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Liga Primera

FIFA Region

CONCACAF

Season

2025-2026

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 2025-2026 NCA1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2025-2026 Torneo Clausura, the NCA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026 CNCFCAC Group Stage:
- 2025-2026 Apertura and Clausura champions
- 2025-2026 Best non-champion with the most 2025-2026 NCA1 Aggregate Table points

If the same team wins both the 2025-2026 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura, then the runner-up with the most 2025-2026 NCA1 Aggregate Table points from both torneos is awarded the 2nd 2026 CNCFCAC champions berth.

Aggregate points are determined by combining results from the 2025-2026 Torneo Apertura and 2025-2026 Torneo Clausura into the 2025-2026 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 17 Jul 2025 - 26 Nov 2025 Apertura - Playoffs 29 Nov 2025 - 17 Dec 2025	Clausura - Regular 18 Jan 2026 - 28 Apr 2026 Clausura - Playoffs 1 May 2026 - 18 May 2026		10: NCA1 (8 minimum), NCA2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

The 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 Torneo Clausura, the 10th place team in the 2025-2026 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 2025-2026 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	Real Estelí FC	8	5 -2-1	17	-	21	9	12	4	2 -1-1	7	10	7	3	4	3 -1-0	10	11	2	9
2	Diriangén FC	8	5 -2-1	17	-	15	6	9	5	3 -1-1	10	9	5	4	3	2 -1-0	7	6	1	5
3	ART Municipal Jalapa	9	4 -4-1	16	-	13	5	8	4	2 -2-0	8	6	2	4	5	2 -2-1	8	7	3	4
4	UNAN Managua	7	3 -3-1	12	-	10	5	5	3	2 -1-0	7	6	1	5	4	1 -2-1	5	4	4	0
5	Indígenas de Matagalpa FC	8	2 -4-2	10	-	8	8	0	3	0 -1-2	1	1	5	-4	5	2 -3-0	9	7	3	4
6	H&H Export Sébaco FC	8	3 -1-4	10	-	7	7	0	4	2 -1-1	7	4	2	2	4	1 -0-3	3	3	5	-2
7	CD Walter Ferretti	9	2 -3-4	9	-	5	13	-8	5	2 -1-2	7	2	7	-5	4	0 -2-2	2	3	6	-3
8	Managua FC	9	2 -2-5	8	-	9	16	-7	4	2 -1-1	7	4	3	1	5	0 -1-4	1	5	13	-8
9	FC Rancho Santana	8	2 -2-4	8	-	8	15	-7	4	0 -2-2	2	4	10	-6	4	2 -0-2	6	4	5	-1
10	Real Madriz FC	8	1 -1-6	4	-	2	14	-12	5	1 -1-3	4	2	8	-6	3	0 -0-3	0	0	6	-6
Clausura - Semifinals Clausura - Quarterfinals

Apertura - Finals

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

Managua FC

Diriangén FC

13.12.25

Managua FC

Diriangén FC

Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez

20.12.25

Diriangén FC

Managua FC

Estadio Cacique Diriangén

Apertura - Semifinals

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Aggregate

H&H Export Sébaco FC

Diriangén FC

30.11.25

H&H Export Sébaco FC

Diriangén FC

Estadio Carlos Fonseca Amador

06.12.25

Diriangén FC

H&H Export Sébaco FC

Estadio Cacique Diriangén

Aggregate

Real Estelí FC

Managua FC

30.11.25

Real Estelí FC

Managua FC

Estadio Independencia (Estelí)

06.12.25	Managua FC		02		Real Estelí FC	Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez
	Managua FC advances on PKs (5-4)

Apertura - Quarterfinals

Date

Home

Status

Road

Venue

Thu - 27 Nov 2025

H&H Export Sébaco FC

Indígenas de Matagalpa FC

Estadio Carlos Fonseca Amador

	Real Estelí FC		21		CD Walter Ferretti	Estadio Independencia (Estelí)
	AET

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	Diriangén FC	18	10 -6-2	36	-	48	15	33	9	5 -4-0	19	27	5	22	9	5 -2-2	17	21	10	11
2	Managua FC	18	11 -3-4	36	-	33	14	19	9	7 -2-0	23	20	7	13	9	4 -1-4	13	13	7	6
3	Real Estelí FC	18	9 -6-3	33	-	26	14	12	9	6 -3-0	21	16	4	12	9	3 -3-3	12	10	10	0
4	H&H Export Sébaco FC	18	9 -3-6	30	-	30	29	1	9	7 -2-0	23	18	6	12	9	2 -1-6	7	12	23	-11
5	Indígenas de Matagalpa FC	18	8 -4-6	28	-	29	26	3	9	4 -1-4	13	16	14	2	9	4 -3-2	15	13	12	1
6	CD Walter Ferretti	18	7 -5-6	26	-	31	26	5	9	6 -1-2	19	22	11	11	9	1 -4-4	7	9	15	-6
7	ART Municipal Jalapa	18	7 -3-8	24	-	33	33	0	9	6 -1-2	19	22	9	13	9	1 -2-6	5	11	24	-13
8	FC Rancho Santana	18	5 -2-11	17	-	17	47	-30	9	3 -1-5	10	9	21	-12	9	2 -1-6	7	8	26	-18
9	UNAN Managua	18	3 -3-12	12	-	20	41	-21	9	2 -2-5	8	14	21	-7	9	1 -1-7	4	6	20	-14
10	Real Madriz FC	18	3 -1-14	10	-	16	38	-22	9	2 -1-6	7	8	13	-5	9	1 -0-8	3	8	25	-17
Apertura - Semifinals Apertura - Quarterfinals