Costa Rica 2002/03


Primera División

Apertura

Final Table:

 1.Alajuelense       22 14  7  1 47-16 49  Apertura winners	 	
 2.Saprissa          22 13  6  3 43-24 45
 3.Cartaginés        22 12  2  8 43-28 38 
 4.Herediano         22 10  5  7 39-21 35
 5.Guanacasteca      22  9  6  7 28-38 33
 6.Carmelita         22 10  1 11 22-34 31
 7.Santos            22  8  6  8 26-30 30
 8.Santa Bárbara     22  7  7  8 31-34 28
 9.San Carlos        22  7  6  9 18-31 27
10.Pérez Zeledón     22  4  8 10 25-35 20
11.Liberia           22  5  5 12 22-33 20
12.Osa               22  2  3 17 18-38  9 	

Round 1 [Aug 3-4]
San Carlos    3-2 Alajuelense   [Luis Martínez, Pedro Bonilla, Julio Víquez (pen);
                                 Pablo Chinchilla, Steven Bryce]
Guanacasteca  2-1 Liberia       [John Quiñones, Rodolfo Arnáez; William Vargas]
Osa           0-0 Pérez Zeledón
Cartaginés    1-0 Santos        [Danny Fonseca (pen)]
Carmelita     0-3 Herediano     [Mauricio Alpízar, Kurt Bernard, Leonardo González]
Santa Bárbara 1-0 Saprissa      [Pablo Tiscornia]

Round 2 [Aug 11]
Saprissa      2-1 Cartaginés    [Amado Guevara (pen), Jeaustin Campos; Claudio Ciccia]
Alajuelense   8-2 Guanacasteca  [Erick Jiménez (3), Erick Scott (2), Josef Miso, 
                                 Pablo Izaguirre, Wílmer López; Freeman Zúñiga, 
                                 Alfonso Martínez (pen)]
Herediano     2-1 Santa Bárbara [Mauricio Alpízar, Daniel Vallejos; Kenneth Vargas]
Santos        3-1 Osa           [José Alfaro, Reyner Robinson, Christian Blanco;
                                 Leonardo Moreira]
Pérez Zeledón 0-0 San Carlos
Liberia       1-1 Carmelita     [Percibal Piggot; Hugo Soto (pen)]

Round 3 [Aug 18]
Cartaginés    2-3 Herediano     [Claudio Ciccia (2, 1 pen); Mario Peralta,
                                 William Sunsing, Daniel Vallejos]
Santos        1-1 Saprissa      [Reyner Robinson; Amado Guevara]
Osa           5-1 San Carlos    [Albán Gómez (2), Fárlem Ilama (2, 1 pen),
                                 Alexánder Calvo; Evance Benwell]
Santa Bárbara 2-2 Liberia       [Wálter Cordero, José Torres; Pércibal Piggot,
                                 Randall Row]
Guanacasteca  0-3 Pérez Zeledón [Michael Myers (2, 1 pen), ?]
Carmelita     0-1 Alajuelense   [Erick Scott]

Round 4 [Aug 24-25]
Herediano     5-1 Santos        [Mauricio Alpízar, Mínor Díaz (2), William Sunsing (pen),
                                 Daniel Vallejos; Roberto Wong]
Alajuelense   4-1 Santa Bárbara [Erick Jiménez, Sandro Alfaro (2, 1 pen),
                                 Erick Scott; Roy Ramírez]
Saprissa      1-0 Osa           [Hernán Medford]
Liberia       1-2 Cartaginés    [Rándall Row; Claudio Ciccia, Allan Oviedo]
San Carlos    0-1 Guanacasteca  [Bernard Mullings]
Pérez Zeledón 1-3 Carmelita     [Michael Myers; Freddy Gutiérrez, Richard Smith,
                                 Marvin Calvo]

