Costa Rican Primera División
Season2006–07
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Primera División de Costa Rica (Costa Rica First Division) is a Costa Rican football tournament composed of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Costa Rican football.

In both the Apertura and Clausura, 2 groups of 6 teams are conformed, they will play twice (Home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once game with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The top 4 teams from each group after the final round of the Apertura and the Clausura qualify for the playoffs.

Apertura 2006

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alajuelense 16 10 2 4 28 15 +13 32 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Puntarenas F.C. 16 8 3 5 29 19 +10 27
3 Herediano 16 6 5 5 21 12 +9 23
4 San Carlos 16 5 5 6 17 20 −3 20
5 Liberia 16 3 3 10 15 38 −23 12
6 Santacrucena 16 1 3 12 9 30 −21 6
Source:
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Saprissa 16 8 5 3 29 17 +12 29 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Pérez Zeledón 16 8 4 4 20 15 +5 28
3 Cartaginés 16 7 3 6 22 25 −3 24
4 Brujas F.C. 16 8 4 4 20 13 +7 23[lower-alpha 1]
5 Carmelita 16 4 6 6 21 20 +1 18
6 Santos 16 4 5 7 15 22 −7 17
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Brujas deducted 5 points for failure to give youth players required playing time.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1A Alajuelense 1 4 5
4B Brujas F.C. 0 0 0
Alajuelense 2 0 2
Pérez Zeledón 0 1 1
2B Pérez Zeledón 0 4 4 (7)
3A Herediano 3 1 4 (6)
Alajuelense 0 0 0
Saprissa 2 2 4
1B Saprissa 3 1 4
4A San Carlos 0 2 2
Saprissa 0 2 2
Puntarenas F.C. 1 0 1
2A Puntarenas F.C. 1 1 2
3B Cartaginés 0 0 0
 Apertura 2006 winners 
Saprissa

Clausura 2007

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Saprissa 16 9 5 2 28 12 +16 32 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Puntarenas F.C. 16 8 5 3 23 16 +7 29
3 Herediano 16 7 5 4 22 12 +10 26
4 San Carlos 16 4 4 8 19 29 −10 16
5 Liberia 16 3 5 8 14 22 −8 14
6 Santacrucena 16 2 4 10 13 28 −15 10
Source:
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alajuelense 16 8 6 2 22 14 +8 30 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Cartaginés 16 7 4 5 14 14 0 25
3 Pérez Zeledón 16 6 6 4 21 17 +4 24
4 Brujas F.C. 16 6 5 5 18 16 +2 23
5 Santos 16 6 3 7 24 20 +4 21
6 Carmelita 16 3 2 11 15 33 −18 11
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Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1A Saprissa 0 1 1
4B Brujas F.C. 0 0 0
Saprissa 0 2 2 (4)
Herediano 2 0 2 (2)
2B Cartagines 3 0 3
3A Herediano 4 0 4
Saprissa 1 3 4
Alajuelense 1 2 3
1B Alajuelense 3 1 4
4A San Carlos 0 0 0
Alajuelense 2 1 3
Puntarenas F.C. 2 0 2
2A Puntarenas F.C. 0 2 2
3B Perez Zeledon 0 0 0
 Clausura 2007 winners 
Saprissa

Final

No Final was played as Saprissa won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

 Primera División de Costa Rica 2006-07 
Saprissa
25th title

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alajuelense 32 18 8 6 50 29 +21 62
2 Saprissa 32 17 10 5 57 29 +28 61 Primera División Champion 2006-07
3 Puntarenas F.C. 32 16 8 8 52 35 +17 56
4 Pérez Zeledón 32 14 10 8 41 32 +9 52
5 Herediano 32 13 10 9 43 24 +19 49
6 Cartaginés 32 14 7 11 36 39 −3 49
7 Brujas F.C. 32 14 9 9 38 29 +9 51
8 Santos 32 10 8 14 39 42 −3 38
9 San Carlos 32 9 9 14 36 49 −13 36
10 Carmelita 32 7 8 17 36 53 −17 29
11 Liberia 32 6 8 18 29 60 −31 26
12 Santacrucena 32 3 7 22 22 58 −36 16 Relegated to Segunda Division
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References

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