Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2012 explained

Season:	Clausura 2012
Winners:	Águila (15th Title)
League Topscorer:	Nicolás Muñoz (12) Anel Canales (12)
Biggest Home Win:	Once Municipal 5-0 FAS (January 25, 2012) Águila 5-0 Atlético Marte (March 3, 2012) Juventud Independiente 5-0 UES (April 4, 2012) Águila 5-0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
Biggest Away Win:	Atlético Marte 0-4 Luis Ángel Firpo (January 8, 2012)
Highest Scoring:	Luis Ángel Firpo 4-4 Alianza (January 26, 2012)
Total Goals:	254
Matches:	90
Nextseason:	Apertura 2012

The Clausura 2012 season was the 28th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán headed into this tournament as the defending champions. The season began on January 8, 2012 and concluded in mid-year. Like previous years, the league consisted 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 took part in the playoffs.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
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
Juventud Independiente	San Juan Opico	Complejo Municipal	5,000
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	Eraldo Correia	Galaxia	Mister Donuts, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Vladan Vićević	Lotto	Tigo, SINAI, Maseca, BIC
Atlético Marte	Felix Guardado	Fausto Omar Vásquez	Galaxia	Foskrol, La Curacao, UFG
FAS	David Lineras	Ricardo Mena Laguán	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Edwin Portillo	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Grupo Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar	Nelson Ancheta	Joma	Pilsener, Volkswagen, Redes, Burger King
Once Municipal	Andrés Rodríguez	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic), Tropigas
UES	Rufino Quesada	Roberto Gamarra	Galaxia	Alba Petróleos
Vista Hermosa	Francisco Benitez	Carlos Romero	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	MK Medicamentos, Cetron, Comercial René

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Position in table
Águila	Omar Sevilla	resigned to manage the reserves	Eraldo Correia	5th (Clausura 2011)
FAS	Willian Renderos Iraheta	Resigned	Ricardo Mena Laguán	2nd (Clausura 2011)
Vista Hermosa	José Rolando Pérez	Moved to Aguila	Carlos Romero	10th (Clausura 2011)
UES	Jorge Abrego	replaced and moved to coaching reserves	Roberto Gamarra	9th (Clausura 2011)

During the regular season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Alianza	Vladan Vićević	Resigned	January 19, 2012	Leonel Cárcamo	January 25, 2012	7th (Clausura 2012)
Atlético Marte	Fausto Omar Vásquez	Resigned	January 29, 2012	Jorge Alberto García	January 29, 2012	10th (Clausura 2012)
Águila	Eraldo Correia	Sacked	January 30, 2012	Victor Coreas	January 30, 2012	7th (Clausura 2012)
Vista	Carlos Romero	Sacked	February 5, 2012	José Efraín Núñez	February 6, 2012	9th (Clausura 2012)
Alianza	Leonel Cárcamo	Replaced and moved to assistant coach	February 6, 2012	Juan Ramón Paredes	February 6, 2012	7th (Clausura 2012)
FAS	Ricardo Mena Laguán	Sacked	February 9, 2012	Agustín Castillo	February 9, 2012	8th (Clausura 2012)

League table

Positions by round

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Isidro Metapán won 3-2 on aggregate.----Águila won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final


Isidro Metapán:
GK	1
DF	23
DF	19	Alexander Escobar
DF	2	Milton Molina
DF	15
MF	20	Omar Mejía
MF	53
MF	16
MF	12	Edwin Sánchez
FW	17	Léster Blanco
FW	9
Substitutes:
FW	11
MF	6	Julio Martínez
FW	30
Manager:
Edwin Portillo


Águila:
GK	22
DF	23	Luis Anaya
DF	6	Mardoqueo Henríquez
DF	4
DF	13	Deris Umanzor
MF	24
DF	3	Isaac Zelaya
MF	8	Osael Romero
MF	15	Ronald Torres
FW	33	Irza Santos
FW	19	Nicolás Muñoz
Substitutes:
DF	48
MF	7	Irving Flores
DF	2
Manager:
Víctor Coreas

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nicolás Muñoz	Águila	12
1	Anel Canales	Luis Ángel Firpo	12
3	Juan Carlos Reyes	Juventud Independiente	10
4	Alexander Campos	Once Municipal	7
	Sean Fraser	Alianza	7
	Christian Bautista	Isidro Metapán	7
	César Larios	UES	7
	Álex Erazo	Juventud Independiente	7
	Marvin Monterrosa	Isidro Metapán	7
10	Osael Romero	Águila	6

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Bookings

Rank	Team	width=20 style="background: #FFEE99"		width=20 style="background: #FF8888"	Total
1	Vista Hermosa	27	1	28
2	Luis Ángel Firpo	39	2	41
3	Juventud Independiente	40	4	44
4	Atlético Marte	42	4	46
5	Águila	44	6	50
6	Isidro Metapán	49	3	52
7	UES	49	6	55
8	Once Municipal	55	4	59
9	FAS	54	6	60
10	Alianza	56	10	76
	Total	455	46	501

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.

Goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Miguel Montes	10	12	0.83	Isidro Metapán
Rafael Fuentes	11	12	0.92	Once Municipal
Benji Villalobos	15	15	1.00	Águila
Javier Gómez	19	16	1.19	Atlético Marte
Luis Contreras	22	18	1.22	FAS
Dagoberto Portillo	22	18	1.22	Luis Ángel Firpo
Wilber Ramírez	22	17	1.29	Juventud Independiente
Manuel González	26	15	1.73	UES
Aníbal Peña	34	18	1.89	Vista Hermosa
Yimmy Cuéllar	19	10	1.90	Alianza

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Hat-tricks

Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Round
	3	15', 66', 90'	Isidro Metapán	3–1	Vista Hermosa	12th
	3	7', 38', 74'	Juventud Independiente	5–0		17th

Individual awards

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: José Otoniel Salinas for Vista Hermosa against FAS, 4 minutes (January 7, 2012)
Fastest goal in a match:2 minutes - José Lemus for Atlético Marte against Alianza (March 4, 2012)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+10 minutes Alexander Larin for Atlético Marte against FAS (January 21, 2012)
First penalty Kick of the season: Anel Canales for Luis Ángel Firpo against Atlético Marte, 48 minutes (January 8, 2012)
Widest winning margin: 5 Goals
- Once Municipal 5–0 FAS (January 25, 2012)
- Águila 5–0 Atlético Marte (March 8, 2012)
- Juventud Independiente 5–0 UES (April 4, 2012)
- Águila 5–0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
First hat-trick of the season: Marvin Monterrosa for Isidro Metapán against Vista Hermosa (March 28, 2012)
First own goal of the season: Carlos Arévalo (Alianza) for UES, 37 minutes (January 7, 2012)
Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Goals
- Once Municipal 5–0 FAS (January 25, 2012)
- Águila 5–0 Atlético Marte (March 8, 2012)
- Juventud Independiente 5–0 UES (April 4, 2012)
- Águila 5–0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
Most goals in one half by one team:
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
- UES 3–4 Luis Ángel Firpo (April 15, 2012)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
- Marvin Monterrosa for Isidro Metapán against Vista Hermosa (March 28, 2012)
- Juan Carlos Reyes for Juventud Independiente against UES (April 4, 2012)

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 5 minutes (January 7, 2012)
First red card of the season: Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 9 minutes (January 7, 2012)
Card given at latest point in a game: Red José Enrique Rodríguez for Juventud Independiente, 90+3 minutes against UES (February 11, 2012)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. The following players:

have played at least one apertura 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 a few season ago, 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

Alianza F.C.