Municipal Grecia

Grecia
Founded August 16, 1998 (1998-08-16)
Stadium Estadio Allen Riggioni
Capacity 4,000
Chairman Adrián Barquero
Manager Walter Centeno
League Liga FPD
2016–17 Liga de Ascenso, 1st (promoted)
Website Club website

Municipal Grecia is an association football club based in Grecia, Costa Rica. Founded in 1998, the club will make their debut in the Liga FPD after being promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.

The team plays in the Estadio Allen Riggioni.

History

In 1998, the people from Grecia, led by former deputy Everardo Rodríguez, decided to give the people of the canton a new sports option. Feeling the need of having an own football club which competed in a non-amateur level. Having taken over the franchise of American FC, the club was founded on 16 August 1998. The club made its debut on 13 September 1998 by drawing 2–2 with Puriscal FC.[1]

During its first decade, the team won the 2007 Apertura Championship in the Costa Rican Liga de Ascenso.[1] On mid-2017 the club, managed by former Saprissa and Costa Rica captain Walter Centeno, defeated Jicaral to win the 2017 Clausura tournament, thus qualifying to a promotion play-off.[2] Grecia would defeat Jicaral again to achieve the promotion to the Liga FPD for the first time.[3]

Players

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
Costa Rica GK Kevin Ruiz
Costa Rica DF Daniel Vallejos (Captain)
Costa Rica DF David Álvarez
Costa Rica DF Rutsell Mora
Costa Rica DF Andrés Núñez
Costa Rica MF Felipe Chávez
Costa Rica MF Yeremy Araya
Costa Rica FW Alberth Villalobos
Costa Rica MF Jefry Valverde
Costa Rica MF Alexander Rodríguez
Costa Rica MF Bayron Jiménez
No. Position Player
Costa Rica FW Alonso Solís
Costa Rica FW Allan Alemán
Costa Rica GK Marvin Herrera
Costa Rica DF Christian Blanco
Costa Rica MF Luis Dias
Costa Rica MF Jean Carlo Bermúdez
Costa Rica MF Henry Barboza
Costa Rica FW Fabián Oviedo
Costa Rica DF Esteban Rodríguez
Costa Rica FW Erick Corrales

[4]

Personnel

Walter Centeno is the head coach of the team

Current technical staff

Name Role
Costa Rica Walter Centeno Head coach
Costa Rica Benjamín Mayorga Assistant coach

Management

Name Role
Adrián Barquero Chairman

Honours

  • Liga de Ascenso
    • Overall champions: 2016–17
    • Half-season champions: Apertura 2007, Clausura 2017

References

  1. 1 2 "Historia | Municipal Grecia". municipalgrecia.com (in Spanish). Municipal Grecia. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Ramírez, Wender (14 May 2017). "Grecia amarga la fiesta de Jicaral y peleará por el Ascenso en dos juegos más". MarioSegura.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Araya, José Fernando (28 May 2017). "Grecia golea 3-0 a Jicaral y es el nuevo inquilino de la Primera División". Teletica (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Planilla | Municipal Grecia". municipalgrecia.com (in Spanish).
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