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Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba

The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol de Cuba is the top football division in Cuba. Currently, it is contested by 16 clubs and is divided into two tournaments – "Apertura" and "Clausura", with the last being the championship tournament. The champion of each tournament, decided via a playoff match ("Final"), are qualified to Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba. The league currently has a fixed membership with each club being a representative of a Cuban province, which makes it one of the football leagues that does not have a promotion and relegation process.

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba
Organising bodyAsociación de Fútbol de Cuba
Founded1912; 112 years ago (1912)
First season1912
CountryCuba
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba
International cup(s)CONCACAF Caribbean Shield
Current championsCienfuegos
(2023)
Most championshipsVilla Clara (14)
Top goalscorerSerguei Prado (126 goals)
TV partnersGolCuba (YouTube)
Current: 2024 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba

Competition format

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Torneo Apertura

In "Torneo Apertura", the 16 clubs are geographically divided into the "Grupo Occidental" and "Grupo Oriental", with 8 clubs each, and playing against its clubs' group on a double round-robin basis a total of 14 games. The top three clubs of each group will advance to the "Torneo Clausura", and with the winners of each group also playing a final match ("Torneo Apertura Final").

Torneo Clausura and Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol de Cuba

In "Torneo Clausura", the 6 qualified clubs playing against each others on a double round-robin basis a total of 10 games. The top two clubs will play a final match ("Torneo Clausura Final") that also will crown the "Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol de Cuba" champion.

Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba qualification

The "Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Fútbol de Cuba" champion/"Torneo Clausura" winner and "Torneo Apertura" winner are qualified to "Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba", a super cup match that will crown the "Supercopa Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba" champion.

Clubs

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2024 season

Source: [1]

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Locations of the 2018 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba teams
Grupo Occidental
Grupo Oriental

Previous winners

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There have been 100 titles won with three years not having a championship. The winner of the greatest number of titles is FC Villa Clara with 14 wins. Centro Gallego (La Habana) and Real Iberia (La Habana) (including Iberia) each have eight wins, Juventud Asturiana (La Habana) and FC Pinar del Río each have seven wins, FC Ciudad de La Habana (without La Habana/La Habana FC) and Deportivo San Francisco each have six wins, FC Ciego de Ávila, Granjeros and Deportivo Hispano América (La Habana) each have five wins, FC Cienfuegos, Industriales (La Habana), and FC La Habana (including La Habana FC) each have four wins, Santiago de Cuba and Mordazo has three wins, Azucareros, Deportivo Puentes Grandes, and Rovers AC (La Habana) each have two wins, and FC Artemisa, FC Camagüey, Casino Español, Cerro (La Habana), Deportivo Español (Santiago de Cuba), Diablos Rojos (Santiago de Cuba), Fortuna, CD Hatüey (La Habana), FC Holguín, and Olimpia each have only one win.[2]

Performance by club

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Club City Titles Last title
FC Villa Clara Villa Clara 14 2016
Club Deportivo Centro Gallego La Habana 8 1947
Iberia/Real Iberia La Habana 8 1934
Juventud Asturiana La Habana 7 1948
FC Pinar del Río Pinar del Río 7 2006
FC Ciudad de La Habana La Habana 6 2000
Deportivo San Francisco La Habana 6 1957
FC Cienfuegos Cienfuegos 5 2023
FC Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila 5 2014
Granjeros Camagüey 5 1977
Hispano América La Habana 5 1950
Industriales La Habana 4 1973
La Habana/La Habana FC La Habana 4 1967
Deportivo Mordazo La Habana 3 1961
Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba 3 2019
Azucareros Las Villas 2 1976
Deportivo Puentes Grandes La Habana 2 1943
Rovers AC La Habana 2 1914
FC Artemisa Guanajay 1 2022
FC Camagüey Camagüey 1 2015
Casino Español La Habana 1 1956
Cerro La Habana 1 1960
Deportivo Español Santiago de Cuba 1 1930
Diablos Rojos Santiago de Cuba 1 1949
Fortuna La Habana 1 1925
CD Hatüey La Habana 1 1913
FC Holguín Holguín 1 2005
Olimpia La Habana 1 1924

