View source for Liga FPD

{{Short description|Association football league in Costa Rica}}
{{Infobox football league
| name       = Liga Promerica
| logo       = Liga Promerica.svg
| pixels     =
| country    = Costa Rica
| confed     = [[CONCACAF]]
| founded    = {{start date and age|1921|6|13|df=y}}
| teams      = [[#Teams and stadia|12]]
| relegation = [[Segunda División de Costa Rica|Liga de Ascenso]]
| levels     = 1
| confed_cup = [[CONCACAF Champions Cup]]<br />[[CONCACAF Central American Cup|Central American Cup]]
| champions  = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] (40th title)
| season     = [[2024–25 Liga Promerica#Clausura|2024 Clausura]]
| most successful club = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] (40 titles)
| tv         = [[FUTV]]<br />[[Tigo Sports]]<br />[[TD+]]<br />
| website    = {{URL|http://unafut.com/}}
| current    = [[2024–25 Liga FPD season]]
}}
The '''Primera División of Costa Rica''', commonly known as '''Liga de Fútbol de Primera División''' ('''Liga FPD'''),<ref>{{cite web|last1=Molina Salas|first1=José Pablo|title=Legacy Irazú es el balón oficial presentado por Voit para la Liga FPD|url=http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5147:legacy-irazu-es-el-balon-oficial-presentado-por-voit-para-la-liga-fpd&catid=6:noticias&Itemid=40|website=unafut.com|access-date=18 May 2017|language=es-es}}</ref> and '''Liga Promerica''' for sponsorship reasons,<ref>{{cite web |title=Liga Promerica será el nuevo concepto del fútbol de la primera división |url=http://unafut.com/index.php/noticias/478-liga-promerica-sera-el-nuevo-concepto-del-futbol-de-la-primera-division |website=unafut.com |access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref> 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).<ref name="UNAFUT">{{cite web|title=¿Quiénes Somos?|url=http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=15|website=unafut.com|access-date=18 May 2017|language=es-es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606134237/http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=15|archive-date=6 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The league consists of 12 teams, with the last-placed team [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]] to the [[Segunda División de Costa Rica|Liga de Ascenso]].
The league was founded in 1921,<ref name="UNAFUT" /> with [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] crowned as the first champions.<ref name="Campeonatos">{{cite web|title=Primera División|url=http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38%3Aprimera-division&catid=3&Itemid=35|website=unafut.com|access-date=18 May 2017|language=es-es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809200238/http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38%3Aprimera-division&catid=3&Itemid=35|archive-date=9 August 2017}}</ref> [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] is the most successful club having won the championship a record 40 times. Together with [[L.D. Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] (30 titles) and [[Herediano]] (29 titles), they have dominated the league.
==Competition format==
[[Image:Liga FPD Logo.svg|thumb|right|150px|Former logo]]The Liga FPD features a format in which two separate tournaments are held over the course of one particular season. The ''Torneo de Apertura'' (Spanish for "Opening Tournament") lasts from July to December, while the ''Torneo de Clausura'' (Spanish for "Closing Tournament") lasts from January to May. From 2007 to 2017, these were known respectively as ''Torneo de Invierno'' ("Winter Tournament") and ''Torneo de Verano'' ("Summer Tournament"), based on the [[Costa Rica#Climate|Costa Rican seasons]], with the ''Invierno'' tournament played during the rainy season and the ''Verano'' tournament played during the dry season.
A separate tournament is played on stages. The first stage follows the usual double [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format. During the course of a tournament, each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 matchdays. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the top-four clubs at the end of the stage qualifying to the second stage. The second stage consists of a quadrangular in which the best four teams qualified will face each other twice again, adding 6 additional matchdays. If the top team of the first stage also wins the quadrangular, the club will be crowned as champions; otherwise, a double-legged final will be played between the winners of the first stage and the winners of the quadrangular to determine the champion.
===Promotion and relegation===
A system of [[promotion and relegation]] exists between the ''Primera División'' and the ''[[Segunda División de Costa Rica|Segunda División]]''. In spite of having two champions during a regular season, the Liga FPD only relegates one team per season based on the aggregate performance in both ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. The last-placed team in the aggregate table is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.