Round 5 [Aug 31-Sep 1]
Saprissa      1-3 Herediano     [Marco Cardoso; William Sunsing,
                                 Austin Berry (pen), Kurt Bernard]
Cartaginés    0-1 Alajuelense   [Érick Jiménez]
Santos        2-1 Liberia       [Reyner Robinson, Andy Herron; Pércibal Piggot]
Carmelita     1-0 San Carlos    [José Luis González]
Osa           0-0 Guanacasteca  
Santa Bárbara 2-2 Pérez Zeledón [Osman López, Kenneth Vargas; Henry Fajardo,
                                 Táylor Morales]

Round 6 [Sep 7-8]
Herediano     2-1 Osa           [Kurt Bernard, José Humberto Ugarte; Austin Berry (OG)]
Guanacasteca  1-0 Carmelita     [Román Vargas]
Alajuelense   4-0 Santos        [Luis Marín, Pablo Chinchilla, Steven Bryce,
                                 Pablo Izaguirre]
Liberia	      2-2 Saprissa      [Mario Víquez, Johnatan Bolaños (pen); 
                                 Marco Cardoso, Gerald Drummond]
Pérez Zeledón 0-4 Cartaginés    [Claudio Ciccia (2), Olman Oviedo, Sergio Martínez]
San Carlos    2-1 Santa Bárbara [Wílberth Castro, Luis Martínez; Nelson Fonseca]

Round 7 
[Sep 14-15]
Saprissa      0-1 Alajuelense   [Erick Scott]
Cartaginés    3-1 San Carlos    [Danny Fonseca (pen), Greivin Portuguez,
                                 Claudio Ciccia; Andrey Campos]
Santos        1-0 Pérez Zeledón [José F. Alfaro]
Santa Bárbara 2-2 Guanacasteca  [Kenneth Vargas, Osman López; Andrés Mercury,
                                 Freiman Zúñiga]
Osa           1-2 Carmelita     [Alessandro Moreira; Alfredo Alves, Dennis Valverde]
[Sep 25]
Herediano     3-0 Liberia       [Kurt Bernard, Rodrigo Cordero, Mario Peralta]

Round 8 [Sep 21-22]
Alajuelense   0-0 Herediano
San Carlos    0-0 Santos
Pérez Zeledón 3-4 Saprissa      [Taylor Morales 2, Jorge Ramírez; Douglas Sequeira,
                                 Marco Cardoso 2 (1pen), Gerald Drummond]
Guanacasteca  1-4 Cartaginés    [Vinicio Alvarado; Allan Oviedo, Danny Fonseca (pen),
                                 Claudio Ciccia, Hugo Madrigal]
Liberia       2-0 Osa           [Mario Víquez, Evaristo Contreras]
Carmelita     1-2 Santa Bárbara [Richard Smith; Pablo Tiscornia, Pablo Gabas]

Round 9 [Sep 28-29]
Herediano     3-0 Pérez Zeledón [Mario Peralta, Tray Bennett, Mínor Díaz]
Liberia       0-3 Alajuelense   [Pablo Izaguirre (2), Erick Scott]
Saprissa      3-2 San Carlos    [Nimrod Medina, Álvaro Saborío, Víctor Núñez;
                                 Evance Benwell (2)]
Santos        3-3 Guanacasteca  [Ronald Rodríguez, Jacob Sloth, Richard Mahoney;
                                 Mauricio Méndez, Berny Peña, Rodolfo Arnáez]
Cartaginés    5-0 Carmelita     [Danny Fonseca, Claudio Ciccia,
                                 Kenneth Paniagua (2), Olman Oviedo]
Osa           1-2 Santa Bárbara [Luis Quirós; Luis Venegas,  Osman López]

Round 10 [Oct 5-6]
San Carlos    1-0 Herediano     [Juan José Rodríguez]
Osa           0-1 Alajuelense   [Vicente Rocela]
Guanacasteca  0-2 Saprissa      [Álvaro Saborío (2)]
Santa Bárbara 2-1 Cartaginés    [Manrique Hernández, Osman López; Danny Fonseca]
Carmelita     1-0 Santos        [Dennis Valverde (pen)]
Pérez Zeledón 0-0 Liberia

