2006–07 Primera División (Costa Rica)

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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.

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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 4 teams from each group after the final round of the Apertura and the Clausura qualify for the playoffs.

Apertura 2006

Group stage

Group A
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Alajuelense 1610242815+1332Qualified to the playoffs
2 Puntarenas F.C. 168352919+1027
3 Herediano 166552112+923
4 San Carlos 165561720320
5 Liberia 16331015382312
6 Santacrucena 161312930216
Source: [ citation needed ]
Group B
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Saprissa 168532917+1229Qualified to the playoffs
2 Pérez Zeledón 168442015+528
3 Cartaginés 167362225324
4 Brujas F.C. 168442013+723 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Carmelita 164662120+118
6 Santos 164571522717
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Brujas deducted 5 points for failure to give youth players required playing time.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1A Alajuelense1 4 5
4B Brujas F.C. 0 0 0
Alajuelense2 0 2
Pérez Zeledón 0 1 1
2B Pérez Zeledón0 4 4 (7)
3A Herediano 3 1 4 (6)
Alajuelense 0 0 0
Saprissa2 2 4
1B Saprissa3 1 4
4A San Carlos 0 2 2
Saprissa0 2 2
Puntarenas F.C. 1 0 1
2A Puntarenas F.C.1 1 2
3B Cartaginés 0 0 0
 Apertura 2006 winners 
Saprissa

Clausura 2007

Group stage

Group A
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Saprissa 169522812+1632Qualified to the playoffs
2 Puntarenas F.C. 168532316+729
3 Herediano 167542212+1026
4 San Carlos 1644819291016
5 Liberia 163581422814
6 Santacrucena 16241013281510
Source: [ citation needed ]
Group B
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Alajuelense 168622214+830Qualified to the playoffs
2 Cartaginés 167451414025
3 Pérez Zeledón 166642117+424
4 Brujas F.C. 166551816+223
5 Santos 166372420+421
6 Carmelita 16321115331811
Source: [ citation needed ]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1A Saprissa0 1 1
4B Brujas F.C. 0 0 0
Saprissa0 2 2 (4)
Herediano 2 0 2 (2)
2B Cartagines 3 0 3
3A Herediano4 0 4
Saprissa1 3 4
Alajuelense 1 2 3
1B Alajuelense3 1 4
4A San Carlos 0 0 0
Alajuelense2 1 3
Puntarenas F.C. 2 0 2
2A Puntarenas F.C.0 2 2
3B Perez Zeledon 0 0 0
 Clausura 2007 winners 
Saprissa

Final

No Final was played as Saprissa won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rican football club

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 2006-07 
Saprissa
25th title

Aggregate table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Alajuelense 3218865029+2162
2 Saprissa 32171055729+2861 Primera División Champion 2006-07
3 Puntarenas F.C. 3216885235+1756
4 Pérez Zeledón 32141084132+952
5 Herediano 32131094324+1949
6 Cartaginés 32147113639349
7 Brujas F.C. 3214993829+951
8 Santos 32108143942338
9 San Carlos 32991436491336
10 Carmelita 32781736531729
11 Liberia 32681829603126
12 Santacrucena 32372222583616Relegated to Segunda Division
Source: [ citation needed ]

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