2014–15 Liga FPD

The 2014–15 Costa Rican FPD was the 95th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It was divided into two championships: the Invierno [winter] and Verano [summer] seasons.

Primera División

Season	2014–15
Champions	Invierno: Saprissa (31st title) Verano: Herediano (24th title)
Champions League	Saprissa TBD
Matches played	138
Goals scored	374 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yendrick Ruiz (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Alajuelense 5–0 Puma Generaleña
Biggest away win	Belén Siglo XXI 1–4 Carmelita Limón 1–4 Herediano Carmelita 0–3 Santos Carmelita 0–3 UCR
Highest scoring	Pérez Zeledón 6–4 Santos
Longest winning run	Alajuelense (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Alajuelense (10)
Longest winless run	Belén Siglo XXI (8)
Longest losing run	Uruguay (5)
Highest attendance	25,992 Alajuelense 0–2 Saprissa
Lowest attendance	23 AS Puma 1–1 Carmelita
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 15 October 2014.

The Invierno season was dedicated to Manuel Antonio "Pilo" Obando.^[1]

Teams

The league was contested by a total of 12 teams, including Puma Generaleña, promoted from the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso. While Puntarenas were relegated.

Alajuelense
Carmelita

Belén

Cartaginés

Saprissa

Herediano

Limón

Pérez Zeledón

AS Puma

Santos

UCR

Uruguay

Locations of the 2014-15 Costa Rican FPD teams

Personnel, kits and Stadia

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)	Stadium	Capacity
Alajuelense	Óscar Ramírez	Puma	Movistar, Ibérico	Alejandro Morera Soto - Scotiabank	18,000
Puma Generaleña	Édgar Carvajal	JB	Arroz Sabanero	Municipal de Pérez Zeledón	6,000
Belén	Briance Camacho	JB	Bridgestone	Polideportivo de Belén	3,000
Carmelita	Guilherme Farinha	Sportek	Great Wall	Alejandro Morera Soto - Scotiabank	18,000
Cartaginés	Mauricio Wright	Lotto	Huawei, Bancrédito	"Fello" Meza	13,500
Herediano	César Méndez	Umbro	kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel	Eladio Rosabal Cordero	8,500
Limón	Rónald Gómez	Sportek	APM Terminals	Juan Gobán	3,000
Pérez Zeledón	Marvin Solano	Canastico	kölbi, GAFESO	Municipal de Pérez Zeledón	6,000
Santos	Enrique Meza, Jr.	Joma	PickLounge	Ebal Rodríguez	3,000
Saprissa	Rónald González	Kappa	Bimbo, Ibérico	Ricardo Saprissa	23,000
UCR	José Giacone	Sportek	—	Estadio Ecológico	1,800
Uruguay de Coronado	Carlos Watson	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
Herediano	Eduardo Méndez	TBD	2014	Jafet Soto	2014	th (2014)
Limón	Ronald Gomez	Sacked	2014	Kenneth Barrantes	2014	th ( 2014)
Pérez Zeledón	Marvin Solano	Sacked	2014	Víctor Abelenda	2014	th (2014)
Puma Generaleña	Edgar Carvajal	Sacked	2014	Mario Carrera	2014	th ( 2014)
Saprissa	Ronald Gonzalez	Sacked	2014	Jeaustin Campos	2014	th ( 2014)

Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 15 August 2014, with Carmelita defeating Limón 2–0, with Guatemalan player Angelo Padilla scoring the first goal of the tournament. It ended on 21 December 2014, with Saprissa winning their 31st title after they overcome Herediano in the final.

First Stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alajuelense	22	17	2	3	38	15	+23	53	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Herediano	22	14	4	4	45	19	+26	46
3	Cartaginés	22	13	3	6	29	19	+10	42
4	Saprissa	22	13	2	7	39	28	+11	41
5	Universidad de Costa Rica	22	9	8	5	30	21	+9	35
6	Pérez Zeledón	22	8	5	9	31	36	−5	29
7	Carmelita	22	7	6	9	22	26	−4	27
8	Santos	22	8	2	12	29	34	−5	26
9	Belén	22	6	8	8	28	31	−3	26
10	Limón	22	4	4	14	19	33	−14	16
11	Uruguay	22	4	4	14	17	41	−24	16
12	Puma Generaleña	22	3	4	15	21	46	−25	13

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2014. Source: Resultados Invierno 2014 - UNAFUT.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIM	PEZ	PUM	SAN	SAP	UCR	URU
Alajuelense		2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–0
Belén	2–0		1–4	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–3	1–1	4–2
Carmelita	0–2	2–0		1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–0	0–3	2–0
Cartaginés	0–2	2–0	1–2		4–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1
Herediano	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0		3–0	5–1	5–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	6–2
Limón	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–4	1–4		1–2	0–1	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–1
Pérez Zeledón	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1		2–1	6–4	1–1	2–3	4–2
Puma Generaleña	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	1–0		1–2	0–2	3–3	2–1
Santos	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–1		0–1	2–1	2–0
Saprissa	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	4–2	3–2		3–1	2–1
Universidad de Costa Rica	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–0		3–0
Uruguay	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 2014. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

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

Semifinals

First legs

3 December 2014

20:00

Cartaginés	2–3	Herediano
Scott 63' (pen.) Vega 90+1'		7' 81' (pen.) Ruiz 9' Núñez

Fello Meza, Cartago

Attendance: 5,129^[2]

Referee: Jeffrey Solís

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4 December 2014

20:10

Saprissa	1–0	Alajuelense
Mora 90+1'

Ricardo Saprissa, Tibás

Attendance: 18,328^[2]

Referee: Randall Poveda

Second legs

7 December 2014

18:00

Herediano	0–0	Cartaginés

Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 4,900^[2]

Referee: Henry Bejarano

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8 December 2014

20:00

Alajuelense	1–1	Saprissa
Ortíz 61'		43' Vega

Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 15,341^[2]

Referee: Walter Quesada

Finals

First leg

14 December 2014

21:00

Saprissa	4–2	Herediano
Mora 4' Rodríguez 12' Bustos 50' Colindres 90'		29' 68' (pen.) Ruiz

Ricardo Saprissa, Tibás

Attendance: 19,784^[2]

Referee: Walter Quesada

Second leg

21 December 2014

20:00

Herediano	1–1	Saprissa
Salazar 59'		36' Vega

Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 5,283^[2]

Referee: Henry Bejarano

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Armando Alonso	Alajuelense	6
2	Angelo Padilla	Carmelita	5
	Fabrizio Ronchetti	Pérez Zeledón	5
	Jonathan Sibaja	UCR	5
5	Alejandro Alpízar	Pérez Zeledón	4
	Ariel Contreras	UCR	4
	Cristian Lagos	Santos	4
	Jerry Palacios	Alajuelense	4
	Ariel Rodríguez	Saprissa	4
10	Leonardo Adams	Belén	3
	Juan Bustos	Saprissa	3
	Victor Coto	UCR	3
	Allan Duarte	UCR	3
	Kevin Fajardo	Santos	3
	Ismael Fuentes	Santos	3
	Josué Martínez	UCR	3
	Aaron Navarro	Puma	3
	Víctor Núñez	Herediano	3
	Antonio Pedroza	Herediano	3
	Olman Vargas	UCR	3

Source:^[3]

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Invierno 2014. 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 Ramon Nunez Jerry Palacios Belén José Carlos Cancela Carmelita Angelo Padilla Cartaginés Luciano Bostal Paolo Cardozo Leandro Silva Herediano Keven Alemán Alexander Larin Antonio Pedroza Gabriel Enrique Gómez Brunet Hay Limón Rodrigo Lucas Martella (player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón Tomas Fonseca Maurim Andrés Santamaría Óscar McFarlane Fabrizio Ronchetti Puma Generaleña Yamir Vergara Saprissa Carlos Saucedo Rafael Morales Adolfo Machado Santos Ismael Fuentes Jorge Hernández Antonio Salazar Universidad de Costa Rica Jorge Barbosa Pablo Madrigal Omar Royero Uruguay Jeffrey Brooks Martines

Campeonato de Verano

The tournament will begin in January 2015.

Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Verano)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alajuelense	Oscar Ramírez	TBD	Puma SE	Movistar, Ibérico, Banco General
Belén	Briance Camacho	TBD	TBD	TBD
Carmelita	Guilherme Farinha		TBD	TBD
Cartaginés	Enrique Meza	TBD	Lotto	Bancrédito, Huawei
Herediano	Mauricio Wright	TBD	Umbro	kölbi
Limón	Mario Silva	TBD	TBD	TBD
Pérez Zeledón	Víctor Abelenda	TBD	TBD	TBD
Puma Generaleña	Marvin Solano	TBD	TBD	TBD
Santos	César Eduardo Méndez	TBD	TBD	TBD
Saprissa	Jeaustin Campos	TBD	Kappa	Bimbo, Ibérico, Gatorade, Claro
Universidad de Costa Rica	José Giacone	TBD	LaTres	Banco Nacional
Uruguay	Martín Cardetti	TBD	Lotto	CoopeAlianza, Jaúles, Peugeot

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Belén	Briance Camacho	TBD	2015	Gerardo Ureña	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
Limón	Mario Silva	Sacked	2015	Kenneth Barrantes	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
Cartaginés	Enrique Maximiliano Meza		2015	Claudio Fabián Ciccia	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
AD Carmelita	Guillerme Farinha	Sacked	2015	Erick Guillén Interim	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
AD Carmelita	Erick Guillén		2015	Hugo Robles	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
AS Puma Generaleña	Marvin Solano	Sacked	2015	Edgar Carvajal	2015	th (Clausura 2015)
Herediano	Mauricio Wright	Sacked	2015	Odir Jacques	2015	th (Clausura 2015)

First Stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saprissa	22	14	3	5	44	22	+22	45	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Santos	22	12	4	6	32	28	+4	40
3	Herediano	22	11	6	5	28	23	+5	39
4	Alajuelense	22	10	7	5	43	23	+20	37
5	Pérez Zeledón	22	10	2	10	31	31	0	32
6	Uruguay	22	7	8	7	28	27	+1	29
7	Cartaginés	22	6	9	7	29	27	+2	27
8	Carmelita	22	7	5	10	23	34	−11	26
9	Limón	22	8	0	14	26	39	−13	24
10	Puma Generaleña	22	6	5	11	24	36	−12	23
11	Universidad de Costa Rica	22	4	10	8	27	29	−2	22
12	Belén	22	6	3	13	25	41	−16	21

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIM	PEZ	PUM	SAN	SAP	UCR	URU
Alajuelense		6–0	0–1	6–2	4–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	3–0
Belén	1–1		5–0	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–0	2–0	2–4	1–2	0–0	1–0
Carmelita	2–0	3–0		2–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–3
Cartaginés	3–1	2–0	2–2		1–1	7–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
Herediano	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2
Limón	0–2	3–0	0–3[a]	1–0	2–1		2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–3
Pérez Zeledón	1–2	2–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–1
Puma Generaleña	2–2	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–2		2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1
Santos	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0		0–1	2–1	2–1
Saprissa	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	3–2	4–0		2–1	4–1
Universidad de Costa Rica	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1		1–1
Uruguay	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The Limón–Carmelita match was suspended because of an unpaid ₡30 million debt to the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social. Limón tried to appeal the suspension in order to reprogram the game. However, the appeal was denied by the Competition Committee and Limón was sanctioned with a 0–3 loss.^[4]

