The Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba is the top football division in Cuba. Currently, it is contested by 16 clubs and is divided into two tournaments – "Apertura" and "Clausura", with the last being the championship tournament. The champions of each tournament, decided via a playoff match ("Final"), qualify for Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba. The league currently has a fixed membership with each club being a representative of a Cuban province, which makes it one of the football leagues that does not have a promotion and relegation system.

Competition format Torneo Apertura In "Torneo Apertura", the 16 clubs are geographically divided into the "Grupo Occidental" and "Grupo Oriental", with 8 clubs each, and playing against its clubs' group on a double round-robin basis a total of 14 games. The top three clubs of each group advance to the "Torneo Clausura", with the winners of each group also playing a final match ("Torneo Apertura Final").

Torneo Clausura and Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol de Cuba In "Torneo Clausura", the 6 qualified clubs play against each other on a double round-robin basis a total of 10 games. The top two clubs play a final match ("Torneo Clausura Final") that also crowns the "Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol de Cuba" champion.

Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba qualification The "Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol de Cuba" champion/"Torneo Clausura" winner and "Torneo Apertura" winner qualify for "Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba", a super cup match that crowns the "Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba" champion.

Clubs

In 2025, the tournament had 16 teams, one for each province of Cuba, plus the special municipality of the Isla de la Juventud. The teams were split into 4 groups, based on location, and in the Apertura stage of the tournament, played each team in their group 4 times, making the total number of games in the Apertura stage 12 for each team. The four groups are:

Group A: FC Artemisa, FC Isla de La Juventud, FC La Habana, and FC Pinar del Río Group B: FC Cienfuegos, FC Matanzas, FC Mayabeque, and FC Villa Clara Group C: FC Camagüey, FC Ciego de Ávila, FC Las Tunas, and FC Sancti Spíritus Group D: CF Granma, FC Guantánamo, FC Holguín, and FC Santiago de Cuba

List of champions There have been 100 titles won with three years not having a championship. The winner of the greatest number of titles is FC Villa Clara with 14 wins. Centro Gallego (La Habana) and Real Iberia (La Habana) (including Iberia) each have eight wins, Juventud Asturiana (La Habana) and FC Pinar del Río each have seven wins, FC Ciudad de La Habana (without La Habana/La Habana FC) and Deportivo San Francisco each have six wins, FC Ciego de Ávila, Granjeros and Deportivo Hispano América (La Habana) each have five wins, FC Cienfuegos, Industriales (La Habana), and FC La Habana (including La Habana FC) each have four wins, Santiago de Cuba and Mordazo has three wins, Azucareros, Deportivo Puentes Grandes, and Rovers AC (La Habana) each have two wins, and FC Artemisa, FC Camagüey, Casino Español, Cerro (La Habana), Deportivo Español (Santiago de Cuba), Diablos Rojos (Santiago de Cuba), Fortuna, CD Hatüey (La Habana), FC Holguín, and Olimpia each have only one win.

