Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 league consists of 12 ...
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]
On June 13, 1921, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol was created by Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Club Sport Cartaginés, Club Sport Herediano, Club Sport La Libertad, Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José, Club Sport La Unión de Tres Ríos and Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense to direct and organize football in Costa Rica. In 1931, the league was ...
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.
Puntarenas Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Costa Rican football club, currently competing in the Primera División de Costa Rica. The team plays its home games in the Estadio Municipal de Puntarenas Miguel Ángel "Lito" Pérez Treacy nicknamed "La Olla Mágica" ("The Magic Cauldron") in Puntarenas Centro, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, known by that name because of the high temperatures of the zone ...
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 .
On 5 September 2019, it renewed its shield and colors, using black and white as a tribute to the extinct La Libertad team. It was also renamed to "Sporting Football Club". On 23 June 2020 Sporting F.C. manages to win the grand finale of the promotion league, and with this ascend to the First Division of Costa Rica for the first time in its history.
Costa Rica is the only national team in Central America to have played in six FIFA World Cup editions. Costa Rica's national football team has the all-time highest average Football Elo Ranking in Central America with 1597.1, and the all-time highest Football Elo Ranking in Central America, with 1806 in 2014.