2023–24 Primera División de El Salvador

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LA Firpo
CONCACAF Central American CupAlianza
Top goalscorerColombia Carlos Salazar (15 goals Apertura 2023)
El Salvador Styven Vásquez (15 goals Clausura 2024)
Best goalkeeperMario Gonzalez (Apertura 2023)
El Salvador Mario Gonzalez (Clausura 2024)
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All statistics correct as of 27 May 2023.

The 2023–24 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 25th season and 48th and 49th Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. FAS are the defending champions of the Apertura tournament. There was no Clausura champion as the season was cancelled due to Cuscatlan Tragedy. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top six teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.

The champions of Apertura and Clausura will qualify for the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the third team to qualify is the team with better aggregate record. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2022–23 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2022–23 Segunda División.

Titan in a playoff match by a score of 3-0 in penalties, after the team were tied 0-0 after 120 minutes.[1]

Chalatenango was relegated to the 2023–24 Segunda División.[2]

Notable events

Municipal Limeno purchase of Atletico Marte spot in the Primera Division

On the 26th of June, 2023 Municipal Limeño acquired the spot of the historic team

Atletico Marte in the Primera division. This ended 3 years of Atletico Marte being in the Primera division.[3]

Notable death from Apertura 2023 season and 2024 Clausura season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2022 and middle of 2023.

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Aguila
 Argentina Sebastián Bini Contract finished, Hired as Municipal new coach May 27, 2023 Argentina Ernesto Corti [7] May 27, 2023 th (2023 Clausura)
Santa Tecla Argentina Ernesto Corti Mutual Consent, went on to become
Aguila
new coach 		May 27, 2023 El Salvador Francisco Medrano July 15, 2023 th (2023 Clausura)
FAS El Salvador Efren Marenco [8] Mutual Consent, Moved to be reserve coach June 1, 2023 Mexico Raúl Arias [9] June 8, 2023 th (2023 Clausura)
Jocoro El Salvador Víctor Coreas Mutual Consent June 21, 2023
Agustin Castillo
 June 22, 2023 th (2023 Clausura)
Alianza Colombia Eduardo Lara Mutual Consent June 27, 2023 El Salvador Milton Meléndez June 28, 2023 th (2023 Clausura)
Municipal Limeno
 El Salvador José Romero Mutual Consent June 21, 2023 Honduras Jorge Ernesto Pineda June 22, 2023 None (2023 Clausura)

During the Apertura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal Limeno
 Honduras Jorge Pineda Mutual Consent August 24, 2023 El Salvador Nelson Ancheta [10] August 25, 2023 th (2023 Apertura)
Municipal Limeno
 El Salvador Nelson Ancheta [11] Resigned October 17, 2023 El Salvador Abel Flores (Interim) October, 2023 9th (2023 Apertura)
Platense Spain Juan Cortés Diéguez Resigned October 23, 2023
Jorge Abrego
 October 25, 2023 11th (2023 Apertura)
Santa Tecla El Salvador Francisco Medrano Resigned October 23, 2023 El Salvador Juan Ramón Sánchez [12] October 25, 2023 12th (2023 Apertura)
Fuerte San Francisco
 Uruguay Pablo Quiñones [13] Sacked November 15, 2023 El Salvador Jesús Álvarez (Interim) November, 2023 8th (2023 Apertura)

Between the Apertura and Clausura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal Limeno
 El Salvador Abel Flores (Interim) End of Interimship December 11, 2023 El Salvador William Renderos [14] December 11, 2023 9th (2023 Apertura)
Dragon
 El Salvador Marvín Benitez Mutual consent December 21, 2023 El Salvador Manuel Acevedo [15] December 24, 2024 7th (2023 Apertura)
Isidro Metapán El Salvador Jorge Rodríguez [16] Resigned December 23, 2023 Argentina Julio Zamora December 28, 2024 8th (2023 Apertura)
Alianza El Salvador Milton Meléndez Moved to become director of sports December 29, 2023 El Salvador Jorge Rodríguez December 29, 2023 4th (2023 Apertura)
LA Firpo
 El Salvador Guillermo Rivera Mutual consent December 2023 Argentina Gabriel Álvarez January, 2024 3rd (2023 Apertura)
Fuerte San Francisco
 El Salvador Jesús Álvarez End of interimship January 4, 2024 Argentina Fabio Gaston Larramendi January 4, 2024 5th (2023 Apertura)

