| Competition: | Primera División |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | |
| Relegated: | San Carlos |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Saprissa Herediano |
| Continentalcup2: | CONCACAF League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Alajuelense Santos |
| League Topscorer: | |
| Total Goals: | 787 |
| Matches: | 290 |
| Highest Attendance: | 19,331 (29 October 2016) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 139 (8 January 2017) |
| Attendance: | Invierno: 477,867[1] Verano: 475,996[2] |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2015–16 Costa Rican FPD is the 96th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It is divided in two championships: the Invierno and Verano seasons.
The season format was changed from previous years. The season will still be split into two tournaments, the Invierno and Verano. Also, each tournament's regular stage will still consist of a double-round robin. However, the top four teams from the regular stage will advance to a "quadrangular" double-round robin instead of a play-off stage. If the team with the most points in regular stage finishes with the most points in the quadrangular, they will automatically win the tournament. Otherwise, the regular stage and quadrangular winners will play to decide the tournament's champion.
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity[3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alajuelense | Alajuela | Alejandro Morera Soto | |
| Belén | Belén | Polideportivo de Belén | |
| Carmelita | Alajuela | Alejandro Morera Soto | |
| Cartaginés | Cartago | "Fello" Meza | |
| Herediano | Heredia | Eladio Rosabal Cordero | |
| Liberia | Liberia | Edgardo Baltodano | |
| Limón | Limón | Juan Gobán | |
| Pérez Zeledón | San Isidro | Municipal Pérez Zeledón | |
| Santos | Limón | Ebal Rodríguez | |
| Saprissa | San José | Ricardo Saprissa | |
| San Carlos | Quesada | Carlos Ugalde Álvarez | |
| UCR | San José | Estadio Ecológico | |
Because different teams won the regular season title and the quadrangular tournament, those two winners, Saprissa and Herediano, will play a two-legged play-off to determine the Verano champions.
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The aggregate table only factors in regular season results and ignores the quadrangular tournaments.
On 31 May 2017, the UNAFUT held a ceremony in the national auditorium of the Museo de los Niños to deliver the Liga FPD awards for the season.[4]
| Category | Season | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Invierno 2016 | Verano 2017 | ||
| Champions | Saprissa | Herediano | |
| Runners-up | Herediano | Saprissa | |
| Dedicated to | Rodolfo Ferguson | Orlando de León | |
| Goalscorer | Yendrick Ruiz | Erick Scott | |
| Best player | Marvin Angulo | Randall Azofeifa | |
| Best U-21 player | Gerson Torres | Jimmy Marín | |
| Best manager | Carlos Watson | Hernán Medford | |
| Best goalkeeper | Danny Carvajal | Leonel Moreira | |
| Best foreign player |  Adolfo Machado |  Luis Ángel Landín | |
| Best goal | Marvin Angulo | Carlos Hernández | |
| Most disciplined team | Cartaginés | Pérez Zeledón | |
| Best movers | Santos de Guápiles | Pérez Zeledón | |
| Award | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| Special tribute1 | Danny Fonseca Víctor Núñez Félix Montoya | |
| Best save | Leonel Moreira | |
| Arbitration work | Ricardo Montero Rafael Andrade Juan Carlos Mora Juan Gabriel Calderón Honorific mentions: Wálter Quesada Adrián Jiménez | |
| Fair play award | Minor Álvarez2 |
1 Awarded to the mentioned players due to their number of matches played in the Liga FPD.
2 Goalkeeper Minor Álvarez received the award for aiding San Carlos' Érick Zúñiga during the last matchday of the Verano 2017 season, at the cost of receiving a goal during his action.[5]
| Team | Home average |
|---|---|
| Deportivo Saprissa | 9,228 |
| Alajuelense | 8,807 |
| CS Herediano | 4,247 |
| CS Cartaginés | 3,874 |
| AD San Carlos | 2,261 |
| Municipal Liberia | 1,786 |
| Municipal Pérez Zeledón | 1,375 |
| Limón FC | 1,176 |
| Santos de Guápiles | 1,121 |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | 968 |
| AD Carmelita | 862 |
| Belén FC | 564 |