2024–25 Liga Primera de Nicaragua

Football league season
Liga Primera de Nicaragua
Season2024–25
ChampionsApertura:
TBD
Clausura:
TBD
RelegatedTBD
CONCACAF Central American CupTBD
TBD
TBD
Top goalscorerApertura:
Brazil Lucas dos Santos
(17 goals)
Clausura:
Nicaragua Luis Coronel
(00 goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
TBD 9–0 TBD
(1 December 2023)
Clausura:
TBD 5–1 TBD
(2024)
Biggest away winApertura:
TBD 3-5 TBD
Clausura:
TBD 0–7 TBD
(2024)
Highest scoringApertura:
TBD 4-8 TBD
Clausura:
TBD 0–7 TBD
(2024)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 24 May 2024.

The 2024–25 Liga Primera de Nicaragua football season was to be divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The season will determine the 81st and 82nd champions in the history of the Liga Primera de Nicaragua, the top division of football in Nicaragua. The Apertura tournament is to be played in the second half of 2024, while the Clausura is to be played in the first half of 2025.

Teams

Team information

A total of ten teams contested the league, including nine sides from the 2023–24 Primera División, and one side from the 2023–24 Segunda División.

Masachapa FC finished last in the aggregate table and were relegated to the Segunda División. [1] The champions from the Segunda División, Rancho Santana FC, were promoted in their place. [2]

The 9th place team in the aggregate table, Matagalpa FC, faced the second-place team from the Segunda División, Juventus Managua, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera División. Matagalpa FC won 1–0 over two legs, meaning they remained in the Primera División.[1]

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División as of June, 2024.

  • Champions: Rancho Santana FC

Relegated to Segunda División as of June, 2024.

  • Last Place: Masachapa FC

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
TBD Argentina TBD Mutual Consent May 27, 2023 Argentina TBD June 9, 2023 th (2023 Clausura)
Ocotal Honduras Nelson Vasquez Mutual Consent June 8, 2024 Nicaragua TBD July, 2023 th (2024 Clausura)

List of foreign players

This is a list of foreign players in the 2024–25 season. The following players:

  1. Have played at least one 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 season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released, and it is before the closing of the season transfer window.

ART Jalapa

  • Colombia Neider SanJuan
  • Cuba Rolando Abreu
  • Cuba Felix Alejandro Rodriguez
  • Cuba Maykel Reyes
  • Uruguay José Bernardo Laureiro

Diriangén

CS Sebaco

  • Argentina Miguel Pucharella
  • Cuba Jose Armelo
  • Honduras Brayan Zúñiga
  • Colombia David Castrillon
  • Colombia Ronald Granja

Managua

  • Brazil Ewerton da Silva
  • Brazil Gabriel Junior
  • Brazil Gabriel Vidal
  • Brazil Gyan Araujo
  • Paraguay Luis Ibarra

Matagalpa FC

  • Argentina Matias Vernon
  • Colombia Juan Murillo
  • Honduras Kevin castro
  • Panama Rodolfo Forbes
  • Colombia Luis Vanegas

Ocotal

  • Brazil Cristano Fernandez
  • Colombia Yubeiquer Arenas
  • Colombia Jhesuad Salamanca
  • Colombia Juan Carvajal
  • Cuba Erick Rizo
  • Colombia John Rivas

Rancho Santana FC

  • Colombia Marlon Ibarguen
  • Colombia Nester Carabali
  • Colombia Paul Barbosa

Real Estelí

  • Colombia Arley Bonilla
  • Colombia Leyvin Balanta

UNAN Managua

  • Panama Sergio Cunningham

Walter Ferretti

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

References

  1. ^ "semifinales-repechaje-y-permanencia-definida-en-liga-primer" [Semifinals, relegation-playffoff games and those remained in the Liga Primera]. ligaprimera.com (in Spanish). ligaprimera.com. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Rancho Santana doblega a Juventus y aciende a liga primera" [Rancho Santana doubles at Juventus and promoted to Liga Primera]. radionicaragua.com (in Spanish). radionicaragua.com. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

External links

  • https://www.ligaprimera.com/ (official site)
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