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Guanacasteca

Primera Division

Founded:	2005
Stadium:	Estadio Chorotega
Coach:	Juan Vita
Primera Division Form:
Overall Form:

Guanacasteca home ground venue is Estadio Chorotega.

Juan Vita is the current coach for Guanacasteca.

Guanacasteca Primera Division Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Guanacasteca have played a total of 22 matches in Costa Rica Primera Division. Their current statistics is 9 win, 3 draw and 10 lose.

Guanacasteca did not lose their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Guanacasteca results for their home or away matches in Primera Division 2021/2022.

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
Guanacasteca	22	9	3	10

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
07/05/2022	Guanacasteca	2 - 0	Santos de Guápiles	1-0	H2H	O	+
			6'
			8'
			32' Douglas López
			32' P. Fonseca
			34' D. Mason
Anthony Contreras 39'		1 - 0
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 51'
D. Sánchez 53'
			61' D. Mason
			61' M. Salas
S. Johnson 65'
J. Ingram 65'
			70' J. Méndez
			72' M. Barquero
B. Aguilera 73'		2 - 0
			75' Luis Paradela
			75' Michael Barquero Abarca
			77' M. Barquero
			80' J. Méndez
			80' Ryan Germaine Cane Box
			82' Erson Méndez James
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 86'
A. Araúz 86'
B. Aguilera 86'
J. Lester 86'
J. Bolaños 89'
L. Adams 89'
04/05/2022	Guanacasteca	0 - 1	Herediano	0-0	H2H	O	+
D. Sánchez 38'
			46' Kennedy Rocha
			46' K. Vargas
J. Ingram 55'
J. Bolaños 55'
			61' Yeltsin Tejeda
			61' L. Franco
J. Lester 62'
S. Johnson 62'
			70' J. McDonald
			70' J. Daly
			75' J. Daly
F. Piñar 79'
L. Adams 79'
Anthony Contreras 79'
A. Araúz 79'
		0 - 1	86' J. Daly
			87' B. Bonilla
			87' D. González
			87' O. Galo
			87' Óscar Granados Maroto
			88' D. González
27/04/2022	Guanacasteca	2 - 3	San Carlos	1-0	H2H	O	+
Anthony Contreras 8'		1 - 0
J. Olivero 46'
J. Lester 46'
			46' J. Alvarado
			46' M. Mena
			46' W. Azofeifa
			46' E. Rodríguez
			53' R. Córdoba
			53' Álvaro Sánchez Alfaro
			59' J. Sosa
			59' B. Calabrese
J. Ingram 62'
			66' R. Chirino
			68' R. Chirino
			68' S. Acuña
		1 - 1	70' M. Mena
J. Ingram 73'
G. Thorpe 73'
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 76'
A. Araúz 76'
		1 - 2	80' M. Mena
H. Quirós 82'
L. Adams 82'
D. Sánchez 82'
N. Azofeifa 82'
N. Azofeifa 83'		2 - 2
Anthony Contreras 90+3'
		2 - 3	90+3' M. Mena
16/04/2022	Guanacasteca	0 - 3	Alajuelense	0-3	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	8' F. Góndola
		0 - 2	20' F. Góndola
		0 - 3	43' C. Mora
P. Leal 46'
N. Azofeifa 46'
			57' A. López
			57' J. Cubero
			69' D. Rodríguez
			69' J. Montenegro
			70' F. Góndola
			70' J. Alcócer
			70' Johan Venegas
			70' A. Suárez
D. Sánchez 71'
S. Johnson 71'
			83' Celso Borges
			83' B. Alfaro
F. Piñar 84'
A. Araúz 84'
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 87'
G. Muñóz 87'
09/04/2022	Guanacasteca	3 - 2	ADR Jicaral	2-0	H2H	O	+
			19' E. Cano
D. Sánchez 20'		1 - 0
J. Bolaños 32'
J. Olivero 32'
			33' J. Prendas
Anthony Contreras 35'		2 - 0
			42' J. Prendas
			42' J. Arrieta
			45' P. Palacios
			46' P. Palacios
			46' Kemar Beckford
