This is a list of soccer clubs in Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

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Structure of men's soccer 2010

There are three professional leagues of soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 teams sanctioned by the Professional Division of the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol

Federación Costarricense de Fútbol

The Federación Costarricense de Fútbol is the official football organization in Costa Rica and is in charge of the Costa Rican national team.-History:...

 (FEDEFUTBOL). The top level league is Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División

Primera División de Costa Rica

Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...

 (UNAFUT). The Liga de Ascenso, Segunda División (LIASCE) is a 2nd division league and the Primera División de Liga Nacional de Futbol Aficionado (LINAFA) is a 3rd division league.

Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División

Primera División de Costa Rica

Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...

 (UNAFUT)

The league currently consists of the following 12 teams:
Group A

• Asociación Deportiva Municipal de Pérez Zeledón
  Municipal Pérez Zeledón
  Municipal Pérez Zeledón is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level in the Primera Division. It is based in San Isidro. Their home stadium is Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón...
  
  
• Club de Fútbol Liberia Mía (Águilas Guanacastecas)
  Municipal Liberia
  A.D. Municipal Liberia is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level in the Primera Division. The team its based in Liberia, Guanacaste. Their home stadium is Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño. The team was bought largely by tycoon Mario Sotela , at the beginning of this year...
  
  
• Club Deportivo Saprissa
  C.D. Saprissa
  Deportivo Saprissa S.A.D. is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and plays their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá....
  
  
• Club Sport Cartaginés Deportiva Sociedad Anónima
  C.S. Cartaginés
  Club Sport Cartaginés Deportiva S.A. is a Costa Rican football club, that currently plays in the Costa Rican Primera División. The club plays in Estadio Jose Rafael Fello Meza, in Barrio Asis de Cartago, Costa Rica.-History:...
  
  
• Limón Fútbol Club
  Limón Fútbol Club
  Limón Fútbol Club is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level in the Primera Division. It is based in Limón. Their home stadiums are the Estadio Nuevo de Limón and Estadio Juán Gobán. Their nickname is "La Tromba del Caribe" .-Current squad:As of 2010...
  
  
• Puntarenas Fútbol Club, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva
  Puntarenas F.C.
  Puntarenas Fútbol Club, S.A.D. is a Costa Rican football club, currently competing in the Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División ....
  
  

Group B

• Asociación Deportiva Filial Club de Fútbol Universidad de Costa Rica
  Club de Futbol Universidad de Costa Rica
  Club de Fútbol de la Universidad de Costa Rica is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera División.It ended up Champion in the 2006-2007 Segunda División season, and therefore will be playing in the Primera División this season...
  
  
• Asociación Deportiva San Carlos
  Asociacion Deportiva San Carlos
  Asociación Deportiva San Carlos is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top levelin the Primera Division. It is based in Ciudad Quesada, north of Alajuela...
  
  
• Asociación Deportiva Santos de Guápiles
  Santos de Guápiles
  Santos de Guápiles Fútbol Club is a Costa Rican football club, which currently plays in the Primera División. The club was founded in 1961, plays in Estadio Ebal Rodríguez in Guápiles, Limón, Costa Rica. They also have a really loyal fan club, they call themselves "La Marea Roja".-External links:...
  
  
• Brujas Fútbol Club
  Brujas F.C.
  Brujas F.C. de Desamparados - previously A.D. Guanacasteca - is a Costa Rican football club based in Desamparados, Costa Rica. The name Brujas translates to "Witches." The team's home town used to be Escazú, known around the country as "La ciudad de las Brujas" or "The Witches' Town", but the...
  
  
• Club Sport Herediano
  Club Sport Herediano
  Club Sport Herediano is a football club based in Heredia, Costa Rica. The team plays in the Primera División and is one of the oldest in the country.-History:...
  
  
• Liga Deportiva Alajuelense

• Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José (1912-?) - Disestablished.
• Club Sport Progreso (1923-1925) - Disestablished.
• Club Sport Costa Rica (1924) - Disestablished.
• Unión Deportiva Moravia (1926), (1951-1955) - Disestablished.
• Juventud (1927-1928) - Disestablished.

