Municipal Grecia

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Grecia
Municipal Grecia - Team Badge.png
Nickname(s)La Pantera
Los Griegos
FoundedAugust 16, 1998; 23 years ago (1998-08-16)
StadiumEstadio Allen Riggioni
Capacity4,000
ChairmanAdrián Barquero
ManagerJavier San Román
LeagueLiga FPD
2019 AperturaLiga FPD, 11th
WebsiteClub website

Municipal Grecia is an association football club based in Grecia, Costa Rica. Founded in 1998, the club will make their debut in the Liga FPD after being promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.

The team plays in the Estadio Allen Riggioni.

History[]

In 1998, the people from Grecia, led by former deputy Everardo Rodríguez, decided to give the people of the canton a new sports option. Feeling the need of having an own football club which competed in a non-amateur level. Having taken over the franchise of American FC, the club was founded on 16 August 1998. The club made its debut on 13 September 1998 by drawing 2–2 with Puriscal FC.[1]

During its first decade, the team won the 2007 Apertura Championship in the Costa Rican Liga de Ascenso.[1] On mid-2017 the club, managed by former Saprissa and Costa Rica captain Walter Centeno, defeated Jicaral to win the 2017 Clausura tournament, thus qualifying to a promotion play-off.[2] Grecia would defeat Jicaral again to achieve the promotion to the Liga FPD for the first time.[3]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 29 January, 2022. 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 Mexico MEX Antonny Monreal
2 DF Costa Rica CRC Daniel Salas
3 DF Iraq IRQ Yohan Zetuna
4 DF Costa Rica CRC Kenner Gutiérrez (Captain)
5 DF Costa Rica CRC Richard Steven
6 FW Mexico MEX Brian Martínez
8 MF Costa Rica CRC Leonardo Castillo
9 FW Costa Rica CRC Luis Rodríguez (on loan from Pérez Zeledón)
10 MF Costa Rica CRC Anthony López
11 MF Costa Rica CRC Reimond Salas (on loan from Herediano)
12 MF Costa Rica CRC Youstin Salas
13 FW Costa Rica CRC Enyel Escoe (on loan from Herediano)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Costa Rica CRC Paulo Méndez
18 MF Costa Rica CRC Osvaldo Barrantes
20 MF Costa Rica CRC José Mora (on loan from Herediano)
21 MF Costa Rica CRC Roan Wilson
22 DF Costa Rica CRC Jean Carlo Agüero
24 DF Mexico MEX José Luis Calderón
25 DF Costa Rica CRC Jean Carlos Sánchez
33 GK Costa Rica CRC Alfonso Quesada
35 GK Costa Rica CRC José Vega
70 MF Costa Rica CRC Jefferson Rivera
77 MF Costa Rica CRC Jordy Hernández (on loan from Herediano)
99 FW Costa Rica CRC Joshua Parra (on loan from Carmelita)

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Personnel[]

Walter Centeno is the head coach of the team

Current technical staff[]

Name Role
Costa Rica Walter Centeno Head coach
Costa Rica Benjamín Mayorga Assistant coach

Management[]

Name Role
Adrián Barquero Chairman

Honours[]

  • Liga de Ascenso
    • Overall champions: 2016–17
    • Half-season champions: Apertura 2007, Clausura 2017

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Historia | Municipal Grecia". municipalgrecia.com (in European Spanish). Municipal Grecia. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Ramírez, Wender (14 May 2017). "Grecia amarga la fiesta de Jicaral y peleará por el Ascenso en dos juegos más". MarioSegura.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ Araya, José Fernando (28 May 2017). "Grecia golea 3-0 a Jicaral y es el nuevo inquilino de la Primera División". Teletica (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Planilla | Municipal Grecia". municipalgrecia.com (in European Spanish).

External links[]

[1]

  1. ^ Gilberto Martínez Vidal
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