2005–06 Primera División (Costa Rica)

Primera División de Costa Rica (Costa Rica First Division) is a Costa Rican football tournament composed of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Costa Rican football.

In both the Apertura and Clausura, 2 groups of 6 teams are conformed, they will play twice (Home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once game with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The top 2 teams from each group after the final round of the Apertura and the Clausura qualify for the playoffs.

Apertura 2005

Group stage

Group A

Club Pld W D L GF GA +/- Points
1. Alajuelense 16 9 5 2 29 9 +20 32
2. Puntarenas F.C. 16 8 4 4 23 15 +8 28
3. Herediano 16 8 4 4 23 16 +7 28
4. Santacrucena 16 6 2 8 17 19 -2 20
5. Liberia 16 2 2 12 9 33 -24 8
6. Ramonense 16 0 3 13 7 32 -25 3

Group B

Club Pld W D L GF GA +/- Points
1. Saprissa 16 11 4 1 28 12 +16 37
2. Pérez Zeledón 16 7 5 4 21 18 +3 26
3. Cartaginés 16 7 4 5 30 22 +8 25
4. Brujas F.C. 16 6 7 3 16 12 +4 25
5. Santos 16 5 6 5 22 23 -1 21
6. Carmelita 16 2 4 10 11 25 -14 10
Teams qualified to the playoffs

Playoffs

SemifinalsFinals
1A Alajuelense 0 1 1 (4)
2B Perez Zeledon 1 0 1 (5)   Saprissa 1 1 1 (4)
1B Saprissa 0 4 4   Perez Zeledon 1 1 1 (2)
2A Puntarenas F.C. 2 1 3
Apertura 2005 winners:
Saprissa

Clausura 2006

Group stage

Group A

Club Pld W D L GF GA +/- Points
1. Puntarenas F.C. 16 11 4 1 29 12 +17 37
2. Saprissa 16 10 3 3 22 16 +6 33
3. Liberia 16 10 2 4 28 18 +10 32
4. Herediano 16 7 2 7 19 18 +1 23
5. Ramonense 16 6 1 9 16 19 -3 19
6. Santacrucena 16 2 1 13 9 29 -20 7

Group B

Club Pld W D L GF GA +/- Points
1. Brujas F.C. 16 7 3 6 19 17 +2 24
2. Alajuelense 16 7 2 7 20 15 +5 23
3. Pérez Zeledón 16 6 4 6 20 16 +4 23
4. Carmelita 16 5 4 7 18 19 -1 19
5. Cartaginés 16 4 5 7 15 22 -7 17
6. Santos 16 4 3 9 15 29 -14 15
Teams qualified to the playoffs

Playoffs

SemifinalsFinals
1A Puntarenas F.C. 0 1 1
2B Alajuelense 2 1 3   Saprissa 1 2 3
1B Brujas F.C. 0 1 1   Alajuelense 1 1 2
2A Saprissa 1 2 3
Clausura 2006 winners:
Saprissa

Final

No Final was played as Saprissa won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Champion

Primera División de Costa Rica 2005-06:
Saprissa
25th Title

Aggregate Table

Club Pld W D L GF GA +/- Points
1. Saprissa 32 21 7 4 50 28 +22 70
2. Puntarenas F.C. 32 19 8 5 52 28 +24 65
3. Alajuelense 32 16 7 9 49 24 +25 55
4. Herediano 32 15 6 11 42 34 +8 51
5. Brujas F.C. 32 13 10 9 35 29 +6 49
6. Pérez Zeledón 32 13 9 10 41 34 +7 48
7. Cartaginés 32 11 9 12 45 44 +1 42
8. Liberia 32 12 4 16 37 51 -14 40
9. Santos 32 9 9 14 37 52 -15 36
10. Carmelita 32 7 8 17 29 44 -15 29
11. Santacrucena 32 8 3 21 26 48 -22 27
12. Ramonense 32 6 4 22 23 51 -28 22
Primera División Champion 2005-06
Relegated to Segunda Division
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