The Liga Primera de Nicaragua is the top division of

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, organized by the

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, it was created in 1933. It is played in two parts, Torneo de Apertura from August through November and Torneo de Clausura from January through May. Each of the regular seasons is followed by a playoff of the top four teams over a two-legged semifinal and subsequent final. The relegation end has the bottom team of the aggregate table dropped as well as the loser of the playoff of the 8th and 9th-place teams.

Current teams

2018–19 Primera División

Statistics

Champions

Teams in bold are currently participating in Primera División de Nicaragua.

Records

Following are records in Liga Primera de Nicaragua: * Manuel "Catarrito" Cuadra ''(highest goal scorer in the league with 142 goals)'' * Oscar "Chiqui" Calvo ''(most goals in a season with 44 goals in 1967 playing for

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in the old format of the game)'' * Sergio Gago ''(most goals in a season in the new format with 35 in 1999)'' * José María Bermúdez ''(most goals in one game with nine in 1999)'' * Marvin González ''(fastest goal 15 seconds playing for

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Previous winners

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

: Alas (Managua) *1934 : Club Atlético (Managua) *1935−38 : ''not played'' *1939 :

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*1940 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1941 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1942 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1943 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1944 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1945 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1946 : Ferrocarril (Managua) *1947 : Colegio C-A *1948 : Ferrocarril (Managua) *1949 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1950 :

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*1951 :

*1952 : ''unknown'' *1953 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1954 : La Salle *1955 :

*1956 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1957 : ''not played'' *1958 : Club Atlético *1959 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1960 : La Nica *1961 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba) *1962−64 : ''not played'' *1965 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba) *1966 :

(Chichigalpa) *1967 :

(Chichigalpa) *1968 :

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(Managua) *1969 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1970 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1971 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba) *1972 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba) *1973 : Deportivo Santa Cecilia (Diriamba) *1974 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1975 :

(Managua) *1976 :

(Managua) *1977 :

(Managua) *1978−79 : ''not played'' *1980 : Búfalos (Rivas) *1981 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1982 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1983 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1984 : Deportivo Masaya (Masaya) *1985 : América (Managua) *1986 : Deportivo Masaya (Masaya) *1987 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1988 : América (Managua) *1989 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1990 : América (Managua) *1991 :

*1992 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1993 :

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(Managua) *1994 :

(Managua) *1994−95 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1995−96 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1996−97 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *1997−98 : Walter Ferretti (Managua) *1998−99 :

*1999−00 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *2000−01 : Walter Ferretti (Managua) *2001−02 :

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*2002−03 :

*2003−04 :

*2004−05 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *2005−06 : Diriangén (Diriamba) *2006−07 :

* 2007−08 :

* 2008−09 :

* 2009−10 :

* 2010−11 :

* 2011−12 :

* 2012−13 :

* 2013−14 :

* 2014−15 : Walter Ferretti (Managua) * 2015−16 :

* 2016−17 :