Segunda División de El Salvador explained

Liga de Plata Salvadoreña
Country:	El Salvador
Confed:	CONCACAF
Teams:	20
Promotion:	Primera División
Relegation:	Tercera Division
Level:	2
Champions:	Cacahuatique
Season:	Clausura 2024
Most Successful Club:	Once Lobos (5 titles)
Current:	2024-25 Segunda División

The Segunda División de El Salvador (Second Division of El Salvador) is the second tier of football in El Salvador governed by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol (FESFUT). Teams contest to promote to the Primera División.^[1] ^[2]

The winning sides of the annual Apertura and Clausura contest each other, the winner directly promotes to Primera División.^[3]

The losing side of the match contest the last place team of Primera División to trigger promotion and relegation should the Primera División team lose to the Segunda División side.^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

History

The Salvadoran Football Federation decided to improve the quality and competitiveness of football.

Segunda División, also called Liga B, was created in 1950 divided into two groups to contest within each group. The top sides of each group then contested in order that the winner directly promotes to Primera División.

Category of Ascent was made of 12 teams, four teams in each zone: central, western and eastern.

The founding 12 teams in Segunda División were ANTEL, Atlético Marte, Marte Soyapango, Caterpillar de San Salvador, Picapiedra del Plan de la Laguna, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Dragón, Once Municipal, Molino F. C, Ahuachapán and Puertas de Santa Ana y San Rafael.

The inaugural President of the Segunda División was Dr Mauro Alfredo Bernal Silva.

The number of teams increased up to twelve teams per zone (36 teams altogether). In 1986 the Legislative Assembly emitted a decree in the Reforms to the Law of Football and the Category of Ascent that Segunda División would be limited to only 24 teams split into two groups.

In 2007, Segunda División adopted an Apertura and Clausura format.^[7]

Members of the Segunda División (2024–25 season)

The league currently consists of the following 199 teams:

Segunda Division clubs

The following teams are competing in the 2024–25 Segunda División season.qq

Team Group A

Group A Centro Occidente

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
A.D. Tiburones	Sonsonate	Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos	10,000
	Zacatecoluca	Estadio Toledo Valle	10,000
Fuerte Aguilares	San Salvador	Complejo Municipal de Aguilares	8,000
AD Espartano	Sonsonate	Estadio Ricardo Paredes INDES	10,000
Inca	La Libertad	Mini-Estadio Entre Rios	7,000
Once Lobos	Chalchuapa	Estadio la Cueva del Lobo	2,000
Rácing Jr	Armenia	Estadio 21 de noviembre	5,000
A.D. Los Laureles	Sonsonate	Centro Deportivo Tiburones Rojos	5,000
		Mini-Estadio Valle Mezas	7,000

Group B Centro Oriental

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Capacity
			20,000
		Estadi Juan Francisco Molina	10,000
		Estadi Juan Francisco Molina	10,000
C.D. Cruzeiro	San Vicente	Mini Estadio Suchitoto City	10,000
Cangrejera Sport	La Libertad	Mini Estadio San Arturo Sport	5,000
Roble Sport	Ilobasco	Mini Estadio Mauricio Vides	10,000
Santa Tecla Sport	Santa Tecla	Estadio Las Delicias	10,000
Olimpico Litoral	La Unión	Complejo Deportivo Rafael Lopez	8,000

Division set-up

Changes in division set-up

Number of clubs: currently 24. From TBD to TBD there were two divisions, each of 20 teams. From TBD to TBD it had 20. The 1991–92 season was played in two groups of 12 teams each; TBD again in one group with 24 teams, TBD with 20 teams.
Teams promoted to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador (La Primera): 3; 1981–1991 there was a promotion/relegation round, in 1991–92 there was 1 promotion per group.
Number of relegations into the Regionalliga (until 1994: Oberliga): 4; 1991–92: 2–3 per group (inclusive relegation); 1992–93: 7.

Promotion and relegation

From 2007 until 2010, the winner of the Apertura and Clausura would play for automatic promotion, where the loser of the match would play a playoff with the team that finished 9th in La Primera.

After this, and to the present, the winner of the Apertura and Clausura face in a final game with only the winner gaining promotion to La Primera.

Until the 2015–16 season, the bottom three teams were relegated into the Tercera Division. Since the 2016–17, the bottom three teams of each group play in a round robin tournament; the bottom team of that round robin tournament are relegated to the Tercera Division.

League matches derbies and classics in Segunda División

Atletico Apopa vs Vendaval Apopa "Clásico de Apopa" (last played in)
Independiente FC vs CD Platense "Clásico Paracentral" (last played in)

President

Name
Fredis Benitez
Mauricio Villalta
Haron Marcheli
Gerardo Sosa Ramos
Américo Pérez Posadas
Salvador de Leon
Vincent Vasquez
Marvin Bernal Silva (2003)


Osvaldo Pinto (2011-2012)
Alcides Ortez (2012-2013)
Noel Benítez (2014-2015)
Moisés Marín (2016-2017)
Carlos Ramírez (2018-)

League champions

Source:^[8]

Season	Champions	Runner Up	Teams promoted
1950/51 Liga B De El Saivador	H-13	Leones	H-13
1951/52 Liga B De El Saivador	Atlético San Alejo		Atlético San Alejo
1952/53 Liga B De El Saivador	H-13	Leones	H-13
	Ast Municipal	H-13	Ast Municipal
1954/55 Liga B De El Saivador			Leones

