XXV Campeonato Nacional
Primera División
Torneo de Apertura
Regular Stage
Final Table:
1.Real Estelí FC (Estelí) 18 14 3 1 51-19 45 Qualified
2.Diriangén FC (Diriamba) 18 10 7 1 36-19 37 Qualified
3.Deportivo Walter Ferretti (Managua) 18 9 6 3 35-22 33 Qualified
4.Deportivo Bluefields (Bluefields) 18 8 5 5 34-24 29 Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Deportivo Masatepe (Masaya) 18 7 3 8 21-22 24
6.Real Madriz FC (Somoto) 18 7 3 8 28-30 24
7.San Marcos (San Marcos) 18 5 6 7 23-36 21
8.América (Managua) 18 4 2 12 20-29 14
9.Deportivo Jalapa (Jalapa) 18 3 3 12 21-40 12
10.Deportivo Ocotal 18 1 6 11 12-40 9
Round 1 [Jul 29]
Real Estelí 4-1 América
[Ricardo Vega 40, 54, David Martinez 58, Anibal Martínez 73;
Wilber Sánchez 87]
Masatepe 1-4 Bluefields [in Diriamba]
[Nicolas Nalson 56; Cliford Wilson 32, 80, Adriany Alvarado 49,
Erick Rodriguez 69]
Diriangén 2-1 Walter Ferretti
[Cesar Salandia 20, Carlos Martino 84; Bacilio Zapata 5pen]
Real Madriz 2-0 San Marcos
[Mario Morales 50, Juan Pauth Vílchez 65]
Jalapa 2-0 Ocotal
[Erick Galeano 20, Salvador García 40]
Round 2
[Aug 4]
San Marcos 0-4 Real Estelí
[Elmer Mejía (2), Fran Lopez, David Martinez]
[Aug 5]
Bluefields 3-3 Diriangén
[Anthony McEnroy, Félix Rodriguez, Ariacny Alvarado;
Denis Espinoza, Gabriel Alvarez, Carlos Martino]
Ocotal 0-0 Masatepe
Walter Ferretti 4-1 Real Madriz
[Emilio Palacios (3), Mario Gastón; Gerardo Ponce]
América 2-2 Jalapa
[Leslie Caldera, Victor Carrasco; Billy Rubio, Milton Zeledón]
Round 3 [Aug 12]
Real Madriz 3-2 Bluefields
[Miguel Angel Sánchez (3); Elvis Downs (2)]
Real Estelí 1-0 Walter Ferretti
[Ricardo Vega 89]
Diriangén 2-0 Ocotal
[Raúl Leguías 42, Manuel Gutiérrez 90]
América 4-0 San Marcos
[Ronny Colón (2), Wilber Sánchez, Claudio Pérez]
Jalapa 0-1 Masatepe
[Carlos Brenes 28]
Round 4
[Aug 19]
Walter Ferretti 2-0 América
[Luis Valladares 43, Emilio Palacios (pen) 2-0]
Masatepe 0-1 Diriangén
[Marcos Méndez 86]
[Aug 21]
Ocotal 2-0 Real Madríz
[Carlos Alexis Sánchez, Mauro Allen]
[Aug 22]
San Marcos 2-2 Jalapa
[Alejandro Mejía 40, Luis Sánchez 67; Milton Zeledón 9, 83]
[Sep 12]
Bluefields 1-3 Real Estelí
[Félix Rodríguez 45; Ricardo Vega 55, Sergio Iván Rodríguez 69,
Rudel Calero 71]
Round 5
[Aug 26]
Real Madriz 0-1 Masatepe
[Bayardo Campos 72]
Real Estelí 10-1 Ocotal
[Eliud Zeledón 11, Ricardo Vega 21, 60, 64, 79, Hugo Silva 38, 39,
Marvin Molina, Anibal Martínez, Frank López; Alexis Sánchez 13]
Jalapa 0-1 Diriangén
[César Salandia 63]
América 1-2 Bluefields
[Wilber Sánchez; Félix Rodríguez 36, Ariadny Alvarado 87]
San Marcos abd Walter Ferretti [abandoned at 1-1 at half-time
[Francisco Navarro 26; Luis Valladares 10] due to heavy rain]
[Aug 29]
San Marcos 3-3 Walter Ferretti [second half]
[Francisco Navarro 26, 2-1, Alejandro Mejía 3-1;
Luis Valladares 10, 90+2, Emilio Palacios 3-2]
Round 6
[Sep 1]
Masatepe 2-2 Real Estelí
[Bayardo Campos 85, Ezequiel Jerez 90pen; Ricardo Vega 14, 86]
[Sep 2]
Walter Ferretti 5-1 Jalapa
[Luis Valladares 7, Mario Gastón 11, 49, Nestor Holweger 54,
Emilio Palacios 87; Salvador García 44]
Bluefields 2-1 San Marcos
[Clifford Wilson 34, Elvis Down 35; Francisco Navarro]
Diriangén 1-1 Real Madriz
[Cesar Salandia 52; Miguel Angel Sánchez 75]
Ocotal 1-1 América
[Donald Peralta 83; Wilber Sánchez 55]
Round 7 [Sep 9]
Walter Ferretti 1-0 Bluefields
[Luis Valladares]