SeasonChampionRunner-up1912 Rovers Athletic1913 SC Hatuey1914 Rovers Athletic1915 Hispano América1916 La Habana1917 Real Iberia1918 Real Iberia1919 Hispano América1920 Hispano América1921 Hispano América1922 Real Iberia1923 Real Iberia1924 Olimpia1925 Fortuna1926 Real Iberia1927 Juventud Asturiana 1928 Real Iberia1929 Real Iberia1930 Deportivo Español1931 Centro Gallego1932 Centro Gallego1933 Juventud Asturiana 1934 Real Iberia1935 Juventud Asturiana 1936 Juventud Asturiana 1937 Centro Gallego1938 Centro Gallego1939 Centro Gallego1940 Centro Gallego1941 Juventud Asturiana 1942 Puentes Grandes1943 Puentes Grandes1944 Juventud Asturiana 1945 Centro Gallego1946 No tournament1947 Centro Gallego1948 Juventud Asturiana1949 Diablos Rojos1950 Hispano América1951 San Francisco1952 San Francisco1953 San Francisco1954 San Francisco1955 San Francisco1956 Casino Español1957 San Francisco1958 Deportivo Mordazo1959 Deportivo Mordazo1960 El Cerro1961 Deportivo Mordazo1962 No tournament1963 Industriales1964 Industriales1965 La Habana1966 La Habana1967 La Habana1968 Granjeros1969 Granjeros1970 Granjeros1971 No tournament1972 Industriales1973 Industriales1974 Azucareros1975 Granjeros1976 Azucareros1977 Granjeros1978–79 Ciudad de La Habana Villa Clara 1979 Ciudad de La Habana Villa Clara 1980 Villa Clara Ciudad de La Habana1981 Villa Clara Pinar del Río1982 Villa Clara Cienfuegos1983 Villa Clara Pinar del Río1984 Ciudad de La Habana Cienfuegos1985 Cienfuegos Villa Clara 1986 Villa Clara Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias1987 Pinar del Río Villa Clara 1988–89 Pinar del Río Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias1989–90 Pinar del Río Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias1990–91 Cienfuegos Villa Clara 1991–92 Pinar del Río Ciego de Ávila1992 Villa Clara Pinar del Río1993 Ciego de Ávila Santiago de Cuba 1994 Ciudad de La Habana Santiago de Cuba 1995 Pinar del Río Ciego de Ávila1996 Villa Clara Cienfuegos1997 Villa Clara Pinar del Río1998 Ciudad de La Habana Villa Clara 1999–00 Pinar del Río Ciudad de La Habana2000–01 Ciudad de La Habana Villa Clara 2001–02 Pinar del Río Granma2002–03 Villa Clara Ciudad de La Habana2003 Pinar del Río Villa Clara 2004–05 Villa Clara Pinar del Río2005–06 Holguín Ciudad de La Habana2006–07 Pinar del Río Villa Clara 2007–08 Cienfuegos Ciudad de La Habana2008–09 Cienfuegos Villa Clara 2009–10 Ciego de Ávila Camagüey 2010–11 Villa Clara Guantánamo 2011–12 Villa Clara Camagüey 2013 Villa Clara Pinar del Río2014 Ciego de Ávila Villa Clara2015 Camagüey Cienfuegos2016 Villa Clara Guantánamo 2017 Santiago de Cuba Camagüey 2018 Santiago de Cuba Ciego de Ávila2019 Santiago de Cuba La Habana2019–20 Abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020–21 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Artemisa Santiago de Cuba 2023 Cienfuegos Holguín 2024 Cancelled2025La HabanaSantiago de Cuba

Performance by club ClubCityTitlesSeasons won Villa Clara Zulueta, Villa Clara14 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013, 2016 Centro Gallego La Habana 8 1931, 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1947 Real Iberia La Habana 8 1917, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1934 Juventud Asturiana La Habana 7 1927, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1944, 1948 Pinar del Río Pinar del Río 7 1987, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1995, 1999–00, 2006–07 Camagüey Camagüey 6 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1977, 2015 Ciudad de La Habana La Habana 6 1978–79, 1979, 1984, 1994, 1998, 2000–01 San Francisco La Habana 6 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957 La Habana La Habana 5 1916, 1965, 1966, 1967, 2025 Cienfuegos Cienfuegos 5 1985, 1990–91, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2023 Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila 5 1993, 2001–02, 2003, 2009–10, 2014 Hispano América La Habana 5 1915, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1950 Industriales La Habana 4 1963, 1964, 1972, 1973 Deportivo Mordazo La Habana 3 1958, 1959, 1961 Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba 3 2017, 2018, 2019 Azucareros Zulueta, Las Villas2 1974, 1976 Puentes Grandes La Habana 2 1942, 1943 Rovers Athletic La Habana 2 1912, 1914 Artemisa Guanajay 1 2022 Casino Español La Habana 1 1956 El Cerro La Habana 1 1960 Deportivo Español Santiago de Cuba 1 1930 Diablos Rojos Santiago de Cuba 1 1949 Fortuna La Habana 1 1925 SC Hatüey La Habana 1 1913 Holguín Holguín 1 2005–06 Olimpia La Habana 1 1924

