Costa-Rica Liga FPD

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Poster

Established
1921 (105 years old)

First Recorded Event
2020-05-19

Current Season
2026-2027

Current Round
5

Level Above

Level Below
Supercopa de Costa Rica

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Costa Rica

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Centro America TV [2021]

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		Upcoming
22 Aug 26	EscorpioEscorpiones de Belén	11:00pm	CartaginCartaginés
23 Aug 26	HeredianHerediano	2:00am	SportingSporting San José
23 Aug 26	Inter deInter de San Carlos	9:00pm	DeportivDeportivo Saprissa
24 Aug 26	AlajueleAlajuelense	12:00am	San CarlSan Carlos
29 Aug 26	SportingSporting San José	2:00am	Inter deInter de San Carlos
30 Aug 26	Pérez ZePérez Zeledón	2:00am	AlajueleAlajuelense
30 Aug 26	CartaginCartaginés	5:00pm	HeredianHerediano
30 Aug 26	San CarlSan Carlos	10:00pm	PuntarenPuntarenas
31 Aug 26	DeportivDeportivo Saprissa	12:00am	EscorpioEscorpiones de Belén
06 Sep 26	HeredianHerediano	8:00pm	Pérez ZePérez Zeledón

		Results
22 Aug 26	PuntarenaPuntarenas	1 - 0	Pérez ZelPérez Zeledón
18 Aug 26	Sporting Sporting San José	2 - 0	EscorpionEscorpiones de Belén
16 Aug 26	Pérez ZelPérez Zeledón	0 - 1	Inter de Inter de San Carlos
16 Aug 26	DeportivoDeportivo Saprissa	3 - 2	CartaginéCartaginés
15 Aug 26	AlajuelenAlajuelense	2 - 1	PuntarenaPuntarenas
15 Aug 26	San CarloSan Carlos	1 - 0	HeredianoHerediano
10 Aug 26	HeredianoHerediano	0 - 3	AlajuelenAlajuelense
09 Aug 26	Inter de Inter de San Carlos	2 - 0	San CarloSan Carlos
09 Aug 26	PuntarenaPuntarenas	0 - 2	DeportivoDeportivo Saprissa
09 Aug 26	EscorpionEscorpiones de Belén	0 - 0	Pérez ZelPérez Zeledón

Description

The Liga de Fútbol de Primera División, commonly known as Liga FPD, and Liga Promérica for sponsorship reasons, 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). The league consists of 12 teams, with the last-placed team relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) ranks the Liga FPD as the 51st strongest league in the world, and the 2nd strongest within CONCACAF, behind Mexico's Liga MX.

The league was founded in 1921, with Herediano crowned as the first champions. Saprissa is the most successful club having won the championship a record 34 times. Saprissa, joined with Alajuelense (29 titles) and Herediano (28 titles) have dominated the league.

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