Round 11 [Oct 12-13]
Herediano     0-1 Guanacasteca  [Bernald Mullins]
Alajuelense   3-0 Pérez Zeledón [Josef Miso, Érick Jiménez, Sandro Alfaro]
Saprissa      4-1 Carmelita     [Álvaro Saborío (2), Amado Guevara, Erick Lonnis (pen); Marcelo Donato]
Cartaginés    3-2 Osa           [Hugo Madrigal, Claudio Ciccia (2); Roberto Porras]
Liberia       3-1 San Carlos    [Percibal Piggot, Hárold Miranda, Johnatan Bolaños; Alejandro Alfaro]
Santos        4-1 Santa Bárbara [Jacob Sloth (3), Wayne Wilson; Kendall Wilson (pen)]

Round 12 [Oct 19-20]
Herediano     0-1 Carmelita     [Marcelo Donato]
Alajuelense   3-0 San Carlos    [Josef Miso, Sandro Alfaro (2)]    
Saprissa      2-1 Santa Bárbara [Álvaro Saborío, Víctor Núñez; Pablo Gabas]
Santos        1-2 Cartaginés    [Rayner Robinson; Esteban Santana, Allan Oviedo]
Liberia       1-2 Guanacasteca  [Carlos Espinoza; David Diach, Rodolfo Arnáez]
Pérez Zeledón 2-3 Osa           [Leonardo Moreira, Floyd Guthrie (pen); Jairo Esquivel, Roberto Porras (2, 1 pen)]

Round 13 
[Oct 26-27]
Santa Bárbara 1-1 Herediano     [Pablo Gabas; Mario Peralta]
Guanacasteca  1-1 Alajuelense   [David Diach; Wílmer López]
Cartaginés    2-2 Saprissa      [Allan Oviedo, Cristian Santamaría; Álvaro Saborío, Amado Guevara]
Carmelita     2-1 Liberia       [Johnny Mendoza, Marvin Calvo; Mario Víquez (pen)]       
San Carlos    1-1 Pérez Zeledón [Andrey Campos; Michel Myers]
[Nov 27]
Osa           0-1 Santos        [Gustavo Martínez] 

Round 14 
[Oct 23]
Alajuelense   1-0 Carmelita     [Javier Delgado]
[Nov 2-3]
Saprissa      4-1 Santos        [Víctor Núñez (3), Álvaro Saborío; Andy Herron]
Liberia       1-2 Santa Bárbara [Hárold Miranda; Nelson Fonseca, Kenneth Vargas]
Pérez Zeledón 4-1 Guanacasteca  [Taylor Morales, Pablo Brenes, Michel Myers; David Diach]
[Nov 13]
Herediano     2-2 Cartaginés    [Austin Berry (pen), Robert Arias; José Pablo Fonseca, Arnold Cruz]
San Carlos    0-0 Osa           

Round 15 [Nov 9-10]
Santos        3-1 Herediano     [Gustavo Martínez, Andy Herron, Andy Furtado; Austin Berry (pen)]
Santa Bárbara 3-3 Alajuelense   [Kenneth Vargas, Erick Solís (2, 1 pen); Erick Scott (2), Alejandro Alpízar]
Osa           1-2 Saprissa      [Jairo Esquivel; Douglas Sequeira, Amado Guevara (pen)]
Carmelita     1-0 Pérez Zeledón [Javier Gutiérrez]
Cartaginés    1-0 Liberia       [Hugo Madrigal]
Guanacasteca  0-0 San Carlos

Round 16 [Nov 16-17]
Herediano     1-3 Saprissa      [Austin Berry; Jervis Drummond, Gerald Drummond, Álvaro Saborío]
Alajuelense   3-2 Cartaginés    [Erick Scott, Wílmer López (pen), Pablo Chinchilla; Claudio Ciccia, Allan Oviedo]
Liberia       0-1 Santos        [Andy Furtado]
San Carlos    1-0 Carmelita     [Ricardo Vargas]
Guanacasteca  1-0 Osa           [David Diach]
Pérez Zeledón 0-0 Santa Bárbara

