CS La Libertad
| CS La Libertad | |||
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| Surname | Club Sport La Libertad | ||
| Seat | San Jose | ||
| founding | November 3, 1905 | ||
| Colours | White and black | ||
| Website | cslalibertad.com | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Venue | ? | ||
| Places | nb | ||
| league | Primera División Aficionada | ||
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Club Sport La Libertad , also known as CS La Libertad for short , is a Costa Rican soccer club from the capital San José .
history
Pioneer of Costa Rican football
The club, founded in 1905, was an important pioneer in the early epoch of Costa Rican football and also had one of the most successful football teams, winning a total of six championship titles between 1925 and 1946 and three times cup winners.
La Libertad is one of seven founding members of the Primera División introduced in 1921 and played the very first game in the history of this league, which was won 1-0 on July 3, 1921 at Sociedad Gimnástica Limonese .
The successful years
La Libertad went down in Costa Rican football history as the first cup winner in 1925. Because the club won the championship title for the first time in the same season, it was also the first double winner in Costa Rican club football.
In 1926 the championship title was successfully defended and in 1929 the second double in the club's history was won.
After the sixth and last championship title in the club's history was won in 1946, the team made it to the final in 1947, but lost to CS Herediano .
The decline
In 1948, La Libertad occupied the last place in the table for the first time with the tied SG Española and had to prevail in the preliminary round against Española to avoid the relegation games.
In 1949, La Libertad again finished last, had to go into relegation for the first time and failed against CS Uruguay , but was still allowed to stay in the first division.
In the 1950s, La Libertad initially recovered and regularly took a place in the secured midfield. The beginning of the end began in 1958 when the Libertos again landed in last place, this time leading to direct relegation. In 1959 they were immediately promoted again, but followed in 1960 by renewed (and this time permanent) relegation from the top division. La Libertad currently plays in the third-rate Primera División Aficionada .
successes
- Champions ( Liga de Fútbol de Primera División ) (6 ×): 1925, 1926, 1929, 1934, 1942, 1946
- Cup winners ( Torneo de Copa de Costa Rica ) (7 ×): Copa Benguria 1925, Copa Federación 1929, Copa Cafiaspirina 1933, Copa Gambrinus 1934, Copa Olímpica 1934, Copa White Horse 1935, Copa Cocomalt 1937
The championship teams
- 1925: Manuel Rodríguez, Arturo Aymerich, Abel Gutiérrez, Ricardo Bermúdez, Miguel Jiménez, Luis Montero, Pedro Quirce, Juan Fonseca, Salvador Tabash, Miguel Ulloa, Rafael Bermúdez, Rafael Madrigal, Juan Gobán, Gonzalo Sánchez, Gerardo Picado, Claudio Alfaro, Juan Marchena, Frank Mejías.
- 1926: Manuel Rodríguez, Arturo Aymerich, Abel Gutiérrez, Ricardo Bermúdez, Miguel Jiménez, Luis Montero, Pedro Quirce, Juan Fonseca, Salvador Tabash, Miguel Ulloa, Rafael Bermúdez, Rafael Madrigal, Juan Gobán, Ignacio Mora, Arnulfo Zeledón, Gonzalo Sánchez Gerardo Picado, Rodolfo Peralta, Belisario Muñoz, José Vega, Miguel Montero, Leo Greenwood.
- 1929: Carlos Ulloa, Humberto Saborío, Oscar Piedra, Ricardo Bermúdez, José J. Fonseca, Salvador Tabash, Pedro Quirce, Rafael Madrigal, Aguinaldo Fonseca, Juan Gobán, Luis Montero, Braulio Valverde, Jorge Hernández, Antonio Bermúdez, Simeón Apgilstegui Soto.
- 1934: Mario Jones, Eduardo Goldoni, Juan Blanco, Pedro Baradín, Fausto Arguello, Gregorio Morales, Ricardo Mora, Jorge Quesada , Eduardo Rojas, Rafael Madrigal, José Verdesia, Carlos Ulloa, Carlos Villalobos, José Trejos, Emanuel Amador, Humberto Saborío, Jacinto Solís, Salvador Tabash, Roberto Calderón, Jorge Dávila, Rodolfo Jiménez, Miguel Sancho, Minervino Acuña.
- 1942: Dimas Sanabria, Eugenio Pignataro, Mario Valverde, Isaac Jiménez, Willy Mclean, Mario Varela, Mario Ruiz, César Hernández, Víctor Monge, Emanuel Amador, Francisco Zeledón, Jorge Umaña, Carlos Navarro, Juan Tellini, Leonidas Martínez, José Rivas, José Verdesia, Luis Zamora, Eddy Gómez, Edwin Jackson, Omar Bolaños, Fausto Arguello, Israel Araya, Alfonso Serrano.
- 1946: Isaac Jiménez, Hipólito Quirós, Hernán Umaña, Mario Chacón, Arnoldo Vargas, José Monge, Rafael Calvo, Mario Garita, José Quirós, Julio Alvarado, Alejandro Calvo, José Cordero, Gonzalo Muñoz, Manuel Cantillo, Elías Valenciano, Ignacio García, Rafael García, Mario Mora, Carlos Silva.
Other well-known players who were under contract with CS La Libertad
Web links
Individual references and web links
- ↑ El Club Sport La Libertad de la Ciudad de San José (Spanish; accessed October 10, 2011)
- ↑ Club Sport La Libertad - El primer club de Costa Rica (Spanish; see statistics below)
- ^ The 1921 Costa Rican season on RSSSF
- ^ The 1925 Costa Rican season on RSSSF
- ^ The 1926 Costa Rican season on RSSSF
- ^ The 1929 Costa Rican season on RSSSF
- ^ The 1934 Costa Rican season on RSSSF
- ^ The 1942 Costa Rican season on RSSSF
- ↑ The 1946 Costa Rican season on RSSSF