Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2014

The Clausura 2014 season was the 32nd edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since the 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.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
SeasonClausura 2014
ChampionsIsidro Metapán
RelegatedLuis Ángel Firpo
Champions LeagueFAS
Top goalscorerWilliams Reyes (12)
Biggest home winAtletico Marte 6-1 Firpo
(TBD)
Biggest away winTBD 0-3 TBD
(TBD)
Highest scoringTBD - TBD
Longest winning run- games by: TBD
Longest unbeaten run- games by: TBD
Longest winless run- games by: TBD
Longest losing run- games by: TBD

Stadia and locations

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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
Luís Ángel Firpo Usulután Estadio Sergio Torres 5,000
Santa Tecla Santa Tecla Estadio Las Delicias 10,000
UES San Salvador Estadio Universitario UES 10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila   Pedro Arieta   Raúl Martínez Sambulá Diadora Mister Donut, Pepsi, Nevada
Alianza   Lisandro Pohl   Alejandro Curbelo Lotto SINAI, Pepsi
Atlético Marte   Hugo Carrillo   Guillermo Rivera Galaxia Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka
C.D. Dragon   Carlos Meza   Nelson Mauricio Ancheta Milan Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi
FAS   Byron Rodriguez   Efrain Burgos Galaxia Coop 1, Pilsener, Lays, Canal 4
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) Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo, Pepsi
Luis Ángel Firpo   Enrique Escobar   Ramiro Cepeda Joma Pilsener, Diana, Burger King
Santa Tecla   Oscar Ortiz   Edgar Henriquez Milan Rio, La Curaco, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup
UES   Rufino Quesada   Jorge Alberto García Milan Alba Petróleos, Gatorade

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
Alianza   Juan Andres Sarulyte Contract finished December 2013   Alejandro Curbelo December 2013 5th (Apertura 2013)
C.D. FAS   Jaime de la Pava Contract finished December 2013   Efrain Burgos December 2013 2nd (Apertura 2013)

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Águila   Raúl Martínez Sambulá Sacked February 8, 2014   Edwin Portillo February 9, 2014 9th (Clausura 2014)
UES   Jorge Alberto Garcia Sacked February 16, 2014   William Renderos Iraheta 2014 10th (Clausura 2014)
Firpo   Ramiro Cepeda Sacked March 1, 2014   Leonel Cárcamo March 2, 2014 6th (Clausura 2014)
C.D. Águila   Edwin Portillo Resigned March 24, 2014   Jairo Rios March 26, 2014 8th (Clausura 2014)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FAS (Q) 18 11 3 4 25 21 +4 36 Qualification for playoffs[a]
2 Isidro Metapán (Q) 18 10 4 4 28 14 +14 34
3 Juventud Independiente (Q) 18 8 5 5 28 24 +4 29
4 Dragón (Q) 18 6 7 5 23 18 +5 25
5 Santa Tecla 18 7 4 7 25 24 +1 25
6 Águila 18 6 4 8 22 25 −3 22
7 Atlético Marte 18 5 4 9 28 27 +1 19
8 UES 18 5 4 9 21 28 −7 19
9 Luis Ángel Firpo 18 5 4 9 25 34 −9 19
10 Alianza 18 4 7 7 17 27 −10 19
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dragón won the extra game by 2-1 against Santa Tecla for the last place of the playoffs.

Results

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Home \ Away ÁGU ALI ATM DRA FAS FIR MET JUV STE UES
Águila 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–3
Alianza 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–0
Atlético Marte 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 6–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1
Dragón 0–1 4–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2
C.D. FAS 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1
Luis Ángel Firpo 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–3 3–4 1–0 3–1
Isidro Metapán 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–2
Juventud Independiente 3–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 3–4 2–0 0–3 1–0 2–0
Santa Tecla 2–0 4–4 0–0 2–0 5–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top scorers

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Williams Reyes C.D. Dragón 12
2   Alexander Larín FAS 10
3   Hector Ramos Isidro Metapán 10
4   Ricardo Ferreira Santa Tecla 10
5   Nicolás Muñoz Isidro Metapán 10
6   Anel Canales Firpo 9
7  Jesus Daniel Toscanini Juventud Independiente 7
8   Cristian Sánchez Prette C.D. Águila 6
9   Erick Molina Atlético Marte 6
10   Jermaine Anderson C.D. Águila 6

Top assists

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Rank Player Nation Club Assists
1 Óscar Cerén   SLV Juventud Independiente 10
2 Ramiro Carballo   SLV C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 7
3 Marvin Monterrosa   SLV A.D. Isidro Metapán 6
4 Juan Carlos Portillo   SLV Juventud Independiente 4
5 Allan Fernández   SLV Atlético Marte 4
6 Williams Reyes   SLV C.D. Dragón 4
7 Ricardinho Paraiba   BRA Santa Tecla 4
8 Christian Yeladian   URU Alianza F.C. 4
9 Álvaro Lizama   SLV C.D. Águila 3
10 Carlos Aparicio   SLV C.D. FAS 3

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Héctor Ramos Isidro Metapan Luis Angel Firpo 3-0 23 February 2014

Club

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Discipline

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Playoffs

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Semifinals Final
        
1 FAS 0 0 0
4 Dragón 1 0 1
4 Dragón 0 (5)
2 Isidro Metapán 0 (6)
2 Isidro Metapán 2 2 4
3 Juventud Independiente 2 0 2

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Dragón1–0FAS
Jimmy Valoyes   90+4' Report
Attendance: 4,336
Referee: Germán Martínez

Juventud Independiente2–2Isidro Metapán
Jesús Toscanini   70'
Jonathan Barrios   76' (o.g.)
Report Héctor Ramos   43',   57'
Complejo Municipal, San Juan Opico, La Libertad
Attendance: 1,647
Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

Second leg

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Metapan won 4–2 on aggregate.


FAS0–0Dragón
Report
Referee: Marlon Mejia

Dragón won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

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 Clausura 2014 champions 
Isidro Metapán
9th title

List of foreign players in the league

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

  1. have played at least one apertura 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 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.

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FAS 36 18 10 8 48 41 +7 64 Qualification for 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Isidro Metapán 36 16 12 8 54 38 +16 60
3 Juventud Independiente 36 16 11 9 68 47 +21 59
4 Atlético Marte 36 14 12 10 60 46 +14 54
5 Alianza 36 12 12 12 43 50 −7 48
6 Dragon 36 12 11 13 36 36 0 47
7 Santa Tecla 36 11 11 14 49 54 −5 44
8 UES 36 11 7 18 43 53 −10 40
9 Águila 36 8 12 16 34 47 −13 36
10 Luis Ángel Firpo (R) 36 8 10 18 37 60 −23 34 Relegation to Segunda División
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2014. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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