Round 17 
[Nov 24]
Osa           0-4 Herediano     [Cristian Badilla (pen), Mario Peralta, Geovanni Jara, Marcos Hernández]
Saprissa      1-1 Liberia       [Amado Guevara (pen); Félix Montoya]
Santa Bárbara 0-1 San Carlos    [Julio Víquez (pen)]
Carmelita     2-5 Guanacasteca  [Marcelo Donato (2); Román Vargas (2), Rodolfo Arnáez, Bernald Mullins]
Cartaginés    2-3 Pérez Zeledón [Julio Morales, Claudio Ciccia (pen); Leonardo Moreira, Jorge Ramírez (2)]
[Dec 10]
Santos        0-0 Alajuelense   

Round 18 [Nov 29-30] 
Liberia       1-0 Herediano     [Randall Row]
Alajuelense   1-1 Saprissa      [Steven Bryce; Amado Guevara]
San Carlos    1-0 Cartaginés    [Wilberth Castro]
Guanacasteca  3-1 Santa Bárbara [Rodolfo Arnáez 2 (1 pen), Berny Peña; Nelson Fonseca]
Pérez Zeledón 1-2 Santos        [Rafael Gutiérrez; Gustavo Martínez, Andy Furtado]
Carmelita     2-0 Osa           [Javier Gutiérrez, Alfredo Alves]
 
Round 19 
[Dec 4]
Herediano     0-0 Alajuelense 
Saprissa      1-1 Pérez Zeledón [Marco Cardoso (pen); Michael Myers]
Cartaginés    2-0 Guanacasteca  [Danny Fonseca (pen), Claudio Ciccia]
Osa           1-2 Liberia       [Roberto Porras; Carlos Rodríguez, Bill González]
Santa Bárbara 2-0 Carmelita     [Manrique Hernández, Jeffrey Espinoza]
[Dec 18]
Santos        2-2 San Carlos    [Whayne Wilson (pen), Gustavo Martínez (pen); Víctor Abelenda, Jeison Jiménez]
 
Round 20 [Dec 7-8]
Pérez Zeledón 1-0 Herediano     [Floyd Guthrie (pen)]
Alajuelense   3-0 Liberia       [Josef Miso 2, Pablo Izaguirre]
San Carlos    0-1 Saprissa      [Douglas Sequeira]
Carmelita     3-2 Cartaginés    [Diego Giacone, Dennis Valverde (pen), Luis Mejías; César Obando, Danny Fonseca (pen)]
Guanacasteca  1-0 Santos        [Freiman Zúñiga]
Santa Bárbara 4-1 Osa           [Manrique Hernández, Nelson Fonseca, Kenneth Vargas, Luis Venegas; Alessandro Moreira]
 
Round 21 
[Dec 11]
Herediano     5-0 San Carlos    [Mauricio Alpízar, Tray Benneth 3, Kurt Bernard]
Alajuelense   2-1 Osa           [Erick Scott 2; Johnny Woodly]
Saprissa      3-0 Guanacasteca  [Amado Guevara, Víctor Núñez, Max Sánchez]
Liberia       2-1 Pérez Zeledón [Bill González, Carlos Rodríguez; Michael Myers]
Cartaginés    1-0 Santa Bárbara [José Pablo Fonseca]
[Dec 21]
Santos        0-1 Carmelita     [Javier Gutiérrez]
 
Round 22 [Dec 14-15]
Guanacasteca  1-1 Herediano     [Logan Santamaría; Mauricio Alpízar]
Pérez Zeledón 2-2 Alajuelense   [Taylor Morales, Keylor Quesada; Alejandro Alpízar 2]
Carmelita     0-3 Saprissa      [Álvaro Saborío 2, Amado Guevara (pen)]
Osa           0-1 Cartaginés    [César Obando]
San Carlos    1-0 Liberia       [Víctor Abelenda (pen)]
Santa Bárbara 0-0 Santos 
 
