2022 Costa Rican Cup

2022 Costa Rican Cup

Torneo de Copa 2022
Tournament logo
Tournament details
Country	Costa Rica
Dates	15 November–21 December
Teams	16
Defending champions	Cartaginés
Final positions
Champions	Cartaginés
Runners-up	Herediano
Semifinalists	Alajuelense Saprissa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	100 (3.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Javon East (5 goals)
←  2015 All statistics correct as of 22 December 2022.

The 2022 Costa Rican Cup (known as Torneo de Copa 2022 Suerox for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th staging of the Costa Rican Cup, and the first edition since 2015, following a seven-year hiatus. The tournament was dedicated to Anthony Vargas, goalkeeping coach for Guadalupe who had died from a heart attack during a training session in October 2022, aged 29. ^[1]

The tournament featured all twelve teams from the Liga FPD plus four sides from the Segunda División de Costa Rica. The format consisted in a knockout tournament, starting from the Round 16 to the final, with all stages (including the final) being double-legged. ^[2]

Cartaginés, who entered the tournament as the most recent champions after winning the 2015 edition, won the cup by defeating Herediano in the finals. ^[3] It is the third consecutive time that Cartaginés wins the Costa Rican Cup.

Participating teams

Anthony Vargas, Guadalupe's goalkeeping coach, died during a training session three weeks before the tournament, and the Cup is dedicated to his memory

Sixteen teams will participate in the 2022 Costa Rican Cup.

All twelve teams from the 2022–23 Liga FPD season:

Alajuelense Cartaginés Grecia Guadalupe Herediano Guanacasteca

Pérez Zeledón Puntarenas San Carlos Santos Saprissa Sporting

Four teams from the 2022–23 Liga de Ascenso season:

Santa Ana Sarchí

Turrialba Uruguay de Coronado

Bracket

The bracket is divided into two sub-brackets, named Bracket A and Bracket B. ^[4]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	A1	Herediano	3	0	3
	A2	Santa Ana	0	0	0
								Herediano		1	2	3
								Puntarenas		0	0	0
	A3	Guadalupe	1	1	2 (10)
	A4	Puntarenas (p)	1	1	2 (11)
															Herediano		1	1	2
															Alajuelense		1	0	1
	A5	Grecia	0	3	3
	A6	Sarchí	0	1	1
								Grecia		2	0	2
								Alajuelense		1	5	6
	A7	Alajuelense	2	1	3
	A8	Guanacasteca	1	0	1
																						Herediano		2	0	2
																						Cartaginés		1	2	3
	B1	Saprissa	4	2	6
	B2	Uruguay	0	0	0
								Saprissa		3	1	4
								Santos		0	1	1
	B3	Santos (p)	4	1	5 (3)
	B4	San Carlos	1	4	5 (2)
															Saprissa		0	1	1
															Cartaginés		2	2	4
	B5	Cartaginés	1	1	2
	B6	Turrialba	0	0	0
								Cartaginés		1	2	3
								Sporting		1	1	2
	B7	Pérez Zeledón	0	1	1
	B8	Sporting	1	4	5

Round of 16

Summary

Bracket A

The first legs were played on 15–17 November, and the second legs were played on 25–27 November.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Herediano	3–0	Santa Ana	3–0	0–0
Guadalupe	2–2 (10–11 p)	Puntarenas	1–1	1–1
Sarchí	1–3	Grecia	0–0	1–3
Alajuelense	3–1	Guanacasteca	2–1	1–0

Bracket B

The first legs were played on 18–20 November, and the second legs were played on 22–24 November.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uruguay	0–6 [A]	Saprissa	0–4	0–2
Santos	5–5 (3–2 p)	San Carlos	4–1	1–4
Turrialba	0–2 [A]	Cartaginés	0–1	0–1
Sporting	5–1 [A]	Pérez Zeledón	1–0	4–1

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Bracket A

15 November 2022 (2022-11-15)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Herediano	3–0	Santa Ana
Franco 12' Brenes 50' Ruiz 56'	Report

"Coyella" Fonseca, Guadalupe ^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 500

Referee: Esteban Fallas ^[1]

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Santa Ana	0–0	Herediano
	Report

Estadio de Piedades, Santa Ana

Attendance: 300

Referee: Kevin Ruiz ^[5]

Herediano won 3–0 on aggregate.

