2013–14 Primera División de Nicaragua

The 2013–14 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 63rd and 64th champions in the history of the league. It will also provide the sole berth for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2013, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2014.

General

Promotion and relegation

• At the end of the 2012–13, ART Jalapa, FC San Marcos and Real Madriz were promoted to Primera Division
• At the end of the 2012–13, Xilotepelt were relegated to Segunda Division.

Changes in competition formats

• The Primera Division was expanded to 10 clubs.

Team information

Last updated: June 28, 2013

Personnel and sponsoring (2013 Apertura)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
ART Municipal Jalapa	TBD	Leónidas Rodríguez	TBD	TBD
Chinandega FC	TBA	Vidal Alonso	Adidas	None
Diriangén	Tulio López	Carlos Alberto de Toro	Joma	Movistar
Juventus		Douglas Urbina		Movistar, EZA
Managua F.C.	Napoleón Zeledón	Emilio Aburto		Managua F.C.
Ocotal	Oscar Mendoza	Mario Alfaro
Real Estelí	Fidel Moreno	Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Galaxia	Movistar, Bimbo, Yahoo, La Curaçao
Real Madriz	TBD	Omar Zambrana	TBD	TBD
Walter Ferretti	Emilio Rodriguez	Florencio Leiva		Policia, Cierro, Banco
FC San Marcos	TBD	Marcos Bodán

Managerial changes

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Chinandega FC	Vidal Alonso	Sacked	28 August 2013	Wilson Gil Yuste	28 August 2013
Real Madriz	Omar Zambrana	Sacked	30 August 2013	Tyron Acevedo (interim)	1 September 2013
Real Madriz	Tyron Acevedo	moved to assistant coach	19 September 2013	Angel Orellana	22 September 2013
Juventus Managua	Douglas Urbina	Sacked	October 2013	Oscar Blanco (interim)	October 2013

Apertura

The 2013 Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began in 2013.

Regular season

The regular season began in August 2012. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Estelí	18	12	4	2	36	12	+24	40	Semi-finals Group
2	Diriangén FC	18	10	4	4	26	17	+9	34
3	Walter Ferretti	18	10	3	5	27	20	+7	33
4	Managua	18	8	7	3	25	14	+11	31
5	Jalapa	18	7	7	4	25	28	−3	28
6	Ocotal	18	5	9	4	26	21	+5	24
7	Juventus Managua	18	4	6	8	20	30	−10	18
8	Chinandega	18	3	4	11	22	36	−14	13
9	San Marcos	18	3	3	12	25	36	−11	12
10	Real Madriz	18	3	3	12	17	39	−22	12

Results

Positions by round

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Real Estelí	2	2	4
	4	Managua	0	1	1
								1	Real Estelí	0	1	1
								3	Walter Ferretti	0	0	0
	2	Diriangén	0	1	1
	3	Walter Ferretti	1	1	2

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Real Estelí won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Walter Ferretti won 2–1 on aggregate

Finals

First leg

Second leg

• Real Esteli won 1–0 on aggregate score.

Primera Division 2013 Apertura champion
Real Esteli F.C. 12th title

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Daniel 'Dani' Cadena	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	11
2	Ricardo Vega	Chinandega FC	10
3	Rudel Calero	Real Esteli F.C.	9
4	Luis Manuel Galeano 'Romario'	ART Jalapa	8
5	Raul Leguias	Diriangén FC	8
6	Milton Zeledón	ART Jalapa	7
7	Erick Sierra	Managua F.C.	7
8	Juan Barrera	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	7
9	Emilio Palacios	Diriangén FC	6
10	Wilber Sanchez	Real Esteli F.C.	6

Updated to games played on 7 November 2013

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
2. have not been capped for the Nicaragua national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced this year, that clubs can have upwards of six foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have five foreign players on the field at one time [1].

