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| Full name | La U Universitarios Fútbol Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Universitarios Académicos | ||
| Founded | 1941, as Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica 28 June 2019, as La U Universitarios | ||
| Ground | Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,500 | ||
| President | Zaida Araya V.[1] | ||
| Manager | Marco Arias | ||
| League | Liga FPD | ||
| 2019 Apertura | Liga FPD, 12th | ||
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La U Universitarios Fútbol Club is a soccer club based in Santa Bárbara, Heredia, that competes in the Liga FPD, the highest competition system in professional soccer in that country.
On 2 June 2017 the university rector Henning Jensen announced the cease of the agreement with the club, which starting on 1 July will no longer represent the university in any form.[2]
The club was refounded on June 28, 2019, after having finalized its league with the University of Costa Rica. It has the administrative management of manager Javier Delgado and his home games are held at the Carlos Alvarado Villalobos Stadium.
History
Founded as Universidad Nacional in 1941, they won their only league title in 1943 and were relegated to the Segunda División in 1956.[3] They had another spell in the top tier between 1973 and 1976 and Universidad won promotion again to the Primera División after a record 30 years, after winning both the 2006 Apertura and 2007 Clausura seasons.[4]
On 2 June 2017 Henning Jensen, rector of the University of Costa Rica, announced the cease of the agreement between the university and the club, citing that the transfer of the administrative management of the team to the Colombian company Con Talla Mundial was neither requested nor advised to the university. Jensen also stated that the club did not comply with the correction in the financial part of the club.[2]
Honours
National competitions
- Winners (1): 1943
- Segunda División[6]
- Winners (3): 1972–73, 2006–07, 2012–13