			46' E. Cano
			46' G. Morales
		2 - 1	47' G. Méndez
			49' L. Peralta
			50' Kemar Beckford
N. Rodríguez 55'
			64' K. Arboine
			64' S. Román
J. Olivero 66'
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 70'		3 - 1
B. Aguilera 75'
N. Azofeifa 75'
			76' N. Méndoza
			76' F. Flores
			81' J. Garro
J. Olivero 83'
J. Lester 83'
		3 - 2	86' J. Arrieta
			90+1' G. Méndez
H. Quirós 90+2'
01/04/2022	Guanacasteca	1 - 2	Guadalupe	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	16' D. Araya
J. Lester 34'
J. Lester 46'
B. Aguilera 46'
S. Johnson 46'
Anthony Contreras 46'
N. Azofeifa 55'
J. Ingram 55'
			66' D. Estrada
			66' E. Juárez
			66' J. Pemberton
			66' J. Martínez
			67' R. Rojas
			67' C. Pérez
D. Sánchez 80'
G. Thorpe 80'
		0 - 2	81' E. Juárez
			85' D. Araya
			85' J. Azofeifa
			85' F. Ramírez
			85' S. Núñez
B. Aguilera 86'		1 - 2
J. Olivero 89'
			90' J. Martínez
			90+5' S. Núñez
13/03/2022	Guanacasteca	1 - 2	Deportivo Saprissa	0-1	H2H	O	+
			14' M. Torres
		0 - 1	15' F. Rodríguez
N. Rodríguez 28'
F. Piñar 39'
D. Sánchez 43'
R. Díaz 43'
J. Olivero 45'
			45' F. Rodríguez
J. Bolaños 47'
			55' Kendall Waston
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 56'		1 - 1
B. Aguilera 57'
N. Azofeifa 57'
R. Díaz 57'
S. Johnson 57'
J. Bolaños 57'
J. Lester 57'
			64' F. Rodríguez
			64' A. Rodríguez
			75' R. Bolaños
			75' W. Cortés
			75' J. Marín
			75' C. Villegas
			76' M. Torres
			76' J. Cordero
			85' J. Cordero
			87' M. Angulo
			87' A. Reyes
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 90+1'
		1 - 2	90+3' A. Rodríguez
06/03/2022	Guanacasteca	1 - 1	Cartaginés	0-1	H2H	O	+
B. Aguilera 22'
		0 - 1	26' R. Araya
			32' J. Quirós
			35' J. Quirós
			36' R. Araya
			36' K. Briceño
			40' R. Araya
			40' D. Sánchez
			46' D. Flores
			46' M. Hernández
S. Johnson 46'
G. Thorpe 46'
			51' J. Venegas
			51' Byron Bonilla
B. Aguilera 60'
D. Velásquez 60'
Y. Molina 61'
			68' M. Montero
H. Quirós 75'		1 - 1
			82' M. Montero
			82' M. Barrantes
			82' A. Guevara
			82' Paolo Jiménez Conto
J. Bolaños 84'
J. Lester 84'
			90' Paolo Jiménez Conto
			90+3' D. Sánchez
H. Quirós 90+4'
			90+4' D. Sánchez
			90+9' M. Barrantes
20/02/2022	Guanacasteca	2 - 0	Sporting San José	1-0	H2H	O	+
Anthony Contreras 38'		1 - 0
			41' P. Rodríguez
J. Olivero 43'
			46' G. Castro
			46' J. Martínez
			46' P. Rodríguez
			46' B. Vega
P. Leal 47'
B. Aguilera 58'		2 - 0
			60' J. Medina
			60' R. Jiménez
N. Rodríguez 69'
S. Johnson 69'
			71' B. Sequeira
			71' D. Madrigal
			76' J. Aguirre
J. Bolaños 76'
D. Sánchez 76'
J. Olivero 86'
R. Díaz 86'
H. Quirós 86'
F. Piñar 86'
S. Johnson 88'
09/02/2022	Guanacasteca	0 - 0	Pérez Zeledón	0-0	H2H	O	+
P. Leal 14'
			28' L. Barrantes
			46' L. Barrantes
			46' Bruno Tiago
			62' L. Gómez
			62' D. Villegas
			63' G. Leiva
			63' J. Navarro
D. Sánchez 71'
A. Araúz 71'
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 78'
N. Azofeifa 78'
H. Quirós 79'
H. Quirós 84'
S. Johnson 84'
			89' L. Pérez
			89' J. Monge
			90' J. Ordain
			90' R. Cordero
03/02/2022	Guanacasteca	1 - 0	Grecia	1-0	H2H	O	+
Anthony Contreras 11'		1 - 0
			15' A. López
			24' Yohan Zetuna
P. Leal 33'
J. Bolaños 42'
J. Mitchell 54'
R. Díaz 54'
			60' J. Parra