===Qualifying for CONCACAF competitions===
The top teams in the Liga FPD qualify to the [[CONCACAF Champions League]]. Starting in the 2017–18 season, the CONCACAF Champions League will be separated into two stages. The first stage is [[2017 CONCACAF League|CONCACAF League]], which consists of sixteen teams from Central America and the Caribbean, in which the winner qualifies to the second stage, the [[2018 CONCACAF Champions League|Champions League]], joining other fifteen teams. Because of this format, the qualification criteria in the Liga FPD are:
*If one team wins both the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments
**The double champion will qualify directly to the second stage of the Champions League
**The two non-champion teams with the best aggregate record at the end of the season will qualify to the CONCACAF League
*If two teams are crowned champions over the season
**The champion with the best aggregate record will qualify directly to the second stage of the Champions League
**The champion with the worst aggregate record will qualify to the CONCACAF League
**The non-champion team with the best aggregate record will qualify to the CONCACAF League
==History==
[[File:Ronald Matarrita - November 8, 2015.jpg|thumb|right|[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]'s [[Christian Bolaños]] disputes the ball against [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|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 [[Costa Rica national football team|national team]], as a result of Costa Rica being invited to the 1921 Juegos del Centenario in Guatemala.<ref name="Foundation">{{cite web|last1=Coto|first1=Gerardo|title=1921|url=http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54%3A1921&catid=3&Itemid=35|website=UNAFUT.com|publisher=UNAFUT|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808075259/http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:1921&catid=3&Itemid=35|archive-date=8 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The first season of the Costa Rican Primera División was played in 1921 with seven teams: [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]], [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]], [[C.S. Herediano|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.<ref name="Foundation" />
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).<ref name="UNAFUT" />
On 9 January 2014, UNAFUT decided to rename the tournament to Liga FPD, in order to give more identity to the league.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vargas|first1=Gabriel|title=Fission es el balón que se usará en el torneo de Verano 2014|url=http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Fission-balon-usara-torneo-Verano_0_1389661086.html|access-date=25 May 2017|work=[[La Nación (San José)|La Nación]]|date=10 January 2014|language=es}}</ref>
The main rivalry in the league is ''El Clásico'', played by [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] and [[Deportivo Saprissa|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 [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Una rivalidad que divide a los ticos|url=http://es.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=2/news=una-rivalidad-que-divide-los-ticos-dos-2281240.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101140803/http://es.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=2/news=una-rivalidad-que-divide-los-ticos-dos-2281240.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 1, 2018|website=FIFA.com|publisher=[[FIFA]]|access-date=5 June 2017|language=es-ES|date=21 February 2014}}</ref>
==Clubs 2024–25==
{{Location map+ |Costa Rica |width = 500 |float=left |caption = Location of clubs in 2024-25 season |places=
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |lat=10.02 |long=-84.21 |label_size=80 |label=[[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]}}
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |lat=9.86 |long=-83.92 |label_size=80 |label=[[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]] |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |lat=10.14 |long=-85.45 |label_size=80 |label=[[A.D. Guanacasteca|Guanacasteca]]}}
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |lat=10.64 |long=-85.43 |label_size=80 |label=[[A.D. Municipal Liberia|Liberia]]}}
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |lat=9.98 |long=-84.84 |label_size=80 |label=[[Puntarenas F.C.|Puntarenas]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |lat=10.32 |long=-84.42 |label_size=80 |label=[[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]]}}
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |lat=10.21 |long=-83.79 |label_size=80 |label=[[Santos de Guápiles F.C.|Santos]]}}
{{Location map~ |Costa Rica |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=11.2 |long=-83.5 |labelsize=80 |label='''{{nowrap|Clubs in [[San José Province]]:}}'''<br/>
[[A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón|Pérez Zeledón]]<br/>
[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]<br/>
[[Sporting F.C.|Sporting]]<br/>
[[Santa Ana F.C.|Santa Ana]]|position=right}}
}}
{{Location map+ |San José Province |width=250 |caption=Location of clubs in San José province |alt = Liga FPD clubs in San José Province |places=
{{Location map~ |San José Province |lat=9.93 |long=-84.21|label_size=80 |label=[[Santa Ana F.C.|Santa Ana]]}}
{{Location map~ |San José Province |lat=9.37 |long=-83.70 |label_size=80 |label=[[A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón|Pérez Zeledón]]}}
{{Location map~ |San José Province |lat=9.97 |long=-84.08 |label_size=80 |label=[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] |position=top}}
{{Location map~ |San José Province |lat=9.94 |long=-84.13 |label_size=80 |label=[[Sporting F.C.|Sporting]] |position=left}}
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Location
!Stadium
!Capacity
!Founded
