The 2024–25 Liga FPD season, also known as Liga Promérica[1] for sponsorship reasons, is the 104th 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.

Teams and Structure Changes

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2023–24 season and one team promoted from the Liga de Ascenso.

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.

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Location of clubs in 2024-25 season
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Location of clubs in San José province
Team Location Stadium Capacity Founded
Alajuelense Alajuela, Alajuela Alejandro Morera Soto 18,000 1919
Cartaginés Cartago, Cartago José Rafael "Fello" Meza 10,000 1906
Guanacasteca Nicoya, Guanacaste Estadio Chorotega 3,000 1973
Herediano Heredia, Heredia Eladio Rosabal Cordero [3] 8,000 1921
Municipal Liberia Liberia, Guanacaste Edgardo Baltodano 7,000 1977
Puntarenas F.C. Puntarenas, Puntarenas Estadio Lito Pérez 4,105 2004
Pérez Zeledón San Isidro de El General, San José Estadio Municipal 6,000 1991
San Carlos Ciudad Quesada, Alajuela Carlos Ugalde Álvarez 5,600 1965
Santa Ana Santa Ana, San José Piedades de Santa Ana 2,000 1993
Santos de Guápiles Guápiles, Limón Ebal Rodríguez 3,000 1961
Saprissa San Juan de Tibás, San José Ricardo Saprissa 23,000 1935
Sporting F.C. Pavas, San José Ernesto Rohrmoser 3,000 2016

Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played from 20 July 2024 to 18 December 2024.

Regular season

The regular season began on 20 July 2024 and finished on 24 November 2024

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alajuelense 22 13 7 2 37 18 +19 46 Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2 Deportivo Saprissa 22 12 5 5 37 28 +9 41 Advance to Playoffs
3 San Carlos 22 10 9 3 41 26 +15 39
4 Herediano (C) 22 10 5 7 34 28 +6 35
5 Guanacasteca 22 10 5 7 26 31 −5 35
6 Cartaginés 22 10 4 8 33 29 +4 34
7 Sporting 22 8 3 11 27 27 0 27
8 Municipal Liberia 22 7 5 10 32 30 +2 26
9 Pérez Zeledón 22 4 10 8 20 27 −7 22
10 Santos de Guápiles 22 5 6 11 29 39 −10 21
11 Santa Ana 22 5 5 12 22 39 −17 20
12 Puntarenas 22 3 6 13 18 34 −16 15
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
(C) Champions


Results

Home \ Away LDA CSC SAP ADG CSH LIB PFC PZ SCA STA SAN SFC
Alajuelense — 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Cartaginés 0–1 — 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–4 4–0 2–1 1–0
Deportivo Saprissa 3–0 1–0 — 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–2 3–2 2–1 3–3 1–0
Guanacasteca 1–0 1–3 2–0 — 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1
Herediano 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 — 5–4 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0
Municipal Liberia 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 — 4–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 4–0 1–1
Puntarenas 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 — 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2
Pérez Zeledón 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 2–1 3–1 0–2
San Carlos 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 — 5–1 2–2 2–0
Santa Ana 0–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–4 — 1–1 0–2
Santos de Guápiles 1–3 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–4 0–1 0–0 3–3 0–4 1–0 — 2–1
Sporting 0–1 6–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 01 December 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Playoffs

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Alajuelense 0 2 2
4 Herediano 2 2 4
4 Herediano 3 0 3
2 Saprissa 0 2 2
2 Saprissa 2 2 4
3 San Carlos 2 0 2

Clausura

The Clausura 2025 season began on 10 January 2025.

Regular season

The regular season began on 10 January 2025 and will end on 7 May 2025.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Puntarenas 14 9 5 0 21 10 +11 32 Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2 Herediano 14 9 4 1 27 12 +15 31 Advance to Playoffs
3 Alajuelense 13 6 7 0 17 8 +9 25
4 Deportivo Saprissa 13 5 4 4 15 13 +2 19
5 Cartaginés 13 5 3 5 15 11 +4 18
6 Santos de Guápiles 13 4 4 5 14 17 −3 16
7 Pérez Zeledón 14 4 4 6 8 12 −4 16
8 Municipal Liberia 14 4 2 8 15 18 −3 14
9 Guanacasteca 14 3 5 6 11 15 −4 14
10 Sporting San José 14 4 2 8 13 23 −10 14
11 Santa Ana 13 2 5 6 15 24 −9 11
12 San Carlos 13 1 5 7 8 16 −8 8
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2025. 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


Results

Home \ Away ALA CTG SPR GUA HER LIB PUN PER SCA SAA SNT SPO
Alajuelense — 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 6–3
Cartaginés 1–1 — 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 5–0
Deportivo Saprissa 1–1 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0
Guanacasteca 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Herediano 1–2 3–1 4–1 — 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0
Municipal Liberia 1–3 2–3 1–1 — 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–0
Puntarenas 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 — 2–1 2–1 2–1
Pérez Zeledón 0–1 0–1 0–1 — 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
San Carlos 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 — 1–1 0–1
Santa Ana 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 — 1–2
Santos de Guápiles 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 —
Sporting San José 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–4 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Playoffs

Semifinals Finals
          
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Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alajuelense 35 19 14 2 54 26 +28 71 Qualification for the Central American Cup group stage[a]
2 Herediano (Q) 36 19 9 8 61 40 +21 66
3 Deportivo Saprissa 35 17 9 9 52 41 +11 60
4 Cartaginés 35 15 7 13 48 40 +8 52
5 Guanacasteca 36 13 10 13 37 46 −9 49
6 San Carlos 35 11 14 10 49 42 +7 47
7 Puntarenas 36 12 11 13 39 44 −5 47
8 Sporting San José 36 12 5 19 40 50 −10 41
9 Municipal Liberia 36 11 7 18 47 48 −1 40
10 Pérez Zeledón 36 8 14 14 28 39 −11 38
11 Santos de Guápiles 35 9 10 16 43 56 −13 37
12 Santa Ana 35 7 10 18 37 63 −26 31 Relegation to Liga de Ascenso
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2025. 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
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Herediano qualified as winners of the 2024 Apertura.

References

  1. ^ "UNAFUT - SITIO OFICIAL - Liga Promerica será el nuevo concepto del fútbol de la primera división". unafut.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  2. ^ "Calendario Torneo Apertura 2023". www.unafut.org. UNAFUT, Genius Sports Group. Retrieved 9 Jan 2024.
  3. ^ Herediano is temporarily playing at Estadio "Colleya" Fonseca in Guadalupe, San José while their home stadium undergoes renovation [2]
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Liga_FPD
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