Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2015 explained

Season:	Clausura 2015
League Topscorer:	Héctor Ramos (10)
Biggest Home Win:	C.D. Águila 5-1 C.D. Dragón A.D. Isidro Metapán 4-0 UES (TBD)
Biggest Away Win:	C.D. Pasaquina 0-4 Alianza F.C. (TBD)
Total Goals:	234
Matches:	96
Average Attendance:	1,549 people (average)
Nextseason:	Apertura 2015

The Clausura 2014 season is the 34th edition of El Salvador's Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were 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

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	Julio Dely Valdés	Joma	Tigo
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Ramiro Cepeda	Lotto	UNO, Pepsi, Domino's Pizza
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo		Galaxia	Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka
C.D. Dragón	Carlos Meza	Roberto Gamarra	Milan	Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi, Pharmacia La bueno
FAS	Byron Rodriguez	Agustin Castillo	Galaxia	Coop-1 de R.L., Galaxia, Pilsener, Lays Chips, Tigo
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	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Jaguar Sportic	Ria, Port
Santa Tecla	Oscar Ortiz	Osvaldo Escudero	Reto	Rio, La Curaco, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup
UES	Rufino Quesada	Willian Renderos Iraheta	Maca	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
Atletico Marte	Guillermo Rivera	Contract not renewed	December 2014	Jorge Garcia	December 2014	9th (Apertura 2014)
C.D. Pasaquina	Jorge Garcia	Contract not renewed	December 2014		December 2014	10th (Apertura 2014)
C.D. Aguila	Daniel Messina	Contract finished	December 2014	Julio Dely Valdés	30 December 2014	3rd and runner up (Apertura 2014)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Dragon	Roberto Gamarra	Resigned	Feb 2015	Guillermo Rivera	Feb 2015	10th (Clausura 2015)
Atletico Marte	Jorge Garcia	Sacked	Feb 2015	Daniel Fernández	Feb 2015	9th (Clausura 2015)
C.D. Dragon	Guillermo Rivera	Sacked	March 2015	Santos Rivera/Abel Blanco	March 2015	9th (Clausura 2015)
Alianza F.C.	Ramiro Cepeda	Sacked	March 2015	Rubén Alonso	March 2015	5th (Clausura 2015)

Results

Scoring

First goal of the season: William Maldonado for Santa Tecla F.C. against UES, 10 minutes (17 January 2015)
Fastest goal in a match: TBD minute - TBD for TBD against TBD (TBD TBD 2015)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes - Elman Rivas for UES against Santa Tecla F.C. (17 January 2015)
First penalty Kick of the season: Elman Rivas for UES against Santa Tecla F.C., 56 minutes (17 January 2015)
Widest winning margin: 4 goals
- Alianza F.C. 4–0 C.D. Pasaquina (2015)
First hat-trick of the season: Ricardo de Ferreria for Santa Tecla F.C. against Juventud Independiente (TBD TBD 2015)
First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (2015)
Most goals in a match: 7 Goals C.D. Aguila 4–3 A.D. Isidro Metapan (2015)
Most goals by one team in a match: 4 Goals
- C.D. Aguila 5–1 C.D. Dragon (TBD 2015)
Most goals in one half by one team: 4 Goals C.D. Aguila 5–1 C.D. Dragon (2015)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
- A.D. Isidro Metapan 3–4 C.D. Aguila (2015)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
- Ricardo de Ferreria for Santa Tecla F.C. against Juventud Independiente (January 2015)
- Nicolas Munoz for C.D. Aguila against A.D. Isidro Metapan (1 February 2015)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Héctor Ramos	Isidro Metapan	13
2	Nicolás Muñoz	C.D. Aguila	11
3	David Rugamas	Juventud Independiente	11
4	Irvin Herrera	Santa Tecla F.C.	8
5	Jonathan Philippe	Alianza F.C.	8
6	Ricardinho Paraiba	Santa Tecla F.C.	6
7	Elman Rivas	UES	5
8		Juventud Independiente	5
9	Julián Di Cosmo	C.D. FAS	5
10		C.D. FAS	4

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Isidro Metapan won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Santa Tecla won 6–4 on aggregate.

Final


Isidro Metapán:
GK	TBD	Henry Hernández
DF	TBD	Francisco Jovel Alvarez
DF	TBD	Jonathan Barrios
DF	TBD
DF	TBD	José Peraza
MF	TBD	Marvin Monterrosa
MF	TBD	Christian Sanchez
MF	TBD
MF	TBD
FW	TBD
FW	TBD
Substitutes:
FW	TBD
FW	TBD	Medardo Guevara
MF	TBD
Manager:
Jorge Rodriguez


Santa Tecla:
GK	1	Derby Carrillo
DF	TBD
DF	TBD	Ivan Mancia
DF	TBD	Giovanni Zavaleta
DF	TBD	Juan Barahona
MF	TBD	Gerson Mayen
MF	TBD	Diego Chavarría
MF	TBD
MF	TBD	Marlon Cornejo
FW	TBD
FW	TBD
Substitutes:
MF	TBD	Aldair Rivera
MF	TBD	Kevin Ayala
MF	TBD	William Mancía
Manager:
Osvaldo Escudero

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