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Herediano

Primera Division North & Central America

Concacaf Central American Cup

Founded:	1921
Stadium:	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero
Coach:	Jafet Soto Molina
Primera Division Form:
Overall Form:

Herediano home ground venue is Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero.

Jafet Soto Molina is the current coach for Herediano.

Herediano Primera Division Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Herediano have played a total of 26 matches in Costa Rica Primera Division. Their current statistics is 5 win, 9 draw and 12 lose.

Herediano did not win their last five matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Herediano results for their home or away matches in Primera Division 2018/2019.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Herediano	26	5	9	12

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
09/05/2019	San Carlos	4 - 1	Herediano	2-1	H2H	O	+
Álvaro Saborío Chacón 9'		1 - 0
			11' Keysher Fuller
R. Córdoba 13'
			21' L. Díaz
Marvin Obando Mata 23'
		1 - 1	24' J. Ortiz
R. Chirino 26'		2 - 1
			35' Pablo Salazar
			45' H. Saravia
Marvin Obando Mata 56'
Juan Solís Brenes 56'
			60' G. Torres
			60' Óscar Granados Maroto
L. Díaz 64'		3 - 1
			67' K. Brown
R. Córdoba 69'
			71' Keysher Fuller
			71' M. Escoe
D. Madrigal 74'
Sergio Carmona Marín 74'
R. Chirino 80'
P. Leal 80'
P. Leal 84'		4 - 1
			88' R. Azofeifa
			88' Aldo Magaña
			89' H. Saravia
21/04/2019	Alajuelense	2 - 2	Herediano	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	21' D. Villegas
R. Rojas 42'		1 - 1
			46' J. Leitón
			46' Aldo Magaña
			55' Keysher Fuller
			55' Omar Arellano
		1 - 2	60' Yeltsin Tejeda
			65' J. Ortiz
			65' Óscar Granados Maroto
L. Garrido 67'
Ariel Lassiter 68'
E. Morales 68'
			72' J. Marín
Porfirio López Meza 77'
G. Castro 77'
			78' Yeltsin Tejeda
			80' Omar Arellano
F. Álvarez 84'
R. Rojas 89'		2 - 2
			89' L. Díaz
Porfirio López Meza 90+2'
14/04/2019	Santos de Guápiles	1 - 1	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
			40' Pablo Salazar
			40' O. Galo
R. Salas 52'		1 - 0
			59' M. Escoe
			59' Aldo Magaña
		1 - 1	69' L. Díaz
S. Williams 74'
Cristhian Lagos Navarro 74'
R. Salas 76'
			81' L. Díaz
			81' B. Burke
R. Salas 88'
Ariel Zapata Pizarro 88'
Douglas López 90+3'
Jorge Davis Brown 90+3'
31/03/2019	Cartaginés	2 - 1	Herediano	2-1	H2H	O	+
			4' L. Díaz
			5' Pablo Salazar
			10' G. Torres
			10' M. Escoe
R. Araya 12'		1 - 0
J. Cruz 19'		2 - 0
E. Cabalceta 34'
		2 - 1	37' M. Escoe
			48' M. Escoe
			54' Aldo Magaña
			54' Antonio Pedroza
R. Araya 58'
M. Russell 60'
Rafael Chávez Ramírez 60'
R. Araya 64'
Paolo Jiménez Conto 64'
			73' C. Reyes
			73' Edgar Lugo
J. Cruz 75'
J. Pemberton 75'
W. Quirós 77'
M. Hernández 90+4'
29/03/2019	UCR	1 - 1	Herediano	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	21' Yeltsin Tejeda
			27' H. Saravia
			39' Omar Arellano
			39' Junior Diaz
			49' C. Reyes
Gustavo Díaz 53'
F. Oviedo 53'
			67' Edgar Lugo
			67' Youstin Salas
			69' Junior Diaz
B. Sánchez 74'
Ronney Mora 74'
F. Rodríguez 81'
Sadier Camacho Mena 82'
J. Daly 82'
			85' G. Torres
			85' M. Escoe
Johnny Woodly Lambert 89'		1 - 1
22/03/2019	Carmelita	0 - 3	Herediano	0-2	H2H	O	+
N. Rodríguez 22'
		0 - 1	23' C. Reyes
		0 - 2	26' Pablo Salazar
N. Rodríguez 35'
L. Fallas 46'
Juan Arguedas Chacón 46'
		0 - 3	47' Carlos Montenegro Rodríguez
