2012–13 Costa Rican Primera División season

2012-13 Campeonato JPS 2012
Season	2012-13
Champions	Apertura: Alajuelense Clausura: Herediano
Relegated	San Carlos
Champions League	Alajuelense Herediano Cartaginés
Matches played	138
Goals scored	367 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Invierno: Cristian Lagos (18)
Biggest home win	Pérez Zeledón 6–0 Carmelita Cartaginés 6–0 Santos
Biggest away win	San Carlos 1–6 Saprissa
Highest scoring	San Carlos 1–6 Saprissa Pérez Zeledón 4–3 Limón Uruguay 4–3 Herediano Carmelita 2–5 Santos
Highest attendance	18,894^[1] Saprissa – Alajuelense
Lowest attendance	39^[1] Belén – Santos
Total attendance	360,158^[1]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Primera División season (known as the Campeonato JPS 2012-13 for sponsorship reasons) is the 94th of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano. Club Sport Uruguay de Coronado is one of the new members.

The Invierno season was dedicated to Carlos "Cañón" González.

Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 25 July 2012 and will end on 23 December 2012.

First Stage

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense	22	13	5	4	36	22	+14	44	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Deportivo Saprissa	22	13	4	5	41	22	+19	43
3	Herediano	22	10	7	5	37	25	+12	37
4	Limón	22	9	6	7	31	30	+1	33
5	Santos	22	9	5	8	39	37	+2	32
6	Uruguay	22	9	3	10	25	31	−6	30
7	Pérez Zeledón	22	8	4	10	35	31	+4	28
8	Belén	22	7	7	8	23	27	−4	28
9	Carmelita	22	6	7	9	21	33	−12	25
10	Puntarenas	22	5	7	10	22	34	−12	22
11	Cartaginés	22	5	6	11	24	25	−1	21
12	San Carlos	22	5	5	12	24	41	−17	20

Source: Unafut.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIM	PEZ	PUN	SAC	SAN	SAP	URU
Alajuelense		1–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–0
Belén	1–3		1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	3–3	1–0	0–2
Carmelita	0–3	2–2		0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–2	2–5	1–1	1–2
Cartaginés	1–1	1–1	1–2		2–3	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	6–0	1–3	0–1
Herediano	2–4	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Limón	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–3		2–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	5–1
Pérez Zeledón	0–1	0–1	6–0	1–0	2–2	4–3		1–1	2–1	4–1	1–2	2–1
Puntarenas	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–2		3–3	0–0	0–0	1–2
San Carlos	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–0		0–1	1–6	0–2
Santos	0–2	3–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	5–1		2–2	1–1
Deportivo Saprissa	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–2		2–0
Uruguay	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	4–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–4

Source: http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21:resultados&catid=1:campeonato-primera-division&Itemid=21
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage

Semifinals					Finals

2	Saprissa	1	0	1
3	Herediano	1	1	2
					Herediano	1	1	2

					Alajuelense	2	1	3
1	Alajuelense	1	0	1

4	Limón	0	0	0

Semifinals

First legs

Herediano v Saprissa

2 December 2012
18:00 UTC-6

Herediano	1 - 1	Saprissa
Ruiz 53'		Sequeira 29'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia
Referee: Wálter Quesada

Limón v Alajuelense

5 December 2012
20:00 UTC-6

Limón	0 - 1	Alajuelense
		Acosta 35'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Jeffrey Solís

Second legs

Deportivo Saprissa v Herediano

9 December 2012
15:00 UTC-6

Deportivo Saprissa	0 - 1	Herediano
		Núñez 81'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas
Referee: Hugo Cruz

Alajuelense v Limón

9 December 2012
18:00 UTC-6

Alajuelense	0 - 0	Limón

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Ricardo Montero

Finals

First leg

Herediano v Alajuelense

16 December 2012

Herediano	1 – 2	Alajuelense
C. Montero 68'	report	A. Guevara 25' J. Davis 30'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas

Second leg

Alajuelense v Herediano

23 December 2012

Alajuelense	1 – 1	Herediano
Á. Sánchez 111'	report	I. Gómez 88' (pen)

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela
Referee: Walter Quesada

Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank Champion
Alajuelense 28th title

Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began on 1 January 2013 and ended on 5 May 2013.

First Stage

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Herediano	22	13	4	5	47	31	+16	43	Advances to the Semifinals
2	Cartaginés	22	12	5	5	29	18	+11	41
3	Deportivo Saprissa	22	11	5	6	34	24	+10	38
4	Pérez Zeledón	22	10	5	7	31	28	+3	35
5	Alajuelense	22	10	4	8	38	29	+9	34
6	Puntarenas	22	7	9	6	35	35	0	30
7	Santos	22	8	5	9	22	30	−8	29
8	Uruguay	22	7	7	8	30	27	+3	28
9	San Carlos (R)	22	5	7	10	23	33	−10	22	Relegation to Segunda División
10	Carmelita	22	6	3	13	27	37	−10	21
11	Limón	22	4	9	9	19	31	−12	21
12	Belén	22	4	7	11	27	39	−12	19

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALA	BEL	CRM	CAR	HER	LIM	PEZ	PUN	SAC	SAN	SAP	URU
Alajuelense		0–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–1
Belén	2–0		4–1	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	0–3	1–1
Carmelita	3–1	3–0		0–2	3–5	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–0
Cartaginés	1–0	2–3	2–0		3–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–2
Herediano	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–2		2–1	5–1	4–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–1
Limón	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	2–1
Pérez Zeledón	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–0		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1
Puntarenas	2–4	4–2	2–2	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–2		3–0	3–0	2–2	1–0
San Carlos	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0		2–0	1–1	1–1
Santos	1–4	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	3–2		0–2	1–0
Deportivo Saprissa	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–2	4–0	2–3	1–2	1–0		2–1
Uruguay	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0	1–0

Second stage

Semifinals					Finals

2	Cartaginés	1	0	1
3	Saprissa	1	0	1
					Cartaginés	3	1	4

					Herediano	1	3	4
1	Herediano	4	1	5

4	Pérez Zeledón	3	0	3

Campeonato de Verano Scotiabank Champion
Herediano 23rd title

References

1 2 3 "Asistencia a Estadios". Unafut. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

External links

Unafut

2012–13 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2011–12 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2012 and June 2013 2013–14 »

Domestic leagues	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '12 '13 Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '12 '13 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao '12 '13 Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador '12 A '13 C French Guiana Grenada '12 '13 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti '12 '13 Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '12 '13 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '12 '13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname '11–'12 '12–'13 Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States '12 '13 United States Virgin Islands

Domestic cups	Canada Mexico '12 A '13 C Trinidad and Tobago United States '12 '13

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Championship stage, Finals) CFU Club Championship

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