|-
|[[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|[[Alajuela]], [[Alajuela Province|Alajuela]]
|[[Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto|Alejandro Morera Soto]]
|18,000
|1919
|-
|[[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|[[Cartago, Costa Rica|Cartago]], [[Cartago Province|Cartago]]
|[[Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich|José Rafael "Fello" Meza]]
|10,000
|1906
|-
|[[A.D. Guanacasteca|Guanacasteca]]
|[[Nicoya]], [[Guanacaste Province|Guanacaste]]
|Estadio Chorotega
|3,000
|1973
|-
|[[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|[[Heredia, Costa Rica|Heredia]], [[Heredia Province|Heredia]]
|[[Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero|Eladio Rosabal Cordero]] {{refn|[[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] is temporarily playing at Estadio "Colleya" Fonseca in [[Guadalupe, Costa Rica|Guadalupe]], [[San José Province|San José]] while their home stadium undergoes renovation <ref name ="calendario2023">{{cite web |title=Calendario Torneo Apertura 2023 |url=https://www.unafut.com/calendario/ |website=www.unafut.org |publisher=UNAFUT, Genius Sports Group |access-date=9 Jan 2024}}</ref>}}
|8,000
|1921
|-
|[[Municipal Liberia]]
|[[Liberia, Costa Rica|Liberia]], [[Guanacaste Province|Guanacaste]]
|Edgardo Baltodano
|7,000
|1977
|-
|[[Puntarenas F.C.]]
|[[Puntarenas]], [[Puntarenas Province|Puntarenas]]
|[[Estadio Lito Pérez]]
|4,105
|2004
|-
|[[A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón|Pérez Zeledón]]
|[[San Isidro de El General]], [[San José Province|San José]]
|[[Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón|Estadio Municipal]]
|6,000
|1991
|-
|[[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]]
|[[Quesada, San Carlos|Ciudad Quesada]], [[Alajuela Province|Alajuela]]
|[[Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez|Carlos Ugalde Álvarez]]
|5,600
|1965
|-
|[[Santa Ana F.C.|Santa Ana]]
|[[Santa Ana, Costa Rica|Santa Ana]], [[San José Province|San José]]
|Piedades de Santa Ana
|2,000
|1993
|-
|[[Santos de Guápiles F.C.|Santos de Guápiles]]
|[[Guápiles]], [[Limón Province|Limón]]
|[[Estadio Ebal Rodríguez|Ebal Rodríguez]]
|3,000
|1961
|-
|[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|[[Tibás|San Juan de Tibás]], [[San José Province|San José]]
|[[Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá|Ricardo Saprissa]]
|23,000
|1935
|-
|[[Sporting F.C.]]
|[[Pavas]], [[San José Province|San José]]
|Ernesto Rohrmoser
|3,000
|2016
|}
==Champions==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!width=px|Ed.
!width=90px|Season
!width=170px|Champion
!width=170px|Runner-up
|-
| {{center|1}} || 1921 || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José|Gimnástica Española]]
|-
| {{center|2}} || 1922  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || La Libertad
|-
| {{center|3}} || 1923  || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]] || La Libertad
|-
| {{center|4}} || 1924  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|5}} || 1925  || La Libertad || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|6}} || 1926  || La Libertad || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|7}} || 1927  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] ||  La Libertad
|-
| {{center|8}} || 1928  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José|Gimnástica Española]]
|-
| {{center|9}} || 1929  || La Libertad  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|10}} || 1930  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José|Gimnástica Española]]
|-
| {{center|11}} || 1931  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|-
| {{center|12}} || 1932  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|-
| {{center|13}} || 1933  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José|Gimnástica Española]]
|-
| {{center|14}} || 1934  || La Libertad  || Alajuela Junior
|-
| {{center|15}} || 1935  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || Alajuela Junior
|-
| {{center|16}} || 1936  || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]] || La Libertad
|-
| {{center|17}} || 1937  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José|Gimnástica Española]]
|-
| {{center|18}} || 1938  || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]] || [[Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José|Gimnástica Española]]
|-
| {{center|19}} || 1939  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|20}} || 1940  || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]] || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|-
| {{center|21}} || 1941  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || La Libertad
|-
| {{center|22}} || 1942  || La Libertad || [[Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José|Gimnástica Española]]
|-
| {{center|23}} || 1943  || [[C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica|Universidad de Costa Rica]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|24}} || 1944  || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|25}} || 1945  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|-
| {{center|26}} || 1946  || La Libertad  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|27}} || 1947  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || La Libertad
|-
| {{center|28}} || 1948  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|29}} || 1949  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]  || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|-
| {{center|30}} || 1950  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|31}} || 1951  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|-
| {{center|32}} || 1952  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|33}} || 1953  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|- bgcolor=#efefef
| {{center|34}} ||1954 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |''No tournament.''
