Liga Promerica
FIFA Region
CONCACAF
Season
2024-2025
Location
Costa Rica
Abbreviation
CRC1
Summary
The Primera División de Costa Rica (CRC1), or Liga FPD, or Liga Promerica, is the top level of league style football competition in Costa Rica. The CRC1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2025 CNCFCAC Group Stage:
- 2024-2025 Apertura and Clausura champions
- 2024-2025 1st, 2nd and best non-champions with the most 2024-2025 CRC1 Aggregate Table points
If the same team wins both the 2024-2025 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura, then the runner-up with the most 2024-2025 CRC1 Aggregate Table points from both torneos is awarded the 2nd 2025 CNCFCAC champions berth.
Leagues Pyramid - Costa Rica
| Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
|---|---|---|
| CRC1 | Liga Promerica (Liga FPD) | 12 |
| CRC2 | Liga de Ascenso (Segunda División) | 17 |
| CRC3 | Tercera División de Costa Rica | 36 |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
| Apertura - Regular 19 Jul 2024 - 23 Nov 2024 Apertura - Playoffs 26 Nov 2024 - 27 Dec 2024 | Clausura - Regular 10 Jan 2025 - 7 May 2025 Clausura - Playoffs 10 May 2025 - 28 May 2025 | 12: CRC1 (11), CRC2 (1) | |
Season Format
The 2024-2025 CRC1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. In each torneo, each CRC1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 11 CRC1 teams for 22 Regular season league matches per team. A playoff is held upon the completion of each torneo to determine the torneo champion. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) head-to-head points, (4) head-to-head goal difference, (5) head-to-head goals scored, then (6) a draw.
Playoffs
Upon completion of the Torneo Apertura, a playoff is held where the top 2 teams in each group compete in the Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins Semifinals. The winner of the Semifinals compete in the Home/Away highest aggregate goals wins Finals. Upon completion of the Torneo Clausura, the top 4 teams play in the Home-Away highest aggregate goals wins Semifinals.
Relegation
Upon completion of 2024-2025 Torneo Clausura, the team with the lowest number of 2024-2025 CRC1 Aggregate Table points will be relegated to the CRC2.
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Clausura - Grand Finals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | LD Alajuelense | 00 | Herediano |
| 25.05.25 |  | Herediano | Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica |
| 28.05.25 | | LD Alajuelense | Estadio Carlos Alvarado |
Clausura - Finals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Deportivo Saprissa | 34 | LD Alajuelense |
| 18.05.25 |  | 33 | LD Alajuelense | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
| 21.05.25 | | 10 | Deportivo Saprissa | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto-Scotiabank |
Clausura - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Deportivo Saprissa | 42 | Herediano |
| 11.05.25 | | 40 | Herediano | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
| 14.05.25 | | 20 | Deportivo Saprissa | Estadio Carlos Alvarado |
| Aggregate | Puntarenas FC | 01 | LD Alajuelense |
| 11.05.25 |  | 00 | LD Alajuelense | Estadio Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy |
| 14.05.25 | | 10 | Puntarenas FC | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto-Scotiabank | ||
| AET | ||||||
Torneo Clausura
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | Herediano | 22 | 13 -7-2 | 46 | - | 38 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 8 -2-1 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 -5-1 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | LD Alajuelense | 22 | 10 -12-0 | 42 | - | 28 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 5 -6-0 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 -6-0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Puntarenas FC | 22 | 11 -8-3 | 41 | - | 29 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 7 -2-2 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 -6-1 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 22 | 11 -6-5 | 39 | - | 30 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 -5-0 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 -1-5 | 16 | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 5 | CS Cartaginés | 22 | 11 -5-6 | 38 | - | 29 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 7 -1-3 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 4 -4-3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Sporting San José FC | 22 | 9 -4-9 | 31 | - | 25 | 28 | -3 | 11 | 4 -2-5 | 14 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 11 | 5 -2-4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | AD Municipal Liberia | 22 | 7 -3-12 | 24 | - | 26 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 3 -2-6 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 11 | 4 -1-6 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | Santos de Guápiles FC | 22 | 6 -6-10 | 24 | - | 26 | 33 | -7 | 11 | 3 -5-3 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 3 -1-7 | 10 | 11 | 20 | -9 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 22 | 6 -5-11 | 23 | - | 16 | 28 | -12 | 11 | 4 -1-6 | 13 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 11 | 2 -4-5 | 10 | 6 | 13 | -7 |
| 10 | AD San Carlos | 22 | 4 -7-11 | 19 | - | 16 | 23 | -7 | 11 | 2 -4-5 | 10 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 11 | 2 -3-6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | -5 |
| 11 | AD Guanacasteca | 22 | 3 -7-12 | 16 | - | 12 | 33 | -21 | 11 | 3 -3-5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 11 | 0 -4-7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | -15 |
