| Competition: | Primera División de El Salvador |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Winners: | Apertura: Alianza Clausura: Cancelled, not awarded |
| Relegated: | No relegation |
| Continentalcup1: | CONCACAF League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Alianza FAS Limeño |
| League Topscorer: | Nicolas Munoz Diego Areco |
| Biggest Home Win: | [TBD] |
| Biggest Away Win: | Santa Tecla 5–0 Independiente (September 1, 2019) |
| Longest Wins: | games by: TBD |
| Longest Unbeaten: | games by: TBD |
| Longest Winless: | games by: TBD |
| Longest Losses: | games by: TBD |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
| Updated: | 29 June 2019 |
The 2019–20 Primera División de El Salvador (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 21st season and 41st and 42nd Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Santa Tecla and TBD are the defending champions of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments 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 six 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 2021 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2020 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 2017–18 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División.
Firpo were relegated to 2019–20 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team was replaced by the 2018–19 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. El Vencedor won the Apertura 2018, while San Pablo won the Clausura 2019 title, El Vencedor won the playoff match 6-5 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2019.
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2019.
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt Sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Águila |  Jose Alexander Menjivar |  Daniel Messina |  Andres Quejada | Umbro | Mister Donut, Canal 4, Tigo, Pilsener | |
| Alianza | Adolfo Salume | Wilson Gutierrez | Marvin Monterroza | Umbro | Canal 4, Mister Donut, Tigo, Gatorade, Pepsi | |
| Independiente | TBD | Omar Sevilla | Carlos Carrillo | PS | Acodjar de R.L. INJIBOA, Laya S.A. De C.V., Electrolit, Perlitas | |
| Chalatenango | Rigoberto Mejia | Juan Ramón Sánchez | Henry Noe Reyes | Nil | Lemus, Premiun Center, Arjona Import & Export Co | |
| Jocoro F.C. | Leonel Hernández | Juan Andrés Sarulyte | Giuviny Esquivel | Milan | Haciendo Regalo de Dios, Caja de Credito Jocoro | |
| FAS | Guillermo Moran | Guillermo Riviera | Xavier Garcia | Joma | Pilsener, Tigo, Canal 4, Hospital Cader, Sol | |
| El Vencedor | Marlon Claros | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta |  Joel Almeida | Innova Sports | TBD | |
| Isidro Metapán | Rafael Morataya | Victor Coreas | Milton Molina | Milan | Canal 4, Arroz de San Pedro, Agroamigo, Morataya | |
| Limeño | Martín Herrera | Alvaro Misael Alfaro | Francisco Jovel Álvarez | Innova Sports | GSR, Chilos Seafood Restaurant, TuriTravel, Disturbidora Torres | |
| José Antonio Salaverría |  Juan Dieguez | Christian Sánchez | Rush | Claro, Mister Donut, Pepsi, La Geo, Alcasa | ||
| Sonsonate | Pedro Contreras | Jorge Morán | Milan | ProACES, Aldasa, Alcadia Municipal Sonsonate, Canal 4, Leche salud, Ferreteria Santa Sofia, Coop-1 | ||
| Santa Tecla | José Eduardo Amaya | Osvaldo Escudero | Rodrigo Rivera | Maca | Pilsener, Tigo, Plaza Mertio, Pala-grip, Ferreteria Sumersa |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalatenango | Alvaro Misael Alfaro | Resigned due to Contract dispute | May 2019 | Juan Ramon Sanchez | July 2019 | th (Clausura 2019) |
| Santa Tecla | Sebastian Abreu | Interimship Finished | May 2019 | Rodolfo Gochez | May 2019 | th (Clausura 2019) |
| Alianza | Jorge Humberto Rodriguez | Resigned | June 2019 | Wilson Gutierrez | June 2019 | th (Clausura 2019) |
| Jocoro | Guillermo Rivera | Resigned, went on to become El Salvador under 23 coach | June 2019 | Nelson Ancheta | June 2019 | 10th (Clausura 2019) |
| El Vencedor | Giovanni Trigueros | Contract finished | June 2019 | Victor Coreas | June 2019 | Promoted |
| Independiente | Pablo Quiñonez | Contract finished | July 2019 | Juan Cortes Diéguez | July 2019 | Bought the spot of Audaz |
| Once Deportivo | None | No previous coach, new club | July 2019 | Pablo Quiñonez | July 2019 | Bought the spot of Pasaquina |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | width=125px | Position in table | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocoro | Nelson Ancheta | Sacked | August 2019 | Oscar Eduardo Alvarez (Interim) | August 2019 | 11th (Apertura 2019) | |
