2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador

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Primera División de El Salvador
Season2021–22
Dates31 July – 18 December
Matches played72
Goals scored206 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerDuvier Riascos (16 goals Apertura 2021)
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All statistics correct as of 3 May 2021.

The 2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 23rd season and 45th and 46th Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza F.C. and C.D. FAS are the defending champions of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively. 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 24 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 or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF League. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF League. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.

Teams[]

Promotion and relegation[]

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2020–21 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División.

C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca was promoted to the Primera División in June 2021 after defeating Real Destroyer in a playoff match by a score of 2–1.[1]

C.D. Sonsonate was relegated to the 2021–22 Segunda División. [2]

Stadiums and locations[]

Location of teams in 2021–2022 Primera División de El Salvador
Team Location Stadium Capacity
A.D. Chalatenango Chalatenango Estadio José Gregorio Martínez 15,000
A.D. Isidro Metapán Metapán Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez 10,000
Alianza F.C. San Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán 53,400
C.D. Águila San Miguel Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza 10,000
C.D. Atlético Marte San Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán 53,400
C.D. FAS Santa Ana Estadio Óscar Quiteño 17,500
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Usulután Estadio Sergio Torres 5,000
C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca Zacatecoluca Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle 10,000
C.D. Municipal Limeño Santa Rosa de Lima Estadio José Ramón Flores Berridos 5,000
Once Deportivo Ahuachapán Estadio Simeón Magaña 5,000
Jocoro F.C. Jocoro 3,000
Santa Tecla F.C. Santa Tecla Estadio Las Delicias 10,000

Notable events[]

Notable death from Clausura 2021 season and 2022 Apertura season[]

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2020 and middle of 2021.

  • Zizinho (Brazilian, ex FAS player)
  • Oscar Montes (ex ADET player)
  • Luis Angel Leon (ex ADET coach)
  • Raul “Cayito“ Mejia (ex Santa Anita, Atlante and Atlético Marte player)
  • Edgar 'Pata Gorda' Morales (ex Alianza and Atlético Marte player)
  • Conrado Miranda (ex Aguila, Atletico Marte player and Aguila, Atletico Marte, Queisqepue, Cojutepeque, Tiburones, Alianza coach)

Managerial changes[]

Before the start of the season[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Jocoro El Salvador Carlos Romero[3] Contract finished 8 May 2021 Uruguay Pablo Quiñónez[4] 22 May 2021
Águila Colombia Armando Osma Rueda[5] 9 May 2021 Argentina Cristian Domizi[6] 13 May 2021
Atlético Marte Argentina Cristian Domizi[7] 12 May 2021 El Salvador Nelson Mauricio Ancheta[8] 2 June 2021
Municipal Limeño El Salvador Nelson Mauricio Ancheta[9] Sacked 15 May 2021 Mexico Bruno Martínez[10] 16 May 2021
Once Municipal El Salvador Mario Elias Guevara Returned back to assistant coach May 2021 El Salvador Carlos Romero[11] 18 May 2021

During the Apertura season[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Pos. in table
Isidro Metapán Spain Juan Cortés[12] Sacked 16 August 2021 El Salvador Misael Alfaro[12] 16 August 2021 10th
Jocoro Uruguay Pablo Quiñónez[13] 25 August 2021 El Salvador Víctor Coreas[14] 26 August 2021 10th
Municipal Limeño Mexico Bruno Martínez[15] 26 August 2021 El Salvador José Manuel Romero[16] 26 August 2021 10th
Chalatenango Costa Rica Ricardo Montoya[17] 14 September 2021 El Salvador Ricardo Serrano (interim)[18] 14 September 2021 10th
El Salvador Ricardo Serrano[18] Returned back to assistant coach 16 September 2021 El Salvador Erick Dowson Prado[18] 16 September 2021 10th
Santa Tecla Uruguay Rubén da Silva[19] Resigned 27 September 2021 El Salvador Rodolfo Góchez (interim)[20] 29 September 2021 10th
Municipal Limeño El Salvador José Manuel Romero[16] 29 September 2021 El Salvador Giovanni Trigueros[16] 29 September 2021 12th
Águila Argentina Cristian Domizzi[21] Sacked 2 October 2021 Peru Agustín Castillo[22] 5 October 2021 6th
Isidro Metapán El Salvador Misael Alfaro[23] 4 October 2021 El Salvador Omar Mejía (interim)[23] 4 October 2021 10th
Once Deportivo El Salvador Carlos Romero Resigned 30 October 2021 El Salvador Mario Elías Guevara (interim) 30 October 2021 5th
Municipal Limeño El Salvador Giovanni Trigueros[24] 24 November 2021 El Salvador José Manuel Romero 24 November 2021 12th

