# 2012–13 Costa Rican Primera División season

The 2012–13 Primera División season (known as the Campeonato JPS 2012–13 for sponsorship reasons) is the 94th of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano. Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado is one of the new members.
The Invierno season was dedicated to Carlos "Cañón" González.

## Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 25 July 2012 and will end on 23 December 2012.

### First Stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 44 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 43 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Herediano | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 37 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Limón | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 33 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Santos | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 32 | |
| 6 | Uruguay | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 28 | |
| 8 | Belén | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Carmelita | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 25 | |
| 10 | Puntarenas | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 22 | |
| 11 | Cartaginés | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 21 | |
| 12 | San Carlos | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 20 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | BEL | CRM | CAR | HER | LIM | PEZ | PUN | SAC | SAN | SAP | URU |
| Alajuelense | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Belén | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Carmelita | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Cartaginés | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Herediano | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Limón | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Pérez Zeledón | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Puntarenas | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| San Carlos | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–2 |
| Santos | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Deportivo Saprissa | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 |
| Uruguay | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | |

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | Saprissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 2 | Herediano | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | Alajuelense | Alajuelense | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | Alajuelense | 1 | 0 | 1 | Alajuelense | Alajuelense | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Limón | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |

### Finals
#### First leg
#### Second leg

* Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank champion
* Alajuelense 28th title

## Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began on 1 January 2013 and ended on 5 May 2013.

### First Stage
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Herediano | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 43 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Cartaginés | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 41 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 38 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 35 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Alajuelense | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 34 | |
| 6 | Puntarenas | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 30 | |
| 7 | Santos | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 29 | |
| 8 | Uruguay | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 28 | |
| 9 | San Carlos (R) | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 22 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 10 | Carmelita | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 21 | |
| 11 | Limón | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 21 | |
| 12 | Belén | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 19 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | BEL | CRM | CAR | HER | LIM | PEZ | PUN | SAC | SAN | SAP | URU |
| Alajuelense | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Belén | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Carmelita | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Cartaginés | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Herediano | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Limón | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Pérez Zeledón | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Puntarenas | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| San Carlos | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Santos | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Deportivo Saprissa | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Uruguay | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

### Second stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 2 | Cartaginés | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Saprissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 3 | Saprissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cartaginés | Cartaginés | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | | Herediano | Herediano | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | Herediano | 4 | 1 | 5 | Herediano | Herediano | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Pérez Zeledón | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
* Campeonato de Verano Scotiabank champion
* Herediano 23rd title