# 2010–11 Primera División de Nicaragua

The 2010–11 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 57th and 58th champions in the history of the league. The season will begin on July 25 and end on December 12. It will also provide the sole berth for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.

## Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Nicaragua.
* Champions: Managua F.C.
* América Managua (bought the spot of VCP Chinandega).
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Nicaragua.
* Last place: Chinandega FC
* VCP Chinandega (sold their spot to América Managua).

## 2010–11 teams

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Diriangén | Diriamba | Estadio Cacique Diriangén | 7,500 |
| Real Estelí | Estelí | Estadio Independencia | 4,800 |
| América Managua | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | 9,000 |
| Ocotal | Ocotal | Estadio Roy Fernandez | 3,000 |
| Walter Ferretti | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | 9,000 |
| Xilotepelt | Jinotepe | Estadio Pedro Selva | 12,000 |
| Real Madriz | Somoto | Estadio Municipal de Somoto | 3,000 |
| Managua F.C. | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | 9,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring (2010 Apertura)

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Shirt sponsor |
| América Managua | Eliécer Trillo | Martín Mena | |
| Diriangén | Tulio López | Edgard Sosa | Movistar |
| Managua F.C. | Napoleón Zeledón | Mario Alfaro | Managua F.C. |
| Ocotal | Oscar Mendoza | Vidal Alonso | Marlon Anthony |
| Real Estelí | Fidel Moreno | Ramón Otoniel Olivas | Movistar Bimbo yahoo |
| Real Madriz | Adolfo Marenco | Sindulio Adolfo Castellanos | Roylan Moylan |
| Walter Ferretti | Carlos Palacios | José Valladares | Movistar Policia |
| Xilotepelt | Wilber López | Abel Núñez | U de M |

## Managerial changes
### Before the start of the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Ocotal | Leonidas Rodriguez | Resigned | TBA | Eduardo Vidal Alonso | August 13, 2010 | 7 |
| Managua F.C. | Néstor Holwegger | Resigned | TBA | Mario Alfaro | TBA | 3 |

### During the regular season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Xilotepelt | Abel Núñez | Sacked | September 1, 2010 | Néstor Holwegger | September 1, 2010 | TBA |
| Ocotal | Eduardo Vidal Alonso | Resigned | August 28, 2010 | Randall Moreno | August 28, 2010 | TBA |
| Xilotepelt | Néstor Holwegger | Resigned | October 13, 2010 | Emilio Palacios | October 13, 2010 | TBA |
| Diriangén | Edgardo Sosa | Sacked | October 13, 2010 | Rolando Méndez | October 13, 2010 | TBA |

## Apertura
### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 27 | Qualification for Final round |
| 2 | Diriangén F.C. | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 26 | Qualification for Final round |
| 3 | Managua F.C. | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 26 | Qualification for Final round |
| 4 | Real Madriz | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 22 | Qualification for Final round |
| 5 | Real Esteli | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 21 | |
| 6 | Xilotepelt | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 13 | |
| 7 | Deportivo Ocotal | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 13 | |
| 8 | América Managua | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 7 | |

### Finals round
#### Semi-finals Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | DIR | WFE | MAN | RMD |
| 1 | Diriangén | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 16 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Walter Ferretti | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Managua | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 5–0 |
| 4 | Real Madriz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |

### Final
#### Second leg

* Primera División de Nicaragua 2010 Apertura champion
* Walter Ferretti 4th title

### Top scorers Apertura

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Herbert Cabrera | Diriangén | 15 |
| 2 | Raúl Leguías | Managua F.C. | 9 |
| 3 | Emilio Palacios | Xilotepelt | 7 |
| 3 | Darwin Ramírez | Diriangén | 7 |
| 3 | Juan Barrera | Walter Ferretti | 7 |
| 3 | Hugo Silva | América Managua | 6 |
| 3 | Ulises Pavón | Diriangén | 6 |
| 3 | Jonathan Juárez | Real Madriz | 6 |
Updated to games played on December 6, 2010.
Post-season goals are included, unlike other topscorers where only regular season goals count.

## Clausura
### Personnel and sponsoring (Clausura 2011)

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Shirt sponsor |
| América Managua | | Martin Mena | |
| Diriangén | Danilo Abud | Rolando Méndez | Movistar |
| Managua F.C. | Napoleón Zeledón | Mario Alfaro | Managua F.C. |
| Ocotal | Oscar Mendoza | Omar Zambrana | Marlon Anthony |
| Real Estelí | Fidel Moreno | Ramón Otoniel Olivas | Movistar Bimbo yahoo |
| Real Madriz | Adolfo Marenco | Sindulio Adolfo Castellanos | Roylan Moylan |
| Walter Ferretti | Carlos Palacios | José Valladares | Movistar Policia |
| Xilotepelt | Wilber López | Miguel Ángel Palacios | U de M, Claro |

### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Esteli | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 28 | Qualification for Final round |
| 2 | Diriangén F.C. | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 24 | Qualification for Final round |
| 3 | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 22 | Qualification for Final round |
| 4 | Deportivo Ocotal | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 21 | Qualification for Final round |
| 5 | América Managua | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 20 | |
| 6 | Managua F.C. | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 17 | |
| 7 | Xilotepelt | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 14 | |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 9 | |

### Finals round
#### Semi-finals Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | RES | WFE | DIR | OCO |
| 1 | Real Estelí | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 15 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Walter Ferretti | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Diriangén | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| 4 | Ocotal | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |

### Final
#### Second leg

* Primera División de Nicaragua 2011 Clausura champion
* Real Estelí 10th title

### Top goalscorers

| No. | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Erick Sierra | Deportivo Ocotal | 10 |
| 2 | Rudel Calero | Real Estelí F.C. | 8 |
| 3 | Carlos Alonso | América Managua | 7 |
| 4 | Herbert Cabrera | Diriangén | 7 |
| 5 | Jose Antonio Flores | Real Estelí F.C. | 7 |
| 6 | Emilio Palacios | Xilotepelt | 6 |
| 7 | Adrián Morales | América Managua | 6 |
| 8 | Ricardo Vega | Deportivo Ocotal | 6 |
| 9 | Jonathan Juarez | Real Madriz | 6 |
| 10 | Samuel Wilson | Real Estelí F.C. | 6 |
| 11 | Milton Bustos | Xilotepelt | 5 |
| 12 | Remy Vanegas | Diriangén | 5 |
| 13 | Ronald Perez | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | 4 |
| 14 | Nofran Lazo | Managua F.C. | 4 |
| 15 | Ronny Colon | América Managua | 3 |
| 16 | Carlos Suazo | Xilotepelt | 3 |
| 17 | Clayton Da Cunha | Managua F.C. | 3 |
| 18 | German Umana | Diriangén | 3 |
| 19 | Byron Sauceda | América Managua | 3 |
| 20 | Elvis Figuero | Managua F.C. | 3 |

## Aggregate table

Relegation will be determined by the aggregate table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Diriangén F.C. | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 50 | |
| 2 | Real Esteli | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 49 | Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary round |
| 3 | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 49 | |
| 4 | Managua F.C. | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 43 | |
| 5 | Deportivo Ocotal | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 | |
| 6 | Real Madriz | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 31 | |
| 7 | América Managua | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 27 | Relegation playoffs |
| 8 | Xilotepelt (R) | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 27 | Relegation to Nicaraguan Second Level |