A.D. San Carlos

Asociación Deportiva San Carlos is a Costa Rican football team based in Ciudad Quesada, the capital of San Carlos, Alajuela. They currently play in the Costa Rican First Division. Their home stadium is Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez.

San Carlos

Full name	Asociación Deportiva San Carlos
Nickname(s)	Toros del Norte (Northern Bulls)
Founded	9 May 1965; 60 years ago (9 May 1965)
Ground	Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica
Capacity	5,600
Chairman	Sergio Chaves
Coach	Victor Abelenda
League	Liga Promerica
Clausura 2023	6°
Website	https://www.torosdelnorte.com/
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded on 9 May 1965, after local clubs El Refugio and El Maravilla merged to become Selección de San Carlos and won promotion to the Primera División in 1965.^[1] They were relegated in 1971 and stayed in the Second División until returning at the top level in 1978. In 2004 they were relegated again after 25 years in the Primera, staying in the second tier for another two years. In May 2006 they beat Cartagena in a promotion playoff final^[2] and from 2006 through 2013 they were in the Primera before descending once more in 2013.^[3] They returned to the top flight in 2016, after defeating A.S. Puma Generaleña 3–2 on aggregate in the Segunda División final.^[4] However, the next season they got relegated again.

In 2018, San Carlos defeated A.D.R. Jicaral 5–4 on aggregate in another playoff final (their 6th second tier title) to return to the Primera División.^[5] In 2019, the club got its first top flight title by defeating Deportivo Saprissa in the final on away goals (1-1 aggregate),^[6] to become the first northern Costa Rica team to become champions.

Current squad

As of 2 July, 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRC Danny Carvajal 2 DF  CRC Reggy Rivera 3 DF  CRC Aarón Salazar (on loan from Herediano) 4 DF  CRC Pablo Fonseca 5 DF  CRC Yurguin Román 6 DF  CUB Yosel Piedra 7 MF  PAN César Yanis 8 MF  CRC Andrés Rodríguez 10 MF  CRC Gabriel Leiva 11 MF  CRC Roberto Córdoba 12 DF  CRC David Sánchez 14 FW  CRC Marcos Mena (Captain) 15 FW  CRC Jean Carlo Alvarado

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  CRC Sebastián Acuña 17 DF  CRC Jean Carlos Sánchez 19 FW  CRC Jonathan McDonald 20 MF  CRC Wílmer Azofeifa 23 GK  CRC José Vega 24 MF  CRC José Andrés Rodríguez 28 FW  CRC Josimar Méndez 30 FW  CUB Daniel Díaz 33 MF  CRC Geison Castro 35 GK  CRC Kendall Zúñiga 77 FW  CRC Bairon Murcia 99 FW  MEX Brian Martínez

Honours

League

• Primera División de Costa Rica
  • Winners (1): Clausura 2019
• Segunda División de Costa Rica
  • Winners (6): 1965, 1977, 1978, 2006, 2016, 2018

Championship Clausura 2019

List of players and coaching staff who won the Costa Rica First Division National Soccer Championship on 2019.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRC Alfonso Quesada 2 DF  CRC Aaron Salazar 3 DF  CRC Reggy Rivera 4 DF  CRC Fernando Brenes 5 MF  CRC Esteban Ramírez 6 MF  CRC Carlos Acosta (Captain) 7 MF  CRC Jose Luis Cordero 9 FW  CRC Álvaro Saborío 10 MF  CRC Diego Madrigal 11 MF  CRC Roberto Córdoba 12 DF  CRC Jose David Sánchez 14 FW  CRC Marcos Mena 15 MF  CRC Osvaldo Rodríguez 16 MF  SLV Christian Martínez

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  CRC Marvin Obando 18 DF  PAN Daniel Ortiz 19 DF  CRC Pedro Leal 20 MF  ARG Ismael Gómez 21 FW  CRC Rachid Chirino 22 GK  PAN Alex Rodríguez 23 DF  ARG Claudio Pérez 24 DF  CRC Rudy Dawson 25 FW  CRC Kevin Cunningham 27 FW  CRC Albert Villalobos 29 FW  CRC Juan Vicente Solís 30 GK  CRC Jason Vega 31 GK  CRC Marco Madrigal

Top scores

Pos	Player	Goals
1	Juan Pablo Chacón	66
2	Álvaro Saborío	63
3	Ronald Vega	49
4	Gilbert Solano	47
5	Álvaro Sánchez	44