2012–13 Primera División de Nicaragua

Primera División

Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura: Real Estelí Clausura: Real Estelí
Relegated	Xilotepelt
Champions League	Real Estelí
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Andres Giraldo - 11 goals Clausura: TBD - goals
Biggest home win	Apertura: Diriangén 5 - 1 Chinandega FC Xilotepelt 5-1 Ocotal Clausura: Real Estelí 12 - 0 Xilotepelt
Biggest away win	Clausura: Juventus Managua 0-4 Deportivo Walter Ferretti
Highest scoring	Clausura: Real Estelí 12 - 0 Xilotepelt
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The 2012–13 season in Primera División de Nicaragua was divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and determined the 61st and 62nd champions in the history of the league. It also provided the country's sole berth for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament was played in the second half of 2012, while the Clausura was played in the first half of 2013.

Promotion and Relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Nicaragua.

• Champions: Xilotepelt

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Nicaragua.

• Last place: Real Madriz.

Team Information

Last updated: July 7, 2011

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Chinandega FC	Chinandega	Estadio Efrain Tijerino	8,000
Diriangén	Diriamba	Estadio Cacique Diriangén	7,500
Juventus	Managua	Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua	9,000
Managua F.C.	Managua	Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua	9,000
Ocotal	Ocotal	Estadio Roy Fernandez	3,000
Real Estelí	Estelí	Estadio Independencia	4,800
Walter Ferretti	Managua	Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua	9,000
Xilotepelt	Jinotepe	Estadio Pedro Selva	12,000

Personnel and sponsoring (2012 Apertura)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Chinandega FC	TBA	Alex Cajina	Adidas	None
Diriangén	Tulio López	Francisco Nunez	Joma	Movistar
Juventus		Edward Urroz	None	Intracarga, Grao
Managua F.C.	Napoleón Zeledón	Emilio Aburto		Managua F.C.
Ocotal	Oscar Mendoza	Florentino Colindres		Marlon Anthony
Real Estelí	Fidel Moreno	Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Galaxia	Movistar, Bimbo, Yahoo, La Curaçao
Walter Ferretti	Emilio Rodriguez	Henry ‘Huesito’ Urbina		Policia, Cierro, Banco
Xilotepelt	TBD	Martin Mena	Gerithen	U de M

Managerial Changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Diriangén	Angel Orellana	resigned (due to problems with team economics)	June 8, 2012	Francisco Núñez	June 14, 2012
Deportivo Ocotal	Carlos Walcott	resigned (personal issues)	9 July 2012	Florentino Colindres	13 July 2012
Xilotepelt	Luis "guicho" Díaz	sacked	3 July 2012	Martin Mena	4 July 2012

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Ocotal	Florentino Colindres	resigned (poor performance)	30 July 2012	Sindulios Castellano	1 August 2012
Diriangén	Francisco Núñez	resigned (poor performance)	23 September 2012	Luis Vega	24 September 2012

Apertura

The 2012 Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2012.

Regular season

The regular season began on August 2012. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Esteli	14	7	5	2	22	12	+10	26	Semi Finals Group
2	Managua	14	6	4	4	16	11	+5	22
3	Walter Ferretti	14	6	2	6	15	11	+4	20
4	Juventus Managua	14	5	5	4	13	14	−1	20
5	Diriangén	14	6	1	7	14	16	−2	19
6	Ocotal	14	3	7	4	12	16	−4	16
7	Chinandega	14	4	3	7	16	22	−6	15
8	Xilotepelt	14	4	3	7	12	18	−6	15

Updated to games played on September 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1]	CHI	DIR	JUV	MAN	OCO	RES	WFE	XIL
Chinandega		1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2
Diriangén	5–1		2–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0
Juventus Managua	2–1	0–2		2–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
Managua	2–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	0–2	2–1	3–0
Ocotal	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		0–0	1–1	3–0
Real Esteli	4–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2		1–1	2–0
Walter Ferretti	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	2–1		1–0
Xilotepelt	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	5–1	1–2	1–0

Updated to games played on September 2012.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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
Real Esteli	2	2	6	4	4	5	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	1
Managua	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2
Walter Ferretti	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	5	4	5	4	5	3
Chinandega	7	6	5	5	6	7	6	7	8	8	6	7	6	7
Diriangén	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	5	4	5	3	5	3	5
Juventus Managua	3	4	2	2	1	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4
Xilotepelt	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	6	7	6	7	8
Ocotal	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	8	6	7	8	8	8	6

Last updated: 2012
Source: []

Finals round

The top two finishers in the Semi Finals Group will move on to the Final.

