2015–16 Liga FPD
# 2015–16 Liga FPD

The 2015–16 Costa Rican FPD was the 95th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It was divided in two championships: the Invierno and Verano seasons.

The Invierno season will be dedicated to Manuel Antonio "Pilo" Obando.

## Teams

The league will be contested by a total of 12 teams, including Municipal Liberia, promoted from the 2014–15 Liga de Ascenso, meanwhile Puma Generaleña were relegated.

### Personnel, kits and Stadia

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alajuelense | Javier Delgado | Puma | Movistar, Ibérico | Alejandro Morera Soto | 18,000 |
| Belén | José Giacone | Living Sports | Bridgestone | Polideportivo de Belén | 3,000 |
| Carmelita | Daniel Casas | Sportek | Great Wall | Alejandro Morera Soto | 18,000 |
| Cartaginés | César Eduardo Méndez | Joma | Huawei, Bancrédito | "Fello" Meza | 13,500 |
| Herediano | Minor Díaz | Umbro | kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel | Eladio Rosabal Cordero | 8,500 |
| Limón | Horacio Esquivel | Sportek | APM Terminals | Juan Gobán | 3,000 |
| Municipal Liberia | Erick Rodríguez | Sportek | | Estadio Edgardo Baltodano | 6,000 |
| Pérez Zeledón | Mauricio Wright | Canastico | kölbi, GAFESO | Municipal de Pérez Zeledón | 6,000 |
| Santos | Johnny Chaves | Living Sports | PickLounge | Ebal Rodríguez | 3,000 |
| Saprissa | Carlos Watson | Kappa | Bimbo, Ibérico | Ricardo Saprissa | 23,000 |
| UCR | Guilherme Farinha | Propia | — | Estadio Ecológico | 1,800 |
| Uruguay de Coronado | Rónald González | Lotto | CoopeAlianza | Municipal El Labrador | 4,000 |

## Managerial changes

### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Appointed | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Limón | Kenneth Barrantes | TBD | 2015 | Horacio Esquivel | 2015 | th (2015) |
| Pérez Zeledón | Víctor Abelenda | Sacked | 2015 | Juan Eugenio Jiménez | 2015 | th ( 2015) |
| Santos | César Eduardo Méndez | Sacked | 2015 | Jhonny Chaves | 2015 | th (2015) |
| UCR | José Giacone | Sacked | 2015 | Omar Royero | 2015 | th ( 2015) |
| Alajuelense | Oscar Ramírez | Sacked | 2015 | Hernán Torres Oliveros | 2015 | th ( 2015) |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Appointed | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cartaginés | Claudio Ciccia | Sacked | August 17, 2015 | Cesar Mendez | 18 August 2015 | th (2014) |
| Municipal Liberia | Orlando De León | Passed Away | 22 August 2015 | Gustavo Martínez | 26 August 2015 | th ( 2015) |
| UCR | Omar Royero | Sacked | August 24, 2015 | Guilherme Farinha | August 25, 2015 | th (2015) |
| Pérez Zeledón | Juan Eugenio Jiménez | Sacked | September 2015 | Flavio da Silva | September, 2015 | th (2015) |
| Deportivo Saprissa | Jeaustin Campos | Sacked | September 2015 | Douglas Sequeira | September, 2015 | th (2015) |
| Belen | Gerardo Ureña | Sacked | September, 2015 | Juan Cruz | September, 2015 | th (2015) |
| Municipal Liberia | Gustavo Martínez | Sacked | October 2015 | Erick Rodríguez | October 2015 | th (2015) |
| Deportivo Saprissa | Douglas Sequeira | Sacked | October 2015 | Carlos Watson | October 2015 | th (2015) |
| Belen | Juan Cruz | Resigned | October 2015 | José Giacone | October 2015 | th (2015) |
| Carmelita | Hugo Robles | Sacked | November 2015 | Harold López | November 2015 | th (2015) |

## Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 2015, with TBD defeating TBD 2–0, with Guatemalan player TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It ended on 2015, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

### First stage

**Standings**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 45 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Herediano | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 43 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 39 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Limón | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 37 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Cartaginés | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 36 | |
| 6 | Santos de Guápiles | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 34 | |
| 7 | UCR | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 27 | |
| 8 | Uruguay | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 24 | |
| 9 | Belén Siglo XXI | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 21 | |
| 10 | Municipal Liberia | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 21 | |
| 11 | Carmelita | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 32 | −20 | 20 | |
| 12 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 44 | −22 | 15 | |

### Results

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

### Second stage

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

**Semifinals**

**Second legs**

Alajuelense won 3–0 on aggregate.

