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2017–18 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

The 2017–18 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 19th season and 37th and 38th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Santa Tecla F.C. the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausuray. 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 eight teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season2017–18
ChampionsAlianza F.C. (Apertura)
Alianza F.C. (Clausura)
RelegatedDragón
Champions LeagueAlianza F.C.
CONCACAF LeagueSanta Tecla F.C.
C.D. FAS
Matches played35
Goals scored86 (2.46 per match)
Biggest home winIsidro Metapán 3-0 Pasaquina (29 July 2017)
Limeño 3-0 Dragón (20 August 2017)
FAS 3-0 Limeño (31 August 2017)
Biggest away winFirpo 2–5 Alianza (27 August 2017)
Highest scoringAlianza 5–3 Isidro Metapán (20 August 2017)
All statistics correct as of 20 August 2017.

The champions of Apertura or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2018 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 two teams, the semifinalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.

Team information

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A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2016–17 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2016–17 Segunda División.

UES were relegated to 2017–18 Segunda División the previous season.

The relegated team was replaced by the 2016–17 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. Independiente won the Apertura 2016, while Audaz won the Clausura 2017 title. C.D. Audaz won the playoffs by the score of 1-0.

C.D. Chalatenango were stripped of their license after suffering financial trouble (failing to primera division license, their players and staff).

A.D. Chalatenango were formed by business leaders and by the local government, they purchased the license and debts of CD Chalatenango [1].

Promotion and relegation

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Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2017.

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2017.

  • Last Place: UES

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila   Pedro Arieta   Jorge Daniel Casanova   Deris Umanzor Joma Tigo, Canal 4, Pollo Campesto
Alianza   Adolfo Salume   Jorge Rodríguez   Rodolfo Zelaya Lotto Canal 4, Mister Donut, Tigo, Gatorade, Veca airlines, Brahva
Audaz   Juan Pablo Herrera   German Pérez   Levi Martinez Maca Canal 4, Vitasym, Acodjar de R.L.
Chalatenango   Rigoberto Mejia   Ricardo Serrano   Héctor Cruz Nil Canal 4, Eurofarm, Grupo de MC
Dragón   Abelio Diaz   Henry Vanegas   Manuel González Rush Atletic Wear Canal 4, GRS, Lemus
FAS   Guillermo Morán   Cristian Álvarez   Néstor Raúl Renderos Milán Pilsener, Tigo, Canal 4
Firpo   Modesto Torres   Ramón Sánchez   Jhonny Ríos Kelme Dial Fm, Pilsener, Tienors Galo, Lemus
Isidro Metapán   Rafael Morataya   Edwin Portillo   Milton Molina Milan Canal 4
Limeño   Martín Herrera   Hugo Ovelar   Francisco Jovel Álvarez Nil UNAB (Universidad Dr. Andres Berello), Chilos Seafood Restaurant, TuriTravel, Disturbidora Torres
Pasaquina   Óscar Ramírez   Omar Sevilla   Carlos Arévalo Nil Canal 4, Innova sport
Sonsonate   Pedro Contreras   Garabet Avedissian   Carlos Carrillo Rush Atletic wear ProACES, Aldasa, Alcadia Municipal Sonsonate, Canal 4, Leche salud, Ferreteria Santa Sofia, Coop-1
Santa Tecla   José Vidal Hernández   Ernesto Corti   Diego Chavarria Kelme Powerade, DLC, Canal 21, Pilsener,Claro, Plaza Merliot, Pollo Indio, Petrox, Dizucar, Bolívar, Toledo, The Moustache

Notable events

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Point deduction

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Pasaquina was docked 6 points for failing to pay over players' wages. However, this was later changed to a fine and Pasaquina were able to keep their points.

