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 Invierno and Verano 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 Asociación Deportiva Municipal Liberia is a Costa Rican football team playing in the Liga FPD. The team is based in Liberia, Guanacaste. Their home stadium is the Estadio Edgardo Baltodano Briceño. History Founded on 7 June 1977, four year ...

, 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

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defeating

2–0, with Guatemalan player

scoring the first goal of the tournament. It ended on 2015, with

winning their st title after they overcome

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 The Costa Rica national football team () represents Costa Rica in men's international Association football, football. The national team is administered by the Costa Rican Football Federation, Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (), the governi ...

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

defeating

2–0, with

scoring the first goal of the tournament. It will end in June 2016, with

winning their st title after they overcome

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

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 * Jorge Claros * Harold Cummings * Hernán Rivero Belén * Sebastián Fassi Carmelita * Christian Yeladián * Weller Pereira Cartaginés * Fabrizio Ronchetti Herediano * Walter Silva * Omar Hernandez * Gabriel Enrique Gómez * 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 * Adolfo Machado *

Jaime Penedo Jaime Manuel Penedo Cano (born 26 September 1981) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for various teams such as: Osasuna B, CSD Municipal, LA Galaxy, Deportivo Saprissa and Dinamo București, among others ...

* Aubrey David 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