A.D. Ramonense

A.D. Ramonense

Full name	Asociación Deportiva Ramonense
Nickname(s)	The Poets, Moncho, The Giantkiller
Founded	5 April 1953
Ground	Estadio Guillermo Vargas Roldán San Ramón, Costa Rica
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Claudio Morera
Manager	Rolando Araya
League	Tercera Division de Costa Rica
2014–15	4th pattern_la1=_whiteshoulders
Home colours Away colours

Asociación Deportiva Ramonense were a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level. It was based in San Ramón, Alajuela. Their home stadium was Estadio Guillermo Vargas Roldán.

They were renamed A.D. Municipal San Ramón in 2013 after failing to settle their debts and being relegated to the third tier.

History

A.D. Ramonense

Founded on 5 April 1953, Domingo Borja became their first president.^[1] He was succeeded by Guillermo Vargas Roldán who oversaw the club's rise to ultimately the top tier of Costa Rican football. They remained there for 20 years until their relegation in 1988, clinched promotion again in 1992 and were in the Segunda División de Costa Rica again from 1999 to 2003 and from 2006 to 2008. They had two players at Costa Rica's first World Cup appearance: goalkeeping hero Luis Gabelo Conejo and Mauricio Montero.^[2]

Ramonense won promotion to the Primera División de Costa Rica for the 2008–09 season by winning a play-off against Municipal Grecia.^[3][4] Ramonense had previously won promotion to the Primera in 1967, 1992 and 2003.^[5]

El Poeta de Occidente

In 2010, the club was renamed from Asociación Deportiva Ramonense to Club Deportivo Ramonense Poeta de Occidente. In 2012, the club returned to its traditional name.

Financial problems and A.D. Municipal San Ramón

In 2013 it transpired that second division side Ramonense were struggling with financial problems.^[6] Due to these debts, the club were not cleared to play their first games in the 2013 Apertura championship,^[7] forcing Uruguayan manager Orlando de León to resign.^[8] They were relegated after not playing the entire season and renamed A.D. Municipal San Ramón.

On 18 April 2014, Ramonense founder Guillermo Vargas Roldán died at San Ramón Hospital .^[9]

Players

Player Records

Most appearances (as of March 30, 2010)[10] # Name Career Apps Goals 1 Carlos Losilla 328 69 2 William Cruz 253 3 José Ortíz 232 4 Juan Mora 191 5 Gerardo Nájera 176 6 Juan D Ulate 173 7 Hilario Falcón 170 8 Leonel Ramírez 169 9 Roger Álvarez 164 10 Carlos Ulate 163 Current squad As of January 2015 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Hans Zúñiga 4 DF Jeffry Muñoz 4 DF Erick Rojas 5 DF José Manuel Lara 10 MF Logan Santamaría 15 DF Eli Jiménez 17 MF César Chacón 20 GK Gabriel Mora Alexander Salguero Erick Sibaja Ernesto Mayorga Gabriel Araya No. Position Player Kevin Avila Bryan Chavarría Luis Alonso Ledezma Luis Enrique Sequeira Yeancarlo Fernández Mario Alexis Castro Marvin Ferreto Yeison Alvarez Marvin Vargas Jordi Araya Pablo Byron Ramírez Bryan Chaves Historical list of coaches Guido "Balín" Gutiérrez (1967) Toribio Rojas Orlando de León (1972) Carlos Santana (1997–1998) Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes (1998) Orlando de León (May 25, 2003–2004)[11] Orlando Restrepo (- Nov 23, 2004)[12] Carlos de Toro (-Nov,1 2005)[13] Luis Bonilla (Nov 9, 2005–2006)[14] Orlando de León (- Sep 11, 2008)[15] Marco Octavio de Cerqueira (Sep 25, 2008 – May 2009)[16] Carlos Linaris (- Aug 29, 2009)[17] Rónald Cháves (Aug 2009 – Dec 2010) Orlando de León (2013) References Ascenso poeta a Primera División – Nación (Spanish) Feliz poema futbolero – UNAFUT (Spanish) "Ramonense de nuevo en Primera División". Al Día. 2008-05-26. Final de Segunda División La fórmula nunca falló... Ramonense a Primera – Nación (Spanish) Ramonense y la ilusión del retorno – Nación (Spanish) Ramonense y Orión luchan por seguir vivos en el futbol – Nación (Spanish) Ramonense seguirá sin debutar – Nación (Spanish) Orlando de León dejó el banquillo de Ramonense – Nación (Spanish) Fundador de Asociación Deportiva Ramonense, Guillermo Vargas Roldán, falleció este viernes en hospital de San Ramón – Al Día (Spanish) Una institución dentro de la institución – UNAFUT(Spanish) Orlando De León sigue ramonense – Nación (Spanish) Ramonense destituyó al entrenador colombiano Orlando Restrepo – Nación (Spanish) De Toro renunció a Ramonense – Nación (Spanish) Nuevo técnico de Ramonense Luis Perla Bonilla asume una brasa – Nación (Spanish) Ramonense despidió a De León – Nación (Spanish) Nuevo técnico ramonense: ‘En tres jornadas estaremos entre los primeros’ Marco Octavio de Cerqueira – Nación (Spanish) Carlos Linaris dejó la dirección técnica de Ramonense – External links AD Ramonense – WebPage