Between the Apertura and Clausura season[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Pos. in table
Municipal Limeño El Salvador José Manuel Romero Intermship finished December 2021 El Salvador Carlos Romero December 2021 12th
Santa Tecla F.C. El Salvador Rodolfo Gochez December 2021 Uruguay Daniel Bartolotta December 2021 12th
Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan El Salvador Mario Elias Guevara December 2021 Uruguay Ruben da Silva December 2021 th

Apertura 2021[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza (Q) 19 13 3 3 40 19 +21 42 Qualification to Quarterfinals
2 Águila (Q) 19 9 7 3 34 22 +12 34
3 FAS 18 9 3 6 25 14 +11 30
4 Luis Ángel Firpo 18 7 7 4 30 24 +6 28
5 Once Municipal 18 7 7 4 28 24 +4 28
6 Platense 19 6 7 6 18 23 −5 25
7 Jocoro 19 5 9 5 30 30 0 24
8 Atlético Marte 19 6 6 7 19 22 −3 24
9 Santa Tecla 19 6 5 8 18 22 −4 23
10 Chalatenango 19 5 5 9 26 30 −4 20
11 Isidro Metapán 18 2 6 10 12 30 −18 12
12 Municipal Limeño 19 1 7 11 15 35 −20 10 Relegation to the
Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2021. Source: Liga Pepsi
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Apertura 2021 Results[]

Round 1
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
31 July – 18:00 Chalatenango 2–2 Platense Report
31 July – 19:00 Isidro Metapán 0–0 Atlético Marte Report
1 August – 15:00 Once Municipal 2–2 Águila Report
1 August – 15:00 Luis Ángel Firpo 1–1 Jocoro Report
1 August – 15:15 FAS 3–1 Santa Tecla Report
1 August – 15:15 Alianza 4–1 Municipal Limeño Report
Round 2
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
7 August – 18:00 Atlético Marte 0–2 Chalatenango Report
7 August – 18:00 Santa Tecla 3–0 Isidro Metapán Report
7 August – 19:00 FAS 1–1 Águila Report
7 August – 19:00 Jocoro 3–4 Once Municipal Report
8 August – 15:15 Municipal Limeño 1–1 Luis Ángel Firpo Report
8 August – 15:15 Platense 2–2 Alianza Report
Round 3
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
4 August – 15:30 FAS 4–1 Santa Tecla Report
10 August – 15:00 Atlético Marte 0–1 Jocoro Report
11 August – 15:30 Luis Ángel Firpo 3–2 Platense Report
11 August – 18:00 Chalatenango 2–1 Alianza Report
11 August – 19:00 Isidro Metapán 2–2 Águila Report
12 August – 15:30 Once Municipal 4–1 Municipal Limeño Report
Round 4
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 5
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 6
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 7
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 8
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 9
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 10
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 11
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 12
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 13
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 14
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 15
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 16
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 17
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 18
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 19
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 20
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 21
Date & Time Home Score Away Report
Round 22
Date & Time Home Score Away Report

Playoffs[]

Quarterfinals[]

First legs[]
Jocoro2-3Alianza
Nelson Alvarenga Goal 15'
Santos Guzman Goal 49'		 Rodolfo Zelaya Goal 27' Goal 34'
Jonathon Jimenez Goal 67'
Polideportivo Tierra de Fuego, Jocorro
Referee: Ismael Cornejo
Platense2-2Firpo
Rafael Burgos Goal 8'
Camilo Delgado Goal 10'		 Luis Canales Goal 26'
Jomal Williams Goal 91'
Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca
Referee: Ivan Barton
Aguila1-1Once Deportivo
Fabricio Alfaro Goal 47' Jose Contreras Goal 23'
Referee: Juan Quinteros
Chaltenango0-0FAS
Nil Nil
Estadio Gregorio Martinez
Second legs[]
FAS1-1Chaltenango
Erivan Flores Goal 40' Bladimir Diaz Goal 86'
Estadio Oscar Alberto Quiteno