Real Estelí 3-3 Diriangén
[Anibal Martínez, Rudel Calero, Elmer Mejía;
César Salandia (2), Ismael Reyes]
América 1-2 Masatepe
[Rony Colón; Hamilton West, Ezequiel Jerez]
Jalapa 1-2 Real Madríz
[Erick Galeano; Luis Grádiz (2)]
San Marcos 0-0 Ocotal
Round 8 [Sep 16]
Jalapa 2-1 Bluefields
[Salvador Garcia 17, Milton Zeledón 89; Ariadny Alvarado 32]
Ocotal 1-1 Walter Ferretti
[Mauro Allen; Luis Valladares]
Diriangén 3-0 América
[Denis Espinoza 5pen, Ismael Reyes 43, Raúl Leguías 84]
Masatepe 0-1 San Marcos
[Noel Morales 38]
Real Madriz 2-3 Real Estelí
[Miguel Ángel Sánchez, Mario Morales; Ricardo Vega (2, 1pen),
Elmer Mejía]
Round 9 [Sep 23]
Walter Ferretti 3-2 Masatepe
[Miguel Masis, Luis Valladares, Eustace Martin;
Sandro Herrera, Juan Carlos Narvaez]
Real Estelí 3-1 Jalapa
[Franklin López, Elmer Mejía, David Martinez; Salvador García]
San Marcos 1-1 Diriangén
[Jorge Portocarrerro; Cesar Salandia]
América 4-1 Real Madriz
[Jorge Martinez (2), Rony Colón, Cristian Leyva;
Miguel Angel Sánchez]
Bluefields 5-0 Ocotal
[Ariacny Alvarado, Felix Rodriguez (4)]
Round 10 [Sep 30]
Bluefields 1-0 Masatepe
[Ariacny Alvarado]
América 0-1 Real Estelí
[Rudel Calero 90]
San Marcos 1-5 Real Madriz
[Jorge Portocarrerro 62; Juan Pauth 17, Manuel Ivan Moreno 20,
Mario Morales 27, Enoc Salgado 45, 90]
Ocotal 0-0 Jalapa
Walter Ferretti 1-1 Diriangén
[Mario Gastón 45+; Cesar Salandia 30]
Round 11 [Oct 7]
Real Madriz 1-1 Walter Ferretti
[Jaime Crisanti 1-1; Mario Gastón (pen) 0-1]
Jalapa 1-0 América
[Billy Rubio]
Diriangén 1-1 Bluefields
[Armando Reyes 48; Elvis Downs 35]
Real Estelí 2-1 San Marcos
[Ricardo Vega 13, 21; Alejandro Mejía 70]
Masatepe 2-1 Ocotal
[Gustavo González 1-1, Milton Rodríguez 2-1; Mauro Allen 51]
Round 12
[Oct 14]
Bluefields 0-0 Real Madriz
Walter Ferretti 1-2 Real Estelí
[Lucas Piccinini 22; Ricardo Vega 18, 55]
[Oct 17]
Ocotal 1-2 Diriangén
[Harold Jarquin 19; José Carballo 87, César Salandia 92]
San Marcos 1-0 América
[Batista Alfredo (1st half)]
[Oct 31]
Masatepe awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0, Jalapa dns]
Round 13
[Oct 21]
América 1-3 Walter Ferretti
[Wilber Sánchez 79; Lucas Piccinini 7, Nestor Holweger 8,
Miguel Masis 32]
Real Madriz 3-0 Ocotal
[Bonifacio Andino 37, Miguel Angel Sánchez 76, 83]
[Oct 31]
Real Estelí 1-1 Bluefields
[David Martínez 23; Jasdany Zelaya 91]
[Nov 7]
Jalapa 1-2 San Marcos
[Eduardro Bothel 10; Alejandro Mejía 40, 80]
Diriangén 3-1 Masatepe
[Ismael Reyes 5, Raul Leguias 15, Marcos Mendez 85;
Emiliano Gutierrez 86]
Round 14 [Oct 28]
Masatepe 3-1 Real Madriz
[Nathanael Munguia 18, 65, Juan Carlos Narvaez 28;
Miguel Angel Sánchez 41]
Ocotal 0-3 Real Estelí
[Ricardo Vega 12, Eliud Zeledón 40, Rudel Calero 57]
Diriangén 5-2 Jalapa
[Cesar Salandia 12, 41, 46, 77, Ismael Reyes 73;
Salvador García 54, Milton Zeledón 79]
Bluefields 2-0 América
[Félix Rodriguez 59, Anthony McElroy 91]
Walter Ferretti 2-2 San Marcos
[Emilio Palacios 32, Miguel Masis 71; Alfred Batista 19,
Alejandro Mejía 83]
Round 15 [Nov 4]
Jalapa 1-2 Walter Ferretti
San Marcos 2-4 Bluefields
[Batista Alfredo 16, Alejandro Mejía 85pen; José Soza 7,
Ariacny Alvarado 48, Félix Rodriguez 55, 79]
Real Estelí 1-0 Masatepe
[David Martínez 5]
Real Madriz 0-4 Diriangén
[Cesar Salandia 55, 94, Ismael Reyes 60, Raul Leguias 80]
América 2-0 Ocotal
[Jorge Martínez 82, 90]
