Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2015

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season Clausura 2015
Champions Santa Tecla F.C.
Relegated Atlético Marte
Champions League Santa Tecla F.C.
Matches played 96
Goals scored 234 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer Héctor Ramos (10)
Biggest home win C.D. Águila 5-1 C.D. Dragón
A.D. Isidro Metapán 4-0 UES (TBD)
Biggest away win C.D. Pasaquina 0-4 Alianza F.C.
(TBD)
Highest scoring C.D. Águila 4-3 A.D. Isidro Metapán
Longest winning run - games by: TBD
Longest unbeaten run - games by: TBD
Longest winless run - games by: TBD
Longest losing run - games by: TBD
Highest attendance 8,748 people, Alianza F.C. vs C.D. FAS
Lowest attendance 71 people, UES vs Dragón
Average attendance 1,549 people (average)

The Clausura 2014 season is the 34th edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions. 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

A total of 10 teams will contest the league

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Águila San Miguel Juan Francisco Barraza 10,000
Alianza San Salvador Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González 32,000
Atlético Marte San Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán 45,925
C.D. Dragon San Miguel Juan Francisco Barraza 10,000
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
C.D. Pasaquina Pasaquina Estadio San Sebastián 5,000
Santa Tecla Santa Tecla Estadio Las Delicias 10,000
UES San Salvador Estadio Universitario UES 10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila El Salvador Pedro Arieta Panama Julio Dely Valdés Joma Tigo
Alianza El Salvador Lisandro Pohl Argentina Ramiro Cepeda Lotto UNO, Pepsi, Domino's Pizza
Atlético Marte El Salvador Hugo Carrillo Argentina Jorge Garcia Galaxia Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka
C.D. Dragón El Salvador Carlos Meza Argentina Roberto Gamarra Milan Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi, Pharmacia La bueno
FAS El Salvador Byron Rodriguez Peru Agustin Castillo Galaxia Coop-1 de R.L. , Galaxia, Pilsener, Lays Chips, Tigo
Isidro Metapán El Salvador Rafael Morataya El Salvador Jorge Rodriguez Milán (Jaguar Sportic) Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim, Pepsi,
Juventud Independiente El Salvador Romeo Barillas El Salvador Juan Ramón Sánchez Milán (Jaguar Sportic) Ria
Pasaquina El Salvador Abilio Menjivar Argentina Juan Andrés Sarulyte Jaguar Sportic Ria, Port
Santa Tecla El Salvador Oscar Ortiz Argentina Osvaldo Escudero Reto Rio, La Curaco, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup
UES El Salvador Rufino Quesada El Salvador Willian Renderos Iraheta Maca Alba Petróleos, Gatorade

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
Atletico Marte El Salvador Guillermo Rivera Contract not renewed December 2014 Argentina Jorge Garcia December 2014 9th (Apertura 2014)
C.D. Pasaquina Argentina Jorge Garcia Contract not renewed December 2014 Argentina Juan Andrés Sarulyte December 2014 10th (Apertura 2014)
C.D. Aguila Argentina Daniel Messina Contract finished December 2014 Panama Julio Dely Valdés 30 December 2014 3rd and runner up (Apertura 2014)

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Dragon Argentina Roberto Gamarra Resigned Feb 2015 El Salvador Guillermo Rivera Feb 2015 10th (Clausura 2015)
Atletico Marte Argentina Jorge Garcia Sacked Feb 2015 Argentina Daniel Fernández Feb 2015 9th (Clausura 2015)
C.D. Dragon El Salvador Guillermo Rivera Sacked March 2015 El Salvador Santos Rivera/Abel Blanco March 2015 9th (Clausura 2015)
Alianza F.C. Argentina Ramiro Cepeda Sacked March 2015 Uruguay Rubén Alonso March 2015 5th (Clausura 2015)

