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.
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Organising body | Nicaraguan Football Federation |
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Founded | 1993 |
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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 (2020 Clausura) |
Most championships | Diriangén (27 titles) |
Top goalscorer | Manuel Cuadra Serrano (742 goals)[1] |
TV partners | Liga Primera (YouTube) |
Website | Official website |
Current: 2020–21 Liga Primera de Nicaragua |
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 de Nicaragua

Location of 2018–19 teams in Primera División de Nicaragua
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 | |||
Aduana | 3 | |||
Ferrocarril | 2 | |||
Flor de Caña | 2 | |||
Deportivo Masaya | 2 | |||
Juventus Managua | 2 | |||
Club Atlético | 2 | |||
Deportivo Jalapa | 1 | |||
Búfalos | 1 | |||
La Nica | 1 | |||
Alas | 1 | |||
Lido | 1 | |||
Colegio C-A | 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)
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)
Sergio Gago (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
- 1933 : Alas (Managua)
- 1934 : Club Atlético (Managua)
- 1935−38 : not played
- 1939 : Lido
- 1940 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1941 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1942 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1943 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1944 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1945 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1946 : Ferrocarril (Managua)
- 1947 : Colegio C-A
- 1948 : Ferrocarril (Managua)
- 1949 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1950 : Aduana
- 1951 : Aduana
- 1952 : unknown
- 1953 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1954 : La Salle
- 1955 : Aduana
- 1956 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1957 : not played
- 1958 : Club Atlético
- 1959 : Diriangén (Diriamba)
- 1960 : La Nica
- 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
- 2007−08 : Real Estelí
- 2008−09 : Real Estelí
- 2009−10 : 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
References
- López, Mariano (March 19, 2007). "El Nuevo Diario". elnuevodiario. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
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