The name Brujas translates to Witches. The team's home town used to be Escazú, known around the country as "La ciudad de las Brujas" or "The Witches' Town", but the franchise later transferred to Desamparados. The team was dissolved in July 2011.
The club was founded in 2004 as Brujas de Escazú when they took over the Asociación Deportiva Guanacasteca (A.D. Guanacasteca or ADG)[1] licence to play in the Primera División de Costa Rica. Guanacasteca, known as Los Pamperos, were founded on 3 March 1973[2] as Nicoya F.C.[3] but were renamed when they made their debut in the second division in 1974; they were once more renamed Sociedad Deportiva Guanacasteca in 2001.[4] Guanacasteca were crowned Second Division champions 4 times, in 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2002.[2] In 2005, ADG was reestablished after buying Ciudad Colón second division franchise.
Brujas de Escazú
The newly founded team was subsequently moved from Nicoya, where they played at the Estadio Chorotega, in Guanacaste to Escazú[5] in an attempt to get more support from fans. Club president Percy Chamberlain kept Uruguayan manager Hernán Fernando Sosa, who had taken Guanacasteca to 4th place in the previous season, at the helm but he was eventually dismissed in September 2004[6] and replaced by compatriot Carlos Blanco on an interim basis and later Manuel Keosseián.[7] By June 2005, the team had signed one of the best coaches from the 2004 tournament, Colombian coach Carlos Restrepo[8] and they played in the National Stadium of Costa Rica. In September 2005, Chamberlain was replaced as president of the club by former Saprissa president Mínor Vargas[9] and Restrepo was released from his managerial duties in May 2007[10] and club president Mínor Vargas replaced him with Mauricio Wright,[11] who was a member of Costa Rica's 2002 World Cup national team.
Brujas F.C.
In summer 2007, the club moved again to play at the Estadio Jorge "Cuty" Monge in Desamparados[12] and were renamed Brujas F.C. In December 2009 Brujas won the Invierno 2009 championship after beating Puntarenas in the final, which was the first to be decided on penalties in 38 years.[13]
Wright was replaced by Luis Torres in May 2010[14] and in November 2010 club president Vargas resigned after it was claimed his company Grupo Ícono not only owned Brujas but also the then recently from the premier division expelled Barrio México.[9] Vargas was arrested in the United States for alleged fraud with the PCI company in January 2011[15] and was found guilty to seven counts of fraud and three counts of money laundering in April 2012[16] and sentenced to 60 years in prison in October 2012.[17]
In April 2011 the club's franchise was transferred to Orión, who continued to play at the Cuty Monge stadium,[18] and acquired by Spaniard Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes.[4] Hernández was later acquitted of charges pressed by the Vargas family over bad checks.[19]
The club's supporters were known for using the now infamous phrase, Menores de lo que pensábamos (Smaller than we thought) as their official motto.
In a long-awaited match for the Costa Rican soccer fans, because after the 1964 campaign in which the Carmen FC team defeated Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado, there have been no finals without one of the 3 biggest in this league , Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Club Sport Herediano and Deportivo Saprissa. The match began at 7:05 p.m. with an excited Buenos Aires team that went happily to the front but to no avail, because the first actions of real danger occurred until approximately 25 minutes later, and until 37 minutes when Luis Lara beat the defense but the ball crashed into the vertical. In the second half the "shark" team got tired of wasting goals and the "sorcerers" went all out on the attack but there were no goals, the first leg final was very lackluster especially because Brujas FC was not the overwhelming team that it was before the Municipal Pérez Zeledon and Liberia Mía, everything is defined on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
The return leg was played at the Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge Stadium in a hotly contested game that welcomed 5,500 people seated even in the yellow zones and perhaps a little more fans, and at least 150 more than They stayed outside the stadium. The game was played too much in the first few minutes, so much so that Puntarenas FC took the lead in the 13th minute through Luis Lara, in a first half that did not leave much to talk about.
In the second half at minute 46' Daniel "naughty" Jiménez tied the game in a dressing room goal and would leave it that way until the end. The team from Desamparadeño won on penalties 5-4 with the failure of Josimar Arias for Brujas FC and Mario Viquez together with Bryan Zamora for Puntarenas FC. With this Brujas FC earned their first star on their shield, in other words their first national title.
