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moved Deportivo Saprissa to C.D. Saprissa: The history section of the team's website says that the name of the club is "Club Deportivo Saprissa" and "Club Deportivo" is abbreviated to "C.D." in article titles
 
You drunk, f^u$c#king bastard gringo, that is an obvious typo. Everywhere else in the site it says "Deportivo Saprissa". Go f@u*c(ing die!
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| manager = {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Jeaustin Campos]]
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'''Deportivo Saprissa''' is a [[Costa Rica]]n [[sports club]], mostly known for its [[Association football|football]] team. The club is located in San Juan de Tibás, [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], and plays their home games at the [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá|Estadio Ricardo Saprissa]]

The club's success has led to the [[Costa Rica]]n newspaper ''Diario Extra'' [[nickname|nicknaming]] the team ''El Monstruo Morado'' ("The Purple Monster"), after Saprissa won a Championship in the early 1980s and an article in the newspaper said "the crowd yells and screams like a thousand-headed monster".

Saprissa is one of the most successful clubs in [[CONCACAF|North America]] having won the [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]] three times - in [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1993|1993]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1995|1995]], and [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005|2005]]. They have also won five [[Copa Interclubes UNCAF|Central American crowns]] in 1972, 1973, 1978, 1998, and 2003 as well as 28 [[Primera División de Costa Rica]] championships, the most of any team in Costa Rica.

For the year from [[1 September]], [[2007]] to [[31 August]], [[2008]] the club is listed as being the 106th best team in the world by the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]]. <ref name="iffhs">
{{cite news
| title = Club World Ranking Top 350 (1st September 2007 - 31st August 2008)
| publisher = [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics]]
| url = http://www.iffhs.de/?10f42e00fa2d17f73702fa3016e23c17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6f28f53512
| accessdate = 2008-09-29}}</ref> One of their most notable moments came in 2005 when they became the first, and so far only, [[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|non-Mexican]] club in [[CONCACAF]] to take part in the [[FIFA Club World Cup]], finishing in third place. Along with [[Club Necaxa]], this is the highest finish out of any CONCACAF team in the FIFA Club World Cup.

Saprissa has the most appearances in the CONCACAF Champions Cup finals with three first place finishes and four runners-up finishes. Their six consecutive national Costa Rican titles from 1972 to 1977 is a national record. The club has won a record 28 national titles and 8 short championships as well as three official international tournaments and ten international championships.

==History==
{{details3|[[History of Deportivo Saprissa]]}}
Deportivo Saprissa was founded on [[16 July]], [[1935]] and they entered the Costa Rican Third Division as '''Saprissa F.C.''' They were promoted to the [[Primera División de Costa Rica]], making their debut in the top flight on [[21 August]], [[1949]]. The club has remained in the Costa Rican top flight ever since. They were Primera División champions six consecutive seasons between 1972 and 1977.

===Recent events===
In 2003, the club was bought by [[Mexico|Mexican]] entrepreneur [[Jorge Vergara]], the owner of Mexican football club [[Club Deportivo Guadalajara]] and soon after the operator of [[Major League Soccer]] club [[Club Deportivo Chivas USA]] in the [[United States]].

Saprissa won the [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005|2005 CONCACAF Champions Cup]], beating Mexican club [[Club Universidad Nacional|Universidad Nacional]] in the final over two legs, in May 2005. As [[CONCACAF]] club champions they qualified for the [[2005 FIFA Club World Championship]], held in [[Japan]] in December 2005. They beat [[Australia]]n club [[Sydney FC]] in the quarter-finals thanks to a goal by [[Christian Bolaños]]. In the semi-finals they were beaten 3-0 by [[England|English]] club [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. In the third place match they beat [[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al Ittihad]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] 3-2. [[Álvaro Saborío]] scored two goals, and [[Rónald Gómez]] scored the final goal in the 89th minute to seal the win. They finished the competition in third place behind [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]] of [[Brazil]] and Liverpool. Saborío was joint top scorer, and Bolaños was awarded the Bronze Ball by [[FIFA]] as third best player of the championship.