Best scorers

Total

+ GoalsRankPlayerYearsGoalsClub(s)1 Serguei Prado126FC Villa Clara2 Lester Moré1996–2007123FC Ciego de ÁvilaFC Villa Clara3 Ariel Betancourt1992–2002122FC Villa Clara4Yoandir Puga?–20172022–120FC Isla de La JuventudFC Villa ClaraFC La Habana5 Ruslan Batista2004–20172018–116CF GranmaFC Santiago de Cuba6 Armando Coroneaux2003–2022112FC Camagüey7 Sánder Fernández2008–2020112FC Ciego de Ávila8 Héctor "El Indio" Ramírez109FC Holguín9 Roberto Pereira1970–1986108FC Villa Clara11 Geovany Ayala106FC Las Tunas11 Ramón Núñez1972–1987106FC Las Tunas

Per season Source:Cuba – List of Topscorers – RSSSF

YearBest ScorersClubGoals1978–79 Urbano Ankle FC Las Tunas 141979 Roberto Maya-Pereira Regino Delgado Ramón Núñez Carlos Azcuy FC Villa Clara FC Villa Clara FC Las Tunas FC Ciudad de La Habana 71980 Regino Delgado FC Villa Clara 91981 Agustín Pérez FC Camagüey 81982 Roberto Maya-Pereira Dagoberto "El Tibi" Lara FC Villa Clara FC Cienfuegos 81983 Frank Perez Espinosa FC Cienfuegos 91984 Andrés Roldan FC Cienfuegos 141985 Roberto Maya-Pereira FC Villa Clara 191986 Osvaldo Alonso FC Pinar del Río 191987 Guillermo Matos FC Cienfuegos 141988–89 Frank Perez Espinosa Raimundo "Ruso" García FC Cienfuegos FC Pinar del Río 61989–90 Raul Depestre FC Villa Clara 71990–91 Camilo Kindelán William Sánchez FC Ciudad de La Habana FC Santiago de Cuba 51991–92 Raimundo "Ruso" García FC Pinar del Río 51992 Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 81993 Reemberto Piedra FC Ciego de Ávila 51994 Raimundo "Ruso" García FC Pinar del Río 71995 Raimundo "Ruso" García FC Pinar del Río 41996 Osmín Hernández FC Pinar del Río 71997 Osmín Hernández FC Pinar del Río 51998 Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 141999–00 Lester Moré FC Ciego de Ávila 132000–01 Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 192001–02 Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 172002–03 Serguei Prado FC Villa Clara 222003 Lester Moré FC Ciego de Ávila 322004–05 Serguei Prado FC Villa Clara 172005–06 Yordanis Tielves FC Matanzas 112006–07 Alexei Zuáznabar FC Guantánamo 152007–08 Geovanni Ayala FC Las Tunas 222008–09 Maykel Celada Osmani Montero FC Las TunasFC Camagüey 162009–10 Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 292011 Aliannis Urgellés FC Guantánamo 2012 Roberto Linares FC Villa Clara 122013 Yénier Márquez FC Villa Clara 162014 Yoandir Puga FC Villa Clara 132015 Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 152016 Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 162017 Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 132018 Ruslan BatistaCF Granma 11 Allan Pérez FC Ciego de Avila2019 Jorge Villalón FC Santiago de Cuba152019-20 Sánder FernándezFC Ciego de Ávila192022 Yasnay RiveroFC Artemisa212023 Cristian Carlos ValienteFC Holguín122025 Randy ValierFC Guantánamo14

Multiple hat-tricks RankCountryPlayerHat-tricks1Geovanni Ayala62Sánder Fernández53Reinier Alcantara 2Disney AquinoLester MoreHensi Muñoz Yoandir Puga8Ciprian Alfonso 1Ruslan Batista Maikel Celada Kanier Dranget Maykel Galindo Andro Martinez Osmani Montero Eduardo Morales Jensy Muñoz Yaisniel Napoles Ramon OcañaDiosney Pez Yordanis Tielves

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