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 []

Team information
Last updated: 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.

Second leg
Walter Ferretti won 2-0 on aggregate.

Real Esteli won 3-2 on aggregate.

Second leg

 * Walter Ferretti won 1–0 on aggregate score.

Top scorers
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)

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 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 only have five foreign players in a squad.

ART Jalapa
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Maradiaga
 * 🇭🇳 Erling Ruiz
 * 🇭🇳 Arlis Lizandro Andino
 * 🇭🇳 Juan José Tablada

UNAN Managua
 * 🇭🇳 Herberth Cabrera
 * 🇭🇳 Michael William
 * 🇮🇹 Giacomo Ratto
 * 🇵🇦 George Tinglin
 * 🇨🇴 Jhonatan Donado Cardale
 * 🇨🇴 Carlos William Rovira Terán

Diriangén FC
 * 🇨🇴 Jose Luis Rodriguez
 * 🇸🇻 🇨🇦 Saul Tyler Varela Fragoso
 * 🇵🇦 Moisés Raúl Leguías
 * 🇭🇳 Armando Cruz
 * 🇨🇴 Camilo Quiñónez
 * 🇨🇴 Jesús Guerrero

Juventus Managua
 * 🇨🇴 Anderson Palacio
 * 🇬🇹 Jonathan Angelo Castillo
 * 🇦🇷 Allan Maralles
 * 🇯🇵 Kazumichi Ikeda

Managua
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Fernándo Gonzáles
 * 🇨🇴 Oscar Palomino
 * 🇭🇳 Jeffry Araica
 * 🇭🇳 Darwing Güity
 * 🇭🇳 Keysi Guerrero

(player released mid season)

Ocotal
 * 🇭🇳 Marcos Alfredo Rivera
 * 🇭🇳 Cristhian Dario Batis
 * 🇭🇳 Nerlin Vallejos
 * 🇨🇴 Evanisto de Jesus Gonzales
 * 🇨🇴 Emiro Manuel Gomez
 * 🇻🇪 Yitson Rafael Lameda

Real Esteli
 * 🇺🇾 Rodrigo Valiente
 * 🇨🇴 Andres Camilo Ramìrez
 * 🇧🇷 Allan Kardeck
 * 🇧🇷 Jefferson Geraldo De Almeida
 * 🇧🇷 Daniel Da Silva
 * 🇧🇷 Eduardo Praes

Real Madriz
 * 🇨🇴 Ramón Eloy Iriarte
 * 🇨🇴 Marlon Barrios
 * 🇨🇴 Ornaldo José Torre
 * 🇨🇴 Jose Luis Cassiani
 * 🇨🇴 Jafeth Kaleth Valencia
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Valladares

Fox Villa
 * 🇭🇳 Marvin Lamber

Walter Ferretti
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Fernando Copete
 * 🇪🇸 Dani Cadena
 * 🇺🇾 Bernardo Laureiro
 * 🇨🇴 Deiver Cañate
 * 🇨🇴 Erick Alcazar

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

Team information
Last updated: 2014

Regular season
The regular season began on 2015. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Second leg
Diriangen won 2-0 on aggregate.

Real Esteli won 3-2 on aggregate.

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:
 * 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 only have five foreign players in a squad.

ART Jalapa
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Maradiaga
 * 🇭🇳 Erling Ruiz
 * 🇭🇳 Arlis Lizandro Andino
 * 🇭🇳 Juan José Tablada
 * 🇭🇳 Mario Borja

UNAN Managua
 * 🇭🇳 Herberth Cabrera
 * 🇭🇳 Michael William
 * 🇵🇦 George Tinglin
 * 🇨🇴 Freider Mattos Pombo
 * 🇨🇴 Rodrigo Hernández Martínez
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Murillo

Diriangén FC
 * 🇦🇷 Lucas Martella
 * 🇨🇴 Jose Luis Rodriguez
 * 🇨🇴 Jesús Guerrero
 * 🇨🇴 Edwin Mejia
 * 🇨🇴 Brandon Mena
 * 🇨🇴 Camilo Quiñonez

Juventus Managua
 * 🇨🇴 Anderson Palacio
 * 🇨🇴 Roland Quintero
 * 🇭🇳 Ronny Colón
 * 🇭🇳 Cesar Salandía
 * 🇭🇳 Rudy Williams

Managua
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Fernándo Gonzáles
 * 🇨🇴 Oscar Palomino
 * 🇭🇳 Jeffry Araica
 * 🇭🇳 Darwing Güity
 * 🇭🇳 Keysi Guerrero

(player released mid season)

Ocotal
 * 🇭🇳 Marcos Alfredo Rivera
 * 🇨🇴 Alexander Trimiñio Motta
 * 🇨🇴 Miguel Montalvo
 * 🇨🇴 Evanisto de Jesus Gonzales
 * 🇨🇴 Emiro Manuel Gomez
 * 🇻🇪 Yitson Rafael Lameda

Real Esteli
 * 🇨🇴 Devis Gutiérrez
 * 🇧🇷 Vinicius De Sousa
 * 🇨🇴 Jesus Valencia
 * 🇨🇴 Óscar Movil
 * 🇨🇴 Gabriel Martínez
 * 🇺🇾 Miguel Ángel Lavié

Real Madriz
 * 🇨🇴 Miguel Estrada
 * 🇨🇴 Marlon Barrios
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Valladares
 * 🇭🇳 Adin Barahona
 * 🇨🇴 José Antonio Julio Carballo
 * 🇭🇳 Grevin Antonio Cerrato

Fox Villa
 * 🇪🇸 Alex Piache
 * 🇲🇽 Hugo Zambrano
 * 🇲🇽 Alberto García
 * 🇲🇽 Jamie Romo
 * 🇲🇽 Roel Salinas

Walter Ferretti
 * 🇺🇾 Bernardo Laureiro
 * 🇨🇴 Erick Alcazar
 * 🇨🇴 Eder Munive
 * 🇧🇷 Maycon Santana
 * 🇧🇷 Carlos Conceição Junior
 * 🇺🇾 Gonzalo Ancheta

Second leg

 * Walter Ferretti won 2–1 on aggregate score.