| Santa Tecla | Rodolfo Gochez | Sacked | August 2019 | Leonel Carcamo (Interim) | August 2019 | 10th (Apertura 2019) | |
| Jocoro | Oscar Eduardo Alvarez | Interimship over | September 2019 | Marvin Benitez | September 2019 | 12th (Apertura 2019) | |
| FAS | Erick Dowson Prado | Sacked | September 2019 | Guillermo Rivera | September 2019 | 9th (Apertura 2019) | |
| Santa Tecla | interimship finished | September 2019 | Marco Sanchez | September 2019 | 10th (Apertura 2019) | ||
| Independiente FC | Juan Cortez Diéguez | Sacked | September 2019 | Omar Sevilla | October 2019 | 11th (Apertura 2019) | |
| Aguila | Carlos Romero | Sacked | October 2019 | Santos Noel Riviera (Interim) | October 2019 | 10th (Apertura 2019) | |
| Aguila | Santos Noel Riviera | Interimship finished | October 2019 | Daniel Messina | October 2019 | 10th (Apertura 2019) | |
| Limeno | William Renderos Iraheta | Resigned due to personal reason | November 2019 | Manuel Carranza Murrillo (Interim) | November 2019 | 3rd (Apertura 2019) | |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limeno | Manuel Carranza Murrillo | Interimship finished | December 2019 | Alvaro Misael Alfaro | December 2019 | 3rd and Quarterfinal (Apertura 2019) |
| Once Deportivo | Pablo Quinonez | Contract not renewed | December 2019 | Juan Cortez | December 2019 | 12th (Apertura 2019) |
| Isidro Metapan | Edwin Portillo | Sacked | December 2019 | Victor Coreas | January 2020 | th (Apertura 2019) |
| Jocoro | Marvin Benitez | Sacked | December 2019 | Juan Andres Sarulyte | January 2020 | 11th (Apertura 2019) |
| El Vencedor | Victor Coreas | Sacked | December 2019 | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | January 2020 | th (Apertura 2019) |
| Santa Tecla | Marco Sanchez | Sacked | December 2019 | Osvaldo Escudero | January 2020 | 6th (Apertura 2019) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | width=125px | Position in table | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocoro F.C. | Juan Andres Sarulyte | Resigned due to difference with president | February 2020 | Jose Romero | February 2020 | 10th (Clausura 2020) | |
| Jocoro F.C. | Jose Romero | Resigned | March 2020 | Carlos Romero | March 2020 | 10th (Clausura 2020) | |
| C.D. FAS | Guillermo Rivera | Sacked | March 2020 | Jorge Humberto Rodriguez | March 2020 | 6th (Clausura 2020) | |
| Independiente | Omar Sevilla | Sacked | March 2020 | William Renderos Iraheta | March 2020 | 4th (Clausura 2020) | |
The league voted to change top qualify to the next round to the top six, with first and second spot qualifying directly to the semi-finals, while teams from 3 to 6 have to playoff https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/liga-mayor-avala-cambio-en-sistema-de-clasificacion/611368/2019/
On 28 of June, 2019 the only remaining member of the Audaz had taken the license from the previous board, he then gave charge to Independiente F.C. https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Categoria-del-Audaz-va-al-Independiente-20190628-0018.html
On 3 of July, 2019 Pasaquina failed to meet the requirements that FESFUT had placed for clubs to be allowed to play in the Primera division, the club failed to pay off any outstanding debts. The club will be forced to sell their spot in Primera division. https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/pasaquina-el-nuevo-descendido-de-la-primera-division/617889/2019/
On 12 July 2019, a group of investors raised the capital and necessary funds to purchase the spot of Pasaquina. The club will be located the Ahuachapan department and will be called Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan.[1]
Several clubs announced that due to their home stadium not meeting new CONCACAF standards, minimal crowd numbers or/and their previous stadium not finishing their renovations in time.Jocoro will be playing at Jose Ramon Flores Berrios which is located at the La Union.FAS will be playing at the Estadio Cuscatlan which is located at San Salvador.El Vencedor will be playing at the Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera which is located at Usulutan. Independiente announced that while their home stadium is going through renovations they would be playing at the Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera which is located at Usulutan.
