Copa El Salvador

The Copa El Salvador is the top knock-out football tournament in El Salvador. The first edition was played in 1999, resulting champion C.D. Águila of El Salvador. From 2000 to 2006, the competition was played two more times with Atlético Balboa and Once Municipal winning the cup. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 2006, was restored in 2016 The cup is currently sponsored by Claro and thus officially known as the Copa Claro. The Cup tournament is played as a separate tournament from the league (played between First, Second and Third Division).

Copa El Salvador
RegionEl Salvador
Number of teams36
Current championsSanta Tecla (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Águila (2 titles)
Santa Tecla (2 titles)
2018–19 Copa El Salvador

Format Change

In 2014, the tournament was briefly brought back played between Águila and FAS. However, the cup turned out to be a one-off event.

Re-launch

On June 16, 2016 it was announced that a new cup competition would be played during Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. The tournament will involve 12 teams from the First Division, plus 10 of the Second Division and 10 of the Third Division for a total of 32 participants. The teams will be placed into 8 groups of 4. The 8 group winners, plus the 8 group runners-up, move on to the new round (round of 16).

The cup will be called Copa Claro for sponsorship reason and the winner will receive 15,000 dollars.[1]

List of finals

Copa Presidente (1999–2006)
Year Champion Score Runner-up Goalscorers for the Champion Goalscorers for the runner up Manager
1999-2000Águila
3–2
Luis Ángel Firpo Adrián Mahía (2) Paul Cominges Celio Rodríguez (2) Hugo Coria
2005-2006Atlético Balboa
2–0
Independiente Nacional 1906 Nelson Reyes (2)None Jorge García
2006-2007Once Municipal
1–0
Águila Mario DerasNone Nelson Ancheta

Copa Presidente/Independencia (2014–15)
Year Champion Score Runner-up Goalscorers for the Champion Goalscorers for the runner up Manager
2014–15Águila
2–0
FAS Sean Fraser Ronaille CalheiraNone Daniel Messina

Copa Claro (2016–present)
Year Champion Score Runner-up Manager
2016–17Santa Tecla
1–0
FAS Ernesto Corti
2018–19Santa Tecla
1–0
Audaz Sebastian Abreu

List of winners
Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Santa Tecla 2 0 2016–17, 2018–19
Águila 2 1 1999–2000, 2014–15
Atlético Balboa 1 0 2005–06
Once Municipal 1 0 2006–07

References
  1. http://www.edhdeportes.com/articulo/futbol-nacional/las-claves-para-entender-nueva-copa-salvador-116054


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.