2025 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba
Season2025
Dates6 March 2025 – 13 December 2025
Country Cuba
Teams16
ChampionsFC La Habana
Runner upSantiago de Cuba
Matches110
Goals197 (1.79 per match)
Top goalscorerRandy Valier
(14 goals)
Biggest home winLa Habana 8-2 Las Tunas December 10, 2025
Biggest away winGranma 0-6 Guantanamo June 14, 2025
Highest scoringLa Habana 8-2 Las Tunas December 10, 2025
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The 2025 Campeonato 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 was 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]

Apertura

Locations of the 2025 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba teams
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

This season, 4 groups, A, B, C, and D, were created, with 4 teams in each group, where each team in each group plays each other 4 times, for a total of 12 games (unless theres game cancellation), with the first round starting Saturday, March 8.[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: SofaScore

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
Source: SofaScore

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
Source: SofaScore

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
Source: SofaScore
July 12th Apertura Final FC Guantánamo 0–1 FC La Habana Guantánamo
Viamontes 55' Stadium: Rogelio Palacios Stadium
Note: [5]

Clausura Qualifiers

July 5 First Leg FC Artemisa 2–3 FC Villa Clara Guanajay
Hernández 51'
Ramos 60'		 Report Betancourt pen.'
Hurtado 72'
Molina 74'		 Stadium: Guanajay Stadium
Note: [5]
July 6 First Leg FC Santiago de Cuba 1–1 FC Ciego de Ávila Santiago de Cuba
Jacas 45+1' Report Marrero 47' Stadium: Antonio Maceo Stadium
Note: [5]
July 9 Second Leg FC Villa Clara 1–1
(4–3 agg.)		 FC Artemisa Zulueta
Águila 15' Report Hernández 5' Stadium: Camilo Cienfuegos Stadium
Note: [5]
July 9 Second Leg FC Ciego de Ávila 1–1
(2–2 agg.)
(6–7 p)		 FC Santiago de Cuba Morón
Marrero 30' Report Martinez 90+4' Stadium: Sergio Alonso Grandal Stadium
Note: [5]

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.[6] 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
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
Source: SofaScore
(C) Champions

Final

December 14 Finals FC La Habana 2–1 FC Santiago de Cuba Havana
  • Iglesias 62'
  • Reinoso 86'
Stadium: La Polar Stadium
Referee: Adrián Lage
Note: [7] Full game: 1st Half 2nd Half

3rd Place Round

December 14 Finals FC Guantánamo 0–0
(3–2 p)		 FC Villa Clara Havana
Stadium: La Polar Stadium
Note: [7]

Season statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank Player Apertura Goals Clausura Goals Total Goals Club
1 Randy Valier 10[8][9] 4[10][11][12] 14 Guantanamo
2 Keyler James 7[13] 0 7 Camaguey
Reinier Cerdeira 6[14] 1[15] 7 Cienfuegos
4 Kelvin Castañeda 5[16] 1[15] 6 Matanzas / Villa Clara
Darío Pons 4[17][8][14][18] 2[6] 6 Las Tunas
José Luis Rodríguez 4[19][20][21] 2[22] 6 La Habana
Brian Romero 4[23] 2[22] 6 La Habana
8 Dariel Marín 4[19][21][18][24] 1[6] 5 La Habana
Pedro Brayan Ortiz 3[21][9] 2[15][6] 5 Santiago de Cuba

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Tournament
Kelvin Castañeda4 Matanzas Mayabeque 4–1 (–)[19] 8 March Apertura
Reinier Cerdeira Cienfuegos Matanzas 3–2 (A)[21] 15 March Apertura
Randy Valier Guantanamo Holguín 3–2 (A)[8] 18 May Apertura
Brian Romero4 La Habana Artemisa 5–1 (H)[23] 28 May Apertura
Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals

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