2014–15 Costa Rican FPD season

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

All statistics correct as of 15 October 2014.

The 2014–15 Costa Rican FPD will be the 95th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It is divided in two championships: the Invierno and Verano seasons.

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 Puma Generaleña, promoted from the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso. While Puntarenas were relegated.

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 Costa Rica Óscar Ramírez Puma Movistar, Ibérico Alejandro Morera Soto - Scotiabank 18,000
Puma Generaleña Costa Rica Édgar Carvajal JB Arroz Sabanero Municipal de Pérez Zeledón 6,000
Belén Costa Rica Briance Camacho JB Bridgestone Polideportivo de Belén 3,000
Carmelita Portugal Guilherme Farinha Sportek Great Wall Alejandro Morera Soto - Scotiabank 18,000
Cartaginés Costa Rica Mauricio Wright Lotto Huawei, Bancrédito "Fello" Meza 13,500
Herediano Uruguay César Méndez Umbro kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel Eladio Rosabal Cordero 8,500
Limón Costa Rica Rónald Gómez Sportek APM Terminals Juan Gobán 3,000
Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica Marvin Solano Canastico kölbi, GAFESO Municipal de Pérez Zeledón 6,000
Santos Mexico Enrique Meza, Jr. Joma PickLounge Ebal Rodríguez 3,000
Saprissa Costa Rica Rónald González Kappa Bimbo, Ibérico Ricardo Saprissa 23,000
UCR Argentina José Giacone Sportek Estadio Ecológico 1,800
Uruguay de Coronado Costa Rica 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 Uruguay Eduardo Méndez TBD 2014 Costa Rica Jafet Soto 2014 th (2014)
Limón Costa Rica Ronald Gomez Sacked 2014 Costa Rica Kenneth Barrantes 2014 th ( 2014)
Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica Marvin Solano Sacked 2014 Uruguay Víctor Abelenda 2014 th (2014)
Puma Generaleña Costa Rica Edgar Carvajal Sacked 2014 Costa Rica Mario Carrera 2014 th ( 2014)
Saprissa Costa Rica Ronald Gonzalez Sacked 2014 Costa Rica 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 or relegation
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 games played on 10 September 2014.
Source: Resultados Invierno 2014 - UNAFUT.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ALA BEL CRMCARHERLIMPEZPUMSANSAPUCRURU
Alajuelense 22 20 21 10 21 21 50 10 02 21 30
Belén 20 14 01 22 10 00 31 11 43 11 42
Carmelita 02 20 11 01 20 12 32 03 10 03 20
Cartaginés 02 20 12 42 10 10 21 10 10 00 31
Herediano 10 11 20 10 30 51 51 20 32 00 62
Limón 01 21 00 24 14 12 01 31 23 20 11
Pérez Zeledón 23 11 11 10 21 21 21 64 11 23 42
Puma Generaleña 12 00 11 01 14 00 10 12 02 33 21
Santos 12 12 21 21 01 02 22 21 01 21 20
Saprissa 02 21 21 12 10 20 41 42 32 31 21
Universidad de Costa Rica 00 21 00 11 00 10 21 31 20 20 30
Uruguay 02 10 00 01 01 11 10 10 02 11 21

Updated to games played on 2014.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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

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

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 Costa Rica Armando Alonso Alajuelense 6
2 Guatemala Angelo Padilla Carmelita 5
Uruguay Fabrizio Ronchetti Pérez Zeledón 5
Costa Rica Jonathan Sibaja UCR 5
5 Costa Rica Alejandro Alpízar Pérez Zeledón 4
Costa Rica Ariel Contreras UCR 4
Costa Rica Cristian Lagos Santos 4
Honduras Jerry Palacios Alajuelense 4
Costa Rica Ariel Rodríguez Saprissa 4
10 Costa Rica Leonardo Adams Belén 3
Costa Rica Juan Bustos Saprissa 3
Costa Rica Victor Coto UCR 3
Costa Rica Allan Duarte UCR 3
Costa Rica Kevin Fajardo Santos 3
Chile Ismael Fuentes Santos 3
Costa Rica Josué Martínez UCR 3
Costa Rica Aaron Navarro Puma 3
Costa Rica Víctor Núñez Herediano 3
Mexico Antonio Pedroza Herediano 3
Costa Rica 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

