2014–15 Liga FPD
# 2014–15 Liga FPD

The 2014–15 Costa Rican FPD was the 95th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It was divided into two championships: the Invierno [winter] and Verano [summer] seasons.

The Invierno season was dedicated to Manuel Antonio "Pilo" Obando.

## Teams

The league was contested by a total of 12 teams, including Puma Generaleña, promoted from the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso. While Puntarenas were relegated.

### Personnel, kits and Stadia

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alajuelense | Óscar Ramírez | Puma | Movistar, Ibérico | Alejandro Morera Soto - Scotiabank | 18,000 |
| Puma Generaleña | Édgar Carvajal | JB | Arroz Sabanero | Municipal de Pérez Zeledón | 6,000 |
| Belén | Briance Camacho | JB | Bridgestone | Polideportivo de Belén | 3,000 |
| Carmelita | Guilherme Farinha | Sportek | Great Wall | Alejandro Morera Soto - Scotiabank | 18,000 |
| Cartaginés | Mauricio Wright | Lotto | Huawei, Bancrédito | "Fello" Meza | 13,500 |
| Herediano | César Méndez | Umbro | kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel | Eladio Rosabal Cordero | 8,500 |
| Limón | Rónald Gómez | Sportek | APM Terminals | Juan Gobán | 3,000 |
| Pérez Zeledón | Marvin Solano | Canastico | kölbi, GAFESO | Municipal de Pérez Zeledón | 6,000 |
| Santos | Enrique Meza, Jr. | Joma | PickLounge | Ebal Rodríguez | 3,000 |
| Saprissa | Rónald González | Kappa | Bimbo, Ibérico | Ricardo Saprissa | 23,000 |
| UCR | José Giacone | Sportek | — | Estadio Ecológico | 1,800 |
| Uruguay de Coronado | 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 | Eduardo Méndez | TBD | 2014 | Jafet Soto | 2014 | th (2014) |
| Limón | Ronald Gomez | Sacked | 2014 | Kenneth Barrantes | 2014 | th ( 2014) |
| Pérez Zeledón | Marvin Solano | Sacked | 2014 | Víctor Abelenda | 2014 | th (2014) |
| Puma Generaleña | Edgar Carvajal | Sacked | 2014 | Mario Carrera | 2014 | th ( 2014) |
| Saprissa | Ronald Gonzalez | Sacked | 2014 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 53 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Herediano | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 46 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Cartaginés | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 42 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Saprissa | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 41 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 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 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | BEL | CRM | CAR | HER | LIM | PEZ | PUM | SAN | SAP | UCR | URU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alajuelense | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Belén | 2–0 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Carmelita | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Cartaginés | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Herediano | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 6–2 |
| Limón | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Pérez Zeledón | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 6–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 |
| Puma Generaleña | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Santos | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Saprissa | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 |
| Uruguay | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Saprissa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Saprissa | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| | | | | | 2 | Herediano | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Herediano | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Herediano | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Cartaginés | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Armando Alonso | Alajuelense | 6 |
| 2 | Angelo Padilla | Carmelita | 5 |
| 2 | Fabrizio Ronchetti | Pérez Zeledón | 5 |
| 2 | Jonathan Sibaja | UCR | 5 |
| 5 | Alejandro Alpízar | Pérez Zeledón | 4 |
| 5 | Ariel Contreras | UCR | 4 |
| 5 | Cristian Lagos | Santos | 4 |
| 5 | Jerry Palacios | Alajuelense | 4 |
| 5 | Ariel Rodríguez | Saprissa | 4 |
| 10 | Leonardo Adams | Belén | 3 |
| 10 | Juan Bustos | Saprissa | 3 |
| 10 | Victor Coto | UCR | 3 |
| 10 | Allan Duarte | UCR | 3 |
| 10 | Kevin Fajardo | Santos | 3 |
| 10 | Ismael Fuentes | Santos | 3 |
| 10 | Josué Martínez | UCR | 3 |
| 10 | Aaron Navarro | Puma | 3 |
| 10 | Víctor Núñez | Herediano | 3 |
| 10 | Antonio Pedroza | Herediano | 3 |
| 10 | Olman Vargas | UCR | 3 |

Source:

### List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Invierno 2014. The following players:

* have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
* 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.

## Campeonato de Verano

The tournament will begin in January 2015.

### Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Verano)

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

### First Stage

**Standings**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saprissa | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 45 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Santos | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 40 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Herediano | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 39 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Alajuelense | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 37 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 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 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | BEL | CRM | CAR | HER | LIM | PEZ | PUM | SAN | SAP | UCR | URU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alajuelense | | 6–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Belén | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Carmelita | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Cartaginés | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 7–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Herediano | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Limón | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Pérez Zeledón | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Puma Generaleña | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Santos | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Saprissa | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Uruguay | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |

* ↑ 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.

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saprissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Alajuelense | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Alajuelense | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Alajuelense | 1 | 2 | 3 (2) |
| | | | | | 3 | Herediano (p) | 1 | 2 | 3 (3) |
| 2 | Santos de Guápiles | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Herediano (p) | 1 | 2 | 3 (3) |
| 3 | Herediano | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |

## Top goalscorers

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

* have played at least one Verano game for the respective club.
* 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.

## Overall standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 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 | $Limón^1$ | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 31 | |
| 12 | Puma Generaleña | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 26 | Relegation to Liga de Ascenso |

* ↑ 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.
