Municipal Grecia
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.
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Founded | August 16, 1998 |
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Stadium | Estadio Allen Riggioni |
Capacity | 4,000 |
Chairman | Adrián Barquero |
Manager | Walter Centeno |
League | Liga FPD |
2019 Apertura | Liga FPD, 11th |
Website | Club website |
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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
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Current technical staff
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Head coach |
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Assistant coach |
Management
Name | Role |
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Adrián Barquero | Chairman |
Honours
- Liga de Ascenso
- Overall champions: 2016–17
- Half-season champions: Apertura 2007, Clausura 2017
References
- "Historia | Municipal Grecia". municipalgrecia.com (in Spanish). Municipal Grecia. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Ramírez, Wender (14 May 2017). "Grecia amarga la fiesta de Jicaral y peleará por el Ascenso en dos juegos más". MarioSegura.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- 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.
- "Planilla | Municipal Grecia". municipalgrecia.com (in Spanish).