2015–16 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

The 2015–16 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 18th season and 35th and 36th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán and Santa Tecla were the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura, 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 8 teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs. The champions of Apertura and Clausura will both qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. Should the same team win both tournaments, the runners-up with the best aggregate record will qualify for the Champions League.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador

Season	2015–16
Champions	Alianza (Apertura) Dragón (Clausura)
Relegated	Atlético Marte
Champions League	Alianza Dragón
Matches played	145 (Apertura)
Goals scored	358 (2.47 per match) (Apertura)
Top goalscorer	David Rugamas (Isidro Metapán) 12
Biggest home win	Santa Tecla 8–0 Pasaquina (February 12, 2016)
Biggest away win	FAS 0–5 Santa Tecla (November 22, 2015)
Highest scoring	Isidro Metapán 3–4 Alianza (August 9, 2015) Sonsonate 3–4 Alianza (September 26, 2015) Santa Tecla 5–2 Alianza (September 30, 2015)
Longest winning run	7 games by: FAS
Longest unbeaten run	7 games by: Dragón, FAS
Longest winless run	12 games by: Juventud Independiente, UES
Longest losing run	5 games by: UES
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of December 20, 2015.

Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the Clausura 2014 and 3 promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda División.

The 2015 season features the addition of two extra sides from the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño. These were decided based on how good the club infrastructure, fan base and lastly if they secured the 100,000 dollar Primera División license ^[1]

C.D. Atlético Marte were relegated to 2015–16 Segunda División the previous season.

The relegated team was replaced by the 2014–15 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. Real Destroyer won the Clausura 2015 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Apertura 2014 champions side C.D. Guadalupano. Real Destroyer won the playoffs by the score of 5–2.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2015.

• Champions: Real Destroyer

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2015.

• Last Place: Atlético Marte (However, purchased new spot in the Primera División)

Franchises

The 2015–16 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season features the increase of two additional sides, Atlético Marte and C.D. Chalatenango. Both clubs were the only teams that nominated themselves (which included a 100,000 payment) and as such were accepted.

Further Changes

Real Destroyer later sold their spot to C.D. Sonsonate for 75,000 dollars.^[2]

Firpo purchased the spot of Juventud Independiente after the end of the Apertura season. Although the club will play under their own colours, flags, jersey, stadium, coaching staff, directors and players, they were forced to be registered under the name and have the same points as Juventud Independiente.^[3]

Stadia and locations

Alianza

Atlético Marte

Águila

Dragón

FAS

Firpo

Chalatenango

Sonsonate

Isidro Metapán

Juventud Independiente

Pasaquina

Santa Tecla

UES

Location of teams in Apertura 2015/Clausura 2016

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
C.D. Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza F.C.	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	53,400
C.D. Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	53,400
C.D. Chalatenango	Chalatenango	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez	15,000
C.D. Dragón	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
C.D. FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Óscar Quiteño	15,000
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo[†]	Usulután	Estadio Sergio Torres	5,000
A.D. Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	8,000
C.D. Juventud Independiente	San Juan Opico	Complejo Municipal	5,000
C.D. Pasaquina	Pasaquina	Estadio San Sebastián	5,000
Santa Tecla F.C.	Santa Tecla	Estadio Las Delicias	10,000
C.D. Sonsonate	Sonsonate	Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos	8,000
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	San Salvador	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González	32,000

1. ^† Information for Firpo is as of the time of their purchase of Juventud's spot at the end of the Apertura season.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Pedro Arieta	Daniel Casanova	Joma	Tigo, Canal 4, Pepsi, Mister Donut
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl Nuñez	Jorge Rodríguez	Lotto	Sinai, Canal 4, Maseca, Los Rinconcitos, Pepsi, Tigo
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Carlos "El Cacho" Meléndez	Galaxia	Pan Rosvil, Vive, La Curaçao, Foskrol, UFG
Chalatenango	Rigoberto Mejía	Carlos Mijangos	Milán	Lemus, Alcaldía Municipal de Chalatenango, Canal 4
Dragón	Carlos Martinez Meza	Omar Sevilla	Galaxia	Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Canal 4, Las Perlitas, Tiendas Galo
FAS	Rafael Villacorta	Agustín Castillo	Mitre	Coop-1 de R.L., Alba Petróleos, Pilsener, Lays Chips, Tigo, Casino Montecarlo
Firpo	Raul Galo	Ramón Sánchez	Milán	Canal 4, Alcaldía de San Juan Opico, Ria
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Misael Alfaro	Milán	Grupo Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim, Pepsi, Canal 4
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Jorge Abrego	Milán	Canal 4, Alcaldía de San Juan Opico, Ria
Pasaquina	Oscar Ramirez	Víctor Coreas	Milán	Megafrío, Aleve Extra Fuerte, Canal 4, Ria
Sonsonate	Pedro Contreras	German Pérez	Milán	ProACES, Leche Salud, Caja de Crédito de Sonsonate, AlfaParf, Alcaldía de Sonsonate, Ferretería Santa Sofía
Santa Tecla	Oscar Órtiz	Osvaldo Escudero	Milán	Rio Bingo, La Curaçao, Canal 21, Plaza Merliot, Pollo Indio, Petrox, Claro, Pepsi
UES	Rufino Quezada	William Renderos Iraheta	Galaxia	Alba Petróleos, MK, Canal 4

