2016–17 Primera División de Nicaragua


The 2016–17 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments and will determine the 69th and 70th champions in the history of the league. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2016, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2017.

Format

The Apertura play-off format was changed from previous years, while the Clausura will use the same 4-team play-off format. For the Apetura, the top four teams from the regular stage advanced to a "quadrangular" double-round robin instead of a play-off stage. The regular stage and quadrangular winners would have played to decide the tournament's champion, but ultimately the same team won both and the final was not necessary. The same format was recently adopted by the Costa Rican Primera División, but for both half season.

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2015–16 season and one sids directly promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda division. The final participant will be determined in a two-legged play-off, in which the 9th placed Primera division side ART Jalapa will play the team who finished second in Segunda division which was Sebaco. Sebaco won 4-3 on aggregate over ART Jalapa which meant they were promoted in the Primera Division.

Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Apertura)

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Diriangén FC Tyron Acevedo Jason CoronelJomaClaro
Chinandega FC Reyna Espinoza Léster EspinozaTBDTBD
Juventus Managua Javier Londoño Marlon MedinaTBDTBD
Managua F.C. Luis Fernando Fallas Norfran LazoTBDTBD
Nandasmo F.C. Marcos Bodán Alfredo PérezTBDTBD
Real Madriz Sindulio Castellanos Alvaro BermúdezTBDTBD
Real Estelí F.C. Ramón Otoniel Olivas Elmer MejiaGalaxiaMovistar, La Curaçao
Deportivo Sebaco Óscar Castillo Joel RiveraTBDTBD
UNAN Managua Edward Urroz Jonathan DonadoJomaUNAN Managua
Deportivo Walter Ferretti Flavio Da Silva Denis EspinozaGramaClaro, Disnorte Dissur

Managerial Changes

Before the season

During the season

Regular season

The regular season began on 2016. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Scoring

Results

Positions by round

Championship Group

Standings

Results

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2016. 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.
Chinandega ✔
Diriangén ✔
Juventus Managua ✔
Managua ✔
Nandasmo
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Real Estelí ✔
Real Madriz ✔
  • Eduardo Salas
  • Marel Steven Álvarez
  • Luis Valladarez
  • Edward Morillo
  • Karim Nasser
Sebaco
  • Evaristo González
  • Bryan Leal
  • Andrés Solarte
UNAN Managua ✔
  • Jonathan Donado
  • Luis Fernándo González
  • John Hernandez
  • Rodrigo Hernandez
  • Renan Lalin
Walter Ferretti''' ✔

Clausura

Personnel and sponsoring (2017 Clausura)

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Diriangén FC Tyron Acevedo Jason CoronelJomaClaro
Chinandega FC Reyna Espinoza Léster EspinozaTBDTBD
Juventus Managua Javier Londoño Marlon MedinaGramaTBD
Managua F.C. Emilio Aburto Norfran LazoTBDTBD
Nandasmo F.C. Marcos Bodán Alejandro RuizTBDTBD
Real Madriz Sindulio Castellanos Alvaro BermúdezTBDTBD
Real Estelí F.C. Ramón Otoniel Olivas Manuel RosasKappaMovistar, La Curaçao
Deportivo Sebaco Emiliano Barrera Joel RiveraTBDTBD
UNAN Managua Edward Urroz David SolórzanoJomaUNAN Managua
Deportivo Walter Ferretti Flavio Da Silva Denis EspinozaGramaClaro, Disnorte Dissur

Managerial Changes

Before the season

During the season

Regular season

The regular season began on 2017. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Scoring

Results

Positions by round

Playoffs

Semi-Finals

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Finals

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2017. 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.
Chinandega ✔
Diriangén
Juventus Managua
Managua
Nandasmo
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Real Estelí ✔
Real Madriz ✔
  • Marel Steven Álvarez
  • Grodbin Antonio Benítez Aguilar
  • Edwin Castro
  • Luis Valladarez
  • Edward Morillo
Sebaco ✔
UNAN Managua ✔
  • Rodrigo Hernández
  • Óscar Palomino
  • Renan Lalin
  • Luis Martínez Rangel
  • Ever Benítez
Walter Ferretti''' ✔

Championship Playoff

As the winners of both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, Real Estelí were declared the season champions without a playoff. It is their 14th league title.

Aggregate table

Relegation playoff

The ninth place team in the aggregate table, Sebaco, played a two-leg playoff against the second place team from the Segunda División de Nicaragua, San Francisco, for one spot in next season's Primera División.
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San Francisco won 3-2 on aggregate and are promoted to the Primera División. Sebaco are relegated to the Segunda División.