Competition: | Primera División |
Season: | 2017–18 |
Winners: | Apertura: Walter Ferretti Clausura: Diriangén |
Relegated: | San Francisco Masachapa |
Continentalcup1: | CONCACAF League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Walter Ferretti Diriangén |
League Topscorer: | Carlos Chavarría (18 goals) |
Total Goals: | 181 |
Matches: | 65 |
Biggest Home Win: | Apertura: Real Estelí 5-0 Ocotal (28 July 2017) Real Madriz 5–0 UNAN Managua (22 October 2017) Clausura: Diriangén 6–0 Chinandega (21 January 2018) Real Estelí 7–1 Juventus Managua (3 February 2018) Diriangén 7–1 Real Madriz (7 April 2019) |
Biggest Away Win: | Apertura: Real Madriz 1-6 Managua (1 October 2017) Clausura: Juventus Managua 0–4 Managua (19 January 2018) |
Highest Scoring: | Apertura: Real Madriz 1–6 Managua (30 September 2017) Ocotal 4–3 Real Estelí (8 October 2017) Clausura: Real Estelí 7–1 Juventus Managua (3 February 2018) Walter Ferretti 4–3 Juventus Managua (17 February 2018) Diriangén 7–1 Real Madriz (7 April 2019) |
Longest Unbeaten: | Apertura: 9 games Real Estelí Clausura: 12 games Real Estelí |
Longest Losses: | Apertura: 5 games UNAN Managua Clausura: 5 games San Francisco Masachapa |
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) 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 2017, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2018.
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.
A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2016–17 Primera División 2 sides from the 2016–17 Segunda División.
At the end of the 2016–17 Primera División, Nandasmo finished last in the aggregate table and were relegated to the Segunda División. Taking their place was the champions from the Segunda División, Deportivo Ocotal.
The 9th place team in the aggregate table, Deportivo Sebaco, faced the second place team from the Segunda División, San Francisco Masachapa, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera División. San Francisco Masachapa won the playoff 3-2 on aggregate and were promoted, while Deportivo Sebaco were relegated.
Promoted from Segunda División as of June, 2017.
Relegated to Segunda División as of June, 2017.
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | |
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Reyna Espinoza | TBD | TBD | ||
Mauricio Cruz | TBD | TBD | ||
Javier Martínez Espinoza | TBD | TBD | ||
Tyrone Acevedo | TBD | TBD | ||
Randall Moreno | TBD | TBD | ||
Otoniel Olivas | TBD | TBD | ||
Jorge Luis Ramos Pinacho/Arturo Zavala | TBD | TBD | ||
Luis Javier Londoño | TBD | TBD | ||
Daniel García | TBD | TBD | ||
Flavio Da Silva | TBD | TBD |
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | ||
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Reyna Espinoza | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Mauricio Cruz | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Javier Martínez Espinoza | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Tyrone Acevedo | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Randall Moreno | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Otoniel Olivas | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Arturo Zavala | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Luis Javier Londoño | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Daniel García | TBD | TBD | TBD | ||
Flavio Da Silva | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Real Madriz | Abraham Zavala | Resigned | 2017 | Daniel Bartolotta | 2017 |
UNAN Managua | Daniel Garcia | Resigned | 2017 | Edward Urroz | 2017 |
Managua F.C. | Tyron Acevedo | Resigned | 2017 | Emilio Aburto | 2017 |
FC San Francisco Maschapa | Luis Javier Londono | Resigned | 2017 | Jeffrey Perez | 2017 |
Ocotal | Randall Moreno | Resigned | 2017 | Emiliano Barrera | 2017 |
No. | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Mauricio Castaneda | Real Madriz | 12 | |
2 | Carlos Chavarria | Real Esteli | 11 | |
3 | Bernardo Laureiro | 11 | ||
4 | Jarel Puerto | Chinandega FC | 11 | |
5 | Edward Morrillo | Managua F.C. | 7 | |
6 | Ulises Rayo | Deportivo Ocotal | 7 | |
7 | Luis Gutierrez | 6 | ||
8 | Marlon Barrios | Real Madriz | 5 | |
9 | Carlos Felix | Juventus Managua | 5 | |
10 | Rodrigo Hernandez | UNAN Managua | 5 | |
10 | Eder Munive | Deportivo Walter Ferretti | 5 |
1-1. Walter Ferretti advanced on Penalties.----2-2. Managua advanced on away goal.
1-1. Walter Ferretti won on away goal
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | |
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Reyna Espinoza | TBD | TBD | ||
Mauricio Cruz x | TBD | TBD | ||
Oscar Blanco | TBD | TBD | ||
Emilio Aburto | TBD | TBD | ||
Carlos Cardona | TBD | TBD | ||
Otoniel Olivas x | TBD | TBD | ||
Tyron Acevedo | TBD | TBD | ||
Jeffrey Perez | TBD | TBD | ||
Carlos Avedissian | TBD | TBD | ||
Flavio Da Silva x | TBD | TBD |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Real Madriz | Daniel Bartolotta | Resigned | December 2017 | Tyron Acevedo | December 2017 |
Ocotal | Emiliano Barrera | Resigned | December 2017 | Carlos Cardona | January 2018 |
UNAN Managua | Edward Urroz | Resigned | December 2017 | Carlos Avedissian | December 2017 |
Juventus Managua | Javier Martinez | Resigned | December 2017 | Oscar Blanco | January 2018 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Juventus Managua | Oscar Blanco | Resigned | February 2018 | Héctor Mediana | February 2018 |
UNAN Managua | Carlos Avedissian | Resigned | February 2018 | Luis Vega | February 2018 |
No. | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Carlos Felix | Juventus Managua | 11 | |
2 | Lucas Oliviera | Managua F.C. | 8 | |
3 | Andres Mendoza | 8 | ||
4 | Gregorio Torres | Real Esteli | 8 | |
5 | Carlos Chavarria | Real Esteli | 7 | |
6 | Yeison Esquivel | 7 | ||
7 | Pablo Gallego | Real Esteli | 7 | |
8 | Erling Ruiz | Deportivo Ocotal | 7 | |
9 | Luis Coronel | 5 | ||
10 | Brandon Mena | San Francisco | 5 | |
10 | Edward Morrillo | Managua F.C. | 5 |
Real Esteli won 3-1 on aggregate.----Diriangen won 3-2 on aggregate.
Diriangen won 3-2 on aggregate.
This is a list of foreign players in the 2017–18 season. The following players:
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's before the close of the season transfer window.
Chinandega
Diriangén
Juventus Managua
Managua
Masachapa/San Francisco
Ocotal
Real Estelí
Real Madriz
UNAN
Walter Ferretti
(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)