CF Universidad de Costa Rica

UCR

Full name	Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica
Nickname(s)	Los Universitarios Académicos
Founded	1941
Ground	Estadio Ecológico, Sabanilla
Capacity	1,800
President	Zaida Araya V.[1]
Manager	Guilherme Farinha
League	Primera División
2014 Invierno	Regular Season: 5th Playoffs: DNQ
Website	Club home page

Club de Fútbol Universidad de Costa Rica is a professional football club, based in the Universidad de Costa Rica in San José, which is currently playing in the Costa Rican Primera Division.

History

Founded as Universidad Nacional in 1941, they won their only league title in 1943 and were relegated to the Segunda División in 1956.^[2] They had another spell in the top tier between 1973 and 1976 and Universidad won promotion again to the Primera División after a record 30 years, after winning both the 2006 Apertura and 2007 Clausura seasons.^[3]

Honors

National competitions

• Primera División^[4]

Winners (1): 1943

• Segunda División^[5]

Winners (3): 1972–73, 2006–07, 2012–13

Players

Current squad

• As of 16 April, 2016.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Julián Loría 2 DF José Mena 3 DF Darío Delgado 5 DF Jason Scott 6 MF Joel Silva 7 MF Víctor Gutiérrez 8 DF José Vargas 9 FW Olman Vargas 10 MF Freddy Álvarez 11 FW Josué Martínez 13 MF Pablo Herrera 14 DF James Scott

No. Position Player 15 DF Ignacio Quesada 17 MF Aarón Navarro 20 MF Gustavo Díaz 22 MF Pedro Leal 23 DF Julio Cascante 24 FW Francisco Rodríguez 26 MF Jonathan Sibaja 31 GK Aarón Cruz 35 GK Carlos Méndez 80 DF Randall Alvarado 87 MF Rónald Mauricio Montero

Source: Official website

Player Records

Most Primera División appearances (as of April 7, 2010)[6] # Name Career Apps Goals 1 Rafael Cardona 90 2 Ronny Rodríguez 89 3 Edwin Barley 86 4 Marvin Obando Jr. 86 5 Francisco Fleming 85 6 Víctor Pérez 81 7 Roberto Kenton 77 8 Rafael Víquez 76 9 Alonso Hilarión 72 10 José A. Granados 70 Historical list of coaches Luis Roberto Sibaja (2002–03) Jorge Manuel Ulate (2003) Marvin Solano (2007) Johnny Chávez (1 Jan 2008–30 June 10) Juan Diego Quesada (May 21, 2010–20 Sept 10)[7] Mario Carrera (Sept 21, 2010–Nov 11, 2010)[8][9] Ivan Mráz (Dec 3, 2010–1?)[10] José Antonio Giacone (1 July 2012–) Old logo References Club de Fútbol UCR con nueva Presidenta - UNAFUT (Spanish) Lección de coraje allanó el camino - Nación (Spanish) UCR es el club que tardó más en volver a Primera - Nación (Spanish) http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cos43.html http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cos2champ.html El portero legendario de la U - UNAFUT(Spanish) Juan Diego Quesada dirigirá a la UCR - Nación (Spanish) Mario Carrera asumió como técnico de la UCR - Nación (Spanish) Mario Carrera fue separado como técnico de la UCR - Nación (Spanish) Iván Mraz dirigirá a la Universidad - Nación (Spanish) External links (Spanish) Official Web Site