2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División season
The 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 → |
Promotion and relegation
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]
Format changes
Due to the reduction of the league to 11 teams for this season, the league's format was changed for this season. There will be no groups this season. Instead, for both tournaments, the clubs will 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 will participate in the playoffs. At the end of the season, the last place club will participate in a promotion-relegation playoff against the Segunda División overall runners-up, while the Segunda División overall champions will be promoted to next season's competition automatically.[3]
Average attendance
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
Team Information
Team | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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LD Alajuelense | Alajuela | Alejandro Morera Soto | 17,895 | |
Belén Siglo XXI | Belén | Estadio Polideportivo de Belén | 3,000 | |
CS Cartaginés | Cartago | Fello Meza | 13,500 | |
CS Herediano | Heredia | Rosabal Cordero | 8,144 | |
Limón F.C. | Limón | Estadio Nuevo de Limón/Estadio Juan Gobán | 3,000/2,000 | |
Orión F.C. | Tarrazú | Estadio Municipal de Tarrazú | 1,500 | |
Municipal Pérez Zeledón | San Isidro | Municipal | 6,000 | |
Puntarenas FC | Puntarenas | "Lito" Pérez | 4,105 | |
Asociación Deportiva San Carlos | Ciudad Quesada | Carlos Álvarez | 5,600 | |
Santos de Guápiles | Guápiles | Ebal Rodríguez | 3,000 | |
Deportivo Saprissa | Tibás | Ricardo Saprissa | 23,000 |
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.
First stage
Standings
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Second stage
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 | |||||||||
Semifinals
First legs
Cartaginés | 1–2 | Herediano |
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Brenes |
Vargas Cordero |
Saprissa | 0–1 | Alajuelense |
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Alpizar |
Second legs
Herediano | 1–0 | Cartaginés |
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Vargas |
Alajuelense | 2–2 | Saprissa |
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Alpizar Fernández |
Ortiz Martínez |
Finals
First leg
Alajuelense | 1–1 | Herediano |
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Alpízar |
Cordero |
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
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.
First stage
Standings
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Second stage
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 | |||||||||
Semifinals
First legs
Herediano | 1–1 | Pérez Zeledón |
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Pérez |
Wong |
Finals
First leg
Aggregate table
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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
References
- Herrera, Juan José. "Asamblea de la Unafut expulsó a Barrio México". La Nación. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- "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.
External links
- UNAFUT's official website (in Spanish)