Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2014 explained

Season:	Apertura 2014
Relegated:	None
League Topscorer:	Nicolás Muñoz (10) Héctor Ramos (10)
Biggest Away Win:	Juventud Independiente 1-5 UES (TBD)
Nextseason:	Clausura 2015

The Apertura 2014 season was the 33rd edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions. 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 at the end of the regular season took part in the playoffs.

Team information

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the Clausura 2014 and one promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División.

Firpo were relegated to 2014–15 Segunda División the previous season.

The relegated team were replaced by 2013–14 Segunda División Playoffs promotion winner. Pasaquina won the Apertura 2013 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Clausura 2014 champions side Once Lobos. Pasaquina won the playoffs by the score of 2-1.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2014.

Champions: Pasaquina

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2014.

Last Place: C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

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
C.D. Pasaquina	Pasaquina	Estadio San Sebastián	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	Pedro Arieta	Daniel Messina	Joma	Mister Donut, Pepsi
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Alejandro Curbelo	Lotto	UNO, Pepsi
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Guillermo Rivera	Galaxia	Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka
C.D. Dragon	Carlos Meza	Roberto Gamarra	Milan	Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi, Farmacia La Buena
FAS	Byron Rodriguez	Efrain Burgos	Galaxia	Coop-1 de R.L.
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Jorge Rodriguez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Grupo Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim, Pepsi,
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Ria
Pasaquina	Abilio Menjivar		Jaguar Sportic	Ria, Port
Santa Tecla	Oscar Ortiz	Osvaldo Escudero	Milan	Rio, La Curaçao, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup
UES	Rufino Quesada	Willian Renderos Iraheta	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
Águila	Jairo Rios	Contract not renewed	May 2014	Daniel Messina	2 June 2014	8th (Clausura 2014)
Santa Tecla F.C.	Edgar Henriquez	Contract not renewed	May 2014	Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi"	May 2014	5th (Clausura 2014)
Dragón	Nelson Ancheta	Contract finished	25 May 2014	Roberto Gamarra	28 May 2014	4th and runner up (Clausura 2014)
Pasaquina	David Ramirez	Contract finished	28 June 2014		1 July 2014	Promoted (Segunda Division 2013-2014)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. FAS	Efrain Burgos	Resigned (Due to Family Reasons)	September 2, 2014	Agustín Castillo	September 4, 2014	7th (Apertura 2014)
Alianza F.C.	Alejandro Curbelo	Sacked	October 6, 2014	Ramiro Cepeda	October 8, 2014	4th (Apertura 2014)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nicolás Muñoz	Isidro Metapan	10
2	Williams Reyes	C.D. Dragón	9
3	Irvin Valdez	Juventud Independiente	9
4	Cristopher Ramírez	Atlético Marte	9
5		Alianza F.C.	5
6		C.D. Águila	4
7	Ronaille Calheira	C.D. Águila	4
8	Garrick Gordon	UES	4
9	Cleber Lucas	C.D. Dragón	4
10	Gabriel Rios	UES	4

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Águila won 1–0 on aggregate.----

Isidro Metapán won 2 – 1 on aggregate.

Final


Isidro Metapán:
GK	TBD	Fidel Mondragón
DF	TBD	Francisco Jovel Álvarez
DF	TBD
DF	TBD	Jonathan Barrios
DF	15	David López
MF	TBD	Marvin Monterrosa
MF	TBD	Christian Sánchez
MF	TBD	Narciso Orellana
MF	TBD	José Ramos
FW	TBD
FW	22
Substitutes:
MF	14
FW	9
FW	6
Manager:
Jorge Rodríguez


Águila:
GK	1	Benji Villalobos
DF	TBD
DF	TBD
DF	TBD
DF	TBD
MF	TBD	Óscar Cerén
MF	TBD	Isaac Zelaya
MF	TBD	Álvaro Lizama
MF	TBD
FW	TBD
FW	TBD
Substitutes:
MF	TBD	Ronaille Calheria Seara
MF	TBD	Marcelo Posadas
MF	TBD
Manager:
Daniel Messina

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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