C.S. Uruguay de Coronado

Uruguay
Full nameClub Sport Uruguay de Coronado
Nickname(s)Los Josefinos
El Cuadro Lechero
Founded3 January 1936; 88 years ago (1936-01-03)
GroundEstadio Municipal El Labrador, Coronado, Costa Rica
Capacity2,500
ChairmanFreddy Campos
ManagerMarco Antonio Herrera
LeagueLiga de Ascenso
Apertura 20233° - Group B

C.S. Uruguay de Coronado is a Costa Rican football club that competes in the Costa Rican Segunda División.

History

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Founded 3 January 1936, they were named after the first FIFA World Cup champions, Uruguay. They changed their first club colors, red and black like Alajuelense, to the yellow and black of Uruguayan giants Peñarol and made their Primera División debut in 1950.[1] In 1961, they became runner-up to champions El Carmen,[2] when the big clubs left the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol and founded their own ASOFUTBOL league and the title was contested between three clubs only: Carmen, Uruguay de Coronado and Gimnástica Española. However, the ASOFUTBOL teams returned to the league and only Uruguay retained their place in the top tier.

In 1963, they surprisingly won the league with players like "Caballo" Otárola, "Camarón" Padilla, Luis Chacón, Carlos Luis "Piche" García and Rodrigo "Riguín" Sandoval.[3]

They played in the Primera División from 1988 until relegation in 1992. Uruguay returned to the top flight in summer 2012.[4]

Stadium

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Club Sport Uruguay plays its home games at the El Labrador Municipal Stadium, which bears that name in honor of San Isidro Labrador, Patron Saint of the Cantón of Vázquez de Coronado.

The stadium is located about 250 meters south of the Church of San Isidro de Coronado (central district of the canton). It has a capacity for 2,500 seated people (approximately); its grass is synthetic with a striped design (it was the first with this design in Costa Rica) and has great drainage capacity.

It is municipal property and is under the administration of Club Sport Uruguay since 12/01/2014, thanks to an agreement signed between both parties.

On September 21, 2008, the team said goodbye to the stadium's natural grass, to make way for a high-quality synthetic grass. An eight-lane athletics track was also installed around the pitch and a gymnasium for club and public use. It is currently receiving other works in its infrastructure and has plenty of space around where it is planned to place more bleachers to increase its capacity.

Honours

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National

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1963
1949, 1960, 1967–68, 1986–87, Clausura 2011
1940

Current squad

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As of June 7, 2023

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 Costa Rica CRC Issac Alfaro
2 MF Costa Rica CRC Samir Taylor
3 DF Costa Rica CRC Erick Rojas
4 DF Costa Rica CRC Joshua Munguia
5 MF Costa Rica CRC Carlos Navarro
6 MF Costa Rica CRC Emmanuel Pérez
7 MF Costa Rica CRC Gustavo Portuguez
8 FW Costa Rica CRC Jeiner Ballesteros
9 FW Costa Rica CRC Pablo Abarca
10 MF Costa Rica CRC Kevin Ortiz
15 DF Costa Rica CRC Luis Obando
16 FW Costa Rica CRC Brandon Camacho
18 DF Costa Rica CRC Athim Rooper
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Costa Rica CRC Kenneth González
20 DF Costa Rica CRC Erikson Arias
21 DF Costa Rica CRC Johel Montero (Captain)
23 MF Costa Rica CRC Jefferson Quintero
24 MF Costa Rica CRC Tristan Drummond
25 FW Costa Rica CRC Kendall Gallardo
GK Costa Rica CRC Brandon Calvo
GK Costa Rica CRC Joandrick Sánchez
DF Costa Rica CRC Gerson Salas
MF Costa Rica CRC Alexander Monge
MF Costa Rica CRC Eder Navas

Championship 1963

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List of players and coaching staff who won the Costa Rica First Division National Soccer Championship on November 3, 1963.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
Costa Rica CRC Hérberth Ulloa
Costa Rica CRC Germán Sánchez
Costa Rica CRC Rodrigo Sandoval
Costa Rica CRC Enrique Briceño
Costa Rica CRC Fabio Morera Agüero
Costa Rica CRC Luis Chacón
Costa Rica CRC Carlos García
Costa Rica CRC Guillermo Valenciano
Costa Rica CRC Guillermo Padilla
Costa Rica CRC Guillermo Elizondo
No. Pos. Nation Player
Costa Rica CRC Rudy Sobalbarro
Costa Rica CRC Guillermo Otárola
Costa Rica CRC Roberto Montero
Costa Rica CRC Tarciso Rodríguez
Costa Rica CRC Juan de Dios Núñez
Costa Rica CRC Ananías Ruiz
Costa Rica CRC Manuel Soto
Costa Rica CRC Mario Cháves
Costa Rica CRC Miguel Chacón
Costa Rica CRC Jorge Bolaños

References

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  1. ^ Uruguay Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Costa Rica 1961 – RSSSF
  3. ^ Que Santos no sea un nuevo Brujas – Al Día (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Uruguay gana el ascenso a Primera División – Nación (in Spanish)
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