Final Table:

 1.Alajuelense       22 14  7  1 47-16 49  Apertura winners	 	
 2.Saprissa          22 13  6  3 43-24 45
 3.Cartaginés        22 12  2  8 43-28 38 
 4.Herediano         22 10  5  7 39-21 35
 5.Guanacasteca      22  9  6  7 28-38 33
 6.Carmelita         22 10  1 11 22-34 31
 7.Santos            22  8  6  8 26-30 30
 8.Santa Bárbara     22  7  7  8 31-34 28
 9.San Carlos        22  7  6  9 18-31 27
10.Pérez Zeledón     22  4  8 10 25-35 20
11.Liberia           22  5  5 12 22-33 20
12.Osa               22  2  3 17 18-38  9 	

Total Goals Scored:   362

Top Scorer:
Claudio Ciccia (Cartaginés) 14


Clausura

Final Table:

 1.Alajuelense       22 15  5  2 49-22 50  Clausura winners
 2.Cartaginés        22 13  4  5 45-31 43
 3.Herediano         22 12  3  7 49-22 39 
 4.Saprissa          22 11  6  5 44-33 39
 5.Pérez Zeledón     22  9  5  8 27-30 32      
 6.Santos            22  7  5 10 29-33 26   
 7.Liberia           22  6  7  9 23-33 25      
 8.Santa Bárbara     22  6  6 10 34-42 24
 9.Carmelita         22  7  2 13 30-44 23 
10.Osa               22  7  1 14 27-49 22       
11.Guanacasteca      22  5  6 11 22-34 21
12.San Carlos        22  4  8 10 18-24 20  

NB: 2 more losses than wins due to award San Carlos-Herediano in round 21

Round 1 [Jan 12]
Herediano     7-0 Carmelita   
Alajuelense   2-0 San Carlos   
Saprissa      3-1 Santa Bárbara 
Santos        1-1 Cartaginés
Liberia       2-1 Guanacasteca 
Pérez Zeledón 3-0 Osa     

Round 2 [Jan 15]
Herediano     3-0 Santa Bárbara 
Guanacasteca  1-2 Alajuelense
Cartaginés    3-2 Saprissa  
Carmelita     0-1 Liberia       
San Carlos    0-0 Pérez Zeledón 
Osa           1-3 Santos   

Round 3 [Jan 19]
Alajuelense   2-0 Carmelita    
Saprissa      1-0 Santos         
Liberia       1-1 Santa Bárbara 
Pérez Zeledón 0-2 Guanacasteca 
Herediano     6-0 Cartaginés  
San Carlos    2-1 Osa           

Round 4 [Jan 26]
Santos        0-2 Herediano     
Santa Bárbara 0-2 Alajuelense 
Osa           4-1 Saprissa    
Carmelita     3-0 Pérez Zeledón 
Cartaginés    3-1 Liberia    
Guanacasteca  1-1 San Carlos

Round 5 [Mar 2]
Herediano     0-3 Saprissa   
Alajuelense   2-2 Cartaginés 
Liberia       0-0 Santos      
San Carlos    0-1 Carmelita     
Guanacasteca  0-0 Osa           
Pérez Zeledón 2-1 Santa Bárbara

Round 6 [Mar 9]
Osa           3-2 Herediano   
Saprissa      3-0 Liberia      
Santa Bárbara 3-2 San Carlos
Carmelita     3-2 Guanacasteca
Cartaginés    2-0 Pérez Zeledón 
Santos        1-0 Alajuelense   

Round 7
Alajuelense   4-1 Saprissa
Carmelita     5-2 Osa
Liberia       1-4 Herediano
San Carlos    1-2 Cartaginés
Guanacasteca  0-0 Santa Bárbara
Pérez Zeledón 2-0 Santos

Round 8
Herediano     1-1 Alajuelense
Saprissa      2-1 Pérez Zeledón
Santa Bárbara 1-1 Carmelita
Cartaginés    0-1 Guanacasteca
Santos        0-0 San Carlos
Osa           1-0 Liberia

