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The Independence Centenary Games of Central America (Spanish: Juegos del Centenario de la Independencia de Centroamérica) was a football tournament organized to celebrate 100 years of Central American Independence from Spain. The tournament was held between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Celso Borges is Costa Rica's most capped international of all time with 163 caps. The Costa Rica national football team has represented Costa Rica in international football since 1921, when they played their first international, a 7–0 win over El Salvador in the Independence Centenary Games. Organized by the Costa Rican Football Federation, it joined FIFA in 1927 and CONCACAF in 1961 ...
The tournament was the second association football tournament held at the Central American and Caribbean Games, with the first tournament being held in 1930 in Havana. All matches were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca. Six national football teams participated in the tournament: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and ...
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]
History of sport in Costa Rica (1 C) M. ... Costa Rica at the Pan American Games; R. La Ruta de los Conquistadores This page was ...
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Costa Rica have competed in the Copa América five times, and reached the quarter-finals twice. On four occasions, they have been directly invited. The Copa América Centenario in 2016 was a collaboration of the CONCACAF and the CONMEBOL and Costa Rica qualified by virtue of winning the 2014 Copa Centroamericana.
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]