2015–16 Primera División de Nicaragua

Primera División
Season	2015–16
Champions	Apertura:; UNAN Managua; Clausura:; Real Esteli
Relegated	Deportivo Ocotal; ART Municipal Jalapa
Champions League	Real Esteli
Matches played	192
Goals scored	556 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Daniel Reyes - 13 goals ; Clausura: ; Luis Galeano ; Carlos Chavarría - 13 goals
Biggest home win	Apertura: UNAN Managua 9-1 Jalapa ; Clausura: UNAN Managua 5-1 Juventus Managua
Biggest away win	Apertura: Managua 0-5 Real Esteli ; Clausura: Ocotal 0-5 Real Esteli ; Juventus Managua 0-5 Real Esteli
Highest scoring	Apertura: UNAN Managua 9-1 Jalapa ; Clausura: Real Madriz 2-5 Real Esteli
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: Real Esteli (15) ; Clausura: Real Esteli (14)
Longest losing run	Apertura: Real Madriz (6) ; Clausura: Juventus Managua (6)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season in Primera División de Nicaragua was divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and determined the 67th and 68th champions in the history of the league. It also provided the sole berth for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament was played in the second half of 2015, while the Clausura was played in the first half of 2016.^[1]

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 2014–145Segunda division. The final participant will be determined in a two-legged play-off, in which the 9th placed Primera division side UNAN Managua will play the team who finished second in Segunda division which was FC San Marcos. UNAN Managua won 6-0 on aggregate over FC San Marcos which meant they stayed in the Primera Division.

ART Jalapa
Diriangén FC
UCEM Juventus FC
Managua F.C.
Deportivo Ocotal
Real Madriz
Real Esteli F.C.
UNAN Managua
Chinandega FC (Winner of the Segunda Division)
Walter Ferretti

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2014–15, Chinandega FC was promoted to Primera Division
At the end of the 2014–15, Fox Villa was relegated to Segunda Division.

Apertura

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Team information

Last updated: 2015

Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Apertura)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ART Jalapa	Tyson Acevedo		TBD	Claro, Argoris
Diriangén FC	Andrés Novara	David Solorzano	Joma	Claro, Totto
Chinandega FC	Reina Espinoza		TBD	TBD
Juventus F.C.	Oscar Blanco		TBD	TBD
Managua F.C.	Carlos Zambrana	Silvio Aviles	TBD	Uno Lubricantes
Deportivo Ocotal	Roberto Chanampe		TBD	TBD
Real Madriz	Leónidas Rodríguez		TBD	TBD
Real Esteli F.C.	Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Elmer Mejia	Galaxia	TBD
UNAN Managua	Edward Urroz	Roberto Carlos Vanegas	Joma	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 Ocotal	Juan Ramon Trejo	Contract Finished	2015	Roberto Chanampe	2015
Diriangén FC	Roberto Chanampe	Contract finished	2015	Andrés Novara	2015

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Walter Ferretti	Flavio Da Silva	Resigned	September 2015	Marvin Solano	September 2015
Deportivo Ocotal	Roberto Chanampe	Resigned	September 2015	Airon Reyes García	September 2015
Diriangén FC	Andrés Novara	Sacked	October 2015	Javier Londono	October 2015
Deportivo Ocotal	Airon Reyes García	Sacked	October 2015	Flavio Vanegas	October 2015

Regular season

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

Scoring

First goal of the season: Rodrigo Hernandez own goal for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua , 10 minutes (15 August 2015)
First goal by a foreign player: Jonathan Donado for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C., 20 minutes (15 August 2015)
Fastest goal in a match: 10 minute - TBD for TBD against TBD (TBD TBD 2015)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes - Christian Cisneros for Metapan against C.D. Chalatenango (1 August 2015)
First penalty Kick of the season: Marlon Lopez for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua, 75 minutes (15 August 2015)
Widest winning margin: 8 goals
- UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
First hat-trick of the season: Darwin Ramirez for Juventus Managua against Real Madriz (August 24, 2015)
First own goal of the season: Rodriguez Hernandez (UNAN Managua) for Managua F.C. (August 152015)
Most goals in a match: 10 Goals UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
Juventus Managua 5–5 Managua F.C. (15 August 2015)
Most goals by one team in a match: 9 Goals
- UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
Most goals in one half by one team: 5 Goals UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
- ART Jalapa 2–5 Real Madriz (September, 2015)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 5 Goals
- Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Esteli	18	14	2	2	46	9	+37	44	Semi-finals Group
2	Walter Ferretti	18	12	2	4	37	19	+18	38
3	UNAN Managua	18	11	4	3	40	20	+20	37
4	Diriangén	18	9	2	7	28	21	+7	29
5	Juventus Managua	18	7	4	7	32	27	+5	25
6	Chinandega	18	5	6	7	18	25	−7	21
7	Managua	18	4	6	8	32	38	−6	18
8	Jalapa	18	3	5	10	15	40	−25	14
9	Ocotal	18	3	4	11	23	39	−16	13
10	Real Madriz	18	3	3	12	23	56	−33	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