==Team colours and nickname==
In 1937, Saprissa adopted [[purple]] as the official [[Kit (association football)|kit]] colour. It is said that the team adopted purple because their previous kit, which consisted of a red and blue striped shirt, was washed together by mistake. Then when the kits were ready to be picked up, it was realized that the two colours had blended, forming a solid purple colour.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}

The history of the nickname ''El Monstruo Morado'' (''The Purple Monster'') can be traced back to 1987, when the Costa Rican [[newspaper]] ''[[Diario Extra (Costa Rica)|Diario Extra]]'' gave the team the nickname during the local [[derby]] with [[LD Alajuelense]]. A [[reporter]] is said to have commented that the sea of fans in the stands at the [[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá]] in [[Tibás Canton|Tibás]] wearing purple and the tremendous noise they were generating made him feel like he was "in the presence of a thousand headed monster". Saprissa immediately adopted the nickname ''El Monstruo Morado''.

==Stadium==
{{Main|Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá}}
[[Image:236160348 15e87128f5 o.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Fans of "La Ultra Morada" in La Cueva]]
Saprissa plays home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, named after Ricardo Saprissa. They originally played at the [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica|Costa Rica National Stadium]], which they rented and shared.

A new site for a stadium was bought in 1965 and on [[27 August]], [[1972]] after six years of construction and upgrades, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa was officially opened. The first match was between Deportivo Saprissa and Comunicaciones of Guatemala. The match ended in a 1-1 draw with Peter Sandoval of Comunicaciones scoring the first goal at the new stadium.

The stadium is called ''La Cueva del Monstruo'' (The Monster's Cave), after the nickname of the club, ''El Monstruo Morado'' ("The Purple Monster"). It has a [[seating capacity]] of 23,112 and is overlooked by local mountains and downtown San Jose.

==Supporters==
{{Unreferenced|date=September 2008}}
La Ultra Morada (The Purple Ultra) is the club's official supporters group. The group was the first [[Ultras]] group in Costa Rica, formed in 1995 when the then Saprissa president [[Enrique Artiñano]] brought fans from the Chilean football club [[Universidad Católica]], to help build a similar ultras group to their Los Cruzados, for Saprissa. In the mid-to-late 1990s the Ultras began to develop the image of being [[Football hooliganism|football hooligans]] when violence began to break out with opposition fans during games. Due to the negative atmosphere and press coverage, Saprissa stepped in to restore order to a group that they had helped create. Ultra Morada has now been taken under the wing of Saprissa, making it a more stable but devoted supporters group. This project is still on-going. The groups rivalry with La 12 (The Twelve) who support LD Alajuelense has been the cause of a number violent clashes in and out of stadiums.

==Players==
===Current squad===
''As of 2008''<ref name="saprissa">[http://www.saprissa.co.cr Deportivo Saprissa - Sitio Oficial del Monstruo Morado<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Keylor Navas]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Yader Balladares]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Víctor Cordero]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Bryan Gutierrez]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Alexander Robinson Delgado|Alexander Robinson]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Alejandro Alpízar]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Walter Centeno]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Ariel Santana]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Alonso Solis]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Ronald Gomez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Ever Alfaro]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Fausto González]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Andrés Nuñez]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Jose Luis Cordero]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Costa Rica|name= [[Jervis Drummond]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Jairo Arrieta]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Celso Borges]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Armando Alonso]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Manfred Russell]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[César Elizondo]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Esteban Ramírez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Randall Porras]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=31 |nat=Costa Rica|name=[[Michael Barrantes]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=Costa Rica|name=[[José Francisco Porras]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs end}}

===Former players===
''For a full list of former Deportive Saprissa players, please see [[List of Deportivo Saprissa players|here]].''

