2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División season
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Article ImagesThe 2011–12 Primera División season is the 93rd of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano. The season began on 31 July 2011.
Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions | Alajuelense (2011 Invierno) Herediano (2012 Verano) |
Relegated | TBD |
Champions League | Alajuelense Herediano |
Matches played | 116 |
Goals scored | 321 (2.77 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Invierno: Randall Brenes (13) Verano: TBD |
Biggest home win | Invierno: Pérez Zeledón 7–1 Puntarenas |
Biggest away win | Invierno: San Carlos 0–4 Herediano |
Highest scoring | Invierno: Herediano 6–3 Cartaginés |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
Universidad de Costa Rica finished last season in last place in the overall table at the end of last season and were relegated to the Segunda División. Replacing them in the league for this season are the overall champions of last season's Segunda División competition, Belén Siglo XXI.
Barrio México were expelled from last year's competition during the 2011 Verano tournament and were eventually relegated from the league due to various financial difficulties.[1] They were not replaced for this season.
For this season, Brujas changed their name to Orión FC Desamparados.[2]
Due to the reduction of the league to 11 teams for this season, the league's format was changed for this season. There would be no groups this season. Instead, for both tournaments, the clubs would play every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 20 matches each. At the end of the regular season, the top 4 teams in the league standings would participate in the playoffs. At the end of the season, the last place club would participate in a promotion-relegation playoff against the Segunda División overall runners-up, while the Segunda División overall champions would be promoted to next season's competition automatically.[3]
- Saprissa 14,990
- Alajuelense 9,720
- Herediano 4,064
- Limón 3,220
- Cartaginés 3,090
- Santos de Guápiles 2,058
- San Carlos 2,109
- Puntarenas 2,027
- Pérez Zeledón 1,119
- Belén 1,117
- Orión 544
Campeonato de Invierno
The 2011 Campeonato de Invierno, officially the 2011 Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons, was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 31 July 2011 and ended on 18 December 2011.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Herediano | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 39 | Advances to the Semifinals |
2 | Alajuelense | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 37 | |
3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 35 | |
4 | Cartaginés | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 30 | |
5 | Puntarenas | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 28 | |
6 | Pérez Zeledón | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 26 | |
7 | Santos | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 25 | |
8 | San Carlos | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 21 | |
9 | Belén | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 19 | |
10 | Limón | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 19 | |
11 | Orión | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 17 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Herediano | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
4 | Cartaginés | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
Herediano | 1 | 1 (5) | 2 | ||||||||||
Alajuelense | 1 | 1 (6) | 2 | ||||||||||
2 | Alajuelense | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
3 | Saprissa | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2–2 on aggregate score, Alajuelense wins on penalties 6–5
Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank champion |
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Alajuelense 27th title |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Randall Brenes | Cartaginés | 13 |
2 | Jairo Arrieta | Saprissa | 12 |
4 | José Luis Cordero | Herediano | 12 |
5 | Victor Núñez | Herediano | 9 |
6 | Yendrick Ruiz | Puntarenas | 8 |
Olman Vargas | Herediano | 8 | |
7 | Jonathan McDonald | Alajuelense | 7 |
Kenny Cunnighan | San Carlos | 7 | |
Alejandro Castro | Santos | 7 | |
8 | Ismael Gómez | Limón | 6 |
Alejandro Alpízar | Alajuelense | 6 | |
Luciano Bostal | Pérez Zeledón | 6 | |
Josué Martínez | Saprissa | 6 | |
9 | José Cancela | Herediano | 5 |
Álvaro Sánchez | San Carlos | 5 | |
Diego Joaquín País | San Carlos | 5 |
Campeonato de Verano
The 2012 Campeonato de Verano began on 15 January 2012 and ended in May 2012.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pérez Zeledón | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 37 | Advances to the Semifinals |
2 | Santos | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 37 | |
3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 36 | |
4 | Herediano | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 34 | |
5 | Alajuelense | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 33 | |
6 | Cartaginés | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 33 | |
7 | San Carlos | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 29 | |
8 | Belén | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 28 | |
9 | Puntarenas | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 18 | |
10 | Limón | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 16 | |
11 | Orión | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 42 | −30 | 8 |
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2012. Source: Posiciones – Unafut.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2012. Source: Resultados – Unafut.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Pérez Zeledón | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Herediano | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
Herediano | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
Santos | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
2 | Santos | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
3 | Saprissa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Campeonato de Verano Scotiabank champion |
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Herediano 22nd title |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Herediano | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 73 | Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 40 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 71 | |
3 | Alajuelense | 40 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 70 | Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
4 | Pérez Zeledón | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 63 | |
5 | Cartaginés | 40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 63 | |
6 | Santos | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 62 | |
7 | San Carlos | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 50 | |
8 | Belén | 40 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 47 | |
9 | Puntarenas | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 46 | |
10 | Limón | 40 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 37 | 67 | −30 | 35 | |
11 | Orión | 40 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 76 | −44 | 25 | Promotion-relegation playoff |
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2012. Source: Posiciones – Unafut.com (Tabla de posiciones General Acumulada 2011–2012)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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- ^ "Orión FC Desamparados". UNAFUT. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ Molina Salas, José Pablo. "Asamblea de Unafut acordó cambios en el formato de los próximos torneos". UNAFUT. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- UNAFUT's official website (in Spanish)