Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2015

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Season	Clausura 2015
Champions	Santa Tecla F.C.
Relegated	Atlético Marte
Champions League	Santa Tecla F.C.
Matches played	96
Goals scored	234 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Héctor Ramos (10)
Biggest home win	C.D. Águila 5-1 C.D. Dragón; A.D. Isidro Metapán 4-0 UES (TBD)
Biggest away win	C.D. Pasaquina 0-4 Alianza F.C.; (TBD)
Highest scoring	C.D. Águila 4-3 A.D. Isidro Metapán
Longest winning run	- games by: TBD
Longest unbeaten run	- games by: TBD
Longest winless run	- games by: TBD
Longest losing run	- games by: TBD
Highest attendance	8,748 people, Alianza F.C. vs C.D. FAS
Lowest attendance	71 people, UES vs Dragón
Average attendance	1,549 people (average)
	← Apertura 2014 Apertura 2015 →

The Clausura 2014 season is the 34th edition of El Salvador's Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions. The league will consist of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Team information[edit]

A total of 10 teams will contest the league

Stadia and locations[edit]

Juventud Independiente

Location of teams in Apertura 2014/Clausura 2015

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González	32,000
Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
C.D. Dragon	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Óscar Quiteño	15,000
Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	8,000
Juventud Independiente	San Juan Opico	Complejo Municipal	5,000
C.D. Pasaquina	Pasaquina	Estadio San Sebastián	5,000
Santa Tecla	Santa Tecla	Estadio Las Delicias	10,000
UES	San Salvador	Estadio Universitario UES	10,000

Personnel and sponsoring[edit]

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Pedro Arieta	Julio Dely Valdés	Joma	Tigo
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Ramiro Cepeda	Lotto	UNO, Pepsi, Domino's Pizza
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Jorge Garcia	Galaxia	Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka
C.D. Dragón	Carlos Meza	Roberto Gamarra	Milan	Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi, Pharmacia La bueno
FAS	Byron Rodriguez	Agustin Castillo	Galaxia	Coop-1 de R.L. , Galaxia, Pilsener, Lays Chips, Tigo
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Jorge Rodriguez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim, Pepsi,
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Ria
Pasaquina	Abilio Menjivar	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Jaguar Sportic	Ria, Port
Santa Tecla	Oscar Ortiz	Osvaldo Escudero	Reto	Rio, La Curaco, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup
UES	Rufino Quesada	Willian Renderos Iraheta	Maca	Alba Petróleos, Gatorade

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
Atletico Marte	Guillermo Rivera	Contract not renewed	December 2014	Jorge Garcia	December 2014	9th (Apertura 2014)
C.D. Pasaquina	Jorge Garcia	Contract not renewed	December 2014	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	December 2014	10th (Apertura 2014)
C.D. Aguila	Daniel Messina	Contract finished	December 2014	Julio Dely Valdés	30 December 2014	3rd and runner up (Apertura 2014)

During the season[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Dragon	Roberto Gamarra	Resigned	Feb 2015	Guillermo Rivera	Feb 2015	10th (Clausura 2015)
Atletico Marte	Jorge Garcia	Sacked	Feb 2015	Daniel Fernández	Feb 2015	9th (Clausura 2015)
C.D. Dragon	Guillermo Rivera	Sacked	March 2015	Santos Rivera/Abel Blanco	March 2015	9th (Clausura 2015)
Alianza F.C.	Ramiro Cepeda	Sacked	March 2015	Rubén Alonso	March 2015	5th (Clausura 2015)

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Isidro Metapán (Q)	18	10	3	5	27	15	+12	33	Qualification for playoffs
2	Juventud Independiente (Q)	18	9	2	7	26	22	+4	29
3	Santa Tecla (Q)	18	8	5	5	26	23	+3	29
4	Alianza	18	7	6	5	22	17	+5	27
5	FAS (Q)	18	7	6	5	20	16	+4	27^[a]	Qualification for playoffs
6	Águila	18	7	3	8	22	20	+2	24
7	Pasaquina	18	6	5	7	19	25	−6	23
8	Atlético Marte	18	6	3	9	19	20	−1	21
9	UES	18	5	3	10	19	29	−10	18
10	Dragón	18	4	6	8	15	28	−13	18

