| Competition: | Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Santa Tecla F.C. (Apertura) Santa Tecla F.C. (Clausura) |
| Relegated: | UES |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Santa Tecla F.C. |
| Continentalcup2: | CONCACAF League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Alianza F.C. C.D. Aguila |
| Biggest Home Win: | 5-1 UES |
| Biggest Away Win: | Firpo 0–4 C.D. Pasaquina 0–4 |
| Highest Scoring: | UES 3–5 C.D. Pasaquina |
| Longest Wins: | games by: TBD |
| Longest Unbeaten: | games by: TBD |
| Longest Winless: | games by: TBD |
| Longest Losses: | games by: TBD |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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.
| 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 | 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 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonsonate | Mario Elias Guevara | Interim finished | 2016 |  Agustín Castillo | 2016 | 7th (Clausura 2015) |
| FAS | Roberto Gamarra | Resigned | 2016 | 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) | |
| Chalatenango | Ricardo Serrano | Contract not extended | 2016 | Rubén Alonso | 2016 | 8th (Clausura 2016) |
| Santa Tecla | Resigned, hired as FAS coach | 2016 | Ernesto Corti | June 2016 | 1st (Clausura 2016) | |
| Águila | Juan Ramón Sánchez | Sacked | June 2016 | Edgardo Malvestiti | June 2016 | 1st (Clausura 2016) |
| Municipal Limeño | Carlos Romero | Mutual consent | July 2016 | Mauricio Alfaro | July 2016 | Newly promoted |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | width=125px | Position in table | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza | Daniel Fernández | Resigned | August 2016 | Milton Meléndez | August 2016 | 11th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Firpo | José Mario Martínez | Sacked | September 2016 | Juan Ramón Sánchez | September 2016 | 11th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Dragón | Omar Sevilla | Resigned | September 2016 | Nelson Ancheta | September 2016 | 12th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Chalatenango | Rubén Alonso | Resigned | October 2016 | Geovanni Portillo | October 2016 | 11th (Apertura 2015) | |
| UES | Edgar Henríquez | Resigned | October 2016 | Horacio Reyes | October 2016 | 12th (Apertura 2015) | |
| UES | Horacio Reyes | Interim Finished | October 2016 | Efraín Burgos | October 2016 | 12th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Municipal Limeño | Mauricio Alfaro | Resigned (due to family issues) | November 2016 | Francisco Robles | November 2016 | 9th (Apertura 2015) | |
| Águila | Edgardo Malvestiti | Sacked | November 2016 | Darío Larrosa | November 2016 | 1st (Apertura 2015) | |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasaquina |  Hugo Ovelar | Resigned | December 2016 | Omar Sevilla | December 2016 | 8th (Apertura 2016) |
| Isidro Metapán | Jorge Rodríguez | Mutual Consent | December 2016 | Roberto Gamarra | December 2016 | 6th (Apertura 2016) |
| Chalatenango | Geovanni Portillo | Moved back to assistant coach | December 2016 | Carlos Alberto Mijangos | December 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |
| Alianza | Milton Meléndez | Moved back to sports director | December 2016 | Jorge Rodriguez | December 2016 | 4th and runners up (Apertura 2016) |
| Águila |  Darío Larrosa | Moved back to sports director | December 2016 | Jorge Daniel Casanova | December 2016 | 2nd and semi finalist (Apertura 2016) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | width=125px | Position in table | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.D. Chalatenango | Carlos Alberto Mijangos | Resigned, moved to become a sports director | February 2017 | William Renderos Iraheta | February 2017 | 10th (Clausura 2016) | |
| Limeño | Francisco Robles | Sacked | February 2017 | Hugo Ovelar | February 2017 | 9th (Clausura 2016) | |
| Dragón | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | Sacked | February 2017 | Victor Coreas | March 2017 | 12th (Clausura 2016) | |
| Sonsonate | Agustín Castillo | Sacked | February 2017 | Ernesto Góchez Interim | February 2017 | th (Clausura 2016) | |
| FAS | Osvaldo Escudero | Resigned | February 2017 | Emiliano Pedrozo | February 2017 | 10th (Clausura 2016) | |
| Sonsonate | Ernesto Góchez Interim | Interim Finished | March 2017 |  Eraldo Correia | March 2017 | th (Clausura 2016) | |
| Dragón | Victor Coreas | Resigned due to player pays | March 2017 | Henry Vanegas | March 2017 | 11th (Clausura 2016) | |
| C.D. Chalatenango | Resigned, moved to become Fitness coach | March 2017 | Carlos Alberto Mijangos | March 2017 | 10th (Clausura 2016) | ||
Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES, 21 minutes (July 29, 2016) Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES, 21 minutes (July 29, 2016) Eder Arias for C.D. Chalatenango against Metapán (August 16, 2016) Jonathan Águila for C.D. FAS against UES (July 29, 2016)
TBD for TBD against TBD, 89 minutes (August 3, 2016)
Ricardo Brown for Metapán against C.D. Pasaquina (September 28, 2016) Kevin Carabantes (C.D. Chalatenango) for A.D. Isidro Metapán (August 16, 2016) Ricardo Brown for Metapán against C.D. Pasaquina (September 17, 2016) Williams Reyes for Firpo against C.D. Pasaquina (October 9, 2016)| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Align=center | 13 | ||
| 2 | Rodrigo Cubilla | Chalatenango | Align=center | 11 |
| 3 | David Díaz | UES | Align=center | 10 |
| 3 | Oscar Guerrero | Alianza | Align=center | 10 |
| 4 | Gustavo Guerreño | Pasaquina | Align=center | 9 |
| 5 | Sebastián Abreu | Santa Tecla | Align=center | 8 |
| 5 | Mckauley Tulloch | UES | Align=center | 8 |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Portillo | Alianza | Align=center | 7 |
| 9 | Ricardo Brown | Isidro Metapán | Align=center | 8 |
| 9 | Marlón Cornejo | Santa Tecla | Align=center | 6 |
| Rank | Player | Nation | Club | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuvini Salamanca | El Salvador | Limeño | 13 | |
| 2 | Óscar Cerén | El Salvador | Alianza | 8 |
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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.