|-
| {{center|35}} || 1955  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|- bgcolor=#efefef
| {{center|36}} ||1956 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |''No tournament.''
|-
| {{center|37}} || 1957  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|38}} || 1958  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|39}} || 1959  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|40}} || 1960  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|41}} || 1961 Asofútbol || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|42}} || 1961 Fedefútbol || [[A.D. Carmelita|Carmelita]] || [[C.S. Uruguay de Coronado|Uruguay de Coronado]]
|-
| {{center|43}} || 1962  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|44}} || 1963  || [[C.S. Uruguay de Coronado|Uruguay de Coronado]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|45}} || 1964  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] ||   [[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|-
| {{center|46}} || 1965  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|47}} || 1966  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|48}} || 1967  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|49}} || 1968  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|50}} || 1969  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|51}} || 1970  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|52}} || 1971  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|53}} || 1972  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|54}} || 1973  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|55}} || 1974  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|56}} || 1975  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|57}} || 1976  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || Deportivo México
|-
| {{center|58}} || 1977  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|59}} || 1978  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || Municipal Puntarenas
|-
| {{center|60}} || 1979  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|61}} || 1980  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|62}} || 1981  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[A.D. Limonense|Limonense]]
|-
| {{center|63}} || 1982  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || Municipal Puntarenas
|-
| {{center|64}} || 1983  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || Municipal Puntarenas
|-
| {{center|65}} || 1984  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|66}} || 1985  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|67}} || 1986  || Municipal Puntarenas || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|68}} || 1987  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|69}} || 1988  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|70}} || 1989  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|- bgcolor=#efefef
| {{center|71}} ||1990 || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |''No tournament.''
|-
| {{center|72}} || 1990–91  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|73}} || 1991–92  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|74}} || 1992–93  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] ||   [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|75}} || 1993–94  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|76}} || 1994–95  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|77}} || 1995–96  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] ||   [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|78}} || 1996–97  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|79}} || 1997–98  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|80}} || 1998–99  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|81}} || 1999–00  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|82}} || 2000–01  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|83}} || 2001–02  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Santos de Guápiles F.C.|Santos de Guápiles]]
|-
| {{center|84}} || 2002–03  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|85}} || 2003–04  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|86}} || 2004–05  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón|Pérez Zeledón]]
|-
| {{center|87}} || [[2005–06 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2005–06]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Puntarenas F.C.]]
|-
| {{center|88}} || [[2006–07 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2006–07]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|89}} || [[2007–08 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2007 Invierno]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|90}} || [[2007–08 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2008 Verano]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|91}} || [[2008–09 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2008 Invierno]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|92}} || [[2008–09 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2009 Verano]]  || [[A.D. Municipal Liberia|Liberia Mía]]   || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|93}} || [[2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season|2009 Invierno]] || [[Brujas F.C.|Brujas]]   || [[Puntarenas F.C.]]
