2013–14 Costa Rican Primera División season

Football league season

Primera División
Season	2013–14
Champions	2013 Invierno: Alajuelense (29th title) 2014 Verano: Saprissa (30th title)
Champions League	Alajuelense Saprissa Herediano
Matches played	132
Goals scored	364 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristian Lagos (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Saprissa 5–1 Limón
Biggest away win	Pérez Zeledón 0–4 Alajuelense
Highest scoring	Saprissa 4–4 Alajuelense (22 September 2013)
Longest unbeaten run	Saprissa (11 games)
Highest attendance	32,631 Alajuelense 3–0 Saprissa (10 November 2013)
← 2012–13 2014–15 → All statistics correct as of 24 November 2013.

The 2013–14 Primera División season (known as the Campeonato JPS 2013–14 for sponsorship reasons) is the 95th of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano. Universidad de Costa Rica is the newly promoted member.

The Invierno season was dedicated to Guillermo Vargas Roldán.

Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 11 August 2013 and will end on 22 December 2013.

First Stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Herediano	22	15	4	3	49	23	+26	49	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Alajuelense	22	15	2	5	38	18	+20	47
3	Saprissa	22	12	6	4	38	25	+13	42
4	Cartaginés	22	7	11	4	24	23	+1	32
5	Santos	22	7	6	9	32	32	0	27
6	Universidad de Costa Rica	22	6	9	7	25	26	−1	27
7	Carmelita	22	6	8	8	29	33	−4	26
8	Puntarenas	22	6	7	9	21	29	−8	25
9	Pérez Zeledón	22	6	5	11	32	43	−11	23
10	Uruguay	22	4	9	9	23	30	−7	21
11	Limón	22	5	5	12	23	39	−16	20
12	Belén	22	3	8	11	23	36	−13	17

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIM	PEZ	PUN	SAN	SAP	UCR	URU
Alajuelense		1–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–1
Belén	1–2		1–3	2–2	1–4	0–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2
Carmelita	1–0	1–1		0–1	2–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1
Cartaginés	0–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–2
Herediano	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0		4–1	3–1	5–2	3–2	3–0	4–1	1–1
Limón	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2		3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1
Pérez Zeledón	0–4	2–2	3–2	1–2	2–3	3–1		2–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	1–1
Puntarenas	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Santos	0–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–2	1–1	0–3
Saprissa	4–4	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	4–2	2–1	2–0		3–1	4–1
Universidad de Costa Rica	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	1–3	0–0		2–1
Uruguay	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Semifinals					Finals

1	Herediano	2	3	5

4	Cartaginés	0	0	0
					1	Herediano	0	0	0 (3)

					2	Alajuelense	0	0	0 (5)
2	Alajuelense	0	1	1

3	Saprissa	1	0	1

Semifinals

First legs

1 December 2013

11:00

Saprissa	1–0	Alajuelense
Vega 64'	Report	Guevara 55'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas

Attendance: 15,110

Referee: Hugo Cruz

1 December 2013

16:00

Cartaginés	0–2	Herediano
	Report	Arias 56' (pen.) Núñez 63'

Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza, Cartago

Attendance: 5,696

Referee: Henry Bejarano

Second legs

8 December 2013

16:00

Herediano	3–0	Cartaginés
Cubero 12' Granados 19' Leandrinho 54'	Report

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 6,459

Referee: Jeffrey Solis

9 December 2013

18:00

Alajuelense	1–0	Saprissa
P. López 25'	Report

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 15,463

Referee: Walter Quesada

Finals

First leg

16 December 2013

20:00 (UTC-6)

Alajuelense	0 – 0	Herediano
	Report

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Hugo Cruz

Second leg

22 December 2013

19:00 (UTC-6)

Herediano	0 – 0	Alajuelense
	Report
Penalties
Salazar Soto Olman Vargas Leandrinho	3 – 5	Guzmán Aguirre Sancho Palacios Oviedo

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Walter Quesada

Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began on 11 January 2014.

First Stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saprissa (A)	22	13	7	2	43	18	+25	46	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Alajuelense (A)	22	12	6	4	40	21	+19	42
3	Herediano (A)	22	12	5	5	41	23	+18	41
4	Universidad de Costa Rica (A)	22	11	2	9	31	32	−1	35
5	Carmelita	22	9	4	9	30	27	+3	31
6	Belén	22	8	5	9	27	36	−9	29
7	Uruguay	22	8	4	10	27	31	−4	28
8	Limón	22	6	7	9	26	31	−5	25
9	Cartaginés	22	5	9	8	21	29	−8	24
10	Pérez Zeledón	22	5	8	9	28	36	−8	23
11	Santos	22	4	7	11	23	37	−14	19
12	Puntarenas	22	3	8	11	24	40	−16	17

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIM	PEZ	PUN	SAN	SAP	UCR	URU
Alajuelense		1–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	5–2	3–0
Belén	1–3		2–1	2–2	1–4	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2
Carmelita	1–2	0–2		1–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–1
Cartaginés	0–0	1–2	2–1		0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0
Herediano	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0		2–0	0–0	3–1	4–2	2–2	5–0	2–1
Limón	4–2	3–0	3–2	1–3	0–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0
Pérez Zeledón	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	2–0		4–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Puntarenas	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0		2–2	1–1	2–3	0–2
Santos	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–3		2–4	0–3	1–1
Saprissa	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	4–0		1–0	2–0
Universidad de Costa Rica	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–3		2–1
Uruguay	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–4	1–2