Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2011
# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2011

The Clausura 2011 season (officially known as Torneo Clausura 2011 or also known as the Copa Capri for sponsoring reasons) will be the 26th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán will be heading into this tournament as the defending champions. The season will begin in early 2011 and conclude in mid year. Like previous years, the league will consist 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 by the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

## Team information

Last updated: December 29, 2010

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Águila | San Miguel | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| Alianza | San Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| Atlético Balboa | La Unión | Estadio Marcelino Imbers | 4,000 |
| 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 |
| Luís Ángel Firpo | Usulután | Estadio Sergio Torres | 5,000 |
| Once Municipal | Ahuachapán | Estadio Simeón Magaña | 5,000 |
| UES | San Salvador | Estadio Universitario UES | 10,000 |
| Vista Hermosa | San Francisco Gotera | Estadio Correcaminos | 12,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Águila | Julio Sosa | Hugo Coria | | Mister Donuts, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos |
| Alianza | Lisandro Pohl | Roberto Gamarra | Lotto | Tigo, SINAI, |
| Atlético Balboa | Pablo Robles | Mario Martínez | | Anorye en Acacua |
| Atlético Marte | Felix Guardado | Juan Ramón Paredes | Galaxia | Rosvill, Vive, Canal 4 |
| FAS | Victor Aleman | Agustín Castillo | Milan | American Airlines, Tigo, Pilsener |
| Isidro Metapán | Óscar Flores | Edwin Portillo | Milán | Bimbo, Tigo, arraz San Pedro, Holan |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | Enrique Escobar | Ramiro Cepeda | Joma | Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo |
| Once Municipal | Andrés Rodríguez | Nelson Ancheta | Milan | La Geo, Canal 4 |
| UES | Rufino Quesada | Eraldo Correia | Galaxia | ALBA |
| Vista Hermosa | Francisco Benitez | Víctor Coreas | Aviva | None |

## 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 | Jorge Abrego | Removed from position | TBA | Agustín Castillo | tba | 8th (Apertura 2010) |
| Águila | Eraldo Correia | Sacked | TBA | Hugo Coria | TBA | 4th (Apertura 2010) |
| Atlético Balboa | Roberto Gamarra | Released | December, 2010 | José Mario Martínez | December, 2010 | 5th (Apertura 2010) |
| Firpo | Hugo Coria | Resigned | TBA | Ramiro Cepeda | TBA | 3rd (Apertura 2010) |
| C.D. Vista Hermosa | José Mario Martínez | Sacked | 29 November 2010 | Victor Coreas | 27 December 2010 | 6th (Apertura 2010) |

### During the regular season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Once Municipal | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | Sacked | February 6, 2011 | Marcos Pineda (interim) | February 8, 2011 | 10th (Clausura 2011) |
| UES | Edgar Henriquez | Sacked | March 7, 2011 | Eraldo Correia | March 8, 2011 | 8th (Clausura 2011) |
| Alianza F.C. | Miloš Miljanić | Resigned | March 7, 2011 | Roberto Gamarra | March 8, 2011 | 5th (Clausura 2011) |
| Once Municipal | Marcos Pineda | Sacked | March 16, 2011 | Juan Andrés Sarulyte | March 17, 2011 | th (Clausura 2011) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alianza | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | FAS | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Isidro Metapán | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Águila | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 27 | |
| 6 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 27 | |
| 7 | Vista Hermosa | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 26 | |
| 8 | UES | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 17 | |
| 9 | Once Municipal | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 15 | |
| 10 | Atlético Balboa | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 14 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALI | BAL | ATM | FAS | FIR | MET | OMU | UES | VIS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Águila | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Alianza | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 |
| Atlético Balboa | 0–4 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Atlético Marte | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| C.D. FAS | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Isidro Metapán | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Once Municipal | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| C.D. Universidad de El Salvador | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 |
| Vista Hermosa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FAS | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | FAS | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | Alianza | 2 |
| 2 | Alianza | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Alianza | 2 |
| 3 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |

### Final

Alianza: :

| GK | 25 | Henry Hernández |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Mauricio Quintanilla |
| DF | 6 | Marcelo Messias | 42' |
| DF | 3 | Edwin Martínez | |
| MF | 12 | Cristian Castillo | 90+1' |
| MF | 20 | Héctor Salazar |
| MF | 23 | Roberto Alvarado |
| MF | 14 | Herbert Sosa |
| MF | 8 | Abraham Amaya | 69' |
| FW | 17 | Carlos Ayala 47' | 90+6' |
| FW | 22 | Rodolfo Zelaya | | 87' |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 16 | Roberto García | | 69' |
| MF | 21 | Jonathan Barrios | | 90+1' |
| FW | 11 | Rafael Burgos | | 90+6' |
| Manager: |||
| Roberto Gamarra ||||

FAS: :

| GK | 1 | Luis Contreras |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Víctor Velásquez 21' |
| DF | 26 | Mardoqueo Henríquez | 86' |
| DF | 6 | José Granadino |
| DF | 4 | Ramón Flores 90+6' |
| MF | 24 | Roberto Peña |
| MF | 7 | William Maldonado | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Cristian Álvarez | | |
| MF | 13 | Juan Carlos Moscoso | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Alejandro Bentos | | 50' |
| FW | 11 | Williams Reyes |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 20 | Márcio Teruel | | 46' |
| MF | 23 | Carlos Aparicio | | 74' |
| FW | 21 | Óscar Ulloa | | 86' |
| Manager: |||
| Agustín Castillo ||||

* Clausura 2011 champions
* Alianza F.C. 10th title

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rodolfo Zelaya | Alianza F.C. | 13 |
| 2 | Nicolás Muñoz | C.D. Águila | 12 |
| 3 | Alcides Bandera | Atlético Marte | 9 |
| 4 | Juan Carlos Moscoso | C.D. FAS | 7 |
| 5 | Alexander Campos | Atlético Balboa | 5 |
| 5 | Christian Bautista | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 5 |

Updated to games played on April 21, 2011. Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Isidro Metapán (C) | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 63 | Qualification for 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round |
| 2 | Alianza (C) | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 62 | Qualification for 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round |
| 3 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 59 | |
| 4 | Águila | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 58 | |
| 5 | FAS | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 46 | |
| 6 | Vista Hermosa | 36 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 45 | |
| 7 | Atlético Marte | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Atlético Balboa (R) | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 43 | Relegation to Segunda Division |
| 9 | UES | 36 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 33 | |
| 10 | Once Municipal | 36 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 29 | |

* ↑ Atlético Balboa were relegated due to failure to pay members of their organization and other problems which caused them to not play in their final two league matches of the season. Once Municipal have claimed that this should spare them from relegation. On 13 June 2011, the league voted for Once Municipal to remain in the competition for next season.

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2011. The following players:

* have played at least one apetura 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 this season 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.