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ FAS won the extra game by 6-5 on penalties (after the game was tied 2-2 in extra time) against Alianza F.C. for the last place of the playoffs.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	DRA	FAS	MET	JUV	PAS	STE	UES
Águila		1–1	0–0	5–1	1–2	4–3	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–0
Alianza	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–4
Atlético Marte	2–0	0–2		4–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0
Dragón	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1
C.D. FAS	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1		0–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1
Isidro Metapán	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	4–0
Juventud Independiente	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	0–3		4–2	3–0	2–1
Pasaquina	2–1	0–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–2	3–1
Santa Tecla	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–2		3–0
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–1	0–3	0–1	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring[edit]

First goal of the season: William Maldonado for Santa Tecla F.C. against UES, 10 minutes (17 January 2015)
Fastest goal in a match: TBD minute - TBD for TBD against TBD (TBD TBD 2015)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes - Elman Rivas for UES against Santa Tecla F.C. (17 January 2015)
First penalty Kick of the season: Elman Rivas for UES against Santa Tecla F.C., 56 minutes (17 January 2015)
Widest winning margin: 4 goals
- Alianza F.C. 4–0 C.D. Pasaquina (2015)
First hat-trick of the season: Ricardo de Ferreria for Santa Tecla F.C. against Juventud Independiente (TBD TBD 2015)
First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (2015)
Most goals in a match: 7 Goals C.D. Aguila 4–3 A.D. Isidro Metapan (2015)
Most goals by one team in a match: 4 Goals
- C.D. Aguila 5–1 C.D. Dragon (TBD 2015)
Most goals in one half by one team: 4 Goals C.D. Aguila 5–1 C.D. Dragon (2015)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
- A.D. Isidro Metapan 3–4 C.D. Aguila (2015)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
- Ricardo de Ferreria for Santa Tecla F.C. against Juventud Independiente (January 2015)
- Nicolas Munoz for C.D. Aguila against A.D. Isidro Metapan (1 February 2015)

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Héctor Ramos	Isidro Metapan	13
2	Nicolás Muñoz	C.D. Aguila	11
3	David Rugamas	Juventud Independiente	11
4	Irvin Herrera	Santa Tecla F.C.	8
5	Jonathan Philippe	Alianza F.C.	8
6	Ricardinho Paraiba	Santa Tecla F.C.	6
7	Elman Rivas	UES	5
8	Herbert Sosa	Juventud Independiente	5
9	Julián Di Cosmo	C.D. FAS	5
10	Dustin Corea	C.D. FAS	4

Playoffs[edit]

Semifinals					Final

1	Isidro Metapan	2	0	2

4	FAS	0	1	1
					1	Isidro Metapan	1 (1)

					3	Santa Tecla	1 (3)
2	Juventud Independiente	3	1	4

3	Santa Tecla	3	3	6

Semi-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

May 9, 2015

4:00pm

Santa Tecla	3-3	Juventud Independiente
Iván Mancía 11' Irvin Herrera 47', 85'	[1]	Luis Mauricio Perla 9', 45' Juan Díaz 58'

Estadio Las Delicias,
Santa Tecla, El Salvador

Attendance: 1,729

Referee: German Martínez

May 10, 2015

3:45pm

FAS	0-2	Isidro Metapán
	[2]	Romeo Parkes 14' Héctor Ramos 91'

Estadio Óscar Quiteño,
Santa Ana, El Salvador

Attendance: 7,051

Second leg[edit]

May 16, 2015

7:00 pm

Isidro Metapán	0-1	C.D. FAS
		Cristian Álvarez 64'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez, Metapán

Isidro Metapan won 2–1 on aggregate.