Since March, the season has been affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.On 13 March, following an emergency meeting between the Primera division, FESFUt, Segunda and Tecera division, it was unanimously decided to suspend professional football in El Salvador until at least 18 April 2020.[2]
In a historic meeting FESFUT declared to the public that the rest of Clausura 2020 season will be cancelled. Once Deportivo will be crowned champion due to leading the competition prior the suspension of the season, Along with Alianza (Apertura 2019 champion) and FAS (Apertura 2019 runner up) qualified for CONCACAF Competition. Jocoro who were bottom of the aggregate table prior to the suspension of the season will be forced to play promotion/relegation playoff against Platense.[3]
At the FESFUT extraordinary meeting on 29 April 2020, it was decided that the Clausura 2020 season title originally awarded to Once Deportivo would be retracted and the title would not be awarded. However, they would remain the third representative of El Salvador in the 2020 CONCACAF League. Moreover, no promotion and relegation would be applied for this season.[4]
FESFUT decided on 30 May 2020, to name Municipal Limeno, who were third in the aggregate table after Alianza and FAS, the final and third representative of El Salvador in the 2020 CONCACAF League, removing the spot awarded to Once Deportivo.[5]
The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2019 and middle of 2020.
| No. | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nicolas Munoz | El Vencedor | 19 | |
| 2 | Bryan Gil | CD. FAS | 15 | |
| 3 | Armando Polo | Santa Tecla F.C. | 15 | |
| 4 |  Clayvin Zuniga | CD Municipal Limeño | 13 | |
| 5 | Raúl Peñaranda | Alianza F.C. | 11 | |
| 6 |  Diego Areco | Jocoro FC | 10 | |
| 7 |  Craig Foster | Chalatenango | 10 | |
| 8 | Michell Mercado | El Vencedor | 7 | |
| 9 | Tardelis Pena | Independiente | 7 | |
| 10 | David Diaz | AD. Isidro Metapan | 6 |
Ricardinho for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango, 15 minutes (26 July 2019) Ricardinho for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango, 15 minutes (26 July 2019) TBD for TBD against TBD (24 February 2019) Armando Polo goal for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango, (July 26, 2019) Ricardinho for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango, 15 minutes (26 July 2019) Franklin Campos (Once Deportivo) for Limeno (July 29, 2019) Bryan Gil for FAS against El Vencedor (October 28, 2019)Sonsonate advances due to being 4th place in the league even though there was a tie of 1-1 aggregate. Will face Alianza in the semifinal.Santa Tecla advances 3-2 on aggregate.
Alianza advances 4-1 on aggregate.1-1, FAS advances Due to be higher rank.
