Costa Rican Primera División

Costa Rican Primera División
Unión de Clubes de Fútbol
de la Primera División

The UNAFUT logo
Countries  Costa Rica
Confederation CONCACAF
Founded June 13, 1921
Number of teams 12
Levels on pyramid 1
Relegation to Segunda División
International cup(s) CONCACAF Champions League
Current champions Alajuelense
(Torneo Invierno 2010)
Most championships Saprissa (29)
TV partners Teletica Canal 7, Extra TV 42
Website Official website
2011–12

Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División. The seasons are separated by two single tournaments each year, the Apertura, from August to December, and the Clausura, February to June. Thus, there are two champions each season with teams playing anywhere from 32 to 44 games each totalling 412 games in the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. The Campeonatos de Invierno y Verano are sponsored by Scotiabank for the 2010-2011 season.

The competition formed on June 13, 1921 following an invitation presented by Guatemala to Costa Rica to participate in its Centenary Games. A total of 12 clubs have won the title. The current champions are Alajuelense, who won the 2010 Torneo Clausura.

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Format

The current Primera División season has two championships.The format both championship is the same. The twelve clubs are divided into two groups of six. They play all the clubs in a single round-robin format for 11 matches, and then within their own group for the remaining five. The three best clubs in each group advance to a single elimination playoff system. The teams that finishes 2 & 3 in their groups play against the opposite seed from the other group over two legs. The winner of that tie advances to the semifinals and play against one of the top clubs from the groups. The winners of that tie advances to the finals, which determines the tournament champion.

The Primera División operates system of promotion and relegation with the Segunda División and third division Primera División de Liga Nacional de Futbol Aficionado (LINAFA).

History

In the year 1921, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol is created by Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, Club Sport Cartaginés, Club Sport Herediano, Club Sport La Libertad, Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José, Club Sport La Unión de Tres Ríos and Sociedad Gimnástica Limonense, and the Primera División was born. In 1931 the league was centralized and renamed Federación Deportiva de Costa Rica, then Federación Nacional de Fútbol and in the 1970s to Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (FEDEFUTBOL). In 1999, the FEDEFUTBOL, created UNAFUT to operate the Primera División and the Alto Rendimiento y Juvenil Especial (Youth Development Leagues from clubs of First Division).

The Classic

The Classic (derby) in Costa Rica is played between Alajuelense and Deportivo Saprissa the two teams have the biggest support groups in the country, the largest stadiums, and the largest number of national and international titles in their cases. The first Classic was played in 1949 when Deportivo Saprissa was promoted to the Primera División de Costa Rica and the score was 6-5 (Alajuela's win). The statistics said that Saprissa defeated Alajuelense in 104 matches and Alajuelense defeated Saprissa in 83 matches in Costa Rica's championship. It is important to mention that before the Deportivo Saprissa's promotion to the Primera Division, the Classic was played between Club Sport Herediano and Club Sport La Libertad (now in the Third Division), but gradually began to lose intensity until it lost that "classic" title.

Other Classic and Derbys

Note that there is a difference between Classic and Derby, the classic is the party where there is a rivalry that as the years have passed be increasing, and the derby is when two teams that falls in the same town or city.

Clubs in 2011-2012 season

The league currently consists of the following 11 clubs. For the 2011-2012 season, teams are aligned as follows:

