Liga Primera de Nicaragua
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Organising body | Nicaraguan Football Federation |
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Founded | 1933 |
Country | Nicaragua |
Confederation | CONCACAF |
Number of teams | 10 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Segunda División de Nicaragua (based on agg. table) |
Domestic cup(s) | Copa de Nicaragua |
International cup(s) | 2019 CONCACAF League |
Current champions | Real Estelí (2019 Apertura) Real Estelí () |
Most championships | Diriangén (27 titles) |
Top goalscorer | Manuel Cuadra Serrano (742 goals)[1] |
TV partners | Liga Primera (YouTube) |
Website | Official website |
Current: 2021–22 Liga Primera de Nicaragua |
The Liga Primera de Nicaragua is the top division of football in Nicaragua, organized by the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol, it was created in 1933.
It is played in two parts, Torneo de Apertura from August through November and Torneo de Clausura from January through May. Each of the regular seasons is followed by a playoff of the top four teams over a two-legged semifinal and subsequent final. The relegation end has the bottom team of the aggregate table dropped as well as the loser of the playoff of the 8th and 9th-place teams.
Current teams[]
2018–19 Primera División[]
Real Madriz
Name | City | Stadium | Capacity |
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ART Jalapa | Jalapa | Estadio Alejandro Ramos | 1,000 |
Chinandega | Chinandega | Estadio Instituto Nacional Autonomo de Chinandega | 1,500 |
Deportivo Ocotal | Ocotal | Estadio De Ocotal | 5,000 |
Deportivo Walter Ferretti | Managua | Nicaragua National Football Stadium | 15,000 |
Diriangén | Diriamba | Estadio Cacique Diriangén | 8,000 |
Juventus Managua | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | 8,000 |
Managua | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | 8,000 |
Real Estelí | Estelí | Estadio Independencia | 5,000 |
Real Madriz | Somoto | Estadio Solidaridad Augusto Cesar Mendoza | 3,000 |
UNAN Managua | Managua | Nicaragua National Football Stadium | 15,000 |
Statistics[]
Champions[]
Teams in bold are currently participating in Primera División de Nicaragua.
Champions | ||||
Team | Championships | |||
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Diriangén | 27 | |||
Real Estelí | 18 | |||
Deportivo Santa Cecilia | 5 | |||
Walter Ferretti | 4 | |||
UCA | 4 | |||
América Managua | 3 | |||
3 | ||||
2 | ||||
Flor de Caña | 2 | |||
Deportivo Masaya | 2 | |||
Juventus Managua | 2 | |||
2 | ||||
Deportivo Jalapa | 1 | |||
Búfalos | 1 | |||
1 | ||||
1 | ||||
1 | ||||
1 | ||||
Managua | 1 |
Records[]
Following are records in Liga Primera de Nicaragua:[1]
- Manuel "Catarrito" Cuadra (highest goal scorer in the league with 142 goals)
- (most goals in a season with 44 goals in 1967 playing for Flor de Caña in the old format of the game)
- (most goals in a season in the new format with 35 in 1999)
- José María Bermúdez (most goals in one game with nine in 1999)
- Marvin González (fastest goal 15 seconds playing for San Marcos against Real Estelí)
Previous winners[]
- : (Managua)
- 1934 : (Managua)
- 1935−38 : not played
- 1939 :
- 1940 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1941 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1942 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1943 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1944 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1945 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1946 : (Managua)
- 1947 :
- 1948 : (Managua)
- 1949 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1950 :
- 1951 :
- 1952 : unknown
- 1953 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1954 :
- 1955 :
- 1956 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1957 : not played
- 1958 :
- 1959 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1960 :
- 1961 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba)
- 1962−64 : not played
- 1965 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba)
- 1966 : Flor de Caña (Chichigalpa)
- 1967 : Flor de Caña (Chichigalpa)
- 1968 : UCA (Managua)
- 1969 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1970 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1971 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba)
- 1972 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba)
- 1973 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba)
- 1974 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1975 : UCA (Managua)
- 1976 : UCA (Managua)
- 1977 : UCA (Managua)
- 1978−79 : not played
- 1980 : Búfalos (Rivas)
- 1981 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1982 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1983 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1984 : Deportivo Masaya (Masaya)
- 1985 : América (Managua)
- 1986 : Deportivo Masaya (Masaya)
- 1987 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1988 : América (Managua)
- 1989 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1990 : América (Managua)
- 1991 : Real Estelí
- 1992 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1993 : Juventus (Managua)
- 1994 : Juventus (Managua)
- 1994−95 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1995−96 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1996−97 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1997−98 : Walter Ferretti (Managua)
- 1998−99 : Real Estelí
- 1999−00 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 2000−01 : Walter Ferretti (Managua)
- 2001−02 : Deportivo Jalapa
- 2002−03 : Real Estelí
- 2003−04 : Real Estelí
- 2004−05 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 2005−06 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 2006−07 : Real Estelí
- : Real Estelí
- : Real Estelí
- : Real Estelí
- 2010−11 : Real Estelí
- 2011−12 : Real Estelí
- 2012−13 : Real Estelí
- 2013−14 : Real Estelí
- 2014−15 : Walter Ferretti (Managua)
- 2015−16 : Real Estelí
- 2016−17 : Real Estelí
- 2017 Apertura : Walter Ferretti (Managua)
- 2018 Clausura : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 2018 Apertura : Managua
- 2019 Clausura : Real Estelí
- 2019 Apertura : Real Estelí
- 2020 Clausura : Real Estelí
- 2020 Apertura : Real Estelí
- 2021 Clausura : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 2021 Apertura : Diriangén (Diriamba)
References[]
- ^ a b López, Mariano (March 19, 2007). "El Nuevo Diario". elnuevodiario. Archived from the original on 2010-01-21. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- Nicaraguan Primera División
- Football leagues in Nicaragua
- Top level football leagues in Central America