C.S. Cartaginés
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Club Sport Cartaginés Deportiva S.A. is a Costa Rican football club, that currently plays in the Costa Rican Primera División
. The club plays in Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza, in Barrio Asis de Cartago
, Costa Rica
.
Club Sport Cartaginés was founded on July 7, 1906 by Willie Pirie, a group of Costa Ricans of English descent and English immigrants that lived in Cartago. Since there were few football teams at the time games where repeatedly held against teams in Cartago such as Combate and Monte Libano. The team's original uniform colors were red and blue. Club Sport Cartaginés' first official match was seen as a local social event as the municipal Philharmonic played prior to the game.
In 1914 Club Sport Cartaginés returned to the Costa Rican football scene but under its new name: the Americano. The name Americano lasted until 1921 when Costa Rica's Primera División
started its national championship, at the time Americano reverted back to its original name of Club Sport Cartaginés and changed their uniform and colors to vertical white and blue stripes, a scheme that still prevails today. The 1923 National Championship Finals saw Club Sport Cartaginés face La Libertad, a match that Cartaginés won by a score of two to one giving the club its first of three national titles.
After the seasons many of Cartaginés' players left the team to play in Europe and in teams based in San Jose. Due to the mass exodus of players from the team Club Sport Cartaginés disbanded in 1925. By 1934 the popularity of football in Cartago reemerged as a tournament of local Cartago teams participated. After the tournament it was decided to form Club Sport Cartaginés once again with the best players that participated in the tournament and to emerge as a third division team winning the third division title in 1935. In 1936 the team managed to be victorious in the second division winning all of its games and being crowned the second division champions, earning them a spot in first division. For the first year back in the second division the team reinforced themselves with local star players that had played for other teams. In that first year back, Club Sport Cartaginés once again made it to the Finals of Costa Rica's first division and once again facing La Libertad, defeating them by a score of one to nil and achieving the status of national champions in Costa Rica's national stadium in San Jose. By 1940 Cartaginés only had three players left from its amazing 1936 championship season, but they still managed to make it to the finals against heavily favorite Club Sport Herediano
. During the first half of the game the score was in favor of Herediano as they led 3 to 1 but amazingly Cartaginés reinforced themselves for the second half scoring three goals and beating the favorite Herediano by a score of 4 to 3. The 1940 Cartaginés team has been the last to win the national championship for Cartago. In the years following the 1940 Championship cartago managed to discover a new and talented player, José Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich. Within a few years Jose Rafael became known as el "Maestro", the teacher. He was named so because it was said that he thought new tricks and ways of playing that had not been seen in Costa Rica. José Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich was voted at the end of the century as Costa Rica's best player of the 20th century and is still recognized as the player with the biggest impact on national football. In 1966 Cartaginés was the first club to travel to the United States playing against Guadalajara
and Emelec
. Cartiginés struggled during the '80s after it was relegated to second division and was forced to play its way up in order to obtain a spot in Costa Rica's top league, "el futbol de primera." A breakthrough came for Cartaginés when in 1983 they won the "segunda" championship, during a season in which brilliant play by some newcomers, notably Mario F. Granados S. and "el Chino" gave Cartaginés an edge over its adversaries. The club has been unable to break Saprissa and Alajuelense's hold on the top position in recent years, but has frequently finished second. They did, however, win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1994.
Ever since that championship, Cartaginés has been unable to win any league titles in Costa Rica, something which some believe to be the result of a curse set on the team by the priest at the Basílica de Los Ángles when 1940 players stormed the Basilica ridding on top of their horses, celebrating their championship; many others credit the lack of titles to the curse of "el muñeco", a strange voodoo-like doll that was supposedly buried under Cartaginés' turf at the "Fello Meza" stadium in order to prevent them from winning further titles and bringing bad luck to the club. Many supporters of the club believe that unless someone finds the "magical" doll Cartago will continue to struggle and not win any more championships.
Leonel Hernández, Winger(1957–1977)
"Chiqui" Raúl Chaverri Enrique Córdoba "Pelirrojo" Héctor Coto "Macho" Danny Fonseca Danilo García "Piche" García Harry Garret Norman Gómez "Pin" Róger Gómez
"Policía" Mario Francisco Granados Tarcicio Guillén
Leonel Hernández Fernando Jiménez Alexánder Madrigal
Enrique Madriz Héctor Marchena
Enrique Marín Asdrúbal Meneses José Rafael Meza Ivancovich "Fello" Roy Miller
Rigoberto Rojas "Feo" Walford Vaughns "Wally"
Victor Núñez
Luis Ramírez Zapata
Roberto Brown
Claudio Ciccia
Pablo Tiscornia
Carlos Linaris Juan Luis Hernández Flavio Ortega (1994) José de la Paz Herrera
Primera División de Costa Rica
Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...
