2015–16 Primera División de Nicaragua

Primera División
Season	2015–16
Champions	Apertura:; UNAN Managua; Clausura:; Real Esteli
Relegated	Deportivo Ocotal; ART Municipal Jalapa
Champions League	Real Esteli
Matches played	192
Goals scored	556 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Daniel Reyes - 13 goals ; Clausura: ; Luis Galeano ; Carlos Chavarría - 13 goals
Biggest home win	Apertura: UNAN Managua 9-1 Jalapa ; Clausura: UNAN Managua 5-1 Juventus Managua
Biggest away win	Apertura: Managua 0-5 Real Esteli ; Clausura: Ocotal 0-5 Real Esteli ; Juventus Managua 0-5 Real Esteli
Highest scoring	Apertura: UNAN Managua 9-1 Jalapa ; Clausura: Real Madriz 2-5 Real Esteli
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: Real Esteli (15) ; Clausura: Real Esteli (14)
Longest losing run	Apertura: Real Madriz (6) ; Clausura: Juventus Managua (6)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season in Primera División de Nicaragua was divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and determined the 67th and 68th champions in the history of the league. It also provided the sole berth for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament was played in the second half of 2015, while the Clausura was played in the first half of 2016.^[1]

Teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 8 sides from the 2015–16 season and one sids directly promoted from the 2014–145Segunda division. The final participant will be determined in a two-legged play-off, in which the 9th placed Primera division side UNAN Managua will play the team who finished second in Segunda division which was FC San Marcos. UNAN Managua won 6-0 on aggregate over FC San Marcos which meant they stayed in the Primera Division.

ART Jalapa
Diriangén FC
UCEM Juventus FC
Managua F.C.
Deportivo Ocotal
Real Madriz
Real Esteli F.C.
UNAN Managua
Chinandega FC (Winner of the Segunda Division)
Walter Ferretti

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the 2014–15, Chinandega FC was promoted to Primera Division
At the end of the 2014–15, Fox Villa was relegated to Segunda Division.

Apertura

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Team information

Last updated: 2015

Personnel and sponsoring (2015 Apertura)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ART Jalapa	Nicaragua Tyson Acevedo	Nicaragua	TBD	Claro, Argoris
Diriangén FC	Argentina Andrés Novara	Nicaragua David Solorzano	Joma	Claro, Totto
Chinandega FC	Nicaragua Reina Espinoza	Nicaragua	TBD	TBD
Juventus F.C.	Nicaragua Oscar Blanco	Nicaragua	TBD	TBD
Managua F.C.	Nicaragua Carlos Zambrana	Silvio Aviles	TBD	Uno Lubricantes
Deportivo Ocotal	Argentina Roberto Chanampe	Nicaragua	TBD	TBD
Real Madriz	Nicaragua Leónidas Rodríguez	Nicaragua	TBD	TBD
Real Esteli F.C.	Nicaragua Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Honduras Nicaragua Elmer Mejia	Galaxia	TBD
UNAN Managua	Nicaragua Edward Urroz	Nicaragua Roberto Carlos Vanegas	Joma	UNAN Managua
Walter Ferretti	Brazil Flavio Da Silva	Nicaragua Denis Espinoza	TBD	TBD

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Ocotal	El Salvador Juan Ramon Trejo	Contract Finished	2015	Argentina Roberto Chanampe	2015
Diriangén FC	Argentina Roberto Chanampe	Contract finished	2015	Argentina Andrés Novara	2015

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Walter Ferretti	Brazil Flavio Da Silva	Resigned	September 2015	Costa Rica Marvin Solano	September 2015
Deportivo Ocotal	Argentina Roberto Chanampe	Resigned	September 2015	Honduras Airon Reyes García	September 2015
Diriangén FC	Argentina Andrés Novara	Sacked	October 2015	Colombia Javier Londono	October 2015
Deportivo Ocotal	Honduras Airon Reyes García	Sacked	October 2015	Nicaragua Flavio Vanegas	October 2015

Regular season

The regular season began on 2015. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Scoring

