Football in Costa Rica

[5] The main professional league in the country is Costa Rican Primera División run by UNAFUT.

[7] These "Legionnaires" have represented the Costa Rica national football team, which most recently has included several players contracted to clubs outside Costa Rica during its 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

[8] On 24 June 2014, the Costa Rica team qualified for the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup, topping a group that contained three former World Champions, beating Uruguay 3–1, Italy 1-0 and drawing their final game against England.

Victory over Greece on penalties in the knock out stage secured them a place in the quarter-finals.

In November 2020, FIFA announced that the Bureau of Council awarded Costa Rica the hosting rights for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, which was earlier to be hosted between 20 January and 6 February 2021.

Costa Rica and England teams line up for national anthems at Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte during their match at the FIFA World Cup 2014 , Brazil.