Round 16
[Nov 10]
Masatepe 1-0 América
[Gustavo González 51]
Diriangén 3-2 Real Estelí
[Cesar Salandia 18, Raul Leguias 43, 49; Anibal Martinez 20, 44]
[Nov 11]
Bluefields 1-2 Walter Ferretti
{Félix Torres 17; Mario Gastón 15, 49]
Real Madriz 3-1 Jalapa
[Miguel Angel Sánchez 25, 79, Jaime Crisanto 92;
Erick Galeano 37]
Ocotal 3-4 San Marcos
[Johnatan Chavarría 31, 79, Elvis Pinell 54; Alejandro Mejía 14, 37,
José Uriarte 25, Batista Alfredo 75]
Round 17
[Nov 18]
Real Estelí 1-0 Real Madriz
[Ricardo Vega 5]
San Marcos 2-1 Masatepe
[Francisco Navarro 23, 88; Octavio Montiel 26]
Walter Ferretti 2-1 Ocotal
[Freddy Villareina 35, Emilio Palacios 88; Johnatan Chavarría 26]
[Nov 21]
América 2-0 Diriangén
[Ricardo Trillos 11, Jorge Martinez 24]
Bluefields 3-2 Jalapa
[Félix Rodriguez (2), José Soza; Milton Zeledon, Argent Trujullo]
Round 18
[Nov 24]
Real Madriz 3-1 América
[Iván Moreno 12, Jaime Crisanti 66, Luis Gardy 88;
Gabriel Avilés 61]
[Nov 25]
Masatepe 1-1 Walter Ferretti
[Carlos Brenes 64; Matias Sacco 69]
Jalapa 2-5 Real Estelí
[Milton Zeledón 49, 89; Elmer Mejia 15, Eliud Zeledón 62,
Rudel Calero 73, Ricardo Vega 83pen, 88]
Diriangén 0-0 San Marcos
Ocotal 1-1 Bluefields
[Mauro Allen 52; Ariacny Alvarado 87]
Final Table:
1.Real Estelí FC (Estelí) 18 14 3 1 51-19 45 Qualified
2.Diriangén FC (Diriamba) 18 10 7 1 36-19 37 Qualified
3.Deportivo Walter Ferretti (Managua) 18 9 6 3 35-22 33 Qualified
4.Deportivo Bluefields (Bluefields) 18 8 5 5 34-24 29 Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Deportivo Masatepe (Masaya) 18 7 3 8 21-22 24
6.Real Madriz FC (Somoto) 18 7 3 8 28-30 24
7.San Marcos (San Marcos) 18 5 6 7 23-36 21
8.América (Managua) 18 4 2 12 20-29 14
9.Deportivo Jalapa (Jalapa) 18 3 3 12 21-40 12
10.Deportivo Ocotal 18 1 6 11 12-40 9
Semifinals
First Legs [Dec 2]
Bluefields 1-3 Real Estelí
[Félix Rodríguez 92; Ricardo Vega 37, 58, Rudel Calero 83]
Walter Ferretti 1-3 Diriangén
[Emilio Palacios 33; César Salandia 10, Raúl Leguías 32,
Armando Reyes 68]
Second Legs [Dec 9]
Real Estelí 3-0 Bluefields
[Anibal Martinez 29, 70, Rudel Calero 76]
Diriangén 1-0 Walter Ferretti
[Cesar Salandia 78]
Final
First Leg [Dec 16]
Diriangén 0-2 Real Estelí
[Ricardo Vega 59, Franklin López 78]
Second Leg [Dec 23]
Real Estelí 0-0 Diriangén
NB: Real Estelí Apertura 2007 winners
Topscorers:
21 Ricardo Vega Real Estelí
15 César Salandia Diriangén
Clausura 2008
Final Table:
1.Diriangén FC (Diriamba) 18 11 6 1 30-10 39 Qualified
2.Deportivo Ocotal 18 12 2 4 43-12 38 Qualified
3.Deportivo Walter Ferretti (Managua) 18 11 3 4 34-13 36 Qualified
4.Real Estelí FC (Estelí) 18 10 3 5 37-13 33 Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Real Madriz FC (Somoto) 18 6 5 7 16-27 23
6.Deportivo Masatepe (Masaya) 18 6 3 9 23-24 21
7.Deportivo Bluefields (Bluefields) 18 5 6 7 26-33 21
8.América (Managua) 18 6 2 10 19-36 20
9.San Marcos (San Marcos) 18 4 5 9 21-39 17
-.Deportivo Jalapa (Jalapa) 18 0 3 15 7-49 3 [*]
[*] Jalapa excluded and relegated for failing to show on 3 occasions;
their remaining matches are awarded 0-3 against them
Round 1 [Jan 27]
Real Estelí 0-0 América
Masatepe 2-0 Bluefields
[Bladimir Pérez (2)]
Walter Ferretti 1-1 Diriangén
[Emilio Palacios 38; Marcos Méndez 72]
Real Madriz 0-0 San Marcos
Jalapa 1-3 Ocotal
[Salvador García 40pen; Darwin Ramírez 20, Howald Mejía 24,
