2023–24 Liga Puerto Rico season

The 2023–24 Liga Puerto Rico season, is the league's fifth season of Liga Puerto Rico. It is the league's second season to be divided into two championships—the Apertura 2023 and the Clausura 2024—each in an identical format and each contested by eight teams. The season is played round robin style, with the top four 4 making playoffs.

Liga Puerto Rico
Season2023–24
ChampionsApertura:
Academia Quintana
(1st title)
Clausura:
Academia Quintana
(2nd title)
CFU Club ShieldAcademia Quintana
Stats are from the regular season only
Source:

Metropolitan FA were the 2022-2023 Liga Puerto Rico Champions winning both previous seasons tournaments, the Apertura and Clausura. Earning themselves an entry into the 2024 CFU Club Shield.

Clausura Changes

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The start the 2024 Clausura season was delayed in early March, due teams not meeting certain requirements required by the CONCACAF. It was reported enough teams had acquired the required licenses with 2 new teams joining the league, while 2 others dropped out.[1]

Team Changes
  Joining   Leaving
FC Mayagüez Don Bosco FC
Puerto Rico Surf FC Guayama FC

Participating Teams

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Torneo Apertura

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League Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Metropolitan FA 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 21
2 Academia Quintana 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 18
3 Guayama FC 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 13
4 Puerto Rico Sol FC 7 3 1 3 0 0 0 10
5 Bayamón FC 7 3 0 4 0 0 0 9
6 Caguas Sporting FC 7 1 2 4 0 0 0 5
7 Guaynabo Gol SC 7 1 0 6 0 0 0 3
8 Don Bosco FC (Puerto Rico) 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 2
Source: [2]

Regular Season statistics

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Playoffs – Apertura 2023

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Semi-Finals

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Metropolitan FA3–2Bayamon FC
[3]
  • Lisandro Abdiel Núñez Pérez   35'
  • Lisandro Abdiel Núñez Pérez   45+2'
Juan Cordero Dávila Stadium, San Juan
Referee: Janeishka Caban Rodríguez (Puerto Rico)


Academia Quintana7–1Caguas Sporting FC
[4]
Juan Cordero Dávila Stadium, San Juan
Referee: - (Puerto Rico)


Championship

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Metropolitan FA2–3Academia Quintana
[5]
  • Marc Nieves   77'
  • Rodolfo Sulia   93'
  • Carlos Matos   110'
Estadio Centroamericano de Mayagüez, Mayagüez
Referee: José Raúl Torres Rivera (Puerto Rico)


Torneo Clausura

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League Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Academia Quintana 7 6 1 0 20 3 +17 19
2 Metropolitan FA 7 5 2 0 27 4 +23 17
3 Puerto Rico Sol FC 7 4 0 3 16 18 −2 12
4 Puerto Rico Surf SC 7 3 1 3 21 17 +4 10
5 Bayamón FC 7 3 1 3 17 13 +4 10
6 Caguas Sporting FC 7 3 1 3 20 17 +3 10
7 FC Mayagüez 7 1 0 6 5 20 −15 3
8 Guaynabo Gol SC 7 0 0 7 3 37 −34 0
Source: [6]

Regular Season statistics

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Playoffs – Clausura 2024

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Semi-Finals

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Metropolitan FA1–0Puerto Rico Sol FC
  • J. Vilela   58'
Juan Cordero Dávila Stadium, San Juan
Referee: - (Puerto Rico)


Academia Quintana3–0Puerto Rico Surf SC
  • J. Marrero   13'
  • G. Diaz   64'
  • F. Berdasco   76'
Juan Cordero Dávila Stadium, San Juan
Referee: - (Puerto Rico)


Championship

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Academia Quintana2–1Metropolitan FA
  • G. Diaz   13'
  • A. Chaparro   38'
  • M. Rivera   34'


References

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  1. ^ "Comienzo de Liga Puerto Rico atrasado por licenciatura de clubes | FutbolBoricua.net". March 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "x.com".
  3. ^ Fútbol, Federación Puertorriqueña de (November 27, 2023). "Metropolitan FA gana 3 a 2 a Bayamón FC y se instala en las finales en rama masculina de la LPR".
  4. ^ Fútbol, Federación Puertorriqueña de (November 29, 2023). "Academia Quintana finalista de la LPR, gana 7 a 1 y deja en el camino a Caguas Sporting".
  5. ^ Fútbol, Federación Puertorriqueña de (December 5, 2023). "Academia Quintana Campeón del Apertura 2023 de la LPR Rama Masculina".
  6. ^ "x.com".