B. Alfaro 50'
S. Núñez 50'
			55' Edgar Lugo
			55' Antonio Pedroza
			64' G. Torres
			64' B. Burke
José Alfaro Vargas 68'
J. Zuñiga 68'
			70' L. Díaz
			70' J. Leitón
			74'
			90' Omar Arellano
17/03/2019	Deportivo Saprissa	2 - 1	Herediano	1-0	H2H	O	+
			43' K. Brown
J. Arrieta 45+1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	47' J. Ortiz
A. David 51'
			57' G. Torres
			57' M. Escoe
L. Hernandez 61'
R. Leal 61'
M. Torres 65'
J. Arrieta 69'
Rubilio Castillo 69'
			73' L. Díaz
			73' Antonio Pedroza
A. Cabral 76'
			80' Yeltsin Tejeda
Rubilio Castillo 81'		2 - 1
			82' J. Ortiz
			82' Aldo Magaña
M. Angulo 86'
Heiner Mora Mora 86'
M. Barrantes 87'
			88' Antonio Pedroza
04/03/2019	Grecia	1 - 2	Herediano	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	29' J. Ortiz
			31' Óscar Granados Maroto
			31' Youstin Salas
			40' J. Marín
K. Fajardo 42'		1 - 1
			45' Keysher Fuller
			45' O. Galo
			51' D. Cambronero
Lucas Giovagnoli 51'
Lucas Giovagnoli 52'
F. Zamora 52'
Jeremy Araya Molina 58'
Bayron Jiménez Madrigal 61'
C. Villegas 61'
			69' Edgar Lugo
			71' Edgar Lugo
			71' M. Escoe
		1 - 2	73' J. Ortiz
25/02/2019	San Carlos	3 - 2	Herediano	0-1	H2H	O	+
José Cordero Manzanares 3'
		0 - 1	4' M. Escoe
			11' Carlos Martínez
			19' J. Marín
José Cordero Manzanares 46'
M. Mena 46'
		0 - 2	46' C. Reyes
			46' Carlos Martínez
			46' Pablo Salazar
Rudy Dawson Forbes 49'
Álvaro Saborío Chacón 54'		1 - 2
			60' C. Reyes
			67' L. Díaz
Álvaro Saborío Chacón 68'		2 - 2
			75' J. Marín
			75' J. Leitón
			78' J. Ortiz
O. Rodríguez 80'
Marvin Obando Mata 82'
			83' J. Ortiz
			83' Óscar Granados Maroto
Álvaro Saborío Chacón 86'
J. Soto 86'
			88' M. Escoe
J. Soto 90'		3 - 2
17/02/2019	Pérez Zeledón	1 - 1	Herediano	1-1	H2H	O	+
			26' Junior Diaz
		0 - 1	30' Aldo Magaña
J. Mitchell 45'		1 - 1
P. Azcurra 61'
Javier del Valle Liendo 61'
J. Mitchell 61'
Y. Wright 61'
			63' J. Ortiz
			63' M. Escoe
			69' H. Saravia
			72' Junior Diaz
			72' B. Burke
			78' L. Díaz
			78' Edgar Lugo
			79' Keysher Fuller
Edder Munguio Villegas 81'
			81' C. Reyes
Y. Wright 81'
Bryan Segura 83'
			85' H. Saravia
Lucio Barroca 86'
Lauro Cazal 86'
10/02/2019	Guadalupe	0 - 0	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
L. Ayala 43'
B. Bonilla 45'
Josué Rodríguez Ramírez 45'
Jean Scott 57'
Óscar Arce Ramírez 57'
			64' G. Torres
			64' B. Burke
			71' Óscar Granados Maroto
			71' Edgar Lugo
A. Campos 77'
Andrés Gómez Rodríguez 77'
			77' M. Escoe
			77' Aldo Magaña
			88' Keysher Fuller
20/01/2019	Limón	1 - 0	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
			15' B. Burke
A. Espinoza 39'
Shain Joshua Brown 42'
R. Parkins 45'
José Marín Calderón 45'
Shain Joshua Brown 58'
Michael Barrantes Barret 58'
			66' Aldo Magaña
			66' Edgar Lugo
			70' B. Burke
			70' G. Torres
			72' H. Saravia
R. Bolaños 76'
Henry Cooper Bennett 76'
			79' J. Ortiz
			79' M. Escoe
A. Espinoza 88'		1 - 0
			90+1' Omar Arellano
23/12/2018	Deportivo Saprissa	2 - 3	Herediano	1-0	H2H	O	+
			15' H. Saravia
			15' Omar Arellano
Omar Arellano 36'		1 - 0
			46' J. Ortiz
			46' Edgar Lugo
		1 - 1	47' J. Marín
Johan Venegas 66'		2 - 1
A. Cabral 68'
		2 - 2	70' C. Reyes
			73' K. Brown
Johan Venegas 74'
J. Arrieta 74'
L. Pérez 74'
Heiner Mora Mora 74'
Y. Salinas 77'
			81' Y. Ruiz
			81' Aldo Magaña
J. Arrieta 86'
A. Cabral 88'
J. Medina 93'
			98' Edgar Lugo
M. Torres 98'
Heiner Mora Mora 105'
Y. Salinas 110'
