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Club Sport Cartaginés Deportiva S.A., also known as Cartaginés, is a Costa Rican football club, that currently plays in the Liga de Fútbol de Primera División, the top division of Costa Rican football league system. Cartaginés' home venue is Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza, located in Barrio Asis of Cartago.

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Cartaginés

Full name	Club Sport Cartaginés S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los Azules (The Blues) Brumosos (The Foggers) La Vieja Metrópoli (The Old Metropolis) El Equipo Centenario (The Centenary Team) El Glorioso (The Glorious) Cartaguito (Little Cartago) Cartaguito Campeón
Founded	July 01, 1906; 115 years ago
Ground	Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich, Cartago, Costa Rica
Capacity	10,500
Chairman	Leonardo Vargas Monge
Manager	Géiner Segura
League	Liga Promerica
Clausura 2022	1st (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Established in 1906, Cartaginés is currently the oldest club competing at the top division.[1] It has won 4 Costa Rican league championships,[2] 5 national cups, and 1 CONCACAF Champions' Cup (in 1994).

History

Club Sport Cartaginés was founded on July 1, 1906, by Willie Pirie, a Canadian immigrant,[3] together with a group of Costa Ricans of British descent and some England immigrants that lived in Cartago. Since there were few football teams at the time in the country, games were repeatedly held against teams in Cartago such as Combate and Monte Libano. The team's original uniform colors were red and blue. Club Sport Cartaginés' first official match was seen as a local social event as the municipal Philharmonic played prior to the game.

In 1914, Club Sport Cartaginés got into the Costa Rican football scene with a new name: The Americano. The name Americano lasted until 1921 when Costa Rica's Primera División started its national championship. At that time, Americano reverted to its original name of Club Sport Cartaginés and changed their uniform and colors to vertical white and blue stripes, a scheme that still prevails today. The 1923 National Championship Final saw Club Sport Cartaginés face La Libertad, a match that Cartaginés won by a score of two to one giving the club its first of three national titles.[4]

After the seasons many of Cartaginés' players left the team to play in Europe and in teams based in San José. Due to the mass exodus of players from the team Club Sport Cartaginés disbanded in 1925. By 1934 the popularity of football in Cartago reemerged as a tournament of local Cartago teams participated. After the tournament it was decided to form Club Sport Cartaginés once again with the best players that participated in the tournament and to emerge as a third division team winning the third division title in 1935. In 1936 the team managed to be victorious in the Second Division, winning all of its games and being crowned the champions, thus earning them a spot in the top flight.

In their returning season to the First Division, Club Sport Cartaginés once again made it to the Final, and once again facing La Libertad, defeating them by a score of 1-0 and achieving the status of national champions in Costa Rica's national stadium in San Jose. By 1940 Cartaginés only had three players left from its 1936 championship season, but they still managed to make it to the final against heavily favorites Herediano. At half time the score was in favor of the latter as they led 3–1, but Cartaginés fought back in the second half, scoring three goals and beating Herediano by a score of 4–3.[5]

The 1940 Cartaginés team was the last one to win any national league championship for Cartago for the next 81 years, something which a local myth states to be the result of a curse set that year on the team by a priest at the highly revered temple Basílica de Los Ángeles, when the players celebrated their victory by storming the Basilica riding on top of their horses, which was considered sacrilegious.[6] Another myth credits the lack of titles to the curse of "El Muñeco", a strange voodoo-like doll that was supposedly buried under Cartaginés' turf at their stadium in order to prevent them from winning further titles and bringing bad luck to the club.

In the years following the 1940 Championship, the club discovered their currently considered greatest player, José Rafael "Fello" Meza Ivancovich. Within a few years, Jose Rafael became known as "El Maestro", the teacher. He was named so because his new tricks and ways of playing, innovative at the time. The influence of "Fello" Meza was so deep, that the club's current stadium is named in his honor.[7] Also, in 2009 he was included in UNAFUT's (governing body of Costa Rican football clubs) official list of Costa Rica's 100 best players of the 20th century.

In 1966 Cartaginés was the first Costa Rican club to travel to the United States playing against Guadalajara and Emelec.[8] During those years the club assembled one of its most famous squads, called the "Ballet Azul" (Blue Ballet, because their graceful style of play), trained by coach Alfredo "Chato" Piedra, and spearheaded by their current historical top scorer, Leonel Hernández (164 goals), which stayed in the club during his entire career. As a recognition for Hernández for his loyalty, the club retired his jersey number, 11.[9]

Cartaginés struggled during the 80s, a low point being the relegation in 1982 to the second division, which forced a club rebuilding in order to obtain a spot in Costa Rica's Primera División. A breakthrough came for Cartaginés when in 1983 they won the "Segunda" championship, and returned to the top flight, in which has remained since then.[10] In 1987 they lost the championship final to Herediano.

