2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season

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The 2018 Apertura season served as the opening half of the 2017–18 Liga FPD association football season. It began on 29 July 2017 and ended on 23 December 2017.

Season2017–18
Dates29 July[1] – 23 December[2]
ChampionsPérez Zeledón (1st title)
CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions LeaguePérez Zeledón
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Liga FPD
Season2017–18
Dates29 July[1] – 23 December[2]
ChampionsPérez Zeledón (1st title)
CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions LeaguePérez Zeledón
Matches146
Goals426 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerJonathan McDonald
(15 goals)
Biggest home winSaprissa 6–1 Grecia
(3/4 September 2017)
Santos 5–0 Grecia
(29 October 2017)
Herediano 5–0 UCR
(1 November 2017)
Biggest away winGuadalupe 0–4 Santos
(15 October 2017)
Cartaginés 2–6 Carmelita
(25 October 2017)
Liberia 1–5 Saprissa
(19 November 2017)
Highest scoringCartaginés 2–6 Carmelita
(25 October 2017)
Longest winning run5 matches
Herediano (Two times)
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Herediano
Longest winless run8 matches
Guadalupe
UCR (Two times)
Longest losing run6 matches
Alajuelense
Guadalupe
Liberia
Highest attendance17,037
Saprissa 2–0 Alajuelense
(29 October 2017)[3]
Lowest attendance210
Santos 4–0 Pérez Zeledón
(30 July 2017)[3]
Total attendance388,793[3]
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Herediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to Pérez Zeledón.

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Chairman ...
Team Chairman Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alajuelense Fernando Ocampo Uruguay Wílmer López Costa Rica Patrick Pemberton Puma Toyota, Claro, Volaris
Carmelita Isidro Zamora Costa Rica Mario Víquez Costa Rica Carlos Acosta Sportek Great Wall Motors, Universidad Santa Lucía
Cartaginés Luis Vargas Costa Rica Adrián Leandro Costa Rica Danny Fonseca Joma Bancrédito, Premium, TWO
Grecia Dagoberto Matamoros Costa Rica Walter Centeno Costa Rica Daniel Vallejos ProSport ROES, Super Rosvil
Guadalupe Vacant[4] Mexico Antonio Abasolo To be determined Pirma Dream Travels, Papa John's[5]
Herediano David Patey Hernán Medford Costa Rica Óscar Granados Umbro Kölbi, Huawei, San Miguel, Coca-Cola, Papa John's, Toyota
Liberia Julio Salas Uruguay Víctor Abelenda Costa Rica Rafael Núñez Prosport[6] Pulmitan, Condovac, Toyota, Philips, Papa John's
Limón Noel Ferguson Costa Rica Horacio Esquivel Costa Rica Kareem McLean Sportek Reina's
Pérez Zeledón Juan Artavia Argentina José Giacone Costa Rica Keilor Soto Living Sport Kölbi, Tracopa
Santos Rafael Arias Costa Rica Johnny Chávez Costa Rica Edder Monguío Living Sport El Colono, Eusse, CopyVisión
Saprissa Carlos Watson Costa Rica Vladimir Quesada Costa Rica Daniel Colindres Kappa Bimbo, Ibérico
UCR Fernando Ocampo Cano Colombia Marco Arias Costa Rica Darío Delgado Roma INS
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
UCR Costa Rica Mauricio Wright Sacked 17 April 2017[7] Pre-season Colombia Marco Arias 26 May 2017[8]
Cartaginés Costa Rica Jeaustin Campos Resigned 29 May 2017[9] Costa Rica Javier Delgado 30 May 2017[10]
Liberia Costa Rica Erick Rodríguez Resigned 27 July 2017[11] Costa Rica Vinicio Alvarado 31 July 2017[12]
Alajuelense Spain Benito Floro Sacked 21 August 2017[13] 7th[13] Costa Rica Wílmer López 21 August 2017[13]
Guadalupe Costa Rica Luis Fallas Sacked 4 September 2017[14] 12th Mexico Antonio Abasolo 4 September 2017[14]
Carmelita Portugal Guilherme Farinha Sacked 28 September 2017[15] 11th Costa Rica Mario Viquez1 24 November 2017[16]
Liberia Costa Rica Vinicio Alvarado Resigned 7 November 2017[17] 12th Costa Rica Fernando Castro (interim) 7 November 2017[17]
Cartaginés Costa Rica Javier Delgado Mutual consent 10 November 2017[18] 10th Costa Rica Adrián Leandro2 22 November 2017[19][18]
Saprissa Costa Rica Carlos Watson Resigned 17 December 2017[20] 2nd (Quadrangular) Costa Rica Vladimir Quesada 18 December 2017[21]
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Notes
  • 1: Mario Viquez had already assumed as interim manager of Carmelite following Farinha's departure on 28 September.
  • 2: Adrián Leandro had already assumed as interim manager of Cartaginés following Delgado's departure on 10 November.

