2024–25 Primera División de El Salvador
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 July 2024 – 22 November 2024 (Apertura), 2025 – 2025 (Clausura) |
| Matches played | 94 |
| Goals scored | 225 (2.39 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Gustavo (14 goals Apertura 2024) |
| Highest scoring | FAS 3-4 Águila |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 7 November 2024. | |
The 2024–25 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 26th season and 50th and 51st Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Aguila and Alianza are the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournament respectively. The league will consist of 11 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 20 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 and Clausura will qualify for the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the third team to qualify is the team with better aggregate record. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Teams
[edit]Promotion and relegation
[edit]A total of 11 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2023–24 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2023–24 Segunda División.
Cacahuatique was promoted to the Primera División on July 1, 2024, after defeating Titan in a playoff match by a score of 4-3 in penalties, after the team were tied 1-1 after 120 minutes.[1]
Santa Tecla was relegated to the 2024–25 Segunda División.[2]
Jocoro withdrew from the league.
Notable events
[edit]Changes for 2024-2025 Season
[edit]On the 13th of June, 2024 The President of the Primera Division Samuel Gálvez announced changes for the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 included the final being played over two legs instead just one game, the finals will be held at the finalist stadiums. The four foreign players quota will remain. One reserve or under 17 player must be played for 90 minutes per game.[3]
Jocoro sold spot in primera division to Titan
[edit]It was announced on July 13, 2024 that Titan had made agreement with Jocoro to acquire their spot in the Primera division.[4]
Primera division denys Joroco selling of spot, Only 11 teams will participate
[edit]FESFUT announced with Jocoro failure to meet the requirement to register in the Primera Division, they would lose their spot and therefore could sell their spot to Titan. Despite protest and pleas from Titan board to be allowed to take the spot and give a slight extension to the club for meet the requirement, on June 18, 2024 FESFUT President Humberto Sáenz Marinero announced the league will proceed with only 11 teams. [5]
FESFUT denied double legged final
[edit]On 29 September, it was announced by FESFUT that they had denied primera division decision to have two legged grand final, the grand final will remain one legged final [6]
Announcement no team will be relegated 2024–2025 season
[edit]On 24 October, 2024 it was announced by the primera division that no team will be relegated for the 2024–2025, after Jocoro FC license being suspended, and only 11 teams participating in the league, the league stated that one team will be promoted to make it even 12 teams again and no team will be relegated [7]
Grand Final to be played at Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
[edit]On December 3, 2024 It was announced that the final will be playing in the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González for the first time since 2004. [8]
Notable death from Apertura 2024 season and 2025 Clausura season
[edit]The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2024 and middle of 2025.
- Manuel Ayala (ex Luis Angel Firpo player)
- Joel Estrada (ex FAS player)
- Jose Leandro Linares (ex FAS and Gatos de Monterrey player)
- Juan Ramon Martinez (ex Aguila, Atletico Marte, Juventud Olimpica and Once Municipal player)
- Eder Renderos (ex Luis Angel Firpo, UES and Audaz player)
- Julio Leiva (Guatemalan ex Aguila player) [9]
- Amadeo Machado (ex Aguila and Luis Angel Firpo player)
- Domingo Albil (Argentinian ex FAS, Alianza and Sonsonate player) [10]
