Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2015
# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2015

The Clausura 2014 season is the 34th edition of El Salvador's Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions. 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 at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

## Team information

A total of 10 teams will contest the league

## 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 |
| 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 | Julio Dely Valdés | Joma | Tigo |
| Alianza | Lisandro Pohl | Ramiro Cepeda | Lotto | UNO, Pepsi, Domino's Pizza |
| Atlético Marte | Hugo Carrillo | Jorge Garcia | Galaxia | Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka |
| C.D. Dragón | Carlos Meza | Roberto Gamarra | Milan | Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi, Pharmacia La bueno |
| FAS | Byron Rodriguez | Agustin Castillo | Galaxia | Coop-1 de R.L. , Galaxia, Pilsener, Lays Chips, Tigo |
| 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) | Ria |
| Pasaquina | Abilio Menjivar | Juan Andrés Sarulyte | Jaguar Sportic | Ria, Port |
| Santa Tecla | Oscar Ortiz | Osvaldo Escudero | Reto | Rio, La Curaco, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup |
| UES | Rufino Quesada | Willian Renderos Iraheta | Maca | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atletico Marte | Guillermo Rivera | Contract not renewed | December 2014 | Jorge Garcia | December 2014 | 9th (Apertura 2014) |
| C.D. Pasaquina | Jorge Garcia | Contract not renewed | December 2014 | Juan Andrés Sarulyte | December 2014 | 10th (Apertura 2014) |
| C.D. Aguila | Daniel Messina | Contract finished | December 2014 | Julio Dely Valdés | 30 December 2014 | 3rd and runner up (Apertura 2014) |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C.D. Dragon | Roberto Gamarra | Resigned | Feb 2015 | Guillermo Rivera | Feb 2015 | 10th (Clausura 2015) |
| Atletico Marte | Jorge Garcia | Sacked | Feb 2015 | Daniel Fernández | Feb 2015 | 9th (Clausura 2015) |
| C.D. Dragon | Guillermo Rivera | Sacked | March 2015 | Santos Rivera/Abel Blanco | March 2015 | 9th (Clausura 2015) |
| Alianza F.C. | Ramiro Cepeda | Sacked | March 2015 | Rubén Alonso | March 2015 | 5th (Clausura 2015) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Isidro Metapán (Q) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 33 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Juventud Independiente (Q) | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Santa Tecla (Q) | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Alianza | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 27 | |
| 5 | FAS (Q) | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 27 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 6 | Águila | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 24 | |
| 7 | Pasaquina | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 23 | |
| 8 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 21 | |
| 9 | UES | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 18 | |
| 10 | Dragón | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 18 | |

* ↑ FAS won the extra game by 6-5 on penalties (after the game was tied 2-2 in extra time) against Alianza F.C. for the last place of the playoffs.

## Results

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

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: William Maldonado for Santa Tecla F.C. against UES, 10 minutes (17 January 2015)
* Fastest goal in a match: TBD minute - TBD for TBD against TBD (TBD TBD 2015)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes - Elman Rivas for UES against Santa Tecla F.C. (17 January 2015)
* First penalty Kick of the season: Elman Rivas for UES against Santa Tecla F.C., 56 minutes (17 January 2015)
* Widest winning margin: 4 goals
   * Alianza F.C. 4–0 C.D. Pasaquina (2015)
* First hat-trick of the season: Ricardo de Ferreria for Santa Tecla F.C. against Juventud Independiente (TBD TBD 2015)
* First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (2015)
* Most goals in a match: 7 Goals C.D. Aguila 4–3 A.D. Isidro Metapan (2015)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 4 Goals
   * C.D. Aguila 5–1 C.D. Dragon (TBD 2015)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 4 Goals C.D. Aguila 5–1 C.D. Dragon (2015)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
   * A.D. Isidro Metapan 3–4 C.D. Aguila (2015)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
   * Ricardo de Ferreria for Santa Tecla F.C. against Juventud Independiente (January 2015)
   * Nicolas Munoz for C.D. Aguila against A.D. Isidro Metapan (1 February 2015)

