A.D. Limonense

Asociacion Deportiva Limonense

Full name	Asociacion Deportiva Limonense
Nickname(s)	Asodeli Caribeños
Founded	July 10, 1961
Dissolved	2009
Ground	Estadio Juan Gobán Limón, Costa Rica
Capacity	3,000
Home colours Away colours

Asociacion Deportiva Limonense also known as ASODELI, was a Costa Rican football team, which played for more than 20 years at the Costa Rican top level, the Primera Division.

It was based in Limón, their home stadium Estadio Juan Gobán and nicknamed Caribeños (Caribbeans).

History

The football club was founded on 10 July 1961 and made its debut in the Primera División on 19 April 1964.^[1]

By 2009, playing on Segunda Division level, the team entered in a financial crisis and the shareholders agreed to lease the team to local businessman Carlos Howden Pascal, renaming the team to Limón F.C..^[2]

Player Records

Most appearances (as of July 10, 2014)[3] # Name Career Apps Goals 1 Julio Fuller 1974–1979, 1983–1995 579	Most goals (as of July 10, 2014)[3] # Player Career Apps Goals 1 Kurt Bernard 1998–2001, 2009 57

Honours

• Primera División de Costa Rica

Runner up (1): 1981

• Segunda División de Costa Rica

Champion (2): 1971, 1998

Historical list of coaches

Antonio Moyano Reina (1974–77), (1990) Leroy Lewis (1981) Rodrigo Kenton (1992) Henry Duarte (1994) Rónald Mora (1996–1998)

Horacio Esquivel (1999) Elmer Zumbado (2000) Fernando Sosa (2000) Enrique Rivers (2000)[4] José Mattera (2001)

Elmer Zumbado (2001–2002)[5] Sadie Gutiérrez (2002) Juan Cayasso (2005) Orlando de León (????–31 Dec 09)

References

1. Coto, Gerardo (11 July 2011). "Cinco décadas caribeñas" [Five decades for Caribbeans] (in Spanish). UNAFUT.
2. PrensaLibre News
3. Un año más de fiesta con la tromba – UNAFUT (Spanish)
4. El reto de Rivers•Técnico limonense pretende montar un equipo competitivo – Nación (Spanish)
5. Duelo en el Caribe•Rónald Mora y Elmer Zumbado, dos amigos frente a frente esta tarde – Nación (Spanish)

External links

• El reto de Rivers – Nación (Spanish)