Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2013
# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2013

The Clausura 2013 season is the 30th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador 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.

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Águila | San Miguel | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| Alianza | San Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| Atlético Marte | San Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| 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 |
| Once Municipal | Ahuachapán | Estadio Simeón Magaña | 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 | Julio Sosa | Victor Coreas | Diadora | Mister Donut, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway |
| Alianza | Lisandro Pohl | Ramiro Cepeda | Lotto | Tigo, SINAI, Maseca |
| Atlético Marte | Hugo Carrillo | Jorge Alberto García | Galaxia | Rosvill, Foskrol, La Curaçao, UFG, Vive |
| FAS | Rafael Villacorta | Carlos Recinos | Mitre | Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos, Continental Motor |
| Isidro Metapán | Rafael Morataya | Edwin Portillo | Milán (Jaguar Sportic) | Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro, Holan |
| Juventud Independiente | Romeo Barillas | Juan Ramón Sánchez | Milán (Jaguar Sportic) | Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | Enrique Escobar | Edgar Henriquez "Kiko" | Joma | Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo |
| Once Municipal | | Juan Andres Sarulyte | Milan (Jaguar Sportic) | LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic), Tropigas |
| Santa Tecla | Óscar Ortiz | William Renderos Iraheta | Galaxia | Mister Donut |
| UES | Rufino Quesada | Jorge Abrego | Galaxia | Alba Petróleos |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FAS | Agustín Castillo | Resigned to become the national team coach | 18 December 2012 | Carlos Recinos | 12 December 2012 | 3rd (Apertura 2012) |
| Santa Tecla | Guillermo Rivera | Resigned to become the assistant coach | 18 December 2012 | William Renderos Iraheta | 18 December 2012 | 7th (Apertura 2012) |
| C.D. FAS | Carlos Recinos | Resigned due to problems with players | January 2013 | William Osorio | January 2013 | N/A |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C.D. Águila | Víctor Coreas | Sacked | April 2013 | Omar Sevilla | April 2013 | N/A |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FAS | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 36 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 32 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Alianza | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 31 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Juventud Independiente | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Santa Tecla | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 29 | |
| 6 | Isidro Metapán | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 26 | |
| 7 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Once Municipal | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 20 | |
| 9 | Águila | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | −13 | 14 | |
| 10 | UES | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 35 | −24 | 8 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALI | ATM | FAS | FIR | MET | JUV | OMU | STE | UES |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Águila | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Alianza | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Marte | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| C.D. FAS | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Isidro Metapán | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Juventud Independiente | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Once Municipal | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Santa Tecla | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 4–0 |
| C.D. Universidad de El Salvador | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | C.D. FAS | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Juventud Independiente | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Juventud Independiente | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | C.D. FAS | 0 |
| | | | | | 2 | Firpo | 3 |
| 2 | Firpo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Firpo | 3 |
| 3 | Alianza | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |

### Final

FAS: :

| GK | 25 | Óscar Arroyo | 31' |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Marvin González | 5' |
| DF | 6 | José Granadino | |
| DF | 22 | Carlos Carrillo |
| DF | 4 | Ramon Flores | |
| MF | 7 | Jorge Morán | 71' |
| MF | 26 | Elder Figueroa | 50' |
| MF | 19 | Gerson Mayen | 69' |
| MF | 15 | Alexander Larín | 9' |
| FW | 11 | Williams Reyes |
| FW | 9 | Alejandro Bentos | 59' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 8 | Cristian Álvarez | 59' |
| FW | 16 | Jonathan Águila | 69' |
| MF | 13 | Carlos Aparicio | 71' |
| Manager: |||
| William Osorio ||||

Firpo: :

| GK | 1 | Dagoberto Portillo |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Xavier García |
| DF | 3 | Mauricio Quintanilla |
| DF | 4 | Carlos Monteagudo |
| DF | 21 | Marlon Trejo | 66' |
| MF | 24 | Dennis Alas |
| MF | 17 | Marlon Martínez | 52' |
| MF | 8 | Diego Chavarría | 62' |
| MF | 10 | Martín Mederos | 9' 61' |
| FW | 9 | Anel Canales | 7' |
| FW | 11 | Medardo Guevara | 31' 55' 73' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 14 | Jorge Sánchez | 52' |
| MF | 15 | Cristian Portillo | 61' |
| MF | 6 | César Vásquez | 73' 74' |
| Manager: |||
| Roberto Gamarra ||||

* Clausura 2013 champions
* Luis Ángel Firpo 10th title

## Player statistics

### Goalkeepers

| Goalkeeper | Goals | Matches | Average | Team |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Luis Contreras | 5 | 8 | 0.63 | FAS |
| Miguel Montes | 5 | 7 | 0.71 | Alianza |
| Jassir Deras | 9 | 8 | 1.13 | Juventud Independiente |
| Dennis Salinas | 7 | 6 | 1.17 | Luis Ángel Firpo |
| Derby Carillo | 6 | 5 | 1.20 | Santa Tecla |
| Diego Duarte | 8 | 6 | 1.33 | Atlético Marte |
| Benji Villalobos | 12 | 8 | 1.50 | Águila |
| David Aguilar | 6 | 4 | 1.50 | UES |
| Fidel Mondragón | 14 | 8 | 1.75 | Isidro Metapán |
| Yimmy Cuéllar | 16 | 8 | 2.00 | Once Municipal |

### Bookings

| Rank | Team | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Isidro Metapán | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | FAS | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Alianza | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | Águila | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | Once Municipal | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | UES | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Juventud Independiente | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 9 | Atlético Marte | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Santa Tecla | 25 | 3 | 28 |
| | Total | 181 | 17 | 198 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Jonathan Faña | Alianza | Once Municipal | 0–7 | March 10, 2013 |

### Season statistics

**Scoring**

* First goal of the season: Anel Canales for Luis Ángel Firpo against UES, 42 minutes (2 February 2013)
* Fastest goal in a match: 1 minutes – Alexander Campos for Juventud Independiente against C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (27 February 2013)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match:
* First penalty Kick of the season: Danilo Oliveira for Once Municipal against Luis Ángel Firpo, 86 minutes (9 February 2013)
* Widest winning margin: 7 goals
   * Alianza 7–0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
* First hat-trick of the season: Jonathan Faña for Alianza against Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
* First own goal of the season: Mardoqueo Henriquez (Águila) for Atlético Marte (27 February 2013)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 7 Goals
   * Alianza 7–0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
* Most goals in one half by one team:
* Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
   * Santa Tecla 3–2 Once Municipal (2 February 2013)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
   * Jonathan Faña for Alianza against Once Municipal (10 March 2013)

**Discipline**

* First yellow card of the season:
* First red card of the season:

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. 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.

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FAS | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 69 | |
| 2 | Alianza | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 65 | |
| 3 | Isidro Metapán | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 62 | Qualification for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 57 | Qualification for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 5 | Santa Tecla | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 50 | |
| 6 | Juventud Independiente | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 48 | |
| 7 | Águila | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 45 | |
| 8 | Atlético Marte | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 44 | |
| 9 | UES | 36 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 28 | |
| 10 | Once Municipal (R) | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 82 | −49 | 25 | Relegation to Segunda División |
