The 2020–21 Liga FPD season, is the 100th season since its establishment.

Liga FPD
Season2020–21
2021–22 →

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD Costa Rica TBD Resigned 2020 Costa Rica TBD 2020 TBD (2019-2020)

During the Apertura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD Costa Rica TBD Sacked 2020 Costa Rica TBD 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
TBD Costa Rica TBD Sacked 2020 Costa Rica TBD 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
TBD Costa Rica TBD Sacked 2020 Costa Rica TBD 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
TBD Costa Rica TBD Sacked 2020 Costa Rica TBD 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Municipal Grecia Costa Rica Luis Diego Arnaez Sacked 2020 Costa Rica Luis Rodriguez 2020 th (Apertura 2020)

Between the Apertura and Clausura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Herediano Costa Rica Jafet Soto Sacked December 2020 Mexico Fernando Palomeque [1] December 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Grecia Costa Rica José Rodríguez Interimship finished December 2020 Costa Rica Gilberto Martínez December 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Sporting San José Costa Rica Randall Row Sacked December 2020 Argentina José Giacone December 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Costa Rica Sacked December 2020 Costa Rica December 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Costa Rica Sacked December 2020 Costa Rica December 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Costa Rica Sacked December 2020 Costa Rica December 2020 th (Apertura 2020)

During the Clausura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD Costa Rica TBD Sacked 2021 Costa Rica TBD 2021 th (Clausura 2021)

Apertura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alajuelense (C) 16 12 1 3 36 18 +18 37 Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2 Saprissa (A) 16 9 3 4 29 16 +13 30 Advance to Playoffs
3 Cartaginés 16 9 2 5 32 16 +16 29
4 Herediano 16 7 5 4 27 19 +8 26
5 San Carlos 16 6 5 5 14 15 −1 23
6 Limón 16 6 5 5 15 24 −9 23
7 Guadalupe 16 6 3 7 25 27 −2 21
8 Jicaral 16 4 6 6 14 15 −1 18
9 Sporting San José 16 5 3 8 20 24 −4 18
10 Pérez Zeledón 16 4 3 9 20 34 −14 15
11 Santos de Guápiles 16 2 8 6 12 24 −12 14
12 Grecia 16 2 4 10 14 26 −12 10
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
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
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions

Clausura

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alajuelense (Q) 22 14 8 0 49 12 +37 50 Advance to Playoffs and (if necessary) Grand final
2 Santos de Guápiles (Q) 22 10 6 6 36 29 +7 36 Advance to Playoffs
3 Herediano 22 7 9 6 35 29 +6 30
4 Saprissa 22 6 11 5 31 29 +2 29
5 San Carlos 22 7 8 7 21 24 −3 29
6 Jicaral 22 6 10 6 21 24 −3 28
7 Pérez Zeledón 22 6 10 6 22 29 −7 28
8 Cartaginés 22 6 8 8 23 27 −4 26
9 Sporting San José 22 6 5 11 18 31 −13 23
10 Grecia 22 4 11 7 22 29 −7 23
11 Guadalupe 22 4 10 8 33 31 +2 22
12 Limón 22 5 6 11 25 42 −17 21
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
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

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2020–21 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 is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.[2]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former Players
Alajuelense Argentina Facundo Zabala Honduras Alexander López Panama Adolfo Machado
Cartaginés Argentina Joaquin Aguirre Cuba Marcel Hernández Nicaragua Byron Bonilla
Grecia Argentina Leonel Peralta Haiti Naël Élysée Mexico Aldo Magaña
Guadalupe Argentina Lautaro Ayala
Herediano Brazil Leandrinho
Jicaral Argentina Ismael Gómez Brazil Kennedy Rocha Pereira Uruguay Joaquin Santellan
Limón Chile Carlos Soza
Pérez Zeledón Argentina Hernan Fener Brazil Enrique Moura Jamaica Craig Foster
San Carlos Jamaica Javon East Mexico Julio Cruz Panama Jorman Aguilar
Santos de Guápiles Nicaragua Jason Ingram Panama Víctor Griffith
Deportivo Saprissa Argentina Esteban Espíndola Argentina Mariano Torres Trinidad and Tobago Aubrey David
Sporting

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

References

  1. ↑ "Fernando Palomeque: Nuevo DT del Herediano de Costa Rica". 21 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "UNAFUT - SITIO OFICIAL - Extranjeros". Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
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