Sale of Luis Angel Firpo

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In August 2017, Familia Galo, owners of Luis Angel Firpo, announced that they were putting the team up for sale. The Modesto Torres group was one of three known groups to have submitted a preliminary bid for the club. The other two groups were Julio Sosa group, former president of Aguila, and an unnamed Mexican group. [2] The sale was completed on September 16, to the Modesto Torres group for an unknown amount. [3]

Change of Ownership of Aguila

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After weeks of protest from fans and criticism from players and the media for Aguila late payment for players, poor recruitment and lack of success. The Arieta group announced on 30 December 2017 that they were selling their operating rights for Aguila and would announce the names of the new owners in the new year. [4]

Primera division boycott

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In October 2017, eleven clubs voted to boycott FESFUT and leave the primera division (Aguila were the only team to vote against leaving), causing round 12 to be suspended. [5] A few days later Limeno, Pasaquina, Audaz and Chalatenango voted to return to the Primera division. Following negotiations held by The El Salvador government between FESFUT and the other Primera division clubs, they returned to the primera division. As a protest of the decision to return to the primera division, Lisandrohl Pohl and Vidal Hernandez resigned as president and vice president [6]

Sale of Luis Angel Firpo for the second time

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Owing to financial problem and complaints from fan bases, the Modesto Torres group put Luis Angel Firpo up for sale, the second time for the year.

Notable death from Apertura 2017 season and 2018 Clausura season

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The following people associated with the Primera Division have died in end of 2017 and mid 2018.

Managerial changes

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Before the start of the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Sonsonate   Eraldo Correia Sacked May 2017   Garabet Avedissian May 2017 th (Clausura 2017)
FAS   Emiliano Pedrozo Moved to become assistant coach May 2017   Cristian Álvarez May 2017 th (Clausura 2017)
Metapan   Alvaro Misael Alfaro Moved to become assistant coach May 2017   Edwin Portillo May 2017 th (Clausura 2017)
Chalatenango   N/A New team formed 2017   Ricardo Serrano May 2017 N/A

During the Apertura season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Águila   Jorge Daniel Casanova Sacked August 2017   Osvaldo Escudero August 2017 10th (Apertura 2017)
Sonsonate   Garabet Avedissian Resigned August 2017   Ruben Alonso August 2017 10th (Apertura 2017)
Dragon   Henry Vanegas Sacked September 2017   Efrain Burgos September 2017 11th (Apertura 2017)
Pasaquina   Omar Sevilla Resigned September 2017   Manuel Carranza Murillo October 2017 th (Apertura 2017)
Chalatenango   Ricardo Serrano Sacked September 2017   William Renderos Iraheta September 2017 th (Apertura 2017)
Firpo   Juan Ramón Sánchez Sacked October 2017   Eraldo Correia October 2017 th (Apertura 2017)
Dragon   Efrain Burgos Sacked November 2017   Abel Blanco November 2017 12th (Apertura 2017)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Dragon   Abel Blanco/ Santos Rivera Moved back to Assistant coach November 2017   Diego Pizarro November 2017 12th (Apertura 2017)
Audaz   German Pérez Sacked November 2017   Misael Alfaro December 2017 Th (Apertura 2017)
Limeno   Hugo Ovelar Contract finished December 2017   Emiliano Barrera December 2017 Th (Apertura 2017)
Santa Tecla   Ernesto Corti Contract finished December 2017   Rubén da Silva December 2017 Th (Apertura 2017)

During the Clausura season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Pasaquina   Manuel Carranza Murillo Sacked February 2018   Francisco Robles 'Interim' February 2018 10th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Audaz   Alvaro Misael Alfaro Resigned February 2018   Rafael Tobar and Emerson Umaña (Interim) 2018 12th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Aguila   Osvaldo Escudero Sacked February 2018   Marvin Benitez (Interim) 2018 4th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Sonsonate   Ruben Alonso Resigned February 2018   Juan Ramon Sanchez 2018 12th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Luis Angel Firpo   Eraldo Correia Sacked February 2018   Victor Giron and Francisco Jovel (Interim) 2018 12th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Chalatenango   William Renderos Iraheta Sacked February 2018   Geovany Portillo (Interim) 2018 12th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Audaz Rafael Tobar and Emerson Umaña (Interim) Moved to become assistant coaches February 2018   Carlos Romero March 2018 12th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Aguila   Marvin Benitez (Interim) Interim finished, moved to be assistant March 2018   Miguel Aguilar Obando March 2018 4th (Clausura 2018)
A.D. Isidro Metapan   Edwin Portillo Resigned March 2018   Agustin Castillo March 2018 10th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Luis Angel Firpo   Victor Giron and Francisco Jovel (Interim) Interimship finished March 2018   Giovanni Trigueros March 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Municipal Limeno   Emiliano Barrera Sacked March 2018   Wilfredo Molina Interim March 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Municipal Limeno   Wilfredo Molina Interim Back to assistant coach March 2018   Víctor Coreas March 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
C.D. Dragon   Diego Pizarro Sacked April 2018   Santos Rivera Interim April 2018 th (Clausura 2018)