Belén

  • Uruguay José Carlos Cancela

Carmelita

Cartaginés

  • Argentina Luciano Bostal
  • Uruguay Paolo Cardozo
  • Uruguay Leandro Silva

Herediano

Limón

  • Argentina Rodrigo Lucas Martella

(player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón

Puma Generaleña

  • Panama Yamir Vergara

Saprissa

Santos

Universidad de Costa Rica

Uruguay

  • Honduras 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 Costa Rica Oscar Ramírez TBD Puma SE Movistar, Ibérico, Banco General
Belén Costa Rica Briance Camacho TBD TBD TBD
Carmelita Portugal Guilherme Farinha Costa Rica TBD TBD
Cartaginés Mexico Enrique Meza Costa Rica TBD Lotto Bancrédito, Huawei
Herediano Costa Rica Mauricio Wright TBD Umbro kölbi
Limón Costa Rica Kenneth Barrantes Costa Rica TBD TBD TBD
Pérez Zeledón Uruguay Víctor Abelenda Costa Rica TBD TBD TBD
Puma Generaleña Costa Rica Marvin Solano Costa Rica TBD TBD TBD
Santos Uruguay César Eduardo Méndez Costa Rica TBD TBD TBD
Saprissa Costa Rica Jeaustin Campos Costa Rica TBD Kappa Bimbo, Ibérico, Gatorade, Claro
Universidad de Costa Rica Argentina José Giacone Costa Rica TBD LaTres Banco Nacional
Uruguay Argentina Martín Cardetti Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica Briance Camacho TBD 2015 Costa Rica Gerardo Ureña 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
Limón Uruguay Mario Silva Sacked 2015 Costa Rica Kenneth Barrantes 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
Cartaginés Mexico Enrique Maximiliano Meza 2015 Uruguay Claudio Fabián Ciccia 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
AD Carmelita Portugal Guillerme Farinha Sacked 2015 Costa Rica Erick Guillén Interim 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
AD Carmelita Costa Rica Erick Guillén 2015 Costa Rica Hugo Robles 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
AS Puma Generaleña Costa Rica Marvin Solano Sacked 2015 Costa Rica Edgar Carvajal 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
Herediano Costa Rica Mauricio Wright Sacked 2015 Brazil Odir Jacques 2015 th (Clausura 2015)

First Stage

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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 games played on 14 March 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ALA BEL CRMCARHERLIMPEZPUMSANSAPUCRURU
Alajuelense 60 01 62 40 12 10 50 22 02 22 30
Belén 11 50 11 13 14 10 20 24 12 00 10
Carmelita 20 30 20 00 10 03 01 01 23 10 13
Cartaginés 31 20 22 11 72 10 20 01 11 11 00
Herediano 01 10 21 10 20 21 32 11 10 32 22
Limón 02 30 031 10 21 21 01 20 12 32 13
Pérez Zeledón 12 21 52 11 10 21 32 31 13 10 11
Puma Generaleña 22 10 41 11 11 10 12 21 11 02 01
Santos 12 32 11 32 10 20 21 20 01 21 21
Saprissa 11 12 40 10 12 10 51 32 40 21 41
Universidad de Costa Rica 11 32 00 11 00 42 12 11 01 21 11
Uruguay 00 12 00 01 12 31 20 31 11 21 22

Updated to games played on 2014.
Source: []
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 (pen.) 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

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

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  





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Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Costa Rica Jonathan McDonald Alajuelense 19
2 Costa Rica Jonathan Moya Saprissa 18
3 Costa Rica Yendrick Ruiz Herediano 18
4 Costa Rica Ariel Rodriguez Saprissa 15
5 Costa Rica Kenneth Dixon Santos 15
6 Costa Rica 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

  • Brazil Yvanilton de Almeida
  • Argentina Leonel Peralta

Belén

  • Panama Brunet Hay
  • Mexico Carlos Elizalde Gomez
  • Mexico Misael Martín Reynoso
  • Colombia David Arguello Escobar

Carmelita

Cartaginés

  • Colombia William Palacio
  • Uruguay Fabrizio Ronchetti

Herediano

Limón

  • Argentina Ismael Gómez
  • Argentina Walter Ariel Silva

(player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón

  • Argentina Tomas Fonseca
  • Colombia Camilo Aguirre
  • Uruguay Christian Yeladian
  • Uruguay José Carlos Cancela

Puma Generaleña

Saprissa

Santos

  • Guatemala Jonathan López
  • Honduras Osman Elis Martínez

Universidad de Costa Rica

Uruguay

  • Argentina Gustavo Udrizard
  • Uruguay Bruno Weisser

Overall standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or 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
12 Puma Generaleña 32 7 5 20 33 62 29 26 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso

Updated to games played on 2015.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.

References

  1. Coto, Gerardo. "Pilo Obando será inmortalizado en el Invierno". UNAFUT.com. UNAFUT. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Asistencia a Estadios". UNAFUT.com. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. "Summary - Primera División - Costa Rica - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. Molina Salas, José Pablo. "Competición adjudica los puntos a Carmelita del duelo ante Limón FC". UNAFUT.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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