2019–20 Liga Primera de Nicaragua
The 2019–20 Liga Primera de Nicaragua season was be divided into two tournaments and will determine the 73rd and 74th champions in the history of the Liga Primera de Nicaragua, the top division of football in Nicaragua. The Apertura tournament was played in the second half of 2019, while the Clausura was played in the first half of 2020.
The league is one of the only football leagues in the world, along with the Belarus, that did not suspend their season due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Format
The Apertura play-off format was changed from previous years, while the Clausura will use the same 4-team play-off format. For the Apertura, the top four teams from the regular stage advanced to a "quadrangular" double-round robin instead of a play-off stage. The regular stage and quadrangular winners would have 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 2018–19 Primera División, and one side from the 2018–19 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, Chinandega FC, faced the second place team from the Segunda División, FC Gutiérrez, in a playoff for a spot in the Primera División. Chinandega won 4-3 over two legs, meaning Chinandega remained in Primera División.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Segunda División as of July, 2019.- Champions: Deportivo Las Sabanas
- Last Place: UNAN Managua
Stadia and locations
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Chinandega | Chinandega | Estadio Efraín Tijerino | |
| Deportivo Las Sabanas | Las Sabanas | Municipal de Las Sabanas | |
| Deportivo Ocotal | Ocotal | Estadio Roy Fernando Bermúdez | |
| Diriangén | Diriamba | Estadio Cacique Diriangén | |
| Juventus Managua | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | |
| Managua | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua | |
| Municipal Jalapa | Jalapa | Estadio Alejandro Ramos | |
| Real Estelí | Estelí | Estadio Independencia | |
| Real Madriz | Somoto | Estadio Solidaridad | |
| Walter Ferretti | Managua | Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua |
Managerial changes
During the Apertura season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Position in table | ||
| Diriangen FC |  Mauricio Cruz | Sacked | September 2019 |  Flavio da Silva | September 2019 | 9th |
| CD Ocotal | Mario Alfaro | Sacked | October 2019 |  Marcos Rivera | October 2019 | 10th |
| CD Ocotal | Marcos Rivera | Interimship finished | October 2019 | Reynaldo Clavasquín | October 2019 | 10th |
| ART Jalapa | Leonidas Rodríguez | Sacked | October 2019 |  Angel Orellana | October 2019 | 9th |
| Real Esteli | Sergio Ivan Rodriguez | Resigned | November 2019 | Holver Flores ‘’’Interim’’’ | November 2019 | 3rd |
| Real Madriz | Miguel Angel Sanchez | Resigned | November 2019 | Carlos Matamoros ‘’’Interim’’’ | November 2019 | 9th |
Between the Aperutra and Clasura season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Juventus Managua |  Roberto Armando Chanampe | Sacked | December 2019 | Héctor Medina | December 2019 | TBD |
| Real Madriz | Carlos Matamoros | Interimship finished | December 2019 |  Juan Ramirez | January 2020 | TBD |