Club Sport Herediano

Herediano
Full name Club Sport Herediano
Nickname(s) El Team (The Team)
Los Florenses (The Fiore)
Los Rojiamarillos (The Red and Yellowish)
Founded June 12, 1921
Ground Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia
Capacity 8,700
President United States David Patey
Head coach Brazil Odir Jacques
League Primera División de Costa Rica
2014 2014 Invierno, 2nd
Website Club home page

Club Sport Herediano (Spanish pronunciation: ['klʌb 'spɔrt eɾe´ðjano]), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈtim]), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the district of San Francisco, Heredia. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association football team. It plays in the Primera División de Costa Rica, the top tier of the Costa Rican football league system. Herediano are one of two clubs to have never been relegated, along with Liga Deportiva Alajuelense.

Herediano has its origins in 1918. The framework for Asociación Deportiva Club Sport Herediano was simmering since June 1920, with the appointment of an interim board with iconic figures like Manuel Joaquín Gutiérrez, Eladio Rosabal, Víctor Manuel Ruiz, Claudio Arguedas and Luis Valerio, but it wasn't until June 12, 1921 that the Herediano Charter was signed. In that same year, Eladio Rosabal Cordero becomes the first manager of the Costa Rica national football team, and Herediano player Manuel Joaquín Gutiérrez became the first scorer of the national team.

The club's first season was framed by a memorable event in world football, because Herediano managed to crown themselves national champions in 1921, the first edition of Costa Rica's top-flight league. Herediano established itself as a major force in Costa Rican football by winning 23 Primera Division titles

El Team plays its home matches at the Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero. Herediano's home kit is composed of red and yellow vertical striped shirts, with red shorts, accompanied by yellow and red socks. This combination has been used since 1929. Umbro are the kit manufacturers. Herediano holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably against Alajuelense, Saprissa and Cartaginés. It has contributed many key and famous players towards Costa Rica's FIFA World Cup squads such as Marvin Obando, Germán Chavarría, Claudio Jara, Mauricio Wright, Paulo Wanchope, David Myrie, Óscar Granados, José Miguel Cubero and Daniel Cambronero.

History

In 1918 Heredians sought to form a football club that would represent their province. Three local Heredian football clubs, Club Sport Renacimiento, Club Sport Juan J. Flores and Club Sport Cristóbal Colón decided to incorporate themselves to form Club Sport Herediano.[1] Native Heredian football players such as José Joaquín "Toquita" Gutiérrez, Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Víctor Manuel Ruiz, Gilberto & Claudio Arguedas, and Luis Valerio (who all played in various clubs such as La Libertad and Gimnástica Española) united to sign the official constitution of Club Sport Herediano in June 1921. On 1 July 1921 the first official action that CS Herediano took as an organization was to purchase land to create a football field. In the same year CS Herediano also began to pressure the Costa Rican government to form a local FA, thus in 1921 the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol was formed and the first national championship was scheduled—a National Championship that CS Herediano would win.

In 1925 CS Herediano embarked on its first international match when it had a six game tour in Jamaica in which they won four, tied and lost one. In 1928 CS Herediano travelled to El Salvador to play several international matches against local clubs. They beat Cuscatlán twice, once by a score of 11–0 and then again 11–1. They also beat FAS in Santa Ana 4–0, and beat Sonsonate 8–0. The club's most historic victory came in 1932 in Costa Rica's National Stadium in La Sabana, when CS Herediano beat the Argentinian National team 3–1. In its first decade of existence CS Herediano won 6 national titles, four of them consecutively. CS Herediano is considered the Costa Rican club team with the most international experience. They also won the 1988 "Copa Camel", beating in the process Mexican teams like Puebla and UAG Tecos on American soil. Recently, Club Sport Herediano, also known as "Los Florenses", have ended a championship drought of 19 years (going back to the 1992–93 season) by winning the Verano 2012 tournament, in a brilliant display of attacking and offensive play in the final part of the season. After that, thousands of Herediano's fans celebrated the victory in the streets, displaying what some people now estimate is the biggest football celebration in the country's history. In those years 19 previous years, Costa Rica saw only four teams win the championship, Deportivo Saprissa, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Liberia Mia and Brujas. To CS Herediano's credit they were consistently at the finals, but victory seemed to escape their grasp. In the 2005–06 season, CS Herediano unveiled a new official team logo of a tiger grasping the letters CSH. Although this was supposed become the new image for the team, the original logo remained as the official shield of the team's uniform.

On 19 May 2012, Herediano put an end to a drought of titles by winning the 22nd against Santos with an aggregate score of 6–3.

However despite this, Herediano were suffering severe financial trouble that was until an American business man David J. Patey who was working and residing in Costa Rica decided to form a consortium with his brothers (Mike and Mark) to purchase the club on October 30, 2012 .

Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium

The construction of a stadium in the city of Heredia began on 22 December 1945, under the direction of Rafael Herrera Feluco.

The Municipal Council of the Canton Central played a key role in donating two plots for this purpose to Club Sport Herediano, albeit with a number of conditions: the work must be completed within a five-year-period, providing the stage for other county’s sporting events, and above all, the club cannot sell the property within a period of 99 years from the execution of the deed of sale and can only be mortgaged to invest these funds in the construction or maintenance of the property.

The construction of the stadium was managed by a loan from the Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, as well as inputs from the community, local organizations and the government of the Republic of Costa Rica itself.

The inaugural date is 21 August 1949, in which Herediano played its first match against the Spanish Gymnastic Society, with a score of 3–1. However, it has been discussed the opening day due to lack of a paper record that references this inaugural match to be considered the official opening game.

In 1964 the former manager Vicente Montero made a motion for the stadium to be named Eladio Rosabal Cordero. Thus, by the end of the decade of the 60s the stadium was officially baptized under that name.

The stadium’s lighting was installed that same year, and in 1974 broadcasting booths were finished. In the late seventies the south-sector-grandstand was built.

In early 2010, the grass was replaced by latest generation of synthetic turf with dimensions of 105.80 meters long and 68 meters wide.

At present, the stadium has a capacity for 8,144 spectators, and it is owned by the Asociacion Deportiva Club Sport Herediano. Bleachers are divided into: Sol General, Sol Numerado, Sombra Numerada and Palcos.

Kit

The first uniform was bought at the Tomas Salazar´s Central Market stand, thanks to an economical contribution of Joaquín Gutierrez. The purchase was made for a dozen shirts, similar to the worn by the military in time of the Federico Tinoco government. Wearing a greyish jersey combined with white short pants; that is how Herediano showed to its first official championship match against Liga Deportiva Alajuelense – which was indeed, their first winning game-.

The distinctive usage of red and yellow as the club´s colors began in 1926, when the Club Fortuna of Cuba visited Costa Rican soil for the second time in history. The manager of the Cuban team was interested in setting up a match with Herediano, but had the drawback that Herediano did not have a proper uniform for that kind of international events. The solution was found in the New Century Warehouse owned by Ramon Herrero, who had imported red-and-yellow-striped uniforms to be used by the Spanish Gymnastic Society team. At the end, the Hispanic team did not purchase them and once again Joaquín Gutiérrez made a deal to get the uniforms, which eventually became the emblematic jersey for the club.

The red and yellow colors were added in the statutes by a reform in 1929, which stated that official uniform is a vertical red/yellow striped shirt combined with black shorts and stockings. This provision remained for seventy years, until this was excluded from the current statutes. Herediano wore a sponsorship in its shirt for the first time in 1978, when the brand Toshiba was stamped on his chest.

Team resume

Achievements

League tournament

Club Sport Herediano is the third most winning club of the Costa Rican Primera División

Cup tournament

International tournament

Performance in international competitions

1971 – Third place
1972 – Third place
1975 – Third place
1978 – First round vs. El Salvador FAS – 0:0, 0:2 (FAS advances 0:2 on aggregate)
1962 – First Round vs. Mexico Guadalajara – 2:0 (Guadalajara advances 2:0 on aggregate)
1975 – Second Round vs. Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa – 0:2, 2:1 (Deportivo Saprissa advances 3:2 on aggregate)
1980 – First Round vs. Honduras Club Deportivo Marathón – 0:3, 3:1 (Marathón advances 4:3 on aggregate)
1987 – Third Round (finished third in Group 2)
1989 – Fourth Round vs. Mexico Pumas UNAM – 1:1, 1:5 (Pumas UNAM advances 6:2 on aggregate)
1994 – Second Round vs. Mexico Atlante – 3:3, 1:3 (Atlante advances 6:4 on aggregate)
2004 – Quarter-finals vs. Honduras Olimpia – 2:3, 1:0 (Olimpia advances 3:3 on aggregate)
2009–10 – Preliminary Round vs. Mexico Cruz Azul – 2:6, 0:0 (Cruz Azul advances 6:2 on aggregate)
2011–12 – Group Stage (finished fourth in Group D)
2012–13 – Quarter-finals vs. United States Los Angeles Galaxy - 0:0, 1:4 (Galaxy advances 1:4 on aggregate)
2013–14 – Group Stage (finished second in Group D)
2014–15 – Semi-finals vs. Mexico Club América- 3:0, 0:6 (Club América advances 3:6 on aggregate)

Player Records

Most appearances (as of February 23, 2010)[2]
# Name Career Apps Goals
1 Germán Chavarría 1978–1995 493
2 Marvin Obando 1979–1990, 1997-1998 480
3 Geovanny Jara 1986–2004 422
4 Claudio Jara 1982–1992, 1994-1995 375 99
5 Róberth Arias 1999-2011 362
6 Carlos Camacho 319
7 Mauricio Solís 1990-1996, 2007-2010 298
8 Álvaro Grant MacDonald 1956-1973 298
9 Nilton Nóbrega 1977-1986 295 47
10 Kenneth Paniagua 1991-1997, 2004 291

Most goals (as of June 12, 2014)[3]
# Player Career Apps Goals
1 Claudio Jara 1982–1992, 1994-1995 375 99
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Current squad

