A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón

Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level in the Primera División de Costa Rica.

Pérez Zeledón
Full nameAsociación Deportiva Municipal Pérez Zeledón
Nickname(s)Guerreros del Sur
(Southern warriors)
Founded1962 (1962)
GroundEstadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón
San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
Capacity6,000
ChairmanGilberth Fernández
ManagerAmarini Villatoro
LeagueLiga FPD
2019 AperturaLiga FPD, 6th

It is based in San Isidro de El General. Their home stadium is Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón. Their nickname is Guerreros del Sur or The Southern Warriors.

History

Municipal Pérez Zeledón was founded in 1962 and they reached the Second Division in 1976.[1]

A.D. Generaleña and A.D. Pérez Zeledón merger

In 1988, Asociación Deportiva Municipal Generaleña won promotion to the Primera Division and in 1991 a second team from Pérez Zeledón, Asociación Deportiva Pérez Zeledón, also clinched the second division title, prompting to merge the teams into Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón which would go and represent the canton in the top tier.[1] In 2010, Puma Generaleña was founded as successor to AD Generaleña.[2]

2004 Apertura champions

The team were surprise winners of the 2004–05 Apertura in the Primera División, their first and only title so far, under the coaching of Carlos Restrepo against Saprissa defeated them on their own home stadium 0–1.[3] Although, they missed out on the overall championship title, losing against Alajuelense 1–4 on aggregate.[4] Club top goalscorer that season was Ever Alfaro, also in the team were William Sunsing and Géiner Segura,[5] they were both part of the Ticos along their path to 2006's World Cup held in Germany.

Honours
Champions: Apertura 2017

Players

Current squad
As of 29 January 2022[6]

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 Rivas
2 DF  CRC Diego Mesén
3 DF  CRC Randal Cordero
4 DF  CRC Guillermo Villalobos
5 DF  CRC Jhamir Ordain
7 MF  BRA Bruno Tiago
9 MF  CRC Gabriel Leiva
10 FW  CRC Luis Stewart Pérez
11 MF  CRC Joshua Navarro
13 MF  CRC Daniel Villegas
19 FW  ARG Lucas Gómez
20 MF  CRC Néstor Monge
21 FW  PAN Manuel Morán
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  CRC Jussef Delgado
23 DF  CRC Mauricio Núñez
24 MF  CRC Luis Barrantes
25 MF  CRC Anderson Barboza
26 MF  CRC Axel Amador
27 DF  CRC Sebastián Monge
29 DF  BRA Henrique
31 DF  CRC Keral Ríos
32 FW  CRC Jeaustine Monge
35 GK  CRC Justin Vargas
47 DF  CRC Roy Smith
55 DF  NCA Christian Reyes (on loan from Herediano)
88 FW  CRC Starling Matarrita

Notable players

Historical list of coaches

References
  1. Perez Zeledon Historia Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  2. AS. Puma Generaleña Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
  3. Pérez Zeledón se adjudicó torneo de apertura Saprissa 0 – Pérez Zeledón 1: ¡Guerreros y campeones! – Nación (in Spanish)
  4. Alajuelense gana 1–0 y se corona campeón del futbol Costa Rica – Nación (in Spanish)
  5. Aquí está el campeón – Nación (in Spanish)
  6. "Los Guerreros – Pérez Zeledón". MunicipalPZ.net. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. Daniel Casas dirigirá a Pérez Zeledón Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine – Al Día (in Spanish)
  8. Marvin Solano fue destituido como técnico del Pérez Zeledón Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine – Al Día (in Spanish)
  9. Pérez Zeledón vuelve a mover su banquillo, Daniel Casas regresa al equipo generaleño – CRHoy (in Spanish)
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