2015–16 Liga FPD explained

Competition:	Primera División
Season:	2015–16
Winners:	Invierno: Saprissa Verano: Herediano
Continentalcup1:	Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Saprissa Herediano
Biggest Home Win:	Belén Siglo XXI 5-1 Santos de Guápiles (9 September 2015)
Biggest Away Win:	Carmelita 0-3 Deportivo Saprissa (13 August 2015)
Highest Scoring:	Uruguay 4-3 Pérez Zeledón (16 August 2015)
Longest Wins:	Alajelense (5)
Longest Unbeaten:	Alajelense (9)
Longest Winless:	Pérez Zeledón (7)
Longest Losses:	UCR (5)
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17

The 2015–16 Costa Rican FPD was the 95th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It was divided in two championships: the Invierno and Verano seasons.

The Invierno season will be dedicated to Manuel Antonio "Pilo" Obando.^[1]

Teams

The league will be contested by a total of 12 teams, including Municipal Liberia, promoted from the 2014–15 Liga de Ascenso, meanwhile Puma Generaleña were relegated.

Personnel, kits and Stadia

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)	Stadium
Alajuelense	Javier Delgado	Puma	Movistar, Ibérico	Alejandro Morera Soto
Belén	José Giacone	Living Sports	Bridgestone	Polideportivo de Belén
Carmelita	Daniel Casas	Sportek	Great Wall	Alejandro Morera Soto
Cartaginés	César Eduardo Méndez	Joma	Huawei, Bancrédito	"Fello" Meza
Herediano	Minor Díaz	Umbro	kölbi, Roshfrans, Peugeot, La 400, San Miguel	Eladio Rosabal Cordero
Limón	Horacio Esquivel	Sportek	APM Terminals	Juan Gobán
Municipal Liberia	Erick Rodríguez	Sportek		Estadio Edgardo Baltodano
Pérez Zeledón	Mauricio Wright	Canastico	kölbi, GAFESO	Municipal de Pérez Zeledón
Santos	Johnny Chaves	Living Sports	PickLounge	Ebal Rodríguez
Saprissa	Carlos Watson	Kappa	Bimbo, Ibérico	Ricardo Saprissa
UCR	Guilherme Farinha	Propia	—	Estadio Ecológico
Uruguay de Coronado	Rónald González	Lotto	CoopeAlianza	Municipal El Labrador

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Appointed	Position in table
Limón	Kenneth Barrantes	TBD	2015	Horacio Esquivel	2015	th (2015)
Pérez Zeledón	Víctor Abelenda	Sacked	2015	Juan Eugenio Jiménez	2015	th (2015)
Santos	César Eduardo Méndez	Sacked	2015	Jhonny Chaves	2015	th (2015)
UCR	José Giacone	Sacked	2015	Omar Royero	2015	th (2015)
Alajuelense	Oscar Ramírez	Sacked	2015	Hernán Torres Oliveros	2015	th (2015)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Appointed	Position in table
Cartaginés	Claudio Ciccia	Sacked	August 17, 2015	Cesar Mendez	18 August 2015	th (2014)
Municipal Liberia	Orlando De León http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/Muere-Orlando-Leon-Ojo-Tigre_0_1507249389.html	Passed Away	22 August 2015	Gustavo Martínez	26 August 2015	th (2015)
UCR	Omar Royero	Sacked	August 24, 2015	Guilherme Farinha	August 25, 2015	th (2015)
Pérez Zeledón	Juan Eugenio Jiménez	Sacked	September 2015	Flavio da Silva	September, 2015	th (2015)
Deportivo Saprissa	Jeaustin Campos	Sacked	September 2015	Douglas Sequeira	September, 2015	th (2015)
Belen	Gerardo Ureña	Sacked	September, 2015	Juan Cruz	September, 2015	th (2015)
Municipal Liberia	Gustavo Martínez	Sacked	October 2015	Erick Rodríguez	October 2015	th (2015)
Deportivo Saprissa	Douglas Sequeira	Sacked	October 2015	Carlos Watson	October 2015	th (2015)
Belen	Juan Cruz	Resigned	October 2015	José Giacone	October 2015	th (2015)
Carmelita	Hugo Robles	Sacked	November 2015	Harold López	November 2015	th (2015)

Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 2015, with TBD defeating TBD 2–0, with Guatemalan player TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It ended on 2015, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

First stage

Standings

Second stage

Semifinals

First legs----

Second legsAlajuelense won 3–0 on aggregate.----Saprissa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

Second legSaprissa won 4–1 on aggregate.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Invierno 2015. The following players:

have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
have not been capped for the Costa Rica national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

Alajuelense

Belén

Sebastián Fassi

Carmelita

Lucas Monzon
Jorge Barbosa
Weller Pereira
Carlos Souza

Cartaginés

William Palacios
Fabrizio Ronchetti

Herediano

Omar Hernandez
Edgar Solis
Gabriel Enrique Gómez
Jonathan Hansen

Limón

Mauricio Rivas
Manuel Lopera
Serginho Barboza

(player released during the season)

Pérez Zeledón

Tomas Fonseca
Cleiton Januario Franko Kanu
Christian Yeladián

Municipal Liberia

None

Saprissa

Andres Imperiale
Adolfo Machado

Santos

Eder Cruz
Carlos Lopez

Universidad de Costa Rica

Maximiliano Joel Silva

Uruguay

Ismael Gomez
Walter Silva
Washington Lencina

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Ariel Rodríguez	Saprissa	20
2	Erick Scott	Limón	18
3	Víctor Núñez	Guápiles	11
4	Alejandro Alpízar	Uruguay	10
5	Leonardo Adams	Belén Siglo	9
6	Walter Silva	Uruguay	9
7	Randall Brenes	Cartaginés	8
8	Jonathan McDonald	Alajuelense	8
9	Carlos Discua	Alajuelense	7
10	Jonathan Hansen	Herediano	7

Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began in January 2016, with TBD defeating TBD 2–0, with TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It will end in June 2016, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

Personnel, kits and stadia