C.S. Herediano

C.S. Herediano

Full name	Club Sport Herediano
Nickname(s)	El Team Florense, El Glorioso Florenses, Rojiamarillos
Founded	June 12, 1921
Ground	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Heredia, Costa Rica (Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman	Roxie Blen
Manager	Jafet Soto
League	Primera División de Costa Rica
Home colours Away colours

Club Sport Herediano is a football club based in Heredia, Costa Rica. The team plays in the Primera División and is one of the oldest in the country.

History

In 1918 Heredians sought to form a football club that would represent their province. Three local Heredian football clubs, Club Sport Renacimiento, Club Sport Juan J. Flores and Club Sport Cristóbal Colón decided to incorporate themselves to form Club Sport Herediano. Native Heredian football players such as José Joaquín "Toquita" Gutiérrez, Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Víctor Manuel Ruiz, Gilberto & Claudio Arguedas, and Luis Valerio (who all played in various clubs such as La Libertad and Gimnástica Española) united to sign the official constitution of Club Sport Herediano in June 1921. On July 1, 1921 the first official action that CS Herediano took as an organization was to purchase land to create a football field. In the same year CS Herediano also began to pressure the Costa Rican Government to form a local FA, thus in 1921 the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol was formed and the first national championship was scheduled—a National Championship that CS Herediano would win.

In 1925 CS Herediano embarked on its first international match when it had a six game tour in Jamaica in which they won four, tied and lost one. In 1928 CS Herediano travelled to El Salvador to play several international matches against local clubs. They beat Cuscatlán twice, once by a score of 11–0 and then again 11–1. They also beat CD FAS in Santa Ana by a score of 4–0, and beat Sonsonate 8–0. The club's most historic victory came in 1932 in Costa Rica's National Stadium in La Sabana, when CS Herediano beat the Argentinian National team by a score of 3–1. In its first decade of existence CS Herediano won 6 National Titles, four of them consecutively. CS Herediano is considered the Costa Rican club team with the most international experience. With that distinction CS Herediano can proudly boast of its many international trophies. Presently Club Sport Herediano—also known as "Los Florenses"—have had a championship drought of 19 Years going back to the 1992–93 season. In those years Costa Rica has seen only four teams win the championship, Deportivo Saprissa, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Liberia mia and Brujas FC. To CS Herediano's credit they have been at the finals but victory seems to escape their grasp. As of the 2005–2006 season, CS Herediano will be unveiling a new official team logo of a Tiger grasping the letters CSH. Although this will become the new image for the team and its new logo the previous logo will remain as the official shield of the team's uniform.

Former logo

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero

Don Eladio Rosabal Cordero whom the Stadium in Heredia was named after in 1965 was not just one of the founding fathers of the club but he was also one of the most historic and decorated players to ever wear the red and yellow shirt. The stadium has a capacity of 11,836 people and has been the site of C.S. Herediano's home since 1921. Don Eladio, also brother of the renown Carlos Rosabal Cordero, lawyer, judge and magistrate in Costa Rica.

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Leonel Moreira 2 DF Michael Rodríguez 4 DF Cristian Montero 5 DF Erick Sánchez 7 MF José Luis Cordero 8 MF José Garro 9 FW Olman Vargas 10 MF Josimar Arias 11 MF Marvin Angulo 12 DF Bryan Orué 13 MF Mario Centeno 14 MF José Miguel Cubero 15 DF Andrés Castro 17 DF Marvin Obando

No. Position Player 18 DF Alexander Castro 19 FW Jorge Barbosa 20 GK Daniel Cambronero 21 DF Pablo Salazar 22 GK Ronny Fernández 23 FW Víctor Núñez 24 DF Jason Zárate 25 DF Carlos Castro 26 MF Júnior Alvarado 27 DF Jean Carlo Sánchez 28 MF José Cancela 29 MF Esteban Ramírez 77 FW Anderson Andrade

Notable players

Leandrinho Rodiney Martins Oscar Briceño Javier Angulo "La Mula" Claudio Arguedas Gilberto Arguedas Juan Carlos Arguedas Hermidio Barrantes Austin Berry Germán Chavarría José Carlos Chaves Luis Gabelo Conejo Enrique Díaz Júnior Díaz

Ivàn Garcìa Rojas Róger "El Policía" Gómez José Joaquín "Toquita" Gutiérrez Claudio Jara Geovanny Jara Héctor Marchena Marvin Obando Allan Oviedo Kenneth Paniagua Gérman Rodríguez Eladio Rosabal Cordero Víctor Manuel Ruiz Max Eduardo Sánchez Ruiz Mauricio Solis

Jafet Soto William Sunsing Luis Valerio Paulo Wanchope Mauricio Wright Norberto Huezo Nildeson Nicolas Suazo Percival Piggott Agustín Castillo

Notable coaches

Eduardo Toba (1961) Eladio Rosabal Cordero Odir Jaques Guillerme Farinha (2005) Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes (1992–93) Rolando Villalobos (1993–94) Carlos Miloc Antonio Moyano Reina (1972–1974), (1984–1986). (1987–1989) Álvaro Grant MacDonald

Alexandre Guimarães(1996–97) Carlos Oria (1998–99) Fernando Sosa Orlando de León Carlos Linaris Róger Flores (2001)

Carlos Watson (2001–02) Ildo Maneiro Rónald Mora Alexander Sánchez Ruiz Javier Delgado (2006–07) Paulo Wanchope (2008–09)

Achievements

• Primera División de Costa Rica: 21

1921, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1992–93

Performance in international competitions

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 7 appearances

1962 – First Round v. Guadalajara – 2:0 (Guadalajara advances 2:0)

1975 – Second Round v. Deportivo Saprissa – 0:2, 2:1 (Deportivo Saprissa advance 3:2 on aggregate)

1980 – First Round v. Marathón – 0:3, 3:1 (Marathón advances 4:3 on aggregate)

1987 – Third Round (finished third in Group 2)

1989 – Fourth Round v. Pumas UNAM – 1:1, 1:5 (Pumas UNAM advances 6:2 on aggregate)

1994 – Second Round v. Atlante – 3:3, 1:3 (Atlante advances 6:4 on aggregate)

2009-10 – Preliminary Round v. Cruz Azul – 2:6, 0:0 (Cruz Azul advances 6:2 on aggregate)

External links

• (Spanish) Official Website
• (Spanish) Fan site
• (Spanish) Foro de Aficionados