The 2023–24 Liga Primera de Nicaragua football season was to be divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The season will determine the 81st and 82nd champions in the history of the Liga Primera de Nicaragua, the top division of football in Nicaragua. The Apertura tournament is to be played in the second half of 2023, while the Clausura is to be played in the first half of 2024.
Teams
Team information
A total of ten teams contested the league, including nine sides from the 2022–23 Primera División, and one side from the 2022–23 Segunda División.
Juventus Managua finished last in the aggregate table and were relegated to the Segunda División. The champions from the Segunda División, FC San Francisco Masachapa, were promoted in their place.
The 9th place team in the aggregate table, UNAN Managua, faced the second-place team from the Segunda División, Chinandega FC, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera División. UNAN Managua won 14–3 over two legs, meaning UNAN Managua remained in the Primera División.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Segunda División as of June, 2023.
Champions: FC San Francisco Masachapa
Relegated to Segunda División as of June, 2023.
Last Place: Juventus Managua
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
During the Apertura season
Between the Apertura and Clausura season
Clausura seasons
Apertura 2023
Clausura 2024
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in the 2023–24 season. The following players:
Have played at least one game for the respective club. Have not been capped for the Nicaragua national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released, and it is before the closing of the season transfer window.
ART Jalapa
Neider SanJuan
Rolando Abreu
Felix Alejandro Rodriguez
Maykel Reyes
José Bernardo Laureiro
Diriangén
Carlos Tórres
Leonel Buter
Matias Galvaliz
Tomas Alvarez
Alfonso Quesada
Renzo Carballo
CS Sebaco
Miguel Pucharella
Jose Armelo
Brayan Zúñiga
David Castrillon
Ronald Granja
Managua
Gabriel Junior
Gabriel Vidal
Gyan Araujo
Lucas Dos Santos
Luis Ibarra
Masachapa FC
Marlon Ibarguen
Nester Carabali
Paul Barbosa
Matagalpa FC
Matias Vernon
Juan Murillo
Kevin castro
Rodolfo Forbes
Luis Vanegas
Ocotal
Cristano Fernandez
Yubeiquer Arenas
Jhesuad Salamanca
Juan Carvajal
Erick Rizo
John Rivas
Real Estelí
Abel Mendez
Fabián Monserrat
Ewerton da Silva
Arley Bonilla
Leyvin Balanta
UNAM Managua
Pedro Dos Santos
Hans Mina
John Mena
Dario Ramos
Eugenio Palmero
Walter Ferretti
Leandro Soares
Ariel Torregrosa
Francisco Ramos
Yeison Mosquera
Cesar Vente Contención
(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)