Nicaragua - List of Champions

The federation was formed in 1931, the first championship held in 1933, although a league played in Managua is already mentioned for 1926.
1933    Alas
1934    Club Atlético
1935-38   not played
1939    Lido
1940    Diriangén
1941    Diriangén
1942    Diriangén
1943    Diriangén
1944    Diriangén
1945    Diriangén
1946    Ferrocarril
1947    Colegio C-A
1948    Ferrocarril          w/o Diriangén
1949    Diriangén
1950    Aduana
1951    Aduana
1952      not played (one source lists Aduana also for 1952)
1953    Diriangén
1954    La Salle
1955    Aduana (one source lists La Salle for 1954/55)
1956    Diriangén
1957      not played
1958    Club Atlético
1959    Diriangén
1960    La Nica
1961    Santa Cecilia
1962-64   not played (other sources list Triunfo for 1963/64)
1965    Santa Cecilia
1966    Flor de Caña 
1967    Flor de Caña     
1968    Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)
1969    Diriangén
1970    Diriangén
1971    Santa Cecilia
1972    Santa Cecilia 
1973    Santa Cecilia
1974    Diriangén
1975    Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)
1976    Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)
1977    Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)
1978-79   not played
1980    Bufalos
1981    Diriangén
1982    Diriangén
1983    Diriangén
1984    Masaya
Campeonato Nacional
1985    América              2-1 Diriangén        [1]
1986    Masaya  
1987    Diriangén            2-2 América          [6-5 pen]
1988    América              bt  Diriangén
1989    Diriangén           
1990    América              bt  Walter Ferretti
1991    Real Estelí          1-1 Diriangén        [7-6 pen]  
1992    Diriangén  
1993    Juventus
1994    Juventus
1994/95 Diriangén            bt  Real Estelí
1995/96 Diriangén            1-0 Bautista
1996/97 Diriangén            2-1 Real Estelí
1997/98 Walter Ferretti      1-0 Masachapa
1998/99 Real Estelí          0-0 Diriangén        [3-1 pen]     
1999/00 Diriangén            1-0 Walter Ferretti  [asdet]
2000/01 Walter Ferretti  0-0 0-0 Diriangén        [5-3 pen]
2001/02 Jalapa           1-1 4-0 Walter Ferretti
2002/03 Real Estelí      0-1 3-0 Diriangén
2003 Ap Real Estelí      0-0 1-0 Diriangén  
2004 Cl Real Estelí      1-0 0-0 Diriangén  
2004 Ap Diriangén        0-0 1-0 Real Estelí
2005 Cl Diriangén        1-0 0-1 Parmalat        [aet, 3-2 pen]
2005/06 Diriangén        2-1 0-1 Real Estelí
2006/07 Real Estelí              Real Madriz
2007/08 Real Estelí              Walter Ferretti
2008/09 Real Estelí          [2]
2009/10 Real Estelí      0-0 1-1 Walter Ferretti
2010/11 Real Estelí      1-0 1-2 Walter Ferretti  [aet, 4-2 pen]
2011/12 Real Estelí          [2]
2012/13 Real Estelí          [2]
2013/14 Real Estelí          [2]
2014/15 Walter Ferretti  1-0 1-1 Real Estelí      
2015/16 Real Estelí      2-0 1-1 UNAN Managua
2016/17 Real Estelí          [2]
2017 Ap Walter Ferretti  1-1 0-0 Managua FC
2018 Cl Diriangén        2-1 1-1 Real Estelí
2018 Ap Managua FC       0-0 1-0 Real Estelí
2019 Cl Real Estelí      3-3 0-0 Managua FC 
2019 Ap Real Estelí      0-1 2-0 Managua FC       [aet]
2020 Cl Real Estelí      1-1 3-1 Managua FC  
2020 Ap Real Estelí      0-0 1-0 Diriangén 
2021 Cl Diriangén        2-0 1-1 Managua FC 
2021 Ap Diriangén        1-0 0-0 Real Estelí 
2022 Cl Diriangén        2-0 0-2 Walter Ferretti  [aet, 4-2 pen]
2022 Ap Real Estelí      3-2 1-2 Walter Ferretti  [aet, 4-3 pen]
2023 Cl Real Estelí      0-0 3-0 Diriangén 
2023 Ap Diriangén        1-0 1-1 Real Estelí      [aet]
2024 Cl Diriangén        1-2 2-0 Real Estelí  
2024 Ap Diriangén        1-1 3-2 Real Estelí
2025 Cl Managua FC       2-0 1-1 Real Estelí

NB: only for the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons and since 2017/18 two championships
    were awarded.

[1] América had been promoted in 1984; this was the only time
    a newly promoted team won the league in Nicaragua; América were first
    promoted to the top flight in 1973, relegated in 1982, promoted back in
    1984, and champions in 1985, 1988 and 1990.

[2] Real Estelí won title by winning both Apertura and Clausura.

Number of Titles (92; between brackets wins of "Campeonato Nacional" (51))

 33 (17) FC Diriangén (Diriamba) [other sources only count one title for 2004/05]

 21 (21) FC Real Estelí [other sources only count one title for 2003/04]

  5      Santa Cecilia

  4      Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) (Managua)
  4 ( 4) Deportivo Walter Ferretti (Managua)

  3      Aduana (Managua)
  3 ( 3) América (Managua)

  2      Club Atlético (Managua)
  2      Ferrocarril
  2      Flor de Caña
  2 ( 2) FC Juventus (Managua)
  2 ( 2) Managua FC
  2 ( 1) Deportivo Masaya

  1      Alas (Managua)
  1      Bufalos (Rivas)
  1      Colegio C-A (Centroamericano?)
  1 ( 1) Jalapa
  1      La Salle
  1      La Nica
  1      Lido
About this document

Thanks to Francisco Hernández
Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 26 May 2025