2020–21 Primera División de El Salvador

The 2020–21 Primera División de El Salvador (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 22nd season and 43rd and 44th Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza F.C. and Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan 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 22 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.

Primera División de El Salvador
Season2020–21
ChampionsAlianza (Apertura)
TBD (Clausura)
RelegatedTBD
CONCACAF LeagueAlianza
TBD
TBD
Top goalscorerTBD (TBD goals Apertura 2020)
TBD (10 goals Clausura 2021)
Biggest home win[TBD}
Biggest away winTBD 5–0 TBD (TBD, 2020)
Longest winning rungames by: TBD
Longest unbeaten rungames by: TBD
Longest winless rungames by: TBD
Longest losing rungames by: TBD
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 3 April 2020.

The champions of Apertura or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2020 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 2 teams, the semifinalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.

Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2019–20 Primera División, 1 promoted from the 2019–20 Segunda División and 1 returning from self imposed exile.

No teams were relegated to 2020–21 Segunda División the previous season as that season was cancelled.


Further changes


Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt Sponsors
Águila Jose Alexander Menjivar Hugo Coria Andres Quejada Umbro Mister Donut, Canal 4, Tigo, Pilsener, Boston
Alianza Adolfo Salume Juan Dieguez Marvin Monterroza Umbro Canal 4, Mister Donut, Tigo, Gatorade, Pepsi
Atletico Marte TBD Cristian Domizi TBD Arijam Sports Sevisal, Canal 4
Chalatenango Bertilio Henríquez Juan Ramón Sánchez Henry Noe Reyes Aqua Sport Electrolit, Eurofarma, mnicom, Powerade, Aqu del Campo
Jocoro F.C. Leonel Hernández Carlos Romero Giuviny Esquivel Milan Caja de Credito Jocoro, Electruit
FAS Guillermo Moran Jorge Humberto Rodriguez Xavier Garcia Joma Pilsener, Tigo, Canal 4, Hospital Cader, Sol
Firpo TBD William Renderos Iraheta Tardelis Pena TBD TBD
Isidro Metapán Rafael Morataya Victor Coreas Milton Molina Milan Canal 4, Arroz de San Pedro, Agroamigo, Morataya
Limeño TBD Alvaro Misael Alfaro Francisco Jovel Álvarez Innova Sports GSR, Chilos Seafood Restaurant, TuriTravel, Disturbidora Torres
Once Deportivo José Antonio Salaverría Bruno Martinez Christian Sánchez Rush Claro, Mister Donut, Pepsi, La Geo, Alcasa
Sonsonate Pedro Contreras Ruben da Silva Jorge Morán Milan ProACES, Aldasa, Alcadia Municipal Sonsonate, Canal 4, Leche salud, Ferreteria Santa Sofia, Coop-1
Santa Tecla José Eduardo Amaya Juan Andrés Sarulyte Rodrigo Rivera Maca Pilsener, Tigo, Plaza Mertio, Pala-grip, Ferreteria Sumersa

Notable events

El Vencedor cessation of spot

El Vencedor announced that due to ongoing cost and lack of sponsorship, they would be ceding their spot to Atletico Marte.[2]

Change of ownership

On 3 April, Chalatenango president Rigoberto Mejia announced that Chalatenango had been acquired by a new ownership group [3]

Change of License owner

At the end of the 2020 season, Pablo Herrera (Owner of the franchise license) announced that Independiente will lose their license and he will be giving the license to Luis Angel Firpo for the Clausura 2020.[4]

Notable death from Clausura 2020 season and 2021 Apertura season

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

  • Hugo Ernesto Burgos Ventura (ex Chalatenango player)
  • Rodolfo Alvarado Barrientos (Ex Fuerte San Francisco, Cojutepeque and Chalatenango)
  • Hugo Ottenson (Chilean, ex Alianza Player)
  • Marco Pereira (Brazilian, ex Aguila, Metapan, Chalatenango, Luis Angel Firpo, Once Lobos, FAS and Dragon player)
  • Jesus Velázquez Chacon (Ex Platense Plyaer)
  • Peter Sandoval (Guatemalan, ex Once Lobos player)
  • Delvani Quaresma (Brazilian, ex Dragon player)
  • Ruben Plaino “La Bruja” (Argentinian, ex Firpo player)
  • Mario Tiorra Castro (Ex Sonsonate, Atletico Marte and Aguila)