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Héctor Ramos | Isidro Metapan | 13 |
| 2 | Nicolás Muñoz | C.D. Aguila | 11 |
| 3 | David Rugamas | Juventud Independiente | 11 |
| 4 | Irvin Herrera | Santa Tecla F.C. | 8 |
| 5 | Jonathan Philippe | Alianza F.C. | 8 |
| 6 | Ricardinho Paraiba | Santa Tecla F.C. | 6 |
| 7 | Elman Rivas | UES | 5 |
| 8 | Herbert Sosa | Juventud Independiente | 5 |
| 9 | Julián Di Cosmo | C.D. FAS | 5 |
| 10 | Dustin Corea | C.D. FAS | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Isidro Metapan | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | FAS | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | FAS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Isidro Metapan | 1 (1) |
| | | | | | 3 | Santa Tecla | 1 (3) |
| 2 | Juventud Independiente | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Santa Tecla | 1 (3) |
| 3 | Santa Tecla | 3 | 3 | 6 | | | |

### Semi-finals

**Second leg**

Isidro Metapan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Santa Tecla won 6–4 on aggregate.

### Final

Isidro Metapán: :

| GK | TBD | Henry Hernández |
| - | - | - |
| DF | TBD | Francisco Jovel Alvarez |
| DF | TBD | Jonathan Barrios | 80' |
| DF | TBD | Milton Molina |
| DF | TBD | José Peraza | 113' |
| MF | TBD | Marvin Monterrosa |
| MF | TBD | Christian Sanchez | 78' |
| MF | TBD | Narciso Orellana | 64' |
| MF | TBD | Romeo Ovando Parkes |
| FW | TBD | Héctor Ramos |
| FW | TBD | Josué Flores |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | TBD | Víctor Merino | 64' |
| FW | TBD | Medardo Guevara | 78' |
| MF | TBD | Ricardo Ulloa | 80' |
| Manager: |||
| Jorge Rodriguez ||||

Santa Tecla: :

| GK | 1 | Derby Carrillo |
| - | - | - |
| DF | TBD | Bryan Tamacas | 91' |
| DF | TBD | Ivan Mancia |
| DF | TBD | Giovanni Zavaleta |
| DF | TBD | Juan Barahona |
| MF | TBD | Gerson Mayen |
| MF | TBD | Diego Chavarría |
| MF | TBD | William Maldonado | 15' 62' |
| MF | TBD | Marlon Cornejo |
| FW | TBD | Ricardinho Paraiba | 115' |
| FW | TBD | Irvin Herrera | 69' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | TBD | Aldair Rivera | 62' |
| MF | TBD | Kevin Ayala | 69' |
| MF | TBD | William Mancía | 91' |
| Manager: |||
| Osvaldo Escudero ||||

* Clausura 2015 champions
* Santa Tecla 1st 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

* Eder Arias
* Miguel Camargo
* TBD

Alianza F.C.

* Jorge Drovandi
* Matías Córdoba
* Jonathan Philippe

Atlético Marte

* Nestor Asprilla
* Martín García
* Agustin Adorni

C.D. Dragón

* Jhony Rios
* Jimmy Valoyes
* Sean Fraser

Juventud Independiente

* Yohance Marshall
* Juan Díaz
* Andrés Giraldo

C.D. FAS

* Glauber Rodrigues
* Alejandro Bentos
* Julián Di Cosmo
* Cristian González

A.D. Isidro Metapán

* Héctor Ramos
* David López
* Romeo Parkes

Pasaquina

* Glaúber da Silva
* Samuel Kordell

Santa Tecla F.C.

* Rodrigo de Brito
* Ricardinho
* Ignacio Colombo

UES

* Garrick Gordon
* Francisco Ladogano
* Santiago Davio

(player released during the season)

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Isidro Metapán | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 61 | Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Santa Tecla | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 59 | Qualification for 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | FAS | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 55 | |
| 4 | Juventud Independiente | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 54 | |
| 5 | Águila | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 53 | |
| 6 | Alianza | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 48 | |
| 7 | Dragón | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 43 | |
| 8 | UES | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 42 | |
| 9 | Pasaquina | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 38 | |
| 10 | Atlético Marte (R) | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 37 | Relegation to Segunda División |