Clausura

The 2014 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on 4 January 2014. Real Esteli F.C. are the defending champion. The league will consist of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Team information

Last updated: December 1, 2013

Personnel and sponsoring (2014 Clausura)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
ART Municipal Jalapa	Ali Antonio Castellanos	Leónidas Rodríguez	TBD	TBD
Chinandega FC	TBA	Wilson Gil Yuste	None	None
Diriangén	Tulio López	Flavio da Silva	Joma	Movistar
Juventus	Ariel Brex	Oscar Blanco	None	Movistar, EZA
Managua F.C.	Napoleón Zeledón	Emilio Aburto		Managua F.C.
Ocotal	Oscar Mendoza	Angel Orellana	None	Alcadia de Ocotal
Real Estelí	Helmuth Hurtado	Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Galaxia	Movistar, Bimbo, Yahoo, La Curaçao
Real Madriz	TBD	Juan Ramón Trejo	TBD	TBD
Walter Ferretti	Emilio Rodriguez	Florencio Leiva		Policia, Cierro, Banco
FC San Marcos	TBD	Marcos Bodán	None	Transp. Rodriguez

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Diriangén	Carlos de Toro	Resigned	November 2013	Flavio da Silva	TBD
Deportivo Ocotal	Mario Alfaro	Resigned	December 2013	Angel Orellana	December 2013
Real Madriz	Angel Orellana	Contract expired	November 2013	Juan Ramon Trejo	TBD

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Real Madriz	Juan Ramon Trejo	Resigned	20 February 2014	Luís Eduardo Montaño	TBD
Deportivo Ocotal	Angel Orellana	Sacked	26 February 2014	Randall Moreno	28 February 2014

Regular season

The regular season began in 2014. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Estelí	18	11	6	1	31	9	+22	39	Semi-finals Group
2	Diriangén FC	18	8	9	1	27	15	+12	33
3	Walter Ferretti	18	9	5	4	39	17	+22	32
4	Managua	18	7	6	5	34	25	+9	27
5	Real Madriz	18	8	3	7	28	30	−2	27
6	Juventus Managua	18	6	7	5	25	21	+4	25
7	Ocotal	18	4	6	8	20	30	−10	18
8	San Marcos	18	4	5	9	25	36	−11	17
9	Jalapa	18	2	6	10	15	33	−18	12
10	Chinandega	18	1	7	10	19	46	−27	10

Results

Positions by round

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Real Estelí	6	4	10
	4	Managua	1	1	2
								1	Real Estelí	2	0	2
								3	Diriangén	1	0	1
	2	Diriangén	1	1	2
	3	Walter Ferretti	2	0	2

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Real Estelí won 10–2 on aggregate.

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Diriangén FC 2-2 on aggregate won on the away goal rule

Finals

First leg

Second leg

• Real Esteli FC won 2-1 on aggregate score.

Primera Division 2014 Clausura champion
Real Estelí ?th title

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Xavier Dolmus	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	13
2	Daniel 'Dani' Cadena	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	11
3	Jose Rodriguez	Diriangén FC	10
4	Lesther Jarquín	Juventus Managua	8
5	Marcos Méndez	Managua F.C.	7
6	Enoc Salgado	Real Madriz	7
7	Eulises Ezequiel Pavón	Diriangén FC	7
8	Luis Balladares	Real Madriz	7
9	Byron Garcia	Managua F.C.	6
10	Mauro Rodriguez	Real Esteli F.C.	6

Updated to games played on 13 January 2014

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
2. have not been capped for the Nicaragua national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced this year, that clubs can have upwards of six foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have five foreign players on the field at one time [2].

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Esteli	36	23	10	3	67	22	+45	79	Qualification for 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Diriangén	36	18	13	5	56	32	+24	67
3	Walter Ferretti	36	20	7	9	69	39	+30	67
4	Managua F.C.	36	14	13	9	59	42	+17	55
5	Juventus Managua	36	10	13	13	45	51	−6	43
6	Ocotal	35	9	14	12	46	51	−5	41
7	Jalapa	36	9	13	14	40	60	−20	40
8	Real Madriz	36	11	6	19	44	69	−25	39	Relegation play-off
9	San Marcos	36	7	8	21	51	72	−21	29
10	Chinandega (R)	36	4	11	21	42	83	−41	23	Relegation to 2014–15 Segunda División de Fútbol de Nicaragua

External links

• https://int.soccerway.com/national/nicaragua/1a-division/2013-2014/apertura/