Nicaraguan Primera División

Liga Primera
Founded 1933
Country  Nicaragua
Number of teams 10
Relegation to Segunda División
(based on agg. table)
International cup(s) CONCACAF Champions League
(after 2008–09)
Current champions Real Estelí
(2016-17)
Website Official website
2017–18 Primera División de Nicaragua

Liga Primera is the top division of 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

Primera División de Nicaragua - 2016/17

Apertura 2016
Name City Stadium Capacity First season
in Primera		 Most recent
promotion
Deportivo Sebaco Sebaco Estadio Municipal El Colosal 1.000 2016 2016
Deportivo Walter Ferretti Managua Nicaragua National Football Stadium 15,000 1987 1987
Chinandega FC Chinandega Estadio Instituto Nacional Autonomo de Chinandega 1,500 2011 2015
Diriangén FC Diriamba Estadio Cacique Diriangén 8,000 1933 1933
Juventus Managua Managua Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua 8,000 TBA 2011
Managua F.C. Managua Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua 8,000 2010 2010
Nandasmo F.C. Nandasmo Estadio Olímpico de San Marcos 3,000 2016 2016
Real Estelí F.C. Estelí Estadio Independencia 5,000 1986 1986
Real Madriz Somoto Estadio Solidaridad Augusto Cesar Mendoza 3,000 1999 2013
UNAN Managua Managua Nicaragua National Football Stadium 15,000 2014 2014

Records in the league

  • Nicaragua Manuel "Catarrito" Cuadra (highest goal scorer in the league with 742 goals)
  • Nicaragua Oscar "Chiqui" Calvo (most goals in a season with 44 goals in 1967 playing for Flor de Caña in the old format of the game)
  • Nicaragua Sergio Gago (most goals in a season in the new format with 35 in 1999)
  • Nicaragua 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)

Champions

Teams in bold are currently participating in Primera División de Nicaragua.

Champions
Team Championships
Diriangén26
Real Estelí14
Deportivo Santa Cecilia5
Walter Ferretti4
UCA4
América Managua3
Aduana3
Ferrocarril2
Flor de Caña2
Deportivo Masaya2
Juventus Managua2
Club Atlético2
Deportivo Jalapa1
Búfalos1
La Nica1
Alas1
Lido1
Colegio C-A1

Previous winners

References

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