First goal of the season: Colombia Rodrigo Hernandez own goal for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua, 10 minutes (15 August 2015)
First goal by a foreign player: Colombia Jonathan Donado for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C., 20 minutes (15 August 2015)
Fastest goal in a match: 10 minute - El Salvador TBD for TBD against TBD (TBD TBD 2015)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes - El Salvador Christian Cisneros for Metapan against C.D. Chalatenango (1 August 2015)
First penalty Kick of the season: Nicaragua Marlon Lopez for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua, 75 minutes (15 August 2015)
Widest winning margin: 8 goals
- UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
First hat-trick of the season:Nicaragua Darwin Ramirez for Juventus Managua against Real Madriz (August 24, 2015)
First own goal of the season:Colombia Rodriguez Hernandez (UNAN Managua) for Managua F.C. (August 152015)
Most goals in a match: 10 Goals UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
Juventus Managua 5–5 Managua F.C. (15 August 2015)
Most goals by one team in a match: 9 Goals
- UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
Most goals in one half by one team: 5 Goals UNAN Managua 9–1 ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)
Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
- ART Jalapa 2–5 Real Madriz (September, 2015)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 5 Goals
- Nicaragua Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against ART Municipal Jalapa (18 November 2015)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Esteli	18	14	2	2	46	9	+37	44	Semi-finals Group
2	Walter Ferretti	18	12	2	4	37	19	+18	38
3	UNAN Managua	18	11	4	3	40	20	+20	37
4	Diriangén	18	9	2	7	28	21	+7	29
5	Juventus Managua	18	7	4	7	32	27	+5	25
6	Chinandega	18	5	6	7	18	25	−7	21
7	Managua	18	4	6	8	32	38	−6	18
8	Jalapa	18	3	5	10	15	40	−25	14
9	Ocotal	18	3	4	11	23	39	−16	13
10	Real Madriz	18	3	3	12	23	56	−33	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	JAL	CHI	DIR	JUV	MAN	OCO	RES	RMD	UNA	WFE
Jalapa		2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–3
Chinandega	3–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0
Diriangén	2–1	2–0		4–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	0–1
Juventus Managua	3–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	0–3	7–0	1–2	2–4
Managua	1–1	2–1	3–1	5–5		6–2	0–5	5–0	3–3	2–5
Ocotal	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		0–3	4–1	1–3	4–0
Real Esteli	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0		6–0	0–1	2–1
Real Madriz	5–2	2–3	0–4	1–4	1–0	3–3	2–5		2–2	0–2
UNAN Managua	9–1	6–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–1		3–2
Walter Ferretti	2–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	6–0	1–1	2–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Real Esteli	2	4	6	6	6	5	6	4	5	5	5	6	5	3	2	2	1	1
Managua	5	8	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	7
Walter Ferretti	4	5	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2
UNAN Managua	6	2	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3
Diriangén	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	5	3	3	3	1	4	4	3	4	4	4
Juventus Managua	8	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	6	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	5	5
Chinandega	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Ocotal	9	9	8	7	7	9	9	10	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Real Madriz	10	10	9	9	9	7	5	8	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Jalapa	3	7	2	4	5	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

22 November 2015

Diriangén	0-0	Real Estelí
None		None

Estadio Cacique Diriangen, Diriamba

Referee: Julio Arbizu

22 November 2015

UNAN Managua	1-0	Walter Ferretti
Jonathan Donado File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'		None

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Oscar Davila

Second leg

28 November 2015

8:00 pm

Real Esteli	0-1	Diriangén
None		Carlos Torres File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Diriangen won 1-0 on aggregate.

29 November 2015

7:00 pm

Walter Ferretti	3-3	UNAN Managua
Luis Mendoza File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', Raul Leguias File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', Daniel Cadena File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		Henry Garcia File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', Luis Fernando Gonzales File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', Jonathan Donado File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Jorge Ojedo

UNAN Managua won 4-3 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

6 December 2015

20:00 (UTC-6)

Diriangén	0-1	UNAN Managua
None		Jonathan Donado File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba

Referee: Franklin Jarquin

Second leg

19 December 2015

TBD

UNAN Managua	2–1	Diriangén
Daniel Reyes File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Juan Carlos Rosales File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'		Erick Tellez File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: William Reyes

UNAN Managua won 3-1 on aggregate score.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2015. 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 only have five foreign players in a squad.

