2025 Liga Nacional de Cuba
Football league season
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The 2025 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba was the 108th season of the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba, the top division football competition in Cuba. Both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments were won by FC La Habana, the first time they've won the league in 24 years.[1] The tournament was temporality delayed during the Clausura due to Hurricane Melissa going through the island.[2][3]
| Season | 2025 |
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| Dates | 6 March 2025 – 13 December 2025 |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Teams | 16 |
| Champions | FC La Habana |
| Runner up | Santiago de Cuba |
| Matches | 110 |
| Goals | 197 (1.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Randy Valier (14 goals) |
| Biggest home win | La Habana 8-2 Las Tunas December 10, 2025 |
| Biggest away win | Granma 0-6 Guantanamo June 14, 2025 |
| Highest scoring | La Habana 8-2 Las Tunas December 10, 2025 |
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Apertura
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Group A
Group B
Group C
Group DThis season, 4 groups, A, B, C, and D, were created, with 4 teams in each group, where each team in each group played each other 4 times, for a total of 12 games (unless there was game cancellation), with the first round starting on Saturday, March 8.[4]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | La Habana | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 24 | Advance to Clausura |
| 2 | Artemisa | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 16 | Advance to Clausura Qualifiers |
| 3 | Isla de La Juventud | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 11 | |
| 4 | Pinar del Río | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 9 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cienfuegos | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 22 | Advance to Clausura |
| 2 | Villa Clara | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 22 | Advance to Clausura Qualifiers |
| 3 | Matanzas | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 12 | |
| 4 | Mayabeque | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 9 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Tunas | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 22 | Advance to Clausura |
| 2 | Ciego de Ávila | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Advance to Clausura Qualifiers |
| 3 | Camagüey | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 17 | |
| 4 | Sancti Spíritus | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 9 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guantánamo | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 27 | Advance to Clausura |
| 2 | Santiago de Cuba | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 15 | Advance to Clausura Qualifiers |
| 3 | Holguín | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 13 | |
| 4 | Granma | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 8 |
Apertura Final
| FC Guantánamo | 0–1 | FC La Habana |
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Clausura Qualifiers
| FC Artemisa | 2–3 | FC Villa Clara |
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| FC Villa Clara | 1–1 | FC Artemisa |
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FC Villa Clara won 4–3 on aggregate.
| FC Santiago de Cuba | 1–1 | FC Ciego de Ávila |
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| FC Ciego de Ávila | 1–1 | FC Santiago de Cuba |
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| Penalties | ||
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2–2 on aggregate; FC Santiago de Cuba won 7–6 on penalties.
Clausura
The first 2 matches of each team were placed at FC Santiago de Cuba's José Pepe del Cabo Stadium, in Santiago de Cuba, with the last 3 games of the Clausura being played at the La Polar Stadium in Cerro, Havana, the home stadium of FC La Habana, starting between 8:30 AM-3:00 PM.[2] After the first round in Santiago de Cuba was played, the clausura temporality shut down due to Hurricane Melissa in the area.[5] The tournament ended with the top scorer of the clasura, and the whole Campeonato Nacional, being 31-year old Randy Valier of FC Guantánamo scoring 4 goals in the Clausura, and 14 total in the 2025 Campeonato Nacional.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | La Habana (C) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | Advance to the Final |
| 2 | Santiago de Cuba | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 10 | |
| 3 | Guantánamo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | Advance to the 3rd Place Round |
| 4 | Villa Clara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | |
| 5 | Cienfuegos | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | |
| 6 | Las Tunas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 3 |
Final
| FC La Habana | 2–1 | FC Santiago de Cuba |
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Season statistics
Top goal scorers
| Rank | Player | Apertura Goals | Clausura Goals | Total Goals | Club |
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| 1 | Randy Valier |
10[6][7] | 4[8][9][10] | 14 | Guantanamo |
| 2 | Keyler James |
7[11] | 0 | 7 | Camaguey |
| Reinier Cerdeira |
6[12] | 1[13] | 7 | Cienfuegos | |
| 4 | Kelvin Castañeda |
5[14] | 1[13] | 6 | Matanzas / Villa Clara |
| Darío Pons |
4[15][6][12][16] | 2[5] | 6 | Las Tunas | |
| José Luis Rodríguez |
4[17][18][19] | 2[20] | 6 | La Habana | |
| Brian Romero |
4[21] | 2[20] | 6 | La Habana | |
| Yoandir Puga |
2 | 4 | 6 | Isla de la Juventud / La Habana | |
| 9 | Dariel Marín |
4[17][19][16][22] | 1[5] | 5 | La Habana |
| Pedro Brayan Ortiz |
3[19][7] | 2[13][5] | 5 | Santiago de Cuba |
Hat-tricks
- Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals
