- Club :...
Josef MisoJosef MisoJosef Miso is a Slovak football player who currently plays for Municipal Grecia in the Costa Rican Liga de Ascenso...
"El Eslovaco"
Roy LassiterRoy LassiterRoy Lassiter is a retired American soccer striker, and Major League Soccer's record holder for goals scored in a season, with 27 in 1996.-Early life:...
Claudio CicciaClaudio CicciaClaudio Fabian Ciccia Ourdin is a former Uruguay football player who played for LD Alajuelense and CS Cartagines in the Costa Rican Primera Division....- Washington Hernández
- Fernando Sosa
Retired numbers
20 – Mauricio MonteroMauricio Montero
Mauricio Montero Chinchilla is a retired Costa Rican footballer. He used to play for L.D. Alajuelense and AD Ramonense. His number 20 jersey was retired in L.D...
, defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
(1985–1997)
Notable Coaches
|
Hugo Tassara
Eduardo Viso Abella
-Note: Javier Delgado
Javier Delgado Prado
Javier Delgado Prado is a former professional football player and coach.Delgado made 33 appearances for the Costa Rica national football team, including qualifying matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-References:...
led LDA to several titles:
- 2004 CONCACAF Club ChampionsCONCACAF Champions' Cup 2004The 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 39th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region , the CONCACAF Champions' Cup...
- 2005 Costa Rican Championship
- 2005 Copa Interclubes UNCAFCopa Interclubes UNCAF 2005The 2005 Copa Interclubes UNCAF was the 23rd edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. This was the seventh year of the current format using the name Copa Interclubes UNCAF. The tournament was also a qualifying...
National
- Costa Rican ChampionshipPrimera División de Costa RicaPrimera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...
: 26
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- 1928, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, Invierno 2010, Verano 2011
- Runner-up (20):
-
- 1930, 1938, 1944, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2008 (Apertura), 2009 (Clausura)
Costa Rican Short-Tournament Championships:
- Apertura (5): 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010
- Clausura (6): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008
- Copa Argentor (1): 1928 (One of the oldest and important titles of Costa Rica, since in this tournament the clubs participated of first, second and third divisions of the country eliminating itself to each other)
- Copa de Campeones del Futbol Nacional (1): 1967
Tournament Cups
- 3 Costa Rican Great Britain Cup
- 1 Costa Rican Tournament Cup
- 2 Relampago Tournament
- 1 Estadio Nacional Cup
- 1 Borsalino Trophy
- 1 Guatemala Cup
- 1 Camel Cup
International
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2
-
- 1986, 2004
- Runner-up (3): 1971, 1992, 1999
- Copa Interclubes UNCAFCopa Interclubes UNCAFThe UNCAF Club Tournament was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region . The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatically. It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF...
: 3
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- 1996, 2002, 2005
- Runner-up (2): 1999, 2000
Interamerican CupCopa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...
: 0
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- Runner-up (1): 1986
Other Internacional Championships
-
- 1961: (Central American & Caribbean Champions)
- 1992: (Central American Champions)
- 2000: (Copa LG Uncaf (Panama) Champions)
Friendly Tournaments:
-
- 2004: Copa Taca de Campeon de Campeones de America, against Once CaldasOnce CaldasCorporación Deportiva Once Caldas is a Colombian association football team, based in Manizales. They were the surprise winners of Copa Libertadores de América in 2004, mainly due to the performances of Juan Carlos Henao and Jhon Viáfara...
(former Copa Libertadores Champion)
- 2004: Copa Taca de Campeon de Campeones de America, against Once Caldas
Current squad
(3rd Captain)
(2nd Captain)
(Captain)