Costa Rica 1976

NB: tournament played as two stages, one triple round robin 
    (27 matches each for all clubs), from which the top-5
    qualified for the championship playoff (a double round 
    robin, 8  matches for all clubs involved) while the 
    remaining 5 clubs entered a relegation playoff (also a 
    double round robin, 8 matches for all clubs).

Aggregate Table:

 1.CD Saprissa           35 16 11  8  66-37  43  Champions 
 2.Dep. México           35 18 11  6  53-31  47
 3.CS Cartaginés         35 22  6  7  67-36  50
 4.LD Alajuelense        35 12 10 13  51-45  34
 5.San Ramón             35  9 12 14  54-71  30

 6.AD Guanacasteca       35 10  9 16  42-57  29
 7.CS Herediano          35 14  9 12  48-39  37
 8.Limón                 35  9 10 16  40-65  28
 9.Turrialba             35 11  9 15  43-61  31
10.Univ. de Costa Rica   35  5 11 19  41-63  21

NB: championship was decided by the pentagonal por el título only;
    eventually no club was relegated (two were to go down, so
    Turrialba and UCR) as the league was extended to 12 clubs.

Final Table Pentagonal:

 1.CD Saprissa            8                  12  Champions 
 2.Dep. México            8                  10
 3.CS Cartaginés       
 4.LD Alajuelense     
 5.San Ramón             

Topscorer:
24 Carlos Solano (Saprissa)

Saprissa squad:
Marco Rojas, Javier Masís, Bolívar Quirós, Heriberto Rojas, 
Nelson Bastos, Gerardo Ureña, Mario Arce, Carlos Santana, 
Carlos Solano, Gerardo Solano, Eddy Zamora, Jorge Pacheco, 
Luis González, Sergio Salazar, Wílberth Barquero, Asdrúbal Paniagua, 
Francisco Hernández, Hernán Morales, Daniel Vásquez, Román González, 
Edgar Marín, Edgar Baltodano, Francisco Jiménez


Promoted: Puntarenas

1975.

1977.

list of champions.

list of 2nd division champions.

About this document

Source: UNAFUT

Prepared and maintained by Gerardo Coto for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Gerardo Coto (gcotocover@yahoo.com)
Last updated: 25 Jul 2019