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Isidro Metapán (Q) 18 10 3 5 27 15 +12 33 Qualification for playoffs
2 Juventud Independiente (Q) 18 9 2 7 26 22 +4 29
3 Santa Tecla (Q) 18 8 5 5 26 23 +3 29
4 Alianza 18 7 6 5 22 17 +5 27
5 FAS (Q) 18 7 6 5 20 16 +4 27
6 Águila 18 7 3 8 22 20 +2 24
7 Pasaquina 18 6 5 7 19 25 −6 23
8 Atlético Marte 18 6 3 9 19 20 −1 21
9 UES 18 5 3 10 19 29 −10 18
10 Dragón 18 4 6 8 15 28 −13 18

Updated to games played on 11 March 2015.
Source: []
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1FAS won the extra game by 6-5 on penalties (after the game was tied 2-2 in extra time) against Alianza F.C. 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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ÁGU ALI ATMDRAFASMETJUVPASSTEUES
Águila 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–2 4–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–0
Alianza 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–4
Atlético Marte 2–0 0–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–0
Dragón 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
FAS 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1
Isidro Metapán 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0
Juventud Independiente 0–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 0–3 4–2 3–0 2–1
Pasaquina 2–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–1
Santa Tecla 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0
UES 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–3 0–1 2–2

Updated to games played on 18 January 2015.
Source: []
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Puerto Rico Héctor Ramos Isidro Metapan 13
2 Panama El Salvador Nicolás Muñoz C.D. Aguila 11
3 El Salvador David Rugamas Juventud Independiente 11
4 El Salvador Irvin Herrera Santa Tecla F.C. 8
5 Argentina Jonathan Philippe Alianza F.C. 8
6 Brazil Ricardinho Paraiba Santa Tecla F.C. 6
7 El Salvador Elman Rivas UES 5
8 El Salvador Herbert Sosa Juventud Independiente 5
9 Argentina Julian Di Cosmo C.D. FAS 5
10 El Salvador Dustin Corea C.D. FAS 4

Playoffs

  Semifinals Final
                     
1 Isidro Metapan 2 0 2  
4 FAS 0 1 1  
    1 Isidro Metapan 1 (1)
  3 Santa Tecla 1 (3)
2 Juventud Independiente 3 1 4
3 Santa Tecla 3 3 6  

Semi-finals

First leg

Santa Tecla3-3Juventud Independiente
Iván Mancía  11'
Irvin Herrera  47',  85'		 Luis Mauricio Perla  9',  45'
Juan Díaz  58'
Attendance: 1,729
Referee: German Martínez
FAS0-2Isidro Metapán
Romeo Parkes  14'
Héctor Ramos  91'
Attendance: 7,051

Second leg

Isidro Metapán0-1C.D. FAS
Cristian Álvarez  64'

Isidro Metapan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Juventud Independiente1-3Santa Tecla FC
Rodrigo Rivera  47' Ricardo Ferreira  13'
Irvin Herrera  42'
Gerson Mayén  87'
Attendance: 2,368
Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

Santa Tecla won 6–4 on aggregate.

Final

Isidro Metapán1-1Santa Tecla FC
Ricardo Ulloa  82' William Maldonado  21'
Penalties
Héctor Ramos
Víctor Merino
Medardo Max Guevara
Josué Flores 		1-3 Ricardinho Paraiba
Gerson Mayen
Marlon Cornejo
Diego Chavarría
Juan Barahona
Attendance: 6,152
Referee: Marlon Mejía
Clausura 2015 Champions
Santa Tecla
1st Title

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 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.

Aggregate table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Isidro Metapán 36 17 10 9 47 34 +13 61 Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Santa Tecla 36 16 11 9 46 38 +8 59
3 FAS 36 14 13 9 38 27 +11 55
4 Juventud Independiente 36 16 6 14 52 46 +6 54
5 Águila 36 15 8 13 37 31 +6 53
6 Alianza 36 12 12 12 40 37 +3 48
7 Dragón 36 11 10 15 35 46 −11 43
8 UES 36 11 9 16 36 44 −8 42
9 Pasaquina 36 9 11 16 31 54 −23 38
10 Atlético Marte (R) 36 9 10 17 38 43 −5 37 Relegation to Segunda División

Updated to games played on 18 January 2015.
Source: []
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

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