Costa Rica’s Saprissa # 80

One of Costa Rica’s two grands, Deportivo Saprissa, the other being the LDA (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense), is ranked #80 in the world’d club rankings by the Federation of Statistics and Football in Wiesbaden, Germany. The club, who are the current CONCACAF champions, placed third in the last world club competition, are proud to be celebrating this achievement and are only surpassed in North America by the higher ranked Chivas of Guadalajara and Monterrey, both of Mexico. What Saprissa, the “S”, as they are also known, and the Chivas have in common, is that they are both owned by mexican super millionario Jorge Vergara. Ranking of number 80 in anything doesn’t seem like worth celebrating, but to put it in perspective this puts the Costa Rican club higher than Porto of Portugal, and La Coruna of Spain. This ranking is led by Liverpool, Inter Milan, Bayern, Milan, and Arsenal.