2011–12 Costa Rican Primera División season

The 2011–12 Primera División season is the 93rd of Costa Rica's top-flight professional football league. The season was divided into two championships: the Invierno and the Verano. The season began on 31 July 2011.

Promotion and relegation Universidad de Costa Rica finished last season in last place in the overall table at the end of last season and were relegated to the Segunda División. Replacing them in the league for this season are the overall champions of last season's Segunda División competition, Belén Siglo XXI.

Barrio México were expelled from last year's competition during the 2011 Verano tournament and were eventually relegated from the league due to various financial difficulties. They were not replaced for this season.

For this season, Brujas changed their name to Orión FC Desamparados.

Format changes Due to the reduction of the league to 11 teams for this season, the league's format was changed for this season. There would be no groups this season. Instead, for both tournaments, the clubs would play every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 20 matches each. At the end of the regular season, the top 4 teams in the league standings would participate in the playoffs. At the end of the season, the last place club would participate in a promotion-relegation playoff against the Segunda División overall runners-up, while the Segunda División overall champions would be promoted to next season's competition automatically.

Average attendance Saprissa 14,990 Alajuelense 9,720 Herediano 4,064 Limón 3,220 Cartaginés 3,090 Santos de Guápiles 2,058 San Carlos 2,109 Puntarenas 2,027 Pérez Zeledón 1,119 Belén 1,117 Orión 544

Team information Team Manager City Stadium Capacity LD Alajuelense Oscar "El Machillo" Ramírez Alajuela Alejandro Morera Soto 17,895 Belén Siglo XXI Vinicio Alvarado Belén Estadio Polideportivo de Belén 3,000 C.S. Cartaginés Jhonny Chávez Cartago Fello Meza 13,500 CS Herediano Jafet Soto Heredia Rosabal Cordero 8,144 Limón F.C. Hernán Fernando Sossa Limón Estadio Nuevo de Limón/Estadio Juan Gobán 3,000/2,000 Orión F.C. Martín Arreola Tarrazú Estadio Municipal de Tarrazú 1,500 Municipal Pérez Zeledón Mauricio Wright San Isidro Municipal 6,000 Puntarenas FC Luis Fernando Fallas Puntarenas "Lito" Pérez 4,105 Asociación Deportiva San Carlos Marvin Solano Ciudad Quesada Carlos Álvarez 5,600 Santos de Guápiles Gustavo Martínez Guápiles Ebal Rodríguez 3,000 Deportivo Saprissa Alexander Guimaraes Tibás Ricardo Saprissa 23,000

Campeonato de Invierno The 2011 Campeonato de Invierno, officially the 2011 Campeonato de Invierno Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons, was the first tournament of the season. The tournament began on 31 July 2011 and ended on 18 December 2011.

First stage

Standings

Results

Second stage

Semifinals

First legs

Second legs

Finals

First leg

Second leg

2–2 on aggregate score, Alajuelense wins on penalties 6–5

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1Randall Brenes Cartaginés132Jairo Arrieta Saprissa124José Luis Cordero Herediano125Victor Núñez Herediano96Yendrick Ruiz Puntarenas8Olman Vargas Herediano87Jonathan McDonald Alajuelense7Kenny Cunnighan San Carlos7Alejandro Castro Santos78Ismael Gómez Limón6Alejandro Alpízar Alajuelense6Luciano Bostal Pérez Zeledón6Josué Martínez Saprissa69José Cancela Herediano5Álvaro Sánchez San Carlos5Diego Joaquín País San Carlos5

Campeonato de Verano The 2012 Campeonato de Verano began on 15 January 2012 and ended in May 2012.