Best scorers

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Source: [3]
Year Best scorers Team Goals
1978–79 Urbano Ankle FC Las Tunas 14
1979   Roberto Maya-Pereira
  Regino Delgado
  Ramón Núñez
Carlos Azcuy		 FC Villa Clara
FC Villa Clara
FC Las Tunas
FC Ciudad de La Habana		 7
1980   Regino Delgado FC Villa Clara 9
1981 Agustín Pérez FC Camagüey 8
1982   Roberto Maya-Pereira
  Dagoberto "El Tibi" Lara		 FC Villa Clara
FC Cienfuegos		 8
1983   Frank Perez Espinosa FC Cienfuegos 9
1984   Andrés Roldan FC Cienfuegos 14
1985   Roberto Maya-Pereira FC Villa Clara 19
1986   Osvaldo Alonso FC Pinar del Río 19
1987   Guillermo Matos FC Cienfuegos 14
1988–89   Frank Perez Espinosa
  Raimundo "Ruso" García		 FC Cienfuegos
FC Pinar del Río		 6
1989–90   Raul Depestre FC Villa Clara 7
1990–91   Camilo Kindelán
  William Sánchez		 FC Ciudad de La Habana
FC Santiago de Cuba		 5
1991–92   Raimundo "Ruso" García FC Pinar del Río 5
1992   Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 8
1993   Reemberto Piedra FC Ciego de Ávila 5
1994   Raimundo "Ruso" García FC Pinar del Río 7
1995   Raimundo "Ruso" García FC Pinar del Río 4
1996   Osmín Hernández FC Pinar del Río 7
1997   Osmín Hernández FC Pinar del Río 5
1998   Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 14
1999–00   Lester Moré FC Ciego de Ávila 13
2000–01   Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 19
2001–02   Ariel Betancourt FC Villa Clara 17
2002–03   Serguei Prado FC Villa Clara 22
2003   Lester Moré FC Ciego de Ávila 32
2004–05   Serguei Prado FC Villa Clara 17
2005–06   Yordanis Tielves FC Matanzas 11
2006–07   Alexei Zuáznabar FC Guantánamo 15
2007–08   Geovanni Ayala FC Las Tunas 22
2008–09 Maykel Celada
  Osmani Montero		 FC Las Tunas
FC Camagüey		 16
2009–10   Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 29
2011   Aliannis Urgellés FC Guantánamo
2012   Roberto Linares FC Villa Clara 12
2013   Yénier Márquez FC Villa Clara 16
2014   Yoandri Puga FC Villa Clara 13
2015   Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 15
2016   Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 16
2017   Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 13
2018   Ruslan Batista CF Granma 11
  Allan Pérez FC Ciego de Avila
2019   Jorge Villalón FC Santiago de Cuba 15
2019-20   Sánder Fernández FC Ciego de Ávila 19
2022   Yasnay Rivero FC Artemisa 21
2023   Cristian Carlos Valiente FC Holguín 12

Multiple hat-tricks

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Rank Country Player Hat-tricks
1   Geovanni Ayala 6
2   Sánder Fernández 5
3   Reinier Alcantara 2
  Disney Aquino
  Lester More
  Hensi Muñoz
  Yoandri Punga
8   Ciprian Alfonso 1
  Ruslan Batista
  Maikel Celada
  Kanier Dranget
  Maykel Galindo
  Andro Martinez
  Osmani Montero
  Eduardo Morales
  Jensy Muñoz
  Yaisniel Napoles
  Ramon Ocaña
  Diosney Pez
  Yordanis Tielves

References

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  1. ^ Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol – FIFA
  2. ^ Schöggl, Hans; Jelínek, Radek (13 June 2013). "Cuba – List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. ^ Cuba – List of Topscorers – RSSSF
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