Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2013 explained

Season:	Clausura 2013
Winners:	Firpo (10th Title)
League Topscorer:	Anel Canales (10)
Biggest Home Win:	Alianza 7-0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
Biggest Away Win:	Firpo 0-3 Alianza (23 February 2013) Águila 1-4 Atlético Marte (27 February 2013)
Highest Scoring:	Independiente 6-1 Isidro Metapán (10 February 2013) Alianza 7-0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
Total Goals:	223
Matches:	90
Nextseason:	Apertura 2013

The Clausura 2013 season is the 30th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador 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.

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
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	Victor Coreas	Diadora	Mister Donut, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Ramiro Cepeda	Lotto	Tigo, SINAI, Maseca
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Jorge Alberto García	Galaxia	Rosvill, Foskrol, La Curaçao, UFG, Vive
FAS	Rafael Villacorta	Carlos Recinos	Mitre	Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos, Continental Motor
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Edwin Portillo	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Grupo Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro, Holan
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar	Edgar Henriquez "Kiko"	Joma	Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo
Once Municipal		Juan Andres Sarulyte	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic), Tropigas
Santa Tecla	Óscar Ortiz	William Renderos Iraheta	Galaxia	Mister Donut
UES	Rufino Quesada	Jorge Abrego	Galaxia	Alba Petróleos

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	Agustín Castillo	Resigned to become the national team coach	18 December 2012	Carlos Recinos	12 December 2012	3rd (Apertura 2012)
Santa Tecla	Guillermo Rivera	Resigned to become the assistant coach	18 December 2012	William Renderos Iraheta	18 December 2012	7th (Apertura 2012)
C.D. FAS	Carlos Recinos	Resigned due to problems with players	January 2013	William Osorio	January 2013	N/A

During the season

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final


FAS:
GK	25	Óscar Arroyo
DF	3
DF	6
DF	22
DF	4
MF	7
MF	26
MF	19
MF	15
FW	11
FW	9
Substitutes:
MF	8
FW	16	Jonathan Águila
MF	13	Carlos Aparicio
Manager:
William Osorio


Firpo:
GK	1	Dagoberto Portillo
DF	2
DF	3
DF	4	Carlos Monteagudo
DF	21
MF	24	Dennis Alas
MF	17	Marlon Martínez
MF	8	Diego Chavarría
MF	10	Martín Mederos
FW	9
FW	11	Medardo Guevara
Substitutes:
MF	14
MF	15	Cristian Portillo
MF	6	César Vásquez
Manager:
Roberto Gamarra

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Anel Canales	Luis Ángel Firpo	10
2	Nicolás Muñoz	Isidro Metapán	9
3	Jonathan Faña	Alianza	8
3	Williams Reyes	FAS	8
5	Darwin Ceren	Juventud Independiente	7
5	Osael Romero	Alianza	7
7	Odir Flores	Alianza	6
	Kevin Santamaria	Santa Tecla	6
	Juan Campos	Águila	6
10	Jonathan Águila	FAS	5
	Fabricio Alfaro	Santa Tecla	5
	Cesar Larios	Atlético Marte	5

Updated to games played on 25 May 2013.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Luis Contreras	5	8	0.63	FAS
Miguel Montes	5	7	0.71	Alianza
Jassir Deras	9	8	1.13	Juventud Independiente
Dennis Salinas	7	6	1.17	Luis Ángel Firpo
Derby Carillo	6	5	1.20	Santa Tecla
Diego Duarte	8	6	1.33	Atlético Marte
Benji Villalobos	12	8	1.50	Águila
David Aguilar	6	4	1.50	UES
Fidel Mondragón	14	8	1.75	Isidro Metapán
Yimmy Cuéllar	16	8	2.00	Once Municipal

Bookings

Rank	Team	width=20 style="background: #FFEE99"		width=20 style="background: #FF8888"	Total
1	Isidro Metapán	12	2	14
2	FAS	17	0	17
3	Alianza	15	3	18
	Águila	16	2	18
	Once Municipal	16	2	18
	UES	17	1	18
7	Juventud Independiente	17	3	20
8	Luis Ángel Firpo	21	0	21
9	Atlético Marte	25	1	26
10	Santa Tecla	25	3	28
	Total	181	17	198

Hat-tricks

Player	For !	Against	Result	Date
Jonathan Faña	Alianza	Once Municipal	0–7	March 10, 2013

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Anel Canales for Luis Ángel Firpo against UES, 42 minutes (2 February 2013)
Fastest goal in a match: 1 minutes – Alexander Campos for Juventud Independiente against C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (27 February 2013)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match:
First penalty Kick of the season: Danilo Oliveira for Once Municipal against Luis Ángel Firpo, 86 minutes (9 February 2013)
Widest winning margin: 7 goals
- Alianza 7–0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
First hat-trick of the season: Jonathan Faña for Alianza against Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
First own goal of the season: Mardoqueo Henriquez (Águila) for Atlético Marte (27 February 2013)
Most goals by one team in a match: 7 Goals
- Alianza 7–0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
Most goals in one half by one team:
Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
- Santa Tecla 3–2 Once Municipal (2 February 2013)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
- Jonathan Faña for Alianza against Once Municipal (10 March 2013)

Discipline

First yellow card of the season:
First red card of the season:

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