2013–14 Costa Rican Primera División season

Primera División
Season2013–14
Champions2013 Invierno:
Alajuelense (29th title)
2014 Verano:
Saprissa (30th title)
Champions LeagueAlajuelense
Saprissa
Herediano
Matches played132
Goals scored364 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerCosta Rica Cristian Lagos (13 goals)
Biggest home winSaprissa 5–1 Limón
Biggest away winPérez Zeledón 0–4 Alajuelense
Highest scoringSaprissa 4–4 Alajuelense
(22 September 2013)
Longest unbeaten runSaprissa (11 games)
Highest attendance32,631
Alajuelense 3–0 Saprissa
(10 November 2013)
All statistics correct as of 24 November 2013.

The 2013–14 Primera División season (known as the Campeonato JPS 2013–14 for sponsorship reasons) is the 95th of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano. Universidad de Costa Rica is the newly promoted member.

The Invierno season was dedicated to Guillermo Vargas Roldán.

Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 11 August 2013 and will end on 22 December 2013.

First Stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Herediano 22 15 4 3 49 23 +26 49 Advances to the Semifinals
2 Alajuelense 22 15 2 5 38 18 +20 47
3 Saprissa 22 12 6 4 38 25 +13 42
4 Cartaginés 22 7 11 4 24 23 +1 32
5 Santos 22 7 6 9 32 32 0 27
6 Universidad de Costa Rica 22 6 9 7 25 26 −1 27
7 Carmelita 22 6 8 8 29 33 −4 26
8 Puntarenas 22 6 7 9 21 29 −8 25
9 Pérez Zeledón 22 6 5 11 32 43 −11 23
10 Uruguay 22 4 9 9 23 30 −7 21
11 Limón 22 5 5 12 23 39 −16 20
12 Belén 22 3 8 11 23 36 −13 17
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ALA BEL CRM CAR HER LIM PEZ PUN SAN SAP UCR URU
Alajuelense 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1
Belén 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–4 0–2 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2
Carmelita 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1
Cartaginés 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–2
Herediano 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 5–2 3–2 3–0 4–1 1–1
Limón 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1
Pérez Zeledón 0–4 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–3 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 1–1
Puntarenas 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2
Santos 0–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–3
Saprissa 4–4 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–1
Universidad de Costa Rica 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–1
Uruguay 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Herediano 2 3 5
4 Cartaginés 0 0 0
1 Herediano 0 0 0 (3)
2 Alajuelense 0 0 0 (5)
2 Alajuelense 0 1 1
3 Saprissa 1 0 1

Semifinals

First legs

Saprissa1–0Alajuelense
Vega 64' Report Guevara Red card 55'
Attendance: 15,110
Referee: Hugo Cruz
Cartaginés0–2Herediano
Report Arias 56' (pen.)
Núñez 63'
Attendance: 5,696
Referee: Henry Bejarano

Second legs

Herediano3–0Cartaginés
Cubero 12'
Granados 19'
Leandrinho 54'		 Report
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: Jeffrey Solis
Alajuelense1–0Saprissa
P. López 25' Report
Attendance: 15,463

Finals

First leg

Alajuelense0–0Herediano
Report
Referee: Hugo Cruz

Second leg

Herediano0–0Alajuelense
Report
Penalties
Salazar soccer ball with check mark
Soto soccer ball with red X
Olman Vargas soccer ball with check mark
Leandrinho soccer ball with check mark		 3–5 Guzmán soccer ball with check mark
Aguirre soccer ball with check mark
Sancho soccer ball with check mark
Palacios soccer ball with check mark
Oviedo soccer ball with check mark

Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began on 11 January 2014.

First Stage

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Saprissa (A) 22 13 7 2 43 18 +25 46 Advances to the Semifinals
2 Alajuelense (A) 22 12 6 4 40 21 +19 42
3 Herediano (A) 22 12 5 5 41 23 +18 41
4 Universidad de Costa Rica (A) 22 11 2 9 31 32 −1 35
5 Carmelita 22 9 4 9 30 27 +3 31
6 Belén 22 8 5 9 27 36 −9 29
7 Uruguay 22 8 4 10 27 31 −4 28
8 Limón 22 6 7 9 26 31 −5 25
9 Cartaginés 22 5 9 8 21 29 −8 24
10 Pérez Zeledón 22 5 8 9 28 36 −8 23
11 Santos 22 4 7 11 23 37 −14 19
12 Puntarenas 22 3 8 11 24 40 −16 17
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away ALA BEL CRM CAR HER LIM PEZ PUN SAN SAP UCR URU
Alajuelense 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 5–2 3–0
Belén 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–4 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2
Carmelita 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1
Cartaginés 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Herediano 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–2 2–2 5–0 2–1
Limón 4–2 3–0 3–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0
Pérez Zeledón 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
Puntarenas 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–2
Santos 0–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–3 2–4 0–3 1–1
Saprissa 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–0
Universidad de Costa Rica 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–3 2–1
Uruguay 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–4 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Saprissa 2 2 4
4 Universidad de Costa Rica 2 0 2
1 Saprissa 0 1 1
2 Alajuelense 0 0 0
2 Alajuelense 1 3 4
3 Herediano 1 1 2

Semifinals

First legs

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Second legs

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Finals

First leg

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Second leg

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References

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