Round 9 
[moved forward; Mar 6?]
Alajuela      3-1 Liberia
[Mar 23?]
Carmelita     1-4 Cartaginés
Pérez Zeledón 2-0 Herediano   
San Carlos    0-1 Saprissa
Santa Bárbara 2-1 Osa
Guanacasteca  1-1 Santos
 
Round 10
Saprissa      2-2 Guanacasteca
Herediano     0-1 San Carlos
Alajuelense   3-1 Osa
Cartaginés    5-2 Santa Bárbara
Santos        2-1 Carmelita       
Liberia       1-1 Pérez Zeledón

Round 11
Pérez Zeledón 1-2 Alajuelense
Carmelita     1-0 Saprissa
Osa           2-1 Cartaginés
San Carlos    2-3 Liberia
Guanacasteca  0-2 Herediano
Santa Bárbara 4-2 Santos

Round 12
Guanacasteca  1-0 Liberia
Cartaginés    3-2 Santos
Carmelita     1-3 Herediano
Osa           0-1 Pérez Zeledón
Santa Bárbara 2-2 Saprissa
San Carlos    1-1 Alajuelense

Round 13
Saprissa      1-1 Cartaginés
Liberia       2-1 Carmelita
Santos        3-0 Osa
Alajuelense   2-0 Guanacasteca
Pérez Zeledón 1-0 San Carlos
Herediano     1-2 Santa Bárbara 

Round 14
Santos        2-4 Saprissa
Santa Bárbara 1-1 Liberia
Carmelita     4-6 Alajuelense
Osa           3-1 San Carlos
Guanacasteca  0-2 Pérez Zeledón
Cartaginés    2-2 Herediano

Round 15
[Apr 23]
Herediano     2-0 Santos
Saprissa      6-2 Osa
San Carlos    2-2 Guanacasteca
Pérez Zeledón 2-1 Carmelita
Liberia       0-2 Cartaginés
[May]
Alajuelense   3-1 Santa Bárbara

Round 16
[Apr 26]
Cartaginés    1-3 Alajuelense
Saprissa      2-1 Herediano
[Apr 27]
Santa Bárbara 1-1 Pérez Zeledón
Carmelita     0-0 San Carlos
Santos        1-3 Liberia
Osa           2-0 Guanacasteca

Round 17
Pérez Zeledón 1-6 Cartaginés
Alajuelense   2-1 Santos
Liberia       2-2 Saprissa
San Carlos    2-0 Santa Bárbara
Guanacasteca  2-1 Carmelita
Herediano     awd Osa           [awarded 5-0, originally 5-3]
NB: presumably award due to non-payment of fines

Round 18 
[May 10]
Santos        2-1 Pérez Zeledón 
Saprissa      0-0 Alajuelense 
[May 11]
Cartaginés    0-1 San Carlos
Osa           2-1 Carmelita 
Santa Bárbara 4-2 Guanacasteca 
Herediano     2-1 Liberia 

Round 19
Pérez Zeledón 2-2 Saprissa
Carmelita     2-1 Santa Bárbara
Liberia       2-1 Osa
Guanacasteca  0-1 Cartaginés
San Carlos    1-1 Santos
Alajuelense   1-2 Herediano

Round 20
Alajuelense   1-1 Liberia
Cartaginés    1-0 Carmelita
Osa           0-3 Santa Bárbara
Saprissa      2-1 San Carlos
Santos        4-1 Guanacasteca
Herediano     1-1 Pérez Zeledón

Round 21
Guanacasteca  awd Saprissa      [awarded 2-0, originally 2-2]
Carmelita     awd Santos        [awarded 1-0, originally 1-1]
San Carlos    awd Herediano     [awarded goalless loss to both teams;
Osa           1-3 Alajuelense    actual result 1-2]
Santa Bárbara 2-3 Cartaginés
Pérez Zeledón awd Liberia       [awarded 2-0, originally 2-1]
NB: presumably all awards due to non-payment of fines (certain for Saprissa)

