2023–24 Liga Primera de Nicaragua

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. [https://www.ligaprimera.com/noticias/juventus-le-dice-adios-a-liga-primera] 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.[https://www.ligaprimera.com/noticias/unan-es-de-primera]

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

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{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Diriangén||5-1 | Sport Sebaco ||2–1|3-0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real Estelí||1-0 |Managua||1-0|0–0}}

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{{Football box

|id = "Sport Sebaco v Diriangén"

|date = December 4, 2023

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Sport Sebaco

|score = 1-2

|team2 = Diriangén

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|goals1 = Brayan Zuniga {{goal|71}}

|goals2 = Renzo Carballo {{goal|38}} {{goal|42}}

|stadium = Estadio Carlos Fonseca Amador, Matagalpa

|attendance =

|referee = Miller Lopez

}}

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{{Football box

|id ="Diriangén v Sport Sebaco "

|date = December 10, 2023

|time = 17:00

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|score = 3-0

|team2 = Sport Sebaco

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|goals1 = Renzo Carballo {{goal|26}}
Matias Galvaliz {{goal|45}}
Luis Copete {{goal|50}}

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|attendance =

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Diriangén won 5-1 on aggregate.

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|id ="Managua v Real Estelí"

|date = December 11, 2023

|time = 16:00

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|score = 0-1

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|attendance =

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{{Football box

|id ="Real Estelí v Managua"

|date = December 15, 2022

|time = 19:00

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|score = 0-0

|team2 = Managua

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|attendance =

|referee =

}}

Real Estelí won 1-0 on aggregate.

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|time = 11:00 (UTC-6)

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|score = 1-0

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|goals2 = Nil

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|referee = Nitzar Sandoval

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|time = 12:00 (UTC-6)

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|goals2 = Luis Coronal {{goal|95}}

|stadium = Estadio Independencia, Esteli

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|referee = Ricardo Hernandez

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Diriangen FC won 2-1 on Aggregate.

{{winners||Apertura 2023 champions|Diriangen|31st}}

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style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	Diriangén FC	1,318
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	Walter Ferretti	812
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	Club Sébaco FC	743
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	Managua FC	742
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	UNAN Managua	658
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	Municipal Jalapa	562
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	Masachapa FC	540
style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count	Matagalpa FC	482
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|date = May 2, 2024

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Erick Alcazar {{goal|93}}
M Reyes {{goal|96}}

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ART Jalapa progressed.

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|team1 = Deportivo Walter Ferretti

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Luciano Sanhueza {{goal|68}} {{goal|80}}
Alexis Somarriba {{goal|90}}

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Walter Ferretti progressed.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Diriangén||3-0 | ART Jalapa ||2–0|1-0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Real Estelí||7-1 |Ocotal||2-0|5-1}}

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Renzo Carballo {{goal|}}

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{{Football box

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|time = 17:00

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Diriangén won 5-1 on aggregate.

{{Football box

|id ="Ocotal v Real Estelí"

|date = May 4, 2024

|time = 16:00

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|score = 0-2

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|goals2 = Marvin Fletes {{goal|12}}
Harold Medina {{goal|59}}

|stadium = Estadio Roy Fernando Bermudez

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{Football box

|id ="Real Estelí v Ocotal"

|date = May 9, 2022

|time = 19:00

|team1 = Real Estelí

|score = 5-1

|team2 = Ocotal

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|goals1 = Bancy Hernandez {{goal|32}} {{goal|69}}
Harold Medina {{goal|48}}
Bryan Ordonez {{goal|64}}
Byron Bonilla {{goal|71}}

|goals2 = Oscar Rosales {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Estadio Independencia, Esteli

|attendance =

|referee =

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Real Estelí won 7-1 on aggregate.

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|date = {{Start date|2024|05|12|df=y}}

|time = 19:00 (UTC-6)

|team1 = Real Estelí

|score = 2-1

|report =

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|goals1 = Bryan Ordonez {{goal|40}}
Josue Quijano {{goal|95}}

|goals2 = Luis Carlos Torres {{goal|pen.|57}}

|stadium = Estadio Independencia, Esteli

|attendance =

|referee = Tatiana Guzmán

}}

{{football box

|date = {{Start date|2024|05|18|df=y}}

|time = 19:00 (UTC-6)

|team1 = Diriangen

|score = 2-0

|report =

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|goals1 = Salanda {{goal|o.g.|24}}
Luis Coronel {{goal|75}}

|goals2 = Nil

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|attendance =

|referee = Ricardo Mendoza

}}

Diriangen won 3-2 on Aggregate.

{{winners||Clausura 2024 champions|Diriangen|32nd}}

This is a list of foreign players in the 2023–24 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.

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

ART Jalapa

• {{flagicon|COL}} Neider SanJuan
• {{flagicon|Cuba}} Rolando Abreu
• {{flagicon|Cuba}} Felix Alejandro Rodriguez
• {{flagicon|Cuba}} Maykel Reyes
• {{flagicon|URU}} José Bernardo Laureiro

Diriangén

• {{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Tórres
• {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonel Buter 13px
• {{flagicon|ARG}} Matias Galvaliz
• {{flagicon|ARG}} Tomas Alvarez 13px
• {{flagicon|CRC}} Alfonso Quesada
• {{flagicon|PAR}} Renzo Carballo

CS Sebaco

• {{flagicon|ARG}} Miguel Pucharella 13px
• {{flagicon|Cuba}} Jose Armelo
• {{flagicon|HON}} Brayan Zúñiga 13px
• {{flagicon|COL}} David Castrillon
• {{flagicon|COL}} Ronald Granja

Managua

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Gabriel Junior
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Gabriel Vidal
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Gyan Araujo
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Dos Santos
• {{flagicon|PAR}} Luis Ibarra

Masachapa FC

• {{flagicon|COL}} Marlon Ibarguen
• {{flagicon|COL}} Nester Carabali
• {{flagicon|COL}} Paul Barbosa

{{col-2}}

Matagalpa FC

• {{flagicon|ARG}} Matias Vernon
• {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Murillo
• {{flagicon|HON}} Kevin castro
• {{flagicon|PAN}} Rodolfo Forbes
• {{flagicon|COL}} Luis Vanegas

Ocotal

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Cristano Fernandez
• {{flagicon|COL}} Yubeiquer Arenas
• {{flagicon|COL}} Jhesuad Salamanca
• {{flagicon|COL}} Juan Carvajal
• {{flagicon|Cuba}} Erick Rizo
• {{flagicon|COL}} John Rivas

Real Estelí

• {{flagicon|ARG}} Abel Mendez 13px
• {{flagicon|ARG}} Fabián Monserrat
• {{flagicon|BRA}} Ewerton da Silva 13px
• {{flagicon|COL}} Arley Bonilla
• {{flagicon|COL}} Leyvin Balanta

UNAM Managua

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Pedro Dos Santos
• {{flagicon|COL}} Hans Mina
• {{flagicon|COL}} John Mena
• {{flagicon|Cuba}} Dario Ramos
• {{flagicon|Cuba}} Eugenio Palmero

Walter Ferretti

• {{flagicon|BRA}} Leandro Soares
• {{flagicon|COL}} Ariel Torregrosa
• {{flagicon|COL}} Francisco Ramos
• {{flagicon|COL}} Yeison Mosquera
• {{flagicon|COL}} Cesar Vente Contención

{{col-end}}

13px (player released during the Apertura season)

13px (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons)

13px (player released during the Clausura season)

• [https://futbolnica.net/category/futbol-de-primera/ Fútbol de Primera – Futbol Nica]

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