Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2012

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season Clausura 2012
Champions Águila
(15th Title)
Relegated Vista Hermosa
Champions League Águila
FAS
Matches played 90
Goals scored 254 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer Nicolás Muñoz (12)
Anel Canales (12)
Biggest home win Once Municipal 5-0 FAS
(January 25, 2012)
Águila 5-0 Atlético Marte
(March 3, 2012)
Juventud Independiente 5-0 UES
(April 4, 2012)
Águila 5-0 Vista Hermosa
(April 4, 2012)
Biggest away win Atlético Marte 0-4 Luis Ángel Firpo
(January 8, 2012)
Highest scoring Luis Ángel Firpo 4-4 Alianza
(January 26, 2012)
Longest winning run 4 games by: Águila and Isidro Metapán
Longest unbeaten run 18 games by: Isidro Metapán
Longest winless run 7 games by: Alianza and UES
Longest losing run 4 games by: Vista Hermosa

The Clausura 2012 season was the 28th edition of El Salvador's Primera Division 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

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) 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 Paraguay 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 El Salvador 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 El Salvador Jorge Abrego replaced and moved to coaching reserves Paraguay 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 Argentina Jorge Alberto García January 29, 2012 10th (Clausura 2012)
Águila Brazil Eraldo Correia Sacked January 30, 2012 El Salvador 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 or relegation
1 Isidro Metapán 18 10 8 0 34 15 +19 38 Qualification for playoffs 1
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 games played on April 15, 2012.
Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1FAS won the extra game by 3-0 against Once Municipal for the last place of the playoffs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Isidro Metapán234221111111111111
Águila998675422333433222
Luis Ángel Firpo111112233222222333
Once Municipal463544344444344444
FAS676788867776555555
Juventud Independiente845856675667766666
UES322333556555677777
Atlético Marte1010101010101089899101010888
Alianza7574677989888991099
Vista Hermosa5899999101010101098891010
Leader
Qualification to the playoffs
Last place

Source: soccerway.com

Results

Home \ Away[1] ÁGU ALI ATMFASFIRMETJUVOMUUESVIS
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
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
UES 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 games played on April 15, 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2 This match previously scheduled for March 7, (v. UES) were postponed to March 13, (FAS v. UES) due to stadium problems.
3 This match previously scheduled for March 7, (v. Vista Hermosa) were postponed to March 28, (Metapán v. Vista Hermosa) due to 2011-12 Champions League
Colours: 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'
Referee: Marlon Mejía

Second leg

Isidro Metapán won 3-2 on aggregate.

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

Águila won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

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
El Salvador 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
El Salvador Marvin Monterrosa315', 66', 90'Isidro Metapán3–1Vista Hermosa12th
Uruguay Juan Carlos Reyes37', 38', 74'Juventud Independiente5–0UES17th

Individual awards

Hombre GOL Best Coach Award Best Goalkeeper Award Fair Player Award Rookie Player Award
Panama Nicolas 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

  • First yellow card of the season: El Salvador Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 5 minutes (January 7, 2012)
  • First red card of the season: El Salvador Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 9 minutes (January 7, 2012)
  • Card given at latest point in a game: Red El Salvador José Enrique Rodríguez for Juventud Independiente, 90+3 minutes against UES (February 11, 2012)

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 1
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
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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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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