Clausura seasons

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Fuerte San Francisco
 Argentina Fabio Gaston Larramendi Sacked February 8, 2024 El Salvador Nelson Ancheta February 9, 2024 11th (2024 Clausura)
Jocoro
Agustin Castillo
 Mutual Consent February 12, 2024 El Salvador Carlos Romero February 13, 2024 12th (2024 Clausura)
Jocoro El Salvador Carlos Romero Resigned March 24, 2024 El Salvador Marvin Hernandez (Interim) March 25, 2024 12th (2024 Clausura)
Santa Tecla El Salvador Juan Ramón Sánchez Sacked March 28, 2024 El Salvador Francisco Medrano March 28, 2024 th (2024 Clausura)
FAS Mexico Raúl Arias Mutual Consent April 12, 2024 Uruguay Richard Preza April 13, 2024 th (2024 Clausura)
Isidro Metapan
 Argentina Julio Zamora Mutual Consent April 19, 2024 Argentina Carlos Martinez (Interim) April 22, 2024 th (2024 Clausura)

Apertura 2023

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Águila (Q) 22 13 5 4 39 22 +17 44 Advance to Playoffs
2 FAS (Q) 22 12 6 4 36 23 +13 42
3 Luis Ángel Firpo (Q) 22 10 7 5 36 26 +10 37
4 Alianza (Q) 22 7 11 4 28 20 +8 32
5 Fuerte San Francisco (Q) 22 10 4 8 27 24 +3 34
6 Jocoro (Q) 22 9 5 8 29 28 +1 32
7 Dragón (Q) 22 8 6 8 40 39 +1 30
8 Isidro Metapán (Q) 22 7 8 7 30 28 +2 29
9
Municipal Limeño
(E) 		22 8 4 10 29 33 −4 28
10 Once Deportivo (E) 22 7 6 9 26 30 −4 27
11 Platense (E) 22 2 6 14 19 44 −25 12
12 Santa Tecla (E) 22 1 8 13 20 42 −22 11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2023. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Apertura 2023 Records

Records

Scoring

  • First goal of the season:
    Aguila against Santa Tecla
    , 22 minutes (August 14, 2023)
  • First goal by a foreign player: Trinidad and Tobago Jomal Williams for Once Deportivo against Platense, 76th minutes (August 14, 2023)
  • Fastest goal in a match: 23 Seconds
  • Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes
    • Fuerte San Francisco
      (August 21, 2023)
  • First penalty Kick of the season: El Salvador Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against FAS, 7th minutes (August 19, 2023)
  • Widest winning margin: 4 goals
    • Dragon
      (August 20, 2023)
  • First
    Dragon
    (August 21, 2023)
  • First
    Fuerte San Francisco
    (October 7, 2023)
  • Most goals in a match: 8 goals
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
    • Dragon
      (August 21, 2023)
  • Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
  • Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
  • Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
    • Dragon
      (August 21, 2023)
  • Players that scored a hat-trick':
    • Dragon
      (August 21, 2023)
    • Isidro Metapan
      (September 10, 2023)

Top Goalscorer (Apertura 2023)

No. Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Carlos Salazar
Aguila
 15
2 Argentina German Aguila Jocoro 15
3 Mexico Luis Ángel Landín
Municipal Limeno
 13
4 Colombia Jhon Montano
Dragon
 11
5 El Salvador Javier Ferman
Dragon
 10
6 Chile Sebastián Julio
LA Firpo
 10
7 Paraguay Nicolas Gonzalez
Fuerte San Francisco
 9
8 Colombia Duvier Riascos
Aguila
 9
9 El Salvador Emerson Mauricio Alianza 8
10 Brazil Mateus Ramos
LA Firpo
 7
10 El Salvador Kevin Reyes FAS 7