Defunct Franchises

List of champions year by year

Year Winner Runner-up
1921 Herediano Gimástica Española
1922 Herediano La Libertad
1923 Cartaginés La Libertad
1924 Herediano Cartaginés
1925 La Libertad Herediano
1926 La Libertad Cartaginés
1927 Herediano La Libertad
1928 Alajuelense Gimástica Española
1929 La Libertad Alajuelense
1930 Herediano Gimástica Española
1931 Herediano Orión
1932 Herediano La Libertad
1933 Herediano Gimástica Española
1934 La Libertad Alajuela Junior
1935 Herediano Alajuela Junior
1936 Cartaginés La Libertad
1937 Herediano Gimástica Española
1938 Orión Gimástica Española
1939 Alajuelense Herediano
1940 Cartaginés Orión
1941 Alajuelense La Libertad
1942 La Libertad Gimástica Española
1943 Universidad de Costa Rica Alajuelense
1944 Orión Herediano
1945 Alajuelense Orión
1946 La Libertad Herediano
1947 Herediano La Libertad
1948 Herediano Alajuelense
1949 Alajuelense Orión
1950 Alajuelense Saprissa
1951 Herediano Orión
1952 Saprissa Alajuelense
1953 Saprissa Herediano
1954 Vacated
1955 Herediano Saprissa
1956 Vacated
1957 Saprissa Alajuelense
1958 Alajuelense Saprissa
1959 Alajuelense Saprissa
1960 Alajuelense Herediano
1961 ASOFUTBOL Herediano Saprissa
1961 FEDEFUTBOL Carmen Uruguay de Coronado
1962 Saprissa Alajuelense
1963 Uruguay de Coronado Saprissa
1964 Saprissa Orión
1965 Saprissa Alajuelense
1966 Alajuelense Saprissa
1967 Saprissa Alajuelense
1968 Saprissa Cartaginés
1969 Saprissa Alajuelense
1970 Alajuelense Saprissa
1971 Alajuelense Saprissa
1972 Saprissa Alajuelense
1973 Saprissa Cartaginés
1974 Saprissa Herediano
1975 Saprissa Cartaginés
1976 Saprissa Barrio México
1977 Saprissa Cartaginés
1978 Herediano Municipal Puntarenas
1979 Herediano Cartaginés
1980 Alajuelense Herediano
1981 Herediano Limonense
1982 Saprissa Municipal Puntarenas
1983 Alajuelense Municipal Puntarenas
1984 Alajuelense Saprissa
1985 Herediano Alajuelense
1986 Municipal Puntarenas Alajuelense
1987 Herediano Cartaginés
1988 Saprissa Herediano
1989 Saprissa Alajuelense
1990 Vacated
1990-91 Alajuelense Saprissa
1991-92 Alajuelense Saprissa
1992-93 Herediano Cartaginés
1993-94 Saprissa Alajuelense
1994-95 Saprissa Alajuelense
1995-96 Alajuelense Cartaginés
1996-97 Alajuelense Saprissa
1997-98 Saprissa Alajuelense
1998-99 Saprissa Alajuelense
1999–2000 Alajuelense Saprissa
2000-01 Alajuelense Herediano
2001-02 Alajuelense Santos de Guápiles
2002-03 Alajuelense Saprissa
2003-04 Saprissa Herediano
2004–05 Alajuelense Pérez Zeledón
2005–06 Saprissa Puntarenas
2006–07 Saprissa Alajuelense
2007 Apertura Saprissa Herediano
2008 Clausura Saprissa Alajuelense
2008 Apertura Saprissa Alajuelense
2009 Clausura Liberia Mía Herediano
2009 Apertura Brujas Puntarenas
2010 Clausura Saprissa San Carlos
2010 Apertura Alajuelense Herediano
2011 Clausura Alajuelense San Carlos

Champion Titles by club (1921–2007)

Club Championships Runner-Up
Saprissa 29 15
Alajuelense 26 18
Herediano 21 10
La Libertad 6 7
Cartaginés 3 10
Orión 2 6
Municipal Puntarenas 1 3
Uruguay de Coronado 1 1
Universidad de Costa Rica 1 0
Carmen 1 0
Brujas F.C. 1 0
Liberia Mía 1 0
Gimnástica Española 0 7
Alajuela Junior 0 2
Barrio México 0 1
Limonense 0 1
Pérez Zeledón 0 1
Puntarenas 0 1
Santos de Guápiles 0 1

Short Championships (Opening and Closure) Titles by club (2007–2011)

Club Apertura
Championships
Runner-Up
Saprissa 2 0
Alajuelense 1 1
Brujas 1 0
Herediano 0 2
Puntarenas 0 1
Club Clausura
Championships
Runner-Up
Saprissa 2 0
Alajuelense 1 1
Liberia Mía 1 0
San Carlos 0 2
Herediano 0 1

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