Mario García 47]
Round 2
[Feb 3]
Walter Ferretti 3-0 Real Madriz
[Emilio Palacios 64, César Salandia 73, Ariacny Alvarado 90]
América ppd Jalapa [Jalapa did not show due to
Bluefields 0-3 Diriangén road accident]
[Jorge Portocarrero 5, Nicolás Martínez 11, Hevel Quintanilla 12]
San Marcos 0-4 Real Estelí
[Samuel Wilson 30, 77, Hugo Silva 83, 87]
Ocotal 1-0 Masatepe
[Juan Molina 4]
[Feb 13]
América 3-2 Jalapa
[Gabriel Avilés 47, Jorge Martínez 68, Wilber Sánchez 75;
Salvador García 10, Luis Galeano 78]
Round 3 [Feb 10]
Real Madriz 0-0 Bluefields
Real Estelí 0-1 Walter Ferretti
[Lucas Piccinini 62]
Diriangén 1-0 Ocotal
[Donald Parrales]
América 0-2 San Marcos
[Axel Villanueva 35, Alfredo Batista 86]
Jalapa 1-1 Masatepe
[Eduardo Bothel 1; Bladimir Perez 88]
Round 4 [Feb 17]
Walter Ferretti 4-1 América
[Matias Sacco 24, 78, Miguel Masis 47, Silvio Avilés 80;
Wilber Sanchez 83]
Masatepe 0-2 Diriangén
[Donald Parrales 2, 53]
Ocotal 7-0 Real Madríz
[Julio Cesar Molina 17, 54, 89, Carlos Peña 41,
Darwin Ramirez 62, 73, Milton Morales 79]
San Marcos 2-2 Jalapa
[Alejandro Mejia 45, Luis Sanchez 52; Israel Taboada 7, Salvador Garcia 34]
Bluefields 1-4 Real Estelí
[Norberto Campbell 77; Ricardo Vega 8, Samuel Wilson 45, 67,
Franklin López 74]
Round 5 [Feb 24]
Real Madriz 1-0 Masatepe
[José Bejarano]
Jalapa 1-1 Diriangén
[Salvador García 70pen; Roberto Chenampe 44]
Real Estelí 0-3 Ocotal
[Mario García 5, Howard Mejía 48, 84]
San Marcos 1-1 Walter Ferretti
[Nestor Holweger 58; Emilio Palacios 22]
América 0-0 Bluefields
Round 6 [Mar 2]
Masatepe 0-2 Real Estelí
[Ricardo Vega 38, 72pen]
Bluefields 4-1 San Marcos
[Norberto Campbell 36, 53, Felix Rodriguez 70, 90; Francisco Navarro 85]
Diriangén 1-0 Real Madriz
[Hoogly Corrales 39]
Ocotal 3-0 América
[Howald Mejia 59, 82, Harold Jarquin 92]
Walter Ferretti awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0, Jalapa dns]
NB: Jalapa excluded for failing to show on 3 occasions; they are relegated
to the second level and remaining matches are awarded 0-3 against them
Round 7 [Mar 9]
Walter Ferretti 3-0 Bluefields
[Emilio Palacios 22, Mario Gastón 34pen, 89pen]
Real Estelí 0-1 Diriangén
[Marcos Méndez 78]
América 1-0 Masatepe
[Jorge Martinez 91]
San Marcos 1-0 Ocotal
[Alejandro Mejía 70]
Jalapa awd Real Madríz [awarded 0-3]
Round 8 [Mar 16]
Ocotal 2-1 Walter Ferretti
[Julio Molina 7, Eddy Herrera 60; Cesar Salandia 90]
Diriangén 4-0 América
[Remy Vanegas 13, Roberto Chenampe 59, William Mendieta 68,
Milton Bustos 83]
Masatepe 3-1 San Marcos
[Yarock Alemán 15, Bladimir Pérez 45, 82; Francisco Navarro 87]
Real Madriz 0-0 Real Estelí
Jalapa awd Bluefields [awarded 0-3]
Round 9 [Mar 30]
Walter Ferretti 2-1 Masatepe
[Michael Jarquin 14, Juan Barreda 90; Carlos Martino 38]
San Marcos 0-2 Diriangén
[Armando Reyes 15, Milton Bustos 85]
América 4-0 Real Madriz
[Octavio Montiel 29, Jaime Crisanti 41, Jorge Martinez 45,
Wilber Sánchez 69]
Bluefields 1-2 Ocotal
[Félix Rodriguez 42pen; Elvis Pinell 46, Edwin Herrera 48]
Real Estelí awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0]
Round 10 [Apr 6]
Bluefields 2-2 Masatepe
[Félix Rodriguez, Clifford Wilson; Jarock Alemán, Nicolás Nelson]
América 0-4 Real Estelí
[Hugo Silva 27, Ricardo Vega 60, 92, Elmer Mejia 77}
San Marcos 0-0 Real Madríz
Diriangén 2-1 Walter Ferretti
[Hoogly Corrales 22, Jorge Portocarrero 92; Emilio Palacios 12]
