| Competition: | Liga Primera de Nicaragua |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Winners: | Apertura: Real Estelí Clausura: Diriangén FC |
| Relegated: | Junior Managua Chinandega |
| Continentalcup1: | CONCACAF League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Real Estelí Diriangén FC |
| League Topscorer: | Apertura: TBD(TBD goals) Clausura: TBD(TBD goals) |
| Matches: | 196 |
| Total Goals: | 459 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Apertura: Clausura: |
| Biggest Away Win: | Apertura: Clausura: |
| Highest Scoring: | Apertura: Clausura: |
| Updated: | 9 May 2020 |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 Liga Primera de Nicaragua season was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The season determined the 75th and 76th 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 2020, while the Clausura was played in the first half of 2021.
The Apertura playoff format was changed from previous years, while the Clausura used 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.
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.
Promoted from Segunda División
Relegated to Segunda División
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| 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 |  Carlos Javier Martino | May 2020 | TBD (Apertura 2019) |
| Deportivo Ocotal | Reynaldo Clavasquín | Sacked | May 2020 | Elvin Díaz | May 2020 | TBD (Apertura 2019) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | width=125px | Position in table | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deportivo Ocotal | Elvin Diaz | TBD | Oct 2020 | Marcos Rivera | Oct 2020 | TBD (Apertura 2020) | |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madriz | Carlos Matamoros | Contract finished | 2020 | Ronaldo Alvarado | 2021 | TBD (Apertura 2021) |
| Deportivo Ocotal | Marcos Rivera | Contract finished | December 2020 | Mario Alfaro | January 2021 | TBD (Apertura 2021) |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Kit sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Javier Martino | Joma | Alcadia de Jalapa | |||
| Reyna Espinoza | Lester Espinoza | Nil | Nil | ||
 Flavio da Silva | Ereck Tellez | Joma | Claro, Victoria frost,Cafe Ox, Flor de Cana, Electrolit | ||
| Tyrone Acevedo | Carlos Membreno | Joma | Oceanica, MT-MultiTrans | ||
| Oscar Blanco | Nil | Nil | |||
| Emilio Aburto | Nahum Peralta | Joma | Alcadia de Managua, Ravoline | ||
| Elvin Díaz | Guillermo Espino | Nil | Alcadia de Ocotal | ||
| Holver Flores | Manual Rosas | Kappa | Beco, Movi star, La Curaçao, Banpro, Vitalsis | ||
| Carlos Matamoros | Joma | Alcadia de Somoto | |||
| Henry Urbina | Denis Espinoza | Joma | Claro, MC |
Chinandega progressed.----Diriangen progressed.
---- Diriagen won 6-3 on aggregate.
----Real Esteli won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Walter Ferretti progressed 3-0.----Managua progressed 1-0.
Diriagen won 3-1 on aggregate.
----5-5. Managua won 5-5 on aggregate away goal(s).
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This is a list of foreign players in the 2020–21 season. The following players:
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
Gabriel Coelho
Ronaldo Pabon Juan Daniel González Edder Mondragón (*) Eder García Yeiner Marcelo Vivas (*)Chinandega
Brayan Cañate Marlon Barrios Duver Quinonez Esteban LozadaDiriangén
Jonathan Pacheco Pedro Dos Santos Maycon Santana Jhon MosqueraJuventus Managua
Rafael Vieira Carlos FelixManagua
Lucas Dos Santos
Edward Morillo
Pablo Gállego Diego Pelaez Leandro FigueroaOcotal
Kenverlen López Brayan Cantillo Lucumi Jerney VenteReal Estelí
Lucio Barroca Alvaro Rezzano Luis Acuna Rodrigo Bronzatti Vitor Faiska
Niko Kato Jhon MosqueraReal Madriz
Jamilton Moreno Nicolas Quinonez Bryan Mojica Jorge MorenoJunior de Managua
Carlos Mosquera Edson Contreras Luis Carbajal Rogelio EspinozaWalter Ferretti
Taufic Guarch Christiano Fernandes de Lima Fernando Villalpando Sergio Napoles(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)