Juan Bustos Golobio 110'
		2 - 3	112' Aldo Magaña
			116' Omar Arellano
09/12/2018	Alajuelense	2 - 1	Herediano	1-0	H2H	O	+
K. Gutiérrez 1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	1' Antonio Pedroza
		1 - 2	2' Edgar Lugo
J. McDonald 2'
F. Álvarez 3'
		1 - 3	3' Pablo Salazar
		1 - 4	4' R. Azofeifa
R. Rojas 4'		2 - 4
			27' Omar Arellano
J. McDonald 28'		3 - 4
Allan Miranda Albertazzi 31'
			38' Óscar Granados Maroto
Jonathan Moya 40'
			46' A. Villalobos
			46' R. Azofeifa
			46' J. Ortiz
			46' Edgar Lugo
		3 - 5	60' Allan Cruz
D. Villegas 61'
B. Sequeira 61'
A. Guevara 71'
M. Foster 71'
Jonathan Moya 72'		4 - 5
			86' Keysher Fuller
			91' Keysher Fuller
			91' Pablo Salazar
			97' J. Marín
			97' Antonio Pedroza
A. López 99'
K. Gutiérrez 99'
L. Garrido 113'
F. Álvarez 113'
Patrick Pemberton 114'
			114' Y. Ruiz
			119' H. Saravia
29/11/2018	Deportivo Saprissa	1 - 0	Herediano	1-0	H2H	O	+
C. Bolaños 1'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	1' Edgar Lugo
Juan Bustos Golobio 2'		2 - 1
			2' Junior Diaz
R. Blanco 3'
		2 - 2	3' Aldo Magaña
Juan Guzmán Otárola 4'
		2 - 3	4' Antonio Pedroza
		2 - 4	5' Pablo Salazar
M. Barrantes 28'
Juan Guzmán Otárola 28'
Johan Venegas 33'		3 - 4
			36' H. Saravia
			45' H. Saravia
			45' B. Burke
			56' J. Marín
			59' J. Marín
			59' Antonio Pedroza
L. Hernandez 61'
J. Arrieta 61'
			74' Y. Ruiz
			74' Aldo Magaña
			79' J. Ortiz
			79' Edgar Lugo
A. Cabral 80'
J. Arrieta 85'
			85' Junior Diaz
			85' Óscar Granados Maroto
J. Medina 85'
Johan Venegas 86'
Juan Bustos Golobio 86'
M. Angulo 104'
R. Blanco 104'
08/11/2018	San Carlos	1 - 2	Herediano	1-1	H2H	O	+
Rudy Dawson Forbes 3'
Manuel González 16'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	27' J. Ortiz
Carlos Acosta Evans 34'
		1 - 2	46' Y. Ruiz
			51' G. Torres
Bryan Solórzano 54'
Luis González 54'
			57' K. Brown
			58' G. Torres
			58' Omar Arellano
D. Madrigal 61'
Juan Solís Brenes 61'
			66' Y. Ruiz
			66' C. Reyes
			71' C. Reyes
			72' J. Ortiz
			72' A. Villalobos
Reggy Rivera Angulo 80'
E. Ramírez 80'
28/10/2018	Carmelita	0 - 0	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
			10' Junior Diaz
J. Gutiérrez 23'
			25' A. Villalobos
E. Cabalceta 46'
F. Montoya 46'
			54' A. Villalobos
			54' G. Torres
			56' Aldo Magaña
			56' Antonio Pedroza
			61' H. Saravia
			61' Youstin Salas
A. Vargas 62'
F. Montoya 66'
A. Vargas 67'
J. Zuñiga 67'
			68' Allan Cruz
			69' G. Torres
S. Núñez 76'
José Alfaro Vargas 76'
			82' L. Moreira
			85' Youstin Salas
			86' J. Ortiz
J. Zuñiga 88'
			88' Óscar Granados Maroto
Juan Arguedas Chacón 90'
18/10/2018	Cartaginés	3 - 2	Herediano	1-1	H2H	O	+
W. Quirós 8'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	10' Junior Diaz
J. Pemberton 40'
J. Sosa 47'
		1 - 2	50' J. Ortiz
			51' Edgar Lugo
			56' Edgar Lugo
			56' Óscar Granados Maroto
W. Quirós 59'
			62' Junior Diaz
N. Monge 65'
Cristopher Núñez 65'
			66' C. Reyes
			75' B. Burke
			75' J. Leitón
M. Russell 77'
G. Clunie 77'
			82' Keysher Fuller
			82' A. Villalobos
			83' Omar Arellano
J. Pemberton 86'
L. Pérez 86'
Nelson Barahona Collins 86'
Nelson Barahona Collins 86'
G. Clunie 88'		2 - 2
M. Hernández 90'		3 - 2
14/10/2018	Grecia	2 - 0	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
			1' H. Saravia
E. Rodríguez 42'
J. Ordain 49'		1 - 0
			56' Aldo Magaña
			56' Edgar Lugo
			56' H. Saravia
			56' J. Ortiz
E. Rodríguez 61'		2 - 0
