Primera División de Costa Rica(Costa Rica First Division) is a Costa Rican football tournament composed of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Costa Rican football.
In both the Apertura and Clausura, 2 groups of 6 teams are conformed, they will play twice (Home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once game with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The top 2 teams from each group after the final round of the Apertura and the Clausura qualify for the playoffs.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Alajuelense | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 32 | Qualified to the playoffs |
2 | Puntarenas F.C. | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 28 | |
3 | Herediano | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 28 | |
4 | Santacrucena | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 20 | |
5 | Liberia | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 33 | −24 | 8 | |
6 | Ramonense | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 32 | −25 | 3 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Saprissa | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 37 | Qualified to the playoffs |
2 | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 26 | |
3 | Cartaginés | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 25 | |
4 | Brujas F.C. | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 25 | |
5 | Santos | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 21 | |
6 | Carmelita | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 10 |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1A | Alajuelense | 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | |||||||||
2B | Perez Zeledon | 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 1 (4) | |||||
1B | Saprissa | 0 | 4 | 4 | Perez Zeledon | 1 | 1 | 1 (2) | |||||
2A | Puntarenas F.C. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Apertura 2005 winners |
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Saprissa |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Puntarenas F.C. | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 37 | Qualified to the playoffs |
2 | Saprissa | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 33 | |
3 | Liberia | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 32 | |
4 | Herediano | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 23 | |
5 | Ramonense | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 19 | |
6 | Santacrucena | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 7 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brujas F.C. | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 24 | Qualified to the playoffs |
2 | Alajuelense | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 23 | |
3 | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 22 | |
4 | Carmelita | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 19 | |
5 | Cartaginés | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 17 | |
6 | Santos | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 15 |
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1A | Puntarenas F.C. | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
2B | Alajuelense | 2 | 1 | 3 | Saprissa | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
1B | Brujas F.C. | 0 | 1 | 1 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
2A | Saprissa | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Clausura 2006 winners |
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Saprissa |
No Final was played as Saprissa won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. The team's signature colours are purple (burgundy) and white. The club was founded in 1935 and has competed in the Costa Rican first division since 1949. The name of the team comes from one of the club's main founders, Ricardo Saprissa. One of the most popular nicknames for the team El Monstruo Morado can be traced back to 1987, when the Costa Rican newspaper Diario Extra gave the team the nickname during a derby, because of the club's enormous following. A reporter commented that the sea of fans in the stands at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá in Tibás wearing purple, and the tremendous noise they were generating, made him feel like he was "in the presence of a thousand headed monster". Saprissa immediately adopted the nickname El Monstruo Morado.
Primera División de Costa Rica 2005-06 |
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Saprissa 25th title |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Saprissa | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 70 | Primera División Champion 2005-06 |
2 | Puntarenas F.C. | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 65 | |
3 | Alajuelense | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 55 | |
4 | Herediano | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 51 | |
5 | Brujas F.C. | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 49 | |
6 | Pérez Zeledón | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 48 | |
7 | Cartaginés | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 42 | |
8 | Liberia | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 40 | |
9 | Santos | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 36 | |
10 | Carmelita | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 29 | |
11 | Santacrucena | 32 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 27 | |
12 | Ramonense | 32 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 22 | Relegated to Segunda Division |
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