Ocotal awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0]
Round 11 [Apr 13]
Real Madríz 2-1 Walter Ferretti
[Ivan Moreno, Luis Gradis; Matias Sacco]
Diriangén 2-2 Bluefields
[Milton Bustos 17, Jorge Portocarrero 21; Jaehn Soza 1,
Felix Rodriguez 10]
Real Estelí 6-2 San Marcos
[Ricardo Vega 14, 47, 89, Elmer Mejia 31, 34, David Martinez 68;
Alejandro Mejia 9, Luis Sanchez 41]
Masatepe 2-2 Ocotal
[Vladimir Pérez 28, 47; Edwin Herrera 43, Darwin Ramirez 52]
Jalapa awd América [awarded 0-3]
Round 12 [Apr 20]
Bluefields 2-1 Real Madríz
[Félix Rodríguez 20, Clifford Wilson 2-1; Mario Morales 24]
Ocotal 1-1 Diriangén
[Howard Mejía 83; Jorge Portocarrero 72]
San Marcos 1-3 América
[Alfredo Batista 70; Wilber Sánchez 0-1, Jaime Crisanto 0-2,
Jorge Martínez 0-3]
Walter Ferretti 1-0 Real Estelí
[César Salandia 37]
Masatepe awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0]
Round 13 [Apr 27]
América 0-4 Walter Ferretti
[Mario Gastón 15pen, Milton Zeledón 57, 63, César Salandia 82]
Diriangén 0-1 Masatepe
[Bladimir Pérez 9pen]
Real Madríz 2-1 Ocotal
[Luis Gradiz 37, Magdaleno Andino 55; Julio César Molina 56]
Real Estelí 6-2 Bluefields
[Ricardo Vega 3, 18, 28, 47, Samuel Wilson 80, Francisco Lagos 87;
Clifford Wilson 28, Raul Mendez 92]
Jalapa awd San Marcos [awarded 0-3]
Round 14 [May 4]
Masatepe 5-2 Real Madriz
[Carlos Martino 28, 45, 49, Yarock Alemán 43, Gustavo González 89;
Mario Morales 7, Oscar Barahona 83]
Ocotal 1-0 Real Estelí
[Julio César Molina 12]
Walter Ferretti 2-0 San Marcos
[Milton Zeledón 76, Oscar Blanco 88]
Bluefields 2-0 América
[Clifford Wilson 63, Rudell Calero 82]
Diriangén awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0]
Round 15 [May 21 - postponed from May 11 due to transportation strike]
Real Estelí 2-0 Masatepe
[Samuel Wilson 19, 65]
San Marcos 3-3 Bluefields
[Alfredo Batista 13, Alejandro Mejía 73, Hamilton West 80;
Félix Rodríguez 9, Cliford Wilson 39, 61]
Real Madriz 0-0 Diriangén
América 0-5 Ocotal
[Darwin Ramírez 16, 64, 89, Julio Molina 44, Jonathan Chavarría 48]
Jalapa awd Walter Ferretti [awarded 0-3]
Round 16 [May 25]
Bluefields 1-1 Walter Ferretti
[Clifford Wilson 25; Juan Barreda 81]
Diriangén 1-1 Real Estelí
[Jorge Portocarrero 43; Samuel Wilson 28]
Masatepe 1-2 América
[Nicolas Nelson 18; Mario Ruiz 9, Leslie Caldera 34]
Ocotal 5-0 San Marcos
[Julio Cesar Molina 4, 60, Howald Mejia 27, Mario García 70,
Darwin Ramirez 80]
Real Madríz awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0]
Round 17 [Jun 1]
Walter Ferretti 2-1 Ocotal
[Matias Sacco 24, Kevin Arguello 91; Julio Cesar Molina 68]
América 1-2 Diriangén
[Jorge Martinez 83; David Solorzano 14, Jorge Portocarrero 35]
San Marcos 3-1 Masatepe
[Alejandro Mejia 46, Hamilton West 60, Yervin Reyes 78;
Nathanael Munguia 15]
Real Estelí 2-0 Real Madríz
[Carlos Idiaquez 14og, Elmer Mejia 83]
Bluefields awd Jalapa [awarded 3-0]
Round 18 [Jun 8]
Masatepe 1-0 Walter Ferretti
[Germán Umaña 66]
Diriangén 3-1 San Marcos
[Roberto Chanampe 51, Ismael Reyes 88, David Solórzano 90+;
Alfredo Batista 24]
Real Madriz 2-1 América
[Miguel Angel Sánchez 11, 36; Jorge Martínez 26]
Ocotal awd Bluefields [awarded 3-0, Bluefields dns]
Jalapa awd Real Estelí [awarded 0-3]
Final Table:
1.Diriangén FC (Diriamba) 18 11 6 1 30-10 39 Qualified
2.Deportivo Ocotal 18 12 2 4 43-12 38 Qualified
