CS Herediano
OFFICIAL NAME | CS Herediano |
FOUNDED | August 21, 1921 |
HEAD COACH | Jafet Soto |
QUALIFICATION METHOD | The 2018 SCL Champions will be looking to repeat as the 2018 Apertura Champion with the most accumulated points in Costa Rica's 2018-19 season. |
BEST FINISH | Champion (2018) |
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES | 1 (2018) |
CS Herediano is the current Champion of the Scotiabank Concacaf League after winning the final against FC Motagua at the National Stadium on November 1, 2018.
Herediano won the first leg at Eladio Rosabal Cordero Stadium 2-0 and in the second leg, with the game close to going to overtime, when Motagua was winning 2-0 with two goals from Rubilio Castillo, Jimmy Marin scored in the 85th minute to put the series in the global 3-2 and give Herediano their first international title in history under the direction of Jafet Soto.
In 2019, with Hernán Medford as coach, Herediano played in the ScotiabankConcacaf Champions League in the round of 16 against Atlanta United. In Heredia, they won 3-1 but in the return, the MLS team with a categorical 4-0 eliminated them 5-3 in the global.
With Jafet Soto as head coach again, CS Herediano will be one of the protagonists of the SCL 2019.