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Costa Rican Second Division (also known as Liga Transcomer for sponsorship reasons) is a professional league incorporated in 1921 for association football clubs in Costa Rica. It is the country's second-tier/division football competition, which is contested by 18 clubs and operates by a system of promotion and relegation .
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈliɣa ðepoɾˈtiβa alaxweˈlense]), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈliɣa]), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province.
Football is the most popular sport in Costa Rica. [1] [2] [3] Costa Rica has long been considered an exporter of footballers within Central America, with 19 players in European professional football leagues during 2006. [4] The newspaper, La Nación, has prepared an annual census of these "Legionnaires" since 1994. [5]
The 2022–23 Liga FPD was the 102nd season since of the Liga FPD, the highest tier of football in Costa Rica.The season was divided into two halves: the Apertura, which was played from 17 July 2022 to 5 November 2022, and the Clausura, which was played from 14 January 2023 to 28 May 2023.
Costa Rica began the decade with the struggles they were facing since their lackluster performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. 2020 began with a defeat against the United States in a friendly. [4] A few days later, Teletica revealed that Costa Rica would face Greece and El Salvador in the United States the next month. [ 5 ]
The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Liga de Fútbol de Primera División (Liga FPD), [1] and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, [2] is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División (UNAFUT). [3]
The annexation of the party from Nicoya to Costa Rica has had political, economic, social and cultural repercussions. [1] Costa Rica saw its national territory increased, reaching its maximum historical extension until 1836, when it lost Bocas del Toro (today part of Panama) before the Neo-Granadian usurpation.
The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2023 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th and final edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its former name, and overall the 58th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.