Segunda División de Costa Rica explained

Segunda Division
Country:Costa Rica
Confed:CONCACAF
Teams:17
Promotion:Liga Promerica
Relegation:LINAFA
Levels:2
Sponsor:Transcomer
Current:2024

Costa Rican Second Division (also known as Liga Transcomer for sponsorship reasons) is a professional league incorporated in 1921 for association football clubs in Costa Rica. It is the country's second-tier/division football competition, which is contested by 18 clubs and operates by a system of promotion and relegation.

History

Many teams for Costa Rican soccer have passed through this division, such as Deportivo Saprissa, C.S. Cartagines, C.S. Liberty, C.S. Uruguay de Coronado, Orión F.C., Municipal Puntarenas and Deportivo Barrio México. The second division has been called over the years as the First Division "B" for Ascent and the Major League of Soccer.

The first Second Division championship was held in 1921. The Moravia Sports Union was the winner of that contest, which was only participatory until 1934. From 1935 to 1963, the Second Division champion played a promotion league with the last place in the First division. The Second Division teams lost that league in all cases except Uruguay in 1949; Moravia, in 1950 and Deportivo Nicolás Marín (currently Barrio México) in 1963 that did manage to win it and ascend. From 1964 and to date, the champion of the Second Division is promoted directly to the First Division. From 1987 to 2003, the winners of the semifinals faced each other home and away for the chance to be promoted to the First Division.. In 2003, the system of short tournaments was established, in which the winners of the opening and closing finals of each year compete in a final series for promotion in a home and way format.

Clubs: 2023–24

TeamStadiumCapacity Founded
C.S. Uruguay de CoronadoMunicipal El Labrador 2,5001936
A.D. Aserrí F.C.ST Center 2,0001940
A.D.M. Turrialba C.F.Rafael Ángel Camacho 4,5001940
A.D. CarmelitaRafael Bolaños 2,4001948
A.D. Cariari PococíComunal de Cariari 1,2001972
Municipal Santa AnaMunicipal de Piedades 1,0001993
A.D. Quepos CambuteFinca Damas 1,0001996
Jicaral SercobaEstadio Asociación Cívica Jicaraleña 1,4982007
Puerto Golfito F.C.Estadio Fortunato Atencio 2,5002011
Comisión de Fútbol de Palmares (COFUTPA)Estadio Jorge "Palmareño" Solis4,0002012
Fútbol Consultants DesamparadosEstadio Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge 5,0002017
Estadio José Joaquín "Colleya" Fonseca4,5002017
Jacó F.C.Estadio Municipal de Garabito3,0002019
A.D. SarchiEliecer Pérez 2,5002020
Marineros de Punterenas F.C.Estadio Miguel "Lito" Pérez4,1052023
Escorpiones de BelénPolideportivo de Belén 1,0002021
Limón Black StarEstadio Juan Gobán Quirós2,0002022
PFA Antioquia Hernan Cuty Monge 5,0002020

Promotion history

List of teams that have won their right to play the championship in the Costa Rican First Division.

width=180Season ! width=250Team - 1921 U.D. Moravia - 1922 C.S. La Libertad - 1923 C.S. La Libertad - 1924 - 1925 C.S. Independencia - 1926 Juventud de Mata Redonda - 1927 A.D. Santo Domingo - 1928 - 1929 - 1930 C.S. La Libertad - 1931 Buenos Aires F.C. - 1932 A.D. Alajuela Junior - 1933 C.S. La Libertad - 1934 C.S. La Libertad - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 La Unión de Tres Ríos - 1938 - 1939 C.S. La Libertad - 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 Sindicato del Calzado - 1944 U.D. Moravia - 1945 Club Atlético Álvarez - 1946 Rohrmoser F.C. - 1947 Rohrmoser F.C. - 1948 - 1949 - 1950 U.D. Moravia - 1951 No determined champion - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 No determined champion - 1955 - 1956 No determined champion - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 C.S. La Libertad - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964 - 1965 - 1966 - 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 Rohrmoser F.C. - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974 - 1975 A.D. Guanacasteca - 1976 - 1977 - 1978 - 1979 A.D. San Miguel - 1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 Municipal Curridabat - 1985 A.D. Guanacasteca - 1986 Municipal Curridabat - 1987 - 1988 A.D. Palmares - 1989 - 1990 No determined champion - 1990-1991 - 1991-1992 - 1992-1993 - 1993-1994 - 1994-1995 A.D. Guanacasteca - 1995-1996 - 1996-1997 A.D. Santa Bárbara - 1997-1998 - 1998-1999 - 1999-2000 - 2000-2001 - 2001-2002 A.D. Guanacasteca - 2002-2003 - 2003-2004 - 2004-2005 A.D. Santacruceña - 2005-2006 - 2006-2007 - 2007-2008 - 2008-2009 - 2009-2010 - 2010-2011 - 2011-2012 - 2012-2013 - 2013-2014 - 2014-2015 - 2015-2016 - 2016-2017 - 2017-2018 - 2018-2019 - 2019-2020 - 2020-2021 A.D. Guanacasteca - 2021-2022 - 2022-2023 - 2023-2024

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