Jalapa

Colombia Camilo Quiñones
Honduras Erling Ruiz
Honduras Arlis Lizandro Andino
Colombia Andres Garzon
Colombia Jose Luis Rodriguez

Chinandega

Colombia Bryan Cañate
Colombia Erwin Cabrera
Honduras Renán Laín
Honduras Cristian Izaguirre
Mexico Jaime Romo
Colombia Erick Alcázar

Diriangén

Argentina Lucas Martella
Argentina Lucas Carrera
Colombia Andres Giraldo
Argentina Carlos Leonel Torres
Argentina Sergio Arzamendia

Juventus Managua

Colombia Anderson Palacio
Colombia Roland Quintero
Honduras Ronny Colón
Honduras Cesar Salandía
Honduras Rudy Williams

Managua

Honduras Darwing Güity
Colombia Ronny Bello

File:Orange x.svg (player released mid season)

Ocotal

Colombia Jesus Guerrero
Colombia Emiro Manuel Gomez
Honduras Michael Williams
Colombia Jorge Rivas
Honduras Marcos Alfredo Rivera
Colombia Jason Diaz

Real Esteli

Brazil Vinicius De Sousa
Colombia Devis Gutiérrez
Brazil Marcel Cecel
Brazil Leandro Cruz de Oliveira
Colombia Jonathan Mosquera
Uruguay Álvaro Brum

Real Madriz

Colombia Miguel Estrada
Honduras Luis Valladares
Colombia Armando Valdez
Colombia German Arias Ramírez
Colombia Jefreg Javier Olivero

UNAN Managua

Colombia Jonathon Donado
Colombia Rodrigo Rodriguez
Colombia Evaristo González
Colombia Oscar Palomino
Colombia Juan Vidal Congo
Colombia Luis Fernándo Gonzáles

Walter Ferretti

Colombia Eder Munive
Uruguay Rodrigo Valiente
Colombia Marlon Barrios
Uruguay Bernardo Laureiro
Brazil Maycon Santana
Uruguay Gonzalo Ancheta

Clausura

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Team information

Last updated: 2015

Personnel and sponsoring (2016 Clausura)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ART Municipal Jalapa	El Salvador Ángel Orellana	TBD	TBD	TBD
Diriangén FC	Spain Mario Reig	Nicaragua David Solorzano	TBD	TBD
Chinandega FC	Nicaragua Reina Espinoza	Nicaragua	TBD
Juventus Managua	Nicaragua Douglas Urbina	Nicaragua José Alfredo Ramírez	TBD	TBD
Managua F.C.	Brazil Flavio Da Silva	TBD	TBD	TBD
Deportivo Ocotal	Colombia Javier Reales	Honduras	TBD	TBD
Real Madriz	Honduras Elvin Roberto Cerna	Nicaragua Enoc Salgado	TBD	TBD
Real Esteli F.C.	Nicaragua Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Honduras Nicaragua Elmer Mejia	TBD	TBD
UNAN Managua	Nicaragua Edward Urroz	Nicaragua Henry Garcia	TBD	UNAN Managua
Walter Ferretti	Honduras José Valladares	Nicaragua Denis Espinoza	TBD	TBD

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Walter Ferretti	Costa Rica Marvin Solano	Contract Finished	December 2015	Honduras José Valladares	December 2015
Managua F.C.	Nicaragua Carlos Zambrana	Sacked	December 2015	Brazil Flavio Da Silva	December 2015
Deportivo Ocotal	Nicaragua Flavio Vanegas	interim finished	December 2015	Colombia Javier Reales	December 2015
Real Madriz	Nicaragua Leonidas Rodriguez	interim finished	January 2016	Honduras Elvin Roberto Cerna	January 2016
ART Municipal Jalapa	Nicaragua Tyson Acevedo	Resigned	January 2016	El Salvador Ángel Orellana	January 2016
Diriangén FC	Colombia Javier Londono	Resigned	January 2016	Spain Mario Reig	January 2016

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Ocotal	Colombia Javier Reales	Sacked	February 2016	El Salvador Juan Ramon Trejo	February 2016
Diriangén FC	Spain Mario Reig	Resigned	February 2016	El Salvador Jose Luis Rugamas	February 2016
Real Madriz	Honduras Elvin Roberto Cerna	Resigned	April 2016	Honduras Sindulio Castellanos	April 2016

