AD Municipal Pérez Zeledón
| AD Municipal Pérez Zeledón | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Surname | Asociación Deportiva Municipal Pérez Zeledón |
| Seat | San Isidro de El General , Canton of Pérez Zeledón , Province of San José |
| founding | 1991 through the merger of AD Municipal Generaleña and AD Pérez Zeledón |
| Colours | light blue and blue |
| president | Juan Luis Artavia |
| Website | municipalpz.com |
| First soccer team | |
| Head coach | Jose Giacone |
| Venue | Estadio Municipal Otto Ureña |
| Places | about 6000 |
| league | Liga de Fútbol de Primera División |
| Apertura 2018 | 5th place |
The Asociación Deportiva Municipal Pérez Zeledón is a football club from San Isidro de El General , Canton Pérez Zeledón , Province of San José , Costa Rica , which plays in the highest Costa Rican league, the Liga de Fútbol de Primera División . The greatest success in the club's history is winning the championship in the Apertura 2017.
history
In 1962 AD Pérez Zeledón was founded and played for most of its existence in the Liga de Ascenso-Segunda División
In 1991, the AD Pérez Zeledón rose three years after the other club in the canton of Pérez Zeledón, AD Municipal Generaleña, in the Primera División de Costa Rica . The boards of both clubs then decided that it would be better if there was only one first division club in the medium-sized city of San Isidro, otherwise there would be competition within the city, so the two clubs merged in 1991 to form the AD Municipal de Pérez Zeledón .
Since the merger, Pérez Zeledón has played continuously in the Primera División de Costa Rica. The club's greatest success for a long time was the runner-up in the 2004/2005 season.
In Apertura 2017, Perez Zeledón was able to qualify for the finals in fourth and managed to win it surprisingly as an outsider. Then the club managed to defend a 1-0 win in the first leg against reigning champions Herediano away in the final and win the championship for the first time in the club's history.
successes
Costa Rican Champion (1 ×): Apertura 2017
Others
In 2009, former AD Municipal Generaleña bought a second division franchise and founded AS Puma Generaleña to revive their club, which had disappeared from the football map. AD Municipal Pérez Zeledón is still the successor club of both predecessor clubs.
Stadion
Pérez Zeledón plays its home games in the Estadio Municipal Otto Ureña, which is owned by the canton .