2020–21 Primera División de El Salvador

Primera División de El Salvador

Season	2020–21
Champions	TBD (Apertura) TBD (Clausura)
Relegated	TBD
CONCACAF League	TBD TBD TBD
Top goalscorer	TBD (TBD goals Apertura 2020) TBD (10 goals Clausura 2021)
Biggest home win	[TBD}
Biggest away win	TBD 5–0 TBD (TBD, 2020)
Longest winning run	games by: TBD
Longest unbeaten run	games by: TBD
Longest winless run	games by: TBD
Longest losing run	games by: TBD
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 3 April 2020.

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.

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 team were relegated to 2020–21 Segunda División the previous season due the season being cancelled.

Further changes

• El Vencedor later gave their spot to Atletico Marte.

• Independiente lost their license and their spot was given to Firpo.

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
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	Nil	Lemus, Premiun Center, Arjona Import & Export Co
Jocoro F.C.	Leonel Hernández	Carlos Romero	Giuviny Esquivel	Milan	Haciendo Regalo de Dios, Caja de Credito Jocoro
FAS	Guillermo Moran	Jorge Humberto Rodriguez	Xavier Garcia	Joma	Pilsener, Tigo, Canal 4, Hospital Cader, Sol
Firpo	TBD	William Renderos Iraheta	TBD	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.

Change of ownership

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

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.

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) [1]
• Rodolfo Alvarado Barrientos (Ex Fuerte San Francisco, Cojutepeque and Chalatenango)

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	April 2020	th (Apertura 2020)
Atletico Marte	Juan Carlos Carreño	Contract finished	May 2020	Cristian Domizi	May 2020	th (Apertura 2020)
Alianza	Wilson Gutierrez	Contract rescinded due to difficulty of travel	July 2020	Juan Cortés	August 2020	th (Apertura 2020)
Once Deportivo	Juan Cortés	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)

Apertura 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teams will divided into groups of three . Orientale Group Central Group Occidentale Group[2]

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. [3]

Águila

• Bruno Kairon
• Yan Maciel
• Marlon Da Silva de Moura
• Andrés Quejada

Alianza

• Maximiliano Freitas
• Felipe Ponce Ramírez
• José Pablo “Rulo” Varela
• Oswaldo Blanco

Atletico Marte

• Federico Lavallen
• Federico Giacone
• Argenis Alba

Chalatenango

• Peter Sammy Dominguez
• Luis Paradela
• Emerson Lalin
• Carlos Felix Gamez

FAS

• Raúl Peñaranda
• Diego Areco
• Jose Luis Rodriguez

Firpo

• Tardelius Pena
• Fredrick Ogangan
• Armando Polo
• Nelson Barahona

Isidro Metapán

• Ricardinho
• Mitchel Mercado
• Jhon Machado
• Jomal Williams

Jocoro

• Jamal Jack
• Junior Jesus Padilla
• Arnold Josue Melendez

Limeño

• Beitar Córdoba
• Clayvin Zuniga
• Samuel Jiménez
• Hugo Alexis Oviedo Jara

Once Deportivo

• Marco Granados
• Luis Fernando Copete
• Daley Mena

Sonsonate

• David Boquín
• Daniel Buitrago

Santa Tecla

• Alejandro Dautt
• Yosimar Quinones
• Wilmer Cruz

(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)