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2015 Costa Rican Cup
The 2015 Costa Rican Cup (known as ''Torneo de Copa Banco Popular'' for sponsorship reasons) is the 3rd staging of the Costa Rican Cup. The competition began on July 4 and finished on November 19 with the final at the Estadio Nacional. The cup featured 20 teams, composed of all 12 teams of the FPD and 8 from the Liga de Ascenso. Originally, teams from the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Aficionado were expected to participate as well, but were withdrawn due to lack of budget. The format of the tournament marked several differences to that of its predecessor, such as the lack of a group stage (similar to the 2013 edition), and the addition of a "best loser" rule, in which a team could still qualify to a further round, despite having lost a match. The tournament saw the defending champions Cartaginés earning a second title by defeating Herediano in the final. Qualified teams The following teams were announced to participate in the 2015 Costa Rican Cup: 12 teams from the 2015–16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Costa Rican Cup
The 2014 Costa Rican Cup (known as ''Copa Popular'' for sponsorship reasons) is the 2nd staging of the Costa Rican Cup. The competition began on July 12 and finished on August 10 with the final at the Estadio Nacional. The Cup featured 16 teams, including 12 from the FPD (including the newly promoted team AS Puma Generaleña), and 4 from the Liga de Ascenso (not including the recently relegated team, Puntarenas). The tournament marked several differences compared to its predecessor. A Group Stage was added, with the first placed teams of each group qualifying to the Semi-Finals. The tournament saw Cartaginés defeating defending champions Saprissa in the final to achieve their first Costa Rican Cup. Qualified teams The following teams competed in the 2014 ''Copa Popular''. 12 teams from the 2014–15 FPD: * Alajuelense *AS Puma Generaleña * Belén * Carmelita * Cartaginés * Herediano * Limón * Pérez Zeledón * Santos de Guápiles *Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Osa
Selección de Osa is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Tercera Division. They are based in the south of the country, in Ciudad Cortés, near the Panamanian border. History Founded in June 1983 as ''Deportivo Hospital Tomás Casas'', the name was changed to Municipal Osa quickly. They won promotion to the Segunda División in 1996 and reached the top flight after 4 more years.Fecha para recordar al Municipal Osa – UNAFUT They won promotion after beating Municipal Liberia in a championship playoff. It was the same Liberia team that beat Osa in May 2003 to send them down to the Segunda Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberia (canton)
Liberia is a canton in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Liberia district. History Liberia was created on 7 December 1848 by decree 167. Geography Liberia has an area of km2 and a mean elevation of metres. Prominent geologic features of Liberia include Cerro Cacao (Cacao Mountain) and Rincón de la Vieja. The latter is the center of the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park. The canton also includes the most visited portion of Santa Rosa National Park on its northwest border. The Río Salto delineates the southwestern border as far as the Tempisque River, and the Tempisque forms the border on the southeast as far as the Bahía Naranjo (Orange Bay). Districts The canton of Liberia is subdivided into the following districts: # Liberia # Cañas Dulces # Mayorga # Nacascolo # Curubandé Demographics For the 2011 census, Liberia had a population of inhabitants. Besides hosting the provincial capital, Liberia Canton is the most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberia, Costa Rica
Liberia () is a district and the largest city in the Guanacaste Province of Costa Rica, located northwest of the national capital, San José, in the canton with the same name, of which it is the head city or capital. It is a major center for the country's tourism industry. Liberia has been nicknamed ''la ciudad blanca'' (the white city) due to the white gravel that was once used to make the city's roads and the whitewashed colonial houses which used to make up a large part of the city. It had a population of 56,899 in 2013. History Modern-day Liberia was founded as a hermitage without any legal or formal act of foundation on 4 September 1769. It was located in a strategic location where the roads from the towns of Rivas, Bagaces, and Nicoya met. The hermitage was used primarily as place of rest by travelers. The area's giant guanacaste trees provided shade for travelers and livestock and over time the area became known as Guanacaste (El Poblado de Guanacaste). The settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño
Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño is a multi-use stadium in Liberia, Costa Rica, Liberia, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Municipal Liberia. The stadium holds 5,979 people and was built in 1970. It has been remodelled to host 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup matches. References Football venues in Costa Rica, Edgardo Baltodano Briceno Buildings and structures in Guanacaste Province {{CostaRica-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Aguilar
Alejandro Jesus Aguilar Bolaños (born 10 October 1990) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for FC Arizona. Club career Aguilar made his professional debut for Alajuelense in January 2011 against Cartaginés and had a loan spell at Carmelita in 2012/13 but returned to Alajuelense in summer 2013. - Costa Rica News In July 2016 it was announced that Aguilar had signed a 1-year contract with the of the |
Randall Brenes
