List of Nicaraguan football champions
The Nicaraguan Football Champion is the winner of the Nicaragua National Football Championship Currently, there are two champions each calendar year with one champion for the Apertura season and one for the Clausura season.
List of champions year by year
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Alas Managua | TBD |
| 1934 | Club Atletico Managua | TBD |
| 1935−1938 | No Championship was played | None |
| 1939 | Lido | TBD |
| 1940 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1941 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1942 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1943 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1944 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1945 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1946 | Ferrocarril | TBD |
| 1947 | Colegio C-A | TBD |
| 1948 | Ferrocarril | Diriangén FC |
| 1949 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1950 | Aduana | TBD |
| 1951 | Aduana | TBD |
| 1952 | No Championship was played | none |
| 1953 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1954 | La Salle | TBD |
| 1955 | Aduana | TBD |
| 1956 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1957 | No Championship was played | none |
| 1958 | Club Atletico Managua | TBD |
| 1959 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1960 | La Nica | TBD |
| 1961 | Deportivo Santa Cecilia | TBD |
| 1962−1964 | No Championship was played | none |
| 1965 | Deportivo Santa Cecilia | TBD |
| 1966 | Flor de Caña FC | TBD |
| 1967 | Flor de Caña FC | TBD |
| 1968 | Universidad Centroamericana | TBD |
| 1969 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1970 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1971 | Deportivo Santa Cecilia | TBD |
| 1972 | Deportivo Santa Cecilia | TBD |
| 1973 | Deportivo Santa Cecilia | TBD |
| 1974 | Diriangén FC | TBD |
| 1975 | Universidad Centroamericana | TBD |
| 1976 | Universidad Centroamericana | TBD |
| 1977 | Universidad Centroamericana | TBD |
| 1978−1979 | No Championship was played | none |
Champions
Teams in bold are currently participating in Primera División de Nicaragua.
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diriangén | 33 | 9 | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994−95, 1995−96, 1996−97, 1999−2000, 2004 Apertura, 2005 Clausura, 2005−06, Clausura 2018, 2021 Clausura, 2021 Apertura, Clausura 2022, 2023 Apertura, Clausura 2024, Apertura 2024 |
| Real Estelí | 21 | 10 | 1991, 1998−99, 2002−03, 2003 Apertura, 2004 Clausura, 2006−07, 2007−08, 2008−09, 2009−10, 2010−11, 2011−12, 2012−13, 2013−14, 2015−16, 2016−17, 2019 Clausura, 2019 Apertura, 2020 Clausura, 2020 Apertura, 2022 Apertura, 2023 Clausura |
| Deportivo Santa Cecilia | 5 | − | 1961, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1973 |
| Walter Ferretti | 4 | 13 | 1997−98, 2000−01, 2014−15, 2017 Apertura |
| UCA | 4 | − | 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977 |
| América Managua | 3 | 3 | 1985, 1988, 1990 |
| Aduana | 3 | − | 1950, 1951, 1955 |
| Ferrocarril | 2 | − | 1946, 1948 |
| Flor de Caña | 2 | − | 1966, 1967 |
| Deportivo Masaya | 2 | 1 | 1984, 1986 |
| Juventus Managua | 2 | 2 | 1993, 1994 |
| Atlético | 2 | − | 1934, 1958 |
| Managua | 2 | 4 | 2018 Apertura, Clausura 2025 |
| Deportivo Jalapa | 1 | 1 | 2001−02 |
| Búfalos | 1 | − | 1980 |
| La Nica | 1 | − | 1960 |
| Alas | 1 | − | 1933 |
| Lido | 1 | − | 1939 |
| Colegio Centroamérica | 1 | − | 1947 |
| UNAN Managua | 1 | − | 2015 Apertura |