• Corsarios Fútbol Club (1930) - Disestablished.
• Club Sport Buenos Aires (1932-1935) - Disestablished.
• Club Sport México (1932-1934) - Disestablished.
• Hispano Atlético (1932) - Disestablished.
• Club Deportivo Alajuela Junior (1933-1936) - Disestablished.

Liga de Ascenso, Segunda División (LIASCE)

The league currently consists of the following 21 teams:
Group A

• ADN, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva
• Asociación Deportiva Carmelita
  Asociación Deportiva Carmelita
  Asociación Deportiva Carmelita is a Costa Rican football team playing at Second Division. It is based in Barrio El Carmen, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Their home stadium is Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto...
  
  
• Asociación Deportiva Guanacasteca
• Deportivo Cartagena
• Grecia F.c
• Orión F.C
• San Carlos Z.N.

Group B

• Asociación Deportiva Belén
• Asociación Deportiva Cariari-Pocosí
• Asociación Deportiva El Roble
• Asociación Deportiva La Suerte
• Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado
• Asociación Deportiva Ramonense
  Asociación Deportiva Ramonense
  Asociación Deportiva Ramonense is a Costa Rican football team playing at the top level. It is based in San Ramón, Alajuela. Their home stadium is Estadio Guillermo Vargas Roldán....
  
  
• Saprissa de Corazón J.V.C.

Group C

• Asociación Deportiva Aserrí
• Asociación Deportiva Barrialeña
• Asociación Deportiva Barrio México
• Asociación Deportiva Municipal Turrialba
• Asociación Deportiva Sagrada Familia
• Municipal Coto Brus
• Paraíso Total

• Asociación Deportiva Santacruceña
  Asociacion Deportiva Santacruceña
  Asociacion Deportiva Santacruceña is a Costa Rican football club based in Santa Cruz, Costa Rica. The team folded at the end of the 2007 season as player salaries outpaced team revenue. This soccer club won't be participating in the league Segunda Division de Costa Rica because, they announced that...
  
  (2005-2007) - Disestablished.

Primera División de Liga Nacional de Futbol Aficionado (LINAFA)

The league currently consists of the following 76 teams:
Group 1 (Limón Zona Sur)

• Bonarence
• Escuela Pradilla
• Guacimo
• Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense
• Matina
• Municipal Osa
• Pérez Zeledón
• Pococi

Group 2 (Alajuela A)

• Alajuela B
• Alajuela C
• Ángeles Aten.
• Atenas
• Grecia A
• Grecia B
• Palmares
• Plaza Acosta
• Poás
• Sarchi

Group 2 (Alajuela B)

• Asociación Deportiva San Carlos
• Asociación Deportiva Zarcero Alfaro Ruiz
• Bijagua
• CCDR San Carlos
• Naranjo
• Proyecto San Ramon
• Upala

Group 3 (Cartago)

• Asociación Deportiva Guarco
• CCDR Cartago
• Club Sport La Unión de Tres Ríos
• Guarco Tobosi
• Orosi
• Tirrases
• Turrialba

Group 4 (Guanacaste)

• Abangares
• Asociación Deportiva Formación Bagaces
• Asociación Lajas
• Cañas
• Hojancha
• Liberia
• Nadayure
• Nicoya
• Sardinal Carrillo
• Tilaran

Group 5 (San José A)

• Hatillo #4
• Itskatzu
• Mora
• Parque del Norte
• Santa Ana
• Santo Tomas
• San José
• Tibas

Group 5 (San José B)

• Acosta
• Coronado
• Curridabat
• Desamparados C.
• Desamparados Fútbol Club
• Escazucena
• Escuadron
• San Francisco Asís

Group 6 (Heredia)

• Asociación Deportiva Belén
• Barba
• Fatima
• Florena
• San Isidro
• San Pablo
• San Rafael A
• San Rafael B
• Santo Domingo

Group 7 (Puntarenas)

• Aguilas San Luis
• Asociación Deportiva Municipal Puntarenas Fútbol Club
• Damas
• Esparza
• Garabito
• Naranjito
• Orotina
• Parrita
• Quepos

External links

Official websites:

• (FEDEFUTBOL)
• (UNAFUT)
• (LIASCE)
• (LINAFA)