2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season

Primera División
Season 2015–16
Matches played 57
Goals scored 135 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer Leonardo Adams (7)
Biggest home win Belén Siglo XXI 5-1 Santos de Guápiles
(9 September 2015)
Biggest away win Carmelita 0-3 Deportivo Saprissa
(13 August 2015)
Highest scoring Uruguay 4-3 Pérez Zeledón
(16 August 2015)
Longest winning run Alajelense (5)
Longest unbeaten run Alajelense (9)
Longest winless run Pérez Zeledón (7)
Longest losing run UCR (5)
2016–17 →

All statistics correct as of 21 September 2015.

The 2015–16 Costa Rican FPD will be the 95th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It is divided in two championships: the Invierno and Verano seasons.

The Invierno season will be dedicated to Manuel Antonio "Pilo" Obando.[1]

Teams

The league will be contested by a total of 12 teams, including Municipal Liberia, promoted from the 2014–15 Liga de Ascenso, meanwhile Puma Generaleña were relegated.

Personnel, kits and Stadia

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) Stadium Capacity
Alajuelense Costa Rica Javier Delgado Puma Movistar, Ibérico Alejandro Morera Soto 18,000
Belén Argentina José Giacone Living Sports Bridgestone Polideportivo de Belén 3,000
Carmelita Uruguay Daniel Casas Sportek Great Wall Alejandro Morera Soto 18,000
Cartaginés Uruguay César Eduardo Méndez Joma Huawei, Bancrédito "Fello" Meza 13,500
Herediano Costa Rica Minor Díaz Umbro kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel Eladio Rosabal Cordero 8,500
Limón Costa Rica Horacio Esquivel Sportek APM Terminals Juan Gobán 3,000
Municipal Liberia Costa Rica Erick Rodríguez Sportek Estadio Edgardo Baltodano 6,000
Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica Mauricio Wright Canastico kölbi, GAFESO Municipal de Pérez Zeledón 6,000
Santos Costa Rica Johnny Chaves Living Sports PickLounge Ebal Rodríguez 3,000
Saprissa Costa Rica Carlos Watson Kappa Bimbo, Ibérico Ricardo Saprissa 23,000
UCR Portugal Guilherme Farinha Propia — Estadio Ecológico 1,800
Uruguay de Coronado Costa Rica Rónald González Lotto CoopeAlianza Municipal El Labrador 4,000

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Replaced by Appointed Position in table
Limón Costa Rica Kenneth Barrantes TBD 2015 Costa Rica Horacio Esquivel 2015 th (2015)
Pérez Zeledón Uruguay Víctor Abelenda Sacked 2015 Colombia Juan Eugenio Jiménez 2015 th ( 2015)
Santos Uruguay César Eduardo Méndez Sacked 2015 Costa Rica Jhonny Chaves 2015 th (2015)
UCR Argentina José Giacone Sacked 2015 Colombia Omar Royero 2015 th ( 2015)
Alajuelense Costa Rica Oscar Ramírez Sacked 2015 Colombia Hernán Torres Oliveros 2015 th ( 2015)

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Replaced by Appointed Position in table
Cartaginés Uruguay Claudio Ciccia Sacked August 17, 2015 Uruguay Cesar Mendez 18 August 2015 th (2014)
Municipal Liberia Uruguay Orlando De León Passed Away 22 August 2015 Argentina Gustavo Martínez 26 August 2015 th ( 2015)
UCR Colombia Omar Royero Sacked August 24, 2015 Portugal Guilherme Farinha August 25, 2015 th (2015)
Pérez Zeledón Colombia Juan Eugenio Jiménez Sacked September 2015 Brazil Flavio da Silva September, 2015 th (2015)
Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rica Jeaustin Campos Sacked September 2015 Costa Rica Douglas Sequeira September, 2015 th (2015)
Belen Costa Rica Gerardo Ureña Sacked September, 2015 Argentina Juan Cruz September, 2015 th (2015)
Municipal Liberia Argentina Gustavo Martínez Sacked October 2015 Costa Rica Erick Rodríguez October 2015 th (2015)
Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rica Douglas Sequeira Sacked October 2015 Costa Rica Carlos Watson October 2015 th (2015)
Belen Argentina Juan Cruz Resigned October 2015 Argentina José Giacone October 2015 th (2015)
Carmelita Costa Rica Hugo Robles Sacked November 2015 Costa Rica Harold López November 2015 th (2015)

Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 2015, with TBD defeating TBD 2-0, with Guatemalan player TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It ended on 2015, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

First Stage

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Alajuelense 22 13 6 3 42 17 +25 45 Advances to the Semifinals
2 Herediano 22 13 4 5 31 15 +16 43
3 Deportivo Saprissa 22 11 6 5 45 19 +26 39
4 Limón 22 10 7 5 39 33 +6 37
5 Cartaginés 22 10 6 6 31 32 −1 36
6 Santos de Guápiles 22 9 7 6 32 32 0 34
7 UCR 22 8 3 11 30 25 +5 27
8 Uruguay 22 6 6 10 27 32 −5 24
9 Belén Siglo XXI 22 5 6 11 27 40 −13 21
10 Municipal Liberia 22 5 6 11 25 42 −17 21
11 Carmelita 22 5 5 12 12 32 −20 20
12 Pérez Zeledón 22 3 6 13 22 44 −22 15