. The club plays in Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza, in Barrio Asis de Cartago
Cartago, Costa Rica
- See also :* Cartago Agrarian Union Party* Provincial Integration Party Three* Cartago in Spanish...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
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History
The club is the oldest in Costa Rica, having been founded in 1906. It has won three Costa Rican championships, in 1923, 1936, and 1940.Club Sport Cartaginés was founded on July 7, 1906 by Willie Pirie, a group of Costa Ricans of English descent and English immigrants that lived in Cartago. Since there were few football teams at the time games where repeatedly held against teams in Cartago such as Combate and Monte Libano. The team's original uniform colors were red and blue. Club Sport Cartaginés' first official match was seen as a local social event as the municipal Philharmonic played prior to the game.
In 1914 Club Sport Cartaginés returned to the Costa Rican football scene but under its new name: the Americano. The name Americano lasted until 1921 when Costa Rica's Primera División
Primera División de Costa Rica
Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...
started its national championship, at the time Americano reverted back to its original name of Club Sport Cartaginés and changed their uniform and colors to vertical white and blue stripes, a scheme that still prevails today. The 1923 National Championship Finals saw Club Sport Cartaginés face La Libertad, a match that Cartaginés won by a score of two to one giving the club its first of three national titles.
After the seasons many of Cartaginés' players left the team to play in Europe and in teams based in San Jose. Due to the mass exodus of players from the team Club Sport Cartaginés disbanded in 1925. By 1934 the popularity of football in Cartago reemerged as a tournament of local Cartago teams participated. After the tournament it was decided to form Club Sport Cartaginés once again with the best players that participated in the tournament and to emerge as a third division team winning the third division title in 1935. In 1936 the team managed to be victorious in the second division winning all of its games and being crowned the second division champions, earning them a spot in first division. For the first year back in the second division the team reinforced themselves with local star players that had played for other teams. In that first year back, Club Sport Cartaginés once again made it to the Finals of Costa Rica's first division and once again facing La Libertad, defeating them by a score of one to nil and achieving the status of national champions in Costa Rica's national stadium in San Jose. By 1940 Cartaginés only had three players left from its amazing 1936 championship season, but they still managed to make it to the finals against heavily favorite Club Sport Herediano
Club Sport Herediano
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:...
. During the first half of the game the score was in favor of Herediano as they led 3 to 1 but amazingly Cartaginés reinforced themselves for the second half scoring three goals and beating the favorite Herediano by a score of 4 to 3. The 1940 Cartaginés team has been the last to win the national championship for Cartago. In the years following the 1940 Championship cartago managed to discover a new and talented player, José Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich. Within a few years Jose Rafael became known as el "Maestro", the teacher. He was named so because it was said that he thought new tricks and ways of playing that had not been seen in Costa Rica. José Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivankovich was voted at the end of the century as Costa Rica's best player of the 20th century and is still recognized as the player with the biggest impact on national football. In 1966 Cartaginés was the first club to travel to the United States playing against Guadalajara
C.D. Guadalajara
Club Deportivo Guadalajara , is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Guadalajara plays in the Primera División de México and is the most successful club in Mexican football, having won 11 First Division titles, 7 Campeón de Campeones and 2 Copa México...
and Emelec
Club Sport Emelec
Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....
. Cartiginés struggled during the '80s after it was relegated to second division and was forced to play its way up in order to obtain a spot in Costa Rica's top league, "el futbol de primera." A breakthrough came for Cartaginés when in 1983 they won the "segunda" championship, during a season in which brilliant play by some newcomers, notably Mario F. Granados S. and "el Chino" gave Cartaginés an edge over its adversaries. The club has been unable to break Saprissa and Alajuelense's hold on the top position in recent years, but has frequently finished second. They did, however, win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1994.