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17 November 2022 (2022-11-17)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Guadalupe	1–1	Puntarenas
A. Murillo 9'	Report	Montenegro 6'

"Coyella" Fonseca, Guadalupe

Attendance: 300

Referee: William Mattus ^{[note 2] [1]}

25 November 2022 (2022-11-25)

(21:00 UTC-6)

Puntarenas	1–1	Guadalupe
Sancho 40'	Report	Mora 19'
Penalties
Gibbons Pérez Vega J. Hernández Fernández Sancho Y. Hernández K. Ramírez K. Gómez Duarte Barrera Gibbons Pérez	11–10	J. Cordero Ayala Juárez Azofeifa Pemberton A. Gómez F. Ramírez Mora Gutiérrez Araya Barrientos J. Cordero Ayala

Lito Pérez, Puntarenas

Attendance: 500

Referee: Hugo Cruz ^[5]

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Puntarenas won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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16 November 2022 (2022-11-16)

(15:00 UTC-6)

Sarchí	0–0	Grecia
	Report

Eliécer Pérez Conejo, Sarchí Norte

Attendance: 70

Referee: Josué Ugalde ^[1]

27 November 2022 (2022-11-27)

(16:00 UTC-6)

Grecia	3–1	Sarchí
Lesme 9', 56' Evans 50'	Report	Morera 33'

Allen Riggioni, Grecia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ricardo Montero ^[5]

Grecia won 3–1 on aggregate.

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16 November 2022 (2022-11-16)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Alajuelense	2–1	Guanacasteca
Alcócer 15' D. Rodríguez 82'	Report	Johnson 49'

Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 500

Referee: Bryan Cruz ^[1]

26 November 2022 (2022-11-26)

(16:00 UTC-6)

Guanacasteca	0–1	Alajuelense
	Report	Suárez 40'

Estadio Chorotega, Nicoya

Attendance: 100

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón ^[5]

Alajuelense won 3–1 on aggregate.

Bracket B

19 November 2022 (2022-11-19)

(19:00 UTC-6)

Uruguay	0–4	Saprissa
	Report	Hadden 27' Angulo 37' Bolaños 75' East 86'

"Coyella" Fonseca, Guadalupe ^{[note 3] [6]}

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Marco Guido ^[1]

23 November 2022 (2022-11-23)

(19:00 UTC-6)

Saprissa	2–0	Uruguay
Reyes 14' East 77'	Report

Edgardo Baltodano Briceño, Liberia ^{[note 4] [7]}

Attendance: 100

Referee: Jonathan Leitón ^[5]

Saprissa won 6–0 on aggregate.

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19 November 2022 (2022-11-19)

(19:00 UTC-6)

Santos	4–1	San Carlos
Zamora 12' Matarrita 22', 82' Solórzano 38'	Report	McDonald 64'

Ebal Rodríguez, Guápiles

Attendance: 20

Referee: Steven Madrigal ^[1]

24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)

(21:00 UTC-6)

San Carlos	4–1	Santos
Chirino 4', 48' Piedra 28' Pérez 59'	Report	Solórzano 37'
Penalties
McDonald Román Pérez Zúñiga Mena	2–3	Mason Hernández I. Salas Palma Matarrita

Carlos Ugalde, Ciudad Quesada

Attendance: Unknown

Referee: Benjamín Pineda ^[5]

Tied 5–5 on aggregate, Santos won on penalties and advanced to the quarter-finals.

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20 November 2022 (2022-11-20)

(15:00 UTC-6)

Turrialba	0–1	Cartaginés
	Report	Guevara 31'

Rafael Ángel Camacho, Turrialba

Attendance: 500

Referee: Roy Monge ^[1]

24 November 2022 (2022-11-24)

(19:00 UTC-6)

Cartaginés	1–0	Turrialba
Ureña 25'	Report

"Fello" Meza, Cartago

Attendance: 10

Referee: Keylor Herrera ^[5]

Cartaginés won 2–0 on aggregate.

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20 November 2022 (2022-11-20)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Sporting	1–0	Pérez Zeledón
Martínez 7'	Report

Ernesto Rohrmoser, Pavas

Attendance: 500

Referee: Raúl Eduarte ^[1]

22 November 2022 (2022-11-22)

(19:00 UTC-6)

Pérez Zeledón	1–4	Sporting
Monge 83'	Report	Martínez 6' Aguirre 10' Vega 15' W. Madrigal 88'

Estadio Municipal, San Isidro de El General

Attendance: 200

Referee: Pedro Navarro

Sporting won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

Summary

Bracket A

The first legs were played on 30 November, and the second legs were played on 4 December.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Herediano	3–0	Puntarenas	1–0	2–0
Grecia	2–6	Alajuelense	2–1	0–5

Bracket B

The first legs were played on 29 November, and the second legs were played on 3 December.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	4–1	Santos	3–0	1–1
Cartaginés	3–2 [A]	Sporting	1–1	2–1

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Bracket A

30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)

(19:00 UTC-6)

Herediano	1–0	Puntarenas
Ruiz 63'	Report

"Coyella" Fonseca, Guadalupe ^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 200

Referee: Josué Ugalde

4 December 2022 (2022-12-04)

(17:15 UTC-6)

Puntarenas	0–2	Herediano
	Report	K. Vargas 42' Escoe 71'

Lito Pérez, Puntarenas

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Ricardo Montero

Herediano won 3–0 on aggregate.

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30 November 2022 (2022-11-30)

(12:00 UTC-6)

Grecia	2–1	Alajuelense
Lesme 47' Agüero 89'	Report	Lesme 35' (o.g.)

