Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2012

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Atlético Marte 0-4 Luis Ángel Firpo
(January 8, 2012)
Highest scoringLuis Ángel Firpo 4-4 Alianza
(January 26, 2012)
Longest winning run4 games by: Águila and Isidro Metapán
Longest unbeaten run18 games by: Isidro Metapán
Longest winless run7 games by: Alianza and UES
Longest losing run4 games by: Vista Hermosa
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The Clausura 2012 season was the 28th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán headed into this tournament as the defending champions. The season began on January 8, 2012 and concluded in mid-year. Like previous years, the league consisted 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 by the end of the regular season took part in the playoffs.

Stadia and locations

Once Municipal
UES
Vista Hermosa
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Location of teams in Apertura 2011/Clausura 2012
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Águila San Miguel Juan Francisco Barraza 10,000
Alianza San Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán 45,925
Atlético Marte
 San Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán 45,925
FAS Santa Ana Estadio Óscar Quiteño 15,000
Isidro Metapán Metapán
Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez
 8,000
Juventud Independiente
San Juan Opico
 Complejo Municipal 5,000
Luís Ángel Firpo
 Usulután Estadio Sergio Torres 5,000
Once Municipal
 Ahuachapán Estadio Simeón Magaña 5,000
UES San Salvador
Estadio Universitario UES
 10,000
Vista Hermosa San Francisco Gotera Estadio Correcaminos 12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila El Salvador Julio Sosa Brazil Eraldo Correia Galaxia Mister Donuts, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway
Alianza El Salvador Lisandro Pohl El SalvadorSerbia Vladan Vićević Lotto
Tigo, SINAI, Maseca, BIC
Atlético Marte
 El Salvador Felix Guardado El Salvador Fausto Omar Vásquez Galaxia Foskrol, La Curacao, UFG
FAS El Salvador David Lineras El Salvador Ricardo Mena Laguán Milan (Jaguar Sportic) Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos
Isidro Metapán El Salvador Rafael Morataya El Salvador Edwin Portillo Milán (Jaguar Sportic) Grupo Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro
Juventud Independiente
 El Salvador Romeo Barillas El Salvador Juan Ramón Sánchez Milán (Jaguar Sportic) Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador Enrique Escobar El Salvador Nelson Ancheta Joma Pilsener, Volkswagen, Redes, Burger King
Once Municipal
 El Salvador Andrés Rodríguez Argentina Juan Andrés Sarulyte Milan (Jaguar Sportic) LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic), Tropigas
UES El Salvador Rufino Quesada
Roberto Gamarra
 Galaxia Alba Petróleos
Vista Hermosa El Salvador Francisco Benitez El Salvador Carlos Romero Milan (Jaguar Sportic) MK Medicamentos, Cetron, Comercial René

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
Águila El Salvador Omar Sevilla resigned to manage the reserves Brazil Eraldo Correia 5th (Clausura 2011)
FAS
Willian Renderos Iraheta
 Resigned El Salvador Ricardo Mena Laguán 2nd (Clausura 2011)
Vista Hermosa El Salvador José Rolando Pérez Moved to Aguila El Salvador Carlos Romero 10th (Clausura 2011)
UES
Jorge Abrego
 replaced and moved to coaching reserves
Roberto Gamarra
 9th (Clausura 2011)

During the regular season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Alianza El SalvadorSerbia Vladan Vićević Resigned January 19, 2012 El Salvador Leonel Cárcamo January 25, 2012 7th (Clausura 2012)
Atlético Marte
 El Salvador Fausto Omar Vásquez Resigned January 29, 2012
Jorge Alberto García
 January 29, 2012 10th (Clausura 2012)
Águila Brazil Eraldo Correia Sacked January 30, 2012
Victor Coreas
 January 30, 2012 7th (Clausura 2012)
Vista El Salvador Carlos Romero Sacked February 5, 2012 Honduras José Efraín Núñez February 6, 2012 9th (Clausura 2012)
Alianza El Salvador Leonel Cárcamo Replaced and moved to assistant coach February 6, 2012 El Salvador Juan Ramón Paredes February 6, 2012 7th (Clausura 2012)
FAS El Salvador Ricardo Mena Laguán Sacked February 9, 2012 Peru Agustín Castillo February 9, 2012 8th (Clausura 2012)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Isidro Metapán 18 10 8 0 34 15 +19 38 Qualification for playoffs[a]
2 Águila (C) 18 9 2 7 28 18 +10 29
3 Luis Ángel Firpo 18 7 7 4 30 23 +7 28
4
Once Municipal
 18 7 6 5 25 13 +12 27
5 FAS 18 6 9 3 24 23 +1 27
6
Juventud Independiente
 18 6 7 5 31 24 +7 25
7 UES 18 5 4 9 24 36 −12 19
8 Atlético Marte 18 4 5 9 17 29 −12 17
9 Alianza 18 3 6 9 25 40 −15 15
10 Vista Hermosa 18 3 6 9 17 34 −17 15
Updated to match(es) played on April 15, 2012. Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Once Municipal
    for the last place of the playoffs.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Juventud Independiente
845856675667766666
UES322333556555677777
Atlético Marte1010101010101089899101010888
Alianza7574677989888991099
Vista Hermosa5899999101010101098891010
Source: soccerway.com