			60' E. Escoe
			60' R. Salas
			60' J. Mora
			61' Yohan Zetuna
			61' L. Rodríguez
D. Sánchez 68'
G. Thorpe 68'
			84' R. Wilson
			84' L. Castillo
			89' J. Mora
			90+1' B. Martínez
Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero 90+1'
M. Pilone 90+1'
			90+9' L. Rodríguez
			90+9' R. Silva
28/11/2021	Guanacasteca	1 - 0	Deportivo Saprissa	1-0	H2H	O	+
M. Pilone 19'		1 - 0
Anthony Contreras 25'
			26' D. Ramírez
			26' A. Rodríguez
			31' K. Espinoza
			33' L. Hernandez
			49' Kendall Waston
F. Piñar 52'
N. Rodríguez 56'
			59' W. Madrigal
			59' C. Villegas
			60' L. Hernandez
			60' S. Céspedes
			60' Kendall Waston
			60' A. David
			68' O. Sinclair
			68' J. Pemberton
D. Sánchez 75'
D. Velásquez 75'
M. Pilone 76'
Y. Molina 76'
J. Bolaños 89'
K. Enríquez 89'
N. Rodríguez 89'
S. Johnson 89'
Y. Molina 90'
			90' A. Rodríguez
Anthony Contreras 90'
G. Thorpe 90'
01/11/2021	Guanacasteca	0 - 1	San Carlos	0-0	H2H	O	+
			17' J. Aguilar
			39' J. Aguilar
			46' E. Cabalceta
			46' A. Machado
			46' F. Arroyo
			46' M. Mena
			46' R. Córdoba
			46' J. Sosa
J. Bolaños 54'
J. Córdoba 54'
J. Mitchell 59'
			62' A. Machado
J. Mitchell 63'
Y. Molina 63'
D. Sánchez 63'
D. Velásquez 63'
Anthony Contreras 64'
			66' D. Sánchez
			66' R. Cole
			66' W. Azofeifa
			66' F. Ramírez
		0 - 1	68' M. Mena
			74' Christian Martínez
M. Pilone 74'
Johan Condega Hernández 74'
N. Rodríguez 75'
G. Thorpe 75'
Anthony Contreras 86'
			89' José Contreras
G. Thorpe 89'
			90' J. Sosa
17/10/2021	Guanacasteca	1 - 3	Santos de Guápiles	0-0	H2H	O	+
			16' M. Salas
R. Díaz 46'
L. Adams 46'
		0 - 1	56' B. López
		0 - 2	59' Douglas López
K. Enríquez 59'
J. Bolaños 59'
S. Johnson 60'
José Sánchez Barquero 60'
			66' J. Gómez
			66' D. Mora
			66' B. López
			66' Michael Umaña
			67' M. Salas
			67' L. Paradela
J. Córdoba 67'
D. Velásquez 67'
José Sánchez Barquero 70'
			71' M. Barquero
			71' J. Madrigal
Anthony Contreras 78'		1 - 2
		1 - 3	80' D. Mora
			88' Douglas López
			88' I. Salas
J. Mitchell 90'
25/09/2021	Guanacasteca	2 - 1	Cartaginés	2-0	H2H	O	+
J. Olivero 6'
Anthony Contreras 13'		1 - 0
			22' J. Vargas
			22' M. Montero
Y. Molina 37'		2 - 0
D. Sánchez 40'
Anthony Contreras 45'
			46' A. Guevara
			46' D. Flores
			46' W. Quirós
			46' E. Güity
		2 - 1	54' E. Güity
D. Velásquez 58'
L. Adams 58'
D. Sánchez 58'
Lemark Hernández Eubanks 58'
J. Olivero 74'
José Angulo Vallejos 74'
			74' R. Bolaños
			74' Byron Bonilla
J. Bolaños 74'
K. Enríquez 74'
			75' A. Reyes
			75' A. Ruíz
			78' M. Montero
P. Leal 83'
N. Rodríguez 89'
S. Johnson 89'
			90' Byron Bonilla
			90' A. Ruíz
20/09/2021	Guanacasteca	1 - 0	Sporting San José	0-0	H2H	O	+
			37' J. Medina
			38' R. Parkins
J. Córdoba 45'
			46' E. Ramírez
			46' G. Castro
			46' F. Caballero
			46' B. Vega
J. Córdoba 56'
L. Adams 56'
			56' H. Fener
			56' R. Chirino
D. Sánchez 56'
D. Velásquez 56'
			66' J. Medina
			67' G. Castro
			67' K. Patiño
C. Reyes 71'
J. Bolaños 73'
K. Enríquez 73'
E. Nelson 73'
S. Johnson 73'
			74' B. Vega
K. Enríquez 84'
Anthony Contreras 88'		1 - 0
			89' R. Parkins
			89' Abner Mauricio Hidalgo Espinoza
N. Rodríguez 90'
R. Díaz 90'
12/09/2021	Guanacasteca	1 - 1	ADR Jicaral	0-1	H2H	O	+
J. Bolaños 17'
