2013–14 Costa Rican Primera División Season
The 2013–14 Primera División season (known as the ''Campeonato JPS 2013–14'' for sponsorship reasons) is the 95th of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano. Universidad de Costa Rica The University of Costa Rica (Spanish: ''Universidad de Costa Rica,'' abbreviated UCR) is a public university in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. Its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, is located in San Pedro, Co ... is the newly promoted member. The Invierno season was dedicated to Guillermo Vargas Roldán. Campeonato de Invierno The tournament began on 11 August 2013 and will end on 22 December 2013. First Stage Standings Results Second stage Semifinals First legs ---- Second legs ---- Finals First leg Second leg Campeonato de Verano The tournament began on 11 January 2014. First Stage Standings Results Second stage Semifinals ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Costa Rican Primera División
The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Liga de Fútbol de Primera División (Liga FPD), and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División (UNAFUT). The league consists of 12 teams, with the last-placed team Promotion and relegation, relegated to the Segunda División de Costa Rica, Liga de Ascenso. The league was founded in 1921, with C.S. Herediano, Herediano crowned as the first champions. Deportivo Saprissa, Saprissa is the most successful club having won the championship a record 40 times. Together with L.D. Alajuelense, Alajuelense (31 titles) and Herediano (30 titles), they have dominated the league. Competition format The Liga FPD features a format in which two separate tournaments are held over the course of one particular season. The ''Torneo de Apertura'' (Spanish for "Opening Tournament") lasts from July to Decembe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Club Sport Uruguay De Coronado
C.S. Uruguay de Coronado is a Costa Rican football club that competes in the Costa Rican Segunda División. History Founded 3 January 1936, they were named after the first FIFA World Cup champions, Uruguay. They changed their first club colors, red and black like Alajuelense, to the yellow and black of Uruguayan giants Peñarol and made their Primera División debut in 1950. In 1961, they became runner-up to champions El Carmen, when the big clubs left the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol and founded their own ASOFUTBOL league and the title was contested between three clubs only: Carmen, Uruguay de Coronado and Gimnástica Española. However, the ASOFUTBOL teams returned to the league and only Uruguay retained their place in the top tier. In 1963, they surprisingly won the league with players like "Caballo" Otárola, "Camarón" Padilla, Luis Chacón, Carlos Luis "Piche" García and Rodrigo "Riguín" Sandoval. They played in the Primera División from 1988 until relegation i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heredia, Costa Rica
Heredia () is a district in the Heredia canton of Heredia province, Costa Rica. As the seat of the municipality of Heredia canton, it is awarded the status of city, and by virtue of being the city of the first canton, it is the Province Capital of Heredia province as well. It is 10 kilometers to the north of the country's capital, San José. The city is home to one of the largest colleges in Costa Rica, the National University of Costa Rica, which accepts many international students. History Prior to its founding, the area around Heredia was inhabited by the native tribe that is known as the Huetares, who were commanded at the coming of the Spanish by the ''cacique'' Garabito. In 1706 settlers from Cartago, set up a small church at a place they called "Alvirilla", which soon became more populated. Between 1716 and 1717 the settlers moved their village to the north, to a place the indigenous people called Cubujuquí. In 1736 Heredia was deemed sufficiently large to be g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
The Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium (Spanish: ), also referred to as Transcomer Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Heredia, Costa Rica Heredia () is a district in the Heredia canton of Heredia province, Costa Rica. As the seat of the municipality of Heredia canton, it is awarded the status of city, and by virtue of being the city of the first canton, it is the Province Capita .... Built on the site of the old Rosabal Cordero stadium, which had stood from 1949 until 2020. The stadium will serve as Herediano's home stadium. The construction process has been marred with numerous delays.{{cite news , last1=Ureña , first1=Silvia , title=¡Retraso! Rosabal Cordero estará listo hasta mayo del 2024 , url=https://www.larepublica.net/noticia/retraso-rosabal-cordero-estara-listo-hasta-mayo-del-2024 , access-date=23 March 2025 , work=La República , language=es References External linksThe stadiumon Herediano's website Football venues in Costa Rica C.S. Herediano ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leandro Barrios Rita Dos Martires
Leandro Barrios Rita dos Martires known as Leandro Barrios or Leandrinho (born June 6, 1986) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Also known as ''Leandrinho'', Barrios rejoined Herediano from Guatemalan side Municipal in summer 2013, after having played for the club in 2006 and 2008. He also played for Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Al ... in Costa Rica after signing for them in 2010. He moved to Mexican second division outfit San Luis in June 2014. - OEM Career statistics Last Update 24 Aug ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Esteban Granados
Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend to pronounce it as a proparoxytone . People with the given name * Esteban Alvarado, Costa Rican goalkeeper * Esteban Andrés Suárez, Spanish football goalkeeper * Esteban Cambiasso, Argentine footballer * Esteban Dorr (born 2000), French table tennis player * Esteban de Dorantes, 16th Century Explorer of North America * Esteban de la Fuente, Argentine basketball player * Esteban Fuertes, Argentine footballer * Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer * Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver * Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican racing driver * Esteban Herrault, French para table tennis player * Esteban Lazo Hernández, Cuban politician * Esteban Loaiza, Mexican retired baseball player * Esteban Navarro, Spanish novelist * Esteban Ocon, French ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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José Miguel Cubero
José Miguel Cubero Loría (born 14 February 1987), nicknamed El Cucu, is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, and current president of Sarchí, the club which he founded and played for. Developed in the youth academy of Herediano, Cubero made his professional debut for the club in 2006. Years later, he would be loaned to Puntarenas before returning to Herediano. In 2014, Cubero moved to England and signed for Blackpool. However, he would once again return to Herediano two years later. Cubero was briefly loaned to Alcoyano in Spain, before joining Alajuelense in 2018. He briefly returned to Puntarenas in 2023, before joining Sporting San José later that same year. A year later, Cubero joined Sarchí, the club which he owns, before retiring from professional football in 2025. After representing the Costa Rica U20 team, Cubero made his official debut for the senior team in 2010. He would represent Costa Rica at the 2011 Copa Ce ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cartago, Costa Rica
Cartago () is the head city of Cartago canton of the Cartago Province, and is composed of the Oriental and Occidental districts as stated in the administrative divisions of Costa Rica. It was the capital of Costa Rica from 1574 to 1824. History Founded in 1563 by Juan Vasquez de Coronado, it was the first successful establishment in Costa Rica. The city was granted a coat of arms by King Philip II of Spain in 1565, and the title of Muy Noble y Muy Leal ("Very Noble and Very Loyal") by the Cortes (Spanish Parliament) in 1814. It served as the first capital of Costa Rica until 1823, when Republican leader Gregorio José Ramírez, moved the capital to the bigger city of San José, because Cartago wanted to unite the newly independent province of Costa Rica to the Iturbide's Mexican Empire while San Jose and Alajuela supported a Republican system. The city was severely damaged by major earthquakes in 1822, 1841 and 1910. In 1963, a volcanic eruption of Irazu Volcano which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich
Estadio Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich is a multi-use stadium in Cartago, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... matches and is the home stadium of C.S. Cartaginés. The stadium holds 8350 people and was built in 1949. On June 8, 2024, strong storms and winds hit the city of Cartago and Paraíso. Among the affected areas was the Fello Meza, whose roof was detached and destroyed. https://www.nacion.com/sucesos/desastres/techo-del-estadio-fello-meza-se-desprende-por/RSOGPBJC75CBFHIXRDHWIAF6C4/story/ A Cartaginés under-21 game was being played, but in the 70th minute it was suspended due to the amount of water falling on the field and in the stands, the ceiling that began to collapse and bend. No injuries we ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Víctor Núñez
Víctor Amaury Núñez Rodríguez (born 15 April 1980) is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward for multiple clubs, including C.S. Herediano, L.D. Alajuelense, and Deportivo Saprissa. He currently serves as assistant coach at C.S. Herediano. He has the all-time record for the number of goals in Costa Rica's first division. Born in the Dominican Republic, Núñez moved to Costa Rica at age 9. He was naturalised there on 31 January 2003, and subsequently opted to play internationally for the Costa Rica national team. Club career Nuñez began his career in the minor league system of Deportivo Saprissa where he played his first seasons. He made his professional debut in a league match against Goicoechea on 16 December 1999. Nuñez scored his first goal on 12 October 2000 against Alajuelense while playing on loan for Limonense. He has led the league in goal-scoring four times (Invierno 2007, Invierno 2008, Invierno 2009 and Verano 2013) and became the top a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yosimar Arias
Yosimar Arias Céspedes (born 24 September 1986) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Municipal Grecia. Club career Arias started his career at Alajuelense and played for Puntarenas and Brujas before moving abroad for a spell in Mexico with Dorados de Sinaloa but was released in May 2011. He returned to Costa Rica when signed by Herediano but then had another stint abroad with Guatemalan side Municipal whom he left in December 2012. International career In 2003, Arias played at the FIFA U-17 World Championship. He made his senior debut for Costa Rica in a January 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Panama and has earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goal. He has represented his country at the 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup and the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |