 A.D. Carmelita

Asociación Deportiva Carmelita is a Costa Rican football team playing in the Segunda División.The team is based in Barrio El Carmen, Alajuela, Costa Rica and their home stadium is Rafael Bolaños Stadium in El Coyol, Alajuela

Founded as "Costa Rica" on 20 October 1948 by Manuel Guillén Fernández, the club joined the Costa Rican Third Division in 1949 and changed its name to "Carmen Asociación Deportiva" or just "El Carmen de Alajuela" a year later.