Primera División Apertura
Costa Rica
League level:
First Tier
Reigning champion:
Deportivo Saprissa
Record-holding champions:
Deportivo Saprissa 7 time(s)
- Number of teams: 12 teams
- Players: 332
- Foreigners: 65 Players 19.6%
- ø-Market value: €155k
- ø-Age: 27.5
Fair play table 16/17
This is the league's fair play table. The clubs are sorted by points in ascending order. A yellow card counts one point, a yellow-red card three points and a red card five points.
| # | wappen | Club | + | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 582 | 11 | 42 | 53 | 825 | ||||
| 1 |  | AD Carmelita | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50 | |
| 2 |  | Santos de Guápiles FC | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 59 | |
| 3 |  | AD San Carlos | 51 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 64 | |
| 4 |  | La U Universitarios (- 2020) | 42 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 67 | |
| 5 |  | Municipal Pérez Zeledón | 51 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 68 | |
| 6 |  | CS Cartaginés | 53 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 68 | |
| 7 |  | AD Municipal Liberia | 52 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 68 | |
| 8 |  | Deportivo Saprissa | 51 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 71 | |
| 9 |  | CS Herediano | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 74 | |
| 10 |  | Limón FC (- 2021) | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 76 | |
| 11 |  | LD Alajuelense | 54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 77 | |
| 12 |  | Guadalupe FC | 45 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 83 | |
Fair play table according to positions
| Positions | Player | Points | Number of cards | Cards per match | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 336 | 582 | 11 | 41 | 820 | 634 | 1.89 |
| Goalkeeper | 28 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 0.64 |
| Forwards | 78 | 102 | 2 | 10 | 158 | 114 | 1.46 |
| Midfielders | 119 | 211 | 5 | 14 | 296 | 230 | 1.93 |
| Defenders | 111 | 252 | 4 | 16 | 344 | 272 | 2.45 |
Table Primera División Invierno
| # | Club | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Saprissa
| 22 | 33 | 49 |
| 2 | |
Herediano
| 22 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | |
LD Alajuelense | 22 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 |  |
Santos FC | 22 | 3 | 35 |
| 5 | |
Cartaginés
| 22 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | |
Limón FC | 22 | -17 | 31 |
| 7 | |
AD Carmelita | 22 | -11 | 26 |
| 8 | |
Pérez Zeledón | 22 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 |  |
Belén FC | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 10 |  |
UCR | 22 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | |
Liberia | 22 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 |  |
AD San Carlos | 22 | -18 | 17 |