Alajuelense Home football shirt 2002

2002 Alajuelense home football shirt. Home shirt worn during the second half of the 2001-02 season and the first half of the 2002-03 season. The above example is a replica (not a player-issued item) as the back print did not use Finta's proprietary numbering.

Alajuelense ended their sponsorship deal with Eescord and signed with Brazilian maker Finta. Sometime towards the end of 2002, Alajuelense switched to a copycat home shirt, which was made (initially unsponsored) by Costa Rican kitmaker Jugados.

This shirt almost coincided with the arrival of the then-unknown Colombian manager Jorge Luis Pinto's arrival to Costa Rica for the Alajuelense job. Pinto's Alajuelense almost never lost during the 2001-02 Clausura and forced the finals against Santos de Guápiles (the Apertura winners).

Shirt #17 was assigned to Steven Bryce (who carried over his number since his defection from Saprissa) who also frequently scored against them during the next few Clásicos.