Apertura 2017

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza 22 14 8 0 50 19 +31 50 Quarterfinals
2 Santa Tecla 22 10 9 3 41 23 +18 39
3 Isidro Metapán 22 11 4 7 36 30 +6 37
4 FAS 22 8 10 4 30 21 +9 34
5 Águila 22 6 9 7 32 38 −6 27
6 Chalatenango 22 6 8 8 21 23 −2 26
7 Municipal Limeño 22 7 5 10 24 30 −6 26
8 Pasaquina[a] 22 5 10 7 29 36 −7 25
9 C.D. Audaz 22 6 5 11 28 40 −12 23
10 Dragón 22 5 7 10 23 35 −12 22
11 Sonsonate 22 3 10 9 27 34 −7 19
12 Firpo 22 2 13 7 24 36 −12 19
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2017. Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Pasaquina was docked 6 points for failing to pay over players' wages. However later changed to a fine and Pasaquina were able to keep their points[1]

Results

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Home \ Away ÁGU ALI AUD CHA DRA FAS FIR MET LIM PAS STE SON
Águila 1–3 1–0 4–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1
Alianza 5–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–3 4–0 5–2 1–1 2–1
Audaz 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–3 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–2
Chalatenango 3–2 0–2 0–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Dragón 4–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2
C.D. FAS 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0
Firpo 1–1 2–5 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–1
Isidro Metapán 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1
Limeño 1–3 0–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 3–0
Pasaquina 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–3 4–3
Santa Tecla 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 5–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1
Sonsonate 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–4 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring

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Top goalscorers

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Source :[2]

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Gustavo Guerreño Alianza 12
  Armando Polo Sonsonate 12
3   Lorenzo Frutos Santa Tecla 9
  José Gutierréz Pasaquina 9
5   James Cabezas Águila 8
  Daley Mena Audaz 8
  Christian Sánchez Isidro Metapán 8
8   Nicolás Muñoz Firpo 7
  Jimmy Tulloch Isidro Metapán 7
10   Gilberto Baires Santa Tecla 6
  Zé Paulo Sonsonate 6
  Luis Hinestroza Alianza 6
  Javier Lezcano Águila 6
  Luis Palacios Pasaquina 6

Individual awards

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Hombre GOL Best Coach Award Best Goalkeeper Award Fair Player Award Rookie Player Award
  Gustavo Guerreño
Alianza 		  TBD
Sonsonate 		  Matías Coloca
FAS 		  TBD
Alianza 		  TBD
FAS

Playoffs

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

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Metapan 3–3 (s) Chalatenango 0–1 2–3
FAS 1–1 (s) C.D. Aguila 1–1 2–0
Santa Tecla 0–0 (s) Limeno 0–0 0–0
Alianza 4–0 Pasaquina 0–0 4–0
  1. † Order of legs reversed.
First leg
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Chalatenango0–1Isidro Metapan
Mckauly Tulloch   82'
Referee: Elmer Martínez
Aguila0-0FAS
Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas
Pasaquina0-0Alianza
Limeno0-0Santa Tecla
Second leg
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Isidro Metapan2-3Chalatenango
Paolo Suarez   3'
Mckauly Tulloch   43'		 Carlos Angulo   68'
Bladimir Diaz   86'   87'

3-3. Isidro Metapan advanced as the higher seeded team.

FAS1-1Aguila
William Maldonaldo   13' Victor Garcia   50'

1-1. FAS advanced as the higher seeded team.

Alianza4-0Pasaquina
Marvin Monterrosa   31'
Herbert Sosa   41'
Rodolfo Zelaya   73'
Gustavo Guerreno   79'		 '

Alianza won 4-0 on aggregate.

Santa Tecla0–0Limeno

0-0. Santa Tecla advanced as the higher seeded team.

