Santos de Guápiles F.C.

Santos

Full name	Asociación Deportiva Santos
Nickname(s)	Los Guapileños (The Guapileños) Rojiblancos (The Red and Whites) La Marea Roja (Red Tide)
Founded	1961; 64 years ago (1961)
Ground	Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Guápiles, Costa Rica
Capacity	3,000
Manager	Randall Row
League	Liga Promerica
Clausura 2023	8°
Home colours Away colours

Asociación Deportiva Santos, commonly known simply as Santos de Guápiles, is a Costa Rican association football club, which currently plays in the Liga FPD.

The club plays in Estadio Ebal Rodríguez in Guápiles, Limón, Costa Rica.

History

The club was founded in 1961[1] and have never been league champions. They were runner-up twice, in 2001–02 and in the 2012 Verano championship. They reached the top tier after winning promotion in 1999[2] after beating Municipal Liberia in a May 1999 play-off final marred by violence off the pitch.[3]

Former club crest

Stadium

Santos play their home games in the Estadio Ebal Rodríguez, where Alajuelense's Wilson Muñoz scored the first Primera División goal in a 1999 4–0 league win over the hosts.[4]

Current squad

As of 28 August, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRC Brayan Morales 3 DF  CRC Jhamir Ordain 4 DF  CRC Kendrick Enríquez 5 DF  PAN Reyniel Perdomo (on loan from Alianza Panama) 7 FW  COL Cristian Zúñiga 8 MF  CRC Denilson Mason 9 FW  HON Joshua Canales (on loan from Herediano) 11 MF  CRC Reimond Salas 12 MF  CRC Jefferson Sánchez 14 MF  CRC Gustavo Méndez (on loan from San Carlos) 15 MF  CRC Davis Paniagua 16 MF  CRC Isaac Salas 19 FW  CRC Marvin Chinchilla

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  CRC Armando Ruiz 21 DF  CRC Juan Diego Madrigal 23 GK  CRC Alejandro Barrientos 25 DF  SLV Adán Clímaco 26 DF  CRC Jordan Smith 28 MF  CRC Randy Chirino 29 DF  CRC Rigoberto Jiménez 30 GK  CRC Iker Sanabria 31 GK  CRC Alexandre Lezcano (on loan from Herediano) 53 FW  PAN Juan Villalobos (on loan from Árabe Unido) 70 FW  COL Lorenzo Orellano 79 DF  PAN Óscar Linton 91 DF  CRC Jordy Evans

References

1. Club de Costa Rica pasará a tener dueños mexicanos – Diez (in Spanish)
2. Costa Rica 1998/99 – RSSSF
3. Con simpleza al cetro•El Santos se coronó campeón ante un confundido Liberia – Nación (in Spanish)
4. Estadio Ebal Rodríguez consiguió su gol 600 – UNAFUT (in Spanish)

External links

• Official site