2024–25 Liga FPD

The 2024–25 Liga FPD season, also known as Liga Promérica^[1] for sponsorship reasons, was the 104th season since its establishment. The tournament is divided into two championships, the Apertura and Clausura, each in an identical format and each contested by 12 teams.

Liga FPD

Season	2024–25
Champions	Apertura: Herediano (30th title)
Relegated	Santa Ana
Central American Cup	Herediano Alajuelense Saprissa Cartaginés
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Marcel Hernández (10 goals) Clausura: Emanuel Casado [es] (9 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Teams and Structure Changes

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2023–24 season and one team promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.

Like the previous season, the league has the following playoff format. The top 4 teams in the regular season will progress to a two-legged knockout tournament. If the same team that wins the regular season wins the playoff, that team wins the season championship immediately. Should a different team win the playoff than won the regular season, those two teams will meet in a two-legged Grand Final for the season championship.

Alajuelense

Cartaginés

Guanacasteca

Liberia

Puntarenas

San Carlos

Santos

Clubs in San José Province:
Herediano
Pérez Zeledón
Saprissa
Sporting
Santa Ana

Location of clubs in 2024-25 season

Herediano

Santa Ana

Pérez Zeledón

Saprissa

Sporting

Location of clubs in San José province

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Founded
Alajuelense	Alajuela, Alajuela	Alejandro Morera Soto	18,000	1919
Cartaginés	Cartago, Cartago	José Rafael "Fello" Meza	10,000	1906
Guanacasteca	Nicoya, Guanacaste	Estadio Chorotega	3,000	1973
Herediano	Heredia, Heredia	Eladio Rosabal Cordero [3]	8,000	1921
Municipal Liberia	Liberia, Guanacaste	Edgardo Baltodano	7,000	1977
Puntarenas F.C.	Puntarenas, Puntarenas	Estadio Lito Pérez	4,105	2004
Pérez Zeledón	San Isidro de El General, San José	Estadio Municipal	6,000	1991
San Carlos	Ciudad Quesada, Alajuela	Carlos Ugalde Álvarez	5,600	1965
Santa Ana	Santa Ana, San José	Piedades de Santa Ana	2,000	1993
Santos de Guápiles	Guápiles, Limón	Ebal Rodríguez	3,000	1961
Saprissa	San Juan de Tibás, San José	Ricardo Saprissa	23,000	1935
Sporting F.C.	Pavas, San José	Ernesto Rohrmoser	3,000	2016

Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played from 20 July 2024 to 18 December 2024.

Regular season

The regular season began on 20 July 2024 and finished on 24 November 2024

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense	22	13	7	2	37	18	+19	46	Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2	Deportivo Saprissa	22	12	5	5	37	28	+9	41	Advance to Playoffs
3	San Carlos	22	10	9	3	41	26	+15	39
4	Herediano (C)	22	10	5	7	34	28	+6	35
5	Guanacasteca	22	10	5	7	26	31	−5	35
6	Cartaginés	22	10	4	8	33	29	+4	34
7	Sporting	22	8	3	11	27	27	0	27
8	Municipal Liberia	22	7	5	10	32	30	+2	26
9	Pérez Zeledón	22	4	10	8	20	27	−7	22
10	Santos de Guápiles	22	5	6	11	29	39	−10	21
11	Santa Ana	22	5	5	12	22	39	−17	20
12	Puntarenas	22	3	6	13	18	34	−16	15

Source: Soccerway
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) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	LDA	CSC	SAP	ADG	CSH	LIB	PFC	PZ	SCA	STA	SAN	SFC
Alajuelense	—	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Cartaginés	0–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–4	4–0	2–1	1–0
Deportivo Saprissa	3–0	1–0	—	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	2–2	3–2	2–1	3–3	1–0
Guanacasteca	1–0	1–3	2–0	—	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1
Herediano	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	—	5–4	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0
Municipal Liberia	1–2	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	—	4–2	1–0	1–2	2–3	4–0	1–1
Puntarenas	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–0	—	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–2
Pérez Zeledón	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–2
San Carlos	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	—	5–1	2–2	2–0
Santa Ana	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–4	—	1–1	0–2
Santos de Guápiles	1–3	1–0	1–2	4–0	3–4	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–4	1–0	—	2–1
Sporting	0–1	6–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 01 December 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Alajuelense	0	2	2
	4	Herediano	2	2	4
								4	Herediano	3	0	3
								2	Saprissa	0	2	2
	2	Saprissa	2	2	4
	3	San Carlos	2	0	2