22 November 2015

Diriangén	0-0	Real Estelí
None		None

Estadio Cacique Diriangen, Diriamba

Referee: Julio Arbizu

22 November 2015

UNAN Managua	1-0	Walter Ferretti
Jonathan Donado 14'		None

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Oscar Davila

Second leg

28 November 2015

8:00 pm

Real Esteli	0-1	Diriangén
None		Carlos Torres 32'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Diriangen won 1-0 on aggregate.

29 November 2015

7:00 pm

Walter Ferretti	3-3	UNAN Managua
Luis Mendoza 4', Raul Leguias 32', Daniel Cadena 84'		Henry Garcia 5', Luis Fernando Gonzales 47', Jonathan Donado 71'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Jorge Ojedo

UNAN Managua won 4-3 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

6 December 2015

20:00 (UTC-6)

Diriangén	0-1	UNAN Managua
None		Jonathan Donado 52'

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba

Referee: Franklin Jarquin

Second leg

19 December 2015

TBD

UNAN Managua	2–1	Diriangén
Daniel Reyes 33' Juan Carlos Rosales 42'		Erick Tellez 58'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: William Reyes

UNAN Managua won 3-1 on aggregate score.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 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.

Clausura

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Team information

Last updated: 2015

Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ART Municipal Jalapa	Ángel Orellana	TBD	TBD	TBD
Diriangén FC	Mario Reig	David Solorzano	TBD	TBD
Chinandega FC	Reina Espinoza		TBD
Juventus Managua	Douglas Urbina	José Alfredo Ramírez	TBD	TBD
Managua F.C.	Flavio Da Silva	TBD	TBD	TBD
Deportivo Ocotal	Javier Reales		TBD	TBD
Real Madriz	Elvin Roberto Cerna	Enoc Salgado	TBD	TBD
Real Esteli F.C.	Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Elmer Mejia	TBD	TBD
UNAN Managua	Edward Urroz	Henry Garcia	TBD	UNAN Managua
Walter Ferretti	José Valladares	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	Marvin Solano	Contract Finished	December 2015	José Valladares	December 2015
Managua F.C.	Carlos Zambrana	Sacked	December 2015	Flavio Da Silva	December 2015
Deportivo Ocotal	Flavio Vanegas	interim finished	December 2015	Javier Reales	December 2015
Real Madriz	Leonidas Rodriguez	interim finished	January 2016	Elvin Roberto Cerna	January 2016
ART Municipal Jalapa	Tyson Acevedo	Resigned	January 2016	Ángel Orellana	January 2016
Diriangén FC	Javier Londono	Resigned	January 2016	Mario Reig	January 2016

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Ocotal	Javier Reales	Sacked	February 2016	Juan Ramon Trejo	February 2016
Diriangén FC	Mario Reig	Resigned	February 2016	Jose Luis Rugamas	February 2016
Real Madriz	Elvin Roberto Cerna	Resigned	April 2016	Sindulio Castellanos	April 2016