| Alianza F.C. | |||||
| GK | 1 | Víctor García | |||
| DF | 12 | ||||
| DF | 16 | ||||
| DF | 4 | Ivan Mancía | |||
| DF | 15 | Jonathan Jiménez | |||
| MF | 9 | ||||
| MF | 10 | Cristian Olivera | |||
| MF | 11 | ||||
| MF | 21 | Marvin Monterrosa | |||
| MF | 6 | Narcisco Orellana | |||
| ST | 7 | ||||
| Substitutes: | |||||
| FW | 8 | Oscar Rodriguez | |||
| MF | 27 | Issac Portillo | |||
| DF | 17 | ||||
| Manager: | |||||
| Wilson Gutierrez | |||||
| FAS | |||||
| GK | 30 | Nicolas Pacheco | |||
| DF | 2 | Xavi Garcia | |||
| DF | 5 | Eder Moscoso | |||
| DF | 20 | Ibsen Castro | |||
| MF | 20 | Alberto Henriquez | |||
| MF | 31 | Julio Amaya | |||
| MF | 43 | Bryan Landaverde | |||
| MF | 21 | Guillermo Stradella | |||
| MF | 11 | Diego Chavez | |||
| FW | 22 | Josue Rivera | |||
| FW | 7 | Bryan Gil | |||
| Substitutes: | |||||
| MF | 10 | Bryan Paz | |||
| FW | 14 | Jeison Quinonez | |||
| Manager: | |||||
| Guillermo Rivera | |||||
Alianza F.C. 1-0 Águila
A.D. Chalatenago 0-0 Independiente National 1906
| No. | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego Areco | Jocoro | 10 | |
| 2 | Ricardinho | Santa Tecla | 5 | |
| 3 | Michell Mercado | El Vencedor | 5 | |
| 4 | Edwin Sanchez | Limeno | 5 | |
| 5 | Harold Alas | Limeno | 4 | |
| 6 | Osvaldo Blanco | Alianza | 4 | |
| 7 | David Boquin | 4 | ||
| 8 | Jose Enrique Contreras | Once Deportivo | 4 | |
| 9 | Daley Mena | 4 | ||
| 10 |  Fredrick Ogangan | Independiente FC | 4 |
Kevin Martinez (Jocoro) for Once Deportivo (February 23, 2020) Osvaldo Blanco for Alianza F.C. against C.D. Sonsonate (January 23, 2020) Edwin Sanchez for C.D. Municipal Limeno against Alianza F.C. (February 6, 2020) Tardelius Pena for Independiente F.C. against Jocoro (February 6, 2020) David Boquin for C.D. Sonsonate against Santa Tecla (February 6, 2020) Ricardinho for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango (February 15, 2020) Mauricio Cuéllar for FAS against Jocoro (February 16, 2020) Michel Mercado for El Vencedor against Jocoro (1 March 2020) Bryan Paz for Once Deportivo against Chalatenango (9 March 2020)None
The final round of matches and the final were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The title was subsequently awarded to Once Deportivo, who finished on top of the points table after the eleven rounds that were played.
This is a list of foreign players in the 2019–20 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 is released and it is before the close of the season transfer window. https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Asi-marcha-el-mercado-de-piernas-del-futbol-salvadoreno-20190602-0006.html
Águila
Andrés Quejada José VizcarraAlianza
Herlbert Enrique Soto Raúl Peñaranda Cristian Olivera
Hector Ramos Maximiliano Freitas Felipe Ponce Ramírez Oswaldo BlancoChalatenango
Craig Foster Eduardo Hurtado Luis Arboleda
Luis Cabezas Chavarría Elkin Mosquera Wilson Palacios Maximiliano MartinezEl Vencedor
Boris Yasser Polo Mosquera Diomer Hinestroza Michell Mercado Joel Almeida Jhon Machado Neimer MirandaFAS
Guillermo Stradella Jeison Quiñones https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/El-FAS-confirma-sus-primeros-fichajes-para-el-Apertura-2019-20190515-0014.html Bryan Gil Hurtado
Eder Moscoso Raúl Peñaranda
Hugo Bargas Diego CastellanosIndependiente
Luciano Sanhuezo Camilo Gómez Tardelius Pena Eduardo Rodriguez Fredrick OganganIsidro Metapán
Lucas Dos Santos Gersain Caicedo Jhonny Rios Jeison Murillo Arbey MosqueraJocoro
Carlos Del Giorno Jackson Palacio
Luis ParadelaLimeño
Miguel Murillo Rodrigo de Brito Zé Paulo Samuel JiménezOnce Deportivo
Neimer Miranda Alonso Umaña Marcó Tulio Gallego Juan Jose Vasquez Marco Granados Jeison Quiñones Edgar SolisSonsonate
David Boquín Beitar Córdoba Daley MenaSanta Tecla
Joel Almeida Ricardinho Armando Polo Brayan Obregon Rodrigo de Brito Alejandro Dautt Juan Aimar(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season) (player naturalised for the Clausura season)