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Liga Primera

FIFA Region

CONCACAF

Season

2022-2023

Location

Nicaragua

Abbreviation

NCA1

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Summary

Primera División de Nicaragua (NCA1) is the top level of league style football competition in Nicaragua. The 2022-2023 NCA1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2022-2023 Torneo Clausura, the NCA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2023 CONCACAF League Round of 16 (or Preliminary Round):
- 2022-2023 Torneo Apertura/Clausura champions

If the same team wins both the Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura, then the 2nd place team from each torneo with the most 2022-2023 NCA1 Aggregate Table points receives the 2nd CONCACAF League berth.

Aggregate points are determined by combining results from the 2022-2023 Torneo Apertura and 2022-2023 Torneo Clausura into the 2022-2023 NCA1 Aggregate Table.

Leagues Pyramid - Nicaragua

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
NCA1	Liga Primera	10
NCA2	Segunda División de Nicaragua	20
NCA3	Tercera División de Nicaragua	-
NCA3	Tercera División de Nicaragua	-
NCA4	Cuarta División de Nicaragua	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Apertura - Regular 9 Jul 2022 - 1 Dec 2022 Apertura - Playoffs 4 Dec 2022 - 17 Dec 2022	Clausura - Regular 21 Jan 2023 - 1 May 2023 Clausura - Playoffs 4 May 2023 - 29 May 2023		10: NCA1 (8 minimum), NCA2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

The 2022-2023 NCA1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. In each torneo, each NCA1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 NCA1 teams for a total of 18 league matches. A playoff is held upon the completion of each torneo to determine the torneo champion. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, (2) goals scored, (3) head-to-head points, (4) head-to-head goal difference, (5) head-to-head goals scored, then (6) a draw.

Playoffs

At the end of each torneo, the top 6 eligible NCA1 teams participate in playoffs. In the Quarterfinals, 3rd plays 6th and 4th plays 5th in a "Knockout" matches. The winners advance to a Home-Away highest aggregate goal wins Semifinals. The Semifinals winners advance to a Home-Away highest aggregate goal wins Final.

Relegation

Immediately following the 2022-2023 Torneo Clausura, the 10th place team in the 2022-2023 NCA1 Aggregate Table is immediately relegated to NCA2, while the 9th place team enters into a Promotion/Relegation playoff with the 2nd place NCA2 team. The playoff winner plays in the 2022-2023 NCA1 and the loser plays in the NCA2.

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Torneo Clausura

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Diriangén FC	11	8 -1-2	25	-	22	11	11	5	3 -0-2	9	8	7	1	6	5 -1-0	16	14	4	10
2	Real Estelí FC	10	6 -3-1	21	-	17	9	8	6	5 -0-1	15	11	4	7	4	1 -3-0	6	6	5	1
3	Managua FC	10	6 -2-2	20	-	17	9	8	5	2 -2-1	8	10	6	4	5	4 -0-1	12	7	3	4
4	Indígenas de Matagalpa FC	10	5 -1-4	16	-	13	11	2	4	3 -0-1	9	6	3	3	6	2 -1-3	7	7	8	-1
5	CD Walter Ferretti	11	4 -2-5	14	-	12	15	-3	6	2 -1-3	7	8	9	-1	5	2 -1-2	7	4	6	-2
6	H&H Export Sébaco FC	11	4 -2-5	14	-	15	21	-6	6	2 -0-4	6	9	14	-5	5	2 -2-1	8	6	7	-1
7	CD Ocotal	10	4 -0-6	12	-	12	13	-1	4	2 -0-2	6	4	2	2	6	2 -0-4	6	8	11	-3
8	UNAN Managua	11	2 -3-6	9	-	12	14	-2	6	1 -3-2	6	6	6	0	5	1 -0-4	3	6	8	-2
9	Juventus FC	10	2 -2-6	8	-	11	18	-7	4	1 -1-2	4	3	9	-6	6	1 -1-4	4	8	9	-1
10	ART Municipal Jalapa	10	2 -2-6	8	-	6	16	-10	6	1 -2-3	5	4	8	-4	4	1 -0-3	3	2	8	-6
Clausura - Quarterfinals Clausura - Semifinals

Apertura - Finals

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

CD Walter Ferretti

Real Estelí FC

14.12.22

CD Walter Ferretti

Real Estelí FC

Estadio Nacional de Fútbol

17.12.22	Real Estelí FC		22		CD Walter Ferretti	Estadio Independencia (Estelí)
	CD Walter Ferretti wins on PKs (2-1)

Apertura - Semifinals

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

Managua FC

Real Estelí FC

06.12.22

Managua FC

Real Estelí FC

Estadio Cacique Diriangén

11.12.22

Real Estelí FC

Managua FC

Estadio Independencia (Estelí)

Aggregate

CD Walter Ferretti

Diriangén FC

08.12.22

CD Walter Ferretti

Diriangén FC

Estadio Independencia (Estelí)

11.12.22	Diriangén FC		11		CD Walter Ferretti	Estadio Cacique Diriangén
	CD Walter Ferretti advances on PKs (5-3)

Apertura - Quarterfinals

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Sat - 3 Dec 2022

H&H Export Sébaco FC

Managua FC

Estadio Municipal de Matagalpa

Sun - 4 Dec 2022

CD Walter Ferretti

Juventus FC

Estadio Cacique Diriangén

Torneo Apertura

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Real Estelí FC	18	11 -5-2	38	-	35	11	24	9	8 -1-0	25	26	5	21	9	3 -4-2	13	9	6	3
2	Diriangén FC	18	11 -5-2	38	-	34	14	20	9	5 -4-0	19	16	3	13	9	6 -1-2	19	18	11	7
3	CD Walter Ferretti	18	10 -2-6	32	-	23	19	4	9	7 -0-2	21	15	10	5	9	3 -2-4	11	8	9	-1
4	H&H Export Sébaco FC	18	8 -6-4	30	-	21	15	6	9	5 -3-1	18	13	6	7	9	3 -3-3	12	8	9	-1
5	Managua FC	18	7 -3-8	24	-	28	21	7	9	5 -1-3	16	16	9	7	9	2 -2-5	8	12	12	0
6	Juventus FC	18	6 -4-8	22	-	32	28	4	9	5 -2-2	17	22	11	11	9	1 -2-6	5	10	17	-7
7	ART Municipal Jalapa	18	5 -6-7	21	-	19	28	-9	9	4 -2-3	14	10	12	-2	9	1 -4-4	7	9	16	-7
8	UNAN Managua	18	4 -4-10	16	-	25	38	-13	9	3 -2-4	11	12	15	-3	9	1 -2-6	5	13	23	-10
9	CD Ocotal	18	4 -4-10	16	-	21	43	-22	9	2 -4-3	10	13	14	-1	9	2 -0-7	6	8	29	-21
10	Indígenas de Matagalpa FC	18	3 -3-12	12	-	17	38	-21	9	3 -2-4	11	11	16	-5	9	0 -1-8	1	6	22	-16
Apertura - Semifinals Apertura - Quarterfinals