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
Águila	Julio Dely Valdés	Contract finished	April 2015	Eraldo Correia	May 2015	6th (Clausura 2015)
Dragón	Abel Blanco	Interim finished	April 2015	Omar Sevilla	June 2015	10th (Clausura 2015)
Atlético Marte	Daniel Fernández	Contract finished	April 2015	Carlos "El Cacho" Meléndez	June 2015	8th (Clausura 2015)
Pasaquina	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Contract finished, not renewed	May 2015	Víctor Coreas	June 2015	7th (Clausura 2015)
Juventud Independiente	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Resigned, hired as El Salvador under 23	May 2015	Jorge Abrego	June 2015	3rd (Clausura 2015)
Chalatenango	Ricardo Serrano	Moved to become assistant coach	June 2015	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	June 2015	Newly Promoted

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Sonsonate	German Pérez	Resigned	August 2015	Ennio Mendoza and Mario Elias Guevara (Caretaker)	August 2015	12th (Apertura 2015)
Sonsonate	Ennio Mendoza and Mario Elias Guevara	Caretaker tenure finished, moved back to assistant and reserve	August 2015	Héctor Jara	August 2015	12th (Apertura 2015)
Chalatenango	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Sacked	August 2015	Ricardo Serrano	August 2015	11th (Apertura 2015)
UES	William Renderos Iraheta	Sacked	September 2015	Efrain Burgos	September 2015	12th (Apertura 2015)
Atlético Marte	Carlos "El Cacho" Meléndez	Sacked	September 2015	Douglas Vidal Jiménez	September 2015	11th (Apertura 2015)
Sonsonate	Héctor Jara	Sacked	October 2015	Edwin Portillo	October 2015	9th (Apertura 2015)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Águila	Eraldo Correia	Contract finished	December 2015	Juan Ramón Sánchez	December 2015	2nd (Apertura 2015)
Pasaquina	Víctor Coreas	Resigned for personal reason	December 2015	Hugo Ovelar	December 2015	7th (Apertura 2015)
Chalatenango	Ricardo Serrano	Resigned	December 2015	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	December 2015	6th (Apertura 2015)
FAS	Agustín Castillo	Contract finished	December 2015	Carlos Martinez Sequeira	December 2015	5th (Apertura 2015)
UES	Efrain Burgos	Resigned	December 2015	Edgar "Kiko" Henríquez	December 2015	12th (Apertura 2015)

During the Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Chalatenango	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Resigned due to conflict with president	January 2016	Ricardo Serrano	January 2016	6th (Clausura 2016)
Atlético Marte	Douglas Vidal Jiménez	Sacked	February 2016	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	February 2016	12th (Clausura 2016)
Alianza	Rubén Alonso	Resigned	February 2016	Milton Meléndez and Juan Carlos Serrano (Caretaker)	February 2016	9th (Clausura 2016)
Alianza	Milton Meléndez and Juan Carlos Serrano (Caretaker)	End of Caretaker role	February 2016	Daniel Fernandez	February 2016	9th (Clausura 2016)
Firpo	Alvaro Misael Alfaro	Resignation	March 2016	Jose Mario Martinez	March 2016	3rd(Clausura 2016)
Atlético Marte	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Sacked	March 2016	Efrain Burgos	March 2016	12th (Clausura 2016)
C.D. FAS	Carlos Martinez Sequeira	Mutual termination	March 2016	Roberto Gamarra	March 2016	9th (Clausura 2016)
C.D. Sonsonate	Edwin Portillo	Mutual termination	April 2016	William Renderos Iraheta	April 2016	8th (Clausura 2016)
C.D. Sonsonate	William Renderos Iraheta	Resigned	April 2016	Ennio Mendoza and Mario Elias Guevara (Caretaker)	April 2016	10th (Clausura 2016)