3.Deportivo Walter Ferretti (Managua) 18 11 3 4 34-13 36 Qualified
4.Real Estelí FC (Estelí) 18 10 3 5 37-13 33 Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5.Real Madriz FC (Somoto) 18 6 5 7 16-27 23
6.Deportivo Masatepe (Masaya) 18 6 3 9 23-24 21
7.Deportivo Bluefields (Bluefields) 18 5 6 7 26-33 21
8.América (Managua) 18 6 2 10 19-36 20
9.San Marcos (San Marcos) 18 4 5 9 21-39 17
-.Deportivo Jalapa (Jalapa) 18 0 3 15 7-49 3 [*]
[*] Jalapa excluded and relegated for failing to show on 3 occasions;
their remaining matches are awarded 0-3 against them
Semifinals
First Legs [Jun 15]
Real Estelí 3-0 Diriangén
[Ricardo Vega 3, David Martinez 45, Elmer Mejia 47]
Walter Ferretti 1-0 Ocotal
[César Salandia 60]
Second Legs [Jun 22]
Diriangén 3-2 Real Estelí
[Erick Gutierrez 43, Donald Rodriguez 65, Jorge Portocarrero 80;
Hugo Silva 38, Elmer Mejia 78]
Ocotal 1-1 Walter Ferretti
[Darwin Ramirez 85; Mario Gaston 28pen]
Final
First Leg [Jun 29, Estelí]
Real Estelí 0-0 Walter Ferretti
Second Leg [Jul 6, Managua]
Walter Ferretti 0-1 Real Estelí [aet]
[Elmer Mejia 115]
NB: Real Estelí Clausura 2008 winners
As winners of both Apertura and Clausura, Real Estelí are champions 2007/08
Playoff for Second Place
First Leg [Jul 13]
Walter Ferretti 5-1 Diriangén
[Mario Gastón 48pen, Alberto Castro (og) 2-1, Kevin Arguello 3-1,
César Salandia 69, Freddy Villareyna 5-1; Keneth Vanegas 42]
Second Leg [Jul 20]
Diriangén 1-1 Walter Ferretti
[Remy Vanegas 59;Freddy Villarreyna 5]
NB: Walter Ferrettiofficial runners-up 2007/08
Aggregate Table:
1.Real Estelí FC (Estelí) 36 24 6 6 88-32 78
2.Diriangén FC (Diriamba) 36 21 13 2 66-29 76
3.Deportivo Walter Ferretti (Managua) 36 20 9 7 69-35 69
4.Deportivo Bluefields (Bluefields) 36 13 11 12 60-57 50
5.Deportivo Ocotal 36 13 8 15 55-52 47
6.Real Madriz FC (Somoto) 36 13 8 15 44-57 47
7.Deportivo Masatepe (Masaya) 36 13 6 17 44-46 45
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8.San Marcos (San Marcos) 36 9 11 16 44-75 38 Relegation Playoff
9.América (Managua) 36 10 4 22 39-65 34 Relegation Playoff
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10.Deportivo Jalapa (Jalapa) 36 3 6 27 28-89 15 Relegated
Promoted as 2nd division champions: VCP Chinandega
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
First Legs [Jul 6]
Xilotepelt 0-0 América
Managua FC 0-1 San Marcos
[Ramón Morales 13]
Second Legs [Jul 13]
América 0-1 Xilotepelt
[Medardo Martinez 6]
San Marcos 2-3 Managua FC
[José Morales 33, Alfredo Batista 76; Gerson Debbe 45,
Carlos Zambrano 67, José Carballo 87]
NB: Xilotepelt and Managua FC (on away goals) promoted, América and
San Marcos relegated
Xilotepelt were first promoted to the first division in 1981; they
were relegated in 1988, promoted in 1989 and relegated again in 1990.
Second Level 2007/08
Regular Stage
Round 1 [Aug 19]
Grupo A
Managua FC 0-0 Max Juventus
Dep. Miller 2-1 UNAN-Managua
Chinandega FC 1-1 Atlético León
[protest Chinandega against supposedly ineligible player
David Moritz of León initially upheld, rejected on appeal,
and apparently later upheld again]
Grupo B
Villa Austria 0-4 VCP Chinandega
Lazio 2-2 Dep. Granada
Matagalpa 0-0 Xilotepelt
Round 2 [Aug 26]
Grupo A
Atlético León drw Managua FC
UNAN-Managua drw Chinandega FC
Max Juventus lt Dep. Miller
Grupo B
VCP Chinandega bt Lazio [2-0?]
