La U Universitarios

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UCR
Escudo de La U Universitarios.svg
Full nameA.D.F.C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica
Nickname(s)Los Universitarios
Académicos
Founded1941;81 years ago (1941), as Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica
28 June 2019;3 years ago (2019-06-28), as La U Universitarios
GroundEcológico Stadium
Capacity1,800
League LINAFA
Clausura 2022Group D - Metro Sur

A.D.F.C.F. UCR is a soccer club in Costa Rica.

On 2 June 2017 the university rector Henning Jensen announced the cease of the agreement with the club, which starting on 1 July will no longer represent the university in any form. [1]

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The club was refounded on June 28, 2019, after having finalized its league with the University of Costa Rica. It has the administrative management of manager Javier Delgado and his home games are held at the Carlos Alvarado Villalobos Stadium.

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]

On 2 June 2017 Henning Jensen, rector of the University of Costa Rica, announced the cease of the agreement between the university and the club, citing that the transfer of the administrative management of the team to the Colombian company Con Talla Mundial was neither requested nor advised to the university. Jensen also stated that the club did not comply with the correction in the financial part of the club. [1]

Stadium

Throughout its history, the University of Costa Rica Soccer Club used various scenarios, especially because the University of Costa Rica did not have its own stadium until the construction of the Ecological Stadium, a venue located within the university sports facilities, located in the canton of Montes de Oca. The Ecológico was the club's own headquarters since its opening in 2008, and there it starred in various matches in both the first and second divisions. However, and especially since the club returned to the first division in 2013, the small capacity of the Ecological Stadium (1,800 fans) motivated the team to look for other venues for economic reasons. Among the stadiums that were once the official headquarters of the University of Costa Rica Soccer Club are the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium, the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium, the Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium and the Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge Stadium, among others.

Honours

National competitions

Winners (1): 1943
Winners (3): 1972–73, 2006–07, 2012–13

Championship 1943

List of players and coaching staff who won the Costa Rica First Division National Soccer Championship on November 14, 1943, under the name Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica.

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Juliana "La Macha" Hidalgo
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Jean Carlo "La Muralla" Chacón Gamboa
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Gabriel "El tractorcito" Araya
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Rafael Ángel Cardona
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Álvaro Castro
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Luis Arturo Fernández
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Víctor Manuel Pérez
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Álvaro Bonilla
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Guillermo Quirós
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Tomás Alfaro
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Marco Antonio Leiva
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Pipa Porras
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Jorge Eduardo Umaña
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Mario Ruiz
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Eduardo Burro Cabalceta
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Édgar Negro Esquivel
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Héctor Julio Mostacilla González
No.Pos.NationPlayer
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Guillermo Macho Hernández
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Arnoldo Chachalaca Madriz
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Manuel Vargas
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Wálter Vega
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC José Alberto Granados
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Alfredo Ruiz
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Fernando Lolito Ruiz
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Fernando Camacho
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Víctor Julio Tulo Víquez
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Fernando Solano (Solanito)
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Rodrigo Leiva
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Mario Gólcher
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Eladio Macho Esquivel
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Luis Jones
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Roberto Pagano Montero
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Gustavo Conejo
—Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Ramón Arroyo

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References

  1. 1 2 Córdoba, Javier (2 June 2017). "UCR acaba vínculo con equipo de fútbol de primera división". Semanario Universidad (in European Spanish). Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Lección de coraje allanó el camino – Nación (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ UCR es el club que tardó más en volver a Primera – Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Costa Rica 1943". www.rsssf.com.
  5. ↑ "Costa Rica - List of Second Division Champions". www.rsssf.com.


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