Updated to games played on 21 September 2015.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ALA BEL CRMCARHERLIBLIMPEZSANSAPUCRURU
Alajuelense 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–0
Belén 1–5 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 5–1 0–2 3–2 1–1
Carmelita 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0
Cartaginés 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–1
Herediano 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 3–1
Municipal Liberia 2–2 2–3 5–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Limón 0–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 4–4 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–0
Pérez Zeledón 2–7 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–1
Santos 0–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 0–4 2–2 1–1
Saprissa 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 3–0 5–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 3–1
Universidad de Costa Rica 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 6–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 2–0
Uruguay 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 4–3 1–2 2–0 2–2

Updated to games played on 2015.
Source: []
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Semifinals Finals
 
1  Alajuelense 0 3 3  
4  Limon F.C. 0 0 0  
  1  Alajuelense 0 1 1
  2  Saprissa 2 2 4
2  Herediano 0 2 2
3  Saprissa 3 0 3  

Semifinals

First legs

14 December 2015
Limón 0–0 Alajuelense

Referee: Hugo Cruz

14 December 2015
Saprissa 3–0 Herediano
Colindres  8'
Angulo  32', 71'
Ricardo Saprissa, Tibás
Referee: Ricardo Montero
Second legs

17 December 2015
Alajuelense 3–0 Limón
Ortiz 23'
Rodríguez 47'
Guevara 70'
Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Randall Poveda

Alajuelense won 3–0 on aggregate.

18 December 2015
Herediano 2–0 Saprissa
Hansen 50' (pen.)
Condenga 93'
Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia
Referee: Henry Bejarano

Saprissa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

21 December 2015
Saprissa 2–0 Alajuelense
Calvo  57', 68'
Ricardo Saprissa, Tibás
Referee: Hugo Cruz
Second leg

24 December 2015
Alajuelense 1–2 Saprissa
McDonald 65' Imperiale 22'
Colindres 71'
Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Henry Bejarano

Saprissa won 4–1 on aggregate.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Invierno 2015. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Costa Rica national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

Alajuelense

Belén

  • Mexico Sebastián Fassi

Carmelita

Cartaginés

  • Colombia William Palacios
  • Uruguay Fabrizio Ronchetti

Herediano

Limón

  • Colombia Mauricio Rivas
  • Colombia Manuel Lopera
  • Brazil Serginho Barboza

(player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón

  • Argentina Tomas Fonseca
  • Brazil Cleiton Januario Franko Kanu
  • Uruguay Christian Yeladián

Municipal Liberia

  • None

Saprissa

Santos

  • Mexico Eder Cruz
  • Mexico Carlos Lopez

Universidad de Costa Rica

  • Argentina Maximiliano Joel Silva

Uruguay

  • Argentina Ismael Gomez
  • Argentina Walter Silva
  • Uruguay Washington Lencina

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Costa Rica Ariel Rodríguez Saprissa 20
2 Costa Rica Erick Scott Limón 18
3 Costa Rica Víctor Núñez Guápiles 11
4 Costa Rica Alejandro Alpízar Uruguay 10
5 Costa Rica Leonardo Adams Belén Siglo 9
6 Argentina Walter Silva Uruguay 9
7 Costa Rica Randall Brenes Cartaginés 8
8 Costa Rica Jonathan McDonald Alajuelense 8
9 Honduras Carlos Discua Alajuelense 7
10 Argentina Jonathan Hansen Herediano 7

Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began in January 2016, with TBD defeating TBD 2-0, with TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It will end in June 2016, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

Personnel, kits and Stadia

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) Stadium Capacity
Alajuelense Costa Rica Javier Delgado Puma Movistar, Ibérico Alejandro Morera Soto 18,000
Belén Argentina José Giacone Livin Sports Bridgestone Polideportivo de Belén 3,000
Carmelita Uruguay Daniel Casas Sportek Great Wall Alejandro Morera Soto 18,000
Cartaginés Uruguay Cesar Eduardo Mendez Lotto Huawei, Bancrédito "Fello" Meza 8,300
Herediano Brazil Odir Jacques Umbro kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel Eladio Rosabal Cordero 8,500
Limón Costa Rica Horacio Esquivel Sportek APM Terminals Juan Gobán 3,000
Municipal Liberia Costa Rica Erick Rodríguez Sportek Estadio Edgardo Baltodano 6,000
Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica Mauricio Wright Canastico kölbi, GAFESO Municipal de Pérez Zeledón 6,000
Santos Costa Rica Jhonny Chaves Livin Sports PickLounge Ebal Rodríguez 3,000
Saprissa Costa Rica Carlos Watson Kappa Bimbo, Ibérico Ricardo Saprissa 23,000
UCR Portugal Guilherme Farinha Propia — Estadio Ecológico 1,800
Uruguay de Coronado Argentina Martín Cardetti Lotto CoopeAlianza Municipal El Labrador 4,000