Clausura

The Clausura 2025 season was played from 10 January 2025 to 21 May 2025.

Regular season

The regular season was played from 10 January 2025 to 7 May 2025.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Herediano	22	13	7	2	38	18	+20	46	Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2	Alajuelense (C)	22	10	12	0	28	12	+16	42	Advance to Playoffs
3	Puntarenas	22	11	8	3	29	18	+11	41
4	Deportivo Saprissa	22	11	6	5	30	18	+12	39
5	Cartaginés	22	11	5	6	29	16	+13	38
6	Sporting San José	22	9	4	9	25	28	−3	31
7	Municipal Liberia	22	7	3	12	26	26	0	24
8	Santos de Guápiles[a] (D)	22	6	6	10	26	33	−7	24	Disqualified from competition
9	Pérez Zeledón	22	6	5	11	16	28	−12	23
10	San Carlos	22	4	7	11	16	23	−7	19
11	Guanacasteca[b] (D)	22	3	7	12	12	33	−21	16	Disqualified from competition
12	Santa Ana	22	2	8	12	22	44	−22	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: Soccerway
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) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

1. The license of Santos was revoked by the FCRF and are ineligible to play the rest of the Clausura season.^[4]
2. The license of Guanacasteca was revoked by the FCRF and are ineligible to play the rest of the Clausura season. ^[5]

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	CTG	SPR	GUA	HER	LIB	PUN	PER	SCA	SAA	SNT	SPO
Alajuelense	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–3	2–0	0–0
Cartaginés	1–1	—	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	5–0	1–2
Deportivo Saprissa	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–0
Guanacasteca	1–1	1–0	2–0	—	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–3
Herediano	1–2	1–1	3–1	4–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Municipal Liberia	1–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–0
Puntarenas	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1
Pérez Zeledón	1–2	0–1	0–3	3–0	0–1	1–5	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
San Carlos	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	—	1–1	3–0	0–1
Santa Ana	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	1–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–3	1–2
Santos de Guápiles	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–3	—	2–3
Sporting San José	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–4	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Herediano	0	2	2
	4	Saprissa	4	0	4
								Saprissa		3	0	3
								Alajuelense		3	1	4
	2	Alajuelense	0	1	1
	3	Puntarenas	0	0	0

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense	44	23	19	2	65	30	+35	88	Qualification for the Central American Cup group stage
2	Herediano	44	23	12	9	72	46	+26	81
3	Deportivo Saprissa	44	23	11	10	67	46	+21	80
4	Cartaginés	44	21	9	14	62	45	+17	72
5	San Carlos	44	14	16	14	57	49	+8	58
6	Sporting San José	44	17	7	20	52	55	−3	58
7	Puntarenas	44	14	14	16	47	52	−5	56
8	Guanacasteca[a] (D)	44	13	12	19	38	64	−26	51	Disqualified from competition
9	Municipal Liberia	44	14	8	22	58	56	+2	50
10	Santos de Guápiles[b] (D)	44	11	12	21	55	72	−17	45	Disqualified from competition
11	Pérez Zeledón	44	10	15	19	36	55	−19	45
12	Santa Ana (R)	44	7	13	24	44	83	−39	34	Relegation to Liga de Ascenso

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2025. Source: Soccerway
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
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The license of Guanacasteca was revoked by the FCRF and are ineligible to play the rest of the Clausura season. ^[5]
2. The license of Santos was revoked by the FCRF and are ineligible to play the rest of the Clausura season.^{[4] [5] [4]}