Semi Finals Group

Final

First leg

Second leg

Primera División de Nicaragua 2012 Apertura Champion
Real Estelí 13th Title

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Andres Giraldo	Chinandega FC	11
2	Rudel Calero	Real Esteli F.C.	9
3	Herberth Cabrera	Managua F.C.	7
4	Samuel Wilson	Real Esteli F.C.	7
5	Eulises Pavon	Diriangén FC	6
6	Elmer Mejia	Real Esteli F.C.	6
7	Ricardo Vega	Deportivo Walter Ferretti	5
8	Ronny Colon	Juventus Managua	5

Updated to games played on 14 September 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2012. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
2. 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 have upwards of five foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have four foreign players on the field at one time .

Clausura

The 2013 Clausura was the second tournament of the season.

Personnel and sponsoring (2013 Clausura)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Chinandega FC	TBA	Alex Cajina	Adidas
Diriangén	Tulio López	Carlos Alberto de Toro	Joma	Movistar
Juventus	Edward Urroz	Douglas Urbina	None	UNEM
Managua F.C.	Napoleón Zeledón	Emilio Aburto		Managua F.C.
Ocotal	Oscar Mendoza	Sindulio Castellano	Tecnitasa	Alcadia de Ocotal
Real Estelí	Fidel Moreno	Ramón Otoniel Olivas	Galaxia	Movistar, Bimbo, Yahoo, La Curaçao
Walter Ferretti	Emilio Rodriguez	Henry ‘Huesito’ Urbina	Dejudo	Claro, Albanisa, Flor de Cana,Ramos, Mediotipca
Xilotepelt	TBD	Angel Orellana	TBD	TBD

Managerial Changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Diriangén	Luis Vega	Sacked	October 2012	Carlos Alberto de Toro	November 2012
Xilotepelt	Martin Mena	Sacked	December 2012	Angel Orellana	January 2013

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Deportivo Ocotal	Sindulios Castellano	resigned (poor performance)	Feb 2013	Mario Alfaro	March 2013
Xilotepelt	Angel Orellana	resigned (Personal Reasons)	Feb 2013	TBD	March 2013
Deportivo Walter Ferretti	Henry ‘Huesito’ Urbina	resigned (Personal Reasons)	March 2013	Luis 'Gaucho' Diaz	March 2013

Clausura

The 2013 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on August 2012.

Regular season

The regular season began on 2013. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Diriangén	14	9	4	1	25	10	+15	31	Semi Finals Group
2	Real Esteli	14	8	4	2	33	5	+28	28
3	Walter Ferretti	14	6	4	4	22	13	+9	22
4	Managua	14	5	4	5	18	16	+2	19
5	Ocotal	14	5	4	5	19	21	−2	19
6	Juventus Managua	14	4	2	8	19	27	−8	14
7	Chinandega	14	2	4	8	13	30	−17	10
8	Xilotepelt	14	1	5	8	14	41	−27	8

Updated to games played on 2013.
Source: []
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1]	CHI	DIR	JUV	MAN	OCO	RES	WFE	XIL
Chinandega		2–4	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–3
Diriangén	3–0		2–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	4–1
Juventus Managua	0–1	0–2		1–0	2–3	1–1	0–4	6–1
Managua	6–1	0–0	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2
Ocotal	2–0	0–2	1–2	3–0		0–1	3–2	3–1
Real Esteli	5–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	5–0		1–1	12–0
Walter Ferretti	0–0	0–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–0		2–1
Xilotepelt	0–0	0–0	3–5	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2

Updated to games played on 29 April 2013.
Source: []
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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
Real Esteli	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Managua	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	4
Walter Ferretti	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Chinandega	8	8	8	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7
Diriangén	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Juventus Managua	3	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Xilotepelt	7	6	6	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Ocotal	6	5	5	6	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	5

Last updated: April 29, 2013
Source: []

Finals round

The top two finishers in the Semi Finals Group will move on to the Final.

Semi Finals Group

Final

First leg

Second leg

• The game was called after sixty six minutes of play after Walter Ferretti fan base caused to much disruption to the games with rioting, flares and objects being thrown on the pitch, Real Esetli won the series 6-0 on aggreggate^[1]

Primera División de Nicaragua 2013 Clausura Champion
Real Esteli 14th Title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2012. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
2. 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 have upwards of five foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have four foreign players on the field at one time .

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Esteli	28	15	9	4	55	17	+38	54	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Diriangén	28	15	5	8	39	26	+13	50
3	Walter Ferretti	28	12	6	10	37	24	+13	42
4	Managua	28	11	8	9	34	27	+7	41
5	Ocotal	28	8	11	9	31	37	−6	35
6	Juventus Managua	28	9	7	12	32	41	−9	34
7	Chinandega	28	6	7	15	29	52	−23	25
8	Xilotepelt	28	5	8	15	26	59	−33	23	Relegation playoffs

Updated to games played on September 2012.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. ↑

External links

• http://www.futbolnica.net/
• http://www.soccerway.com/national/nicaragua/1a-division/2011-2012/apertura/
• http://www.lusaco.tk/