The Costa Rican Football Federation (, FCRF), also known as FEDEFUTBOL or FEDEFUT, is the official
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
governing body in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
and is in charge of the
Costa Rica national football team
The Costa Rica national football team () represents Costa Rica in men's international Association football, football. The national team is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation, Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (), the governi ...
and the
Costa Rica women's national football team.
History
On June 13, 1921, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol was created by
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Ala ...
,
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 centralized and renamed Federación Deportiva de Costa Rica, then Federación Nacional de Fútbol and then in the 1970s to Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (FEDEFUTBOL).
Association staff
See also
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Costa Rica national football team
The Costa Rica national football team () represents Costa Rica in men's international Association football, football. The national team is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation, Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (), the governi ...
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Costa Rica women's national football team
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Costa Rica national under-23 football team
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Costa Rica national under-20 football team
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Costa Rica national under-17 football team
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Liga Premier Masculina de Futsal de Costa Rica
Notes
:1. The UNCAF website incorrectly lists the Costa Rican Football Federation as being founded in 1931 and affiliated in 1950.
External links
Official website
at FIFA website
Costa Rica
at CONCACAF site
References
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
Football in Costa Rica
Association football governing bodies in Central America
Football
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Sports organizations established in 1921
1921 establishments in Costa Rica
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