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Alianza won 4–0 on aggregate.----Santa Tecla won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Alianza F.C. | |||||
| GK | 25 | Óscar Arroyo | |||
| DF | 5 | Andrés Flores Jaco | |||
| DF | 6 | Mario Jacobo | |||
| DF | 4 | Fabricio Silva | |||
| DF | 15 | ||||
| MF | 7 | Rudy Valencia | |||
| MF | 8 | ||||
| MF | 42 | ||||
| MF | 11 | ||||
| MF | 3 | ||||
| FW | 22 | ||||
| Substitutes: | |||||
| FW | 9 | Rodrigo Rivera | |||
| FW | 10 | ||||
| Manager: | |||||
| Milton Meléndez | |||||
| Santa Tecla F.C. | |||||
| GK | 1 |  Joel Almeida | |||
| DF | 3 | Bryan Tamacas | |||
| DF | 12 | Roberto Domínguez | |||
| DF | 26 | ||||
| DF | 6 | ||||
| MF | 7 | Kevin Ayala | |||
| MF | 5 | Diego Chavarría | |||
| MF | 8 | ||||
| MF | 57 | ||||
| FW | 9 | ||||
| FW | 15 | ||||
| Substitutes: | |||||
| FW | 11 | ||||
| MF | 25 | ||||
| Manager: | |||||
| Ernesto Corti | |||||
Erick Villalobos for C.D. Pasaquina against Alianza, 35 minutes (January 14, 2017) Miguel Lemus for Firpo against C.D. Municipal Limeno (2017) Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against Dragon (2 April 2017) Bladimir Osorio (C.D. Dragon) for UES (2017) Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against Dragon (2 April 2017) Oscar Movil for Limeno against TBD (April, 2017)
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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.
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Alianza won 2–0 on aggregate.----Santa Tecla won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Santa Tecla F.C. | |||||
| GK | 1 | Joel Almeida | |||
| DF | 3 | Bryan Tamacas | |||
| DF | 26 | ||||
| DF | 12 | ||||
| DF | 6 | ||||
| MF | 7 | ||||
| MF | 5 | Kevin Ayala | |||
| MF | 8 | Aldair Rivera | |||
| MF | 57 | ||||
| FW | 9 | ||||
| FW | 15 | ||||
| Substitutes: | |||||
| MF | 25 | ||||
| MF | 25 | William Canales | |||
| FW | 11 | Diego Chavarría | |||
| Manager: | |||||
| Ernesto Corti | |||||
| Alianza F.C. | |||||
| GK | 25 | Óscar Arroyo | |||
| DF | 5 | Andrés Flores Jaco | |||
| DF | 6 | ||||
| DF | 4 | Dario Ferreira | |||
| DF | 15 | ||||
| MF | 7 | ||||
| MF | 8 | ||||
| MF | 42 | Rudy Valencia | |||
| MF | 11 | Rodrigo Rivera | |||
| MF | 3 | ||||
| FW | 22 | ||||
| Substitutes: | |||||
| FW | 9 | ||||
| FW | 10 | ||||
| FW | 10 | Gustavo Guerreno | |||
| Manager: | |||||
| Jorge Rodriguez | |||||
This is a list of foreign players in the 2016–17 season. The following players:
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.
Águila
Jimmy Valoyes James Cabezas
Adrián ColazoAlianza
Chalatenango
Bladimir Díaz Eder Arias Rodrigo Cubilla Mauricio Mendoza Carlos AnguloDragón
Álvaro Bely Kenroy Howell Jamal Jack Luis Valencia Josielson Moraes Jackson de OliveiraFAS
Guillermo Stradella Juan Aimar Facundo Martínez Facundo Simioli Matías Coloca Allan Muraldo Sandro MedagliaFirpo
Jhony Rios Allan Murialdo Maximiliano Morales Roldán Joel Perucci
César Iván González Pierre Alexandre Pluchino Galuppo Thiago Monteiro Accioli Da SilvaIsidro Metapán
Henry Rúa Romeo Parkes Ricardo Brown Akeem Priestley Alexis Ramos
Ayukokata NdipLimeño
Carlos Del Giorno Jefferson Viveros Clayvin Zúñiga Óscar MóvilPasaquina
Sonsonate
Zé Paulo Carlos Hidalgo Jackson de Oliveira Elenilson Ferreira García Josimar Moreira Yosimar Arias Johan CondegaSanta Tecla
Ricardinho Joel Almeida Oswaldo Alves Da SilvaUES
William Guerrero Mckauly Tulloch Elison dos Santos Weslie John Diego González Cristian Gil Mosquera Rafael Ponzo Lucas Rivero(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)