Liga Deportiva Alajuelense

The team was created in 1919 when a group of friends that used to play in a team called the "Electra" at first and then "Once de Abril" (April the 11th) met at "Salon París". They wanted to give the city a team that could represent them at a national level. They played their first official game on August 2 of that same year against Cartaginés getting their first victory, 3–1.

Alajuelense was part of the 7 teams that built and formed the National League in Costa Rica, back in 1921, along with La Libertad, Gimnástica Española, Herediano, Cartaginés, CS Tres Rios de La Union, and Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense. They won their first championship in 1928. They are the only team to win the championship with a perfect record; in 1941 they won all 6 games. In 1960, the team made a tour around the world, leaving Costa Rica on September 17. In 78 days, the team played 24 games, winning 12, losing seven and drawing five. They scored 71 goals and allowed 47, with a remarkable performance from Juan Ulloa Ramírez, the best player and top scorer of this tour.

Alajuelense's best decade was the 1990s, during which they won 4 Championships and 4 sub-championships (2nd place finishes). By the end of the 1990's and into the middle of the 2000s, they won a total of 5 local championships, 2 Copa Interclubes UNCAF Trophies, and a CONCACAF Club Championship. Alajuelense was the base for the Costa Rican football team in the Korea and Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup, fielding 9 players. By November 11,…

National

Primera División de Costa Rica Champions (31): 1928, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1992, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, Invierno 2010, Verano 2011, Invierno 2011, Invierno 2012. Invierno 2013, Apertura 2020, Apertura 2025 Runners-up (30): 1930, 1928, 1944, 1952, 1957, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2006–07, Verano 2008, Invierno 2008, Verano 2014, Verano 2015, Invierno 2015, Verano 2016, Apertura 2019, Clausura 2020, Clausura 2022, Clausura 2023, Clausura 2024, Apertura 2024 Torneo de Copa de Costa Rica Champions (11): 1926, 1928, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1974, 1977, 2023, 2024–25 Runners-up (3): 1938, 1947, 1956 Supercopa de Costa Rica Champions (2): 1967, 2012 Runners-up (2): 2021, 2026

International

Intercontinental

Copa Interamericana Runners-up (1): 1986

Continental

CONCACAF Champions Cup Champions (2): 1986, 2004 Runners-up (3): 1971, 1992, 1999 CONCACAF League Champions (1): 2020 Runners-up (1): 2022

Regional

CONCACAF Central American Cup Champions (3): 2023, 2024, 2025 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica/Copa Interclubes UNCAF Champions (3): 1996, 2002, 2005 Runners-up (2): 1999, 2000

Friendly

Torneo Relámpago de Fútbol de Costa Rica: 1944, 1945 Campeonato Centroamericano y Caribe: 1961 Cuadrangular Antonio Escarré: 1964 KLM Cup: 1994 Torneo 90…