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{{short description|Costa Rican football club}}
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| image = Escudo de La U Universitarios.svg
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| fullname = A.D.F.C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica
| nickname = ''Los Universitarios''<br>''Académicos''
| founded = {{start date and age|1941}}, as Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica<br>{{start date and age|2019|6|28|df=yes}} (as ''La U Universitarios'')
| dissolved =
| ground = Ecológico Stadium
| capacity = 1,800
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| chrtitle = President
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| mgrtitle = Manager
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| league   = [[Tercera Division de Costa Rica|LINAFA]]
| season   = Clausura 2022
| position = Group D - Metro Sur
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'''A.D.F.C.F. UCR''' is a soccer club in Costa Rica.
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the university rector Henning Jensen announced the cease of the agreement with the club, which starting on 1 July will no longer represent the university in any form.<ref name="UCR ends ties">{{cite news|last1=Córdoba|first1=Javier|title=UCR acaba vínculo con equipo de fútbol de primera división|url=http://semanariouniversidad.ucr.cr/deportes/ucr-acaba-vinculo-equipo-futbol-primera-division/|access-date=4 June 2017|work=[[University of Costa Rica|Semanario Universidad]]|date=2 June 2017|language=es-ES|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602233927/http://semanariouniversidad.ucr.cr/deportes/ucr-acaba-vinculo-equipo-futbol-primera-division/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/mayo/21/deportes1103810.html Lección de coraje allanó el camino] – Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2007/mayo/22/deportes1104809.html UCR es el club que tardó más en volver a Primera] – Nación {{in lang|es}}</ref>
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.<ref name="UCR ends ties" />
== Stadium ==
Throughout its history, the University of Costa Rica Soccer Club used various scenarios, especially because the University of Costa Rica did not have its own stadium until the construction of the Ecological Stadium, a venue located within the university sports facilities, located in the canton of Montes de Oca.  The Ecológico was the club's own headquarters since its opening in 2008, and there it starred in various matches in both the first and second divisions.  However, and especially since the club returned to the first division in 2013, the small capacity of the Ecological Stadium (1,800 fans) motivated the team to look for other venues for economic reasons.  Among the stadiums that were once the official headquarters of the University of Costa Rica Soccer Club are the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium, the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium, the Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium and the Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge Stadium, among others.
==Honours==
===National competitions===
* '''[[Primera División de Costa Rica|Primera División]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cos43.html|title=Costa Rica 1943|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
**Winners (1): 1943
* '''Segunda División'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cos2champ.html|title=Costa Rica – List of Second Division Champions|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
**Winners (3): 1972–73, 2006–07, 2012–13
==Championship 1943==
List of players and coaching staff who won the Costa Rica First Division National Soccer Championship on November 14, 1943, under the name '''Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica'''.
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Juliana "La Macha" Hidalgo}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Jean Carlo "La Muralla" Chacón Gamboa}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Gabriel "El tractorcito" Araya}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Rafael Ángel Cardona}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Álvaro Castro}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Luis Arturo Fernández}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Víctor Manuel Pérez}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Álvaro Bonilla}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Guillermo Quirós}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Tomás Alfaro}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Marco Antonio Leiva}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Pipa Porras}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Jorge Eduardo Umaña}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Mario Ruiz}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Eduardo Burro Cabalceta}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Édgar Negro Esquivel}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Héctor Julio Mostacilla González}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Guillermo Macho Hernández}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Arnoldo Chachalaca Madriz}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Manuel Vargas}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Wálter Vega}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=José Alberto Granados}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Alfredo Ruiz}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Fernando Lolito Ruiz}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Fernando Camacho}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Víctor Julio Tulo Víquez}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Fernando Solano (Solanito)}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Rodrigo Leiva}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Mario Gólcher}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Eladio Macho Esquivel}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Luis Jones}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Roberto Pagano Montero}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Gustavo Conejo}}
{{Fs player|no= |nat=CRC|pos=|name=Ramón Arroyo}}
{{Fs end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130806052004/http://www.clubdefutbol.ucr.ac.cr/ Official Web Site]
{{Costa Rican Primera División}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Universidad}}
[[Category:Football clubs in Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Football clubs in San José, Costa Rica]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1941]]
[[Category:University of Costa Rica]]
[[Category:1941 establishments in Costa Rica]]
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