		0 - 1	18' L. Peralta
P. Leal 28'
			42' M. Ajú
D. Velásquez 58'
J. Córdoba 58'
E. Nelson 58'
S. Johnson 58'
			59' J. Martínez
			59' Marvin Esquivel
			63' M. Velázquez
			63' E. Cano
			64' G. Clunie
			64' C. Marsh
D. Sánchez 65'
L. Adams 65'
J. Córdoba 72'		1 - 1
			76' L. Fallas
			79' J. Tello
			79' W. Chévez
J. Bolaños 86'
Derek Aguirre 86'
S. Johnson 90'
09/09/2021	Guanacasteca	2 - 1	Herediano	1-0	H2H	O	+
Anthony Contreras 18'		1 - 0
Yosimar Arias Céspedes 19'
J. Bolaños 19'
			23' A. Bran
			38' K. Brown
			45' A. Bran
			45' G. Torres
			46' J. McDonald
			46' J. Daly
			46' Y. Ruiz
			46' Kennedy Rocha
			56' B. Burke
			56' Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero
			62' J. Daly
			63' G. Torres
			63' J. Ortiz
F. Piñar 69'
Jose Martinez Munoz 69'
J. Bolaños 71'
Anthony Contreras 74'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	80' J. Ortiz
			80' M. Basulto
			80' L. Franco
D. Velásquez 82'
Derek Aguirre 82'
J. Bolaños 82'
K. Enríquez 82'
N. Rodríguez 82'
José Sánchez Barquero 82'
			90' Zuhander Zúñiga Cordero
24/08/2021	Guanacasteca	2 - 1	Pérez Zeledón	1-1	H2H	O	+
9'
			19'
			23' Roy Smith Lewis
			23'
Anthony Contreras 25'		1 - 0
			32'
			37' Henrique Moura
J. Córdoba 38'
			41'
			42'
		1 - 1	43' L. Pérez
P. Leal 51'
J. Córdoba 54'
J. Bolaños 54'
N. Rodríguez 54'
Luis Felipe Chin Obregón 54'
E. Nelson 60'
F. Piñar 60'
			61' Régis Potiguar
			61' G. Villalobos
61'
			62' Roy Smith Lewis
			62' J. Ordain
			64' A. Barboza
			64' D. Villegas
D. Sánchez 65'
L. Adams 65'
79'
			82'
82'
			83' G. Leiva
			83' A. Amador
			86'
			88'
L. Adams 90'		2 - 1
			90' L. Pérez
17/08/2021	Guanacasteca	1 - 2	Alajuelense	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	2' A. López
		0 - 2	20' Y. Román
C. Reyes 25'		1 - 2
Luis Felipe Chin Obregón 32'
J. Córdoba 32'
			37' G. González
Lemark Hernández Eubanks 39'
			56' A. López
			60' M. Hernández
			60' B. Aguilera
			60' A. López
			60' J. Cubero
			67' B. Sequeira
			67' A. Martínez
			67' F. Faerrón
			67' I. Smith
F. Piñar 69'
E. Nelson 69'
J. Olivero 81'
Y. Molina 81'
			81' C. Mora
			81' A. Suárez
11/08/2021	Guanacasteca	0 - 2	Grecia	0-0	H2H	O	+
J. Olivero 45'
		0 - 1	46' Rafael Nájera Ruelas
			46' K. Vargas
			46' Rafael Nájera Ruelas
			46' J. Parra
			46' L. Rodríguez
Johan Condega Hernández 55'
Johan Condega Hernández 56'
J. Córdoba 56'
Jose Martinez Munoz 56'
D. Sánchez 56'
			59' A. López
			59' J. Agüero
J. P. Cordoba 63'
J. Olivero 67'
Luis Felipe Chin Obregón 67'
		0 - 2	71' Youstin Salas
E. Nelson 74'
F. Piñar 74'
J. Bolaños 74'
D. Velásquez 74'
			77' Youstin Salas
			79' R. Salas
			79' M. Núñez
J. Córdoba 85'
			89' J. Mora
07/08/2021	Guanacasteca	0 - 1	Guadalupe	0-0	H2H	O	+
			13' Mateo Hernández
Anthony Contreras 24'
			32' R. Rojas
José Sánchez Barquero 55'
L. Adams 55'
			57' Mateo Hernández
			57' J. Azofeifa
			57' Lisandro Cabrera
			57' A. Mora
N. Rodríguez 60'
J. Córdoba 61'
Anthony Contreras 67'
J. Bolaños 67'
			71' A. Barrientos
			72' H. Quirós
E. Nelson 81'
Luis Felipe Chin Obregón 81'
J. Córdoba 81'
D. Sánchez 81'
			88' R. Rojas
			88' D. Araya
			88' E. Juárez
			88' A. Murillo
			88' A. Villalobos
			88' J. Vizcaíno
		0 - 1	90+6' J. Azofeifa

