Costa Rica 1975

NB: tournament played as two stages, one double round robin 
    (16 matches each for all clubs) and a single round robin
    (8 matches for all clubs); both stages qualified 2 clubs 
    for the championship playoff (a double round robin, 6 
    matches for all clubs involved) while the remaining 5
    clubs entered a 'pentagonal' (also a double round
    robin, 8 matches for all clubs) with nothing at stake.

Aggregate Table:

 1.CD Saprissa           30 16  9  5  53-23  41  Champions 
 2.CS Cartaginés         30 18  7  5  45-29  43
 3.LD Alajuelense        30 18  6  6  47-20  42
 4.CS Herediano          30 10 11  9  36-32  31

 5.Limón                 32  8  8 16  30-52  24
 6.San Ramón             32 11  5 16  40-57  27
 7.Dep. México           32  8 12 12  35-43  28
 8.Univ. de Costa Rica   32  5  8 19  34-54  18
 9.Turrialba             32  9  8 15  42-52  26

NB: championship was decided by the cuadrangular por el título only;

Final Table Cuadrangular:

 1.CD Saprissa            6             +5    8  Champions 
 2.CS Cartaginés          6              0    8
 3.LD Alajuelense        
 4.CS Herediano          

NB: after the championhip a match was played between the winners of
    the cuadrangular por el título (Saprissa) and the winners of the
    pentagonal de los últimos cinco equipos (Limón), dubbed
"Campeón de Campeones"
Saprissa        2-0 Limón


Topscorer:
17 Oscar E. Cordero (Alajuelense)

Saprissa squad:
Juan Gutiérrez, Fernando Solano, Bolívar Quirós, Heriberto Rojas, 
Fernando Hernández, Marco Rojas, Hernán Morales, Edgar Marín, 
Francisco Hernández, Odir Jacces, Rafael Oviedo, Carlos Solano, 
Asdrúbal Paniagua, Gerardo Alvarado, Jorge Rodríguez, Javier Masís,
Wílberth Barquero, Carlos Santana, Gerardo Solano



Promoted: Guanacaste.


NB: tournament finished in February 1976


Copa Juan Santamaría 1975

NB: all provinces represented (Guanacaste Sports Association for the first time)

Final

First Leg
Turrialba       2-1 Puntarenas

Second Leg
Puntarenas      2-1 Turrialba       [aet]

NB: second leg finished 2-0 after 90 minutes but overall goal difference was
    not a tie-breaker so extra time had to be played, in which only Turrialba
    scored, thus winning the competition

Topscorer: Luis Aguilar (Turrialba FC)  8 goals

1974.

1976.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of 2nd division champions.

About this document

Source: UNAFUT; thanks to Hans Schöggl for additional information

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

Author: Gerardo Coto (gcotocover@yahoo.com)
Last updated: 4 Feb 2024