Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José

Football club

Gimnástica Española

Full name

Sociedad Gimnástica Española

Nickname(s)

Los Diablos Rojos

Founded

11 June 1911

Ground

San José, Costa Rica

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Home colours

The Sociedad Gimnástica Española was a football club based in San José, Costa Rica.

History

Founded in 1911, Sociedad Gimnástica Española debuted in the Primera División de Costa Rica on 17 July 1921 against Gimnástica Limonense^[1] and played 39 seasons ^[2] at the top level until their final season in 1961, when they were relegated after the ASOFUTBOL league split.^[1]

In 2007, Spanish native Ceferino Casero started a project to revive the club for the Spanish community in Costa Rica.^[3]

Honours

Costa Rican Primera División
- Runners-up (7): 1921, 1928, 1930, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1942^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Historia, eso es la Gimnástica Española Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
^ El pulso entre Liga y 'S' también es en la historia – Nación (in Spanish)
^ Club histórico del futbol de Costa Rica Resucitan a la Sociedad Gimnástica Española – Nación (in Spanish)
^ Fuente: Unafut.com y Registros Históricos de Gianni Baldi F.