			Santa Anita
			Quequeisque
1958/59 Liga B De El Saivador			Atlante
1959/60 Liga B De El Saivador			Once Municipal
1960/61 Liga B De El Saivador		Santa Anita	LA Firpo
1961/62 Liga B de El saivador	Telecomunicaciones		Telecomunicaciones
			Universidad Gerardo Barrios
1963/64 Liga B de El Saivador		Gatos de Monterrey	ADLER
1964/65 Liga B de El Saivador
			LA Firpo

		Atlante San Alejo	LA Firpo
	CD Universidad Centroamericana		CD Universidad Centroamericana
	Atlético San Alejo		Atlético San Alejo
1970/71 Liga B de El Saivador			EExcelsior
1971/72 Liga B De El Saivador			Once Municipal
1972/73 Liga B de El Saivador
			Dragon
			ANTEL
			Fuerte Aguilares
1976/77 Liga B de El Saivador
			Dragon
		CD Municipal Limeño
1979/80 Liga B de El Saivador
1980/81 Liga B de El Saivador			Once Lobos
	CD Universidad Centroamericana		CD Universidad Centroamericana
1982/83 Liga B de El Saivador	CD Salvadoreño	CD Municipal Limeño	CD Salvadoreño
1983/84 Liga B de El Saivador	CD Metapán	CESSA	CD Metapán
	CD Alba Acajutla	CD Dragón	CD Alba Acajutla
	CD Metapán	Sonstate FC	CD Metapán
	AD El Tránsito	CD Municipal Limeño	AD El Tránsito
	Cojutepeque FC	CD Dragón	Cojutepeque FC
1988/89 Segunda Division de El Saivador	CD Chalatenango	CD UCA	CD Chalatenango
	CD Dragón	CD Municipal Limeño	CD Dragón
	CD Metapán	Sonsonate FC	CD Metapán
	CD Fuerte San Francisco	CD UES	CD Fuerte San Francisco
	CD Municipal Limeño	Metapán FC	CD Municipal Limeño
	CD El Roble	A.D.O.	CD El Roble
	CD Apaneca	Metapán FC	CD Apaneca
	CD Tiburones	CD Atlético Balboa	CD Tiburones
1996/97 Segunda Division De El Saivador	CD Once Lobos	CD Tiburones	CD Once Lobos
	CD Marte Soyapango	Metapán FC	CD Marte Soyapango
	CD Atlético Balboa	CD Santiagueño	CD Atlético Balboa
	CD Tiburones	Metapán	CD Tiburones
	CD Juventud Olimpica Metalio	CD Atlético Balboa	CD Juventud Olímpica Metalio
	CD San Luis	Coca-Cola FC	CD San Luis
	AD Isidro Metapán	CD San Luis	CD Isidro Metapán
	CD Titán	CD Marte Soyapango	CD Titán
			CD Arcense
	CD La Asunción	CD Atlético Marte	CD La Asunción
	CD Chalatenango	CD Dragón	CD Chalatenango
	CD Salvadoreño	Telecom FC San Salvador	CD Salvadoreño
			CD Once Lobos, CD Once Municipal
	CD Atlético Chaparratique	CD Arcense	CD Atlético Chaparratique
		Coca-Cola FC	CD Vista Hermosa
	CD TACA	CD Municipal Limeño	CD TACA
	Nacional 1906	CD Municipal Limeño	Independiente Nacional 1906
			Nejapa FC
	Nejapa FC	CD Atlético Balboa	Nejapa FC
			None
	CD Juventud Independiente		CD Atlético Balboa and CD Juventud Independiente
			None
			CD Atlético Marte and CD Municipal Limeño
			None
			CD UES and CD Once Municipal
			None

			None
			Santa Tecla F.C.
			None
			C.D. Dragon
			None
			Pasaquina
			None
			Real Destroyer FC
	Municipal Limeño]		None
			Municipal Limeño
			None
			Audaz
			None
			Jocoro
			None
Clausura 2019	CD San Pablo Municipal		CD San Pablo Municipal
Apertura 2019		Racing Jr.
Clausura 2020	Dragon	Platense	Dragon
Apertura 2020		Real Destroyer	None
Clausura 2021	Real Destroyer
Apertura 2021	A.D. Municipal	Cacahuatique	None
Clausura 2022	Dragon	Inter San Salvador	Dragon
Apertura 2022		Real Destroyer	None
Clausura 2023	Titan	Atletico Balboa	Fuerte San Francisco
Apertura 2023	Titan	Cacahuatique	None
Clausura 2024	Cacahuatique	Tiburones de Sonsonate	Cacahuatique
Apertura 2024

Notes and References

Web site: Once Municipal, el único con ventaja en segunda división. El. Gráfico. elgrafico.com. 23 June 2017.
Web site: Segunda División afina detalles para el Torneo Apertura - mas.sv. 17 July 2017. 7 April 2018.
Web site: Chalchuapa y Apastepeque definirán al finalista. El. Gráfico. elgrafico.com. 23 June 2017.
Web site: Leones, el primer descendido - elsalvador.com. 13 May 2017. elsalvador.com. 23 June 2017.
Web site: Oriente, sin candidatos para el ascenso a la primera división. El. Gráfico. elgrafico.com. 23 June 2017.
Web site: Once Lobos y Audaz pelean por un puesto en la final de la segunda división. 7 April 2018.
Web site: Segunda tendrá cambios: Jugarán torneo Apertura y Clausura También tendrán reservas. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417024240/archivo.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=20793&idArt=1492152. dead. 2018-04-17.
Web site: Magos del ascenso salvadoreño - Culebrita Macheteada – Futbol El Salvador . www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130907022400/http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/2013/06/28/magos-del-ascenso-salvadoreno/ . 7 September 2013 . dead.