Apertura 2015

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Isidro Metapán	22	11	6	5	42	16	+26	39	Qualification to playoffs
2	Águila	22	10	9	3	32	21	+11	39
3	Alianza	22	10	8	4	39	27	+12	38
4	Santa Tecla	22	9	7	6	47	34	+13	34
5	FAS	22	9	7	6	28	28	0	34
6	Chalatenango	22	8	6	8	23	27	−4	30
7	Pasaquina	22	6	10	6	27	27	0	28
8	Dragón	22	6	9	7	26	25	+1	27
9	Juventud Independiente	22	5	7	10	20	33	−13	22
10	Sonsonate	22	4	8	10	22	38	−16	20
11	Atlético Marte	22	3	10	9	16	29	−13	19
12	UES	22	3	9	10	13	30	−17	18

Updated to match(es) played on November 29, 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 3, but then postponed and played between days 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for day 6.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Isidro Metapán	4=	8	9	10	7	8	9	10	11	9	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	1
Águila	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Alianza	4=	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	3
Santa Tecla	1	6	2	5	8	9	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	6	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	4
FAS	10	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5
Chalatenango	4=	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	8=	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	6
Pasaquina	4=	4	6	8	9	7	8	9	6	5	7	5	5	7	6	4	4	5	6	6	6	7
Dragón	11	7	7	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	5	6	6	5	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8
Juventud Independiente	12	12	8	6	5	5	6	6	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Sonsonate	4=	11	12	12	12	12	12	8	5	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Atlético Marte	2	2	4	7	6	6	7	7	8=	11	10	10	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
UES	4=	9	11	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	CHA	DRA	FAS	MET	JUV	PAS	STE	SON	UES
Águila		2–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–0
Alianza	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–1
Atlético Marte	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–2
Chalatenango	3–1	0–0	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1
Dragón	0–0	0–3	5–1	2–0		2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1
C.D. FAS	2–1	3–1	2–3	0–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	0–5	1–1	1–0
Isidro Metapán	1–1	3–4	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–3		5–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	0–1
Juventud Independiente	1–3	0–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–0		3–2	2–2	2–0	2–2
Pasaquina	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1		2–2	1–1	1–1
Santa Tecla	2–1	5–2	2–2	6–1	2–2	2–0	0–3	2–0	4–2		4–2	4–0
Sonsonate	0–3	3–4	2–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1		2–0
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Ivan Mancia for Santa Tecla against Juventud Independiente, 21 minutes (August 1, 2015)
• First goal by a foreign player: Neymer Miranda for Pasaquina against Sonsonate, 57 minutes (August 1, 2015)
• Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes
  • Elman Rivas for UES against Santa Tecla (August 15, 2015)
  • José Barahona for Juventud Independiente against Águila (September 27, 2015)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes
  • Cristian Cisneros for Isidro Metapán against Chalatenango (August 1, 2015)
• First penalty Kick of the season: Nicolás Muñoz for Águila against Dragón, 89 minutes (August 3, 2015)
• Widest winning margin: 5 goals
  • Isidro Metapán 5–0 Juventud Independiente (September 30, 2015)
  • Isidro Metapán 5–0 Santa Tecla (October 24, 2015)
  • Santa Tecla 6–1 Chalatenango (November 14, 2015)
  • FAS 0–5 Santa Tecla (November 22, 2015)
• First hat-trick of the season: Williams Reyes for Águila against Juventud Independiente (September 27, 2015)
• First own goal of the season: Mario Martínez (Atlético Marte) for Dragón (August 16, 2015)
• Most goals in a match: 7 goals
  • Isidro Metapán 3–4 Alianza (August 9, 2015)
  • Sonsonate 3–4 Alianza (September 26, 2015)
  • Santa Tecla 5–2 Alianza (September 30, 2015)
  • Santa Tecla 6–1 Chalatenango (November 14, 2015)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 6 goals
  • Santa Tecla 6–1 Chalatenango (November 14, 2015)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
  • Santa Tecla 5–2(1–2) Alianza (2nd half, September 30, 2015)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
  • Isidro Metapán 3–4 Alianza (August 9, 2015)
  • Sonsonate 3–4 Alianza (September 26, 2015)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
  • Williams Reyes for Águila against Juventud Independiente (September 27, 2015)
  • David Rugamas for Isidro Metapán against Juventud Independiente (October 1, 2015)
  • Irvin Herrera for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango (November 14, 2015)
  • Luis Hinestroza for Santa Tecla against FAS (November 22, 2015)

Club

• Most clean sheets: Isidro Metapán
  • 11
• Fewest clean sheets: Sonsonate
  • 3
• Best Home record during the Apertura season: Santa Tecla
  • 26 out of 33 points (8 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss)
• Worst Home record during the Apertura season: UES
  • 8 out of 33 points (1 win, 5 draws, and 5 losses)
• Best Away record during the Apertura season: Alianza
  • 18 out of 33 points (5 wins, 3 draws, and 3 losses)
• Worst Away record during the Apertura season: Juventud Independiente
  • 6 out of 33 points (1 win, 3 draws, and 7 losses)
• Highest scoring team: Santa Tecla
  • 47 goals
• Lowest scoring team: UES
  • 13 goals