H. Rojas 69'
Allan Alemán Ávila 69'
			72' A. Villalobos
			72' Omar Arellano
D. Estrada 74'
Rafael Chávez Ramírez 74'
James Hudson 88'
Verny Ramírez Suárez 88'
			90+2' Omar Arellano
10/10/2018	Limón	3 - 0	Herediano	2-0	H2H	O	+
Michael Barrantes Barret 26'		1 - 0
J. Gordon 35'		2 - 0
			46' Edgar Lugo
			46' Aldo Magaña
J. Brenes 56'		3 - 0
K. Cordero 63'
			65' D. Cambronero
K. Cordero 65'
Erick Scott Bernard 65'
			67' Antonio Pedroza
			67' Juan Alfaro Monge
J. Gordon 67'
A. Bennett 67'
Shain Joshua Brown 71'
			74' H. Saravia
R. Parkins 76'
José Marín Calderón 76'
			81' A. Villalobos
			81' Óscar Granados Maroto
			84' Y. Ruiz
			90+2' C. Reyes
03/10/2018	Santos de Guápiles	0 - 1	Herediano	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	5' Omar Arellano
M. Barquero 39'
			55' Óscar Granados Maroto
			60' Omar Arellano
			60' Edgar Lugo
Douglas López 62'
M. Barquero 63'
B. López 63'
			69' Leonardo Gonzalez
			69' Junior Diaz
Randall Alvarado Brenes 72'
S. Williams 72'
S. Matarrita 73'
W. Azofeifa 73'
			74' J. Marín
			80' J. Marín
			80' B. Burke
			90+1' Junior Diaz
S. Williams 90+1'
23/09/2018	UCR	1 - 1	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
Daniel Ocampo 16'
			28' K. Brown
			31' A. Villalobos
			31' H. Saravia
Daniel Ocampo 46'
Kenneth Dixon Mcoy 46'
Fernando Cárdenas Arredondo 46'
Fernando Cárdenas Arredondo 57'
R. Gamboa 57'
			66' J. Marín
			66' J. Ortiz
Yeison Esquivel Ramírez 76'
F. Zamora 76'
			82' Allan Cruz
			82' B. Burke
		0 - 1	84' Y. Ruiz
F. Zamora 90+1'		1 - 1
09/09/2018	Alajuelense	6 - 1	Herediano	4-1	H2H	O	+
A. Guevara 13'		1 - 0
			22' J. Ortiz
R. Rojas 25'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	29' Y. Ruiz
			36' Keysher Fuller
J. McDonald 36'		3 - 1
			45' Antonio Pedroza
			45' Antonio Pedroza
A. Guevara 45'		4 - 1
			46' J. Ortiz
			46' R. Azofeifa
			46' José Espinoza Sibaja
			46' Junior Diaz
Allan Miranda Albertazzi 46'
K. Gutiérrez 46'
			54' Edgar Lugo
			54' G. Torres
R. Rojas 62'		5 - 1
A. López 70'
J. Cubero 70'
			76' A. Villalobos
A. Guevara 81'
Pablo Martinez Martínez 81'
			83' R. Azofeifa
J. McDonald 90+3'		6 - 1
02/09/2018	Pérez Zeledón	1 - 1	Herediano	1-0	H2H	O	+
A. López 16'		1 - 0
			52' R. Azofeifa
			52' Antonio Pedroza
			53' Omar Arellano
			53' Yecsy Jarquín Ramos
A. López 55'
César Carrillo Madrigal 55'
		1 - 1	59' Y. Ruiz
			60' José Espinoza Sibaja
L. Rodríguez 64'
P. Azcurra 64'
J. Venegas 67'
			68' Antonio Pedroza
Y. Wright 76'
12/08/2018	Deportivo Saprissa	1 - 0	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' Omar Arellano
			46' J. Marín
M. Torres 49'
			58' Antonio Pedroza
			58' J. Arrieta
C. Bolaños 59'
Y. Salinas 59'
A. Cabral 68'
Y. Salinas 72'
Johan Venegas 76'		1 - 0
			76' H. Saravia
			76' D. Estrada
			76' R. Miranda
			77' Pablo Salazar
M. Torres 83'
Christian Martínez 83'
			90+2' José Espinoza Sibaja
29/07/2018	Guadalupe	2 - 2	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
M. Meneses 43'
			44' Omar Arellano
M. Meneses 45'
K. Espinoza 45'
			58' Omar Arellano
			58' Y. Ruiz
A. Campos 61'		1 - 0
A. Campos 62'
			64' Allan Cruz
			64' J. Ortiz
L. Ayala 65'
			65' Óscar Granados Maroto
Óscar Arce Ramírez 67'		2 - 0
A. Campos 71'
J. Cruz 71'
			72' Edgar Lugo
			72' R. Azofeifa
		2 - 1	81' Pablo Salazar
		2 - 2	85' Óscar Granados Maroto
F. Ramírez 88'
D. Quirós 88'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Herediano in Primera Division.

