Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2013 explained

Season:	Apertura 2013
Relegated:	None
League Topscorer:	Daniel Toscanini (13 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Juventud Independiente 6 - Alianza 0 (27 October 2013)
Biggest Away Win:	Santa Tecla 1 - Juventud Independiente 6 (21 September 2013)
Highest Scoring:	Juventud Independiente 4 - Metapán 4 (1 September 2013)
Matches:	85
Total Goals:	212
Longest Wins:	5 games by: Juventud Independiente (20 October - present)
Longest Unbeaten:	17 games by: Atlético Marte (4 August - present)
Longest Winless:	7 games by: Dragón (4 August - 7 September) Firpo (6 October - present)
Longest Losses:	5 games by: Firpo (19 October - present)
Nextseason:	Clausura 2014

The Apertura 2013 season is the 31st edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Firpo are the defending champions. 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 at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Team information

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including nine sides from the Clausura 2013 and one promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División.

Once Municipal were relegated to 2013–14 Segunda División the previous season.

The relegated team were replaced by 2012–13 Segunda División Playoffs promotion winner. Ciclon de Golfo won the Apertura 2012 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Clausura 2013 champions side C.D. Dragon. Dragon won the playoffs by the score of 3–1.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2013.

Champions: C.D. Dragón

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2012.

Last Place: Once Municipal

Controversy

Twelve players were banned for life from playing football after they were found guilty for match fixing El Salvador international match fixtures. ten of those players played their football in El Salvador, which caused the clubs affected to replace them mid season.The clubs affected from the match fixing scandals including Águila with four players banned for life (Luis Anaya, Darwin Bonilla, José Henríquez, Reynaldo Hernández), Firpo with three players banned for life(Christian Castillo, Dagoberto Portillo, Dennis Alas) and one player banned for 18 months Carlos Romeo Monteagudo, Alianza with two players banned for life (Osael Romero, Miguel Montes), FAS with two players banned for life (Miguel Granadino, Ramón Flores), Metapan with one player banned for life Alfredo Pacheco and one player banned for six month Eliseo Quintanilla, and Santa Tecla F.C. with one player banned for life Marvin González http://www.elgrafico.com/fourteen-players-banned-for-life-in-match-fixing-case.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González	32,000
Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
C.D. Dragon	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
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
Santa Tecla	Santa Tecla	Estadio Las Delicias	10,000
UES	San Salvador	Estadio Universitario UES	10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Julio Sosa	Vladan Vićević	Diadora	Mister Donut, Pepsi
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Miloš Miljanić	Lotto	SINAI, Pepsi
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Guillermo Rivera	Galaxia	Rosvill, Foskrol, La Curaçao, UFG, Vive
C.D. Dragon	Carlos Meza	José Mario Martínez	Milan	Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro
FAS	Rafael Villacorta	Jaime de la Pava	Mitre	Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos, Continental Motor
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Jorge Rodriguez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Grupo Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar		Joma	Pilsener, Diana, Burger King
Santa Tecla	Oscar Ortiz	William Renderos Iraheta	Milan	La Curaco, Rio, Pollo
UES	Rufino Quesada	Carlos Antonio Meléndez	Milan	Alba Petróleos, Gatorade

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
Aguila	Victor Coreas	Sacked	April 2013	Vladan Vićević	June 2013	10th (Clausura 2013)
Alianza	Ramiro Cepeda	Resigned	May 2013	Miloš Miljanić	May 2013	3rd (Clausura 2013)
Atletico Marte	Jorge Garcia	contract expired and not renewed	May 2013	Guillermo Rivera	May 2013	7th (Clausura 2013)
C.D. FAS	William Osorio	contract expired and not renewed	May 2013	Jaime de la Pava	June 2013	2nd (Clausura 2013)
UES	Carlos Antonio Melendez	Resigned (due to late player payments)	July 2013	Jorge Garcia	July 2013	10th (Clausura 2013)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Dragón	José Mario Martínez	Sacked	26 August 2013	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	August 2013	10th (Apertura 2013)
Águila	Vladan Vićević	Sacked	6 September 2013	Raúl Martínez Sambulá	September 2013	8th (Apertura 2013)
Santa Tecla F.C.	William Renderos Iraheta	Resigned	21 September 2013	Edgar Henriquez "Kiko"	September 2013	9th (Apertura 2013)
Firpo	Roberto Gamarra	Mutual consent	23 September 2013	Ramiro Cepeda	September 2013	8th (Apertura 2013)
Alianza	Miloš Miljanić	Resigned	28 October 2013	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	28 October 2013	2nd (Apertura 2013)

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final


FAS:
GK	1	Luis Contreras
DF	20
DF	2	Dony Valle
DF	22
DF	31	Bryan Tamacas
MF	21
MF	5
MF	13
FW	9
FW	24
FW	11
Substitutes:
MF	19	Gerson Mayen
MF	17
Manager:
Jaime de la Pava


Isidro Metapán:
GK	1	Henry Hernández
DF	2
DF	3	Francisco Álvarez
DF	21	Jonathan Barrios
DF	12	Julio Cerritos
MF	20	Héctor Mejía
MF	14
MF	42	Diego Peraza
MF	7
FW	26
FW	22
Substitutes:
MF	22	Victor Merino
DF	8	Luis Perla
Manager:
Jorge Rodríguez

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jesús Toscanini	Juventud Independiente	13
2	Gonzalo Mazzia	Atlético Marte	13
3	Rommel Mejía	Dragón	8
4	Williams Reyes	FAS	8
5	David Rugamas	Juventud Independiente	8
6	Nicolás Muñoz	Isidro Metapán	7
7	Sean Fraser	Alianza	7
8	Christian Vaquero	Santa Tecla	7
9	Alexander Larín	FAS	6
10	Hector Ramos	Isidro Metapan	6

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. 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