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Álvaro Guardado for Juventud Independiente against Santa Tecla, 47 minutes (August 1, 2015)
• First red card of the season: William Maldonado for Santa Tecla against Juventud Independiente, 78 minutes (August 1, 2015)
• Most yellow cards by a player: 8
  • Rudy Valencia (Alianza)
  • Jimmy Valoyes (Águila)
• Most red cards by a player: 3
  • Bladimir Osorio (Dragón)

Attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Sonsonate	59,120	8,665	0	5,001	n/a†
2	Alianza	51,673	12,574	0	4,697	n/a†
3	Chalatenango	40,605	0	0	3,691	n/a†
4	Águila	30,025	0	0	2,729	n/a†
5	FAS	25,779	8,683	0	2,343	n/a†
6	Isidro Metapán	9,484	0	0	948	n/a†
7	Santa Tecla	11,737	0	0	1,067	n/a†
8	Dragón	4,490	0	0	1,496	n/a†
9	Pasaquina	8,129	0	0	812	n/a†
10	Juventud Independiente	6,298	0	184	572	n/a†
11	Atlético Marte	7,127	0	107	890	n/a†
12	UES	4,234	0	0	529	n/a†
	League total	258,701	12,574	107	0	n/a†

Source: http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2015/11/28/sonsonate-terminara-como-lider-en-taquillas

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	David Rugamas	Isidro Metapán	12
2	Williams Reyes	Águila	11
3	Bladimir Díaz	Chalatenango	10
3	Ricardinho	Santa Tecla	10
3	Irvin Herrera	Santa Tecla	10
6	Josimar	FAS	9
6	Nicolás Muñoz	Águila	9
6	Rodolfo Zelaya	Alianza	9
9	Devaughn Elliott	Pasaquina	8
9	Josué Flores	Isidro Metapán	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Williams Reyes	Águila	Juventud Independiente	3–1	September 27, 2015
David Rugamas	Isidro Metapán	Juventud Independiente	5–0	October 1, 2015
Irvin Herrera	Santa Tecla	Chalatenango	6–1	November 14, 2015
Luis Hinestroza	Santa Tecla	FAS	5–0	November 22, 2015

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	6	Chalatenango	1	2	3
	3	Alianza	1	3	4
								3	Alianza	1	2	3
								2	Águila	0	2	2
	7	Pasaquina	0	0	0
	2	Águila	1	1	2
															3	Alianza	1
															5	FAS	0
	5	FAS	0	2	2
	4	Santa Tecla	0	1	1
								5	FAS	2	0	2
								1	Isidro Metapán	1	0	1
	8	Dragón	1	0	1
	1	Isidro Metapán (s)	0	1	1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dragón	1–1 (s)	Isidro Metapán	1–0	0–1
Pasaquina	0–2	Águila	0–1	0–1
Chalatenango	3–4	Alianza	1–1	2–3
Santa Tecla	1–2[†]	FAS	0–0	1–2

1. ^† Order of legs reversed.

First leg

Pasaquina	0–1	Águila
		Nicolás Muñoz 10'

December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)

15:00 UTC−6

Estadio San Sebastián, Pasaquina

Attendance: 2,274^[4]

Referee: Elmer Martínez^[5]

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Chalatenango	1–1	Alianza
Bladimir Díaz 22' Ricardo Figueroa  47'		Jonathan Philippe 6'

December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)

19:00 UTC−6

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez, Chalatenango

Attendance: 5,008^[6]

Referee: Jaime Carpio Mejía^[5]

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FAS	0–0	Santa Tecla

December 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)

19:00 UTC−6

Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana

Attendance: 2,290^[7]

Referee: Jaime Herrera^[5]

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Dragón	1–0	Isidro Metapán
Jackson de Oliveira 33'

December 3, 2015 (2015-12-03)

14:30 UTC−6

Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Referee: Edenílson Ventura Santos^[5]

Second leg

Isidro Metapán	1–0	Dragón
David Rugamas 80'

December 5, 2015 (2015-12-05)

18:00 UTC−6

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Referee: Ismael Cornejo^[8]

1–1 on aggregate. Isidro Metapán advanced as the higher seeded team.^[9]

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Águila	1–0	Pasaquina
Nicolás Muñoz 4'		Juan José Romero  44'

December 5, 2015 (2015-12-05)

19:00 UTC−6

Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Attendance: 3,532^[10]

Referee: Jaime Herrera^[8]