Saprissa won 3–2 on aggregate.

**Finals**

**Second leg**

Saprissa won 4–1 on aggregate.

### List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Invierno 2015. 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.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ariel Rodríguez | Saprissa | 20 |
| 2 | Erick Scott | Limón | 18 |
| 3 | Víctor Núñez | Guápiles | 11 |
| 4 | Alejandro Alpízar | Uruguay | 10 |
| 5 | Leonardo Adams | Belén Siglo | 9 |
| 6 | Walter Silva | Uruguay | 9 |
| 7 | Randall Brenes | Cartaginés | 8 |
| 8 | Jonathan McDonald | Alajuelense | 8 |
| 9 | Carlos Discua | Alajuelense | 7 |
| 10 | Jonathan Hansen | Herediano | 7 |

## Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began in January 2016, with TBD defeating TBD 2–0, with TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It will end in June 2016, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

### Personnel, kits and stadia

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alajuelense | Javier Delgado | Puma | Movistar, Ibérico | Alejandro Morera Soto | 18,000 |
| Belén | José Giacone | Livin Sports | Bridgestone | Polideportivo de Belén | 3,000 |
| Carmelita | Daniel Casas | Sportek | Great Wall | Alejandro Morera Soto | 18,000 |
| Cartaginés | Cesar Eduardo Mendez | Lotto | Huawei, Bancrédito | "Fello" Meza | 8,300 |
| Herediano | Odir Jacques | Umbro | kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel | Eladio Rosabal Cordero | 8,500 |
| Limón | Horacio Esquivel | Sportek | APM Terminals | Juan Gobán | 3,000 |
| Municipal Liberia | Erick Rodríguez | Sportek | | Estadio Edgardo Baltodano | 6,000 |
| Pérez Zeledón | Mauricio Wright | Canastico | kölbi, GAFESO | Municipal de Pérez Zeledón | 6,000 |
| Santos | Jhonny Chaves | Livin Sports | PickLounge | Ebal Rodríguez | 3,000 |
| Saprissa | Carlos Watson | Kappa | Bimbo, Ibérico | Ricardo Saprissa | 23,000 |
| UCR | Guilherme Farinha | Propia | — | Estadio Ecológico | 1,800 |
| Uruguay de Coronado | Martín Cardetti | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Uruguay | Martin Cardetti | Sacked | 2016 | Ronald Gonzales | 2016 | th (2016) |
| Herediano | Odir Jacques | Resigned | 2016 | Mauricio Solis | 2016 | th ( 2015) |
| Herediano | Mauricio Solis | Caretaker ended | 2016 | Hernan Medford | 2016 | th (2016) |
| Carmelita | Daniel Casas | Sacked | 2016 | Vincio Alvarado | 2016 | th (2016) |

**First stage**

**Standings**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Herediano | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 50 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Saprissa | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 47 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Alajuelense | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 42 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Belén | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 39 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Universidad de Costa Rica | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 32 | |
| 6 | Cartaginés | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 31 | |
| 7 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 29 | |
| 8 | Municipal Liberia | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 25 | |
| 9 | Carmelita | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 23 | |
| 10 | Limón | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 21 | |
| 11 | Santos | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 18 | |
| 12 | Uruguay | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 17 | |

**Results**

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

### Second stage

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

**Semifinals**

**Second legs**

2-2 on aggregate. Herediano progressed as the higher seed.

Alajuelense won 5–1 on aggregate.

**Finals**

**Second leg**

Herediano won 3–0 on aggregate.

### List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Verano 2016. 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.

## Aggregate table

The following table combined the two seasons together.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Herediano | 44 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 28 | +38 | 93 | Qualification to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 44 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 87 | |
| 3 | Saprissa | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 81 | 35 | +46 | 86 | Qualification to the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 44 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 67 | |
| 5 | Belén | 44 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 60 | |
| 6 | Universidad de Costa Rica | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 59 | |
| 7 | Limón | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 58 | |
| 8 | Santos | 44 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 52 | |
| 9 | Municipal Liberia | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 46 | |
| 10 | Pérez Zeledón | 44 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 44 | |
| 11 | Carmelita | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 72 | −35 | 43 | |
| 12 | Uruguay (R) | 44 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 43 | 77 | −34 | 41 | Relegation to the 2016–17 Segunda División |
