2017–18 Liga FPD
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates |
Apertura 2017: 29 July – 23 December Clausura 2018: 7 January – 20 May |
| Champions |
Apertura: Pérez Zeledón (1st title) Clausura: Saprissa (34th title) |
| Champions League | Saprissa |
| CONCACAF League |
Pérez Zeledón Herediano Santos de Guápiles |
| Matches played | 146 |
| Goals scored | 426 (2.92 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Jonathan McDonald (15 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Saprissa 6–1 Grecia (3/4 September 2017) Santos 5–0 Grecia (29 October 2017) Herediano 5–0 UCR (1 November 2017) |
| Biggest away win |
Guadalupe 0–4 Santos (15 October 2017) Cartaginés 2–6 Carmelita (25 October 2017) Liberia 1–5 Saprissa (19 November 2017) |
| Highest scoring |
Cartaginés 2–6 Carmelita (25 October 2017) |
| Longest winning run | 5 matches Herediano (Two times) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 22 matches Herediano |
| Longest winless run | 8 matches Guadalupe UCR (Two times) |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Alajuelense Guadalupe Liberia |
| Highest attendance | 17,037 Saprissa 2–0 Alajuelense (29 October 2017) |
| Lowest attendance | 210 Santos 4–0 Pérez Zeledón (30 July 2017) |
| Total attendance | 388,793 |
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2018-19 →
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The 2017–18 Liga FPD season, also known as Campeonato Banco Popular for sponsorship reasons, is the 97th since its establishment. The tournament is the first since the 2006–07 season to use the Apertura and Clausura names to their short tournaments, marking a departure from the Invierno and Verano tournaments.
The Voit Lummo is the official match ball of the tournament.Herediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to Pérez Zeledón.
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2016–17 season, one team promoted from the Liga de Ascenso and a newly formed team.
Grecia were promoted for the first time to the Liga FPD after defeating Jicaral in the Liga de Ascenso final, thus replacing San Carlos in the Liga FPD.
Guadalupe is a newly established team that takes over the previous franchise of Belén. UNAFUT authorized the name change just two days before the beginning of the season.
On 2 June 2017 Henning Jensen, rector of the University of Costa Rica, announced the cease of the agreement between the university and its homonimous club, citing that the transfer of the administrative management of the team to the Colombian company Con Talla Mundial was neither requested nor advised to the university. Jensen also stated that the club did not comply with the correction in the financial part of the club. On 19 June 2017, Con Talla Mundial announced that the club will now be under the name "Universitarios FC". The administration of the team had revealed the team badge and their intentions to use the Estadio Nacional as their home stadium. However, the Asociación Filial Club de Fútbol UCR, which holds the rights of the team within the league, sued the University because of their cease of the agreement. The club then retains its original name and is due to return to the Estadio Ecológico.
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