Full name | Asociacion Deportiva Santacruceña | ||
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Founded | 1 September 2003 | ||
Dissolved | 18 December 2008 | ||
Ground |
Estadio Cacique Diriá Santa Cruz, Costa Rica | ||
Capacity | 1,500 | ||
Chairman | Édgar Pizarro | ||
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Asociacion Deportiva Santacruceña was a Costa Rican football (soccer) club based in Santa Cruz, Costa Rica.
Founded as a football club in September 2003, [1] the club quickly rose to prominence when it managed to reach the Costa Rican Primera División in two years, [2] winning promotion from the Liga Ascenso in 2005 [3] after beating Fusión Tibás in a promotion playoff. [4]
They were relegated in summer 2007 and spent two seasons in the Segunda División de Costa Rica before withdrawing from the league in December 2008 due to financial problems. [5]