^Alejandro Fonseca Hidalgo (12 January 2010). (in Spanish). diarioextra.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
^Banquillos movidos Sosa sustituyó a De Toro en Puntarenas y Keosseián dirigirá al Brujas – Al Día (in Spanish)
^Negociación relámpago en Escazú Restrepo salió de Pérez y ahora es técnico del Brujas – Nación (in Spanish)
^ abVargas dice que se retira de su función de dirigente – Nación (in Spanish)
^Restrepo quedó fuera de Brujas – Nación (in Spanish)
^Brujas confirma a Mauricio Wright en el banquillo – Nación (in Spanish)
^Brujas a Desamparados 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)
^Brujas es el Campeón Nacional de Invierno – Nación (in Spanish)
^Brujas abre Concacaf en casa – Nación (in Spanish)
^Minor Vargas fue arrestado en EE. UU. por supuesto fraude – Nación (in Spanish)
^Minor Vargas declarado culpable de fraude – Nación (in Spanish)
^60 años de cárcel para Minor Vargas – Nación (in Spanish)
^Franquicia del Brujas FC será cedida por 5 años 2015-02-18 at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)
^Absuelven a Juan Luis Hernández de acusación de Minor Vargas 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – Al Día (in Spanish)
April 08, 2023
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For the corregimiento in Panama see Brujas Panama Brujas F C was a Costa Rican football club based in Desamparados Costa Rica BrujasFull nameBrujas Futbol ClubNickname s HechicerosFounded2004Dissolved2011GroundEstadio Jorge Cuty MongeDesamparados Costa RicaCapacity5 500Home coloursAway coloursThe name Brujas translates to Witches The team s home town used to be Escazu known around the country as La ciudad de las Brujas or The Witches Town but the franchise later transferred to Desamparados The team was dissolved in July 2011 Contents 1 History 1 1 A D Guanacasteca 1 2 Brujas de Escazu 1 3 Brujas F C 2 Honours 2 1 National 3 Championship Invierno 2009 3 1 History 4 Historical list of coaches 5 ReferencesHistory EditA D Guanacasteca Edit The club was founded in 2004 as Brujas de Escazu when they took over the Asociacion Deportiva Guanacasteca A D Guanacasteca or ADG 1 licence to play in the Primera Division de Costa Rica Guanacasteca known as Los Pamperos were founded on 3 March 1973 2 as Nicoya F C 3 but were renamed when they made their debut in the second division in 1974 they were once more renamed Sociedad Deportiva Guanacasteca in 2001 4 Guanacasteca were crowned Second Division champions 4 times in 1975 1985 1995 and 2002 2 In 2005 ADG was reestablished after buying Ciudad Colon second division franchise Brujas de Escazu Edit The newly founded team was subsequently moved from Nicoya where they played at the Estadio Chorotega in Guanacaste to Escazu 5 in an attempt to get more support from fans Club president Percy Chamberlain kept Uruguayan manager Hernan Fernando Sosa who had taken Guanacasteca to 4th place in the previous season at the helm but he was eventually dismissed in September 2004 6 and replaced by compatriot Carlos Blanco on an interim basis and later Manuel Keosseian 7 By June 2005 the team had signed one of the best coaches from the 2004 tournament Colombian coach Carlos Restrepo 8 and they played in the National Stadium of Costa Rica In September 2005 Chamberlain was replaced as president of the club by former Saprissa president Minor Vargas 9 and Restrepo was released from his managerial duties in May 2007 10 and club president Minor Vargas replaced him with Mauricio Wright 11 who was a member of Costa Rica s 2002 World Cup national team Brujas F C Edit In summer 2007 the club moved again to play at the Estadio Jorge Cuty Monge in Desamparados 12 and were renamed Brujas F C In December 2009 Brujas won the Invierno 2009 championship after beating Puntarenas in the final which was the first to be decided on penalties in 38 years 13 Wright was replaced by Luis Torres in May 2010 14 and in November 2010 club president Vargas resigned after it was claimed his company Grupo Icono not only owned Brujas but also the then recently from the premier division expelled Barrio Mexico 9 Vargas was arrested in the United States for alleged fraud with the PCI company in January 2011 15 and was found guilty to seven counts of fraud and three counts of money laundering in April 2012 16 and sentenced to 60 years in prison in October 2012 17 In April 2011 the club s franchise was transferred to Orion who continued to play at the Cuty Monge stadium 18 and acquired by Spaniard Juan Luis Hernandez Fuertes 4 Hernandez was later acquitted of charges pressed by the Vargas family over bad checks 19 The club s supporters were known for using the now infamous phrase Menores de lo que pensabamos Smaller than we thought as their official motto Honours EditNational Edit Primera Division de Costa Rica 1 Invierno 2009 Championship