2020–21 Liga FPD

The 2020–21 Liga FPD season, is the 100th season since its establishment.

Liga FPD

Season	2020–21
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Municipal Grecia	Luis Diego Arnaez	Sacked	2020	Luis Rodriguez	2020	th (Apertura 2020)

Between the Apertura and Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Herediano	Jafet Soto	Sacked	December 2020	Fernando Palomeque [1]	December 2020
Grecia	José Rodríguez	Interimship finished	December 2020	Gilberto Martínez	December 2020
Sporting San José	Randall Row	Sacked	December 2020	José Giacone	December 2020

During the Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table

Apertura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense (C)	16	12	1	3	36	18	+18	37	Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2	Saprissa (A)	16	9	3	4	29	16	+13	30	Advance to Playoffs
3	Cartaginés	16	9	2	5	32	16	+16	29
4	Herediano	16	7	5	4	27	19	+8	26
5	San Carlos	16	6	5	5	14	15	−1	23
6	Limón	16	6	5	5	15	24	−9	23
7	Guadalupe	16	6	3	7	25	27	−2	21
8	Jicaral	16	4	6	6	14	15	−1	18
9	Sporting San José	16	5	3	8	20	24	−4	18
10	Pérez Zeledón	16	4	3	9	20	34	−14	15
11	Santos de Guápiles	16	2	8	6	12	24	−12	14
12	Grecia	16	2	4	10	14	26	−12	10

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions

Clausura

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense (Q)	22	14	8	0	49	12	+37	50	Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2	Santos de Guápiles (Q)	22	10	6	6	36	29	+7	36	Advance to Playoffs
3	Herediano	22	7	9	6	35	29	+6	30
4	Saprissa	22	6	11	5	31	29	+2	29
5	San Carlos	22	7	8	7	21	24	−3	29
6	Jicaral	22	6	10	6	21	24	−3	28
7	Pérez Zeledón	22	6	10	6	22	29	−7	28
8	Cartaginés	22	6	8	8	23	27	−4	26
9	Sporting San José	22	6	5	11	18	31	−13	23
10	Grecia	22	4	11	7	22	29	−7	23
11	Guadalupe	22	4	10	8	33	31	+2	22
12	Limón	22	5	6	11	25	42	−17	21

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2020–21 season. The following players:

1. Have played at least one 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 this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.^[2]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former Players
Alajuelense	Facundo Zabala	Alexander López	Adolfo Machado
Cartaginés	Joaquin Aguirre	Marcel Hernández	Byron Bonilla
Grecia	Leonel Peralta	Naël Élysée	Aldo Magaña
Guadalupe	Lautaro Ayala
Herediano	Leandrinho
Jicaral	Ismael Gómez	Kennedy Rocha Pereira	Joaquin Santellan
Limón	Carlos Soza
Pérez Zeledón	Hernan Fener	Enrique Moura	Craig Foster
San Carlos	Javon East	Julio Cruz	Jorman Aguilar
Santos de Guápiles	Jason Ingram	Víctor Griffith
Deportivo Saprissa	Esteban Espíndola	Mariano Torres	Aubrey David
Sporting

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)