A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón

Pérez Zeledón
Full name Asociación Deportiva Municipal Pérez Zeledón
Nickname(s) Guerreros del Sur
(Southern warriors)
Founded 1962 (1962)
Ground Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón
San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
Capacity 6,000
Chairman Gilberth Fernández
Manager José Giacone
League Liga FPD
2017–18 Apertura 2017: 4th
Second stage: 1st
Final: Champions

Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level in the Primera División de Costa Rica.

It is based in San Isidro de El General. Their home stadium is Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón. Their nickname is Guerreros del Sur or The Southern Warriors.

History

Municipal Pérez Zeledón was founded in 1962 and they reached the Second Division in 1976.[1]

A.D. Generaleña and A.D. Pérez Zeledón merger

In 1988, Asociación Deportiva Municipal Generaleña won promotion to the Primera Division and in 1991 a second team from Pérez Zeledón, Asociación Deportiva Pérez Zeledón, also clinched the second division title, prompting to merge the teams into Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón which would go and represent the canton in the top tier.[1] In 2010, Puma Generaleña was founded as successor to AD Generaleña.[2]

2004 Apertura champions

The team were surprise winners of the 2004–05 Apertura in the Primera División, their first and only title so far, under the coaching of Carlos Restrepo against Saprissa defeated them on their own home stadium 0–1.[3] Although, they missed out on the overall championship title, losing against Alajuelense 1–4 on aggregate.[4] Club top goalscorer that season was Ever Alfaro, also in the team were William Sunsing and Géiner Segura,[5] they were both part of the Ticos along their path to 2006's World Cup held in Germany.

Honours

Champions: Apertura 2017
Runner-up: Apertura 2004

Players

Current squad

As of 6 August 2018[6]

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 Bryan Segura
3 Costa Rica DF Dennis Castillo
5 Costa Rica MF Rafael Rodríguez
6 Costa Rica MF Jeykel Venegas
7 Costa Rica MF Álvaro Sánchez
8 Costa Rica MF Fabián Garita
10 Argentina MF Pablo Azcurra
11 Costa Rica MF Anthony López
12 Costa Rica FW Josué Mitchell
13 Costa Rica GK Guido Jiménez
15 Costa Rica DF César Carrillo
16 Costa Rica MF Anthony Mata
17 Costa Rica DF Aarón Solórzano
18 Costa Rica DF Edder Monguio
No. Position Player
19 Costa Rica MF Axel Amador
20 Costa Rica FW Yuaycell Wright
21 Costa Rica DF Keylor Soto
22 Argentina FW Leandro Rodríguez
23 Costa Rica DF Mauricio Núñez
24 Costa Rica MF Luis Barrantes
25 Costa Rica MF Fernando Monge
27 Costa Rica DF Asdrúbal Gibbons
28 Argentina MF Javier Liendo
29 Paraguay FW Lauro Cazal
30 Costa Rica FW Joshua Navarro
33 Costa Rica FW Esyin Cordero
35 Costa Rica GK Carlos Méndez
99 Costa Rica DF Kevin Sancho

Historical list of coaches

References

  1. 1 2 Perez Zeledon Historia – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ AS. Puma Generaleña Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Pérez Zeledón se adjudicó torneo de apertura Saprissa 0 – Pérez Zeledón 1: ¡Guerreros y campeones! – Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Alajuelense gana 1–0 y se corona campeón del futbol Costa Rica – Nación (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Aquí está el campeón – Nación (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ "Los Guerreros – Pérez Zeledón". MunicipalPZ.net. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Daniel Casas dirigirá a Pérez Zeledón – Al Día (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Marvin Solano fue destituido como técnico del Pérez Zeledón – Al Día (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Pérez Zeledón vuelve a mover su banquillo, Daniel Casas regresa al equipo generaleño – CRHoy (in Spanish)
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