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 Leonel Moreira
4 Costa Rica DF Cristian Montero
5 Costa Rica MF Óscar Granados
7 Costa Rica FW Yendrick Ruiz
8 Costa Rica MF José Cordero
10 Costa Rica MF Elías Aguilar
11 Costa Rica MF José Sánchez
17 Costa Rica DF Ronney Mora
17 Costa Rica DF Marvin Obando
18 Costa Rica DF Dave Myrie
19 Costa Rica MF Heyreel Saravia
20 Costa Rica GK Daniel Cambronero
No. Position Player
21 Costa Rica DF Pablo Salazar
24 Costa Rica DF Edder Nelson
26 Costa Rica MF Júnior Alvarado
27 Costa Rica DF Mauricio Núñez
28 Panama MF Gabriel Gómez
29 Costa Rica MF Esteban Ramírez
32 El Salvador DF Alexander Larín (on loan from UANL)
50 Costa Rica MF Josimar Arias
53 Mexico DF Luis Omar Hernández
77 Costa Rica MF Verny Scott
81 Costa Rica FW Vianney Blanco
99 Costa Rica DF Keyner Brown

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
25 Canada MF Keven Alemán (at Belén)

Historical list of foreign players

  • Peru Mario Parreaguirre (1947)
  • Honduras Ángel Ramón Rodríguez (1969–70)
  • Chile Rubén Rodríguez (1970–71)
  • Chile Horacio Díaz (1971–72)
  • Chile Marcelo Saravia (1972–73)
  • Brazil Gaetano da Silva (1972–73)
  • Uruguay Jorge Washington Santos (1974–75)
  • Uruguay Marco García (1974–75)
  • Argentina Norberto Catalano (1977)
  • Brazil Odir Jacques (1977)
  • Brazil Nilton Nóbrega (1977–85)
  • Argentina Julio Gómez (1978–80)
  • Uruguay Raul Washington Benítez (1979–80)
  • Panama Diógenes Cáceres (1984–85)
  • Brazil Adonis Hilario (1986)
  • Brazil Alexander Barbosa (1986)
  • El Salvador Norberto Huezo (1987)
  • Uruguay Mario Orta (1987, 1989–90)
  • Uruguay Washington Castagnaro (1987)
  • Uruguay Daniel Casas (1988–89)
  • Uruguay César Eduardo Méndez (1988–89)
  • Brazil Antonio Do Santos (1988–89)
  • Uruguay Clemente Uruguay Gussoni (1988–89)
  • Uruguay Álvaro Izquierdo (1989–90)
  • Trinidad and Tobago Michael Maurice (1991–92)
  • Uruguay Fabián Tejera (1991–92)
  • Argentina Eduardo Lamparelli (1992–93)
  • Brazil Nildeson (1992–93)
  • Uruguay Álvaro Amarilla (1992–93)

Foreign most-games played: Nilton Nobrega (227 games).

Foreign top three scorers: Nilton Nobrega (47 goals), Nicolás Suazo (43 goals), José Carlos Cancela (29 goals).

Foreigners by country of origin: Uruguay (23), Brazil (18), Argentina (13), Honduras (6), Colombia (6), Chile (3), Panama (3), Peru (2), Kenya (2), Mexico (1), El Salvador (1), Sierra Leone (1), Slovakia (1), United States (1), Trinidad & Tobago (1).

Historical list of coaches

  • Costa Rica Joaquín Gutiérrez (1921–22)
  • Costa Rica Eladio Rosabal (1924–27)
  • Costa Rica Braulio Morales (1930)
  • Costa Rica Eladio Rosabal (1931)
  • Costa Rica Braulio Morales (1932)
  • Costa Rica Gilberto Arguedas (1933)
  • Costa Rica Milton Valverde (1937)
  • Costa Rica Aníbal Varela (19??)
  • Costa Rica Rafael Herrera (1943–44)
  • Costa Rica Ismael Quesada (1947–48, 1951, 1955)
  • Costa Rica Santiago Bonilla (1955)
  • Costa Rica Francisco Sánchez (19??)
  • Costa Rica Fernando Bonilla (19??)
  • Costa Rica Maximiliano Villalobos (19??)
  • Costa Rica Oscar Bejarano (19??)
  • Costa Rica Manrique Quesada (19??)
  • Spain Eduardo Toba Muiño (1961)
  • Costa Rica Mario Murillo (1962–63)
  • Spain Carlos Farrez (1964)
  • Spain Eduardo Viso Abella (1965)
  • Costa Rica Alfredo Piedra (1966)
  • Costa Rica Domingo Borja (1967)
  • Costa Rica José Meza (1968)
  • Chile Ramón Soto (19??)
  • Chile Hugo Tassara (1969)

References

  1. ↑ Herediano a través del tiempo en el futbol tico - Nación (Spanish)
  2. ↑ En el Herediano el record se llama Germán Chavarría - UNAFUT(Spanish)
  3. ↑ Con el mundial llegó el aniversario del Herediano - UNAFUT (Spanish)

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