Liga FPD

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The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Liga de Fútbol de Primera División (Liga FPD),[1] and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons,[2] 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).[3] The league consists of 12 teams, with the last-placed team relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

The league was founded in 1921,[3] with Herediano crowned as the first champions.[4] Saprissa is the most successful club having won the championship a record 40 times. Together with Alajuelense (31 titles) and Herediano (30 titles), they have dominated the league.

Competition format

File:Liga FPD Logo.svg
Former logo

The Liga FPD features a format in which two separate tournaments are held over the course of one particular season. The Torneo de Apertura (Spanish for "Opening Tournament") lasts from July to December, while the Torneo de Clausura (Spanish for "Closing Tournament") lasts from January to May. From 2007 to 2017, these were known respectively as Torneo de Invierno ("Winter Tournament") and Torneo de Verano ("Summer Tournament"), based on the Costa Rican seasons, with the Invierno tournament played during the rainy season and the Verano tournament played during the dry season.

A separate tournament is played on stages. The first stage follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a tournament, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 matchdays. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the top-four clubs at the end of the stage qualifying to the second stage. The second stage consists of a quadrangular in which the best four teams qualified will face each other twice again, adding 6 additional matchdays. If the top team of the first stage also wins the quadrangular, the club will be crowned as champions; otherwise, a double-legged final will be played between the winners of the first stage and the winners of the quadrangular to determine the champion.

Promotion and relegation

A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Primera División and the Segunda División. In spite of having two champions during a regular season, the Liga FPD only relegates one team per season based on the aggregate performance in both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The last-placed team in the aggregate table is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

Qualifying for CONCACAF competitions

The top teams in the Liga FPD qualify to the CONCACAF Champions League. Starting in the 2017–18 season, the CONCACAF Champions League will be separated into two stages. The first stage is CONCACAF League, which consists of sixteen teams from Central America and the Caribbean, in which the winner qualifies to the second stage, the Champions League, joining other fifteen teams. Because of this format, the qualification criteria in the Liga FPD are:

  • If one team wins both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments
    • The double champion will qualify directly to the second stage of the Champions League
    • The two non-champion teams with the best aggregate record at the end of the season will qualify to the CONCACAF League
  • If two teams are crowned champions over the season
    • The champion with the best aggregate record will qualify directly to the second stage of the Champions League
    • The champion with the worst aggregate record will qualify to the CONCACAF League
    • The non-champion team with the best aggregate record will qualify to the CONCACAF League

History

File:Ronald Matarrita - November 8, 2015.jpg
Saprissa's Christian Bolaños disputes the ball against Alajuelense's Rónald Matarrita. Alajuelense and Saprissa have the biggest rivalry in the league, known as El Clásico

On 13 June 1921, the Costa Rican Football Federation was created. With its creation, the need of a tournament also emerged, along with the establishment of a national team, as a result of Costa Rica being invited to the 1921 Juegos del Centenario in Guatemala.[5]

The first season of the Costa Rican Primera División was played in 1921 with seven teams: Alajuelense, Cartaginés, Herediano, La Libertad, Sociedad Gimnástica Española, Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense and La Unión de Tres Ríos. La Libertad and Gimnástica Limonense played the first ever match of the Liga FPD, with La Libertad emerging victorious with a lone goal scored by Rafael Madrigal. Herediano were crowned as champions.[5]

In 1999, the Costa Rican Football Federation created the UNAFUT (acronym of Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División), an entity designed for the organization and administration of the Primera División tournament and its youth leagues (known as Alto Rendimiento).[3]

On 9 January 2014, UNAFUT decided to rename the tournament to Liga FPD, in order to give more identity to the league.[6]

The main rivalry in the league is El Clásico, played by Alajuelense and Saprissa, as both teams are the most successful in the league and both share the vast majority of followers throughout the country. Since their first encounter at the old national stadium on 12 October 1949, the two teams have faced each other in over 300 matches, with the winning balance in favor of Saprissa.[7]

Clubs 2024–25

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Team Location Stadium Capacity Founded
Alajuelense Alajuela, Alajuela Alejandro Morera Soto 17,895 1919
Cartaginés Cartago, Cartago José Rafael "Fello" Meza 8,831 1906
Guanacasteca Nicoya, Guanacaste Estadio Chorotega 3,000 1973
Herediano Heredia, Heredia Eladio Rosabal CorderoTemplate:Refn 8,068 1921
Municipal Liberia Liberia, Guanacaste Edgardo Baltodano 5,979 1977
Puntarenas F.C. Puntarenas, Puntarenas Estadio Lito Pérez 4,105 2004
Pérez Zeledón San Isidro de El General, San José Estadio Municipal 3,259 1991
San Carlos Ciudad Quesada, Alajuela Carlos Ugalde Álvarez 4,080 1965
Santa Ana Santa Ana, San José Piedades de Santa Ana 1,000 1993
Santos de Guápiles Guápiles, Limón Ebal Rodríguez 2,250 1961
Saprissa San Juan de Tibás, San José Ricardo Saprissa 23,112 1935
Sporting F.C. Pavas, San José Ernesto Rohrmoser 2,369 2016