- Héctor Alcides Piccioni (Argentinian ex FAS player) [11]
- Luis Ernesto Tapia (Panamanian ex Alianza, Atletico Marte, UES and Juventud Olimpica player) [12]
- Gerson Menjívar (ex Atletico Marte player) [1]
- Óscar "Chino" Portillo (ex Dragon Player) [2]
- TBD (ex TBD player)
Managerial changes
[edit]Before the start of the season
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguila |  Ernesto Corti
|
Contract finished, | May 27, 2024 | Daniel Messina[13]
|
May 27, 2024 | 4th and Quarterfinalist (2024 Clausura) |
| Fuerte San Francisco |  Nelson Ancheta
|
Contract Finished | May 27, 2024 |  Jorge Martinez Merino [14]
|
June 29, 2024 | 11th (2024 Clausura) |
| Dragon | Manuel Acevedo
|
Mutual Consent | June 7, 2024 | Marvin Benítez
|
June 7, 2024 | 9th (2024 Clausura) |
| Isidro Metapan | Carlos Martinez Che
|
Returned to assistant coach role | June 18, 2024 | Hector Omar Mejia
|
July 3, 2024 | 7th and Semi-Finalist (2024 Clausura) |
| Cacahuatique |  Pablo Quiñones
|
Mutual Consent | July 4, 2024 | Daniel Corti
|
July 9, 2024 | None (2024 Clausura) |
During the Apertura season
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAS | Ricardo Preza [3]
|
Sacked | August 20, 2024 |  Agustin Castillo
|
August 20, 2024 | 7th (2024 Apertura) |
| Municipal Limeno | William Renderos Iraheta
|
Sacked | September 19, 2024 | Abel Flores (Interim)
|
September 20, 2024 | 7th (2024 Apertura) |
| Dragon | Marvin Benítez
|
Resigned | September, 2024 | Pablo Quiñones [4]
|
September , 2024 | 12th (2024 Apertura) |
| Municipal Limeno | Abel Flores (Interim)
|
Interimship ended | October 5, 2024 | Guillermo Rivera [5]
|
October 5, 2024 | 6th (2024 Apertura) |
| Platense | Jorge Abrego
|
Mutual Consent | October 11, 2024 | David Hernández (Interim)
|
October 11, 2024 | 11th (2024 Apertura) |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Jorge Merino [6]
|
Mutual Consent | October 16, 2024 | Ruben Alonso
|
October 18, 2024 | 9th (2024 Apertura) |
Between the Apertura and Clausura season
[edit]| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza | Jorge Rodríguez [7]
|
Contract finished and did not renew | December 12, 2024 | Ernesto Corti [8]
|
December 15, 2024 | 5th (2024 Apertura) |
| TBD | TBD
|
End of interimship | January 4, 2025 | TBD
|
January 4, 2025 | 5th (2024 Apertura) |
Apertura 2024
[edit]League table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Águila | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 41 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Cacahuatique | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 40 | |
| 3 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 39 | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 35 | |
| 5 | Alianza | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 32 | |
| 6 | Once Deportivo | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 32 | |
| 7 | Municipal Limeño | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 27 | |
| 8 | FAS | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 23 | |
| 9 | Fuerte San Francisco | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 15 | |
| 10 | Dragón | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 13 | |
| 11 | Platense | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 9 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Apertura 2024 Records
[edit]Records
[edit]- Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst away records : TBD (00 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)
Scoring
[edit]- First goal of the season:
Gustavo Souza for Firpo against Platense, 6 minutes (Month day, 2024) - First goal by a foreign player: Gustavo Souza for Firpo against Platense, 6th minutes (A, 2024)
- Fastest goal in a match: 5 Minutes
Luis Enrique Vasquez for Once Deportivo against Platense (August 2, 2024)
- Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes
- First penalty Kick of the season:
Julian Grueso for Cacahuatique against Firpo, 43rd minutes (August 4, 2024) - Widest winning margin: 4 goals
