NB: after a quadruple round robin between 10 clubs (36 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 46 18 17 11 59-46 53 Champions 2.CS Cartaginés 46 17 18 11 63-49 52 3.LD Alajuelense 44 18 18 8 60-44 54 4.CD Saprissa 44 16 17 11 53-42 49 5.AD San Carlos 44 14 20 10 43-43 48 6.Puntarenas 36 12 15 9 55-42 39 7.San Ramón 36 11 11 14 44-49 33 8.Limón 36 9 10 17 45-63 28 9.Turrialba 36 8 10 18 48-71 26 10.San José 36 6 10 20 41-62 22 [*] Relegated [*] Dep. México were renamed San José NB: championship was decided by the pentagonal por el título (followed by a championship playoff between Herediano and Cartaginés) Topscorers: 13 Carlos Izquierdo (Turrialba) Howard Romper (Limón) Herediano squad: Octavio Castillo, Walter Rojas, Sergio Salazar, Marvin Obando, Asdrúbal Paniagua, Coger Álvarez, Jorge Ulate, William Salgado, Rafael Camacho, Julio Gómez, Miguel Lacey, Germán Chavarría, Gerardo Arce, Claudio Benavides, Carlos Lobo, Fernando Montero, Carlos Watson, Melvin Araya, Carlos Campos, Raul Benítez, William Rojas, Carlos Ovares, Edmond Gladstone, Mario Fonseca, Nilton Lóbrega Promoted: San Miguel de Guadalupe (later called Municipal Goicoechea) Author: Gerardo Coto (gcotocover@yahoo.com) Last updated: 9 Jan 2008 (C) Copyright Gerardo Coto and RSSSF 2008