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 Saprissa – Alajuelense
Lowest attendance	39 Belén – Santos
Total attendance	360,158
	← 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[edit]

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

First Stage[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage[edit]

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[edit]

First legs[edit]

2 December 2012

18:00 UTC-6

Herediano	1 - 1	Saprissa
Ruiz 53'		Sequeira 29'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Wálter Quesada

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[edit]

9 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Deportivo Saprissa	0 - 1	Herediano
		Núñez 81'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, Tibas

Referee: Hugo Cruz

9 December 2012

18:00 UTC-6

Alajuelense	0 - 0	Limón

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Ricardo Montero

Finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

First Stage[edit]

Standings[edit]

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

Source: Unafut.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	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

Source: http://www.unafut.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21:resultados&catid=1:campeonato-primera-division&Itemid=21
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second stage[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Asistencia a Estadios". Unafut. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

External links[edit]

Unafut

[Attendance-1] "Asistencia a Estadios". Unafut. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

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2012–13 Costa Rican Primera División season

Campeonato de Invierno[edit]

First Stage[edit]

Standings[edit]

Results[edit]

Second stage[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

First legs[edit]

Second legs[edit]

Finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Campeonato de Verano[edit]

First Stage[edit]

Standings[edit]

Results[edit]

Second stage[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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