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
Aguila Daniel Messina Contract finished April 2020 Hugo Coria [5] April 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Atletico Marte Juan Carlos Carreño Contract finished May 2020 Cristian Domizi May 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Alianza Wilson Gutierrez [6] Contract rescinded due to difficulty of travel July 2020 Juan Cortés August 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Once Deportivo Juan Cortés [7] Resigned July 2020 Bruno Martinez August 2020 th (Apertura 2020)
Santa Tecla Osvaldo Escudero Contract rescinded due to difficulty of travel August 2020 Juan Andrés Sarulyte August 2020 th (Apertura 2020)

During the Apertura season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Limeno Misael Alfaro Sacked October 2020 Nelson Ancheta October 2020
Santa Tecla Juan Suralyte Resigned October 2020 Jaime Medina (‘’’Interim’’’) October 2020 Th (Apertura 2020)
Firpo William Renderos Iraheta Resigned November 2020 Roberto Gamarra November 2020 Th (Apertura 2020)
Aguila Hugo Coria Sacked November 2020 Ernesto Corti November 2020 Th (Apertura 2020)
Chalatenango Juan Ramón Sánchez Sacked December 2020 Ricardo Montoya December 2020 Th (Apertura 2020)
Isidro Metapan Victor Coreas Sacked December 2020 Osvadlo Figueroa (Interim) December 2020 Th (Apertura 2020)
Alianza Juan Cortés Sacked December 2020 Milton Meléndez (Interim) December 2020 Th (Apertura 2020)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
A.D. Isidro Metapan Oswaldo Figueroa Interim finished January 2021 Juan Cortés Dieguez January 2021 th (Apertura 2021)
C.D. Sonsonate Rubén da Silva Contract finished, not renewed January 2021 Fabio Castroman January 2021 th (Apertura 2021)
Alianza F.C. Milton Meléndez Interimship finished, made it offical head coach January 2021 Milton Meléndez January 2021 th (Apertura 2021)
Santa Tecla F.C. Jaime Medina Interimship Finished, contract not renewed January 2021 Rubén da Silva January 2021 th (Apertura 2021)
C.D. Aguila Ernesto Corti Resigned Feruary 2021 Armando Osma Rueda February 2021 th (Apertura 2021)

Apertura

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teams will divided into groups of three . Orientale Group Central Group Occidentale Group The first game would start 10th of October 2020.

The games will be divided into three different stages

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Isidro Metapán 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 10
2 FAS 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
3 Once Deportivo 6 3 1 2 8 9 −1 10
4 Sonsonate 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Alianza 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 16
2 Chalatenango 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6
3 Santa Tecla 6 1 3 2 6 10 −4 6
4 Atletico Marte 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jocoro 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12
2 Firpo 6 3 1 2 5 4 +1 10
3 Municipal Limeño 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
4 Águila 6 2 0 4 7 8 −1 6
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Águila (Q) 9 5 4 0 12 6 +6 19 Advance to Playoffs
2 Alianza (Q) 9 5 1 3 15 10 +5 16
3 Sonsonate 9 1 7 1 10 10 0 10
4 Jocoro 9 2 4 3 10 12 −2 10
5 Atletico Marte 9 1 5 3 15 18 −3 8
6 Isidro Metapán 9 1 3 5 10 16 −6 6
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2021. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Municipal Limeño (Q) 9 5 2 2 15 10 +5 17 Advance to Playoffs
2 Once Deportivo (Q) 9 5 2 2 11 6 +5 17
3 FAS (Q) 9 5 2 2 14 10 +4 17
4 Firpo (Q) 9 3 3 3 8 8 0 12
5 Santa Tecla 9 1 3 5 6 14 −8 6
6 Chalatenango 9 0 4 5 7 13 −6 4
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2021. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Aggerate Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Alianza 15 10 2 3 29 13 +16 32
2 Jocoro 15 6 4 5 19 20 −1 22
3 Isidro Metapán 15 4 4 7 23 25 −2 16
4 FAS 15 8 3 4 23 15 +8 27
5 Firpo 15 6 4 5 13 12 +1 22
6 Chalatenango 15 1 7 7 15 23 −8 10
7 Once Deportivo 15 8 3 4 19 15 +4 27
8 Municipal Limeño 15 7 3 5 22 18 +4 24
9 Santa Tecla 15 2 6 7 12 24 −12 12
10 Águila 15 7 4 4 19 14 +5 25
11 Sonsonate 15 2 8 5 14 21 −7 14
12 Atletico Marte 15 2 6 7 22 30 −8 12
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2021. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
First legs
Firpo0-2Aguila
Nil Nicolas Munoz  61'
Yan Maciel  90'
Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan1-2Alianza
Henry Romero  12'
Rodolfo Zelaya  30'		 Tony Rugamas  7'
Jocoro0-0Limeno
Nil Nil
Sonsonate0-1FAS
Nil Diego Areco  5'
Estadio
Second legs
Aguila1-0Firpo
Yan Maciel  42' Nil
Estadio

