Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2011 explained

Season:	Clausura 2011
Winners:	Alianza 10th title
League Topscorer:	Rodolfo Zelaya (13 Goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Alianza 5–0 UES (Mar. 31, 2011)
Biggest Away Win:	Atlético Balboa 0–4 Águila (Mar. 31, 2011)
Highest Scoring:	Atlético Marte 5–2 Once Municipal (Feb. 6, 2011)
Total Goals:	224
Matches:	90
Nextseason:	Apertura 2011

The Clausura 2011 season (officially known as Torneo Clausura 2011 or also known as the Copa Capri for sponsoring reasons) will be the 26th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán will be heading into this tournament as the defending champions. The season will begin in early 2011 and conclude in mid year. Like previous years, the league will consist of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Team information

Last updated: December 29, 2010

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
Atlético Balboa	La Unión	Estadio Marcelino Imbers	4,000
Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Óscar Quiteño	15,000
Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	8,000
Luís Ángel Firpo	Usulután	Estadio Sergio Torres	5,000
Once Municipal	Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeón Magaña	5,000
UES	San Salvador	Estadio Universitario UES	10,000
Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Julio Sosa	Hugo Coria		Mister Donuts, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Roberto Gamarra	Lotto	Tigo, SINAI,
Atlético Balboa	Pablo Robles	Mario Martínez		Anorye en Acacua
Atlético Marte	Felix Guardado	Juan Ramón Paredes	Galaxia	Rosvill, Vive, Canal 4
FAS	Victor Aleman	Agustín Castillo	Milan	American Airlines, Tigo, Pilsener
Isidro Metapán	Óscar Flores	Edwin Portillo	Milán	Bimbo, Tigo, arraz San Pedro, Holan
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar	Ramiro Cepeda	Joma	Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo
Once Municipal	Andrés Rodríguez	Nelson Ancheta	Milan	La Geo, Canal 4
UES	Rufino Quesada	Eraldo Correia	Galaxia	ALBA
Vista Hermosa	Francisco Benitez	Víctor Coreas	Aviva	None

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
FAS	Jorge Abrego	Removed from position	TBA	Agustín Castillo	tba	8th (Apertura 2010)
Águila	Eraldo Correia	Sacked	TBA	Hugo Coria	TBA	4th (Apertura 2010)
Atlético Balboa	Roberto Gamarra	Released	December, 2010	José Mario Martínez	December, 2010	5th (Apertura 2010)
Firpo	Hugo Coria	Resigned	TBA	Ramiro Cepeda	TBA	3rd (Apertura 2010)
C.D. Vista Hermosa	José Mario Martínez	Sacked	29 November 2010	Victor Coreas	27 December 2010	6th (Apertura 2010)

During the regular season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Once Municipal	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Sacked	February 6, 2011	Marcos Pineda (interim)	February 8, 2011	10th (Clausura 2011)
UES	Edgar Henriquez	Sacked	March 7, 2011	Eraldo Correia	March 8, 2011	8th (Clausura 2011)
Alianza F.C.	Miloš Miljanić	Resigned	March 7, 2011	Roberto Gamarra	March 8, 2011	5th (Clausura 2011)
Once Municipal	Marcos Pineda	Sacked	March 16, 2011	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	March 17, 2011	th (Clausura 2011)

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final


Alianza:
GK	25	Henry Hernández
DF	5	Mauricio Quintanilla
DF	6	Marcelo Messias
DF	3	Edwin Martínez
MF	12
MF	20	Héctor Salazar
MF	23	Roberto Alvarado
MF	14	Herbert Sosa
MF	8	Abraham Amaya
FW	17
FW	22	Rodolfo Zelaya
Substitutes:
DF	16	Roberto García
MF	21
FW	11
Manager:
Roberto Gamarra


FAS:
GK	1	Luis Contreras
DF	5
DF	26	Mardoqueo Henríquez
DF	6
DF	4
MF	24	Roberto Peña
MF	7
MF	8	Cristian Álvarez
MF	13	Juan Carlos Moscoso
FW	9	Alejandro Bentos
FW	11
Substitutes:
FW	20	Márcio Teruel
MF	23	Carlos Aparicio
FW	21	Óscar Ulloa
Manager:
Agustín Castillo

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Rodolfo Zelaya	Alianza F.C.	13
2	Nicolás Muñoz	C.D. Águila	12
3	Alcides Bandera	Atlético Marte	9
4		C.D. FAS	7
5	Alexander Campos	Atlético Balboa	5
5	Christian Bautista	A.D. Isidro Metapán	5

Updated to games played on April 21, 2011.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2011. The following players:

have played at least one apetura 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 only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

C.D. Águila