League table

Regular season

Defending champions Herediano topped the season undefeated with 54 points. By achieving this, Herediano broke two records in the league. They became the first team with the longest undefeated streak (surpassing the 21-match streak by Saprissa in the 2003–04 season, the team being coincidentally managed by Hernán Medford). The team also broke the record for more points achieved in a regular season, surpassing Alajuelense in the 2014 Invierno season.[22]

On 3 September 2017, the match between Saprissa and Grecia was suspended at the 81st minute due to a false bomb threat.[23] The remaining nine minutes were played the next morning.[24]

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Herediano 22 16 6 0 41 12 +29 54 Advanced to the quadrangular and a possible final
2 Saprissa 22 13 4 5 50 27 +23 43 Advanced to the quadrangular
3 Santos de Guápiles 22 11 7 4 46 28 +18 40
4 Pérez Zeledón 22 10 6 6 43 33 +10 36
5 Alajuelense 22 8 7 7 38 31 +7 31
6 Grecia 22 8 7 7 31 37 −6 31
7 Limón 22 7 9 6 35 36 −1 30
8 Cartaginés 22 4 11 7 27 38 −11 23
9 UCR 22 4 8 10 16 28 −12 20
10 Carmelita 22 4 6 12 29 38 −9 18
11 Guadalupe 22 3 7 12 22 36 −14 16
12 Liberia 22 4 2 16 23 57 −34 14
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Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2017. Source: Soccerway
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

Positions by round

Quadrangular and possible final
Quadrangular
Relegation (Aggregate table)
More information Team ╲ Round, Herediano ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Herediano7421111111111111111111
Saprissa3112222222222222222222
Santos1256377767676433333333
Pérez Zeledón1212129643346743344444444
Alajuelense2335765433334567776775
Grecia11763436654457756665566
Limón4584554575565675557657
Cartaginés5891111119888888991011109988
UCR864789101111119109888888899
Carmelita1010101212121110910111111111099910101010
Guadalupe6971091012121212121212121211121111111111
Liberia9111181088910910910101112101212121212
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Source: [citation needed]

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALA ...
Home \ Away ALA CRM CAR GRE GUA HER LIB LIM PEZ SAN SAP UCR
Alajuelense 1–3 3–3 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 3–2 3–3 2–2 2–0 2–1
Carmelita 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2
Cartaginés 2–2 2–6 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–4 1–1
Grecia 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 3–3 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–0
Guadalupe 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–1
Herediano 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 5–0
Liberia 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–4 4–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–5 2–3
Limón 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1
Pérez Zeledón 3–2 3–1 3–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 3–1
Santos 2–1 3–2 4–0 5–0 0–2 1–4 4–2 2–2 4–0 3–2 0–0
Saprissa 2–0 4–2 3–0 6–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 5–2 1–2 1–2 1–0
C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1
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Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2017. Source: UNAFUT.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Quadrangular – Apertura

Teams qualified

Standings

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pérez Zeledón 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 13 Final
2 Saprissa 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
3 Herediano 6 2 0 4 5 5 0 6 Final
4 Santos de Guápiles 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5
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Source: UNAFUT.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

Positions by round

Champions
More information Team ╲ Round, Pérez Zeledón ...
Team ╲ Round123456
Pérez Zeledón112111
Saprissa321222
Herediano443333
Santos234444
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Source: [citation needed]