Regular season

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

Scoring

First goal of the season: Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C. , 17 minutes (16 January 2016)
First goal by a foreign player: Leandro Cruz de Oliveira for Real Esteli against Deportivo Ocotal, 69 minutes (17 January 2016)
Fastest goal in a match: 3 minute - Baez for Real Madriz against Diriangen FC (January 16, 2016)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 87 minutes - Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C. (16 January 2016)
First penalty Kick of the season: Marlon Lopez for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua, 75 minutes (15 August 2015)
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
First hat-trick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD (2016)
First own goal of the season: Rodriguez Hernandez (UNAN Managua) for Managua F.C. (2016)
Most goals in a match: 5 Goals Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Goals
- Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
Most goals in one half by one team: 3 Goals Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016) and ART Municipal Jalapa against Chinandega FC (18 November 2015)
Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
- Real Madriz 2–5 Real Esteli (28 February 2016)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
- Carlos Chavarria for Real Esteli against Real Madriz (28 February 2016)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Esteli	18	13	4	1	43	9	+34	43	Semi-finals Group
2	Walter Ferretti	18	7	8	3	27	16	+11	29
3	UNAN Managua	18	7	6	5	24	21	+3	27
4	Diriangén	18	7	4	7	20	19	+1	25
5	Real Madriz	18	7	3	8	25	27	−2	24
6	Managua	18	6	5	7	21	23	−2	23
7	Jalapa	18	6	3	9	20	27	−7	21
8	Ocotal	18	5	5	8	21	32	−11	20
9	Chinandega	18	3	10	5	19	22	−3	19
10	Juventus Managua	18	2	6	10	16	40	−24	12

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	JAL	CHI	DIR	JUV	MAN	OCO	RES	RMD	UNA	WFE
Jalapa		3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–5	2–1	0–1	3–2
Chinandega	0–0		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1
Diriangén	2–1	1–0		1–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–1
Juventus Managua	3–3	1–1	0–2		2–2	2–0	0–5	1–0	0–2	1–3
Managua	1–0	0–1	1–3	4–1		2–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1
Ocotal	2–1	4–2	1–2	4–0	0–1		0–5	2–3	0–0	1–0
Real Esteli	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–0		1–0	2–0	1–1
Real Madriz	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	4–0	2–5		2–1	1–1
UNAN Managua	1–2	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–1		0–0
Walter Ferretti	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Real Estelí	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Managua	4	7	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	4	6
Walter Ferretti	7	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
UNAN Managua	5	9	9	7	8	8	8	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Diriangén	8	5	4	2	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	3	4	3	4	4	5	4
Juventus Managua	6	2	6	4	6	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chinandega	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
Ocotal	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	8
Real Madriz	3	6	7	8	7	6	6	8	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	6	5
Jalapa	2	4	3	6	5	5	5	6	9	8	7	7	6	7	5	7	8	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

30 April 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

UNAN Managua	0–2	Walter Ferretti
		87' Laureiro 91' Dolmus

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Nitzar Sandoval

1 May 2016

15:00 (UTC-6)

Diriangén	1–2	Real Estelí
Parrales 86' (pen.)		10' Galeano 43' Galeano

Estadio Cacique Diriangen, Diriamba

Referee: Franklin Jarquin

Second leg

7 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	6–1	Diriangén
Galeano 8' Chavarría 10', 62' Hernandez 12' (o.g.) Téllez 46', 77' (o.g.)		49' Martella

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Jorge Ojeda

Real Estelí won 8-2 on aggregate.

8 May 2016

18:00 (UTC-6)

Walter Ferretti	0–1	UNAN Managua
		48' Reyes

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Oscar Davila

Walter Ferretti won 2-1 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

14 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Walter Ferretti	0–0	Real Estelí

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Jorge Ojeda

Second leg

21 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	1–0	Walter Ferretti
Chavarría 9'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Oscar Davila

Real Estelí won 1-0 on aggregate.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. 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

First leg

29 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	2–0	UNAN Managua
Chavarría 55' Mejia 83'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Jorge Ojeda

Second leg

3 June 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

UNAN Managua	1–1	Real Estelí
Donado 66' (pen.)		80' Chavarría

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Oscar Davila

Real Estelí won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Primera Division 2016 Champion^[4]
Real Estelí 13th title

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Esteli (C)	36	27	6	3	89	18	+71	87	Qualification for 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Walter Ferretti	36	19	10	7	64	35	+29	67
3	UNAN Managua	36	18	10	8	64	41	+23	64
4	Diriangén	36	16	6	14	48	42	+6	54
5	Managua	36	10	11	15	51	59	−8	41
6	Chinandega	36	8	16	12	37	47	−10	40
7	Juventus Managua	36	9	10	17	48	67	−19	37
8	Real Madriz	36	10	6	20	48	83	−35	36
9	Jalapa (R)	36	9	8	19	34	67	−33	35	Relegation play-off
10	Ocotal (R)	36	8	9	19	44	71	−27	33	Relegation to 2016-2017 Segunda División de Fútbol de Nicaragua

Updated to match(es) played on May 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References

External links

https://int.soccerway.com/national/nicaragua/1a-division/2015-2016/apertura/

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