# 2018–19 Liga Puerto Rico

The 2018–19 Liga Puerto Rico season, is the league's inaugural season of Liga Puerto Rico.

## Summary

Following the absence of a football league in Puerto Rico for the 2017–18 season, the Puerto Rican Football Federation organized a Preparatory Tournament that ran from March until June 2018. 10 teams participated on the tournament won by Bayamón FC.
The league's launch conference was held on August 23, 2018. The league kicked off on September 29, 2018.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Founded | Joined | Head Coach |
| Bayamón FC | Bayamón | Bayamón Soccer Complex | 1999 | 2018 | Josep Ferré |
| Caguas Sporting FC | Caguas | Estadio Villa del Rey | 2016 | 2018 | |
| Don Bosco FC | San Juan | Oratorio San Juan Bosco, Cantera, Santurce | | 2018 | Lionel Simonetti |
| Mayagüez FC | Mayagüez | Mayagüez Athletics Stadium | 2003 | 2018 | Gladys "Cusi" Rivera |
| Guaynabo Gol SC | Guaynabo | Estadio Charlie Fuentes | | 2018 | |
| Guayama FC | Guayama | Complejo Área Recreativa de Guayama | | 2018 | Wilfredo "Willy Boyer" |
| Mirabelli SA | San Juan | Playing home games at Bayamón Soccer Complex | | 2018 | Daniel "Beca" Ramos |
| Metropolitan FA | San Juan | Estadio Metropolitano del Reparto Metropolitano | 2015 | 2018 | Jorge Silveti |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Metropolitan FA | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 51 | Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals) |
| 2 | Bayamón FC | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 85 | 26 | +59 | 46 | Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals) |
| 3 | Don Bosco FC | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 35 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 4 | Guayama FC | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 35 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 5 | Caguas Sporting FC | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 24 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 6 | Guaynabo Gol SC | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 23 | Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals) |
| 7 | Mirabelli SA | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 59 | −28 | 15 | |
| 8 | Mayagüez FC | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 27 | 82 | −55 | 11 | |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| Bayamón | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Caguas Sporting | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Don Bosco FC | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Guayama | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Guaynabo Gol | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Mayagüez | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Mirabelli | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Metropolitan | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* Leader and qualification to playoffs
* Qualification to playoffs
* Last place in table

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | 1 | Metropolitan FA | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | |
| 4 | Guayama FC | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Guayama FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Caguas Sporting FC | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Metropolitan FA | 0 (4) |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Bayamón FC | 0 (1) |
| | | | | | 2 | Bayamón FC | 6 | 3 | 9 | | | |
| 3 | Don Bosco FC | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Don Bosco FC | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| 6 | Guaynabo Gol SC | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |

### Final
## Season statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Antonio Enright for Metropolitan FA against Don Bosco FC (29 September 2018)
* 100th goal of the season: Josep Becerra for Bayamón FC against Caguas Sporting FC (27 November 2018)
* 200th goal of the season: Rubén Jordan for Guaynabo Gol against Bayamón FC (27 January 2019)
* 300th goal of the season: Jorge Rivera for Don Bosco FC against Caguas Sporting FC (10 March 2019)

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Josep Becerra | Bayamón FC | 32 |
| 2 | Dennis Beltré | Don Bosco FC | 22 |
| 3 | José I. González | Guayama FC | 20 |
| 4 | Alejandro Rabell | Bayamón FC | 19 |
| 5 | Adrián Oviedo | Metropolitan FA | 16 |
Source Liga Puerto Rico Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Josep Becerra | Bayamón FC | 8 |
| 2 | Samuel Soto | Guayama FC | 7 |
| 2 | Andrés Cabrero | Bayamón FC | 7 |
| 3 | Juan Vélez | Guayama FC | 4 |
Assist until matches played at January 20, 2019

### Clean Sheets

| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | Clean Sheets |
| 1 | Leftie Millán | Bayamón FC | 7 |
| 2 | Christopher Echevarría | Metropolitan FA | 6 |
| 3 | Sebastián Uranga | Guaynabo Gol SC | 4 |
| 4 | Steven Olivera | Don Bosco FC | 3 |
| 4 | Edgar L. Colón | Caguas Sporting FC | 3 |
| 5 | Ian Mercado | Bayamón FC | 2 |
| 5 | Omar Torres | Guayama FC | 2 |