Águila won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Alianza	3–2	Chalatenango
Oscar Guerrero 73' Herbert Sosa 76' Portillo 86'		Bladimir Díaz 14',  89' Henry Reyes 47'

December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)

15:15 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 8,678^[10]

Referee: Elmer Bonilla Ruíz^[8]

Alianza won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Santa Tecla	1–2	FAS
Irvin Herrera 16'		Walter Martínez 18', 55' Cristian Álvarez  64'

December 6, 2015 (2015-12-06)

16:00 UTC−6

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Attendance: 3,414^[10]

Referee: Germán Martínez Miranda^[8]

FAS won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FAS	2–1	Isidro Metapán	2–1	0–0
Alianza	3–2	Águila	1–0	2–2

First leg

FAS	2–1	Isidro Metapán
Walter Martínez 39', 75'		Paolo Suárez 82'

December 9, 2015 (2015-12-09)

19:00 UTC−6

Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana

Attendance: 7,376^[11]

Referee: Jaime Carpio Mejía^[12]

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Alianza	1–0	Águila
Jonathan Philippe 44' (pen.)

December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)

19:30 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 19,150^[11]

Referee: Edenílson Ventura Santos^[12]

Second leg

Isidro Metapán	0–0	FAS
Henry Hernández  78'

December 12, 2015 (2015-12-12)

18:00 UTC−6

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

FAS won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Águila	2–2	Alianza
Nicolás Muñoz 50' (pen.) Deris Umanzor 67'		Portillo 18' Rodolfo Zelaya 70'

December 12, 2015 (2015-12-12)

19:30 UTC−6

Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Attendance: 9,568^[13]

Referee: Ismael Cornejo^[14]

Alianza won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Alianza	1–0	FAS
Ramón Martínez 57'

December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)

15:00 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 27,998^[15]

Referee: Jaime Herrera^[16]

Alianza F.C. GK 25 Óscar Arroyo DF 5 Iván Garrido DF 6 Ramón Martínez DF 4 Andrés Flores Jaco DF 15 Danny Torres MF 7 Rudy Valencia MF 8 Rodrigo Rivera  41'  83' MF 42 Tony Roque  46' MF 11 Juan Carlos Portillo FW 22 Rodolfo Zelaya  21' FW 3 Jonathan Philippe  90+3' Substitutes: FW 9 David Díaz  88'  21' FW 10 Oscar Guerrero  46' MF 27 Isaac Portillo  83' Manager: Rubén Alonso

C.D. FAS GK 1 Luis Contreras  59' DF 3 Xavier García DF 12 Alexander Méndoza DF 26 Moisés Mejía  36' DF 6 Miguel Lemus MF 7 Jorge Morán MF 5 Néstor Renderos MF 8 Cristian Álvarez  68' MF 57 Christian Rodriguez    35'    57' FW 9 José Peña  54'  70' FW 15 Walter Martínez Substitutes: FW 11 Rafael Burgos  57' GK 25 Adolfo Menéndez Jr.  59' FW 20 Josimar Moreira  70' Manager: Agustín Castillo

Apertura 2015 champions
Alianza 11th title

Clausura 2016

Results and statistics listed in the Clausura season for Juventud Independiente are actually those of Firpo, which purchased the spot at the end of the Apertura season but was forced to register as Juventud.^[3]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Águila	22	13	7	2	29	12	+17	46	Qualification for the playoffs
2	Santa Tecla	22	12	9	1	45	14	+31	45
3	Juventud Independiente	22	12	5	5	31	22	+9	41
4	Alianza	22	8	10	4	33	18	+15	34
5	Isidro Metapán	22	6	11	5	27	26	+1	29
6	Dragón	22	7	7	8	24	23	+1	28
7	Pasaquina	22	7	5	10	28	37	−9	26
8	Chalatenango	22	6	7	9	28	39	−11	25
9	UES	22	8	1	13	21	32	−11	25
10	Sonsonate	22	6	5	11	24	35	−11	23
11	FAS	22	5	6	11	20	26	−6	21
12	Atlético Marte	22	3	5	14	17	43	−26	14

Updated to match(es) played on February 28, 2016. Source: primerafutboles.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Positions by round

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 3, but then postponed and played between days 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for day 6.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Águila	3	1	1	2	2	1									1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1
Juventud Independiente	8=	3	2	1	1	2									3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Santa Tecla	8=	8	10	7	5	3									2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2
Sonsonate	4=	9	6	9	7	4									9	9	9	9	8	9	9	10
Chalatenango	6=	5	4	4	3	5									6	5	4	6	6	7	8	8
Dragón	11	10	7	8	9	6									4	6	6	5	5	5	5	6
FAS	2	6	8	5	4	7									8	8	8	8	9	11	11	11
Pasaquina	4=	4	3	3	6	8									10	10	10	11	10	8	10	7
Alianza	1	2	5	6	8	9									5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Isidro Metapán	6=	7	9	10	10	10									7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5
UES	12	12	12	12	12	11									11	11	11	10	11	10	7	9
Atlético Marte	10	11	11	11	11	12									12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Qualification to playoffs