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Metapan 2-2 (s) Santa Tecla 1-0 2-1
FAS 2-2 (s) Alianza 1-1 1-1
First leg
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Metapan1-0Santa Tecla
José Ángel Peña   29'
Estadio Jorge "Calero" Suáre
Referee: Iván Barton
FAS1-1Alianza
Teobaldo Torres   59' Henry Romero   44'
Estadio Óscar Quiteño
Attendance: 8802
Second leg
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Santa Tecla2-1Metapan
Lorenzo Frutos   59'
Kevin Reyes   59'		 Mckauly Tulloch   59'

2-2. Santa Tecla advanced as the higher seeded team.

Alianza1-1FAS
Rodolfo Zelaya   72' Xavi García   19'

2-2. Alianza advanced as the higher seeded team.

Final

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Alianza4-1Santa Tecla
Marvin Monterrosa   12'
Rodolfo Zelaya   16'   65'
Gustavo Guerreno   29'		 Ricardinho   44'
Attendance: 23,965
Referee: Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas


 Apertura 2017 champions 
Alianza
12th title

Clausura 2018

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza 22 16 3 3 37 15 +22 51 Quarterfinals
2 Santa Tecla 22 14 5 3 40 12 +28 47
3 FAS 22 14 3 5 39 23 +16 45
4 Águila 22 9 6 7 23 21 +2 33
5 Firpo 22 7 6 9 26 29 −3 27
6 C.D. Audaz 22 7 5 10 25 39 −14 26
7 Municipal Limeño 22 6 6 10 31 31 0 24
8 Sonsonate[a] 22 6 6 10 23 32 −9 24
9 Pasaquina 22 6 6 10 20 30 −10 24
10 Chalatenango 22 6 4 12 21 29 −8 22
11 Dragón 22 4 9 9 16 25 −9 21
12 Isidro Metapán 22 4 7 11 26 41 −15 19
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2017. Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Sonsonate finished in eighth place, however due to having to play a relegation game to stay in the primera division, they were forced to forfeit their finals spot to Pasaquina, Later were given the right to play in the quarter final[3]

Results

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Home \ Away ÁGU ALI AUD CHA DRA FAS FIR MET LIM PAS STE SON
Águila 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Alianza 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0
Audaz 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–2
Chalatenango 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–3 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–1
Dragón 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–0
C.D. FAS 0–1 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1
Firpo 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0
Isidro Metapán 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–1
Limeño 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–2 3–1
Pasaquina 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Santa Tecla 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–1
Sonsonate 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Records

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Scoring

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Top goalscorers

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No. Player Club Goals
1   Luis Perea FAS 14
2   Diego Coca Limeno 12
3   Javier Lezcano Aguila 12
4   Ricardinho Santa Tecla 11
5   Rodolfo Zelaya Alianza 10
6   Nicolas Munoz Pasaquina 9
7   Christopher Ramirez Firpo 9
8   Gustavo Guerreno Alianza 8
9   Irvin Herrera FAS 7
9   Fredrick Ogangan Limeno 7

Individual awards

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Hombre GOL Best Coach Award Best Goalkeeper Award Fair Player Award Rookie Player Award
  Luis Perea
FAS 		  Jorge Humberto Rodriguez
Alianza 		  Joel Almeida
Santa Tecla F.C. 		  Rafael Garcia
Alianza 		  TBD
FAS

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
6 Audaz 1 3 4
3 C.D. FAS 1 2 3
Audaz 1 0 1
Santa Tecla 2 4 6
7 Limeno 1 0 1
2 Santa Tecla (s) 1 0 1
Santa Tecla 0
Alianza F.C. 1
5 Firpo 0 0 0
4 Águila 1 0 1
Águila 2 0 2
Alianza F.C. 3 2 5
8 Sonsonate 0 0 0
1 Alianza F.C. 1 4 5

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FAS 3–4 Audaz 1–1 2-3
C.D. Aguila 1–0 Firpo 0–1 0–0
Santa Tecla 1-1 (s) Limeno 1–1 0–0
Alianza 5–0 Sonsonate 0–1 4–0
  1. † Order of legs reversed.