Champions

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1921 Herediano Gimnástica Española
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1922 Herediano La Libertad
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1923 Cartaginés La Libertad
4
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1924 Herediano Cartaginés
5
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1925 La Libertad Herediano
6
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1926 La Libertad Cartaginés
7
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1927 Herediano La Libertad
8
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1928 Alajuelense Gimnástica Española
9
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1929 La Libertad Alajuelense
10
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1930 Herediano Gimnástica Española
11
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1931 Herediano Orión
12
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1932 Herediano Orión
13
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1933 Herediano Gimnástica Española
14
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1934 La Libertad Alajuela Junior
15
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1935 Herediano Alajuela Junior
16
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1936 Cartaginés La Libertad
17
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1937 Herediano Gimnástica Española
18
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1938 Orión Gimnástica Española
19
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1939 Alajuelense Herediano
20
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1940 Cartaginés Orión
21
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1941 Alajuelense La Libertad
22
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1942 La Libertad Gimnástica Española
23
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1943 Universidad de Costa Rica Alajuelense
24
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1944 Orión Herediano
25
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1945 Alajuelense Orión
26
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1946 La Libertad Herediano
27
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1947 Herediano La Libertad
28
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1948 Herediano Alajuelense
29
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1949 Alajuelense Orión
30
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1950 Alajuelense Saprissa
31
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1951 Herediano Orión
32
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1952 Saprissa Alajuelense
33
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1953 Saprissa Herediano
34
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1954 No tournament.
35
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1955 Herediano Saprissa
36
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1956 No tournament.
37
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1957 Saprissa Alajuelense
38
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1958 Alajuelense Saprissa
39
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1959 Alajuelense Saprissa
40
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1960 Alajuelense Herediano
41
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1961 Asofútbol Herediano Saprissa
42
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1961 Fedefútbol Carmelita Uruguay de Coronado
43
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1962 Saprissa Alajuelense
44
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1963 Uruguay de Coronado Saprissa
45
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1964 Saprissa Orión
46
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1965 Saprissa Alajuelense
47
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1966 Alajuelense Saprissa
48
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1967 Saprissa Alajuelense
49
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1968 Saprissa Cartaginés
50
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1969 Saprissa Alajuelense
51
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1970 Alajuelense Saprissa
52
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1971 Alajuelense Saprissa
53
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1972 Saprissa Alajuelense
54
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1973 Saprissa Cartaginés
55
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1974 Saprissa Herediano
56
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1975 Saprissa Cartaginés
57
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1976 Saprissa Deportivo México
58
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1977 Saprissa Cartaginés
59
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1978 Herediano Municipal Puntarenas
60
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1979 Herediano Cartaginés
61
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1980 Alajuelense Herediano
62
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1981 Herediano Limonense
63
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1982 Saprissa Municipal Puntarenas
64
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1983 Alajuelense Municipal Puntarenas
65
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1984 Alajuelense Saprissa
66
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1985 Herediano Alajuelense
67
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1986 Municipal Puntarenas Alajuelense
68
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1987 Herediano Cartaginés
69
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1988 Saprissa Herediano
70
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1989 Saprissa Alajuelense
71
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1990 No tournament.
72
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1990–91 Alajuelense Saprissa
73
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1991–92 Alajuelense Saprissa
74
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1992–93 Herediano Cartaginés
75
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1993–94 Saprissa Alajuelense
76
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1994–95 Saprissa Alajuelense
77
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1995–96 Alajuelense Cartaginés
78
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1996–97 Alajuelense Saprissa
79
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1997–98 Saprissa Alajuelense
80
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1998–99 Saprissa Alajuelense
81
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 1999–00 Alajuelense Saprissa
82
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2000–01 Alajuelense Herediano
83
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2001–02 Alajuelense Santos de Guápiles
84
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2002–03 Alajuelense Saprissa
85
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2003–04 Saprissa Herediano
86
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2004–05 Alajuelense Pérez Zeledón
87
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2005–06 Saprissa Puntarenas F.C.
88
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2006–07 Saprissa Alajuelense
89
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2007 Invierno Saprissa Herediano
90
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2008 Verano Saprissa Alajuelense
91
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2008 Invierno Saprissa Alajuelense
92
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2009 Verano Liberia Mía Herediano
93
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2009 Invierno Brujas Puntarenas F.C.
94
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2010 Verano Saprissa San Carlos
95
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2010 Invierno Alajuelense Herediano
96
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2011 Verano Alajuelense San Carlos
97
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2011 Invierno Alajuelense Herediano
98
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2012 Verano Herediano Santos de Guápiles
99
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2012 Invierno Alajuelense Herediano
100
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2013 Verano Herediano Cartaginés
101
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2013 Invierno Alajuelense Herediano
102
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2014 Verano Saprissa Alajuelense
103
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2014 Invierno Saprissa Herediano
104
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2015 Verano Herediano Alajuelense
105
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2015 Invierno Saprissa Alajuelense
106
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2016 Verano Herediano Alajuelense
107
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2016 Invierno Saprissa Herediano
108
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2017 Verano Herediano Saprissa
109
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2017 Apertura Pérez Zeledón Herediano
110
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2018 Clausura Saprissa Herediano
111
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2018 Apertura Herediano Saprissa
112
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2019 Clausura San Carlos Saprissa
113
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2019 Apertura Herediano Alajuelense
114
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2020 Clausura Saprissa Alajuelense
115
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2020 Apertura Alajuelense Herediano
116
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2021 Clausura Saprissa Herediano
117
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2021 Apertura Herediano Saprissa
118
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2022 Clausura Cartaginés Alajuelense
119
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2022 Apertura Saprissa Herediano
120
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2023 Clausura Saprissa Alajuelense
121
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2023 Apertura Saprissa Herediano
122
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 2024 Clausura Saprissa Alajuelense
123
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2024 Apertura Herediano Alajuelense

