Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2014
# 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.

## Stadia and locations

| 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

| 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) | 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

### Before the start of the season

| 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

| 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

| 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 |
| 2 | Isidro Metapán (Q) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 34 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Juventud Independiente (Q) | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Dragón (Q) | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 25 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Santa Tecla | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 25 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 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 | |

* ↑ Dragón won the extra game by 2-1 against Santa Tecla for the last place of the playoffs.

## Results

| 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 | |

### Season statistics

**Scoring**

* First goal of the season: Ronald Ascencio for UES against Alianza F.C., 11 minutes (19 January 2014)
* Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute - William Maldonado for Santa Tecla F.C. against UES (2 March 2014)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 93 minutes - Irvin Valdez for Juventud Independiente against Santa Tecla F.C. (17 February 2014) & Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014)
* First penalty Kick of the season: Ricardinho Paraiba for Santa Tecla F.C. against C.D. FAS, 58 minutes (9 February 2014)
* Widest winning margin: 5 goals
   * Atlético Marte 6–1 Firpo (2014)
* First hat-trick of the season: Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014)
* First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (2014)
* Most goals in a match: 8 Goals Santa Tecla F.C. 4–4 Alianza (March 2014)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 6 Goals
   * Atlético Marte 6–1 C.D. Luis Angel Firpo ( March 2014)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 3 Goals C.D. Dragón 4–0 Alianza F.C. (3 March 2014)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
   * C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 3–4 Juventud Independiente (27 April 2014)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
   * Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014)

## Top goalscorers

| 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

| 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

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

### Club

* Most clean sheets: TBD
   * TBD
* Fewest clean sheets: TBD
   * TBD
* Best Home record during the Clausura season: C.D. FAS
   * 19 out of 27 points (6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses)
* Worst Home record during the Clausura season: C.D. Dragon and Atletico Marte
   * 9 out of 27 points (2 wins, 3 draw and 4 losses)
* Best Away record during the Clausura season: A.D. Isidro Metapan
   * 20 out of 27 points (6 wins, 2 draw and 1 loss)
* Worst Away record during the Clausura season: Firpo
   * 7 out of 27 points (1 win, 4 draw and 4 losses)
* Highest scoring team: Atletico Marte, A.D. Isidro Metapan and Juventud Independiente
   * 28 goals
* Lowest scoring team: Alianza F.C.
   * 17 goals

### Discipline

* First yellow card of the season: Jonathan Jiménez for UES against Alianza F.C., 35 minutes (19 January 2014)
* First red card of the season: Juan Granados for Juventud Independiente against Metapan, 76 minutes (19 January 2014)
* Most yellow cards by a player: TBD
   * TBD (TBD)
* Most red cards by a player: 2
   * Christoper Ramirez Atletico Marte, Ivan Mancia Santa Tecla F.C., Elman Rivas Alianza F.C., Ricardo Ferreira Santa Tecla F.C., Jermaine Anderson C.D. Aguila
* Most yellow cards by a club: 62
   * C.D. Aguila
* Most red cards by a club: 7
   * Santa Tecla F.C.

## Playoffs

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

### Semi-finals

**Second leg**

Metapan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Dragón won 1–0 on aggregate.

### Final

Isidro Metapán: :

| GK | TBD | Henry Hernández |
| - | - | - |
| DF | TBD | Francisco Jovel Álvarez |
| DF | TBD | Milton Molina | 115' |
| DF | TBD | Jonathan Barrios |
| DF | 15 | Edwin Hernández | 40' 58' |
| MF | TBD | Andrés Flores |
| MF | TBD | Héctor Mejía | 20' 108' |
| MF | TBD | Narciso Orellana | 56' 72' |
| MF | TBD | José Ramos |
| FW | TBD | Héctor Ramos |
| FW | 22 | Nicolás Muñoz |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 14 | Marvin Monterrosa | 58' |
| FW | 9 | Víctor Merino | 72' |
| FW | 6 | Luis Perla | 108' |
| Manager: |||
| Jorge Rodríguez ||||

Dragón: :

| GK | 1 | José Manuel González |
| - | - | - |
| DF | TBD | Herbert Ulloa | 38' |
| DF | TBD | Luis Hernández | 66' |
| DF | TBD | Jimmy Valoyes |
| DF | TBD | Jorge Umanzor | 66' |
| MF | TBD | Jhony Rios |
| MF | TBD | Aurelio Vásquez | 56' |
| MF | TBD | Edwin Lazo | 97' |
| MF | TBD | José Ortíz |
| FW | TBD | Williams Reyes |
| FW | TBD | Rommel Mejía | 74' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | TBD | Gabriel Ríos | 56', 81' |
| MF | TBD | Nicolás Pérez | 66', 73' |
| MF | TBD | Geofredo Portillo | 97', 119' |
| Manager: |||
| Nelson Ancheta ||||

* Clausura 2014 champions
* Isidro Metapán 9th 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.

## Aggregate table

| 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 | Qualification for 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 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 |