Round 22
Alajuelense   4-1 Pérez Zeledón
Cartaginés    2-0 Osa
Santos        3-2 Santa Bárbara
Liberia       0-0 San Carlos
Herediano     3-1 Guanacasteca
Saprissa      4-2 Carmelita

Final Table:

 1.Alajuelense       22 15  5  2 49-22 50  Clausura winners
 2.Cartaginés        22 13  4  5 45-31 43
 3.Herediano         22 12  3  7 49-22 39 
 4.Saprissa          22 11  6  5 44-33 39
 5.Pérez Zeledón     22  9  5  8 27-30 32      
 6.Santos            22  7  5 10 29-33 26   
 7.Liberia           22  6  7  9 23-33 25      
 8.Santa Bárbara     22  6  6 10 34-42 24
 9.Carmelita         22  7  2 13 30-44 23 
10.Osa               22  7  1 14 27-49 22       
11.Guanacasteca      22  5  6 11 22-34 21
12.San Carlos        22  4  8 10 18-24 20  

NB: 2 more losses than wins due to award San Carlos-Herediano in round 21

Top Scorer:
Claudio Ciccia (Cartaginés) 25

Aggregate Table:

 1.Alajuelense       44 29 12  3 96-38 99  Apertura and Clausura winners	 	
 2.Saprissa          44 24 12  8 87-57 84
 3.Cartaginés        44 25  6 13 88-59 81
 4.Herediano         44 22  8 14 88-43 74
 5.Santos            44 15 11 18 55-63 56
 6.Guanacasteca      44 14 12 18 50-72 54
 7.Carmelita         44 17  3 24 52-78 54
 9.Santa Bárbara     44 13 13 18 65-76 52
 0.Pérez Zeledón     44 13 13 18 52-65 52
10.San Carlos        44 11 14 19 36-55 47
11.Liberia           44 11 12 21 45-66 45
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12.Osa               44  9  4 31 45-87 31  Relegated

NB: 2 more losses than wins due to award San Carlos-Herediano in round 21
NB: Alajuelense overall champions by virtue of winning both stages.

Top Scorer: 
Claudio Ciccia (Cartaginés) 39


NB: full names of clubs and locations:

Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (Alajuela, Alajuela)
Asociación Deportiva Carmelita (Alajuela, Alajuela)
Club Sport Cartaginés (Cartago, Cartago)
Sociedad Deportiva Guanacasteca (Nicoya, Guanacaste)
Club Sport Herediano (Heredia, Heredia)
Asociación Deportiva Municipal Liberia (Liberia, Guanacaste)
Club Deportivo Osa (Osa, Puntarenas)
Asociación Deportiva Municipal Pérez Zeledón (Pérez Zeledón, San José)
Asociación Deportiva San Carlos (San Carlos, Alajuela)
Club Santa Bárbara (Santa Bárbara, Heredia)
Sociedad Deportiva Santos (Pococí, Limón)
Deportivo Saprissa (Tibás, San José)


Second Level 2002/03


Segunda División

Liga de Ascenso

Grupo A
 1.UCR               22 13  3  6 61-28 42 
 2.Cartagena         22 13  3  6 47-26 42 
 3.Ramonense         22 12  3  7 46-31 39 
 4.Puriscal          22 11  2  9 31-34 35 
 5.Puntarenense      22  9  7  6 42-37 34 
 6.Grecia            22  8  6  8 38-36 30 
 7.Naranjeña         22  6  7  9 22-32 25 
 8.La Fortuna        22  7  4 11 27-52 25 
 9.Puntarenas        22  6  5 11 30-39 23 
10.Esparza           22  5  7 10 33-48 22 
11.Uruguay           22  6  3 13 34-48 21 

NB: qualified for second stage: UCR, Cartagena, Ramonense, Puntarenense;
    to relegation play-off: Puntarenas

