Costa Rica - Primera Division

Costa Rica - Primera Division

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DateRHjemme v Borte-
03/30 01:00 15 Municipal Perez Zeledon v Santos de Guápiles View
03/30 21:00 15 AD Grecia v Cartagines View
03/31 22:00 15 Deportivo Saprissa v Herediano View
03/31 23:00 15 Puntarenas v Municipal Liberia View
04/01 00:15 15 Sporting San Jose v AD Guanacasteca View
04/01 01:00 15 Alajuelense v AD San Carlos View
04/04 02:00 13 Deportivo Saprissa v Municipal Perez Zeledon View
04/06 23:00 16 Cartagines v Alajuelense View
04/07 01:15 16 AD San Carlos v Municipal Perez Zeledon View
04/07 02:00 16 Herediano v AD Grecia View
04/07 21:00 16 AD Guanacasteca v Puntarenas View
04/07 22:00 16 Deportivo Saprissa v Sporting San Jose View
04/07 23:00 16 Santos de Guápiles v Municipal Liberia View
04/14 16:00 17 Puntarenas v Sporting San Jose View
04/14 18:00 17 Santos de Guápiles v Herediano View
04/14 18:00 17 AD Grecia v Deportivo Saprissa View
04/14 18:00 17 Municipal Perez Zeledon v Alajuelense View
04/14 18:00 17 Cartagines v AD San Carlos View
04/14 23:00 17 Municipal Liberia v AD Guanacasteca View
04/17 16:00 18 Puntarenas v Municipal Perez Zeledon View
04/17 18:00 18 AD Guanacasteca v AD San Carlos View
04/17 18:00 18 Alajuelense v AD Grecia View
04/17 18:00 18 Sporting San Jose v Santos de Guápiles View
04/17 18:00 18 Herediano v Cartagines View
04/17 23:00 18 Deportivo Saprissa v Municipal Liberia View
04/21 18:00 19 Santos de Guápiles v Puntarenas View
04/21 18:00 19 AD Guanacasteca v Herediano View
04/21 18:00 19 Alajuelense v Deportivo Saprissa View
04/21 18:00 19 Municipal Perez Zeledon v AD Grecia View
04/21 18:00 19 AD San Carlos v Sporting San Jose View

Wikipedia - Liga FPD

The Primera División of Costa Rica, commonly known as Liga de Fútbol de Primera División (Liga FPD), and Liga Promerica for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football division in Costa Rica. It is administered by the Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División (UNAFUT). The league consists of 12 teams, with the last-placed team relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

The league was founded in 1921, with Herediano crowned as the first champions. Saprissa is the most successful club having won the championship a record 39 times. Together with Alajuelense (30 titles) and Herediano (29 titles), they have dominated the league.

History

Saprissa's Christian Bolaños disputes the ball against Alajuelense's Rónald Matarrita. Alajuelense and Saprissa have the biggest rivalry in the league, known as El Clásico

On 13 June 1921, the Costa Rican Football Federation was created. With its creation, the need of a tournament also emerged, along with the establishment of a national team, as a result of Costa Rica being invited to the 1921 Juegos del Centenario in Guatemala.

The first season of the Costa Rican Primera División was played in 1921 with seven teams: Alajuelense, Cartaginés, Herediano, La Libertad, Sociedad Gimnástica Española, Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense and La Unión de Tres Ríos. La Libertad and Gimnástica Limonense played the first ever match of the Liga FPD, with La Libertad emerging victorious with a lone goal scored by Rafael Madrigal. Herediano were crowned as champions.

In 1999, the Costa Rican Football Federation created the UNAFUT (acronym of Unión de Clubes de Fútbol de la Primera División), an entity designed for the organization and administration of the Primera División tournament and its youth leagues (known as Alto Rendimiento).

On 9 January 2014, UNAFUT decided to rename the tournament to Liga FPD, in order to give more identity to the league.

The main rivalry in the league is El Clásico, played by Alajuelense and Saprissa, as both teams are the most successful in the league and both share the vast majority of followers throughout the country. Since their first encounter at the old national stadium on 12 October 1949, the two teams have faced each other in over 300 matches, with the winning balance in favor of Saprissa.