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Liga Primera

FIFA Region

CONCACAF

Season

2026-2027

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 2026-2027 NCA1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2026-2027 Torneo Clausura, the NCA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2027 CNCFCAC Group Stage:
- 2026-2027 Apertura and Clausura champions
- 2026-2027 Best non-champion with the most 2026-2027 NCA1 Aggregate Table points

If the same team wins both the 2026-2027 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura, then the runner-up with the most 2026-2027 NCA1 Aggregate Table points from both torneos is awarded the 2nd 2027 CNCFCAC champions berth.

Aggregate points are determined by combining results from the 2026-2027 Torneo Apertura and 2026-2027 Torneo Clausura into the 2026-2027 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	-
NCA4	Cuarta División de Nicaragua	-

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Apertura - Regular 17 Jul 2026 - 26 Nov 2026 Apertura - Playoffs 29 Nov 2026 - 17 Dec 2026	Clausura - Regular 17 Jan 2027 - 28 Apr 2027 Clausura - Playoffs 1 May 2027 - 18 May 2027		10: NCA1 (8 minimum), NCA2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

The 2026-2027 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 against the 1st and 2nd place teams. The Semifinals winners advance to a Home-Away highest aggregate goal wins Final.

Relegation

Immediately following the 2026-2027 Torneo Clausura, the 10th place team in the 2026-2027 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 2026-2027 NCA1 and the loser plays in the NCA2.

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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	4	3 -1-0	10	-	9	3	6	3	2 -1-0	7	6	2	4	1	1 -0-0	3	3	1	2
2	Real Estelí FC	4	3 -1-0	10	-	8	2	6	3	2 -1-0	7	7	2	5	1	1 -0-0	3	1	0	1
3	H&H Export Sébaco FC	4	3 -1-0	10	-	6	1	5	1	0 -1-0	1	1	1	0	3	3 -0-0	9	5	0	5
4	Managua FC	3	3 -0-0	9	-	9	2	7	2	2 -0-0	6	5	1	4	1	1 -0-0	3	4	1	3
5	UNAN Managua	3	1 -2-0	5	-	4	2	2	1	1 -0-0	3	2	0	2	2	0 -2-0	2	2	2	0
6	CD Walter Ferretti	4	1 -0-3	3	-	6	9	-3	2	1 -0-1	3	5	4	1	2	0 -0-2	0	1	5	-4
7	ART Municipal Jalapa	4	1 -0-3	3	-	1	5	-4	3	1 -0-2	3	1	2	-1	1	0 -0-1	0	0	3	-3
8	FC San Marcos	3	0 -1-2	1	-	2	8	-6	1	0 -0-1	0	1	4	-3	2	0 -1-1	1	1	4	-3
9	FC Rancho Santana	4	0 -0-4	0	-	2	7	-5	1	0 -0-1	0	0	1	-1	3	0 -0-3	0	2	6	-4
10	Indígenas de Matagalpa FC	3	0 -0-3	0	-	1	9	-8	1	0 -0-1	0	0	3	-3	2	0 -0-2	0	1	6	-5
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