2020–21 Liga Primera de Nicaragua

The 2020–21 Liga Primera de Nicaragua season was to be divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The season will determine the 75th and 76th 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 2020, while the Clausura is to be played in the first half of 2021.

Liga Primera de Nicaragua
Season2020–21
ChampionsApertura:
TBD
Clausura:
TBD
RelegatedTBD
CONCACAF LeagueTBD
TBD
Matches played196
Goals scored459 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
TBD
(TBD goals)
Clausura:
TBD
(TBD goals)
Biggest home winApertura:
TBD 5–0 TBD
(26 October 2019)
Clausura:
TBD 7–0 TBD
Biggest away winApertura:
TBD 1–4 TBD
Clausura:
TBD 0–2 TBD
Highest scoringApertura:
TBD 3–3 TBD
Clausura:
TBD 7–0 TBD
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2020.

Format

The Apertura playoff format is changed from previous years, while the Clausura will use the same 4-team playoff format. For the Apertura, the top four teams from the regular stage advanced to a "quadrangular" double-round robin instead of a playoff stage. The regular stage and quadrangular winners played to decide the tournament's champion, but ultimately the same team won both and the final was not necessary. The same format was recently adopted by the Costa Rican Primera División, but for both half seasons.

Team information

A total of ten teams contested the league, including nine sides from the 2019–20 Primera División, and one side from the 2019–20 Segunda División.

UNAN Managua finished last in the aggregate table and were relegated to the Segunda División. The champions from the Segunda División, Deportivo Las Sabanas, were promoted in their place.

The 9th place team in the aggregate table, ART Jalapa, faced the second-place team from the Segunda División, Deportivo Masaya, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera División. ART Jalapa won 4–3 over two legs, meaning ART Jalapa remained in Primera División.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División as of May, 2020.

  • Champions: Junior de Managua

Relegated to Segunda División as of May, 2020.

Managerial Changes

Pre Season Apertura 2020
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Juventus Managua Jaime Ruiz Interimship ended May 2020 Oscar Blanco May 2020 TBD (Apertura 2019)
Junior de Managua Sacked May 2020 Tyrone Acevedo May 2020 TBD (Apertura 2019)
Real Madriz Juan Ramirez Contract finished May 2020 Carlos Matamoros May 2020 TBD (Apertura 2019)
ART Jalapa Angel Orellana Contract finished May 2020 TBD May 2020 TBD (Apertura 2019)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2019–20 season. The following players:

  1. Have played at least one game for the respective club.
  2. 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.

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

References
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