2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season

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

Liga FPD
Season2017–18
Dates29 July[1] – 23 December[2]
ChampionsPérez Zeledón (1st title)
CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions LeaguePérez Zeledón
Matches played146
Goals scored426 (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]

Herediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to Pérez Zeledón.

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

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
UCR Mauricio Wright Sacked 17 April 2017[7] Pre-season Marco Arias 26 May 2017[8]
Cartaginés Jeaustin Campos Resigned 29 May 2017[9] Javier Delgado 30 May 2017[10]
Liberia Erick Rodríguez Resigned 27 July 2017[11] Vinicio Alvarado 31 July 2017[12]
Alajuelense Benito Floro Sacked 21 August 2017[13] 7th[13] Wílmer López 21 August 2017[13]
Guadalupe Luis Fallas Sacked 4 September 2017[14] 12th Antonio Abasolo 4 September 2017[14]
Carmelita Guilherme Farinha Sacked 28 September 2017[15] 11th Mario Viquez1 24 November 2017[16]
Liberia Vinicio Alvarado Resigned 7 November 2017[17] 12th Fernando Castro (interim) 7 November 2017[17]
Cartaginés Javier Delgado Mutual consent 10 November 2017[18] 10th Adrián Leandro2 22 November 2017[19][18]
Saprissa Carlos Watson Resigned 17 December 2017[20] 2nd (Quadrangular) Vladimir Quesada 18 December 2017[21]
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
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
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)
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Herediano7421111111111111111111
Saprissa3112222222222222222222
Santos1256377767676433333333
Pérez Zeledón1212129643346743344444444
Alajuelense2335765433334567776775
Grecia11763436654457756665566
Limón4584554575565675557657
Cartaginés5891111119888888991011109988
UCR864789101111119109888888899
Carmelita1010101212121110910111111111099910101010
Guadalupe6971091012121212121212121211121111111111
Liberia9111181088910910910101112101212121212
Source:

Results
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
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2017. Source: UNAFUT.com
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Quadrangular – Apertura

Teams qualified

Standings
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
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
Team ╲ Round123456
Pérez Zeledón112111
Saprissa321222
Herediano443333
Santos234444
Source:

Results
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
Updated to match(es) played on 17 December 2017. Source: UNAFUT.com
Colours: 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]

Pérez Zeledón1–0Herediano
Venegas  15'
Referee: Ricardo Montero[26]
Herediano0–0Pérez Zeledón
Referee: Keylor Herrera

Season statistics

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

Top goalscorers

Source: [28]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jonathan McDonald Alajuelense 15
2 Randall Azofeifa Herediano 10
Josué Mitchell Pérez Zeledón
4 Marvin Angulo Saprissa 9
Lauro Cazal Pérez Zeledón
José Guillermo Ortiz Herediano
7 Randall Brenes Cartaginés 8
Andrey Francis Limón
Aldo Magaña Guadalupe
David Ramírez Saprissa
Keilor Soto Pérez Zeledón

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRoundReference
Randall AzofeifaHeredianoSantos4–1 (A)27 September 201710
Julio César CruzUCR5–0 (H)1 November 201718

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]
Rank Player Club Matches Goals
Against		 Average[30]
1 Leonel Moreira Herediano 21 11 0,52
2 Daniel Cambronero Herediano 4 3 0,75
3 Marco Madrigal Cartaginés 5 4 0,80
4 Kevin Briceño Saprissa 19 17 0,89
5 Bryan Morales Santos 13 13 1,00
6 Luis Carlos Zamora Carmelita 3 3 1,00
7 Carlos Méndez UCR 17 18 1,06
8 Bryan Segura Pérez Zeledón 19 21 1,11
9 Patrick Pemberton Alajuelense 18 22 1,22
10 Alejandro Gómez Santos 14 18 1,29

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.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Alajuelense Iván Luquetta Jamille Boatswain Kurt Frederick Iago Soares
Carmelita Cristian Tissone Anderson Andrade
Cartaginés Hernán Fener Fabrizio Ronchetti Nelson González
GreciaTeam has no foreign players in its squad
Guadalupe Aldo Magaña Lautaro Ayala César Martínez
Herediano Luis Ángel Landín Jonathan Hansen Julio César Cruz
Liberia Boris Balinovic Vladimir Vujasinović Zoran Zec Alessio Lava
Limón Cristian Rivas Jorge Luis Ruiz Víctor Pérez
Pérez Zeledón Paulo Azcurra Lauro Cazal Luis Aseff Milton Martínez
SantosTeam has no foreign players in its squad
Saprissa Henrique Moura Jerry Bengtson Mariano Torres Anderson Leite
UCR Mike Campaz Darío Bustos Edwards Jiménez Daniel Ocampo

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