Managerial changes

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Replaced by Appointed Position in table
Uruguay Argentina Martin Cardetti Sacked 2016 Costa Rica Ronald Gonzales 2016 th (2016)
Herediano Brazil Odir Jacques Resigned 2016 Costa Rica Mauricio Solis 2016 th ( 2015)
Herediano Costa Rica Mauricio Solis Caretaker ended 2016 Costa Rica Hernan Medford 2016 th (2016)
Carmelita Uruguay Daniel Casas Sacked 2016 Costa Rica Vincio Alvarado 2016 th (2016)

First Stage

Standings
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Herediano 22 16 2 4 35 13 +22 50 Advances to the Semifinals
2 Saprissa 22 15 2 5 36 16 +20 47
3 Alajuelense 22 13 3 6 47 22 +25 42
4 Belén 22 11 6 5 27 14 +13 39
5 Universidad de Costa Rica 22 9 5 8 29 29 0 32
6 Cartaginés 22 9 4 9 25 26 −1 31
7 Pérez Zeledón 22 9 2 11 28 30 −2 29
8 Municipal Liberia 22 7 4 11 19 27 −8 25
9 Carmelita 22 6 5 11 25 40 −15 23
10 Limón 22 6 3 13 15 36 −21 21
11 Santos 22 5 3 14 18 34 −16 18
12 Uruguay 22 4 5 13 16 33 −17 17

Updated to games played on 9 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ALA BEL CRMCARHERLIBLIMPEZSANSAPUCRURU
Alajuelense 1–3 3–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 4–1 4–2 1–0 4–0 4–0
Belén 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0
Carmelita 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–3 2–4 1–0
Cartaginés 3–3 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–4 2–1 2–2
Herediano 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
Municipal Liberia 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–2
Limón 1–0 2–1 1–4 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–1 3–1
Pérez Zeledón 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0
Santos 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–0
Saprissa 1–3 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0
Universidad de Costa Rica 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0
Uruguay 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–1

Updated to games played on 9 March 2016.
Source: []
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Semifinals Finals
 
1  Herediano 1 1 2  
4  Belén 1 1 2  
  1  Herediano 1 2 3
  3  Alajuelense 0 0 0
2  Saprissa 0 1 1
3  Alajuelense 2 3 5  

Semifinals

First legs

30 April 2016
Alajuelense 2–0 Saprissa
Ortiz  45'
Rojas  88'
Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Randall Poveda

1 May 2016
Belén 1–1 Herediano
Torres  7' Salazar  40'
Second legs

4 May 2016
Herediano 1–1 Belén
Núñez  66' López  54'

2-2 on aggregate. Herediano progressed as the higher seed.

4 May 2016
Saprissa 1–3 Alajuelense
Flores  84' Ortiz  20' (51)
Diego Madrigal  97' (pen.)
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás
Referee: Ricardo Montero

Alajuelense won 5–1 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

9 May 2016
Alajuelense 0–1 Herediano
Granados  93'
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Walter Quesada
Second leg

14 May 2016
Herediano 2–0 Alajuelense
Cubero  11'
Ruiz  52'
Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia
Referee: Ricardo Montero

Herediano won 3–0 on aggregate.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Verano 2016. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Costa Rica national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

Alajuelense

Belén

  • Mexico Sebastián Fassi

Carmelita

  • Uruguay Christian Yeladián
  • Brazil Weller Pereira

Cartaginés

  • Uruguay Fabrizio Ronchetti

Herediano

Limón

  • Venezuela Leonardo Javier Terán
  • Panama Brunet Hay

(player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón

  • Colombia Tirso Guío
  • Colombia Cristian Rivas
  • Brazil Cleiton Januario Franko Kanu
  • Brazil Pedrinho

Municipal Liberia

  • Nicaragua Justo Llorente
  • Mexico Jonathan De León

Saprissa

Santos

  • Mexico Eder Cruz
  • Mexico Marco Jovanni Rojas
  • Nicaragua Marlon López

Universidad de Costa Rica

  • Argentina Maximiliano Joel Silva

Uruguay

  • Argentina Ismael Gomez

Aggregate table

The following table combined the two seasons together.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Herediano 44 29 6 9 66 28 +38 93 Qualification to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Alajuelense 44 26 9 9 47 22 +25 87
3 Saprissa 44 26 8 10 81 35 +46 86 Qualification to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
4 Cartaginés 44 19 10 15 56 58 −2 67
5 Belén 44 16 12 16 54 54 0 60
6 Universidad de Costa Rica 44 17 8 19 59 54 +5 59
7 Limón 44 16 10 18 54 69 −15 58
8 Santos 44 14 10 20 50 66 −16 52
9 Municipal Liberia 44 12 10 22 44 69 −25 46
10 Pérez Zeledón 44 12 8 24 50 54 −4 44
11 Carmelita 44 11 10 23 37 72 −35 43
12 Uruguay 44 10 11 23 43 77 −34 41 Relegaiton to the 2016–17 Segunda División

Updated to games played on 9 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

  1. ↑ Coto, Gerardo. "Pilo Obando será inmortalizado en el Invierno". UNAFUT.com. UNAFUT. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

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