Ever since that championship, Cartaginés has been unable to win any league titles in Costa Rica, something which some believe to be the result of a curse set on the team by the priest at the Basílica de Los Ángles when 1940 players stormed the Basilica ridding on top of their horses, celebrating their championship; many others credit the lack of titles to the curse of "el muñeco", a strange voodoo-like doll that was supposedly buried under Cartaginés' turf at the "Fello Meza" stadium in order to prevent them from winning further titles and bringing bad luck to the club. Many supporters of the club believe that unless someone finds the "magical" doll Cartago will continue to struggle and not win any more championships.
Stadium
The stadium "Jose Rafael Fello" Meza is located in Barrio Asis in Cartago, it has a capacity of 13,500 and is the fourth of the highest capacity stadiums in Costa Rica.Current squad
Retired numbers
11 – Leonel Hernández, Winger(1957–1977)Nationals
Randall BrenesRandall Brenes
Randall Brenes Moya is a Costa Rican professional football forward who currently plays for Cartaginés in the Costa Rican Primera División.-Early career:...
"Chiqui" Raúl Chaverri Enrique Córdoba "Pelirrojo" Héctor Coto "Macho" Danny Fonseca Danilo García "Piche" García Harry Garret Norman Gómez "Pin" Róger Gómez
Róger Gómez
Róger Gómez Tenorio is a former Costa Rican soccer player.He played for C.S. Cartaginés and C.S. Herediano and scored 119 league goals during his career....
"Policía" Mario Francisco Granados Tarcicio Guillén
Leonel Hernández Fernando Jiménez Alexánder Madrigal
Alexander Madrigal
Alexander Madrigal Ureña is a Costa Rican-Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Cobán Imperial.-Career:Madrigal previously played for Municipal Pérez Zeledón....
Enrique Madriz Héctor Marchena
Héctor Marchena
Héctor Marchena de la O is a former Costa Rican football player who used to play for C.S. Cartaginés and Club Sport Herediano....
Enrique Marín Asdrúbal Meneses José Rafael Meza Ivancovich "Fello" Roy Miller
Roy Miller (footballer)
Roy Miller Hernández is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer and the Costa Rica national football team.-Club:...
Rigoberto Rojas "Feo" Walford Vaughns "Wally"
Foreigners
Carlos Alberto Diaz Adrián RojasAdrián Rojas
Adrián Alejandro Rojas Contreras is a Chilean professional football player who currently plays for Everton of the first division of his country.-Career:...
Victor NúñezVictor Núñez
Víctor Núñez Rodríguez is a Costa Rican professional football player who currently plays for Club Sport Herediano in the Primera Division de Costa Rica.-Personal:...
Luis Ramírez Zapata
Luis Ramírez Zapata
Luis Baltazar Ramírez Zapata is a retired Salvadoran footballer.-Career:Nicknamed "El Pelé", he spent nearly 20 years playing for Salvadoran club Águila. He started with Águila before leaving to join other clubs and later in his career make a return to the San Miguel based club...
Roberto Brown
Roberto Brown
Roberto Brown is a Panamanian footballer currently playing for Panama's San Francisco F.C..-Club:Brown spent the majority of his early career playing for numerous teams in Central America and Europe...
Claudio Ciccia
Claudio Ciccia
Claudio Fabian Ciccia Ourdin is a former Uruguay football player who played for LD Alajuelense and CS Cartagines in the Costa Rican Primera Division....
Pablo Tiscornia
Pablo Tiscornia
Pablo Tiscornia is a Uruguayan footballer. He plays for Juventud de Las Piedras in Uruguay. Strong player, never gives a lost ball, and has ascendancy over the rest of the team...
Coaches
Carlos De Toro Gustavo de SimoneGustavo de Simone
Gustavo Daniel de Simone Horn is an Uruguayan football coach.As a player he had a short stint in Argentina with Chacarita Juniors where he played 24 league games.-External links:...
Carlos Linaris Juan Luis Hernández Flavio Ortega (1994) José de la Paz Herrera
José de la Paz Herrera
José de la Paz Herrera Ucles is a famous Honduran footballer and coach. Best known as Chelato, he grew up in Soledad, Honduras, a small town of the municipality of El Paraíso in extreme poverty....
International
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1 appearance
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- 1994
- Interamerican CupCopa InteramericanaCopa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...
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- Runner-up (1): 1994
- Copa Interclubes UNCAFCopa Interclubes UNCAFThe UNCAF Club Tournament was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region . The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatically. It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF...
: 1 appearance
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- Runner-up (1): 1978