Second stage

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Saprissa	1	0	1
	4	Alajuelense	0	2	2
								4	Alajuelense	1	2	3 (2)
								3	Herediano (p)	1	2	3 (3)
	2	Santos de Guápiles	1	1	2
	3	Herediano	2	1	3

Semifinals

First legs

9 May 2015

Herediano	2 – 1	Santos de Guápiles
Cristhian Lagos 12' Jonathan Hansen 68'		71' Edder Monguio

Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Ricardo Montero

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10 May 2015

Alajuelense	2 – 0	Saprissa
21' 39' Jonathan McDonald		None

Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 15,400

Referee: Hugo Cruz

Second legs

13 May 2015

Santos de Guápiles	1 – 1	Herediano
Kenneth Dixon 1'		Randall Azofeifa 6'

Estadio Ebal Rodríguez, Pococcí, Ciudad de Limón

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Henry Bejarano

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13 May 2015

Saprissa	1 – 0	Alajuelense
Deyver Vega 54'		None

Ricardo Saprissa, Tibás

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Randall Poveda

Finals

First leg

19 May 2015

22:15

Alajuelense	1 – 1	Herediano
José Guillermo Ortiz 1'		Elías Aguilar 84'

Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Walter Quesada

Second leg

23 May 2015

22:00

Herediano	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Alajuelense
Jonathan Hansen 31' Keyner Brown 118'		Pablo Gabas 54' Johan Venegas 95'
Penalties
	3-2

Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jonathan McDonald	Alajuelense	19
2	Jonathan Moya	Saprissa	18
3	Yendrick Ruiz	Herediano	18
4	Ariel Rodriguez	Saprissa	15
5	Kenneth Dixon	Santos	15
6	Alejandro Alpizar	Uruguay de Cornado	14

List of foreign players in the league

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

1. have played at least one Verano 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 Yvanilton de Almeida Leonel Peralta Belén Brunet Hay Carlos Elizalde Gomez Misael Martín Reynoso David Arguello Escobar Carmelita Angelo Padilla Víctor Ortiz Lucas Monzón Cartaginés William Palacio Fabrizio Ronchetti Herediano Alexander Larin Luis Omar Hernández Gabriel Enrique Gómez Jonathan Hansen Limón Ismael Gómez Walter Ariel Silva (player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón Tomas Fonseca Camilo Aguirre Christian Yeladian José Carlos Cancela Puma Generaleña David Daniels Gittens Luis Fernando Copete Raúl Leguías Lucas Carrera Saprissa Andrés Imperiale Adolfo Machado Sebastián Diana Santos Jonathan López Osman Elis Martínez Universidad de Costa Rica Jorge Barbosa Maximiliano Joell Silva Uruguay Gustavo Udrizard Bruno Weisser

Overall standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Alajuelense	33	22	5	6	56	28	+28	71
2	Herediano	32	18	8	6	56	26	+30	62
3	Saprissa	32	20	2	10	59	37	+22	62
4	Cartaginés	32	16	7	9	41	32	+9	55
5	Universidad de Costa Rica	33	11	14	8	42	33	+9	47
6	Santos	33	14	3	16	43	46	−3	45
7	Pérez Zeledón	33	13	6	14	53	58	−5	45
8	Carmelita	33	10	10	13	35	40	−5	40
9	Uruguay	33	8	8	17	31	53	−22	32
10	Belén	33	7	10	16	36	52	−16	31
11	Limón1	33	9	4	20	32	50	−18	31[a]
12	Puma Generaleña	32	7	5	20	33	62	−29	26	Relegation to Liga de Ascenso

Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. UNAFUT sanctioned Limón with a 0–3 defeat against Carmelita due to an unpaid debt. Due to this sanction, Limón will be relegated to the Liga de Ascenso if tied in points with another team in the last place, regardless of their goal difference.