# 2014–15 Primera División de Nicaragua

The 2014–15 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 65th and 66th champions in the history of the league. It will also provide the sole berth for the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2014, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2015.

## Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2013–14 season and one sides directly promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda division. The final participant will be determined in a two-legged play-off, in which the 9th placed Primera division side FC San Marcos will play the team who finished second in Segunda division which was Fox Villa. Fox Villa won 2-0 over FC San Marcos gaining promotion.
* ART Jalapa
* Diriangén FC
* UCEM Juventus FC
* Managua F.C.
* Deportivo Ocotal
* Real Madriz
* Real Esteli F.C.
* Fox Villa (Winner of the relegation/promotion playoff)
* UNAN Managua (Winner of the Segunda Division)
* Walter Ferretti

### Promotion and relegation

* At the end of the 2013–14, UNAN Managua and Fox Villa were promoted to Primera Division
* At the end of the 2013–14, Chinandega FC and FC San Marcos were relegated to Segunda Division.

### Changes

* Juventus Managua changed their name and will now be known as UCEM Juventus FC

### Stadiums and locations
## Team information

Last updated: 2014

### Personnel and sponsoring (2014 Apertura)

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| ART Jalapa | Leonidas Rodríguez | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Diriangén | Florencio Leiva | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Fox Villa | Mario Aburto | | TBD | CARUNA R.L., Alcaldía de Jinotepe and GRH Logistics |
| UCEM Juventus F.C. | Douglas Urbina | José Alfredo Ramírez | TBD | TBD |
| Managua F.C. | Emilio Aburto | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Deportivo Ocotal | Randall Moreno | Marcos Rivera | TBD | TBD |
| Real Madriz | Armando Ricardo Hernandez | Enoc Salgado | TBD | TBD |
| Real Esteli F.C. | Ramón Otoniel Olivas | Elmer Mejia | TBD | TBD |
| UNAN Managua | Edward Urroz | Herberth Cabrera | TBD | UNAN Managua |
| Walter Ferretti | Flavio da Silva | Denis Espinoza | TBD | TBD |

## Managerial changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Deportivo Walter Ferretti | Florencio Levia | Resigned | 2014 | Flavio Da Silva | 2014 |
| Real Madriz | Luis Montana | Contract finished (moved to assistant coach of UNAN Managua | 2014 | Armando Ricardo Hernandez | 2014 |
| Diriangen FC | Flavio Da Silva | Contract finished | 2014 | Florencio Levia | 2014 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Diriangen FC | Florencio Levia | Sacked | 3 August 2014 | Roberto Chanampe | 2014 |
| Deportivo Ocotal | Randall Moreno | Sacked | August 2014 | Eduardo Alonso | August 2014 |
| Real Madriz | Armando Ricardo Hernandez | Sacked | October 2014 | Mario Cruz | October 15, 2014 |
| UNAN Managua | Edward Urroz | Sacked | October 14, 2014 | Luis Montaño | October 15, 2014 |

## Apertura

The 2014 Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began on 2014.

### Regular season

The regular season began on 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 | Walter Ferretti | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 3 | +26 | 39 | Semi-finals Group |
| 2 | Real Esteli | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 36 | Semi-finals Group |
| 3 | Diriangén FC | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 33 | Semi-finals Group |
| 4 | Juventus Managua | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 31 | Semi-finals Group |
| 5 | Managua | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 26 | |
| 6 | Ocotal | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 25 | |
| 7 | ART Jalapa | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 23 | |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 20 | |
| 9 | UNAN Managua | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 17 | |
| 10 | Fox Villa | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 56 | −46 | 0 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | JAL | DIR | FVI | JUV | MAN | OCO | RES | RMD | UNA | WFE |
| ART Jalapa | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Diriangén FC | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Fox Villa | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–6 | 0–1 |
| Juventus Managua | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Managua | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Ocotal | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Real Esteli | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Real Madriz | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| UNAN Managua | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 0–5 |
| Walter Ferretti | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

#### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Real Esteli | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Managua | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Walter Ferretti | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| UNAN Managua | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Diriangén FC | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Juventus Managua | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Fox Villa | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ocotal | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Real Madriz | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| ART Jalapa | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

### Playoffs
#### Semi-finals
##### Second leg

Walter Ferretti won 2-0 on aggregate.
Real Esteli won 3-2 on aggregate.

#### Finals
##### Second leg

* Walter Ferretti won 1–0 on aggregate score.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marlon Barrios | Real Madriz | 16 |
| 2 | Dani Cadena | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | 11 |
| 3 | Eulises Pavón | Diriangén FC | 8 |
| 4 | Emiro Gómez | Deportivo Ocotal | 8 |
| 5 | Darwin Ramirez | Juventus Managua | 7 |
| 6 | Luis Galeano Romario | ART Municipal Jalapa | 7 |
| 7 | Raul Leguias | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | 7 |
| 8 | Jonathan Donado | UNAN Managua | 7 |
| 9 | Carlos Chavarria | Real Esteli F.C. | 6 |
| 10 | Emilio Palacios | UNAN Managua | 6 |
Updated to games played on 30 December 2014

