Competition: | Primera División de El Salvador |
Season: | 2024–25 |
Dates: | August 2024 – December 2024 (Apertura), 2025 – 2025 (Clausura) |
Winners: | TBD (Apertura 2024) TBD (Clausura 2025) |
Relegated: | TBD |
Continentalcup1: | CONCACAF Central American Cup |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | TBD |
Continentalcup2: | CONCACAF Central American Cup |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | TBD |
Continentalcup3: | CONCACAF Central American Cup |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | TBD |
League Topscorer: | TBD (15 goals Apertura 2024) TBD (15 goals Clausura 2025) |
Best Goalkeeper: | TBD (Apertura 2024) TBD (Clausura 2025) |
Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
Updated: | June 2, 2024 |
The 2024–25 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 26th season and 50th and 51st Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Aguila and Alianza are the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournament 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 and Clausura will qualify for the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the third team to qualify is the team with better aggregate record. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup.
A total of 11 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2023–24 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2023–24 Segunda División.
Cacahuatique was promoted to the Primera División on July 1, 2024, after defeating Titan in a playoff match by a score of 4-3 in penalties, after the team were tied 1-1 after 120 minutes.[1]
Santa Tecla was relegated to the 2024–25 Segunda División.[2]
Jocoro withdrew from the league.
On the 13th of June, 2024 The President of the Primera Division Samuel Gálvez announced changes for the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 included the final being played over two legs instead just one game, the finals will be held at the finalist stadiums. The four foreign players quota will remain. One reserve or under 17 player must be played for 90 minutes per game.[3]
It was announced on July 13, 2024 that Titan had made agreement with Jocoro to acquire their spot in the Primera division.[4]
FESFUT announced with Jocoro failure to meet the requirement to register in the Primera Division, they would lose their spot and therefore could sell their spot to Titan. Despite protest and pleas from Titan board to be allowed to take the spot and give a slight extension to the club for meet the requirement, On June 18, 2024 FESFUT President Humberto Sáenz Marinero announced the league will proceed with 11 teams.[5]
The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2024 and middle of 2025.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aguila | Ernesto Corti | Contract finished, | May 27, 2024 | Daniel Messina[6] | May 27, 2024 | 4th and Quarterfinalist (2024 Clausura) | |
Fuerte San Francisco | Nelson Ancheta | Contract Finished | May 27, 2024 | Jorge Martinez Merino [7] | June 29, 2024 | 11th (2024 Clausura) | |
Dragon | Manuel Acevedo | Mutual Consent | June 7, 2024 | Marvin Benítez | June 7, 2024 | 9th (2024 Clausura) | |
Isidro Metapan | Carlos Martinez Che | Returned to assistant coach role | June 18, 2024 | Hector Omar Mejia | July 3, 2024 | 7th and Semi-Finalist (2024 Clausura) | |
Cacahuatique | Pablo Quiñones | Mutual Consent | July 4, 2024 | Daniel Corti | July 9, 2024 | None (2024 Clausura) |
This is a list of foreign players in the 2024–25 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.
Águila
Alianza
Cachuatique
Dragon
FAS
Firpo
Fuerte San Francisco
Isidro Metapán
Municipal Limeno
Once Deportivo
Platense
(player released beginning the Apertura season, Never played a game) (player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season) (player naturalized for the Clausura season) (player released beginning the Clausura season, Never played a game)