|-
| {{center|94}} || [[2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season|2010 Verano]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]]
|-
| {{center|95}} || [[2010–11 Costa Rican Primera División season|2010 Invierno]]   || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|96}} ||   [[2010–11 Costa Rican Primera División season|2011 Verano]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]  || [[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]]
|-
| {{center|97}} || [[2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División season|2011 Invierno]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|98}} || [[2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División season|2012 Verano]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]  || [[Santos de Guápiles F.C.|Santos de Guápiles]]
|-
| {{center|99}} || [[2012–13 Costa Rican Primera División season|2012 Invierno]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|100}} || [[2012–13 Costa Rican Primera División season|2013 Verano]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]  || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|-
| {{center|101}} || [[2013–14 Costa Rican Primera División season|2013 Invierno]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|102}} || [[2013–14 Costa Rican Primera División season|2014 Verano]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|103}} || [[2014–15 Costa Rican FPD season|2014 Invierno]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]   || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|104}} || [[2014–15 Costa Rican FPD season|2015 Verano]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|105}} || [[2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season|2015 Invierno]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]   || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|106}} || [[2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season|2016 Verano]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|107}} || [[2016–17 Costa Rican FPD season|2016 Invierno]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|108}} || [[2016–17 Costa Rican FPD season|2017 Verano]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|109}} || [[2017–18 Liga FPD#Torneo Apertura|2017 Apertura]]  || [[A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón|Pérez Zeledón]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|110}} || [[2017–18 Liga FPD|2018 Clausura]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|111}} || [[2017–18 Liga FPD|2018 Apertura]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|112}} || [[2018–19 Liga FPD|2019 Clausura]]  || [[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|113}} || [[2019–20 Liga FPD|2019 Apertura]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|114}} ||   [[2019–20 Liga FPD|2020 Clausura]] || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|115}} || [[2020–21 Liga FPD|2020 Apertura]] || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]] || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|116}} || [[2020–21 Liga FPD|2021 Clausura]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|117}} || 2021 Apertura  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|-
| {{center|118}} || 2022 Clausura  || [[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
| {{center|119}} || 2022 Apertura ||   [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|120}} || 2023 Clausura  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|-
|{{center|121}} || 2023 Apertura  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|-
| {{center|122}} || 2024 Clausura  || [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]  || [[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|}
==Performance by club==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
! style="width:15%;"| Club
! style="width:10%;"| Winners
! style="width:10%;"| Runners-up
! style="width:65%;"| Winning years
|-
|[[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
|{{center|40}}
|{{center|18}}
|1952, 1953, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, [[2005–06 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2005–06]], [[2006–07 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2006–07]], [[2007–08 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2007 Invierno]], [[2007–08 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2008 Verano]], [[2008–09 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2008 Invierno]], [[2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season|2010 Verano]], [[2013–14 Costa Rican Primera División season|2014 Verano]], [[2014–15 Costa Rican FPD season|2014 Invierno]], [[2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season|2015 Invierno]], [[2016–17 Costa Rican FPD season|2016 Invierno]], [[2017–18 Liga FPD|2018 Clausura]], [[2019–20 Liga FPD|2020 Clausura]], [[2020–21 Liga FPD|2021 Clausura]], 2022 Apertura, 2023 Clausura, 2023 Apertura, 2024 Clausura.
|-
|[[Liga Deportiva Alajuelense|Alajuelense]]
|{{center|30}}
|{{center|26}}
|1928, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, [[2004–05 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2004–05]], [[2010–11 Costa Rican Primera División season|2010 Invierno, 2011 Verano]], [[2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División season|2011 Invierno]], [[2012–13 Costa Rican Primera División season|2012 Invierno]], [[2013–14 Costa Rican Primera División season|2013 Invierno]], [[2020–21 Liga FPD|2020 Apertura]]
|-
|[[C.S. Herediano|Herediano]]
|{{center|29}}
|{{center|23}}
|1921, 1922, 1924, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1961 Asofútbol, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1992–93, [[2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División season|2012 Verano]], [[2012–13 Costa Rican Primera División season|2013 Verano]], [[2014–15 Costa Rican FPD season|2015 Verano]], [[2015–16 Costa Rican FPD season|2016 Verano]], [[2016–17 Costa Rican FPD season|2017 Verano]], [[2017–18 Liga FPD|2018 Apertura]], [[2019–20 Liga FPD|2019 Apertura]], 2021 Apertura