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First legs
Dragon
1-1FAS
Javier Ferman 96' [17] Jairo Martinez 26'
Referee: Filiberto Martinez
Fuerte San Francisco
Emerson Mauricio 16' 50'
Michel Mercado 33'
Marvin Monterroza 55'		 [18] Nil
Sonsonate
Referee: Ivan Barton
LA Firpo
Emmanuel Hernandez 56' [19] Nil
Referee: Waldir Garcia
Aguila
Nil [20] Nil
TBD
Second legs
Fuerte San Francisco
1-1Alianza
Samuel Giménez 45' [21] Eduardo Vigil own 39'
Referee: German Martinez

Alianza won 5-1 on Aggregate

Dragon
Nil [22] Jhon Montano 29'
Estadio Oscar Quiteño
, Santa Ana
Referee: Ivan Cornejo

Dragon
won 2-1 on Aggregate

LA Firpo
1-1Jocoro
Sebastian Julio 11' [23] German Aguila 44'
Estadio Sergio Torres, Usulután

Jocoro won 2-1 on Aggregate

Isidro Metapan
Lucas Ventura 11' [24] Nil
Referee: Hector Salazar

Aguila
won 1-0 on aggregate

Semifinals

First legs
Dragon
1-3Jocoro
Luis Angulo 64' Junior Padilla 18'
Joel Turcios 51'
Juan Carlos Argueta 96'
Referee: Cesar Nolasco
Aguila
Emerson Mauiricio 58' Carlos Salazar 65'
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador
Second legs
Dragon
Luis Acuna 42'
Juan Carlos Argueta 51'
Junior Padilla 52'		 [25] Javier Ferman 33'
Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Jocoro
Referee: Vicente Ruiz

Jocoro won 6-2 on aggregate

Aguila
2-1Alianza
Carlos Salazar 44' 87' Ronald Gomez Own 78'
TBD

Aguila
won 3-2 on aggregate

Final

Final
Aguila
3-0Jocoro
Carlos Pimienta 35'
Carlos Salazar 67'
Duvier Riascos 87'		 [26] Nil
Attendance: TBD
Referee: Iván Barton


 Apertura 2023 champions 
Aguila

17th title

Clausura 2024

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza 22 13 6 3 39 13 +26 45 Advance to Playoffs
2 Luis Ángel Firpo 22 13 3 6 47 30 +17 42
3
Municipal Limeño
 22 12 3 7 33 25 +8 39
4 Águila 22 10 8 4 29 18 +11 38
5 FAS 22 8 8 6 26 24 +2 32
6 Platense 22 9 5 8 26 29 −3 32
7 Isidro Metapán 22 9 4 9 24 22 +2 31
8 Once Deportivo 22 8 7 7 22 24 −2 31
9 Dragón 22 9 3 10 27 33 −6 30
10 Santa Tecla 22 5 5 12 26 39 −13 20
11 Fuerte San Francisco 22 4 5 13 19 30 −11 17
12 Jocoro 22 2 3 17 13 44 −31 9
Updated to match(es) played on 24 March 2024. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Clausura 2024 Records

Records

  • Best home records:
    TBD
    (00 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst home records:
    TBD
    (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Best away records :
    TBD
    (00 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst away records :
    TBD
    (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Most goals scored:
    LA Firpo
    (47 goals)
  • Fewest goals scored: Jocoro (13 goals)
  • Fewest goals conceded : Alianza (13 goals)
  • Most goals conceded : Jocoro (44 goals)

Scoring

Top Goalscorer (Clausura 2024)

No. Player Club Goals
1 El Salvador Styven Vásquez
LA Firpo
 15
2 Mexico Yair Delgadillo
Municipal Limeno
 14
3 El Salvador Sebastian Julio Alianza 10
4 El Salvador Isaac Esquivel
Isidro Metapan
 8
5 El Salvador Rafael Tejada FAS 7
6 El Salvador Daniel Arevalo Platense 6
7 Brazil Mateus da Silva
LA Firpo
 6
8 Colombia Manuel Murillo
Dragon
 6
9 El Salvador Bryan Paz
Aguila
 6
10 Colombia Carlos Salazar
Aguila
 6

