A.D. Carmelita

Carmelita
Full name	Asociación Deportiva Carmelita
Nickname(s)	El Carmen, Los Carmelos
Founded	October 20, 1948; 75 years ago
Ground	Rafael Bolaños; Stadium, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Capacity	2,400
Chairman	Isidro Zamora
Manager	Fernando Palomeque
League	Segunda División
2018–19	Liga FPD, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

Asociación Deportiva Carmelita is a Costa Rican football team playing in the Segunda División. The team is based in Barrio El Carmen, Alajuela, Costa Rica and their home stadium is Rafael Bolaños Stadium in El Coyol, Alajuela^[1]

History

El Carmen

Founded as Costa Rica on 20 October 1948 by Manuel Guillén Fernández, the club joined the Costa Rican Third Division in 1949 and changed its name to Carmen Asociación Deportiva or just El Carmen de Alajuela a year later. They spent a few years in that league before reaching the second division^[2] in 1953 and on 9 April 1958 they debuted in the Primera División de Costa Rica against Alajuelense.^[3]

1961 League title dispute

They won one championship in 1961,^[4] when the big clubs left the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol and founded their own ASOFUTBOL league and the title was contested between three club only: Carmen, Uruguay de Coronado and Gimnástica Española. However, the ASOFUTBOL teams returned to the league and their league winners Herediano were named champions^[2] only to recognize Carmen's title 40 years later.

Carmelita

From 1968 through 1975 they played in the third tier of the Costa Rican football pyramid again and from 1975 through 1991 they were in the second division except for one season in the top division in 1983. Renamed Carmelita, they won promotion to the Premier Division after Pérez Zeledón and Generaleña merged. In 2009 they dropped down again after 16 years in the Primera, only to bounce back again in summer 2012 after beating Orión in a promotion/relegation play-off.^[5]

Achievements

Primera División de Costa Rica: 1

1961

Players

Current squad

As of May 7, 2018.

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	CRC	Luis Diego Sequeira
4	DF	CRC	Erick Cabalceta
5	DF	NCA	Carlos Montenegro
6	MF	CRC	Andrés Vargas
7	FW	CRC	Jonathan Martínez
8	MF	CRC	Suhander Zúñiga
9	FW	CRC	Olman Vargas
10	FW	CRC	Amir Waithe
11	MF	CRC	Bernald Alfaro
12	DF	CRC	Bryan Orué
13	DF	CRC	Kevin Fajardo
14	DF	CRC	Jorge Gutiérrez
15	DF	CRC	Ignacio Quesada
16	DF	CRC	Ariel Soto
17	FW	BRA	Anderson Andrade
18	DF	CRC	William Fernández
19	MF	CRC	Nextaly Rodríguez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	CRC	Pedro Leal
21	MF	CRC	Andrey Ugalde
22	MF	CRC	Luis Carlos Fallas
23	MF	CRC	Pablo Zúñiga
24	MF	CRC	Joshua Ulate
25	DF	CRC	Sebastián Castro
27	DF	CRC	Yael López
28	DF	CRC	Jhon Jairo Lara
29	MF	CRC	Jorge Davis
30	GK	CRC	Guillermo Moreira
89	GK	CRC	Luis Zamora
—	GK	NCA	Bryan Rodríguez
—	DF	MEX	Biagio Battaglia
—	MF	CRC	Endrik Alvarado
—	MF	CRC	Hansell Araúz
—	DF	CRC	Geovanny Murillo

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	CRC	Brayan Rojas (on loan to Tromsø)

Players

Player Records

Most Primera División appearances (as of October 19, 2009).^[6]
#	Name	Career	Apps	Goals
1	Gustavo Alvarado	292

Most Primera División goals (as of April 13, 2011).^[6]
#	Player	Career	Apps	Goals
1	Carlos Wanchope			34

Kit history


Manufacter	Period
Jugados	1998 - 2002
Sportek	2002 – 2010
Adidas	2010 – 2016
Pro Sport	2018 – present

Historical list of coaches

Carlos Watson (1992–93)
Rónald Mora (1993–95), (1997–98), (1999)
Toribio Rojas (1997)
Juan Diego Quesada (1998)
Freddy Kooper (1999)
Juan Luis Hernández (1999–00)
Ulrich Kowalczyk (2000–01)
Álvaro Solano (2001–03)
Juan Luis Hernández (2003)
Luis Fernández Teixeira da Rosa (2004)

Juan Carlos Arguedas (2004–07)
Mauricio Montero (2007–08)
Hernán Fernando Sosa (July 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008)
Rónald Gómez (Jan 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009)^[7]
Orlando de León (Jan 1, 2010 – March 22, 2013)^[8]
Marcelo Bruno (interim) (March 23, 2013 – March 26, 2013)
José Luis Torres (March 27, 2013 – June 30, 2013)^[9]
Guilherme Farinha (July 1, 2013 – March 26, 2015)^[10]
Hugo Robles (April 9, 2015– November 2015)^[11]
Daniel Casas (December 2015 - Feb 2016)
Vinicio Alvarado (Feb 2016- Feb 2017)
Guilherme Farinha (Feb 2017-)

References

^ "Carmelita cumplió su sueño de tener estadio propio". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-26.
^ ^a ^b Carmelita Historia Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
^ Historial de Carmelita Archived August 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – Carmelita (in Spanish)
^ Costa Rica 1961 – RSSSF
^ Verdolagas sin tiempo que perder – Nación (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Carmelita de manteles largos Archived 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
^ La Bala Gómez dirigirá Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)
^ Carmelita destituyó al técnico Orlando de León – Nación (in Spanish)
^ José Luis Torres es el nuevo técnico de Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)
^ Guilherme Farinha renunció a Carmelita tras caer goleado ante Belén – Nación (in Spanish)
^ Técnico Hugo Robles asume las riendas de Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)

www.adcarmelita.cr

External links

Official website

[1] "Carmelita cumplió su sueño de tener estadio propio". La Nación, Grupo Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-26.

[UNAFUT-2] Carmelita Historia Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)

[3] Historial de Carmelita Archived August 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine – Carmelita (in Spanish)

[4] Costa Rica 1961 – RSSSF

[5] Verdolagas sin tiempo que perder – Nación (in Spanish)

[UNAFUT2-6] Carmelita de manteles largos Archived 2016-09-11 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)

[7] La Bala Gómez dirigirá Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)

[8] Carmelita destituyó al técnico Orlando de León – Nación (in Spanish)

[9] José Luis Torres es el nuevo técnico de Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)

[10] Guilherme Farinha renunció a Carmelita tras caer goleado ante Belén – Nación (in Spanish)

[11] Técnico Hugo Robles asume las riendas de Carmelita – Nación (in Spanish)

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