Deportivo Saprissa
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The Deportivo Saprissa is a football team of Costa Rica. The team has existed for 67 years. For 53 years it has belong to the First Division. The "Deportivo Saprissa" and its main adversary "Liga Deportiva Alajuelense" are both great clubs of Costa Rica, and so they have many fans; this causes an eternal discussion between both clubs about who has the greater amount of fans. Saprissa was founded [hh in] 1935, thanks to the initiative of a group of players and leaders, among them Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. After a year of remaining in second division, Saprissa entered the first division of Costa Rican soccer on the 21th of Aug., 1949, and in 1952,Saprissa won its first national championship.
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[change] History
In the year 1937 the colors purple and white were adopted as the official colors of the club.
With Ricardo Saprissa Aymá as president of the “Saprissa” and with the technical manual of Jose Francisco “Pachico” García, the “Deportivo Saprissa” obtained the championship of Third Division in 1947. In 1948 won the championship of Second Division, with no games lost. In March 1959, the Deportivo Saprissa became the first Latin American team to go the around the World. The "Morados" which is its nickname, played 25 matches in 22 nations of the world, of which they won 14, tied 1 and lost 7 with a total of 66 goals in favor and 46 against. In the decade of the seventies the Deportivo Saprissa obtained one of its better marks in its history, when it obtained 6 championships consecutively between 1972 and 1977. On October 12, 1966 the construction of the stadium Ricardo Saprissa Aymá started. It is called "La Cueva del Monstruo" or simply “La Cueva ". After 6 years of effort, the opening of Saprissa Stadium was held on Sunday August 27, 1972.
[change] National Titles
- 26 National Championships:
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- 15 national Sub- championships
- 6 championships consecutively from 1972 to 1977
[change] International Titles
- 3rd place in the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2005
- 3rd place in the Cup RICARD, Uruguay 2006.
- A Central American tournament (1970)
- Three tournaments of Central American Fraternity (1972 and 1973 and 1978).
- A Camel Cup in the USA (1985).
- Two tournaments CONCACAF (1993 and 1995).
- Two sub- championships Inter-American Cup.
- LG Cup (1998).
- The Uncaf Cup 2003.
- CONCACAF Champions 2005.
[change] References
- Statistics taken from the official website