First leg

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Audaz1-1FAS
Santos Guzman   62' [9] Romeo Monteagudo (o.g.)
Estadio Jiboa
Referee: Ivan Barton
Firpo0-1Aguila
None [10] Tony Rugamas   75'
Estadio Cuscatlan
Referee: Ismael Cornejo Melendez
Sonsonate0-1Alianza
None [11] Óscar Cerén   77'
Estadio Ana Mercedo
Sonsonate
Referee: Jaime Herrera Bonilla
Limeno1-1Santa Tecla
Fredrick Ogangan   34' [12] Gilberto Baires   20'
Referee: Edgar Ramirez
Second leg
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FAS2-3Audaz
Irvin Herrera   39'
Luis Perea   62'		 [13] Carlos Anzora   53'
Daley Mena   67'   90'
Referee: German Martinez

Audaz won 4-3 on aggregate.

Aguila0-0Firpo
None [14] None
Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

Aguila won 1-0 on aggregate.

Alianza0-0Sonsonate
Portillo   8'
Narciso Orellana   38'
Rudy Valencia   77'
Ivan Mancia   80'		 [15] None

Alianza won 5-0 on aggregate.

Santa Tecla0–0Limeno
None [16] None
Referee: Hector Salazar

1-1. Santa Tecla advanced as the higher seeded team.

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Audaz 1-6 Santa Tecla 1-2 4-0
Aguila 2-5 Alianza 2-3 2-0
First leg
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Audaz1-2Santa Tecla
Santos Guzman   84' [17] Wilma Torres   18'
Harold Alas   51'
Estadio Jiboa, San Vicente
Referee: Ismael Cornejo
Aguila2-3Alianza
Javier Lezcano   54'   75' [18] Herbert Sosa   65'
Henry Romero   78'
Rodolfo Zelaya   92'
Estadio Juan francisco Barraza, San Miguel
Referee: German Martinez
Second leg
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Santa Tecla4-0Audaz
Ricardinho   9'   pen.' (34)
Wilam Torres   20'
Kevin Reyes   65'		 None

Santa Tecla won 5-2 on aggregate.

Alianza2-0Aguila
Oscar Ceren   4'   45' None
Estadio Cuscatlan

Alianza won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

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Alianza1-0Santa Tecla
Marvin Monterrosa   40' [19] None
Attendance: TBD
Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas


 Clausura 2018 champions 
Alianza
13th title

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in the 2017–18 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's before the close of the season transfer window.

Águila
Alianza
Audaz
Chalatenango
Dragón
FAS
Firpo
Isidro Metapán
Limeño
  •   Jeremías Pereira  
  •   Jorge Cáceres
  •   Andrés Britez  
  •   Counsellor Fredrick Ogangan
  •   Wilfredo Cienfuegos  
  •   Clayvin Zuniga
  •   Fernando Gutierrez
Pasaquina
Sonsonate
Santa Tecla

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

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza 44 30 11 3 83 48 +35 101 2019 CONCACAF Champions League[a]
2 Santa Tecla 44 24 14 6 67 54 +13 86 2018 CONCACAF League[b]
3 FAS 44 22 13 9 48 49 −1 79 2018 CONCACAF League[c]
4 Águila 44 15 15 14 50 28 +22 60
5 Isidro Metapán 44 15 11 18 60 47 +13 56
6 Municipal Limeno 44 13 11 20 57 61 −4 50
7 Pasaquina 44 11 16 17 52 58 −6 49
8 Audaz 44 13 10 21 54 80 −26 49
9 Chalatenango 44 12 12 20 53 75 −22 48
10 Firpo 44 9 19 16 60 66 −6 46
11 Sonsonate 44 9 16 19 59 57 +2 43 Segunda División
12 Dragón 44 9 16 19 43 63 −20 43
Source: [20]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ As Apertura champion and team with the best accumulation of points
  2. ^ As Apertura and Clausura runners-up
  3. ^ As non-finalists with best aggregate

Relegation playoff

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C.D. Sonsonate3-2C.D. Dragon
José Manuel Rivera   58'
Nicolás Fagúndez   pen.' (64)
McKauly Tulloch   84'		 Mártir Contreras   pen.' (85)
Isaí Aguilar   95'
Estadio Cuscatlan
Attendance: 1,334
Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

References

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  1. ^ "Última hora: le quitan seis puntos al Pasaquina" (in Spanish). El Grafico. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Summary - Primera Division - El Salvador - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ^ "dragon-se-jugara-con-sonsonate-el-puesto-de-liga-mayora" (in Spanish). EDH Deportes. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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