May 17, 2015

Juventud Independiente	1-3	Santa Tecla FC
Rodrigo Rivera 47'	[3]	Ricardo Ferreira 13' Irvin Herrera 42' Gerson Mayén 87'

Complejo Municipal San Juan Opico

Attendance: 2,368

Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

Santa Tecla won 6–4 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

24 May 2015

15:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	1-1	Santa Tecla FC
Ricardo Ulloa 82'	[4]	William Maldonado 21'
Penalties
Héctor Ramos Víctor Merino Medardo Max Guevara Josué Flores	1-3	Ricardinho Paraiba Gerson Mayen Marlon Cornejo Diego Chavarría Juan Barahona

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Attendance: 6,152

Referee: Marlon Mejía


Isidro Metapán:
GK	TBD	Henry Hernández
DF	TBD	Francisco Jovel Alvarez
DF	TBD	Jonathan Barrios	80'
DF	TBD	Milton Molina
DF	TBD	José Peraza	113'
MF	TBD	Marvin Monterrosa
MF	TBD	Christian Sanchez	78'
MF	TBD	Narciso Orellana	64'
MF	TBD	Romeo Ovando Parkes
FW	TBD	Héctor Ramos
FW	TBD	Josué Flores
Substitutes:
FW	TBD	Víctor Merino	64'
FW	TBD	Medardo Guevara	78'
MF	TBD	Ricardo Ulloa	80'
Manager:
Jorge Rodriguez


Santa Tecla:
GK	1	Derby Carrillo
DF	TBD	Bryan Tamacas	91'
DF	TBD	Ivan Mancia
DF	TBD	Giovanni Zavaleta
DF	TBD	Juan Barahona
MF	TBD	Gerson Mayen
MF	TBD	Diego Chavarría
MF	TBD	William Maldonado	15' 62'
MF	TBD	Marlon Cornejo
FW	TBD	Ricardinho Paraiba	115'
FW	TBD	Irvin Herrera	69'
Substitutes:
MF	TBD	Aldair Rivera	62'
MF	TBD	Kevin Ayala	69'
MF	TBD	William Mancía	91'
Manager:
Osvaldo Escudero

Clausura 2015 champions
Santa Tecla 1st title

List of foreign players in the league[edit]

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. The following players:

have played at least one apertura 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 a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

C.D. Águila

Alianza F.C.

Atlético Marte

C.D. Dragón

Juventud Independiente

C.D. FAS

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Pasaquina

Santa Tecla F.C.

UES

(player released during the season)

Aggregate table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Isidro Metapán	36	17	10	9	47	34	+13	61	Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Santa Tecla	36	16	11	9	46	38	+8	59	Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
3	FAS	36	14	13	9	38	27	+11	55
4	Juventud Independiente	36	16	6	14	52	46	+6	54
5	Águila	36	15	8	13	37	31	+6	53
6	Alianza	36	12	12	12	40	37	+3	48
7	Dragón	36	11	10	15	35	46	−11	43
8	UES	36	11	9	16	36	44	−8	42
9	Pasaquina	36	9	11	16	31	54	−23	38
10	Atlético Marte (R)	36	9	10	17	38	43	−5	37	Relegation to Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2015. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

External links[edit]

":: Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador ::". primerafutboles.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
"El Gráfico - Lo hacemos por deporte". elgrafico.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
"El Salvador FC - elsalvadorfc.com - NOTICIAS 100% FÚTBOL SALVADOREÑO". elsalvadorfc.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
"Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador - El fútbol salvadoreño en su sitio". culebritamacheteada.com.sv. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
".:: El Salvador Futbol - Noticias Deportivas, Fútbol Salvadoreño, Primera Division de Fútbol de El Salvador ::". elsalvadorfutbol.com. Retrieved 2014-05-25.

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