Costa Rican Primera División
Season2005–06
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Primera División de Costa Rica (Costa Rica First Division) is a Costa Rican football tournament composed of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion of Costa Rican football.

In both the Apertura and Clausura, 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 game with the teams of the other group (6 games), for a total of 16 games. The top 2 teams from each group after the final round of the Apertura and the Clausura qualify for the playoffs.

Apertura 2005

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alajuelense 16 9 5 2 29 9 +20 32 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Puntarenas F.C. 16 8 4 4 23 15 +8 28
3 Herediano 16 8 4 4 23 16 +7 28
4 Santacrucena 16 6 2 8 17 19 −2 20
5 Liberia 16 2 2 12 9 33 −24 8
6 Ramonense 16 0 3 13 7 32 −25 3
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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Saprissa 16 11 4 1 28 12 +16 37 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Pérez Zeledón 16 7 5 4 21 18 +3 26
3 Cartaginés 16 7 4 5 30 22 +8 25
4 Brujas F.C. 16 6 7 3 16 12 +4 25
5 Santos 16 5 6 5 22 23 −1 21
6 Carmelita 16 2 4 10 11 25 −14 10
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Playoffs

Semifinals Finals
1A Alajuelense 0 1 1 (4)
2B Perez Zeledon 1 0 1 (5) Saprissa 1 1 1 (4)
1B Saprissa 0 4 4 Perez Zeledon 1 1 1 (2)
2A Puntarenas F.C. 2 1 3
 Apertura 2005 winners 
Saprissa

Clausura 2006

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Puntarenas F.C. 16 11 4 1 29 12 +17 37 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Saprissa 16 10 3 3 22 16 +6 33
3 Liberia 16 10 2 4 28 18 +10 32
4 Herediano 16 7 2 7 19 18 +1 23
5 Ramonense 16 6 1 9 16 19 −3 19
6 Santacrucena 16 2 1 13 9 29 −20 7
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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brujas F.C. 16 7 3 6 19 17 +2 24 Qualified to the playoffs
2 Alajuelense 16 7 2 7 20 15 +5 23
3 Pérez Zeledón 16 6 4 6 20 16 +4 22
4 Carmelita 16 5 4 7 18 19 −1 19
5 Cartaginés 16 4 5 7 15 22 −7 17
6 Santos 16 4 3 9 15 29 −14 15
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Playoffs

Semifinals Finals
1A Puntarenas F.C. 0 1 1
2B Alajuelense 2 1 3 Saprissa 1 2 3
1B Brujas F.C. 0 1 1 Alajuelense 1 1 2
2A Saprissa 1 2 3
 Clausura 2006 winners 
Saprissa

Final

No Final was played as Saprissa won both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

 Primera División de Costa Rica 2005-06 
Saprissa
25th title

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Saprissa 32 21 7 4 50 28 +22 70 Primera División Champion 2005-06
2 Puntarenas F.C. 32 19 8 5 52 28 +24 65
3 Alajuelense 32 16 7 9 49 24 +25 55
4 Herediano 32 15 6 11 42 34 +8 51
5 Brujas F.C. 32 13 10 9 35 29 +6 49
6 Pérez Zeledón 32 13 9 10 41 34 +7 48
7 Cartaginés 32 11 9 12 45 44 +1 42
8 Liberia 32 12 4 16 37 51 −14 40
9 Santos 32 9 9 14 37 52 −15 36
10 Carmelita 32 7 8 17 29 44 −15 29
11 Santacrucena 32 8 3 21 26 48 −22 27
12 Ramonense 32 6 4 22 23 51 −28 22 Relegated to Segunda Division
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