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2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season

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Season
  
2015–16

Champions League
  
Saprissa Herediano

2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season

Champions
  
Invierno: Saprissa Verano: Herediano

Biggest home win
  
Belén Siglo XXI 5-1 Santos de Guápiles (9 September 2015)

Biggest away win
  
Carmelita 0-3 Deportivo Saprissa (13 August 2015)

Highest scoring
  
Uruguay 4-3 Pérez Zeledón (16 August 2015)

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.

Contents

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.

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.

Standings

Updated to games played on 21 September 2015.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Updated to games played on 2015.
Source: []
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First legs
Second legs

Alajuelense won 3–0 on aggregate.

Saprissa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg
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:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. 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.

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.

First Stage

Standings

Updated to games played on 9 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Updated to games played on 9 March 2016.
Source: []
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

First legs
Second legs

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

Alajuelense won 5–1 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg
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:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. 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.

Updated to games played on 9 May 2016.
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season Wikipedia