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Saprissa
40
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20
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1952, 1953, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007 Invierno, 2008 Verano, 2008 Invierno, 2010 Verano, 2014 Verano, 2014 Invierno, 2015 Invierno, 2016 Invierno, 2018 Clausura, 2020 Clausura, 2021 Clausura, 2022 Apertura, 2023 Clausura, 2023 Apertura, 2024 Clausura.
Herediano
31
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
25
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1921, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1961 Asofútbol, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1992–93, 2012 Verano, 2013 Verano, 2015 Verano, 2016 Verano, 2017 Verano, 2018 Apertura, 2019 Apertura, 2021 Apertura, 2024 Apertura, 2025 Clausura
Alajuelense
30
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
31
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1928, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2010 Invierno, 2011 Verano, 2011 Invierno, 2012 Invierno, 2013 Invierno, 2020 Apertura
La Libertad
6
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1925, 1926, 1929, 1934, 1942, 1946
Cartaginés
4
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1923, 1936, 1940, 2022 Clausura
Orión
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
7
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1938, 1944
Municipal Puntarenas
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1986
San Carlos
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2019 Clausura
Uruguay de Coronado
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1963
Pérez Zeledón
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2017 Apertura
Universidad de Costa Rica
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
0
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1943
Carmelita
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
0
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		1961 Fedefútbol
Liberia Mía
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
0
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2009 Verano
Brujas
1
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
0
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		2009 Invierno

[8]

Player records

Top scorers

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1 Template:Flagicon Victor Núñez Rodríguez 246
2 Template:Flagicon Errol Daniels 196
3 Template:Flagicon Jonathan McDonald 183
4 Template:Flagicon Roy Sáenz 168
5 Template:Flagicon Álvaro Saborio 167
6 Template:Flagicon Leonel Hernández 164
7 Template:Flagicon Guillermo Guardia 149
8 Template:Flagicon Evaristo Coronado 148
9 Template:Flagicon Alejandro Alpízar 147
9 Template:Flagicon Erick Scott 147
11 Template:Flagicon Juan Ulloa 140
12 Template:Flagicon Vicente Wanchope 133

[9]

Most appearances

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Danny Fonseca is the fourth most capped player in the Liga FPD
Rank <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Nat.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Player Years Apps
1 Template:Flagicon Marvin Obando 1979–2000 685
2 Template:Flagicon Julio Fuller 1975–1994 684
3 Template:Flagicon Enrique Díaz 1977–1996 676
4 Template:Flagicon Danny Fonseca 1999–2018 656
5 Template:Flagicon Allen Guevara 2008- 625
6 Template:Flagicon Félix Montoya 1999-2019 619
7 Template:Flagicon Óscar Granados 2004-2022 608
8 Template:Flagicon Marvin Angulo 2006- 606
9 Template:Flagicon Luis Diego Arnáez 1987–2005 579
10 Template:Flagicon Keilor Soto 2001-2021 576
11 Template:Flagicon Mauricio Montero 1980–1990 557
12 Template:Flagicon Wílmer López 1992–2009 550
13 Template:Flagicon Óscar Ramírez 1983–1999 542
14 Template:Flagicon Evaristo Coronado 1981–1995 536
15 Template:Flagicon Luis Quirós 1986–2000 531

[10]

References

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