Chart Analysis

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

Statistics & Analysis of Guanacasteca

A. Contreras is the leading top goal scorer for Guanacasteca with 11 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	5
Longest run without win	3
Clean sheets	6
Matches over 2.25 goals	10
Matches under 2.25 goals	12
Matches First Half Over 0.5	15
Matches First Half Under 0.5	7
Matches odd	15
Matches even	7
Average goals scored	1.09
Average goals allowed	1.23
Failure to score	6
Biggest victory	2 - 0
Biggest defeat	0 - 3
Missed penalties	1
Penalty goals	7
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (5%)
Goalless draw at away match	0
Comeback win	0
Top Goal Scorer	A. Contreras
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Guanacasteca Squad

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

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Guanacasteca top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

Name of Player
Anthony Daniel Contreras Enríquez	3234	37	1	4	18	6	7	0	0
Pedro Luis Leal Valencia	2843	33	1	4	1	0	10	1	0
Neftalí Rodríguez	2625	34	3	15	1	0	7	1	0
Yeison Molina	2584	35	7	0	2	0	3	0	0
Josimar Olivero	2582	31	2	8	0	0	11	0	1
Antonio Ignacio Torres Carrillo	2070	23	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Joseph Bolaños Valverde	2035	34	12	21	2	0	7	0	0
Dayron Miguel Sánchez Briceño	1911	33	10	18	1	0	5	0	0
Fernando José Piñar Piñar	1826	26	6	5	0	0	3	0	2
Zuhander Manuel Zúñiga Cordero	1595	19	1	8	4	0	2	0	0
Christian Antonio Reyes Alemán	1532	18	1	0	1	1	5	1	0
Axell Quirós	1424	16	0	5	1	0	2	0	1
Mauricio José Vargas	1350	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brandon Aguilera Zamora	1222	15	1	7	2	0	3	0	0
Edder Nelson Martin	1085	16	3	10	0	0	3	0	0
Jose Pablo Córdoba Pérez	813	15	6	8	2	0	5	0	0
Shawn Johnson	741	26	17	8	0	0	1	0	0
Diego Armando Velásquez Fonseca	673	15	7	8	0	0	0	0	0
Lemark Hernández Eubanks	661	8	1	0	0	0	4	0	0
Jason Telemaco Ingram Oporta	636	10	3	3	0	0	3	0	0
Jeyland Mitchell	610	8		5	1		3
Roger David Díaz Porras	366	8	4	2			2
Nicolás Azofeifa Valverde	356	11	8	3	1	0	0	0	0
Kendrick Cruz	318	9	5	2	0	0	5	1	0
Jedwin Hohao Lester Arroyo	313	13	9	4	0	0	3	0	0
Leonardo Francisco Adams Aguilera	285	13	13	1	4	0	1	0	0
Malcom Pilone	270	7	3	4	1		1
Gederick Thorpe Gómez	233	11	10				1
Johan Salomón Condega Hernández	222	5	2	2	2	0	2	1	0
Jose David Martinez Munoz	187	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Felipe Chin Obregón	158	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ariel Araúz	139	10	10	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rawy Rodríguez Osorio	124	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
José Alfredo Sánchez Barquero	103	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Gustavo Muñóz	93	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yosimar Arias Céspedes	90	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Gabriel Bustos Golobio	59	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stiven Montiel Molina	47	2	1	1
Derek Aguirre	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
José Luis Calderón Morales	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. Castro Harris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
José Alejandro Ruíz Suárez	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
José Angulo Vallejos	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Junior Carrillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Diego Sequeira Soto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrés Sáenz Montoya
Daniel Esteban Villegas Morera
Kendrick Andrey
Kenneth Giovanny Guzmán Sánchez
Leonel Peredo
Rodiney Leal
Tobías Marra

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