In the 90s, the club was unable to break Saprissa and Alajuelense's hold on the top position, finishing runners-up in 1993 and 1996. The former season, however, allowed them to participate and win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1994, their current biggest achievement, defeating Mexican club Atlante 3–2 in the final.[11]

In the 21st century, the club tried to push for the championship during the 2000s and 2010s decades, with a runners-up position in the 2012-2013 season their best league result. However, they won the 2014 and 2015 editions of the Costa Rican Cup, the national knockout football competition. Their most decorated player of this period was Randall Brenes, known as "Chiqui", which in 2017 became the second striker of the club (after Leonel Hernández) to reach the 100 league goals cap,[12] and retired with a total of 103 in 280 appearances.

The long wait for the national title was over for the 2021-2022 season, when Cartaginés defeated Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (2-1 aggregate) in the Clausura final to win their 4th league championship.

Stadium

The stadium Jose Rafael "Fello" Meza is located in Barrio Asis in Cartago, it has a capacity of 13,500 and is the fourth of the highest capacity stadiums in Costa Rica.

Honours

Domestic

• Primera División de Costa Rica

• Winners (4): 1923, 1936, 1940, 2022 Clausura

• Costa Rican Cup

• Winners (5): 1963, 1979, 1984, 2014, 2015

International

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Winners (1): 1994

• Copa Interamericana

Runner-up (1): 1994

• Copa Fraternidad: 1 appearance

Runner-up (1): 1978

Current squad

As of August 15, 2022.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRC Darryl Parker 3 DF  CRC William Quirós 4 DF  CRC Kevin Espinoza 5 DF  CRC Jose Vargas 6 MF  CRC Jeikel Venegas 7 MF  CRC Allen Guevara (Captain) 8 MF  CRC Mauricio Montero 9 FW  CUB Marcel Hernández 10 MF  CRC Ronaldo Araya 11 MF  CRC Kenneth Cerdas 12 DF  CRC José Quirós 15 MF  NCA Byron Bonilla 17 DF  CRC Daniel Chacón

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  CRC Carlos Barahona 20 MF  CRC Víctor Murillo 21 FW  CRC Marco Ureña 22 MF  CRC Eduardo Valverde 26 DF  CRC Diego Sánchez 27 DF  CRC Brandon Bonilla 30 DF  CRC Mikel González 31 MF  CRC Michael Barrantes 33 MF  CRC Derrickson Quirós 34 DF  CRC Alejandro Zimmermann 35 GK  CRC Kevin Briceño 40 GK  CRC Marco Cubillo 70 MF  CRC Dylan Flores

Retired numbers

11 – Leonel Hernández, Winger (1957–77)

Player records

Most appearances Rank Nat. Player Tenure Apps 1 Danny Fonseca 1998–2018 537[13] 2 Paolo Jiménez 2003–2022 392 3 Leonel Hernández 1957–1977 360[14] 4 Marco Tulio Hidalgo 1985–1998 329[15] Miguel Calvo 1982–1993 329[16]

Most goals Rank Nat. Player Tenure Goals 1 Leonel Hernández 1957–1977 164[9] 2 Randall Brenes 2004–2018 103[17] 3 Walford 'Wally' Vaughns 1964–1978 77[18] 4 Alexis Goñi Fonseca 1950–1961 71[19] 5 Bernard "Bernal" Mullins 1992–2008 61

Historical list of coaches

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] CS Cartaginés

Club Sport Cartaginés ist ein Fußballverein aus Cartago, Provinz Cartago, Costa Rica. Cartaginés ist einer der ältesten und traditionsreichsten Fußballklubs Costa Ricas und aktueller Pokalsieger.

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- [en] C.S. Cartaginés

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[es] Club Sport Cartaginés

El Club Sport Cartaginés es un club de fútbol de Costa Rica, con sede en la ciudad de Cartago en la provincia del mismo nombre. Fue fundado el domingo 1 de julio de 1906, aspecto que lo convierte en el equipo profesional más antiguo de Costa Rica y Centroamérica, de existencia ininterrumpida y le confiere la distinción de ser decano del fútbol de la zona.

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[ru] Картахинес

«Картахине́с» (исп. Club Sport Cartaginés) — профессиональный футбольный клуб из города Картаго, Коста-Рика. Выступает в Примере, сильнейшем дивизионе Коста-Рики. Клуб основан 1 июля 1906 года, и является одним из старейших в стране. Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Эстадио Хосе Рафаэль „Фельо“ Меса Иванкович», вмещающем 13 500 зрителя. За свою историю «Картахинес» трижды становился чемпионом страны. Обладатель Кубка чемпионов КОНКАКАФ 1994 года.

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