2005–06 Primera División (Costa Rica)
# 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 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 32 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 2 | Puntarenas F.C. | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 28 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 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 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saprissa | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 37 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 2 | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 26 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 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 | |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Puntarenas F.C. | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 37 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 2 | Saprissa | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 33 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 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 :

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brujas F.C. | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 24 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 23 | Qualified to the playoffs |
| 3 | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 22 | |
| 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 | |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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.

* Primera División de Costa Rica 2005-06
* Saprissa 25th title

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Saprissa | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 70 | Primera División Champion 2005-06 |
| 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 | Relegated to Segunda Division |
