Champions Runners Up
1921 Herediano Gimnastica Española
1922 Herediano La Libertad
1923 Cartaginés La Libertad
1924 Herediano Cartaginés
1925 La Libertad Herediano
1926 La Libertad Cartaginés (Alajuelense?)
1927 Herediano La Libertad
1928 Alajuelense Gimnastica Española
1929 La Libertad Alajuelense
1930 Herediano Gimnastica Española
1931 Herediano Orión
1932 Herediano La Libertad (Orión?)
1933 Herediano Gimnastica Española
1934 La Libertad Alajuela Junior
1935 Herediano Alajuela Junior
1936 Cartaginés La Libertad
1937 Herediano Gimnastica Española (Orión?)
1938 Orión Gimnastica Española
1939 Alajuelense Herediano
1940 Cartaginés Orión
1941 Alajuelense La Libertad
1942 La Libertad Gimnastica Española
1943 Universidad de Costa Rica Alajuelense
1944 Orión Herediano
1945 Alajuelense Orión
1946 La Libertad Herediano
1947 Herediano La Libertad
1948 Herediano Alajuelense
1949 Alajuelense Orión
1950 Alajuelense Saprissa
1951 Herediano Orión
1952 Saprissa Alajuelense
1953 Saprissa Herediano
1954 not played
1955 Herediano Saprissa
1956 not played
1957 Saprissa Alajuelense
1958 Alajuelense Saprissa
1959 Alajuelense Saprissa
1960 Alajuelense Herediano
1961 Herediano Saprissa [Asofútbol]
Carmelita Uruguay [Federación]
1961/62 Saprissa Alajuelense
1962/63 Uruguay Saprissa
1963/64 Saprissa Orión
1964/65 Saprissa Alajuelense
1965/66 Alajuelense Saprissa
1966/67 Saprissa Alajuelense
1967/68 Saprissa Cartaginés
1968/69 Saprissa Alajuelense
1969/70 Alajuelense Saprissa
1970/71 Alajuelense Saprissa
1971/72 Saprissa Alajuelense
1972/73 Saprissa Cartaginés
1973/74 Saprissa Herediano
1974/75 Saprissa Cartaginés
1975/76 Saprissa Barrio México
1976/77 Saprissa Cartaginés
1977/78 Herediano M. Puntarenas
1978/79 Herediano Cartaginés
1979/80 Alajuelense Herediano
1980/81 Herediano Limonense
1981/82 Saprissa M. Puntarenas
1982/83 Alajuelense M. Puntarenas
1983/84 Alajuelense Saprissa
1984/85 Herediano Alajuelense
1985/86 M. Puntarenas Alajuelense
1986/87 Herediano Cartaginés
1987/88 Saprissa Herediano
1988/89 Saprissa Alajuelense
1989/90 no championship awarded
1990/91 Alajuelense Saprissa
1991/92 Alajuelense Saprissa
1992/93 Herediano Cartaginés
1993/94 Saprissa Alajuelense
1994/95 Saprissa Alajuelense
1995/96 Alajuelense Cartaginés
1996/97 Alajuelense Saprissa
1997/98 Saprissa Alajuelense
[Apertura: Alajuelense; Clausura: Saprissa]
1998/99 Saprissa Alajuelense
[Apertura: Saprissa; Clausura: Saprissa]
1999/00 Alajuelense Saprissa
[Apertura: Alajuelense; Clausura: Alajuelense]
2000/01 Alajuelense Herediano
[Apertura: Alajuelense; Clausura: Alajuelense]
2001/02 Alajuelense Santos
[Apertura: Santos; Clausura: Alajuelense]
2002/03 Alajuelense Saprissa
[Apertura: Alajuelense; Clausura: Alajuelense]
2003/04 Saprissa Herediano
[Apertura: Saprissa; Clausura: Herediano]
2004/05 Alajuelense Pérez Zeledón
[Apertura: Pérez Zeledón; Clausura: Alajuelense]
2005/06 Saprissa Puntarenas FC
[Apertura: Saprissa; Clausura: Saprissa]
2006/07 Saprissa Alajuelense
[Apertura: Saprissa; Clausura: Saprissa]
2007/08 Saprissa Herediano [Ap.]
Saprissa Alajuelense [Cl.]
2008/09 Saprissa Alajuelense [Ap.]
Liberia Herediano [Cl.]
2009/10
Total Championships (89; runners-up finishes between square brackets;
Apertura (10)/Clausura (10) following club names)
28 [15] Deportivo Saprissa (San José) [Ap. 4, Cl. 4]
24 [20] LD Alajuelense (Alajuela) [Ap. 4, Cl. 5]
21 [13] CS Herediano (Heredia) [Cl. 1]
6 [ 7] CS La Libertad (San José)
3 [10] CS Cartaginés (Cartago)
2 [ 6] Orión FC
1 [ 3] Municipal Puntarenas (Puntarenas)
1 [ 1] CS Uruguay (Coronado)
1 AD Carmelita (Alajuela)
1 Liberia Mía
1 Universidad de Costa Rica (San José)
[ 7] Sociedad Gimnastica Española
[ 2] Alajuelense Junior (Alajuela)
[ 1] AD Limonense (Limón)
[ 1] AD Barrio México
[ 1] Municipal Pérez Zeledón [Ap. 1]
[ 1] Puntarenas FC
[ 1] AD Santos (Guapiles) [Ap. 1]
NB: there were two rival championships in 1961; both are included
in the above summary;
since 2007/08 there are two championships each season
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Authors: Juan Pablo Andrés and Gerardo Coto
Last updated: 28 Aug 2009
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