A.D. Carmelita

Asociación Deportiva Carmelita is a Costa Rican football team playing in the Segunda División. The team is based in Barrio El Carmen, Alajuela, Costa Rica and their home stadium is Rafael Bolaños Stadium in El Coyol, Alajuela[1]

Carmelita
Full nameAsociación Deportiva Carmelita
Nickname(s)El Carmen, Los Carmelos
FoundedOctober 20, 1948 (1948-10-20)
GroundRafael Bolaños
Stadium, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Capacity2,400
ChairmanIsidro Zamora
ManagerFernando Palomeque
LeagueSegunda División
2018–19Liga FPD, 12th of 12 (relegated)

History

El Carmen

Founded as Costa Rica 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[2] in 1953 and on 9 April 1958 they debuted in the Primera División de Costa Rica against Alajuelense.[3]

1961 League title dispute

They won one championship in 1961,[4] 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[2] 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 play-off.[5]

Honours
1961

Players

Current squad
  • As of May 7, 2018.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CRC Luis Diego Sequeira
4 DF  CRC Erick Cabalceta
5 DF  NCA Carlos Montenegro
6 MF  CRC Andrés Vargas
7 FW  CRC Jonathan Martínez
8 MF  CRC Suhander Zúñiga
9 FW  CRC Olman Vargas
10 FW  CRC Amir Waithe
11 MF  CRC Bernald Alfaro
12 DF  CRC Bryan Orué
13 DF  CRC Kevin Fajardo
14 DF  CRC Jorge Gutiérrez
15 DF  CRC Ignacio Quesada
16 DF  CRC Ariel Soto
17 FW  BRA Anderson Andrade
18 DF  CRC William Fernández
19 MF  CRC Nextaly Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  CRC Pedro Leal
21 MF  CRC Andrey Ugalde
22 MF  CRC Luis Carlos Fallas
23 MF  CRC Pablo Zúñiga
24 MF  CRC Joshua Ulate
25 DF  CRC Sebastián Castro
27 DF  CRC Yael López
28 DF  CRC Jhon Jairo Lara
29 MF  CRC Jorge Davis
30 GK  CRC Guillermo Moreira
89 GK  CRC Luis Zamora
— GK  NCA Bryan Rodríguez
— DF  MEX Biagio Battaglia
— MF  CRC Endrik Alvarado
— MF  CRC Hansell Araúz
— DF  CRC Geovanny Murillo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW  CRC Brayan Rojas (on loan to Tromsø)

Player Records

Kit history
Manufacter Period
Jugados 1998 - 2002
Sportek 2002 – 2010
Adidas 2010 – 2016
Pro Sport 2018 – present

Historical list of coaches

References
  1. "Carmelita cumplió su sueño de tener estadio propio". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. Carmelita Historia Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  3. Historial de Carmelita Archived August 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – Carmelita (in Spanish)
  4. Costa Rica 1961 – RSSSF
  5. Verdolagas sin tiempo que perder – Nación (in Spanish)
  6. Carmelita de manteles largos Archived 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  7. La Bala Gómez dirigirá Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)
  8. Carmelita destituyó al técnico Orlando de León – Nación (in Spanish)
  9. José Luis Torres es el nuevo técnico de Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)
  10. Guilherme Farinha renunció a Carmelita tras caer goleado ante Belén – Nación (in Spanish)
  11. Técnico Hugo Robles asume las riendas de Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)

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