| 12 | AD Municipal Santa Ana | 22 | 2 -8-12 | 14 | - | 22 | 44 | -22 | 11 | 1 -6-4 | 9 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 11 | 1 -2-8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | -17 |
Clausura - Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Apertura Grand Finals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Herediano | 32 | LD Alajuelense |
| 22.12.24 | | 20 | LD Alajuelense | Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero |
| 27.12.24 | | 21 | Herediano | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto-Scotiabank |
Apertura - Finals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Herediano | 32 | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 15.12.24 | | 30 | Deportivo Saprissa | Estadio Carlos Alvarado |
| 18.12.24 | | 20 | Herediano | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
Apertura - Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | AD San Carlos | 24 | Deportivo Saprissa |
| 06.12.24 |  | 22 | Deportivo Saprissa | Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez |
| 10.12.24 | | 20 | AD San Carlos | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
| Aggregate | Herediano | 42 | LD Alajuelense |
| 08.12.24 | | 20 | LD Alajuelense | Estadio Carlos Alvarado |
| 11.12.24 | | 22 | Herediano | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto-Scotiabank |
Torneo Apertura
| League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
| 1 | LD Alajuelense | 20 | 11 -8-1 | 41 | - | 32 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 6 -4-0 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 -4-1 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 2 | AD San Carlos | 20 | 9 -8-3 | 35 | - | 40 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 -6-1 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 -2-2 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 8 |
| 3 | Herediano | 20 | 10 -4-6 | 34 | - | 33 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 -1-2 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 3 -3-4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | -1 |
| 4 | Deportivo Saprissa | 19 | 10 -4-5 | 34 | - | 34 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 -1-4 | 13 | 13 | 14 | -1 |
| 5 | AD Guanacasteca | 20 | 9 -5-6 | 32 | - | 24 | 29 | -5 | 10 | 8 -0-2 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 -5-4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -10 |
| 6 | CS Cartaginés | 20 | 9 -4-7 | 31 | - | 29 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 -2-1 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 -2-6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
| 7 | Sporting San José FC | 20 | 7 -4-9 | 25 | - | 20 | 22 | -2 | 10 | 4 -2-4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| 8 | AD Municipal Liberia | 19 | 6 -4-9 | 22 | - | 30 | 28 | 2 | 9 | 4 -1-4 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 2 -3-5 | 9 | 13 | 17 | -4 |
| 9 | Pérez Zeledón | 20 | 4 -10-6 | 22 | - | 20 | 24 | -4 | 10 | 3 -5-2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 -5-4 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -5 |
| 10 | AD Municipal Santa Ana | 20 | 4 -5-11 | 17 | - | 19 | 36 | -17 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 10 | 2 -1-7 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -11 |
| 11 | Puntarenas FC | 20 | 3 -6-11 | 15 | - | 18 | 29 | -11 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 | 1 -2-7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 |
| 12 | Santos de Guápiles FC | 20 | 3 -6-11 | 15 | - | 25 | 38 | -13 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 10 | 0 -4-6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -10 |
Apertura - Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Results
Wed - 7 May 2025
 | 03 | Deportivo Saprissa | Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón |
| 30 | AD Municipal Santa Ana | Estadio Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy |
 | 12 | Sporting San José FC | Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza Ivankovich |
| 20 | AD Municipal Liberia | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto-Scotiabank |
 | 03 | Herediano | Estadio Chorotega | |||
| Herediano wins 3-0 by walkover | ||||||
Tue - 6 May 2025
| 30 | Santos de Guápiles FC | Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez |
Sun - 4 May 2025
| 30 | AD Guanacasteca | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá | |||
| Deportivo Saprissa wins 3-0 by walkover | ||||||
| 11 | LD Alajuelense | Estadio de Piedades |
Sat - 3 May 2025
| 11 | Puntarenas FC | Estadio Carlos Alvarado |
| 01 | CS Cartaginés | Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño |
| 31 | Pérez Zeledón | Estadio Ebal Rodríguez |
Fri - 2 May 2025
| 10 | AD San Carlos | Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser Lahmann |
Sun - 27 Apr 2025
| 02 | LD Alajuelense | Estadio Miguel Ángel Lito Pérez Treacy |
| 15 | AD Municipal Liberia | Estadio Municipal Pérez Zeledón |
Sat - 26 Apr 2025
| 11 | CS Cartaginés | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá |
| 03 | Sporting San José FC | Estadio Chorotega | |||
| Sporting San José FC wins 3-0 by walkover | ||||||
| 11 | Herediano | Estadio Carlos Ugalde Álvarez |
Fri - 25 Apr 2025
| 33 | Santos de Guápiles FC | Estadio de Piedades |
Mon - 21 Apr 2025
| 11 | Deportivo Saprissa | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto-Scotiabank |
Sun - 20 Apr 2025
| 00 | Pérez Zeledón | Estadio Ernesto Rohrmoser Lahmann |