==Non-playing staff==
{| class="toccolours"
!bgcolor=silver|Name
!bgcolor=silver|Role
|-bgcolor=#eeeeee
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mariano Varela || Vice President
|-
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Victor Badilla]] || Football Operations Manager
|-bgcolor=#eeeeee
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Mario Jiménez || Commercial Manager
|-
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Jeaustin Campos]] || Head Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Randall Row]] || Assistant Coach
|-bgcolor=#eeeeee
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Ronald González]] || Assistant Coach
|-
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Pier Luigi Morera]] || Head Athletic Trainer
|-bgcolor=#eeeeee
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Roger Mora || Goalkeeping coach
|-
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} Willy Gálvez || Team Physician
|-
|}

===Former coaches===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
====1950s - 1960s====
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] Francisco García
*[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|20px]] Eduardo Viso Abella
*[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px]] Otto Pedro Bumbell
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[Carlos Peucelle]]
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] Alfredo Piedra
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] José Ramos
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Mario Cordero]]
Gavelo Conejo

====1970s====
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Marvin Rodríguez]]
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] Geovanny Rodríguez
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] Guillermo Hernández
*[[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px]] Jozef Karel

====1980s====
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] Giovanny Rodríguez
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] Raúl Betancourt
*[[Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg|20px]] Jozef Bouska
*[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Odir Jaques]]
{{col-2}}<div style="text-align:left">
====1990s====
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Alexandre Guimaraes]]
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] [[Carlos Linaris]]
*[[Image:Flag of Colombia.svg|20px]] Luis García
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Carlos Watson]]
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] [[Julio César Cortés]]
*[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg|20px]] [[Jorge Mario Olguín]]
*[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg|20px]] [[Valdeir Vieira]]

====2000s to date====
*[[Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg|20px]] Manuel Keossián
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Hernán Medford]]
*[[Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg|20px]] [[Jeaustin Campos]]
{{col-end}}

==Honours==
===National===
*'''[[Primera División de Costa Rica]] championships (28)''':
** 1952-53, 1953-54, 1957-58, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1982-83, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 Apertura, 2007-08 Clausura, Invierno 2008

*'''Costa Rican Short Championships (8)''':
**1997-98 Clausura, 1998-99 Apertura, 1998-99 Clausura, 2003-04 Apertura, 2005-06 Apertura, 2005-06 Clausura, 2006-07 Apertura, 2006-07 Clausura

===International===
*'''[[FIFA Club World Cup]]'''
**'''Third place (1)''': [[2005 FIFA Club World Championship|2005]]

*'''[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (3)''': [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1993|1993]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1995|1995]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005|2005]]
** '''Runners-up (4)''': [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1970|1970]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1973|1973]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2004|2004]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008|2008]]

*'''[[Copa Interclubes UNCAF]]'''
**'''Winners (5)''': 1972, 1973, 1978, [[Torneo Grandes de Centroamerica 1998|1998]], [[Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2003|2003]]
**'''Runners-up (7)''': 1971, 1974, [[Torneo Grandes de Centroamerica 1996|1996]], [[Torneo Grandes de Centroamerica 1997|1997]], [[Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2001|2001]], [[Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2004|2004]], [[Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007|2007]]

*'''[[Interamerican Cup]]'''
**'''Runners-up(1)''': 1993, 1995

*'''CONCACAF Central American Champions'''
**'''Winners(1)''': 1970

*'''Copa Ricard'''
**'''Runners-up (1)''': 2008

*'''US Camel Cup'''
**'''Winners (1)''': 1995

==See also==
*[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Champions League records and statistics]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.futboldecostarica.com futboldecostarica.com] {{es icon}}
*[http://www.saprissa.co.cr Official Web Site] {{en icon}} {{ja icon}} {{es icon}}
*[http://www.sapriforo.com Deportivo Saprissa Forum] {{es icon}}
*[http://www.saprissa.com Unofficial site] {{es icon}}
*[http://www.laultramorada.net Ultra Morada website] {{es icon}}