Regular season

The regular season began on 2015. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Scoring

First goal of the season: Nicaragua Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C., 17 minutes (16 January 2016)
First goal by a foreign player: Brazil Leandro Cruz de Oliveira for Real Esteli against Deportivo Ocotal, 69 minutes (17 January 2016)
Fastest goal in a match: 3 minute - Nicaragua Baez for Real Madriz against Diriangen FC (January 16, 2016)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 87 minutes - Nicaragua Daniel Reyes for UNAN Managua against Managua F.C. (16 January 2016)
First penalty Kick of the season: Nicaragua Marlon Lopez for Managua F.C. against UNAN Managua, 75 minutes (15 August 2015)
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
First hat-trick of the season:Nicaragua TBD for TBD against TBD (2016)
First own goal of the season:Colombia Rodriguez Hernandez (UNAN Managua) for Managua F.C. (2016)
Most goals in a match: 5 Goals Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Goals
- Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016)
Most goals in one half by one team: 3 Goals Real Esteli 5–0 Deportivo Ocotal (17 November 2016) and ART Municipal Jalapa against Chinandega FC (18 November 2015)
Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
- Real Madriz 2–5 Real Esteli (28 February 2016)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
- Nicaragua Carlos Chavarria for Real Esteli against Real Madriz (28 February 2016)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Esteli	18	13	4	1	43	9	+34	43	Semi-finals Group
2	Walter Ferretti	18	7	8	3	27	16	+11	29
3	UNAN Managua	18	7	6	5	24	21	+3	27
4	Diriangén	18	7	4	7	20	19	+1	25
5	Real Madriz	18	7	3	8	25	27	−2	24
6	Managua	18	6	5	7	21	23	−2	23
7	Jalapa	18	6	3	9	20	27	−7	21
8	Ocotal	18	5	5	8	21	32	−11	20
9	Chinandega	18	3	10	5	19	22	−3	19
10	Juventus Managua	18	2	6	10	16	40	−24	12

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	JAL	CHI	DIR	JUV	MAN	OCO	RES	RMD	UNA	WFE
Jalapa		3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–5	2–1	0–1	3–2
Chinandega	0–0		1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1
Diriangén	2–1	1–0		1–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–1
Juventus Managua	3–3	1–1	0–2		2–2	2–0	0–5	1–0	0–2	1–3
Managua	1–0	0–1	1–3	4–1		2–2	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–1
Ocotal	2–1	4–2	1–2	4–0	0–1		0–5	2–3	0–0	1–0
Real Esteli	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	4–0		1–0	2–0	1–1
Real Madriz	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	4–0	2–5		2–1	1–1
UNAN Managua	1–2	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–1		0–0
Walter Ferretti	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	4–1	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Real Estelí	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Managua	4	7	5	5	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	6	4	6
Walter Ferretti	7	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
UNAN Managua	5	9	9	7	8	8	8	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3
Diriangén	8	5	4	2	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	3	4	3	4	4	5	4
Juventus Managua	6	2	6	4	6	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chinandega	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
Ocotal	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	8
Real Madriz	3	6	7	8	7	6	6	8	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	6	5
Jalapa	2	4	3	6	5	5	5	6	9	8	7	7	6	7	5	7	8	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

30 April 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

UNAN Managua	0–2	Walter Ferretti
		File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Laureiro File:Soccerball shade.svg 91' Dolmus

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Nitzar Sandoval

1 May 2016

15:00 (UTC-6)

Diriangén	1–2	Real Estelí
Parrales File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.)		File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Galeano File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Galeano

Estadio Cacique Diriangen, Diriamba

Referee: Franklin Jarquin

Second leg

7 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	6–1	Diriangén
Galeano File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Chavarría File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 62' Hernandez File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (o.g.) Téllez File:Soccerball shade.svg 46', 77' (o.g.)		File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Martella

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Jorge Ojeda

Real Estelí won 8-2 on aggregate.

