Primera División de Costa Rica 2007-08

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In both the Invierno and Verano of the 2007-08 season, 2 groups of 6 teams are conformed, they will play twice (Home and away) with the teams of their own group (10 games) and once with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The 3 top teams of each group qualify for the playoffs. The winners of group A and B get a bye week, while the 2nd of group A plays the 3rd of group B and the 2nd of group B plays the 3rd of group A. The winners of these series move to the semi-final series.

The home team advantage in the playoffs is given to the team with the best record in the group stage.

The winner of the playoff series played between the Invierno and Verano champion will gain entry into the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09.^[1] The playoff runner-up will gain entry into the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round. If the same team wins both the Invierno and Verano tournaments then the preliminary round spot will be awarded to the team with the next best regular season record in the Verano Clausura tournament.

1 Invierno 2007
- 1.1 Group stage
- 1.2 Playoffs
2 Verano 2008
- 2.1 Group stage
- 2.2 Playoffs
3 Aggregate Table
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Invierno 2007

[edit] Group stage

Group A

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Herediano	16	7	7	2	23	12	+11	28
2.	LD Alajuelense	16	7	7	2	23	14	+9	28
3.	AD Carmelita	16	6	6	4	21	20	+1	24
4.	Puntarenas F.C.	16	5	7	4	19	20	-1	22
5.	AD San Carlos	16	6	3	7	21	23	-2	21
6.	Universidad de Costa Rica	16	3	4	8	19	26	-7	13

Group B

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Saprissa	16	9	2	5	22	16	+6	29
2.	Brujas F.C.	16	6	6	4	26	24	+2	24
3.	Municipal Pérez Zeledón	16	6	2	8	29	26	+3	20
4.	Municipal Liberia	16	4	5	7	20	24	-4	17
5.	Santos de Guápiles	16	4	5	7	18	24	-6	17
6.	C.S. Cartaginés	16	4	4	8	18	30	-12	16


	Teams qualified to the semifinals.


	Teams qualified to the quarterfinals

[edit] Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals



					1A	Herediano	0	1	1

					Brujas FC		0	0	0
2B	Brujas F.C.	0	2	2

3A	Carmelita	1	0	1
										Herediano	0	2	2
										Saprissa	2	2	4


					1B	Saprissa	1	1	2

					Alajuelense		0	1	1
2A	Alajuelense	2	3	5

3B	Pérez Zeledón	1	0	1

Invierno 2007 winners:
Saprissa

[edit] Verano 2008

[edit] Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Deportivo Saprissa	16	9	3	4	27	20	+7	30
2.	Club Sport Herediano	16	5	8	3	20	13	+7	23
3.	Universidad de Costa Rica	16	6	4	6	23	22	+1	22
4.	Puntarenas FC	16	5	7	4	15	19	-4	22
5.	Asociacion Deportiva San Carlos	16	5	4	7	16	17	-1	19
6.	Asociación Deportiva Carmelita	16	4	3	9	17	29	-12	15

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Liga Deportiva Alajuelense	16	8	6	2	22	13	+9	30
2.	Brujas F.C.	16	6	4	6	23	23	0	22
3.	A.D. Municipal Perez Zeledon	16	5	7	4	14	14	0	22
4.	Municipal Liberia	16	5	6	5	22	20	+2	21
5.	Club Sport Cartaginés	16	4	5	7	14	19	-5	17
6.	Santos de Guápiles F.C.	16	3	5	8	16	20	-4	14

Note: Saprissa and Alajuelense switched groups at the end of Apertura 2007.

[edit] Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals



					1A	Saprissa	5	1	6

					2B	Brujas FC	0	2	2
2B	Brujas FC	3	1	4

3A	UCR	2	0	2
										1A	Saprissa	1	1	2
										1B	Alajuelense	0	0	0


					1B	Alajuelense	0	5	5

					3B	Pérez Zeledón	0	3	3
2A	Herediano	1	1	2

3B	Pérez Zeledón	1	2	3

Verano 2008 winners:
Saprissa

[edit] Aggregate Table

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	Saprissa	32	18	5	9	49	36	+13	59
2.	Alajuelense	32	15	13	4	45	27	+18	58
3.	Herediano	32	12	15	5	43	25	+18	51
4.	Brujas F.C.	32	12	10	10	49	47	+2	46
5.	Puntarenas F.C.	32	10	14	8	34	39	-5	44
6.	Pérez Zeledón	32	11	9	12	43	40	+3	42
7.	San Carlos	32	11	7	14	37	40	-3	40
8.	Carmelita	32	10	9	13	38	49	-11	39
9.	Liberia	32	9	11	12	42	44	-2	38
10.	Universidad	32	9	8	15	42	48	-6	35
11.	Cartaginés	32	8	9	15	32	49	-17	33
12.	Santos	32	7	10	15	34	44	-10	31