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Saprissa
Full nameDeportivo Saprissa
Nickname(s)El Monstruo Morado; Los Morados
FoundedJuly 16, 1935
GroundEstadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
(La Cueva),
San José, Costa Rica
Capacity23,112
ChairmanMexico Jorge Vergara
Head CoachCosta Rica Jeaustin Campos
LeaguePrimera División de Costa Rica
Invierno 20081st (Fifth straight national championship)

Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and plays their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa

The club's success has led to the Costa Rican newspaper Diario Extra nicknaming the team El Monstruo Morado ("The Purple Monster"), after Saprissa won a Championship in the early 1980s and an article in the newspaper said "the crowd yells and screams like a thousand-headed monster".

Saprissa is one of the most successful clubs in North America having won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup three times - in 1993, 1995, and 2005. They have also won five Central American crowns in 1972, 1973, 1978, 1998, and 2003 as well as 28 Primera División de Costa Rica championships, the most of any team in Costa Rica.

For the year from 1 September, 2007 to 31 August, 2008 the club is listed as being the 106th best team in the world by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics. [1] One of their most notable moments came in 2005 when they became the first, and so far only, non-Mexican club in CONCACAF to take part in the FIFA Club World Cup, finishing in third place. Along with Club Necaxa, this is the highest finish out of any CONCACAF team in the FIFA Club World Cup.

Saprissa has the most appearances in the CONCACAF Champions Cup finals with three first place finishes and four runners-up finishes. Their six consecutive national Costa Rican titles from 1972 to 1977 is a national record. The club has won a record 28 national titles and 8 short championships as well as three official international tournaments and ten international championships.

History

Template:Details3 Deportivo Saprissa was founded on 16 July, 1935 and they entered the Costa Rican Third Division as Saprissa F.C. They were promoted to the Primera División de Costa Rica, making their debut in the top flight on 21 August, 1949. The club has remained in the Costa Rican top flight ever since. They were Primera División champions six consecutive seasons between 1972 and 1977.

Recent events

In 2003, the club was bought by Mexican entrepreneur Jorge Vergara, the owner of Mexican football club Club Deportivo Guadalajara and soon after the operator of Major League Soccer club Club Deportivo Chivas USA in the United States.

Saprissa won the 2005 CONCACAF Champions Cup, beating Mexican club Universidad Nacional in the final over two legs, in May 2005. As CONCACAF club champions they qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship, held in Japan in December 2005. They beat Australian club Sydney FC in the quarter-finals thanks to a goal by Christian Bolaños. In the semi-finals they were beaten 3-0 by English club Liverpool. In the third place match they beat Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 3-2. Álvaro Saborío scored two goals, and Rónald Gómez scored the final goal in the 89th minute to seal the win. They finished the competition in third place behind São Paulo of Brazil and Liverpool. Saborío was joint top scorer, and Bolaños was awarded the Bronze Ball by FIFA as third best player of the championship.

Team colours and nickname

In 1937, Saprissa adopted purple as the official kit colour. It is said that the team adopted purple because their previous kit, which consisted of a red and blue striped shirt, was washed together by mistake. Then when the kits were ready to be picked up, it was realized that the two colours had blended, forming a solid purple colour.[citation needed]

The history of the nickname El Monstruo Morado (The Purple Monster) can be traced back to 1987, when the Costa Rican newspaper Diario Extra gave the team the nickname during the local derby with LD Alajuelense. A reporter is said to have commented that the sea of fans in the stands at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in Tibás wearing purple and the tremendous noise they were generating made him feel like he was "in the presence of a thousand headed monster". Saprissa immediately adopted the nickname El Monstruo Morado.

Stadium

Main article: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
File:236160348 15e87128f5 o.jpg
Fans of "La Ultra Morada" in La Cueva

Saprissa plays home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, named after Ricardo Saprissa. They originally played at the Costa Rica National Stadium, which they rented and shared.