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	CHA	DRA	FAS	MET	JUV	PAS	STE	SON	UES
Águila		0–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Alianza	2–0		6–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–0
Atlético Marte	0–1	0–4		1–2	0–3	0–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0
Chalatenango	0–0	2–1	0–0		2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1
Dragón	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–2		2–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–0
C.D. FAS	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	0–1		3–3	1–2	1–2	2–3	4–0	1–0
Isidro Metapán	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0		1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0
Juventud Independiente	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	3–0	3–2		2–1	0–3	1–0	2–1
Pasaquina	0–1	2–2	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–1	3–3	2–0
Santa Tecla	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	8–0		0–1	5–0
Sonsonate	1–2	1–1	2–3	3–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		1–0
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	1–3	0–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–2	4–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Updated to games played on February 28, 2016.
The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Marcos Rodríguez for Sonsonate against Pasaquina, 15 minutes (January 16, 2016)
• First goal by a foreign player: Oscar Móvil for Sonsonate against Pasaquina, 52 minutes (January 16, 2016)
• Fastest goal in a match: 6 minutes
  • Luis Hinestroza for Santa Tecla F.C. against Pasaquina (February 13, 2016)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+5 minutes
  • Meme González (pen.) for Dragón against Atlético Marte (January 31, 2016)
• First penalty Kick of the season: Erick Molina for Atlético Marte against FAS, 76 minutes (January 17, 2016)
• Widest winning margin: 8 goals
  • Santa Tecla F.C. 8–0 Pasaquina (February 13, 2016)
• First hat-trick of the season: Williams Reyes for Juventud Independiente against FAS (January 23, 2016)
• First own goal of the season: Miguel Solís (Chalatenango) for Juventud Independiente, 12 minutes (January 31, 2016)
• Most goals in a match: 8 goals
  • Santa Tecla F.C. 8–0 Pasaquina (February 13, 2016)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 8 goals
  • Santa Tecla F.C. 8–0 Pasaquina (February 13, 2016)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 5 goals
  • Santa Tecla F.C. 8–0 Pasaquina (1st half, February 13, 2016)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 2 goals
  • Dragón 3–2 Chalatenango (February 10, 2016)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
  • Williams Reyes for Juventud Independiente against FAS (January 23, 2016)

Club

• Most clean sheets: C.D. Águila
  • 12
• Fewest clean sheets: Atlético Marte
  • 3
• Best Home record during the Clausura season: C.D. Águila
  • 27 out of 33 points (8 wins, 3 draws, and 0 loss)
• Worst Home record during the Clausura season: Atlético Marte
  • 7 out of 33 points (2 wins, 1 draw, and 8 losses)
• Best Away record during the Clausura season: Santa Tecla F.C.
  • 21 out of 33 points (5 wins, 6 draws, and 0 losses)
• Worst Away record during the Clausura season: UES
  • 3 out of 33 points (1 win, 0 draws, and 10 losses)
• Highest scoring team: Santa Tecla F.C.
  • 45 goals
• Lowest scoring team: Atlético Marte
  • 16 goals

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Oscar Móvil for Sonsonate against Pasaquina, 48 minutes (January 16, 2016)
• First red card of the season: Mario Martínez for Sonsonate against Pasaquina, 72 minutes (January 16, 2016)
• Most yellow cards by a player: TBD
  • TBD (TBD)
• Most red cards by a player: TBD
  • TBD (TBD)
• Most yellow cards by a club: 75
  • Atletico Marte
• Most red cards by a club: '8
  • C.D. FAS and C.D. Pasaquina

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Alianza	48,871	8,326	0	0	n/a†
2	Sonsonate	39,404	8,019	0	0	n/a†
3	Chalatenango	28,345	0	0	0	n/a†
4	Águila	24,790	0	0	0	n/a†
5	UES	21,416	0	179	0	n/a†
6	FAS	14,617	0	0	0	n/a†
7	Juventud Independiente	10,318	0	0	0	n/a†
8	Santa Tecla	9,964	0	0	0	n/a†
9	Atlético Marte	8,849	0	192	0	n/a†
10	Pasaquina	6,701	0	0	0	n/a†
11	Dragón	4,759	0	0	0	n/a†
12	Isidro Metapán	4,091	0	0	0	n/a†
	League total	0	0	0	0	n/a†

