Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2014

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Season	Apertura 2014
Champions	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Relegated	None
Champions League	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Top goalscorer	Nicolás Muñoz (10); Héctor Ramos (10)
Biggest home win	C.D. Dragon 4-0 C.D. Pasaquina; (TBD) Juventud Independiente 4-0 C.D. Pasaquina
Biggest away win	Juventud Independiente 1-5 UES; (TBD)
Highest scoring	Juventud Independiente 5-2 C.D. Dragon
Longest winning run	- games by: TBD
Longest unbeaten run	- games by: TBD
Longest winless run	- games by: TBD
Longest losing run	- games by: TBD
	← Clausura 2014 Clausura 2015 →

The Apertura 2014 season was the 33rd edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions. The league consisted 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 took part in the playoffs.

Team information

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the Clausura 2014 and one promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División.

Firpo were relegated to 2014–15 Segunda División the previous season.

The relegated team were replaced by 2013–14 Segunda División Playoffs promotion winner. Pasaquina won the Apertura 2013 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Clausura 2014 champions side Once Lobos. Pasaquina won the playoffs by the score of 2-1.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2014.

Champions: Pasaquina

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2014.

Last Place: C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Stadia and locations

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

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Pedro Arieta	Daniel Messina	Joma	Mister Donut, Pepsi
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Alejandro Curbelo	Lotto	UNO, Pepsi
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Guillermo Rivera	Galaxia	Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka
C.D. Dragon	Carlos Meza	Roberto Gamarra	Milan	Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi, Farmacia La Buena
FAS	Byron Rodriguez	Efrain Burgos	Galaxia	Coop-1 de R.L.
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Jorge Rodriguez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Grupo Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim, Pepsi,
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Ria
Pasaquina	Abilio Menjivar	Jorge Garcia	Jaguar Sportic	Ria, Port
Santa Tecla	Oscar Ortiz	Osvaldo Escudero	Milan	Rio, La Curaçao, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup
UES	Rufino Quesada	Willian Renderos Iraheta	Milan	Alba Petróleos, Gatorade

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	Jairo Rios	Contract not renewed	May 2014	Daniel Messina	2 June 2014	8th (Clausura 2014)
Santa Tecla F.C.	Edgar Henriquez	Contract not renewed	May 2014	Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	May 2014	5th (Clausura 2014)
Dragón	Nelson Ancheta	Contract finished	25 May 2014	Roberto Gamarra	28 May 2014	4th and runner up (Clausura 2014)
Pasaquina	David Ramirez	Contract finished	28 June 2014	Jorge Garcia	1 July 2014	Promoted (Segunda Division 2013-2014)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. FAS	Efrain Burgos	Resigned (Due to Family Reasons)	September 2, 2014	Agustín Castillo	September 4, 2014	7th (Apertura 2014)
Alianza F.C.	Alejandro Curbelo	Sacked	October 6, 2014	Ramiro Cepeda	October 8, 2014	4th (Apertura 2014)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Santa Tecla (Q)	18	8	6	4	20	15	+5	30	Qualification for playoffs
2	Águila (Q)	18	8	5	5	15	11	+4	29
3	FAS (Q)	18	7	7	4	18	11	+7	28
4	Isidro Metapán (Q)	18	7	7	4	20	19	+1	28
5	Juventud Independiente	18	7	4	7	26	24	+2	25
6	Dragón	18	7	4	7	20	18	+2	25
7	UES	18	6	6	6	17	15	+2	24
8	Alianza	18	5	6	7	18	20	−2	21
9	Atlético Marte	18	3	7	8	19	23	−4	16
10	Pasaquina	18	3	6	9	12	29	−17	15

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2014. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2014. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nicolás Muñoz	Isidro Metapan	10
2	Williams Reyes	C.D. Dragón	9
3	Irvin Valdez	Juventud Independiente	9
4	Cristopher Ramírez	Atlético Marte	9
5	Jesus Toscanini	Alianza F.C.	5
6	Gilberto Baires	C.D. Águila	4
7	Ronaille Calheira	C.D. Águila	4
8	Garrick Gordon	UES	4
9	Cleber Lucas	C.D. Dragón	4
10	Gabriel Rios	UES	4

Playoffs

Semi-finals					Final

1	Santa Tecla	0	1	1

4	Isidro Metapán	0	2	2
					4	Isidro Metapán	1 (3)

					2	Águila	1 (2)
3	FAS	0	0	0

2	Águila	0	1	1

Semi-finals

First leg

December 2014

FAS	0–0	Águila

December 2014

Isidro Metapán	0–0	Santa Tecla

Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez, Metapán

Second leg

December 13, 2014

Águila	1–0	FAS
Deris Umanzor 16'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Attendance: 10,124

Águila won 1–0 on aggregate.

December 14, 2014

Santa Tecla	1–2	Isidro Metapán
Marlón Cornejo 90'		Jonathan Barrios 9' Héctor Ramos 50'

Estadio Las Delicias,
Santa Tecla, El Salvador

Attendance: 4,276

Isidro Metapán won 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Final

December 2014

15:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	1–1	Águila
Nicolás Muñoz 113'		Gilberto Baires 119'
Penalties
Nicolás Muñoz Marvin Monterrosa Víctor Merino Josué Flores Milton Molina	3–2	Ronaille Calheria Seara Henry Romero Marcelo Posadas Christian Bautista Gilberto Baires

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Joel Aguilar


Isidro Metapán:
GK	TBD	Fidel Mondragón
DF	TBD	Francisco Jovel Álvarez
DF	TBD	Milton Molina	101'
DF	TBD	Jonathan Barrios
DF	15	David López
MF	TBD	Marvin Monterrosa
MF	TBD	Christian Sánchez	48' 76'
MF	TBD	Narciso Orellana
MF	TBD	José Ramos	15' 56'
FW	TBD	Héctor Ramos
FW	22	Romeo Parkes	107'
Substitutes:
MF	14	Nicolás Muñoz	56'
FW	9	Josué Flores	76'
FW	6	Víctor Merino	107'
Manager:
Jorge Rodríguez


Águila:
GK	1	Benji Villalobos
DF	TBD	Ibsen Castro
DF	TBD	Henry Romero	94'
DF	TBD	Eder Arias	55'
DF	TBD	Deris Umanzor
MF	TBD	Óscar Cerén
MF	TBD	Isaac Zelaya
MF	TBD	Álvaro Lizama	109'
MF	TBD	Marlon Trejo	81'
FW	TBD	Sean Fraser	45' 62'
FW	TBD	Gilberto Baires
Substitutes:
MF	TBD	Ronaille Calheria Seara	62'
MF	TBD	Marcelo Posadas	81'
MF	TBD	Christian Bautista	109'
Manager:
Daniel Messina

Apertura 2014 champions
Isidro Metapán 10th title

List of foreign players in the league

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