The 2019–20 Liga FPD season, also known as Liga Promérica[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 99th season since its establishment. The tournament is divided into two championships, the Apertura and Clausura, each in an identical format and each contested by 12 teams.
Competition: | Liga FPD |
Season: | 2019–20 |
Winners: | |
Relegated: | La U Universitarios |
Continentalcup1: | CONCACAF League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Alajuelense Herediano Saprissa |
League Topscorer: | Álvaro Saborío Chacón (13 goals as of Dec. 15, 2019) |
Biggest Home Win: | Saprissa 6-0 Limon FC (21 October 2019) |
Biggest Away Win: | Grecia 0-6 Saprissa (8 September 2019) |
Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
The Voit Loxus is the official match ball of the tournament.[2] San Carlos are the defending champions, after defeating Saprissa in the Clausura 2019 tournament.
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2018–19 season, one team promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.
Jicaral were promoted for the first time to the Liga FPD after defeating Guanacasteca in the Liga de Ascenso final, thus replacing Carmelita in the Liga FPD.
Like the previous season, the league has the following playoff format. The top 4 teams in the regular season will progress to a two-legged knockout tournament. If the same team that wins the regular season wins the playoff, that team wins the season championship immediately. Should a different team win the playoff than won the regular season, those two teams will meet in a two-legged Grand Final for the season championship.
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | Stadium | Capacity |
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Alajuelense | Andrés Carevic | Kelme | kölbi | Alejandro Morera Soto | |
Cartaginés | Hernán Medford | Joma | Premium Carroceria y Pintura | "Fello" Meza | |
Municipal Grecia | Fernando Palomeque | Living Sports | Super Rosvil | Estadio Allen Riggioni | |
Guadalupe F.C. | Géiner Segura | ProSport | Yustin Suministros | Estadio José Joaquín "Coyella" Fonseca | |
Herediano | José Giacone | Umbro | Tigo | Eladio Rosabal Cordero | |
Jicaral | Jeaustin Campos | ProSport | Sardimar | Estadio de la Asociación Cívica Jicaraleña | |
Limón | Ricardo Allen Thomas | Sportek | APM Terminals | Estadio Juan Gobán | |
Pérez Zeledón | Omar Royero | Textiles JB | kölbi | Municipal de Pérez Zeledón | |
San Carlos | Luis Marín | ARN | Dos Pinos | Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez | |
Santos | Johnny Chaves | Capelli Sport | Grupo Colono | Ebal Rodríguez | |
Saprissa | Walter Centeno | Kappa | kölbi | Ricardo Saprissa | |
UCR | Luis Diego Arnáez | Saeta | TBD | Estadio Jorge Hernán "Cuty" Monge | |
The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2019, starting on 20 July.
The regular season began on 20 July 2019 and ended on 20 November 2019.
If the regular season winners are unable to win the playoffs, a double-legged final will be played against the playoffs winner in order to determine the champions of the Apertura tournament. The team with the better accumulated record over the regular season and playoffs will host the second leg.
The Clausura 2020 season began in January 2020.
This is a list of foreign players in the 2019–20 season. The following players:
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 is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window. http://everardoherrera.com/index.php/futbol-costa-rica/48940-altas-y-bajas-reportadas-de-cara-al-clausura-2019
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former Players | |
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Alajuelense | Facundo Zabala | Alexander López | Adolfo Machado | |||
Cartaginés | Joaquin Aguirre | Marcel Hernández | ||||
Grecia | ||||||
Guadalupe | Lautaro Ayala | |||||
Herediano | Diego Gonzalez | Luis Lopez | ||||
Jicaral | Pablo Calderón | Carlos Soza | ||||
Limón | ||||||
Pérez Zeledón | Pablo Azcurra | Alexis Ramos | Craig Foster | |||
San Carlos | Julio Cruz | Jorman Aguilar | Omar Browne | |||
Santos de Guápiles | Javon East | Jason Ingram | Víctor Griffith | Chimdum Mez | ||
Deportivo Saprissa | Mariano Torres | Byron Bonilla | Aubrey David | |||
Universitarios | Hernan Fener | Pedro Báez | Renato Mencia |