2015–16 Liga FPD

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

Primera División

Season	2015–16
Champions	Invierno: Saprissa Verano: Herediano
Champions League	Saprissa Herediano
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)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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.

Alajuelense
Carmelita

Belén

Cartaginés

Saprissa

Herediano

Limón

Pérez Zeledón

Liberia

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	Javier Delgado	Puma	Movistar, Ibérico	Alejandro Morera Soto	18,000
Belén	José Giacone	Living Sports	Bridgestone	Polideportivo de Belén	3,000
Carmelita	Daniel Casas	Sportek	Great Wall	Alejandro Morera Soto	18,000
Cartaginés	César Eduardo Méndez	Joma	Huawei, Bancrédito	"Fello" Meza	13,500
Herediano	Minor Díaz	Umbro	kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel	Eladio Rosabal Cordero	8,500
Limón	Horacio Esquivel	Sportek	APM Terminals	Juan Gobán	3,000
Municipal Liberia	Erick Rodríguez	Sportek		Estadio Edgardo Baltodano	6,000
Pérez Zeledón	Mauricio Wright	Canastico	kölbi, GAFESO	Municipal de Pérez Zeledón	6,000
Santos	Johnny Chaves	Living Sports	PickLounge	Ebal Rodríguez	3,000
Saprissa	Carlos Watson	Kappa	Bimbo, Ibérico	Ricardo Saprissa	23,000
UCR	Guilherme Farinha	Propia	—	Estadio Ecológico	1,800
Uruguay de Coronado	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	Kenneth Barrantes	TBD	2015	Horacio Esquivel	2015	th (2015)
Pérez Zeledón	Víctor Abelenda	Sacked	2015	Juan Eugenio Jiménez	2015	th ( 2015)
Santos	César Eduardo Méndez	Sacked	2015	Jhonny Chaves	2015	th (2015)
UCR	José Giacone	Sacked	2015	Omar Royero	2015	th ( 2015)
Alajuelense	Oscar Ramírez	Sacked	2015	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	Claudio Ciccia	Sacked	August 17, 2015	Cesar Mendez	18 August 2015	th (2014)
Municipal Liberia	Orlando De León	Passed Away	22 August 2015	Gustavo Martínez	26 August 2015	th ( 2015)
UCR	Omar Royero	Sacked	August 24, 2015	Guilherme Farinha	August 25, 2015	th (2015)
Pérez Zeledón	Juan Eugenio Jiménez	Sacked	September 2015	Flavio da Silva	September, 2015	th (2015)
Deportivo Saprissa	Jeaustin Campos	Sacked	September 2015	Douglas Sequeira	September, 2015	th (2015)
Belen	Gerardo Ureña	Sacked	September, 2015	Juan Cruz	September, 2015	th (2015)
Municipal Liberia	Gustavo Martínez	Sacked	October 2015	Erick Rodríguez	October 2015	th (2015)
Deportivo Saprissa	Douglas Sequeira	Sacked	October 2015	Carlos Watson	October 2015	th (2015)
Belen	Juan Cruz	Resigned	October 2015	José Giacone	October 2015	th (2015)
Carmelita	Hugo Robles	Sacked	November 2015	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
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 match(es) 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

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIB	LIM	PEZ	SAN	SAP	UCR	URU
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

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

Second stage

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Alajuelense	0	3	3
	4	Limón	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

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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.

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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 Carlos Discua Jorge Claros Harold Cummings Hernán Rivero Belén Sebastián Fassi Carmelita Lucas Monzon Jorge Barbosa Weller Pereira Carlos Souza Cartaginés William Palacios Fabrizio Ronchetti Herediano Omar Hernandez Edgar Solis Gabriel Enrique Gómez Jonathan Hansen Limón Mauricio Rivas Manuel Lopera Serginho Barboza (player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón Tomas Fonseca Cleiton Januario Franko Kanu Christian Yeladián Municipal Liberia None Saprissa Andres Imperiale Adolfo Machado Santos Eder Cruz Carlos Lopez Universidad de Costa Rica Maximiliano Joel Silva Uruguay Ismael Gomez Walter Silva Washington Lencina

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Ariel Rodríguez	Saprissa	20
2	Erick Scott	Limón	18
3	Víctor Núñez	Guápiles	11
4	Alejandro Alpízar	Uruguay	10
5	Leonardo Adams	Belén Siglo	9
6	Walter Silva	Uruguay	9
7	Randall Brenes	Cartaginés	8
8	Jonathan McDonald	Alajuelense	8
9	Carlos Discua	Alajuelense	7
10	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	Javier Delgado	Puma	Movistar, Ibérico	Alejandro Morera Soto	18,000
Belén	José Giacone	Livin Sports	Bridgestone	Polideportivo de Belén	3,000
Carmelita	Daniel Casas	Sportek	Great Wall	Alejandro Morera Soto	18,000
Cartaginés	Cesar Eduardo Mendez	Lotto	Huawei, Bancrédito	"Fello" Meza	8,300
Herediano	Odir Jacques	Umbro	kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel	Eladio Rosabal Cordero	8,500
Limón	Horacio Esquivel	Sportek	APM Terminals	Juan Gobán	3,000
Municipal Liberia	Erick Rodríguez	Sportek		Estadio Edgardo Baltodano	6,000
Pérez Zeledón	Mauricio Wright	Canastico	kölbi, GAFESO	Municipal de Pérez Zeledón	6,000
Santos	Jhonny Chaves	Livin Sports	PickLounge	Ebal Rodríguez	3,000
Saprissa	Carlos Watson	Kappa	Bimbo, Ibérico	Ricardo Saprissa	23,000
UCR	Guilherme Farinha	Propia	—	Estadio Ecológico	1,800
Uruguay de Coronado	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	Martin Cardetti	Sacked	2016	Ronald Gonzales	2016	th (2016)
Herediano	Odir Jacques	Resigned	2016	Mauricio Solis	2016	th ( 2015)
Herediano	Mauricio Solis	Caretaker ended	2016	Hernan Medford	2016	th (2016)
Carmelita	Daniel Casas	Sacked	2016	Vincio Alvarado	2016	th (2016)

First stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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 match(es) played on 9 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIB	LIM	PEZ	SAN	SAP	UCR	URU
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: 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

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1 May 2016

Belén	1–1	Herediano
Torres 7'		Salazar 40'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Jeffery Solis

Second legs

4 May 2016

Herediano	1–1	Belén
Núñez 66'		López 54'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Allen Quirós

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

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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 Carlos Discua Jorge Claros Harold Cummings Hernán Rivero Belén Sebastián Fassi Carmelita Christian Yeladián Weller Pereira Cartaginés Fabrizio Ronchetti Herediano Walter Silva Omar Hernandez Gabriel Enrique Gómez Jonathan Hansen Limón Leonardo Javier Terán Brunet Hay (player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón Tirso Guío Cristian Rivas Cleiton Januario Franko Kanu Pedrinho Municipal Liberia Justo Llorente Jonathan De León Saprissa Adolfo Machado Jaime Penedo Aubrey David Santos Eder Cruz Marco Jovanni Rojas Marlon López Universidad de Costa Rica Maximiliano Joel Silva Uruguay 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 (R)	44	10	11	23	43	77	−34	41	Relegation to the 2016–17 Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated