Football league season
The 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 18th season and 35th and 36th tournament of El Salvador 's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza and Dragón were the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura, respectively. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top 8 teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.
The champions of Apertura or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League . The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2017 CONCACAF League . Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF League. Should the final of both tournaments features the same 2 teams, the semifinalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División .
C.D. Atlético Marte were relegated to 2016–17 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team was replaced by the 2015–16 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. C.D. Municipal Limeño won the Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016 title, meaning there was no need for a promotion playoff and were promoted automatically.
Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2016.
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2016.
Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Apertura 2016/Clausura 2017
Team
Home city
Stadium
Capacity
Águila
San Miguel
Juan Francisco Barraza
10,000
Alianza
San Salvador
Estadio Cuscatlán
53,400
Chalatenango
Chalatenango
Estadio José Gregorio Martínez
15,000
Dragón
San Miguel
Juan Francisco Barraza
10,000
FAS
Santa Ana
Estadio Óscar Quiteño
15,000
Firpo
Usulután
Estadio Sergio Torres
5,000
Isidro Metapán
Metapán
Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez
8,000
Limeño
Santa Rosa de Lima
Estadio Jose Ramon Flores
5,000
Pasaquina
Pasaquina
Estadio San Sebastián
5,000
Santa Tecla ©
Santa Tecla
Estadio Las Delicias
10,000
Sonsonate
Sonsonate
Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos
8,000
UES ⓓ
San Salvador
Estadio Universitario UES
32,000
Team
Chairman
Head Coach
Kitmaker
Shirt sponsor
Águila
Pedro Arieta
Edgardo Malvestiti
Joma
Tigo , Canal 4, Pollo Campesto
Alianza
Lisandro Pohl
Jorge Rodríguez
Lotto
Canal 4, Mister Donut , Tigo , Gatorade , Veca airlines , Brahva
Chalatenango
Francisco Peraza
Carlos Mijangos
Milán
Ferreteria Lemus, Alcaldía Municipal de Chalatenango, Canal 4, Agua Fria,Galletas Choco Risas, Funerales la Nueva Proteccion
Dragón
Roberto Pérez
Henry Vanegas
Milán
Canal 4, L.A. Pizza, credito segguro 4orro
FAS
Guillermo Morán
Osvaldo Escudero
Milán
Coop-1 de R.L., Pilsener, Tigo , Canal 4
Firpo
Raúl Galo
Ramón Sánchez
Galaxia
Dial Fm, Pilsener
Isidro Metapán
Rafael Morataya
Edwin Portillo
Milán
Arroz San Pedro, Gumarsal, Don Frijol, Canal 4, Sistema Porcredita
Limeño
Rómulo Gómez
Hugo Ovelar
Galaxia
Innova S Sport, Panama Electronic, Royal, Fanny
Pasaquina
Óscar Ramírez
Omar Sevilla
Milán
Canal 4, Tigo , Tienda Libre, Farmacias Brasil, ZZpita
Sonsonate
Pedro Contreras
Garabet Avedissian
Rush Atletic wear
ProACES, Caja de Crédito de Sonsonate, Alcadia Municipal Sonsonate, Canal 4, Leche salud, Ferreteria Santa Sofia, Coop-1
Santa Tecla
José Vidal Hernández
Ernesto Corti
Milán
Powerade, DLC, Canal 21, Plaza Merliot, Pollo Indio, Petrox, Claro, Dizucar, Bolívar, Toledo, The Moustache
UES
Rufino Quezada
Edgar Henríquez
Galaxia
Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
During the Apertura season
Between Apertura and Clausura seasons
During the Clausura season
Apertura 2016
League table
Source:
[1] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Scoring
[2]
First goal of the season : Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES , 21 minutes (July 29, 2016)
First goal by a foreign player : Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES , 21 minutes (July 29, 2016)
Fastest goal in a match : 2 minutes
Goal scored at the latest point in a match : 90+1 minutes
First penalty Kick of the season : TBD for TBD against TBD , 89 minutes (August 3, 2016)
Widest winning margin : 4 goals
First hat-trick of the season : Ricardo Brown for Metapán against C.D. Pasaquina (September 28, 2016)
First own goal of the season : Kevin Carabantes (C.D. Chalatenango ) for A.D. Isidro Metapán (August 16, 2016)
Most goals in a match : 7 goals
Most goals by one team in a match : 5 goals
Most goals in one half by one team : 4 goals
TBD 5–2(1–2) TBD (2nd half, September 30, 2016)
Most goals scored by losing team : 3 goals
Most goals by one player in a single match : 3 goals
Club
Most clean sheets : C.D. Águila
Fewest clean sheets: UES
Best Home record during the Apertura season: Sonsonate
23 out of 33 points (7 wins, 2 draws, and 2 loss)
Worst Home record during the Apertura season: Dragón and UES
6 out of 33 points (1 win, 3 draws, and 7 losses)
Best Away record during the Apertura season: Águila
20 out of 33 points (5 wins, 5 draws, and 1 losses)
Worst Away record during the Apertura season: UES
6 out of 33 points (1 win, 3 draws, and 7 losses)
Highest scoring team: Alianza
Lowest scoring team: UES
Top goalscorers
Top assists
Individual awards
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
† Order of legs reversed.
First leg
Second leg
2–2. Sonsonate advanced as the higher seeded team.
Águila won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2. Alianza advanced as the higher seeded team.
Santa Tecla won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semifinals
First leg
Second leg
Alianza won 4–0 on aggregate.
Santa Tecla won 4–3 on aggregate.
Final
Clausura 2017
League table
Source:
[3] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Scoring
First goal of the season : Erick Villalobos for C.D. Pasaquina against Alianza , 35 minutes (January 14, 2017)
First goal by a foreign player : Darío Ferreira for Alianza F.C. against Pasaquina , 57 minutes (January 14, 2017)
Fastest goal in a match : 1 minutes
Goal scored at the latest point in a match : 90+1 minutes
TBD for TBD against TBD (2017)
First penalty Kick of the season : Danilo Peinado for C.D. Águila against Firpo , 81 minutes (15 January 2017)
Widest winning margin : 3 goals
First hat-trick of the season : ** Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against Dragon (2 April 2017)
First own goal of the season : Bladimir Osorio (C.D. Dragon ) for UES ( 2017)
Most goals in a match : 7 goals
Most goals by one team in a match : 5 goals
Most goals in one half by one team : 3 goals
Most goals scored by losing team : TBD goals
Most goals by one player in a single match : 3 goals
Individual awards
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
† Order of legs reversed.
First leg
Second leg
Alianza won 4–0 on aggregate.
3–3. Aguila advanced as the higher seeded team.
Santa Tecla won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2. Isidro Metapan advanced as the higher seeded team.
Semifinals
First leg
Second leg
Alianza won 2–0 on aggregate.
Santa Tecla won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in the 2016–17 season. The following players:
Have played at least one 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 have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released and its before the close of the season transfer window.
(player released during the Apertura season)
(player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons)
(player released during the Clausura season)
Aggregate table
Source:
primerafutboles.com Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ As Apertura and Clausura runners-up
^ As non-finalists with best aggregate
^ As Apertura and Clausura champions
References
Clubs
Year-long seasons Apertura and Clausura seasons Miscellaneous
Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2016 and June 2017
Domestic leagues Domestic cups Supercups CONCACAF competitions