2006–07 Primera División (Costa Rica)
Primera División de Costa Rica (Costa Rica First Division) is a Costa Rican football tournament composed of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Costa Rican football.
In both the Apertura and Clausura, 2 groups of 6 teams are conformed, they will play twice (Home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once game with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The top 4 teams from each group after the final round of the Apertura and the Clausura qualify for the playoffs.
Contents
Apertura 2006
Group stage
Group A
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points | |
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1. | Alajuelense | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 32 |
2. | Puntarenas F.C. | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 27 |
3. | Herediano | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 23 |
4. | San Carlos | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 20 |
5. | Liberia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 38 | -23 | 12 |
6. | Santacrucena | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 30 | -21 | 6 |
Group B
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points | |
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1. | Saprissa | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | +11 | 29 |
2. | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 28 |
3. | Cartaginés | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 24 |
4. | Brujas F.C. | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 23 |
5. | Carmelita | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 18 |
6. | Santos | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 17 |
Teams qualified to the playoffs |
Note: Brujas deducted 5 points for failure to give youth players required playing time.
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
1A | Alajuelense | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
4B | Brujas F.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Pérez Zeledón | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2B | Pérez Zeledón | 0 | 4 | 4 (7) | |||||||||||||||
3A | Herediano | 3 | 1 | 4 (6) | |||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Saprissa | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1B | Saprissa | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
4A | San Carlos | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Saprissa | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Puntarenas F.C. | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2A | Puntarenas F.C. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
3B | Cartaginés | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Apertura 2006 winners: |
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Saprissa |
Clausura 2007
Group stage
Group A
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points | |
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1. | Saprissa | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 32 |
2. | Puntarenas F.C. | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 29 |
3. | Herediano | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 26 |
4. | San Carlos | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 16 |
5. | Liberia | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 14 |
6. | Santacrucena | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 28 | -15 | 10 |
Group B
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points | |
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1. | Alajuelense | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 30 |
2. | Cartaginés | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
3. | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 24 |
4. | Brujas F.C. | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 23 |
5. | Santos | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 21 |
6. | Carmelita | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 33 | -18 | 11 |
Teams qualified to the playoffs |
Playoffs
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
1A | Saprissa | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
4B | Brujas F.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Saprissa | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||||||
Herediano | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||||||
2B | Cartagines | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
3A | Herediano | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Saprissa | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
1B | Alajuelense | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
4A | San Carlos | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Puntarenas F.C. | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2A | Puntarenas F.C. | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
3B | Perez Zeledon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clausura 2007 winners: |
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Saprissa |
Final
No Final was played as Saprissa won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
Champion
Primera División de Costa Rica 2006-07: Saprissa 25th Title |
Aggregate Table
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Points | |
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1. | Alajuelense | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 62 |
2. | Saprissa | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 61 |
3. | Puntarenas F.C. | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 56 |
4. | Pérez Zeledón | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 52 |
5. | Herediano | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 49 |
6. | Cartaginés | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 39 | -3 | 49 |
7. | Brujas F.C. | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 46 |
8. | Santos | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 38 |
9. | San Carlos | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 36 |
10. | Carmelita | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 53 | -17 | 29 |
11. | Liberia | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 60 | -31 | 26 |
12. | Santacrucena | 32 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 58 | -36 | 16 |
Primera División Champion 2006-07 |
Relegated to Segunda Division |