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Katzumichi Ikeda for Juventus Managua against Fox Villa, 12 minutes (25 July 2014)
* Fastest goal in a match: TBD minute - TBD for TBD against TBD ( 2014)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 88 minutes - Rene Ruiz for Fox Villa against Juventus Managua (25 July 2014) & Emiro Gomez for Deportivo Ocotal against Real Esteli F.C. (26 July 2014)
* First penalty goal of the season: Mitchell Willams for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C., 28 minutes (27 July 2014)
* Widest winning margin: 3 goals
** Juventus Managua 5–2 Fox Villa (25 July 2014) & Deportivo Walter Ferretti 3–0 Real Madriz (26 July 2014)
* First hat-trick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD (2014)
* First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (2014)
* Most goals in a match: 7 Goals Juventus Managua 5–2 Fox Villa (25 July 2014)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Goals
** Juventus Managua 5–2 Fox Villa (25 July 2014)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 3 Goals Juventus Managua 5–2 Fox Villa (25 July 2014)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
** Fox Villa 2–5 Juventus Managua (25 July 2014)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 2 Goals
** Rene Ruiz for Fox Villa against Juventus Managua (25 July 2014) & Samuel Wilson for Real Esteli F.C. against Deportivo Ocotal (26 July 2014)

### Top scorers
## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2014. The following players:
* have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
* 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 only have five foreign players in a squad.

## Clausura

The 2015 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on 2015.

## Team information

Last updated: 2014

### Personnel and sponsoring (2014 Apertura)

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| ART Jalapa | Tyson Acevedo | Luis M. Galeano | TBD | Claro, Argoris |
| Diriangén | Roberto Chanampe | David Solorzano | Joma | Claro, Totto |
| Fox Villa | Mario Aburto | Alex Piache | TBD | CARUNA R.L., Alcaldía de Jinotepe and GRH Logistics |
| UCEM Juventus F.C. | Douglas Urbina | Emerson Salinas | TBD | TBD |
| Managua F.C. | Emilio Aburto | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Deportivo Ocotal | Eduardo Alonso | Mario Morales | TBD | TBD |
| Real Madriz | Mario Cruz | Enoc Salgado | TBD | TBD |
| Real Esteli F.C. | Ramón Otoniel Olivas | Elmer Mejia | TBD | TBD |
| UNAN Managua | Luis Montaño | Roberto C Vanegas | TBD | UNAN Managua |
| Walter Ferretti | Flavio da Silva | Denis Espinoza | TBD | TBD |

## Managerial Changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| ART Jalapa | Leonididas Rodriguez | Resigned | 2015 | Tyson Acevedo | 2015 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Managua F.C. | Emilio Aburto | Resigned | 29 January 2015 | Carlos Zambrana | 29 January 2015 |
| Real Madriz | Mario Cruz | Resigned | 22 February 2015 | Leonidas Rodriguez | February 2015 |
| Deportivo Ocotal | Vidal Alonso | Resigned | 24 February 2015 | Juan Ramon Trejo | 25 February 2015 |
| UNAN Managua | Luis Montaño | Resigned | March 2015 | Julio Madrigal | March 2015 |

### Regular season

The regular season began on 2015. 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 Esteli | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 9 | +45 | 42 | Semi-finals Group |
| 2 | Walter Ferretti | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 10 | +24 | 40 | Semi-finals Group |
| 3 | Diriangén FC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 31 | Semi-finals Group |
| 4 | ART Jalapa | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 27 | Semi-finals Group |
| 5 | Managua | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 24 | |
| 6 | Ocotal | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 22 | |
| 7 | Juventus Managua | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 20 | |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 16 | |
| 9 | UNAN Managua | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 15 | |
| 10 | Fox Villa | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 54 | −41 | 7 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | JAL | DIR | FVI | JUV | MAN | OCO | RES | RMD | UNA | WFE |
| ART Jalapa | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| Diriangén FC | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Fox Villa | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Juventus Managua | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Managua | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Ocotal | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Real Esteli | 5–1 | 2–0 | 9–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 |
| Real Madriz | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| UNAN Managua | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 |
| Walter Ferretti | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |

#### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Real Esteli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Managua | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Walter Ferretti | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| UNAN Managua | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Diriangén FC | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Juventus Managua | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Fox Villa | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ocotal | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Real Madriz | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| ART Jalapa | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |

### Playoffs
#### Semi-finals
##### Second leg

Diriangen won 2-0 on aggregate.
Real Esteli won 3-2 on aggregate.

#### Finals
##### Second leg

* Real Esteli F.C. won 2–1 on aggregate score.

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2015. The following players:
* have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
* 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 only have five foreign players in a squad.

## Championship playoff
### Second leg

* Walter Ferretti won 2–1 on aggregate score.
* Primera Division 2015 Champion
* Walter Ferretti 3rd title

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Walter Ferretti | 36 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 63 | 13 | +50 | 79 | Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Real Esteli | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 82 | 17 | +65 | 78 | |
| 3 | Diriangén | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 64 | |
| 4 | Jalapa | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 53 | |
| 5 | Managua F.C. | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 50 | |
| 6 | Juventus Managua | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 73 | −23 | 49 | |
| 7 | Ocotal | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 56 | −7 | 47 | |
| 8 | Real Madriz | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 39 | |
| 9 | UNAN Managua | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 33 | Relegation play-off |
| 10 | Fox Villa (R) | 36 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 109 | −86 | 7 | Relegation to 2015–16 Segunda División de Fútbol de Nicaragua |