2017–18 Liga FPD – Apertura season


The 2018 Apertura season served as the opening half of the 2017–18 Liga FPD season. It began on 29 July 2017 and ended on 23 December 2017.
Herediano entered as the defending champions, but lost the title in the Apertura finals to Pérez Zeledón.

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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Regular season

Defending champions Herediano topped the season undefeated with 54 points. By achieving this, Herediano broke two records in the league. They became the first team with the longest undefeated streak. The team also broke the record for more points achieved in a regular season, surpassing Alajuelense in the 2014 Invierno season.
On 3 September 2017, the match between Saprissa and Grecia was suspended at the 81st minute due to a false bomb threat. The remaining nine minutes were played the next morning.

Standings

Positions by round

Results

Quadrangular – Apertura

Teams qualified

Positions by round

Results

Apertura finals

Since regular season leaders Herediano were unable to top the quadrangular stage, a double-legged final will be played against the quadrangular winner Pérez Zeledón in order to determine the champions of the Apertura tournament. By getting more points in the aggregate table, Herediano will host the second leg.
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Season statistics

Scoring

Luis Stewart Pérez for Saprissa against Carmelita
Jeikel Venegas for Pérez Zeledón against Herediano

Top goalscorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Jonathan McDonaldAlajuelense15
2 Randall AzofeifaHerediano10
2 Josué MitchellPérez Zeledón10
4 Marvin AnguloSaprissa9
4 Lauro CazalPérez Zeledón9
4 José Guillermo OrtizHerediano9
7 Randall BrenesCartaginés8
7 Andrey FrancisLimón8
7 Aldo MagañaGuadalupe8
7 David RamírezSaprissa8
7 Keilor SotoPérez Zeledón8

Hat-tricks

Goalkeeping

RankPlayerClubMatchesGoals
Against		Average
1 Leonel MoreiraHerediano21110,52
2 Daniel CambroneroHerediano430,75
3 Marco MadrigalCartaginés540,80
4 Kevin BriceñoSaprissa19170,89
5 Bryan MoralesSantos13131,00
6 Luis Carlos ZamoraCarmelita331,00
7 Carlos MéndezUCR17181,06
8 Bryan SeguraPérez Zeledón19211,11
9 Patrick PembertonAlajuelense18221,22
10 Alejandro GómezSantos14181,29

Foreign players

This is a list of foreign players in the 2017 Apertura season. The following players:
  1. Have played at least one game for the respective club.
  2. Have not been capped for the Costa Rica national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player is released and it's before the close of the season transfer window.