2008–09 Primera División (Costa Rica)

The Invierno 2008–09 season started on July 27 with 2 groups of 6 teams, they will play twice (home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The 3 top teams of each group qualify for the playoffs. The winners of group A and B get a bye week, while the 2nd of group A plays the 3rd of group B and the 2nd of group B plays the 3rd of group A. The winners of these series move to the semi-final series.

Campeonato Scotiabank

Season	2008–09
Champions	-
Relegated	-
-	-
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The home field advantage in the playoffs is given to the team with the best record in the group stage.

The winner of the playoff series will gain entry into the group stage of the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.^[1] The runner-up will gain entry into the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round. If the same team wins both the Invierno and Verano tournaments then the preliminary round spot will be awarded to the team with the next best regular season record in the Verano tournament.

Invierno 2008

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saprissa	16	8	5	3	30	15	+15	29	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Brujas	16	8	4	4	33	22	+11	28	Qualified to the quarterfinals
3	Liberia Mía	16	7	3	6	30	32	−2	24
4	Puntarenas F.C.	16	6	3	7	22	27	−5	21
5	Ramonense	16	3	6	7	19	31	−12	15
6	Carmelita	16	0	9	7	21	34	−13	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alajuelense	16	7	6	3	24	18	+6	27	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Pérez Zeledón	16	7	5	4	23	19	+4	26
3	San Carlos	16	7	3	6	27	25	+2	24
4	Herediano	16	6	4	6	21	20	+1	22
5	Universidad de Costa Rica	16	4	5	7	18	23	−5	17
6	Cartaginés	16	3	7	6	16	18	−2	16

Source: Qualified to the quarterfinals

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								B1	Alajuelense	1	3	4
	A2	Brujas	0	1	1			B3	San Carlos	2	1	3
	B3	San Carlos	2	1	3										B1	Alajuelense	2	0	2
															A1	Deportivo Saprissa	0	3	3
								A1	Deportivo Saprissa	1	4	5
	B2	Pérez Zeledón	2	0(4PK)	2			B2	Pérez Zeledón	1	2	3
	A3	Liberia Mía	2	0(3PK)	2

Invierno 2008 winners
Saprissa

Verano 2009

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brujas	16	7	5	4	21	14	+7	26	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Liberia Mía	16	7	5	4	19	16	+3	26	Qualified to the quarterfinals
3	Ramonense	16	6	5	5	22	19	+3	23
4	Puntarenas F.C.	16	5	6	5	18	21	−3	21
5	Carmelita	16	3	5	8	14	24	−10	14
6	Alajuelense	16	3	4	9	14	22	−8	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saprissa	16	10	3	3	26	13	+13	33	Qualified to the semifinals
2	Herediano	16	9	3	4	22	15	+7	30	Qualified to the quarterfinals
3	Pérez Zeledón	16	6	5	5	19	17	+2	23
4	Cartaginés	16	5	8	3	13	11	+2	23
5	San Carlos	16	4	6	6	18	17	+1	18
6	Universidad de Costa Rica	16	3	1	12	11	28	−17	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								B1	Saprissa	1	0	1
	A2	Liberia Mía	2	1	3			A2	Liberia Mía	1	1	2
	B3	Pérez Zeledón	1	0	1										A2	Liberia Mía	0	3	3
															B2	Herediano	0	0	0
								A1	Brujas	1	1	2
	B2	Herediano	1	2	3			B2	Herediano	3	3	6
	A3	Ramonense	0	2	2

Verano 2009 winners
Liberia Mía

Aggregate Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saprissa	32	18	8	6	56	28	+28	62
2	Brujas	32	15	9	8	54	36	+18	54
3	Herediano	32	15	7	10	43	35	+8	52
4	Liberia Mía	32	14	8	10	49	48	+1	50
5	Pérez Zeledón	31	12	10	9	42	36	+6	46
6	San Carlos	32	11	9	12	45	42	+3	42
7	Puntarenas F.C.	32	11	9	12	40	48	−8	42
8	Alajuelense	32	10	10	12	38	40	−2	40
9	Cartaginés	32	8	15	9	29	29	0	39
10	Ramonense	32	9	11	12	41	50	−9	38
11	UCR	32	7	6	19	29	51	−22	27
12	Carmelita	32	3	14	15	35	58	−23	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

• Saprissa earned CRC1 spot in 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
• Liberia Mía earned CRC2 spot in 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
• Herediano earned CRC3 spot in 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League (berth reallocated from Nicaragua).

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Victor Núñez	8	Liberia Mía
Alejandro Alpízar	5	Saprissa
Jacques Rémy	5	Liberia Mía
Mauricio Solís	5	Herediano
Diego País	4	Pérez Zeledón
Mario Camacho	4	Puntarenas F.C.
Keylor Soto	4	Brujas
Alejandro Sequeira	4	Ramonense
Esteban Santana	3	Carmelita
Windell Gabriels	3	Alajuelense