NB: after a quadruple round robin between 9 clubs (32 matches
each for all clubs), the top-5 qualified for the championship
playoff (a double round robin, 8 matches for all clubs involved);
the bottom club after the regular phase was relegated.
Aggregate Table:
1.CS Herediano 42 23 11 8 77-46 57 Champions
2.Puntarenas 42 17 10 15 62-58 44
3.San Ramón 40 13 15 12 47-51 41
4.CD Saprissa 40 13 16 11 55-37 42
5.Limón 40 12 13 15 44-58 37
6.CS Cartaginés 32 11 9 12 44-41 31
7.Dep. México 32 9 12 11 42-52 30
8.LD Alajuelense 32 9 10 13 46-45 28
9.AD Guanacasteca 32 7 8 17 24-53 22 Relegated
NB: championship was decided by the pentagonal por el título
(followed by a championship playoff between Herediano and
Puntarenas)
Topscorer:
23 Gerardo “Cebolla” Gutiérrez (Puntarenas)
Herediano squad:
Edmond Gladstone, Carlos Campos, Ricardo González, Carlos Watson,
Carlos Garita, Rafael Camacho, Asdrúbal Paniagua, Fernando Montero,
William Salgado, Róger Álvarez, Octavio Castillo, Julio Gómez,
Walter Ugalde, Claudio Benavides, Carlos Ovares, Gerardo Romero,
Luis Alfaro, Edgar Villalobos, Walter Elizondo, Mario Fonseca,
Nilton Nóbrega, Julio C. Bustos, Odir Jacces, Álvaro Carmona,
Carlos Lobo
Promoted: San Carlos, Turrialba
NB: tournament finished in January 1979
1977.
1979.
list of 2nd division champions.
Source: UNAFUT
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