- First hat-trick of the season:
Emiliano Villar for FAS against Alianza (November 16, 2024) - First own goal of the season: Ronald Aparicio (Platense) for Aguila (August 26, 2024)
- Most goals in a match: 7 goals
- Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
- Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
- Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
- Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
- Emiliano Villar for FAS against Alianza (November 16, 2024)
- Players that scored a hat-trick':
- Emiliano Villar for FAS against Alianza (November 16, 2024)
Top Goalscorer (Apertura 2024)
[edit]| No. | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustavo Moura [9]
|
LA Firpo | 14 |
| 2 | Emiliano Villar
|
FAS | 11 |
| 3 | Emerson Mauricio
|
Alianza | 9 |
| 4 | Alexander Marquez
|
Cacahuatique | 8 |
| 5 | Blas Sosa
|
Aguila | 8 |
| 6 | Yair Delgadillo
|
Isidro Metapan | 7 |
| 7 | Mauricio Cerritos
|
LA Firpo | 6 |
| 8 | Javier Ferman
|
Municipal Limeno | 6 |
| 9 | Steven Guerra
|
Isidro Metapan | 6 |
| 10 | Juan Carlos Argueta
|
Isidro Metapan | 5 |
| 10 | Isaac Esquivel
|
Isidro Metapan | 5 |
Playoff
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit]First legs
[edit]| Once Deportivo | 2-1 | LA Firpo |
|---|---|---|
Carlos Anzora  pen.' (11) Kemal Malcolm 72' |
[10] | Alberto Henríquez 35' |
| FAS | 1-1 | Aguila |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Tejeda 53' |
[11] | Edgar Medrano 92' |
| Alianza | 1-1 | Isidro Metapan |
|---|---|---|
| Ányelo Rodríguez pen.' (6) |
[12] | Isaac Esquivel 87' |
| Municipal Limeno | 0-1 | Cacahuatique |
|---|---|---|
| Nil | [13] | Jorge Lara 38' |
Second legs
[edit]| Isidro Metapan | 0-0 | Alianza |
|---|---|---|
| Nil | Nil |
1-1. Isidro Metapan won 5-3 on penalties
| LA Firpo | 0-1 | Once Deportivo |
|---|---|---|
| Styven Vasquez 42' |
[14] | Josue Rivera 16' |
Once Deportivo won 3-2 on Aggregate
FAS won 2-1 on Aggregate
| Cacahuatique | 0-1 | Municipal Limeno |
|---|---|---|
| Nil | [16] | Bryan Paz 9' |
1-1. Cacahuatique won 3-1 on penalties
Semi-finals
[edit]First legs
[edit]| FAS | 2-1 | Isidro Metapan |
|---|---|---|
| Emiliano Villar 35' Jonathan Nolasco 68' |
[17] | Roberto Domínguez 45' |
| Once Deportivo | 1-1 | Cacahuatique |
|---|---|---|
| Kemal Malcolm 58' |
[18] | Wilker da Silva 19' |
Second legs
[edit]| Isidro Metapan | 0-0 | FAS |
|---|---|---|
| Nil | [19] | Nil |
FAS won 2-1 on aggregate
| Cacahuatique | 1-1 | Once Deportivo |
|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Hernandez 36' |
[https://www.elgrafico.com/primera/Once-Deportivo-elimina-al-Cacahuatique-y-jugara-la-final-del-Apertura-2024-20241215-0018.html | Miguel Murillo 20' |
2-2. Once Deportivo won 5-3 on penalties
Clausura 2025
[edit]Clausura 2025 Records
[edit]Records
[edit]- Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst away records : TBD (00 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)
Scoring
[edit]- First goal of the season: TBD for Firpo against Platense, 22 minutes (Month day, 2025)
- First goal by a foreign player: TBD for Firpo against Platense, th minutes (Month day, 2025)
- Fastest goal in a match: 23 Seconds
- Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes
- First penalty Kick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD, 7th minutes (Month day, 2025)
- Widest winning margin: 4 goals
- First hat-trick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD (Month day, 2025)
- First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (Month day, 2025)
- Most goals in a match: 8 goals
- Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
- Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
- Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
- Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
- Players that scored a hat-trick':
List of foreign players in the league
[edit]This is a list of foreign players in the 2024–25 season. The following players:
- Have played at least one game for the respective club.
- 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.