8 May 2016

18:00 (UTC-6)

Walter Ferretti	0–1	UNAN Managua
		File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Reyes

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Oscar Davila

Walter Ferretti won 2-1 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

14 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Walter Ferretti	0–0	Real Estelí

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Jorge Ojeda

Second leg

21 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	1–0	Walter Ferretti
Chavarría File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Oscar Davila

Real Estelí won 1-0 on aggregate.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2016. 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 only have five foreign players in a squad.

Jalapa

Honduras Erling Ruiz
Honduras Arlis Lizandro Andino
Honduras Mario Borja
Honduras Leonel Escoto
Honduras Javier Espinales

Chinandega

Colombia Bryan Cañate
Honduras Renán Lalín
Colombia José Julio Carballo
Colombia Erick Alcázar
Colombia Richard Junior Charris
Colombia Luis Miguel Paterson

Diriangén

Argentina Lucas Martella
Brazil Felipe Cristiano Ferreira
Brazil Rafael Vieira
Colombia Andres Giraldo
Spain Daniel Olcina

Juventus Managua

Costa Rica Andrés Arce Versi
Honduras Cesar Salandía
Honduras Juan José Tablada

Managua

Honduras Darwing Güity
Colombia Ronny Bello
Colombia Juan Muriel
Venezuela Hermes Palomino

File:Orange x.svg (player released mid season)

Ocotal

Colombia Nelsón Maldonado
Colombia Esteban Tapia
Panama Luis Martínez
Honduras Dixon Mauricio
Honduras Marcos Alfredo Rivera
Colombia Jose Sebastian Bedoya

Real Esteli

Brazil Leandro Da Cruz
Colombia Jonathan Mosquera
Brazil David Lazari
Brazil Leonardo Fernandes
Brazil Ricardo Silva de Almeida
Brazil Christiano Da Lima

Real Madriz

Honduras Carlos Alfredo Gonzalez
Honduras Richart Misael Cerna
Honduras Luis Valladares
Colombia Armando Valdèz Caicedo

UNAN Managua

Colombia Jonathan Donado
Colombia Rodrigo Hernandez
Colombia Evaristo González
Colombia Oscar Palomino
Colombia Luis Fernándo González
Colombia John Hernández

Walter Ferretti

Uruguay Rodrigo Valiente
Uruguay Bernardo Laureiro
Honduras Jorge Valentín Bodden
Honduras Mario Girón
Honduras Allan Gutierrez

Championship playoff

First leg

29 May 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

Real Estelí	2–0	UNAN Managua
Chavarría File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Mejia File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Jorge Ojeda

Second leg

3 June 2016

19:00 (UTC-6)

UNAN Managua	1–1	Real Estelí
Donado File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (pen.)		File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Chavarría

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Oscar Davila

Real Estelí won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Primera Division 2016 Champion^[4]
Real Estelí 13th title

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Esteli (C)	36	27	6	3	89	18	+71	87	Qualification for 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Walter Ferretti	36	19	10	7	64	35	+29	67
3	UNAN Managua	36	18	10	8	64	41	+23	64
4	Diriangén	36	16	6	14	48	42	+6	54
5	Managua	36	10	11	15	51	59	−8	41
6	Chinandega	36	8	16	12	37	47	−10	40
7	Juventus Managua	36	9	10	17	48	67	−19	37
8	Real Madriz	36	10	6	20	48	83	−35	36
9	Jalapa (R)	36	9	8	19	34	67	−33	35	Relegation play-off
10	Ocotal (R)	36	8	9	19	44	71	−27	33	Relegation to 2016-2017 Segunda División de Fútbol de Nicaragua

Updated to match(es) played on May 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References

↑ Nakor'd García. "Nicaragua 2015/2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
↑ Nakor'd García. "Apertura 2015". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
↑ Nakor'd García. "Clausura 2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
↑ Nakor'd García. "Championship Playoff 2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

External links

https://int.soccerway.com/national/nicaragua/1a-division/2015-2016/apertura/

[nic2016-1] Nakor'd García. "Nicaragua 2015/2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

[nicaper2015-2] Nakor'd García. "Apertura 2015". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

[nicclau2016-3] Nakor'd García. "Clausura 2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

[nichamp-4] Nakor'd García. "Championship Playoff 2016". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

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