Asociación Deportiva Carmelita

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Full name Asociación Deportiva Carmelita
Nickname(s) El Carmen
Founded 20 October 1948
Ground Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Ground Capacity 18,500
Chairman Costa Rica Cruz Campos Mena
Manager Hugo Robles
League Primera División de Costa Rica
2014 Verano Regular Season: 5th
Play-offs: DNQ

Asociación Deportiva Carmelita is a Costa Rican football team playing in Primera División de Costa Rica.

They are based in Barrio El Carmen, Alajuela, Costa Rica and their home stadium is Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto.

History

El Carmen

Founded as Colombia on 20 October 1948 by Manuel Guillén Fernández, the club joined the Costa Rican Third Division in 1949 and changed its name to Carmen Asociación Deportiva or just El Carmen de Alajuela a year later. They spent a few years in that league before reaching the second division[1] in 1953 and on 9 April 1958 they debuted in the Primera División de Costa Rica against Alajuelense.[2]

1961 League title dispute

They won one championship in 1961,[3] when the big clubs left the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol and founded their own ASOFUTBOL league and the title was contested between three club only: Carmen, Uruguay de Coronado and Gimnástica Española. However, the ASOFUTBOL teams returned to the league and their league winners Herediano were named champions[1] only to recognize Carmen's title 40 years later.

Carmelita

From 1968 through 1975 they played in the third tier of the Costa Rican football pyramid again and from 1975 through 1991 they were in the second division except for one season in the top division in 1983. Renamed Carmelita, they won promotion to the Premier Division after Pérez Zeledón and Generaleña merged. In 2009 they dropped down again after 16 years in the Primera, only to bounce back again in summer 2012 after beating Orión in a promotion/relegation playoff.[4]

Achievements

1961

Players

Player Records

Current squad

  • As of 10 October, 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Costa Rica GK Víctor Bolívar
3 Costa Rica DF David Calvo
4 Brazil DF Carlos Eduardo
5 Costa Rica DF Carlos Montenegro
6 Honduras FW Víctor Ortiz
7 Costa Rica DF Moisés Segura
8 Costa Rica MF Jaisell Zamora
9 Brazil FW Weller Pereira
10 Costa Rica MF Bernald Alfaro
11 Costa Rica MF Brayan Rojas
12 Costa Rica DF Bryan Orué
13 Costa Rica MF Víctor Chavarría
14 Costa Rica MF Verny Ramírez
15 Costa Rica MF Gabriel Leiva
No. Position Player
17 Costa Rica DF Yamil Allen
18 Costa Rica DF Fabricio Chavarría
19 Brazil FW Jorge Barbosa
20 Costa Rica FW Starling Matarrita
21 Costa Rica MF Andrey Ugalde
22 Costa Rica GK Fernando Valverde
23 Costa Rica MF Suhander Zúniga
24 Costa Rica MF Andrés Vargas
25 Costa Rica MF Alejandro Vargas
27 Costa Rica FW David Porras
29 Costa Rica MF Esteban Aguilera
30 Costa Rica DF Marco Barrantes
31 Costa Rica DF Mario Víquez
-- Mexico FW Raúl Meraz

Notable Players

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Historical list of coaches

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Carmelita Historia - UNAFUT (Spanish) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "UNAFUT" defined multiple times with different content
  2. Historial de Carmelita - Carmelita (Spanish)
  3. Costa Rica 1961 - RSSSF
  4. Verdolagas sin tiempo que perder - Nación (Spanish)
  5. La Bala Gómez dirigirá Carmelita - Nación (Spanish)
  6. Carmelita destituyó al técnico Orlando de León - Nación (Spanish)
  7. José Luis Torres es el nuevo técnico de Carmelita - Nación (Spanish)
  8. Guilherme Farinha renunció a Carmelita tras caer goleado ante Belén - Nación (Spanish)
  9. Técnico Hugo Robles asume las riendas de Carmelita - Nación (Spanish)

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