Invierno 2009 EditList of players and coaching staff who won the Costa Rica First Division National Soccer Championship on December 28 2009 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK CRC Luis Diego Sequeira2 DF CRC Roy Smith3 DF CRC Luis Pena5 MF CRC Osman Lopez7 MF CRC Paolo Jimenez8 MF CRC Danny Fonseca9 MF CRC Pablo Brenes10 MF CRC Yosimar Arias11 MF CRC Allan Aleman12 GK CRC Dany Carvajal13 MF CRC Maykol Ortiz14 MF CRC Rodolfo Rodriguez16 DF CRC Jameson Scott18 MF CRC Andres Barquero20 FW ARG Lucas Gomez21 DF CRC Keilor Soto23 DF CRC Tray Bennette Captain 25 FW CRC Daniel Jimenez No Pos Nation Player27 DF CRC Heiner Mora29 DF CRC Esteban Maitland30 GK CRC Warner Hernandez32 MF CRC Randy Cubero DF CRC Berny Pena DF CRC James Scott DF CRC Derrick Johnson DF CRC Jason Scott DF CRC Ariel Soto DF CRC Brandon Poltronieri DF CRC Sergei James MF CRC Marlon Arias MF CRC Daniel Varela GK CRC Norberto Bonilla FW CRC Bryan Vega FW CRC Cristhiam Lagos FW CRC Sergio Hernandez FW CRC Mynor Escoe FW CRC Olman VargasHistory Edit In a long awaited match for the Costa Rican soccer fans because after the 1964 campaign in which the Carmen FC team defeated Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado there have been no finals without one of the 3 biggest in this league Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Club Sport Herediano and Deportivo Saprissa The match began at 7 05 p m with an excited Buenos Aires team that went happily to the front but to no avail because the first actions of real danger occurred until approximately 25 minutes later and until 37 minutes when Luis Lara beat the defense but the ball crashed into the vertical In the second half the shark team got tired of wasting goals and the sorcerers went all out on the attack but there were no goals the first leg final was very lackluster especially because Brujas FC was not the overwhelming team that it was before the Municipal Perez Zeledon and Liberia Mia everything is defined on Monday December 28 2009 at 2 00 p m The return leg was played at the Jorge Hernan Cuty Monge Stadium in a hotly contested game that welcomed 5 500 people seated even in the yellow zones and perhaps a little more fans and at least 150 more than They stayed outside the stadium The game was played too much in the first few minutes so much so that Puntarenas FC took the lead in the 13th minute through Luis Lara in a first half that did not leave much to talk about In the second half at minute 46 Daniel naughty Jimenez tied the game in a dressing room goal and would leave it that way until the end The team from Desamparadeno won on penalties 5 4 with the failure of Josimar Arias for Brujas FC and Mario Viquez together with Bryan Zamora for Puntarenas FC With this Brujas FC earned their first star on their shield in other words their first national title Historical list of coaches Edit Hernan Fernando Sosa 2004 Carlos Blanco September 2004 Manuel Keosseian September 2004 March 2005 Carlos Restrepo June 2005 May 2007 Mauricio Wright May 2007 May 2010 Jose Luis Torres Mora May 2010 April 2011 References Edit Alejandro Fonseca Hidalgo 12 January 2010 Otro nombre y mismas deudas in Spanish diarioextra com Archived from the original on 28 August 2010 Retrieved 13 September 2011 a b ADG se reorganiza Nacion in Spanish Liberia le celebra a su equipo Archived 2015 02 21 at the Wayback Machine UNAFUT in Spanish a b Juan Luis Hernandez toma control de Brujas Archived 2015 02 18 at the Wayback Machine Nacion in Spanish Brujas es un hervidero Trasladarse de Nicoya a Escazu aumento penurias a jugadores Archived 2015 04 02 at the Wayback Machine Nacion in Spanish Sosa fuera de Brujas Nacion in Spanish Banquillos movidos Sosa sustituyo a De Toro en Puntarenas y Keosseian dirigira al Brujas Al Dia in Spanish Negociacion relampago en Escazu Restrepo salio de Perez y ahora es tecnico del Brujas Nacion in Spanish a b Vargas dice que se retira de su funcion de dirigente Nacion in Spanish Restrepo quedo fuera de Brujas Nacion in Spanish Brujas confirma a Mauricio Wright en el banquillo Nacion in Spanish Brujas a Desamparados Archived 2015 04 02 at the Wayback Machine Nacion in Spanish Brujas es el Campeon Nacional de Invierno Nacion in Spanish Brujas abre Concacaf en casa Nacion in Spanish Minor Vargas fue arrestado en EE UU por supuesto fraude Nacion in Spanish Minor Vargas declarado culpable de fraude Nacion in Spanish 60 anos de carcel para Minor Vargas Nacion in Spanish Franquicia del Brujas FC sera cedida por 5 anos Archived 2015 02 18 at the Wayback Machine Nacion in Spanish Absuelven a Juan Luis Hernandez de acusacion de Minor Vargas Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine Al Dia in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brujas F C amp oldid 1111814339, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