A new site for a stadium was bought in 1965 and on 27 August, 1972 after six years of construction and upgrades, Estadio Ricardo Saprissa was officially opened. The first match was between Deportivo Saprissa and Comunicaciones of Guatemala. The match ended in a 1-1 draw with Peter Sandoval of Comunicaciones scoring the first goal at the new stadium.

The stadium is called La Cueva del Monstruo (The Monster's Cave), after the nickname of the club, El Monstruo Morado ("The Purple Monster"). It has a seating capacity of 23,112 and is overlooked by local mountains and downtown San Jose.

Supporters

La Ultra Morada (The Purple Ultra) is the club's official supporters group. The group was the first Ultras group in Costa Rica, formed in 1995 when the then Saprissa president Enrique Artiñano brought fans from the Chilean football club Universidad Católica, to help build a similar ultras group to their Los Cruzados, for Saprissa. In the mid-to-late 1990s the Ultras began to develop the image of being football hooligans when violence began to break out with opposition fans during games. Due to the negative atmosphere and press coverage, Saprissa stepped in to restore order to a group that they had helped create. Ultra Morada has now been taken under the wing of Saprissa, making it a more stable but devoted supporters group. This project is still on-going. The groups rivalry with La 12 (The Twelve) who support LD Alajuelense has been the cause of a number violent clashes in and out of stadiums.

Players

Current squad

As of 2008[2] 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 Keylor Navas
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Yader Balladares
3 DF Costa Rica CRC Víctor Cordero
4 DF Costa Rica CRC Bryan Gutierrez
5 DF Costa Rica CRC Alexander Robinson
7 FW Costa Rica CRC Alejandro Alpízar
8 MF Costa Rica CRC Walter Centeno
9 MF Costa Rica CRC Ariel Santana
10 FW Costa Rica CRC Alonso Solis
11 FW Costa Rica CRC Ronald Gomez
12 FW Costa Rica CRC Ever Alfaro
13 GK Costa Rica CRC Fausto González
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Costa Rica CRC Andrés Nuñez
15 MF Costa Rica CRC Jose Luis Cordero
18 DF Costa Rica CRC Jervis Drummond
19 FW Costa Rica CRC Jairo Arrieta
20 MF Costa Rica CRC Celso Borges
21 MF Costa Rica CRC Armando Alonso
26 FW Costa Rica CRC Manfred Russell
27 MF Costa Rica CRC César Elizondo
29 FW Costa Rica CRC Esteban Ramírez
30 DF Costa Rica CRC Randall Porras
31 MF Costa Rica CRC Michael Barrantes
35 GK Costa Rica CRC José Francisco Porras

Former players

For a full list of former Deportive Saprissa players, please see here.

Non-playing staff

Name Role
Mexico Mariano Varela Vice President
Costa Rica Victor Badilla Football Operations Manager
Costa Rica Mario Jiménez Commercial Manager
Costa Rica Jeaustin Campos Head Coach
Costa Rica Randall Row Assistant Coach
Costa Rica Ronald González Assistant Coach
Costa Rica Pier Luigi Morera Head Athletic Trainer
Costa Rica Roger Mora Goalkeeping coach
Costa Rica Willy Gálvez Team Physician

Former coaches

Honours

National

  • Primera División de Costa Rica championships (28):
    • 1952-53, 1953-54, 1957-58, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1982-83, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 Apertura, 2007-08 Clausura, Invierno 2008
  • Costa Rican Short Championships (8):
    • 1997-98 Clausura, 1998-99 Apertura, 1998-99 Clausura, 2003-04 Apertura, 2005-06 Apertura, 2005-06 Clausura, 2006-07 Apertura, 2006-07 Clausura

International

  • CONCACAF Central American Champions
    • Winners(1): 1970
  • Copa Ricard
    • Runners-up (1): 2008
  • US Camel Cup
    • Winners (1): 1995

See also

References

  1. ^ "Club World Ranking Top 350 (1st September 2007 - 31st August 2008)". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
  2. ^ Deportivo Saprissa - Sitio Oficial del Monstruo Morado

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