Chalatenango won 4-2 on penalties, after drawing 1-1 on aggregate

Alianza1-0Jocoro
Marvin Monterroza Goal 63' Nil
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Alianza FC won 4-2 on Aggregate

Once Deportivo0-0Aguila
Nil Nil
Estadio Arturo Simeon Magana, Ahuachapan

Once Deportivo won 4-3 on penalties, after tying 1-1 aggregate

Firpo1-2Platense
Jomal Williams Goal 16' Rafael Burgos Goal 23'
Camilo Delgado Goal 59'
Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera, Usulutan

Platense won 4-3 on aggregate


Semifinals[]

First legs[]
Once Deportivo1-1Alianza
Enner Orellana Goal 14' Rodolfo Zelaya Goal 46'
Estadio Arturo Simeon Magana, Ahuachapan
Chaltenango1-1Platense
Kemal Malcom Goal 19' Denilson Rosales Goal 45'
Estadio Gregorio Martinez, Chalatenango
Second legs[]
Alianza2-0Once Deportivo
Duvier Riascos Goal 19'
Ezquiel Rivas Goal 57'		 Nil
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador
Referee: Ivan Barton

Alianza won 3-1 on aggregare

Platense1-0Chaltenango
Camilo Delgado Goal 73' Nil
Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca
Referee: German Martinez

Platense won 2-1 on aggregate

Apertura 2021 Records[]

Records[]

  • Best home records: Alianza F.C. (31 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst home records: Limeno (8 points out of 33 points)
  • Best away records : Once Deportivo (21 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst away records : Isidro Metapan (3 points out of 33 points)
  • Most goals scored: Alianza F.C. (48 goals)
  • Fewest goals scored: Isidro Metapan
    Limeno (16 goals)
  • Fewest goals conceded : Alianza F.C. (19 goals)
  • Most goals conceded : Limeno (38 goals)
No. Player Club Goals
1 Colombia Duvier Riascos Alianza F.C. 16
2 Trinidad and Tobago Jomal Williams Firpo 14
3 El Salvador Rodolfo Zelaya Alianza F.C. 11
4 Colombia Jhon Machado Jocoro F.C. 9
5 Colombia Camilio Delgado Platense 9
6 Colombia Luis Peralta C.D. FAS 9
7 Brazil Wesley Da Silva Firpo 8
8 Colombia Edgar Medrano Once Deportivo 5
9 El Salvador Bryan Paz Once Deportivo 7
10 Argentina TBD TBD 4

Scoring[]

  • First goal of the season: El Salvador Miguel Lemus for Chalatenango against Platense, 16 minutes ( 2021)
  • First goal by a foreign player: Colombia Camilo Delgado for Platense against Chalatenango, 23rd minutes ( 2021)
  • Fastest goal in a match: 15 Seconds
    • El Salvador TBD for Limeno against FAS 2021)
  • Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 90+2 minutes
  • First penalty Kick of the season: Colombia Camilo Delgado for Platense against Chalatenango, 23rd minutes ( 2021)
  • Widest winning margin: 3 goals
  • First hat-trick of the season: Colombia Duvier Riascos for Alianza F.C. against Limeno ( 2021)
  • First own goal of the season: El Salvador Alexander Mendoza (Santa Tecla F.C.) for Alianza F.C. (October 11, 2020)
  • Most goals in a match: 8 goals
    • TBD 3-5 TBD ( , 2021)
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 4 goals
  • Most goals in one half by one team: 3 goals
    • TBD 2-3 (2-3) TBD (2nd half, December 20, 2021)
  • Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
    • TBD 3-5 TBD (, 2021)
  • Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
    • Colombia Duvier Riascos for Alianza against Limeno ( 2021)
  • Players that scored a hat-trick':

List of foreign players in the league[]

This is a list of foreign players in the 2020–21 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. [1] [2]

Orange x.svg (player released during the Apertura season) Blue x.svg (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) Green x.svg (player released during the Clausura season) Red x.svg (player naturalized for the Clausura season)

References[]

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