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Bladimir Díaz	C.D. Chalatenango	15
2	Nicolás Muñoz	C.D. Águila	13
3	Williams Reyes	Juventud Independiente	11
4	Allan Murialdo	C.D. Dragón	9
5	Ricardinho	Santa Tecla F.C.	8
6	Oscar Guerrero	Alianza F.C.	8
7	José Peña	A.D. Isidro Metapán	8
8	Herbert Sosa	Alianza F.C.	8
9	Jackson de Oliveira	C.D. Dragón	7
10	Gerson Mayen	Santa Tecla F.C.	7

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Williams Reyes	Juventud Independiente	FAS	3–0	January 23, 2016
William Maldonado	Santa Tecla F.C.	UES	5–0	2016

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	6	Dragón	3	0	3
	3	Juventud Independiente	0	2	2
								6	Dragón	0	1	1
								2	Santa Tecla	0	0	0
	7	Pasaquina	2	0	2
	2	Santa Tecla	2	4	6
															6	Dragón	1
															1	Águila	0
	5	Isidro Metapán	0	0	0
	4	Alianza	0	1	1
								4	Alianza	0	1	1
								1	Águila	1	2	3
	8	Chalatenango	0	1	1
	1	Águila	4	0	4

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dragón	3–2	Juventud Independiente	3–0	0–2
Pasaquina	2–6	Santa Tecla	2–2	0–4
Chalatenango	1–4	Águila	0–4	1–0
Isidro Metapán	0–1[†]	Alianza	0–0	0–1

1. ^† Order of legs reversed.

First leg

Pasaquina	2–2	Santa Tecla
Manuel Lucero 24' Gustavo Guerreño 56'		Lester Blanco 7' Gerson Mayen 41' (pen.)

May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)

14:30 UTC−6

Estadio San Sebastián, Pasaquina

Attendance: 667

Referee: Marlón Mejía

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Dragón	3–0	Juventud Independiente
Christian Portillo 11' Óscar Jiménez 22' (o.g.) Jackson de Oliveira 48'

May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)

17:00 UTC−6

Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Referee: Ismael Cornejo

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Chalatenango	0–4	Águila
		Héctor Ramos 9' 10' Nicolás Muñoz 51' 90'

May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)

19:00 UTC−6

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez, Chalatenango

Attendance: 4, 426

Referee: Jaime Carpio

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Isidro Metapán	0–0	Alianza

May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)

19:00 UTC−6

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

Second leg

Juventud Independiente	2–0	Dragón
Marvin Ramos 56' Marcelo Posadas 67' (o.g.)

May 15, 2016 (2016-05-15)

18:00 UTC−6

Estadio Sergio Torres,
Usulután

Dragón won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Águila	0–1	Chalatenango
		Bladimir Díaz 71'

May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)

19:00 UTC−6

Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Attendance: 2,790

Águila won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Alianza	1–0	Isidro Metapán
Élmer Abarca 2'

May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)

15:15 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 9,011

Alianza won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Santa Tecla	4–0	Pasaquina
Ivan Mancia 20' Gerson Mayen 33' Marlón Cornejo 56' Gilberto Baires 59'

May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)

16:00 UTC−6

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Attendance: 714

Santa Tecla won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alianza	1–3	Águila	1–0	1–2
Santa Tecla	0–1	Dragón	0–0	0–1

First leg

Dragón	0–0	Santa Tecla
Jackson de Oliveira  69'

May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)

14:00 UTC−6

Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

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Alianza	0–1	Águila
		Héctor Ramos 94'

May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)

19:30 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Second leg

Santa Tecla	0–1	Dragón
		Luis Hernández 76'

May 21, 2016 (2016-05-21)

18:00 UTC−6

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Dragón won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Águila	2–1	Alianza
Nicolás Muñoz 55' 62' (pen.)		Herbert Sosa 36' (pen.)

May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)

19:30 UTC−6

Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Águila won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Águila	0–1	Dragón
		Wilman Torres 38'

May 29, 2016 (2016-05-29)

15:00 UTC−6

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 28, 911

Referee: Jaime Carpio

C.D. Águila GK 22 Benji Villalobos DF 16 Ibsen Castro  52' DF 3 Jimmy Valoyes DF 2 Henry Romero DF 13 Deris Umanzor MF 17 René Gómez  59' MF 12 Santos Ortíz MF 20 Álvaro Lizama  19' MF 51 Erick Villalobos  71' FW 23 Héctor Ramos  56' FW 19 Nicolás Muñoz Substitutes: MF 21 Marlon Trejo  52' FW 4 Fredy Epinoza  59' FW 8 Irvin Valdez  71' Manager: Juan Ramón Sánchez

