Costa Rican Football Federation 2025

Costa Rican Football Federation
CONCACAF

Founded	June 13, 1921; 103 years ago (1921-06-13)
Headquarters	San Rafael, Alajuela
FIFA affiliation	1927
CONCACAF affiliation	1961^[1]
UNCAF affiliation	1950^a
President	Osael Maroto
Website	fedefutbol.com

The Costa Rican Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Costarricense de Fútbol, FCRF), also known as FEDEFUTBOL or FEDEFUT, is the official association football governing body in Costa Rica and is in charge of the Costa Rica national football team 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, 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

Name	Position	Source
Osael Maroto	President	^[2]^[3]

Notes

1.^a The UNCAF website incorrectly lists the Costa Rican Football Federation as being founded in 1931 and affiliated in 1950.^[4]

External links

Official website
Costa Rica at FIFA website
Costa Rica at CONCACAF site

References

^ "Ramón Coll, electo Presidente de la Confederación de Futbol de América del Norte, América Central y el Caribe". 23 September 1961.
^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Costa Rica". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
^ "COSTA RICA". Concacaf. 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
^ Estrada, Víctor. "Costa Rica". www.uncafut.com (in European Spanish). Central American Football Union. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

Main article: List of soccer clubs in Costa Rica

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Football in Costa Rica

National teams

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Women	National team U-23 U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Primera Ascenso Aficionado
Women	Premier Division Second Division

Domestic cups

Men	Costa Rican Cup Supercup

Awards

Lists

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