The 2013–14 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 63rd and 64th champions in the history of the league. It will also provide the sole berth for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2013, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2014.
General
Promotion and relegation At the end of the 2012–13, ART Jalapa, FC San Marcos and Real Madriz were promoted to Primera Division At the end of the 2012–13, Xilotepelt were relegated to Segunda Division.
Changes in competition formats The Primera Division was expanded to 10 clubs.
Team information Last updated: June 28, 2013
Personnel and sponsoring (2013 Apertura) Team Chairman Head coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor ART Municipal Jalapa TBD Leónidas Rodríguez TBD TBD Chinandega FC TBA Vidal Alonso Adidas None Diriangén Tulio López Carlos Alberto de Toro Joma Movistar Juventus Douglas Urbina Movistar, EZA Managua F.C. Napoleón Zeledón Emilio Aburto Managua F.C. Ocotal Oscar Mendoza Mario Alfaro Real Estelí Fidel Moreno Ramón Otoniel Olivas Galaxia Movistar, Grupo Bimbo, Yahoo, La Curaçao Real Madriz TBD Omar Zambrana TBD TBD Walter Ferretti Emilio Rodriguez Florencio Leiva Policia, Cierro, Banco FC San Marcos TBD Marcos Bodán
Managerial changes
During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Chinandega FC Vidal Alonso Sacked 28 August 2013 Wilson Gil Yuste 28 August 2013 Real Madriz Omar Zambrana Sacked 30 August 2013 Tyron Acevedo (interim) 1 September 2013 Real Madriz Tyron Acevedo moved to assistant coach 19 September 2013 Angel Orellana 22 September 2013 Juventus Managua Douglas Urbina Sacked October 2013 Oscar Blanco (interim) October 2013
Apertura The 2013 Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began in 2013.
Regular season The regular season began in August 2012. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.
Standings
Results
Positions by round
Playoffs
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Real Estelí won 4–1 on aggregate.
Walter Ferretti won 2–1 on aggregate
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Real Esteli won 1–0 on aggregate score.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Daniel 'Dani' Cadena Deportivo Walter Ferretti112 Ricardo VegaChinandega FC 103 Rudel Calero Real Esteli F.C.94 Luis Manuel Galeano 'Romario'ART Jalapa85 Raul LeguiasDiriangén FC86 Milton ZeledónART Jalapa77 Erick SierraManagua F.C.78 Juan BarreraDeportivo Walter Ferretti79 Emilio PalaciosDiriangén FC610 Wilber SanchezReal Esteli F.C.6 Updated to games played on 7 November 2013
List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. 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 have upwards of six foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have five foreign players on the field at one time .
ART Jalapa Luis Maradiaga
Chinandega Edwin Samayoa Jaime Crisanti Samuel Kerr Luis Sinclair Javier Haedo Ramón Ferreira
Diriangén FC Diego Brutto Rodrigo Lucas Martella Wendell Porras Kevin Arrieta Harold Villalobos
Juventus Managua Ronny Colon Darwin Guity Juan José Tablada Jose Armando Cruz Abel Dominguez
Managua Luis Fernando Gonzales Oscar Castillo Anderson Palacios Erick Sierra
(player released mid season)
Ocotal Byron Maradiago Marcos Rivera Marlon Cruz Jonathan Juarez José Mejía Benedict Jose Luis Fernandez
Real Esteli Elmer Mejia Alan Kardek Leandro Teofilo Santos Iuri Oliveira Douglas de Souza Ferreira Jonathan Joaelton Sampaio
Real Madriz Luis Valladarez José Luis Palacios Edwin Castillo Pedro Melendez
San Marcos Carlos Javier Martino Moisés Leguías Ramón Pedroza
Walter Ferretti Luis Fernando Copete Dani Cadena Pedrinho Maycon Michell Williams Victor Lozano
Clausura The 2014 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on 4 January 2014. Real Esteli F.C. are the defending champion. The league will consist of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.
Team information Last updated: December 1, 2013
Personnel and sponsoring (2014 Clausura) Team Chairman Head coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor ART Municipal Jalapa Ali Antonio Castellanos Leónidas Rodríguez TBD TBD Chinandega FC TBA Wilson Gil Yuste None None Diriangén Tulio López Flavio da Silva Joma Movistar Juventus Ariel Brex Oscar Blanco None Movistar, EZA Managua F.C. Napoleón Zeledón Emilio Aburto Managua F.C. Ocotal Oscar Mendoza Angel Orellana None Alcadia de Ocotal Real Estelí Helmuth Hurtado Ramón Otoniel Olivas Galaxia Movistar, Grupo Bimbo, Yahoo, La Curaçao Real Madriz TBD Juan Ramón Trejo TBD TBD Walter Ferretti Emilio Rodriguez Florencio Leiva Policia, Cierro, Banco FC San Marcos TBD Marcos Bodán None Transp. Rodriguez
Managerial changes
Beginning of the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Diriangén Carlos de Toro Resigned November 2013 Flavio da Silva TBD Deportivo Ocotal Mario Alfaro Resigned December 2013 Angel Orellana December 2013 Real Madriz Angel Orellana Contract expired November 2013 Juan Ramon Trejo TBD
During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Real Madriz Juan Ramon Trejo Resigned 20 February 2014 Luís Eduardo Montaño TBD Deportivo Ocotal Angel Orellana Sacked 26 February 2014 Randall Moreno 28 February 2014
Regular season The regular season began in 2014. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.
Standings
Results
Positions by round
Playoffs
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Real Estelí won 10–2 on aggregate.
Diriangén FC 2-2 on aggregate won on the away goal rule
Finals
First leg
Second leg
Real Esteli FC won 2-1 on aggregate score.
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Xavier Dolmus Deportivo Walter Ferretti132 Daniel 'Dani' Cadena Deportivo Walter Ferretti 113 Jose RodriguezDiriangén FC104 Lesther Jarquín Juventus Managua85 Marcos Méndez Managua F.C.76 Enoc Salgado Real Madriz77 Eulises Ezequiel Pavón Diriangén FC78 Luis BalladaresReal Madriz79 Byron GarciaManagua F.C.610 Mauro RodriguezReal Esteli F.C.6 Updated to games played on 13 January 2014
List of foreign players in the league This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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 have upwards of six foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have five foreign players on the field at one time .
ART Jalapa Luis Maradiaga Chanel Norales Suazo
Chinandega Victor Norales Jesus Graizabal Pedro de la Rosa Juan Acevedo
Diriangén FC Alex Expósito Jose Luis Rodriguez
Juventus Managua Israel Lainez Juan José Tablada Kazumichi Ikeda Jonathan Castillo
Managua Luis Fernando Gonzales Oscar Castillo Erick Sierra
(player released mid season)
Ocotal Byron Maradiago Marcos Rivera Jorge Valladares Byron Josue Sauceda José Francisco Valladares Yitson Lameda
Real Esteli Elmer Mejia Alberto Heredia Ceballos Javier Vitavar Mauro Rodríguez Sebastián Borba Rodrigo Valiente Baraybar
Real Madriz Luis Valladarez Jose Luis Cassiani Alexander Quiñonez Ramon Uriarte Marlon Barrios
San Marcos Allan Marbella Morales Keysi Guerreo
Walter Ferretti Pedrinho Luis Fernando Copete Michell Williams Dani Cadena Nicklas Elving Bernardo Laureiro
Aggregate table
External links https://int.soccerway.com/national/nicaragua/1a-division/2013-2014/apertura/