 In 1988, "Asociación Deportiva Municipal Generaleña" won promotion to the Primera Division and in 1991 a second team from Pérez Zeledón, "Asociación Deportiva Pérez Zeledón", also clinched the second division title, prompting to merge the teams into "Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón" which would go and represent the canton in the top tier.In 2010, Puma Generaleña was founded as successor to AD Generaleña.The team were surprise winners of the 2004–05 Apertura in the Primera División, their first and only title so far, under the coaching of Carlos Restrepo against Saprissa defeated them on their own home stadium 0–1.