Xilotepelt - Villa Austria
Dep. Granada - Matagalpa
Round 3 [Sep 2]
Grupo A
Managua FC 2-2 UNAN-Managua
Max Juventus bt Atlético León
Dep. Miller drw Chinandega FC
Grupo B
Dep. Granada 0-0 VCP Chinandega
Matagalpa - Villa Austria
Lazio - Xilotepelt
Round 4 [Sep 9]
Grupo A
Chinandega FC lt Managua FC
UNAN-Managua bt Max Juventus
Atlético León drw Dep. Miller
Grupo B
Villa Austria - Lazio
Xilotepelt - Dep. Granada
VCP Chinandega drw Matagalpa
Round 5 [Sep 16]
Grupo A
Managua FC 7-1 Dep. Miller
Chinandega FC 2-1 Max Juventus
Atlético León 4-1 UNAN-Managua
Grupo B
Xilotepelt 1-1 VCP Chinandega
Lazio 0-1 Matagalpa
Dep. Granada 2-3 Villa Austria
Round 6 [Sep 23]
Grupo A
Max Juventus lt Managua FC
UNAN-Managua lt Dep. Miller
Atlético León lt Chinandega FC
Grupo B
VCP Chinandega - Villa Austria
Dep. Granada - Lazio
Xilotepelt - Matagalpa
Round 7 [Sep 30]
Grupo A
Managua FC 2-1 Atlético León
Chinandega FC 2-4 UNAN-Managua
Dep. Miller 0-1 Max Juventus
Grupo B
Lazio 0-5 VCP Chinandega
Villa Austria 0-4 Xilotepelt
Matagalpa 1-0 Dep. Granada
Round 8 [Oct 7]
Grupo A
Atlético León lt Max Juventus
UNAN-Managua lt Managua FC
Chinandega FC bt Dep. Miller
Grupo B
Villa Austria - Matagalpa
VCP Chinandega - Dep. Granada
Xilotepelt - Lazio
Round 9
Grupo A
[Oct 14]
Managua FC 1-1 Chinandega FC
[Oct 28]
Max Juventus 2-0 UNAN-Managua
Atlético León 1-2 Dep. Miller
Grupo B
[Oct 14]
Dep. Granada 3-2 Xilotepelt
[Oct 28]
VCP Chinandega 5-0 Matagalpa
Lazio 3-1 Villa Austria
Round 10
Grupo A
[Oct 21]
Dep. Miller 1-2 Managua FC
UNAN-Managua 2-1 Atlético León
[Nov 4]
Max Juventus lt Chinandega FC
Grupo B
[Oct 21]
Villa Austria 3-1 Dep. Granada
[Nov 4]
VCP Chinandega 1-1 Xilotepelt
Matagalpa - Lazio
Tables (Oct 29):
Grupo A
1.Managua FC 10 6 4 0 - 22 [aka Alcaldía de Managua]
2.Chinandega FC 10 5 3 2 13- 18
3.Deportivo Miller (Somoto) 10 4 2 4 - 14
4.Max Juventus (San Marcos) 10 4 1 5 - 13
5.UNAN-Managua 10 3 2 5 - 11
6.Atlético León 10 1 2 7 - 5
Grupo B
1.VCP Chinandega 10 6 4 0 26- 3 22
2.Xilotepelt (Jinotepe) 10 4 5 1 - 17
3.Matagalpa 9 3 4 2 - 13
4.Lazio (Chinandega) 9 2 3 4 - 9
5.Deportivo Granada 10 1 5 4 - 8
6.Villa Austria (Managua) 10 2 1 7 - 7
NB: Granada FC, Real Segovia (Ocotal) and Rivas FC declined to enter
Semifinals
First Legs [Nov 11]
Chinandega FC 2-2 VCP Chinandega
Xilotepelt 1-2 Managua FC
Second Legs [Nov 18]
VCP Chinandega 3-0 Chinandega FC
Managua FC 1-1 Xilotepelt
Final
First Leg [Nov 25]
Managua FC 0-0 VCP Chinandega
Second Leg [Dec 2]
VCP Chinandega 2-0 Managua FC
NB: VCP Chinandega winners Apertura 2007; will play off against winners
Clausura 2008 for second level championship 2007/08
Clausura 2008
Round 1 [Feb 17]
Grupo A
Managua FC 3-2 Max Juventus
Dep. Miller awd UNAN-Managua [awarded 0-3, Miller dns]
Chinandega FC 2-3 Atlético León
Grupo B
Villa Austria 0-6 VCP Chinandega
Lazio 1-3 Dep. Granada
Matagalpa 2-1 Xilotepelt
Round 2 [Feb 24]
Grupo A
Atlético León 0-0 Managua FC
UNAN-Managua 5-1 Chinandega FC
Max Juventus 3-3 Dep. Miller
Grupo B
VCP Chinandega 2-0 Lazio
Xilotepelt 1-1 Villa Austria
Dep. Granada 1-0 Matagalpa
Round 3 [Mar 2]
Grupo A
Managua FC 0-1 UNAN-Managua
Max Juventus 2-0 Atlético León
Dep. Miller 2-0 Chinandega FC
Grupo B
Dep. Granada 1-2 VCP Chinandega
Matagalpa 5-0 Villa Austria
Lazio 2-3 Xilotepelt
Round 4 [Mar 9]
Grupo A
UNAN-Managua ppd Max Juventus
Chinandega FC 1-2 Managua FC
Dep. Miller 0-3 Atlético León
Grupo B
Matagalpa 1-1 VCP Chinandega
Xilotepelt 1-1 Dep. Granada
Villa Austria awd Lazio [awarded 3-0, Lazio dns]
Round 5 [Mar 16]
Grupo A
Managua FC - Dep. Miller
Chinandega FC - Max Juventus
Atlético León - UNAN-Managua
Grupo B