Randall Brenes Moya , in Norway known as «Ragnar Bremnes» (born 13 August 1983) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played most of his career as a striker for Cartaginés, rom which is currently the second historical goalscorer, with 103 league goals. He also played for the Costa Rica national football team. Club career Early career Nicknamed ''El Chiqui'' (meaning Short or Small), due his height when he was at youth levels, he turned professional with Cartaginés before moving to the north of Norway. Making an impressive rookie season scoring 16 goals in only 32 games. Bodø/Glimt He joined Bodø/Glimt with his compatriot Roy Miller, who was also a teammate in Cartaginés, in 2005. At this point Bodø/Glimt was part of the Norwegian top division (Tippeligaen), but got relegated the same year. The team therefore played in Adeccoligaen in 2006 where Brenes was top scorer with 13 goals, 6 of them off headers. In 2007, the team gained promotion to Tippeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pérez Zeledón (canton)
Pérez Zeledón is the nineteenth canton of the province of San José in Costa Rica, located in the Brunca region. The capital city of the canton is San Isidro de El General. The canton's boundaries are established by the Río Savegre on the northwest, the Río Guabo and a series of coastal mountain ranges on the southwest and south, and the peaks of the highest mountains of the Cordillera de Talamanca (Talamanca Mountain Range) on the east. In the middle of the canton, the Río General, from which the canton's capital city takes its name, runs north to south. History Pérez Zeledón was created on 9 October 1931 by decree 31. Originally with four initial districts: Ureña, El General, Daniel Flores, and Rivas, with Ureña being the capital. Early Costa Rican Settlements Near the end of the 19th century, between 1870 and 1899, there were quite a few families living in El General valley. The hamlets ''( Spanish: Caseríos)'' of El General, Palmares, Rivas, and Ureña were f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Isidro De El General
San Isidro de El General () is the first district of the canton of Pérez Zeledón, in the southern part of the province of San José in Costa Rica, as well as the name of said district's main city. San Isidro de El General is the most populous city in the Brunca region. It is located at 130 km from San José and 212 km from Paso Canoas, a border town with Panama. Geography San Isidro de El General has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. Demographics For the 2011 census, San Isidro de El General had a population of inhabitants. All of the population is Christian Catholic. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 2 * National Route 242 * National Route 243 * National Route 325 * National Route 328 * National Route 334 Culture Music The (Symphonic Music School of Pérez Zeledón) is located in the district. This institution is sponsored by the National University of Costa Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón
Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón is a multi-use stadium in Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of the Costa Rican FPD teams Municipal Pérez Zeledón and AS Puma Generaleña. History It was inaugurated in 1953 as Estadio Municipal Otto Ureña Fallas because of the former Costa Rican player and then owner of the A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón who used to play for the now defunct A.D. Municipal Generaleña. Then in 1991 with the ascension of A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón to the first division, it became their venue for home games, since there was a conflict between the two teams of the area because back then there can only be one team per area, they merge into one and the stadium became their home venue Controversy In 2014, the Municipality of Pérez Zeledón intended the stadium as "Estadio Municipal Keylor Navas Gamboa", named after Costa Rican and Real Madrid's, goalkeeper Keylor Navas, due to his outst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Yeladian
Christian Apraham Yeladián Camejo (born 17 September 1983) is a Uruguayan footballer of Armenian origins who plays as a midfielder for Bella Vista. Club career Yeladian has played for C.A. Bella Vista, Montevideo Wanderers and Juventud in the Uruguayan Primera División. In mid-2009 he was transferred to Iran Pro League side Foolad. In August 2010, he signed a new deal with the Brazililian club Esporte Clube Juventude. On 30 August 2011, he returned to his home land and signed a new contract with Danubio Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División. Founded in 1932, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo, which has a capacity o .... Statistics References Carmelita concreta cinco refuerzos deporticos.co.cr, 5 January 2016 External links Profile at soccerwayChristian Yeladianat Soccerway 1983 births Living people Uruguayan people of Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osa (canton)
Osa is a canton in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Puerto Cortés district. History Osa was created on 29 July 1940 by decree 185. In pre- Columbian times was populated by Boruca which left legacies such as fields and stone walkways. Geography Osa has an area of km² and a mean elevation of metres. The canton begins at the Barú River near Dominical on the central Pacific coast. It continues as a narrow strip of land southward to include the area around Palmar and Sierpe, finally widening to take in the entire neck and upper portion of the Osa Peninsula, where significant gold mining operations are located. As its name suggests, humpback whales and dolphins migrate into the waters to calve, mate, and to rest. Whale watching is available along the coasts. Isla del Caño is part of Osa canton. Districts The canton of Osa is subdivided into the following districts: # Puerto Cortés # Palmar # Sierpe # Bahía Ballena # Piedras Blancas # Bahí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