Águila
Gonzalo Ramirez- Blas Sosa
- Dionatan Machado
- Carlos Salazar
- Edgar Medrano
Alianza
- Mitchel Mercado
Sebastián Julio 
- Ányelo Rodríguez
- Anthony Sosa
- Ramiro Rocca
Cachuatique
- Elías Umeres
- Wilker da Silva
- Julián Grueso
- Jorge Lara
Dragon
- Yair Arboleda
- Kevin Moreno
- Manuel Chala
- Yerson Tobar
- Samuel Campaña
- José Medrano
FAS
- Germán Aguila
- Martin Correra
- Mathias Goyeni
- Emiliano Villar
Firpo
- Wilber Arizala
- Guilherme Silva
- Jonathan Santana
- Gustavo Souza
Fuerte San Francisco
- Luis Acuna
- Camilo Delgado
- Andres Murillo Rentería
Colorado Murray
Isidro Metapán
- Luca Orozco
Javier Cetre
Diego Gregori
Yair Delgadillo
Municipal Limeno
- Lucas dos Santos
- Juan Diego Lasso
German Mejia 
- Joel Almeida
- Aldo Magaña
Once Deportivo
- Manuel Murrillo
Kevin Martin- Kemal Malcolm
Jomal Williams
Platense
- Matheus da Silva
- Magno Costa Fernandes
- Argenis Alba
Sandro Melgarejo
(player released beginning the Apertura season, Never played a game)
(player released during the Apertura season)
(player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons)
(player released during the Clausura season)
(Injured and ruled out for the rest of the season)
(player naturalized for the Clausura season)
(player released beginning the Clausura season, Never played a game)
References
[edit]- ^ "¡Cacahuatique es nuevo equipo de Primera División!" [Cacahuatique is the new team in the first division]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Santa Tecla se despide de la Primera Division tras caer ante Firpo" [Santa Tecla says goodbye to the first division after losing to Firpo]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). elgrafico.com. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Oficial: la final del Apertura 2024 se jugará a ida y vuelta" [Official: the final of the Apertura 2024 will be played over two legs]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "¡Oficial! Titán es equipo de la Primera División!" [Official ! Titan is the new team in the first division]. diarioelsalvador.com (in Spanish). diarioelsalvador.com. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "FESFUT niega solicitud del Titán para jugar en Primera División" [FESFUT denies inscription of Titan to play in the Primera Division]. El Grafico.com (in Spanish). El Grafico.com. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Final única se mantiene en la Liga Mayor de fútbol" [one leg final will maintain in the first division]. El Salvador.com (in Spanish). El Salvador.com. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Confirmado: No habrá descenso en la Primera División esta temporada" [Confirmed no relegation will occur in this primera division season]. Elgrafico.com (in Spanish). Elgrafico.com. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "La final del Apertura 2024 será en el "Mágico" González" [The final of Apertura 2024 will be at Magico Gonzalez]. Elsalvador.com (in Spanish). Elsalvador.com. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Mataron al DT Julio Ariz Leiva, el "Rey de los Ascensos", con 15 balazos en Guatemala" [Murder of coacg Julio Ariz Leiva, The king of promotions, with 15 shots in Guatemala]. LaNacion.com (in Spanish). LaNacion.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Fallecio-el-argentino-Domingo-Jorge-Albil" [Death of Argentinian Domingo Jorge Albil]. elgrafico.com (in Spanish). elgrafico.com. October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Fallecio exfigura del FAS Hector Piccioni" [Official ! Death of ex star of FAS Hector Piccioni]. elgrafico.com (in Spanish). elgrafico.com. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Fallece Luis Ernesto "Cascarita" Tapia, leyenda de Alianza" [Official ! Death of Luis Ernesto 'Cascarita' Tapia, Alianza Legend]. elgrafico.com (in Spanish). elgrafico.com. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Messina No lo pense dos veces en acepatar regresar al Aguila" [Daniel Messina did not think twice to accept returning to Aguila]. elgrafico.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "El mexicano Jorge Martinez nuevo entrenador del Fuerte San Francisco" [The Mexican Jorge Martinez new coach of Fuerte San Francisco]. elgrafico.com (in Spanish). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.