|-
|La Libertad
|{{center|6}}
|{{center|7}}
|1925, 1926, 1929, 1934, 1942, 1946
|-
|[[C.S. Cartaginés|Cartaginés]]
|{{center|4}}
|{{center|10}}
|1923, 1936, 1940, 2022 Clausura
|-
|[[Orión F.C.|Orión]]
|{{center|2}}
|{{center|6}}
|1938, 1944
|-
|Municipal Puntarenas
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|3}}
|1986
|-
|[[A.D. San Carlos|San Carlos]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|2}}
| [[2018–19 Liga FPD|2019 Clausura]]
|-
|[[A.D. Municipal Pérez Zeledón|Pérez Zeledón]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|1}}
|[[2017–18 Liga FPD#Torneo Apertura|2017 Apertura]]
|-
|[[C.S. Uruguay de Coronado|Uruguay de Coronado]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|1}}
|1963
|-
|[[Brujas F.C.|Brujas]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|0}}
|[[2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season|2009 Invierno]]
|-
|[[A.D. Carmelita|Carmelita]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|0}}
|1961 Fedefútbol
|-
|[[A.D. Municipal Liberia|Liberia Mía]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|0}}
|[[2008–09 Primera División (Costa Rica)|2009 Verano]]
|-
|[[C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica|Universidad de Costa Rica]]
|{{center|1}}
|{{center|0}}
|1943
|}
<ref>{{cite web|title=Primera División|url=http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38%3Aprimera-division&catid=3&Itemid=35|website=www.unafut.com|publisher=UNAFUT|access-date=25 May 2017|language=es-es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809200238/http://unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38%3Aprimera-division&catid=3&Itemid=35|archive-date=9 August 2017}}</ref>
==Player records==
===Top scorers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!width=50|{{tooltip|Nat.|Nationality}}
!width=150|Player
!width=70|Goals
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Víctor Núñez]]
|244
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Errol Daniels]]
|196
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Álvaro Saborio]]
|168
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Roy Sáenz]]
|168
|-
|5
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Leonel Hernández]]
|164
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Guillermo Guardia]]
|149
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Evaristo Coronado]]
|148
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Alejandro Alpízar]]
|147
|-
|9
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Erick Scott]]
|144
|-
|10
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Juan Ulloa]]
|140
|-
|11
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Vicente Wanchope]]
|133
|}
<ref>{{cite web|title=Club de los 100|url=http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:club-de-los-100&catid=5:comision-de-historia-y-estadistica&Itemid=34|website=www.unafut.com|publisher=UNAFUT|access-date=25 May 2017|language=es-es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701132919/http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:club-de-los-100&catid=5:comision-de-historia-y-estadistica&Itemid=34|archive-date=1 July 2017}}</ref>
===Most appearances===
[[Image:Danny Fonseca - Cropped.jpg|thumb|right|[[Danny Fonseca]] is the fourth most capped player in the Liga FPD]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!width=50|{{tooltip|Nat.|Nationality}}
!width=150|Player
!width=90|Years
!width=70|Apps
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Marvin Obando]]
|1979–2000||685
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Julio Fuller]]
|1975–1994||684
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Enrique Díaz (footballer, born 1959)|Enrique Díaz]]
|1977–1996||676
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Danny Fonseca]]
|1999–2018||652
|-
|5
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Luis Diego Arnáez]]
|1987–2005||579
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Mauricio Montero]]
|1980–1990||556
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Wílmer López]]
|1992–2009||550
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Óscar Ramírez (footballer, born 1964)|Óscar Ramírez]]
|1983–1999||546
|-
|9
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|[[Evaristo Coronado]]
|1981–1995||536
|-
|10
|{{flagicon|CRC}}
|align=left|Luis Quirós
|1986–2000||531
|}
<ref>{{cite web|title=Jugadores con más partidos de campeonato nacional|url=http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211:jugadores-con-mas-partidos-de-campeonato-nacional&catid=5:comision-de-historia-y-estadistica&Itemid=34|website=unafut.com|publisher=UNAFUT|access-date=25 May 2017|language=es-es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728203538/http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211:jugadores-con-mas-partidos-de-campeonato-nacional&catid=5:comision-de-historia-y-estadistica&Itemid=34|archive-date=28 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.unafut.com/ UNAFUT – Primera División de Costa Rica]
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.fedefutbol.com/ Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (Football Federation of Costa Rica)]
*{{in lang|en}} [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/coschamp.html Costa Rica – List of Champions and Runners Up], RSSSF.com
*{{in lang|en}} [https://int.soccerway.com/national/costa-rica/primera-division/ Primera División summary] Soccerway
*{{in lang|en}} [https://donnael.com/Soccer.php/Costa_Rican_Primera_Division/1/ Primera Division], standings, results & fixtures at Donnael.com
{{Liga FPD}}
{{Costa Rican Primera División seasons}}
{{CONCACAF Leagues}}
{{Football in Costa Rica}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Costa Rican Primera Division}}
[[Category:Liga FPD| ]]
[[Category:Football leagues in Costa Rica|1]]
[[Category:Top level football leagues in Central America]]