Grupo B
 1.Cariari           22 16  3  3 63-22 51 
 2.Limonense         22 13  5  4 38-23 44 
 3.Belén             21  8  9  4 57-37 33 
 4.Paraíso           22  9  6  7 42-38 33 
 5.Barrio México     22  9  5  8 33-36 32 
 6.Turrialba         22  8  7  7 34-31 31 
 7.San Lorenzo       22  7  3 12 36-50 24 
 8.Sagrada Familia   22  4  9  9 31-40 21 
 9.Ciudad Colón      22  6  7  9 32-42 20 
10.Tournón           22  3  7 12 31-54 16 
11.Santa Ana         21  3  7 11 31-54 16 

NB: total goal difference +1
NB: qualified for second stage: Cariari, Limonense, Belén, Paraíso;
    to relegation play-off: Santa Ana


Cuadrangulares

Tables:

Cuadrangular A
 1.UCR                6  5  1  0 18- 5 16  Qualified
 2.Limonense          6  3  2  1 12- 8 11
 3.Paraíso            5  1  0  4  4-15  3
 4.Cartagena          5  0  1  4  4-10  1

Cuadrangular B
 1.Ramonense          6  4  2  0 15- 5 14  Qualified
 2.Cariari            5  2  2  1  6- 5  8  
 3.Belén              5  1  2  2  8- 8  5
 4.Puntarenense       6  0  2  4  6-17  2

Round 1
Group A
Paraíso       1-2 Limonense
Cartagena     1-2 UCR
Group B
Ramonense     1-1 Cariari
Puntarenense  2-2 Belén

Round 2
Group A
Limonense     3-0 Cartagena
UCR           4-1 Paraíso
Group B
Belén         3-3 Ramonense
Cariari       2-0 Puntarenense

Round 3
Group A
Cartagena     1-2 Paraíso
UCR           1-1 Limonense
Group B
Cariari       1-0 Belén
Ramonense     4-0 Puntarenense

Round 4
Group A
UCR           2-1 Cartagena
Limonense     4-0 Paraíso
Group B
Cariari       0-2 Ramonense
Belén         3-1 Puntarenense

Round 5
Group A
Cartagena     1-1 Limonense
UCR           4-0 Paraíso
Group B
Ramonense     1-0 Beén
Puntarenense  2-2 Cariari

Round 6
Group A
UCR           5-1 Limonense
Paraíso        -  Cartagena
Group B
Puntarenense  1-4 Ramonense
Belén          -  Cariari

Tables:

Cuadrangular A
 1.UCR                6  5  1  0 18- 5 16  Qualified
 2.Limonense          6  3  2  1 12- 8 11
 3.Paraíso            5  1  0  4  4-15  3
 4.Cartagena          5  0  1  4  4-10  1

Cuadrangular B
 1.Ramonense          6  4  2  0 15- 5 14  Qualified
 2.Cariari            5  2  2  1  6- 5  8  
 3.Belén              5  1  2  2  8- 8  5
 4.Puntarenense       6  0  2  4  6-17  2


Championship Final

First Leg
Ramonense     1-0 UCR

Second Leg
UCR           1-1 Ramonense

Ramonense (San Ramón) promoted.

Liguilla de Descenso

Santa Ana     2-2 Puntarenas 
Puntarenas    3-2 Santa Ana 

Santa Ana relegated.


Third Level 2002/03

Quarterfinals [Jun]
Cahuita Talamanca      5-1 agg Nandayureña    (1 win, 1 draw)
Selección de Hatillo 8 3-0 agg Isla de Venado (2 wins)
Pereira                3-2  -  Eleázar Calvo
El Roble (Alajuela)    4-3 agg León XIII      (1 win, 1 draw)

Final [Jul 13 and 20]
El Roble (Alajuela)    3-1 2-0 Cahuita

El Roble promoted to second division


2001/02.

2003/04.

list of champions.

list of 2nd division champions.


About this document

With thanks to James Goloboy (james.goloboy@yale.edu)

Prepared and maintained by Marcos Romero Acuña for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Marcos Romero Acuña (marcosromero@racsa.co.cr)
Last updated: 6 Sep 2003

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