2013–14 Primera División de Nicaragua

The 2013–14 season in Primera División de Nicaragua will be divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and will determine the 63rd and 64th champions in the history of the league. It will also provide the sole berth for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament will be played in the second half of 2013, while the Clausura will be played in the first half of 2014.

Promotion and relegation

 * At the end of the 2012–13, ART Jalapa, FC San Marcos and Real Madriz were promoted to Primera Division
 * At the end of the 2012–13, Xilotepelt were relegated to Segunda Division.

Changes in competition formats

 * The Primera Division was expanded to 10 clubs.

Team information
Last updated: June 28, 2013

Apertura
The 2013 Apertura was the first tournament of the season. It began in 2013.

Regular season
The regular season began in August 2012. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Second leg
Real Estelí won 4–1 on aggregate.

Walter Ferretti won 2–1 on aggregate

Second leg

 * Real Esteli won 1–0 on aggregate score.

Top scorers
Updated to games played on 7 November 2013

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. The following players:
 * 1) have played at least one apertura 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 year, that clubs can have upwards of six foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have five foreign players on the field at one time.

ART Jalapa
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Maradiaga

Chinandega
 * 🇸🇻 Edwin Samayoa
 * 🇭🇳 Jaime Crisanti
 * 🇵🇦 Samuel Kerr
 * 🇵🇦 Luis Sinclair
 * 🇵🇾 Javier Haedo
 * 🇵🇾 Ramón Ferreira

Diriangén FC
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Brutto
 * 🇦🇷 Rodrigo Lucas Martella
 * 🇨🇷 Wendell Porras
 * 🇨🇷 Kevin Arrieta
 * 🇨🇷 Harold Villalobos

Juventus Managua
 * 🇭🇳 Ronny Colon
 * 🇭🇳 Darwin Guity
 * 🇭🇳 Juan José Tablada
 * 🇭🇳 Jose Armando Cruz
 * 🇭🇳 Abel Dominguez

Managua
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Fernando Gonzales
 * 🇨🇴 Oscar Castillo
 * 🇨🇴 Anderson Palacios
 * 🇭🇳 Erick Sierra

(player released mid season)

Ocotal
 * 🇭🇳 Byron Maradiago
 * 🇭🇳 Marcos Rivera
 * 🇭🇳 Marlon Cruz
 * 🇭🇳 Jonathan Juarez
 * 🇭🇳 José Mejía Benedict
 * 🇭🇳 Jose Luis Fernandez

Real Esteli
 * 🇭🇳 Elmer Mejia
 * 🇧🇷 Alan Kardek
 * 🇧🇷 Leandro Teofilo Santos
 * 🇧🇷 Iuri Oliveira
 * 🇧🇷 Douglas de Souza Ferreira
 * 🇧🇷 Jonathan Joaelton Sampaio

Real Madriz
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Valladarez
 * 🇭🇳 José Luis Palacios
 * 🇭🇳 Edwin Castillo
 * 🇭🇳 Pedro Melendez

San Marcos
 * 🇦🇷 Carlos Javier Martino
 * 🇵🇦 Moisés Leguías
 * 🇲🇽 Ramón Pedroza

Walter Ferretti
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Fernando Copete
 * 🇪🇸 Dani Cadena
 * 🇧🇷 Pedrinho
 * 🇧🇷 Maycon
 * 🇭🇳 Michell Williams
 * 🇭🇳 Victor Lozano

Clausura
The 2014 Clausura was the first tournament of the season. It began on 4 January 2014. Real Esteli F.C. are the defending champion. The league will consist of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Team information
Last updated: December 1, 2013

Regular season
The regular season began in 2014. The top four finishers will move on to the next stage of the competition.

Second leg
Real Estelí won 10–2 on aggregate.

Diriangén FC 2-2 on aggregate won on the away goal rule

Second leg

 * Real Esteli FC won 2-1 on aggregate score.

Top scorers
Updated to games played on 13 January 2014

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:
 * 1) have played at least one apertura 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 year, that clubs can have upwards of six foreign players in a squad, However some conditions include: The player has to be younger than 30 years old, spent year abroad away from Nicaragua, and clubs can only have five foreign players on the field at one time.

ART Jalapa
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Maradiaga
 * 🇭🇳 Chanel Norales Suazo

Chinandega
 * 🇭🇳 Victor Norales
 * 🇨🇴 Jesus Graizabal
 * 🇨🇴 Pedro de la Rosa
 * 🇭🇳 Juan Acevedo

Diriangén FC
 * 🇪🇸 Alex Expósito
 * 🇨🇴 Jose Luis Rodriguez

Juventus Managua
 * 🇭🇳 Israel Lainez
 * 🇭🇳 Juan José Tablada
 * 🇯🇵 Kazumichi Ikeda
 * 🇬🇹 Jonathan Castillo

Managua
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Fernando Gonzales
 * 🇨🇴 Oscar Castillo
 * 🇭🇳 Erick Sierra

(player released mid season)

Ocotal
 * 🇭🇳 Byron Maradiago
 * 🇭🇳 Marcos Rivera
 * 🇭🇳 Jorge Valladares
 * 🇭🇳 Byron Josue Sauceda
 * 🇭🇳 José Francisco Valladares
 * 🇻🇪 Yitson Lameda

Real Esteli
 * 🇭🇳 Elmer Mejia
 * 🇪🇸 Alberto Heredia Ceballos
 * 🇺🇾 Javier Vitavar
 * 🇺🇾 Mauro Rodríguez
 * 🇺🇾 Sebastián Borba
 * 🇺🇾 Rodrigo Valiente Baraybar

Real Madriz
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Valladarez
 * 🇨🇴 Jose Luis Cassiani
 * 🇨🇴 Alexander Quiñonez
 * 🇨🇴 Ramon Uriarte
 * 🇨🇴 Marlon Barrios

San Marcos
 * 🇦🇷 Allan Marbella Morales
 * 🇭🇳 Keysi Guerreo

Walter Ferretti
 * 🇧🇷 Pedrinho
 * 🇨🇴 Luis Fernando Copete
 * 🇭🇳 Michell Williams
 * 🇪🇸 Dani Cadena
 * 🇸🇪 Nicklas Elving
 * 🇺🇾 Bernardo Laureiro