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First legs
LA Firpo
Jonathan Esquivel 59'
Dennis Garcia 85'		 Nil
TBD
Municipal Limeno
Nil Lizandro Claros 38'
Javier Ferman 63'
Yair Delgadillo 69'
Referee: Juan Francisco Quinteros
Aguila
Jose Portillo 7'
Rudy Clavel 12'
Jairo Molina 84'		 Kevin Reyes 38'
Estadio Oscar Quiteño, Santa Ana
Referee:
TBD
Once Deportivo1-1Alianza
Javier Bolanos 89' Marvin Monterroza 83'
TBD
Second legs
Isidro Metapan
Enrique Rivas 48' Nil
Estadio Sergio Rivera Torres, Usulutan
Referee:
TBD

Isidro Metapan won 2-1 on Aggregate

Alianza2-0Once Deportivo
Michell Mercado 33'
Rodolfo Zelaya pen.' (91)		 Nil
TBD

Alianza FC won 3-1 on Aggregate

Aguila
3-1FAS
Darwin Ceren
19'
Carlos Salazar 25' 99'		 Rudy Clavel 58'
TBD

FAS won 5-4 on penalties, after tying 4-4 aggregate

Municipal Limeno
0-2Platense
Nil
Marlon Cornejo
20'
Wilber Arizala 94'
Estadio Jose Berrios, Santa Rosa Lima
Referee: Filiberto Martinez

Municipal Limeno won 3-2 on aggregate

Semifinals

First legs
FAS1-1Alianza
Rodrigo Rivera 78'
TBD
 Marvin Monterroza 60'
Estadio Oscar Alberto Quiteno, Santa Ana
Referee:
TBD
Municipal Limeno
Nil [27] Marvin Ramos 51'
Luis Angel Landin
88'
Estadio Jorge Suarez Landaverde, Metapan
Referee:
TBD
Second legs
Isidro Metapan
Nil
TBD
 Gregori Diaz 19'
Estadio Jose Ramon Flores
Referee:
TBD

Municipal Limeno
won 2-1 on aggregate

Alianza2-1FAS
Rudy Clavel o.g.' (36)
Leonardo Menjivar 84'		 Jonathan Nolasco 25'
TBD

Alianza won 3-2 on aggregate

Final

Final
Municipal Limeno
Emerson Mauricio 10' 27' 45' 66'
Henry Romero 58'		 [28] Nil
Attendance: TBD
Referee: Ivan Barton


 Clausura 2024 champions 
Alianza
18th title

List of foreign players in the league

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 El Salvador 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 is released and it is before the close of the season transfer window.

Águila

  • Brazil Lucas Ventura
  • Colombia Duvier Riascos
  • Colombia Carlos Salazar
  • Uruguay Carlos Daniel Pimienta
  • Colombia Ronaldinho Caicedo
  • Colombia Luis Angel Rodriguez
  • Colombia Juan Pablo Otálvaro

Alianza

Dragon

  • Colombia Luis Angulo
  • Colombia Yair Arboleda
  • Colombia Kevin Moreno
  • Colombia Jhon Montaño
  • Colombia Manuel Chala
  • Colombia Manuel Murrillo
  • Colombia Yerson Tobar

FAS

Firpo

Fuerte San Francisco

  • Colombia Luis Angulo
  • Jamaica Colorado Murray
  • Paraguay Nicolas Gonzalez
  • Paraguay Samuel Gimenez
  • Paraguay Carlos Alberto Gonzalez Saracho

Isidro Metapán

Jocoro

  • Argentina Luis Acuna
  • Argentina Germán Aguila
  • Honduras Elmer Guity
  • Honduras Junior Padilla

Municipal Limeno

Once Deportivo

Platense

Santa Tecla

  • Argentina Alejandro Frezzotti
  • Argentina Adrian Toloza
  • Argentina Gonzalo Tarifa
  • Colombia Jeffersson Sierra

(player released beginning the Apertura season, Never played a game) (player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season) (player naturalized for the Clausura season) (player released beginning the Clausura season, Never played a game)

References

  1. ^ "Fuerte San Francisco regresa a la Primera División" [Fuerte San Francisco returns to the first division]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ "¡El Chalatenango descendió a la Segunda División de fútbol!" [Chalatenango relegated to second division]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Limeno regresa Primera División" [Limeno returns to thefirst division]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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