2008–09 Primera División (Costa Rica)

The Invierno 2008-09 season started on July 27 with 2 groups of 6 teams, they will play twice (home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The 3 top teams of each group qualify for the playoffs. The winners of group A and B get a bye week, while the 2nd of group A plays the 3rd of group B and the 2nd of group B plays the 3rd of group A. The winners of these series move to the semi-final series.

The home field advantage in the playoffs is given to the team with the best record in the group stage.

The winner of the playoff series will gain entry into the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10.^[1] The runner-up will gain entry into the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round. If the same team wins both the Invierno and Verano tournaments then the preliminary round spot will be awarded to the team with the next best regular season record in the Verano tournament.

Invierno 2008

Group stage

Group A

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Saprissa	16	8	5	3	30	15	+15	29
2.	Brujas	16	8	4	4	33	22	+11	28
3.	Liberia Mía	16	7	3	6	30	32	-2	24
4.	Puntarenas F.C.	16	6	3	7	22	27	-5	21
5.	Ramonense	16	3	6	7	19	31	-12	15
6.	Carmelita	16	0	9	7	21	34	-13	9

Group B

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Alajuelense	16	7	6	3	24	18	+6	27
2.	Pérez Zeledón	16	7	5	4	23	19	+4	26
3.	San Carlos	16	7	3	6	27	25	+2	24
4.	Herediano	16	6	4	6	21	20	+1	22
5.	Universidad de Costa Rica	16	4	5	7	18	23	-5	17
6.	Cartaginés	16	3	7	6	16	18	-2	16


	Teams qualified to the semifinals.


	Teams qualified to the quarterfinals

Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					B1	Alajuelense	1	3	4
A2	Brujas	0	1	1	B3	San Carlos	2	1	3
B3	San Carlos	2	1	3						B1	Alajuelense	2	0	2
										A1	Deportivo Saprissa	0	3	3
					A1	Deportivo Saprissa	1	4	5
B2	Pérez Zeledón	2	0(4PK)	2	B2	Pérez Zeledón	1	2	3
A3	Liberia Mía	2	0(3PK)	2

Invierno 2008 winners:
Saprissa

Verano 2009

Group stage

Group A

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Brujas	16	7	5	4	21	14	+7	26
2.	Liberia Mía	16	7	5	4	19	16	+3	26
3.	Ramonense	16	6	5	5	22	19	+3	23
4.	Puntarenas F.C.	16	5	6	5	18	21	-3	21
5.	Carmelita	16	3	5	8	14	24	-10	14
6.	Alajuelense	16	3	4	9	14	22	-8	13

Group B

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Saprissa	16	10	3	3	26	13	+13	33
2.	Herediano	16	9	3	4	22	15	+7	30
3.	Pérez Zeledón	16	6	5	5	19	17	+2	23
4.	Cartaginés	16	5	8	3	13	11	+2	23
5.	San Carlos	16	4	6	6	18	17	+1	18
6.	Universidad de Costa Rica	16	3	1	12	11	28	-17	10


	Teams qualified to the semifinals.


	Teams qualified to the quarterfinals

Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

					B1	Saprissa	1	0	1
A2	Liberia Mía	2	1	3	A2	Liberia Mía	1	1	2
B3	Pérez Zeledón	1	0	1						A2	Liberia Mía	0	3	3
										B2	Herediano	0	0	0
					A1	Brujas	1	1	2
B2	Herediano	1	2	3	B2	Herediano	3	3	6
A3	Ramonense	0	2	2

Verano 2009 winners:
Liberia Mía

Aggregate Table

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Saprissa	32	18	8	6	56	28	+28	62
2.	Brujas	32	15	9	8	54	36	+18	54
3.	Herediano	32	15	7	10	43	35	+8	52
4.	Liberia Mía	32	14	8	10	49	48	+1	50
5.	Pérez Zeledón	32	12	10	9	42	36	+6	49
6.	San Carlos	32	11	9	12	45	42	+3	42
7.	Puntarenas F.C.	32	11	9	12	40	48	-8	42
8.	Alajuelense	32	10	10	12	38	40	-2	40
9.	Cartaginés	32	8	15	9	29	29	0	39
10.	Ramonense	32	9	11	12	41	50	-9	38
11.	UCR	32	7	6	19	29	51	-22	27
12.	Carmelita	32	3	14	15	35	58	-23	23

Saprissa earned CRC1 spot in 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
Liberia Mía earned CRC2 spot in 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.
Herediano earned CRC3 spot in 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League (berth reallocated from Nicaragua).

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Victor Núñez	8	Liberia Mía
Alejandro Alpízar	5	Saprissa
Jacques Rémy	5	Liberia Mía
Mauricio Solís	5	Herediano
Diego País	4	Pérez Zeledón
Mario Camacho	4	Puntarenas F.C.
Keylor Soto	4	Brujas
Alejandro Sequeira	4	Ramonense
Esteban Santana	3	Carmelita
Windell Gabriels	3	Alajuelense

References

↑ "Qualifying Format Unveiled for 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League". CONCACAF. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.

External links

Official League Standings

Primera División de Costa Rica

2014–15 teams	Alajuelense Belén Carmelita Cartaginés Herediano Limón Municipal Liberia Pérez Zeledón Santos de Guápiles Saprissa Universidad de Costa Rica Uruguay

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Associated competitions	CONCACAF Champions League UNCAF Club Championships (defunct)

Related articles	List of football clubs in Costa Rica Costa Rica national football team

Former teams	Barrio México Brujas Buenos Aires Corsarios Curridabat Gimnástica Española Goicochea Guanacasteca Hispano Atlético Juventud Mata Redonda La Unión Liberia Mía La Libertad Limonense Moravia Orión Osa Once Tigres Puma Palmares Progreso Puntarenas Ramonense Rohrmoser Sagrada Familia San Carlos Santa Bárbara Santacruceña Turrialba

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Primera División seasons

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Domestic leagues	Belize Canada '08 '09 Costa Rica El Salvador '08 A '09 C Guatemala Honduras Jamaica Mexico '08 A '09 C Nicaragua Panama '08 C '09 A Trinidad and Tobago '08 '09 United States '08 '09

Domestic cups	Canada '08 '09 Trinidad and Tobago United States '08 '09

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Preliminary round Group stage Championship round Finals) North American SuperLiga '08 '09 CFU Club Championship

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