The 2015–16 Costa Rican FPD was the 95th season of the Costa Rican top-flight football league. It was divided in two championships: the

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and

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seasons. The Invierno season will be dedicated to Manuel Antonio "Pilo" Obando.

Teams

The league will be contested by a total of 12 teams, including Municipal Liberia, promoted from the 2014–15 Liga de Ascenso, meanwhile Puma Generaleña were relegated.

Personnel, kits and Stadia

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

Managerial changes

Before the season

During the season

Campeonato de Invierno

The tournament began on 2015, with TBD defeating TBD 2–0, with Guatemalan player TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It ended on 2015, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

First stage

Standings

Results

Second stage

Semifinals

;First legs ---- ;Second legs ''Alajuelense won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Saprissa won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Finals

;First leg ;Second leg ''Saprissa won 4–1 on aggregate.''

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Invierno 2015. The following players: #have played at least one apertura game for the respective club. #have not been capped for the Costa Rica national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released. Alajuelense *

Carlos Discua Carlos Israel Discua Castellanos (born 20 September 1984) is a Honduran football player who currently plays for C.D. Marathón in the Honduran Liga Nacional. Club career Nicknamed ''el Chino'', Discua played for Victoria and Olimpia as well ...

Jorge Claros Jorge Aarón Claros Juárez (; born 8 January 1986) is a Honduran footballer, who plays for Alajuelense. Club career Claros started his career at Vida before joining Honduran giants F.C. Motagua in 2005. In January 2012 he went on trial at Sco ...

Harold Cummings Harold Oshkaly Cummings Segura (born 1 March 1992) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Club Always Ready and the Panama national football team. Club career Árabe Unido In 2009, he signed for Liga Panameña ...

* Hernán Rivero Belén * Sebastián Fassi Carmelita * Lucas Monzon * Jorge Barbosa * Weller Pereira * Carlos Souza Cartaginés * William Palacios * Fabrizio Ronchetti Herediano * Omar Hernandez * Edgar Solis *

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* Jonathan Hansen Limón * Mauricio Rivas * Manuel Lopera * Serginho Barboza Orange x

''(player released during the season)'' Pérez Zeledón * Tomas Fonseca * Cleiton Januario Franko ''Kanu'' * Christian Yeladián Municipal Liberia * None Saprissa * Andres Imperiale *

Adolfo Machado Adolfo Abdiel Machado (born 14 February 1985) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga FPD club San Carlos. Club career Around July 2008 Machado travelled to Colombia to play with Copa Mustang side Envigado al ...

Santos * Eder Cruz * Carlos Lopez Universidad de Costa Rica * Maximiliano Joel Silva Uruguay * Ismael Gomez * Walter Silva * Washington Lencina

Top goalscorers

Campeonato de Verano

The tournament began in January 2016, with TBD defeating TBD 2–0, with TBD scoring the first goal of the tournament. It will end in June 2016, with TBD winning their st title after they overcome TBD in the final.

Personnel, kits and stadia

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

Managerial changes

During the season

First stage

= Standings

Results

Second stage

Semifinals

;First legs ---- ;Second legs ''2-2 on aggregate. Herediano progressed as the higher seed.'' ---- ''Alajuelense won 5–1 on aggregate.''

Finals

;First leg ;Second leg ''Herediano won 3–0 on aggregate.''

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Verano 2016. The following players: #have played at least one apertura game for the respective club. #have not been capped for the Costa Rica national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released. Alajuelense *

* Hernán Rivero Belén * Sebastián Fassi Carmelita * Christian Yeladián * Weller Pereira Cartaginés * Fabrizio Ronchetti Herediano * Walter Silva * Omar Hernandez *

* Jonathan Hansen Limón * Leonardo Javier Terán * Brunet Hay Orange x

''(player released during the season)'' Pérez Zeledón * Tirso Guío * Cristian Rivas * Cleiton Januario Franko ''Kanu'' * Pedrinho Municipal Liberia * Justo Llorente * Jonathan De León Saprissa *

* Jaime Penedo *

Aubrey David Aubrey Robert David (born 11 October 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga FPD club Alajuelense. Born in Guyana, he represents the Trinidad and Tobago national team. David began his professional football career i ...

Santos * Eder Cruz * Marco Jovanni Rojas * Marlon López Universidad de Costa Rica * Maximiliano Joel Silva Uruguay * Ismael Gomez

Aggregate table

The following table combined the two seasons together.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20140809055429/http://unafut.com/site/ * http://www.nacion.com/deportes/futbol-costa-rica/ * http://www.everardoherrera.com/index.php/futbol-nacional {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Costa Rican FPD season Liga FPD seasons 1 Costa