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.

Primera División
Season2013–14
ChampionsApertura:
Real Esteli F.C.
Clausura:
Real Esteli F.C.
RelegatedChinandega FC
Champions LeagueReal Esteli F.C.
Matches played180
Goals scored520 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Dani Cadena - 11 goals
Clausura:
Xavier Dolmus - 13 goals
Biggest home winApertura: San Marcos 5-0 Real Madriz
Clausura: Walter Ferretti 10-0 Chinandega FC
Biggest away winApertura: Real Madriz 0-4 Diriangén Clausura: Managua 1-5 Juventus
Highest scoringApertura: Chinandega FC 4-5 ART Municipal Jalapa Clausura: Walter Ferretti 10-0 Chinandega FC

General

Promotion and relegation

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 on 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
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away JAL CHI DIR JUV MAN OCO RES RMD SMA WFE
Jalapa 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0
Chinandega 4–5 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1
Diriangén FC 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–3 2–1
Juventus Managua 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–4
Managua 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2
Ocotal 3–1 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 1–2
Real Estelí 4–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0
Real Madriz 2–2 3–1 0–4 3–1 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–3
San Marcos 2–3 1–3 0–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 5–0 1–3
Walter Ferretti 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Real Estelí321111111111111111
Managua535775755434323344
Walter Ferretti753323433322444433
Chinandega101010101010101010101010101010988
Diriangén FC162232244543232222
Juventus Managua687657566677777777
San Marcos97888888888889910109
Ocotal446466677766666666
Real Madriz8999999999999888910
Jalapa214544322255555555
Updated to match(es) played on November 2013. Source:

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
First leg
Walter Ferretti1–0Diriangén FC
Pedrinho  19' Report
Referee: Julio Arbizo
Managua F.C.0–2Real Estelí
Report Rudel Calero  69'
Iuri  79'
Referee: William Mendoza
Second leg
Real Estelí2–1Managua F.C.
Manuel Rosas  28'
Rudel Calero  67'		 Report Eric Sierra  20' (pen)
Referee: Noel Vega

Real Estelí won 4–1 on aggregate.

Diriangén FC1–1Walter Ferretti
Lucas Martella  89' Report Dany Cadena  86'
Referee: William Reyes

Walter Ferretti won 2–1 on aggregate

First leg
Walter Ferretti0–0Real Estelí
Report
Referee: Oscar Davila
Second leg
Real Estelí1–0Walter Ferretti
Franklin López  8' Report
Referee: William Mendoza
  • 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 .

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
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away JAL CHI DIR JUV MAN OCO RES RMD SMA WFE
Jalapa 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2
Chinandega 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–3
Diriangén FC 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–1
Juventus Managua 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–1
Managua 2–0 5–2 2–2 1–5 3–1 1–1 4–1 5–2 2–3
Ocotal 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–2 2–0 2–3
Real Estelí 5–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Real Madriz 5–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 4–2 3–4 1–0 1–3 0–2
San Marcos 2–2 6–2 0–3 2–3 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–4
Walter Ferretti 1–1 10–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 5–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2014. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Real Estelí221322211122332111
Managua112444424444444644
Walter Ferretti443211132211113333
Chinandega66775667788879991010
Diriangén FC554133353533221222
Juventus Managua996665545655556556
San Marcos88810101010109777888788
Ocotal335577888999977877
Real Madriz101010988766566665465
Jalapa77989999101010101010101099
Source:

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
First leg
Managua F.C.1-6Real Estelí
Medardo Martinez  60' Mauro Rodríguez  18'
Juan Barrera  19' &  76'
Norfran Lazo  26'
Manuel Rosas  50'
Marcó Martin Cardozo  84'
Referee: William Mendoza
Walter Ferretti2-1Diriangén FC
Daniel Reyes  2'
Dani Cadena  8'		 Jonathan Zapata  36'
Estadio Solidaridad , Somoto
Referee: tbd
Second leg
Real Estelí4-1Managua F.C.
Manuel Rosas  27' (pen)
Rudel Calero  60'
Juan Barrera  65'
Elmer Mejía  72'		 TBD Manuel Gutierrez  90' (pen)
Referee: TBD

Real Estelí won 10–2 on aggregate.

Diriangén FC1-0Walter Ferretti
José Rodríguez  86' None
Referee: William Reyes

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

First leg
Diriangén FC1-2Real Estelí
José Rodríguez  41' [] Samuel Wilson  54' &  88'
Referee: William Mendoza Reyes
Second leg
Real Estelí0-0Diriangén FC
None [] None
  • 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 .

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
Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2014. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
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