Xilotepelt abd VCP Chinandega [abandoned at 0-1 in 88' due
Lazio - Matagalpa to fight between players]
Dep. Granada - Villa Austria
Tables:
Grupo A
1.UNAN-Managua 3 3 0 0 9- 1 9
2.Atlético León 4 2 1 1 6- 4 7
3.Managua FC 4 2 1 1 5- 4 7 [aka Alcaldía de Managua]
4.Max Juventus (San Marcos) 3 1 1 1 7- 6 4
5.Deportivo Miller (Somoto) 4 1 1 2 5- 9 4
6.Chinandega FC 4 0 0 4 4-12 0
Grupo B
1.VCP Chinandega 4 3 1 0 11- 2 10
2.Matagalpa 4 2 1 1 8- 3 7
3.Deportivo Granada 4 2 1 1 6- 4 7
4.Xilotepelt (Jinotepe) 4 1 2 1 6- 6 5
5.Villa Austria (Managua) 4 1 1 2 4-12 4
6.Lazio (Chinandega) 4 0 0 4 3-11 0
Round 7 [Apr 6]
Grupo A
Chinandega FC 1-2 UNAN-Managua
Managua FC - Atlético León
Dep. Miller - Max Juventus
Grupo B
Lazio - VCP Chinandega
Villa Austria - Xilotepelt
Matagalpa - Dep. Granada
UBAN lead group A with 18 points, 9 points clear
Round 8 [Apr 13]
Grupo A
UNAN-Managua - Managua FC
Atlético León - Max Juventus
Chinandega FC - Dep. Miller
Grupo B
VCP Chinandega - Dep. Granada
Villa Austria - Matagalpa
Xilotepelt - Lazio
Grupo B
1.VCP Chinandega 19
2.Xilotepelt (Jinotepe) 15
3.Matagalpa 14
Round 9 [Apr 20]
Grupo A
Max Juventus - UNAN-Managua
Managua FC - Chinandega FC
Atlético León - Dep. Miller
Grupo B
VCP Chinandega - Matagalpa
Dep. Granada 0-3 Xilotepelt
Lazio - Villa Austria
Round 10 [May 4]
UNAN-Managua 1-0 Atlético León
Semifinals
First Legs [May 25]
Managua FC 1-3 VCP Chinandega
UNAN-Managua 0-1 Xilotepelt
Second Legs [Jun 1]
VCP Chinandega 5-2 Managua FC
Xilotepelt 4-1 UNAN-Managua
Final
First Leg [Jun 8, Estadio Pedro Selva, Jinotepe]
Xilotepelt 2-1 VCP Chinandega
[Carlos Suazo 46, Roberto Vanegas 78; Adrián Morales 33]
Second Leg [Jun 15, Estadio Efrain Tijerino, Chinandega]
VCP Chinandega 3-1 Xilotepelt
[Justo Berrios 10, Jorge Reyes 30, 35; Medardo Martinez 63]
NB: VCP Chinandega winners Clausura 2008
NB: as winners of both Apertura and Clausura, VCP Chinandega are second
level champions and promoted.
Managua FC (Apertura runners-up) and Xilotepelt (Clausura runners-up)
enter promotion/relegation playoff against teams finishing 8th and 9th
at top level (San Marcos and América)
Second Place Playoff
First Leg [Jun 22]
Xilotepelt 1-0 Managua FC
[Rafael Baquedano 74]
Second Leg [Jun 29]
Managua FC 0-2 Xilotepelt
[Rafael Baquedano 66, Félix García 86]
NB: Xilotepelt are runners-up, Managua FC third
Promotion/Relegation Playoffs
First Legs [Jul 6]
Xilotepelt 0-0 América
Managua FC 0-1 San Marcos
[Ramón Morales 13]
Second Legs [Jul 13]
América 0-1 Xilotepelt
[Medardo Martinez 6]
San Marcos 2-3 Managua FC
[José Morales 33, Alfredo Batista 76; Gerson Debbe 45,
Carlos Zambrano 67, José Carballo 87]
NB: Xilotepelt and Managua FC (on away goals) promoted, América and
San Marcos relegated
Xilotepelt were first promoted to the first division in 1981; they
were relegated in 1988, promoted in 1989 and relegated again in 1990.
Third Level 2007/08
XVI Campeonato Nacional de Futbol de Tercera División 2007/08
Apertura
Grupo A
UNAN-Managua
Deportivo Villa Cuba
Lubricantes SRS
Atlético Oriente (Masaya)
Atlético Granada
Deportivo Segal Masaya
América Junior
Inatec
Furia Santa FC
Grupo B
Tipitapa FC
Real Masaya
CS Municipal
Real Xolotlán
Managua Junior
Águilas FC
AC-Granada
GMG
FC Lifurt Tipitapa
Final
First Leg [Mar 9]
Atl. Granada 0-2 Atl. de Oriente
Second Leg [Mar 16, Colegio Salesiano de Masaya]
Atl. de Oriente 4-1 Atl. Granada
[Oliver Rodríguez 7, 26, Giovanni Vivas 22, Carlos González 74;
Kevin Keuffmann]
Atlético de Oriente Apertura champions and promoted to Segunda División
Thanks to Hans Schöggl
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