Aguila won 3-0 on aggregate

Alianza3-1Once Deportivo
Bryan Tamacas  39'  58'
Rodolfo Zelaya  82'		 Elvin Alvarado  18'
Estadio

Alianza won 5-2 on Aggregate

Limeno1-2Jocoro
Hugo Oviedo  26' Ovidio Lanza  34'
Oscar Rodriguez  49'
Estadio

Jocoro won 2-1 aggregate

FAS2-2Sonsonate
Diego Areco  9'  45' Alexis Montes  13'
David Boquin  48'
Estadio

FAS won 3-2 on aggregate

First legs
Alianza3-0FAS
Bryan Tamacas  5'  26'
Narciso Orellana  41'  59'		 Nil
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador
Jocoro1-0Aguila
Nicolas Munoz own goal  41' Nil
Estadio
Second legs
FAS0-0Alianza
Nil Nil
Estadio Oscar Quiteno , Santa Ana

Alianza advances 3-0 on aggregate.

Aguila2-0Jocoro
Andres Quejada  42'
Marlon Silva  74'		 Nil

Aguila advances 2-1 on aggregate.

Final
Final
Alianza3-0Aguila
Jonathan Jiménez  41'
Rodolfo Zelaya  79'
Dixon Rivas own goal  84'		 Nil
Attendance: TBD
Referee: Ivan Barton
 Apertura 2020 Champions 
Alianza
15th title

Individual awards

Hombre GOL (Top goalscorer) Hernán Carrasco Vivanco (Best Coach Award) Fair player Award Revelation player of the tournament Best Goalkeeper Award
Nicolas Munoz
Aguila		 Jorge Humberto Rodriguez
FAS		 Jomal Williams
Isidro Metapan		 Diego Chévez
Atletico Marte		 Yonathan Guardado
Once Deportivo

Records
  • Best home records: TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst home records: TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Best away records : TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst away records : TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
  • Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
  • Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
  • Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
No. Player Club Goals
1 Nicolas Munoz Aguila 5
2 Jose Pena Chalatenango 4
3 Elvin Alvarado Once Deportivo 3
4 Ovido Lanza Jocoro F.C. 2
5 Arnold Melendez Jocoro F.C. 3
6 David Boquin C.D. Sonsonate 2
7 Ricardinho A.D. Isidro Metapan 2
8 Alexander Larin A.D. Isidro Metapan 2
9 John Machado A.D. Isidro Metapan 2
10 Rodrigo Rivera Santa Tecla F.C. 2

Scoring

Clausura

Results

Records
  • Best home records: TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst home records: TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Best away records : TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst away records : TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
  • Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
  • Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
  • Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)

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.

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season) (player naturalised for the Clausura season)

References
  1. "El Vencedor confirmo cesion de su categoria al Atletico-Marte". elGrafico.com. 2020-04-01. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. "El Vencedor confirmo cesion de su categoria al Atletico-Marte". elGrafico.com. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  3. "Rigoberto Mejía deja la presidencia del AD Chalatenango". elGrafico.com. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  4. "Herrera: "Estamos hablando con Firpo"". elGrafico.com. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. "Hugo Coria vuelve como tecnico de Aguila". elGrafico.com. 2020-04-01. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  6. "Alianza confirma la salida del tecnico Wilson Gutierrez". elGrafico.com. 2020-07-29. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  7. "Juan Cortés renuncia al Once Deportivo". elGrafico.com. 2020-07-29. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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