Results

More information Home \ Away, HER ...
Home \ Away HER PEZ SAN SAP
Herediano 1–2 2–0 0–1
Pérez Zeledón 1–0 1–0 3–2
Santos 0–2 1–1 0–0
Saprissa 1–0 2–1 1–2
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Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2017. Source: UNAFUT.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Apertura finals

Since regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner Pérez Zeledón in order to determine the champions of the Apertura tournament. By getting more points in the aggregate table, Herediano will host the second leg.[25]

More information Pérez Zeledón, 1–0 ...
Pérez Zeledón1–0Herediano
Venegas 15'
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Referee: Ricardo Montero[26]
More information Herediano, 0–0 ...
Herediano0–0Pérez Zeledón
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Referee: Keylor Herrera

Season statistics

Scoring

Saprissa's Luis Stewart Pérez scored the first goal of the Apertura tournament

Top goalscorers

Source: [28]

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Costa Rica Jonathan McDonald Alajuelense 15
2 Costa Rica Randall Azofeifa Herediano 10
Costa Rica Josué Mitchell Pérez Zeledón
4 Costa Rica Marvin Angulo Saprissa 9
Paraguay Lauro Cazal Pérez Zeledón
Costa Rica José Guillermo Ortiz Herediano
7 Costa Rica Randall Brenes Cartaginés 8
Costa Rica Andrey Francis Limón
Mexico Aldo Magaña Guadalupe
Costa Rica David Ramírez Saprissa
Costa Rica Keilor Soto Pérez Zeledón
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRoundReference
Costa Rica Randall AzofeifaHeredianoSantos4–1 (A)27 September 201710
Mexico Julio César CruzUCR5–0 (H)1 November 201718
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Goalkeeping

Leonel Moreira's four consecutive clean sheets helped him become the goalkeeper with the most consecutive minutes without receiving a goal in Herediano, and eighth in the history of the league[29]
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Matches Goals
Against		 Average[30]
1 Costa Rica Leonel Moreira Herediano 21 11 0,52
2 Costa Rica Daniel Cambronero Herediano 4 3 0,75
3 Costa Rica Marco Madrigal Cartaginés 5 4 0,80
4 Costa Rica Kevin Briceño Saprissa 19 17 0,89
5 Costa Rica Bryan Morales Santos 13 13 1,00
6 Costa Rica Luis Carlos Zamora Carmelita 3 3 1,00
7 Costa Rica Carlos Méndez UCR 17 18 1,06
8 Costa Rica Bryan Segura Pérez Zeledón 19 21 1,11
9 Costa Rica Patrick Pemberton Alajuelense 18 22 1,22
10 Costa Rica Alejandro Gómez Santos 14 18 1,29
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Foreign players

This is a list of foreign players in the 2017 Apertura season. The following players:

  1. Have played at least one 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 this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player(s) is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.

More information Team, Player 1 ...
Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
AlajuelenseColombia Iván LuquettaTrinidad and Tobago Jamille BoatswainSaint Lucia Kurt FrederickBrazil Iago Soares
CarmelitaArgentina Cristian TissoneBrazil Anderson Andrade
CartaginésArgentina Hernán FenerUruguay Fabrizio RonchettiArgentina Nelson González
GreciaTeam has no foreign players in its squad
GuadalupeMexico Aldo MagañaArgentina Lautaro AyalaMexico César Martínez
HeredianoMexico Luis Ángel LandínArgentina Jonathan HansenMexico Julio César Cruz
LiberiaSerbia Boris BalinovicSerbia Vladimir VujasinovićSerbia Zoran ZecItaly Alessio Lava
LimónColombia Cristian RivasVenezuela Jorge Luis RuizVenezuela Víctor Pérez
Pérez ZeledónArgentina Paulo AzcurraParaguay Lauro CazalArgentina Luis AseffArgentina Milton Martínez
SantosTeam has no foreign players in its squad
SaprissaBrazil Henrique MouraHonduras Jerry BengtsonArgentina Mariano TorresBrazil Anderson Leite
UCRColombia Mike CampazColombia Darío BustosColombia Edwards JiménezColombia Daniel Ocampo
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