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| Full name | Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón | |||
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| Nicknames | Guerreros del Sur (Southern Warriors) | |||
| Founded | 1991; 34 years ago (1991) | |||
| Ground | Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón San Isidro de El General,Costa Rica | |||
| Capacity | 6,000 | |||
| Chairman | Juan Luis Artavia | |||
| Manager | Luis Orozco | |||
| League | Liga Promerica | |||
| Clausura 2023 | 9° | |||
| Website | www | |||
Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón is aCosta Ricanfootball team playing at the top level in thePrimera División de Costa Rica.
It is based inSan Isidro de El General. Their home stadium isEstadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón. Their nickname isGuerreros del Sur or The Southern Warriors.
Municipal Pérez Zeledón was founded in 1962 and they reached the Second Division in 1976.[1]
In 1988,Asociación Deportiva Municipal Generaleña won promotion to the Primera Division and in 1991 a second team fromPérez Zeledón,Asociación Deportiva Pérez Zeledón, also clinched the second division title, prompting to merge the teams intoAsociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón which would go and represent the canton in the top tier.[1] In 2010,Puma Generaleña was founded as successor to AD Generaleña.[2]
The team were surprise winners of the 2004–05 Apertura in thePrimera División, their first and only title so far, under the coaching ofCarlos Restrepo againstSaprissa defeated them on their own home stadium 0–1.[3] Although, they missed out on the overall championship title, losing againstAlajuelense 1–4 on aggregate.[4]The club's top goalscorer that season wasEver Alfaro. Also in the team wereWilliam Sunsing andGéiner Segura,[5] who were both part of theTicos along their path to 2006's World Cup held in Germany.
As of 15 August, 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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List of players and coaching staff who won the Apertura 2017 National Soccer Championship of Costa Rica First Division, by defeatingClub Sport Herediano on December 20, 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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