# 2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season

The 2009–10 Primera División season is the 91st of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season began on July 25 and ended on May 16. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano

## Format

The format for both championships are similar. Each championship will have two stages: a first "regular" stage and a second "playoff" stage. Prior to the start of the season, the twelve teams were designated into groups based on their positions in the 2008-09 aggregate table. The teams that finished 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and Liga de Ascenso winner were placed into Group A. The teams that finished in 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, and 11 were placed into Group B.
The first stage was divided into two rounds: the first round for each championship had a single round-robin format; the second round for championship is different. The second round in the Invierno had the teams in each group play against each in a single round-robin format. The second round for the Verano will have the teams from each group play the teams in the other group in a single round-robin format. The top three teams from each group at the end of the stage will advance the second stage.
The second stage for each championship is identical: The teams that finishes 2 & 3 in their groups will play against the opposite seed from the other group over two legs. The winner of that tie will advance to the semifinals and play against one of the top teams from the groups. The winners of that tie will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.

## Team information

| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Águilas Guanacastecas | Liberia | Edgardo Briceño | 6,500 |
| Alajuelense | Alajuela | Alejandro Morera Soto | 17,895 |
| Brujas | Desamparados | "Cuty" Monge | 5,000 |
| Cartaginés | Cartago | Fello Meza | 18,000 |
| Herediano | Heredia | Rosabal Cordero | 8,144 |
| Pérez Zeledón | San Isidro del General | Municipal | 6,000 |
| Puntarenas | Puntarenas | "Lito" Pérez | 4,105 |
| Ramonense | San Ramón | Guillermo Roldán | 5,000 |
| San Carlos | Ciudad Quesada | Carlos Álvarez | 5,600 |
| Santos de Guápiles | Guápiles | Ebal Rodríguez | 3,000 |
| Saprissa | Tibás | Ricardo Saprissa | 24,000 |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | San Pedro | Ecologico | 1,800 |

## Campeonato de Invierno

The 2009 Campeonato de Invierno, officially the 2009 Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons, was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on July 25, 2009, and ended on December 28, 2009.

### First stage
#### Standings

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 29 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Cartaginés | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 24 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Liberia Mía | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 24 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Saprissa | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 24 | |
| 5 | Alajuelense | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 23 | |
| 6 | Santos | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 21 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Herediano | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 29 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Brujas | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 23 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puntarenas | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 20 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Universidad de Costa Rica | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 16 | |
| 5 | Ramonense | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | San Carlos | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 11 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ALA | BRU | CAR | HER | LIB | PEZ | PUN | RAM | SAC | SAN | SAP | UCR |
| Alajuelense | | | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Brujas | 0–0 | | | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Cartaginés | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
| Herediano | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Liberia Mía | 3–2 | | 2–3 | | | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Pérez Zeledón | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Puntarenas | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 |
| Ramonense | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 |
| San Carlos | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | | | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Santos | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | | 2–1 | | 2–2 | |
| Saprissa | 0–2 | | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | B1 | Herediano | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| A2 | Cartaginés | 1 | 1 | 2 | B3 | Puntarenas | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| B3 | Puntarenas | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | B3 | Puntarenas | 0 | 1 | 1(4) |
| | | | | | | | | | | B2 | Brujas | 0 | 1 | 1(5) |
| | | | | | A1 | Pérez Zeledón | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| B2 | Brujas | 2 | 3 | 5 | B2 | Brujas | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| A3 | Liberia Mía | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
* Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank 2009 champion
* Brujas 1st title

## Campeonato de Verano

The 2010 Campeonato de Verano, officially the 2010 Campeonato de Verano Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons, was the second tournament of the season. The tournament began on January 17, 2010, and ended on May 2, 2010.

### First stage
#### Standings

Group 1 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saprissa | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 35 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 34 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Santos | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 20 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Cartaginés | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 20 | |
| 5 | Pérez Zeledón | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 19 | |
| 6 | Águilas Guanacastecas | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 15 | |
Group 2 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Carlos | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 29 | Advances to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Herediano | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 20 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puntarenas | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 17 | Advances to the Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Ramonense | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 16 | |
| 5 | Universidad de Costa Rica | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 16 | |
| 6 | Brujas | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 13 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AGU | ALA | BRU | CAR | HER | PEZ | PUN | RAM | SAC | SAN | SAP | UCR |
| Liberia Mía | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | |
| Alajuelense | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Brujas | | | | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 1–1 |
| Cartaginés | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Herediano | | | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 |
| Pérez Zeledón | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | | | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Puntarenas | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | | | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Ramonense | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 3–1 | | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| San Carlos | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Santos | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Saprissa | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | 2–0 | | |
| Universidad de Costa Rica | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | | | A1 | Saprissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| B2 | Herediano | 1 | 1 | 2 | A3 | Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| A3 | Santos | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | A1 | Saprissa | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | B1 | San Carlos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | | B1 | San Carlos | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| A2 | Alajuelense | 2 | 3 | 5 | A2 | Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| B3 | Puntarenas | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
* Campeonato de Verano Scotiabank 2010 champion
* Saprissa 29th title

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Saprissa | 36 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 69 | Qualified to the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 64 | |
| 3 | Herediano | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 53 | |
| 4 | Brujas | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 50 | Qualified to the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round |
| 5 | Pérez Zeledón | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 48 | |
| 6 | Santos | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 46 | |
| 7 | Puntarenas | 40 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
| 8 | Cartaginés | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 45 | |
| 9 | San Carlos | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 44 | |
| 10 | Águilas Guanacastecas (R) | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 39 | Relegated to the Segunda División de Costa Rica |
| 11 | Universidad de Costa Rica | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 35 | |
| 12 | Ramonense (R) | 32 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 32 | Relegated to the Segunda División de Costa Rica |