Statistics & Analysis of Herediano

J. Ortiz is the leading top goal scorer for Herediano with 6 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	1
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	2
Longest run without win	5
Clean sheets	4
Matches over 2.25 goals	14
Matches under 2.25 goals	12
Matches First Half Over 0.5	18
Matches First Half Under 0.5	8
Matches odd	16
Matches even	10
Average goals scored	1.12
Average goals allowed	1.65
Failure to score	7
Biggest victory	0 - 3
Biggest defeat	6 - 1
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	7
Own goals	2
Goalless draw at home match	0
Goalless draw at away match	2 (8%)
Comeback win	2
Top Goal Scorer	J. Ortiz
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Herediano Squad

Detailed statistics of each Herediano player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

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Name of Player
Pablo Andrés Salazar Sánchez	3024	35	2	2	5	1	6	0	0
Jose Guillermo Ortiz Picado	2936	41	6	19	15	0	7	0	0
Keyner Yamal Brown Blackwood	2878	32	0	0	1	0	9	0	1
Keysher Fuller Spence	2840	33	0	7	1	0	17	0	0
Heyreel Antonio Saravia Vargas	2825	35	2	7	2	0	14	2	0
Daniel Arturo Cambronero Solano	2765	31	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
Omar Arellano Riverón	2633	36	6	10	3	2	13	0	1
Rándall Azofeifa Corrales	2531	34	8	5	5	3	5	0	0
Jimmy Marín	2507	32	3	11	6	0	6	0	1
Óscar Esteban Granados Maroto	2321	31	6	4	2	0	10	0	0
Christian Antonio Reyes Alemán	2268	26	2	1	5	0	9	0	0
Júnior Enrique Díaz Campbell	2167	26	4	1	1	0	9	0	0
Edgar Gerardo Lugo Aranda	1708	37	22	12	1	1	5	0	0
Luis Mario Díaz Espinoza	1617	21	2	8	1	0	5	0	0
Aldo Xavier Magaña Padilla	1429	31	17	8	7	1	2	0	0
Yeltsin Ignacio Tejeda Valverde	1380	16	1	1	2	0	4	0	0
Gerson Torres Barrantes	1187	24	8	12	0	0	3	0	0
Mynor Javier Escoe Miller	899	19	12	4	3	0	5	1	0
Orlando Moisés Galo Calderón	853	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Berny Thomas Burke Montiel	751	17	10	6	0	0	1	0	0
José Martín Leitón Rodriguez	746	13	5	2	0	0	1	0	0
José Esteban Espinoza Sibaja	515	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Leonardo González Arce	429	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Youstin Delfin Salas Gómez	244	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
Juan Ignacio Alfaro Monge	113	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jairo Alexander Monge Ruiz	90	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yecsy Jarquín Ramos	52	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Carlos Manuel Martínez	46	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Víctor Núñez Rodríguez	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Daniel Contreras Enríquez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean Innecken	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0

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