  = Leader;   = Qualification to the playoffs;   = Last place

Results

Home \ Away ÁGU ALI ATM FAS FIR MET
JUV
OMU
 UES VIS
Águila 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 5–0
Alianza 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–2
Atlético Marte 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–1
C.D. FAS 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–1
Luis Ángel Firpo 1–1 4–4 0–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1
Isidro Metapán 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Juventud Independiente
 2–1 3–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 5–0 2–0
Once Municipal
 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–0
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–4 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–2
Vista Hermosa 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–3 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on April 15, 2012. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
        
1 Isidro Metapán 0 3 3
4 FAS 2 0 2
1 Isidro Metapán 1
2 Águila 2
2
Águila
 		4 1 5
3 L.A. Firpo 0 2 2

Semi-finals

First leg

FAS2–0Isidro Metapán
Reyes 11'
Ulloa 43'		 Report
Attendance: 12,053
Referee: Jaime Ahid Carpio
Luis Ángel Firpo0–4Águila
Report Darwin Bonilla 8', 39'
Osael Romero 70'
Rolando Torres 86'
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Second leg

Isidro Metapán3–0FAS
Christian Bautista 62'
Edwin Sánchez
77'		 Report

Isidro Metapán won 3-2 on aggregate.

Águila1–2Luis Ángel Firpo
Nicolás Muñoz 90' Report Ederson Buendía 36'
Jaime Alas 80'
Attendance: 6,065
Referee: Elmer Bonilla

Águila won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

Isidro Metapán1–2Águila
Ramón Sánchez 78' Report Osael Romero 38' (pen.)
Nicolás Muñoz 70'
San Salvador
Attendance: 18,506
Referee: Joel Aguilar
 Clausura 2012 champions 
C.D. Águila
15th title

Player statistics

Top scorers

Goalkeepers

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
El Salvador Miguel Montes 10 12 0.83 Isidro Metapán
El Salvador Rafael Fuentes 11 12 0.92
Once Municipal
El Salvador Benji Villalobos 15 15 1.00 Águila
El Salvador Javier Gómez 19 16 1.19
Atlético Marte
El Salvador Luis Contreras 22 18 1.22 FAS
El Salvador Dagoberto Portillo 22 18 1.22 Luis Ángel Firpo
El Salvador Wilber Ramírez 22 17 1.29
Juventud Independiente
Manuel González
 26 15 1.73 UES
El Salvador Aníbal Peña 34 18 1.89 Vista Hermosa
El Salvador Yimmy Cuéllar 19 10 1.90 Alianza

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Hat-tricks

Player No. of
goals 		Time of goals Representing Final
score 		Opponent Round
Marvin Monterrosa
 3 15', 66', 90' Isidro Metapán 3–1 Vista Hermosa 12th
Juan Carlos Reyes
 3 7', 38', 74'
Juventud Independiente
 5–0 UES 17th

Individual awards

Hombre GOL Best Coach Award Best Goalkeeper Award Fair Player Award Rookie Player Award
Panama Nicolás Muñoz
Águila
Panama Anel Canales
Luis Ángel Firpo 		El Salvador Edwin Portillo
Isidro Metapán 		El Salvador Miguel Montes
Isidro Metapán 		El Salvador César Larios
UES 		El Salvador Otoniel Salinas
Vista Hermosa

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Isidro Metapán (C) 36 21 11 4 66 36 +30 74 Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group stage[a]
2 FAS 36 15 14 7 48 40 +8 59
3 Águila (C) 36 17 7 12 62 43 +19 58
4
Once Municipal
 36 15 12 9 54 32 +22 57
5 Luis Ángel Firpo 36 15 12 9 61 50 +11 57
6
Juventud Independiente
 36 11 9 16 49 54 −5 42
7 Atlético Marte 36 10 10 16 38 50 −12 40
8 Alianza 36 9 12 15 43 57 −14 39
9 UES 36 7 12 17 39 65 −26 33
10 Vista Hermosa (R) 36 4 13 19 28 59 −31 25 Relegation to Segunda División
Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Because Belize does not have a stadium which meets CONCACAF'S minimum standards for the Champions League, the spot normally reserved for Belize's club champion was reallocated to El Salvador, since it was the only Central American nation to send a team to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura 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 a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

References

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