A.D. Municipal Liberia

Asociación Deportivo Municipal Liberia is a Costa Rican football team playing in the Liga FPD. The team is based in Liberia, Guanacaste. Their home stadium is the Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño.

Liberia

Full name	Asociación Deportivo Municipal Liberia
Founded	June 7, 1977 (1977-06-07)
Ground	Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño Liberia, Costa Rica
Capacity	6,500
Chairman	Julio Salas[1]
Manager	Erick Rodriguez
League	Liga FPD
2016–17	Invierno 2016: 11th Verano 2017: 8th Overall: 8th
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded on 7 June 1977, four years after Guanacasteca was founded and solely represented Guanacaste Province,[2] Municipal Liberia won promotion to the Primera División de Costa Rica in 2001 after beating Ramonense in a Promotion play-off final.[3] They made their debut in the top tier on 29 July 2001 against Saprissa.

Liberia Mía

In June 2007, the club was bought largely (90% of the shares) by Mario Sotela (linked to the Sotela-blen family)[4] and were renamed Liberia Mía (My Liberia) after a Sotela project located in Liberia that is called "Zoológico África Mía" (it is a special zoo based only on African animals and species).

Águilas Guanacastecas and relegation

In 2009, Liberia Mía won the Verano championship title,[5] but it proved to be a short-lived party when in July 2010, the club just renamed again to Águilas Guanacastecas (Guanacastecan Eagles),[6] were demoted to the Segunda División de Costa Rica after trading franchise rights with Barrio México.[7][8] The move was regarded by some as controversial since Barrio México club president Mínor Vargas was allegedly also involved with Liberia. Also, it was the second time a Guanacaste team was sold and moved outside the province after Guanacasteca's franchise was taken by Brujas de Escazú in 2004.

Municipal Liberia again

In summer 2011, after Barrio México was expelled from the Primera División, Liberia played in the second division as Los Coyotes del Municipal Liberia, replacing AD Desamparados whose franchise was bought by Liberia's new owner Manrique Sibaja.[9] The club has been playing in the second division ever since.

In February 2015, Uruguayan coach Orlando de León took charge, replacing Slovak Josef Miso after some poor performances.[10]

Honors

National

Primera División de Costa Rica

• Winners (1): Verano 2009.

Segunda División de Costa Rica

• Winners (1): 2000–01

Costa Rican Third Division

• Winners (1): 1985

Player Records

Most appearances (as of June 9, 2014)[2] # Name Career Apps Goals 1 Willy Eras 2001–10, 2013–14 179

Most goals (as of June 9, 2014)[2] # Player Career Apps Goals 1 Víctor Núñez 2008–10 32

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 FW  CRC Javier Camareno 6 MF  CRC Kenneth García 12 MF  CRC Kevin García 14 MF  CRC Wálter Chévez 16 MF  CRC Bryan Solórzano 17 DF  CRC Alonso Arias 18 GK  CRC Douglas Forvis 25 MF  CRC Félix Montoya 55 DF  CRC Rafael Núñez — GK  CRC Guillermo Moreira — GK  NCA Rándall Aguinaga — DF  CRC Juan Diego Madrigal

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CRC René Miranda — DF  CRC Christian Reyes — DF  CRC Diego Angulo — DF  CRC José Sosa — DF  CRC Jean Carlos Sánchez — DF  CRC César Carrillo — MF  CRC Carlos Viales — MF  CRC Alex Martínez — MF  CRC Sergio Córdoba — MF  CRC Jaikel Medina — FW  CRC Argenis Fernández — FW  CRC Irvin Huertas

Historical list of coaches

Luis Bonilla (2001) Orlando de León (2002) Daniel Casas (2002) Guillermo Guardia (2002) Rónald Mora (2003) Carlos Campos (2003–04) Henry Duarte (2004)

Odir Jacques (2005) Róger Flores (2005)[11] Juan Diego Quesada (2005–06) Luis Fernández Texeira (2006) Cristián González (2006–07) Benigno Guido (2007 – Aug 07)[12] Nicolas Phillibert (Sept 2007–07)[13]

Carlos "Piscis" Restrepo (Dec 2007 – May 8)[14][15] Luis Fernández Texeira (2008) Alain Gay Hardy (2008–09) Hernán Medford (Dec 2009–10)[16] Josef Miso (2014–15) Orlando de León (2015–) Érick Rodríguez Luis José Herra Marvin Solano Erick Rodríguez

References

1. Tayver, Fanny (23 February 2017). "Presidente de Liberia: 'Si algún jugador no tiene qué comer, que me diga y yo le resuelvo la situación'". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2017.
2. Liberia le celebra a su equipo Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
3. Liberia 2 – Ramonense 1•Ante un gran rival, Liberia se adjudicó el cetro – Nación (in Spanish)
4. Mario Sotela adquiere Liberia – Nación (in Spanish)
5. La “Ciudad Blanca” no durmió – Al Día (in Spanish)
6. Son “águilas” – Al Día (in Spanish)
7. Liberia sigue en Primera pero se llama B° México – Nación (in Spanish)
8. Barrio México ya está oficialmente en la Primera División Archived April 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)
9. Se llamarán ‘Coyotes’ Liberia volverá a tener un equipo, pero en Segunda – Nación (in Spanish)
10. Orlando De León dirigirá al Municipal Liberia Archived 2015-02-14 at the Wayback Machine – Yashin Quesada (in Spanish)
11. Sustituye a Odir Jacques Liberia confía su futuro a Flores Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)
12. Benigno Guido renunció a Liberia Mía – Nación (in Spanish)
13. Phillibert debutó con una derrota – Nación (in Spanish)
14. Restrepo a punto de firmar con Liberia Mía – Nación (in Spanish)
15. Liberia Mía despidió a Restrepo – Nación (in Spanish)
16. Hernán Medford es el nuevo técnico de Liberia Mía – Nación (in Spanish)