Costa Rican football club
Football club
Sporting Football Club, also known as Sporting
San José, is a Costa Rican football club, that 🔔 currently plays in the Liga de Fútbol de
Primera División, the top division of Costa Rican football league system.
History [
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On 2 March 2003, a group of Mexican businessmen, led by Jorge Vergara, arrived
in Costa Rica to purchase 🔔 Deportivo Saprissa, of the First Division of that country, in
order to acquire all the shares and reduce debts. club 🔔 finances. Within the set of
owners was Jorge Alarcón, who served as the general manager. The main objectives were
the 🔔 promotion of new talents and transcendence at an international level, which were
successfully achieved. For seven years he remained in 🔔 charge of the team until its sale
to another administration. During that time, Alarcón greatly appreciated the country
for the 🔔 opportunity to work in management, so he did not rule out returning.
On 16 June
2024, the disappearance of the subsidiary 🔔 club that participated in the Second
Division, the Saprissa Generation, was confirmed at a press conference by the
saprissistas. Due 🔔 to this, the franchise was released and Jorge learned about this
news. For this reason he contacted the owner Andrés 🔔 Calderón, to found the new team
with a different name. Calderón accepted the proposal and the group was renamed
"Sporting 🔔 San José", with its headquarters in the district of Pavas, in the capital.
The businessman affirmed that it will give 🔔 an increase in the football level of the
Costa Rican capital, through the creation of schools and the contribution of
🔔 experienced players. The colors navy blue and gold were chosen for the uniform, and its
first coach would be Randall 🔔 Row, while Gerald Drummond and Marco Herrera would serve
as the talent trainers, in U-17 and U-20 categories, respectively. The 🔔 team's first
game in the 2024 Opening Tournament was held on 6 August, at the "Cuty" Monge Stadium
in Desamparados, 🔔 due to the fact that its main venue did not meet the distance
requirements between the field and the walls 🔔 of the stadium. infrastructure. On that
occasion the rival was Jacó Rays. At minute 10 of the meeting, the football 🔔 player
Cristian Carrillo scored the first official goal in the history of the club, which
meant the 1-0 victory of 🔔 the Josefinos in his debut. The team was placed in group C,
finished as leader with 29 points and obtained 🔔 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. With this
performance, they qualified for the quarterfinals to face AS Puma Generaleña. 🔔 The first
leg was away on 12 November, and ended in a 4-1 loss. For the round developed a week
🔔 later, those from the central canton of the capital won with a score of 1-0, but
insufficient for the aggregate 🔔 result, so they were eliminated.
Their second
competition of the season was the Clausura 2024, in which the team advanced to 🔔 the
knockout round again after finishing third in group C. Statistically, they recorded
seven wins, five draws and three losses, 🔔 for a total of twenty-five goals in favor. and
eighteen against. In the first leg of the quarterfinals, those from 🔔 the capital won 1-0
over Juventud Escazuceña at the Ernesto Rohrmoser Stadium, this on 9 April. Despite
losing 2-1 in 🔔 the second leg played at the Nicolás Masís Stadium, the series was
decided on penalties for equality added to two 🔔 goals. On that occasion, figures of 2-3
favored the team to continue in the tournament. However, the two losses in 🔔 the
semifinals of 0-1 in the first leg and 4-0 in the second leg against Jicaral, had
repercussions in the 🔔 elimination of the club. On the other hand, the top scorer in the
first year for the Josefinos was Byron 🔔 Bonilla, who scored eight goals.
On 5 September
2024, it renewed its shield and colors, using black and white as a 🔔 tribute to the
extinct La Libertad team. It was also renamed to "Sporting Football Club". On 23 June
2024 Sporting 🔔 F.C. manages to win the grand finale of the promotion league, and with
this ascend to the First Division of 🔔 Costa Rica for the first time in its
history.
Stadium [ edit ]
Sporting San José plays its home games at Ernesto 🔔 Rohrmoser
Stadium [es], located in Pavas, San José, with a capacity of 3,000 spectators. The
stage was inaugurated on 28 🔔 February 2013, for the Central American Games of that
year.
Before the founding of the team, the headquarters was used by 🔔 other Second
Division clubs, as well as in various sports, for which Jorge Alarcón negotiated the
property negotiations with Johnny 🔔 Araya, mayor of San José.
Current squad [ edit ]
As
of July 28, 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under 🔔 FIFA eligibility
rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