Allen Riggioni, Grecia

Attendance: 100

Referee: Keylor Herrera

4 December 2022 (2022-12-04)

(17:00 UTC-6)

Alajuelense	5–0	Grecia
Alfaro 40' Suárez 45+5' D. Rodríguez 56', 68' Alcócer 83'	Report

Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: David Gómez

Alajuelense won 6–2 on aggregate.

Bracket B

29 November 2022 (2022-11-29)

(20:15 UTC-6)

Saprissa	3–0	Santos
East 27', 57' Guzmán 68'	Report

Ricardo Saprissa, San Juan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Carlos Salazar

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Santos	1–1	Deportivo Saprissa
Ordain 64'	Report	East 56'

Ebal Rodríguez, Guápiles

Attendance: 20

Referee: Raúl Eduarte

Saprissa won 4–1 on aggregate.

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29 November 2022 (2022-11-29)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Sporting	1–1	Cartaginés
Martínez 36'	Report	Venegas 26'

Ernesto Rohrmoser, Pavas

Attendance: 300

Referee: Adrián Chinchilla

3 December 2022 (2022-12-03)

(18:00 UTC-6)

Cartaginés	2–1	Sporting
Barrantes 60' Guevara 88'	Report	Castillo 57'

"Fello" Meza, Cartago

Attendance: 25

Referee: Róger Vindas

Cartaginés won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

Semi-final A

The first leg was played on 8 December, while the second leg was played on 11 December.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Herediano	2–1	Alajuelense	1–1	1–0

Semi-final B

The first leg was played on 7 December, while the second leg was played on 11 December.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	1–4	Cartaginés	0–2	1–2

Matches

Semi-final A

8 December 2022 (2022-12-08)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Herediano	1–1	Alajuelense
Vargas 53'	Report	Góndola 21'

"Coyella" Fonseca, Guadalupe ^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Keylor Herrera

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11)

(16:00 UTC-6)

Alajuelense	0–1	Herediano
	Report	Contreras 50'

Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ricardo Montero

Herediano won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-final B

7 December 2022 (2022-12-07)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Saprissa	0–2	Cartaginés
	Report	Espinoza 76' J. Quirós 89'

Ricardo Saprissa, San Juan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón ^[8]

11 December 2022 (2022-12-11)

(11:00 UTC-6)

Cartaginés	2–1	Saprissa
Cerdas 4' Bonilla 57'	Report	Rodríguez 52'

"Fello" Meza, Cartago

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Benjamín Pineda

Cartaginés won 4–1 on aggregate.

Finals

Summary

The first leg was played on 15 December, while the second leg was played on 21 December.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Herediano	2–3	Cartaginés	2–1	0–2

Matches

15 December 2022 (2022-12-15)

(19:00 UTC-6)

Herediano	2–1	Cartaginés
Fuller 76' Tejeda 90+1'	Report	Cerdas 57'

"Coyella" Fonseca, Guadalupe ^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Keylor Herrera

21 December 2022 (2022-12-21)

(20:00 UTC-6)

Cartaginés	2–0	Herediano
Barrantes 3' Araya 5'	Report

"Fello" Meza, Cartago

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ricardo Montero

Cartaginés won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Javon East	Saprissa	5
2	Allen Guevara	Cartaginés	3
2	Brian Martínez	Sporting	3
2	Fernando Lesme	Grecia	3
2	Doryan Rodríguez	Alajuelense	3

Notes

1. Herediano are playing their home matches at the "Coyella" Fonseca stadium during the reconstruction of the Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero.
2. Not to be confused with his father, former referee William Mattus.
3. On 15 November 2022, Uruguay announced they moved their home fixture against Saprissa to the "Coyella" Fonseca stadium, due to their home ground El Labrador not fulfilling UNAFUT's requirements.
4. Saprissa moved its home venue for this second leg to the Edgardo Baltodano stadium in Liberia to approach their fans in the Guanacaste province

References

1. "Arranca el Torneo de Copa Suerox 2022 – Liga Promerica". UNAFUT.com (in Spanish). UNAFUT . Retrieved 16 November 2022.
2. "Asambleístas aprobaron la propuesta del Torneo de Copa de UNAFUT – Liga Promerica". UNAFUT (in Spanish). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
3. "Cartaginés cierra su año soñado con un nuevo título | Crhoy.com". CRHoy.com | Periodico Digital | Costa Rica Noticias 24/7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
4. Solano, Hermes (31 October 2022). "Listo el Torneo de Copa de Unafut: se definieron las series y el calendario". El Observador CR (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
5. "Programación y árbitros de la vuelta del Torneo de Copa". Everardo Herrera. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
6. Aguilar, Yenci (15 November 2022). "Aficionados al Uruguay de Coronado tendrán que trasladarse para ver juego contra Saprissa". La Teja (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
7. Castillo, Luis Felipe (16 November 2022). "Saprissa llevará juego de Torneo de Copa al Estadio Edgardo Baltodano de Liberia". AMPrensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
8. "Programación y árbitros de las semifinales del Torneo de Copa". everardoherrera.com. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

External links

• Torneo de Copa 2022 at UNAFUT.com