C.D. Dragón GK 22 Manuel González  56' DF 2 Luis Hernández  36'  61' DF 19 Bladimir Osorio  37' DF 26 Marcelo Posadas DF 29 Herbert Ulloa MF 20 Cristian Portillo MF 6 Jefferson Polio  79' MF 21 Blas Lizama  68' MF 17 Wilman Torres FW 11 Allan Murialdo  75' FW 8 Jackson de Oliveira Substitutes: DF 3 Leonel Guevara  61' MF 55 Axel López  75' DF 27 Sergio Cruz  79' Manager: Omar Sevilla

Clausura 2016 champions
Dragón 3rd title

Aggregate table

If the same team wins both Apertura and Clausura tournaments, the higher ranked runner-up team in the aggregate table will earn the second qualification position to 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Águila	44	23	16	5	61	33	+28	85
2	Santa Tecla	44	21	16	7	92	48	+44	79
3	Alianza	44	18	18	8	72	45	+27	72	CONCACAF Champions League[a]
4	Isidro Metapán	44	17	17	10	69	42	+27	68
5	Juventud Independiente	44	17	12	15	51	58	−7	63
6	Dragón	44	13	16	15	50	48	+2	55	CONCACAF Champions League[b]
7	FAS	44	14	13	17	48	54	−6	55
8	Chalatenango	44	14	13	17	51	66	−15	55
9	Pasaquina	44	13	15	16	55	64	−9	54
10	UES	44	11	10	23	37	62	−25	43
11	Sonsonate	44	10	13	21	46	73	−27	43
12	Atlético Marte	44	6	15	23	33	72	−39	33	Segunda División

Source: primerafutboles.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. As Apertura champions
2. As Clausura champions

Positions by round

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 3, but then postponed and played between days 6 and 7, it will be added to the standings for day 6.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Águila	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Isidro Metapán	4=	8	9	10	7	8	9	10	11	9	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	1	1
Santa Tecla	1	6	2	5	8	9	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	6	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	4
Alianza	4=	3	5	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	3	3
FAS	10	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5
Chalatenango	4=	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	8=	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	6
Dragón	11	7	7	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	5	6	6	5	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8
Pasaquina	4=	4	6	8	9	7	8	9	6	5	7	5	5	7	6	4	4	5	6	6	6	7
Juventud Independiente	12	12	8	6	5	5	6	6	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Sonsonate	4=	11	12	12	12	12	12	8	5	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
UES	4=	9	11	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Atlético Marte	2	2	4	7	6	6	7	7	8=	11	10	10	11	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

Source:
  = Relegation to Segunda División

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Águila	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1							1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Isidro Metapán	3	3	3	3	4	2									3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Santa Tecla	5	5	6	5	5	3									2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Alianza	2	2	2	2	2	4									4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
FAS	4	4	5	4	3	5									6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Chalatenango	6	6	4	6	6	6									7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Dragón	8	8	8	8	8	7									8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6
Pasaquina	7	7	7	7	7	8									9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Juventud Independiente	9	9	9	9	9	9									5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sonsonate	10	10	10	10	10	10									10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
UES	12	12	12	12	12	11									11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Atlético Marte	11	11	11	11	11	12									12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source:
  = Relegation to Segunda División

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2015–16 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 five foreign players per club (though two have to be from Central America) and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released.

Águila Eder Arias Jhony Rios Jimmy Valoyes Miguel Curiel Keithy Simpson Héctor Ramos Alianza Iván Garrido Oscar Guerrero Jonathan Philippe Willis Plaza Atlético Marte Nestor Asprilla Wésley Brasilia Cristian Mosquera Sebastián Gutiérrez Nicolás Céspedes Chalatenango Bladimir Díaz Christian Vaquero Kordell Samuel Pablo Hütt Dragón John Machado Héctor Lemus Jackson de Oliveira Allan Muraldo Bryan Lanzeni FAS Josimar Moreira Walter Martínez Mauricio Mendoza Jonathan Lezcano Lucas Vico

Firpo (Clausura)* Eder Arias Jhony Rios Maikon Palacios Juventud Independiente (Apertura) Nixon Restrepo Jefferson Viveros Isidro Metapán Andrés Angulo David López Romeo Parkes Michael López Pasaquina Devaughn Elliott Glaúber da Silva Neymer Miranda Manuel Lucero Gustavo Guerreño Sonsonate Fredy Gonzales Augusto Do Carmo William Guerrero Fernando Gallo Oscar Móvil Santa Tecla Martín Giménez Luis Hinestroza Ricardinho Joel Almeida UES Raphael Alves Carlos Ceballos Augusto Do Carmo Weslie John Mckauly Tulloch

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