2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

The 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 18th season and 35th and 36th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza and Dragon were the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura, respectively. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top 8 teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs. The champions of Apertura and Clausura will both qualify for the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League. Should the same team win both tournaments, the runners-up with the best aggregate record will qualify for the Champions League.

Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2015-16 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División.

C.D. Atlético Marte were relegated to 2016–17 Segunda División the previous season.

The relegated team was replaced by the 2015–16 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. C.D. Municipal Limeno won the Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016 title, meaning there was no need for a promotion playoff and were promoted automatically.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2016.

• Champions: C.D. Municipal Limeño

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2016.

• Last Place: Atlético Marte

Stadia and locations

Alianza

Pasaquina

Águila

Dragón

FAS

Firpo

Chalatenango

Sonsonate

Isidro Metapán

Limeño

Santa Tecla

UES

Location of teams in Apertura 2016/Clausura 2017

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Pedro Arieta	Edgardo Malvestiti	Joma	Tigo, Canal 4, Pollo Campesto
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Daniel Fernández	Lotto	Canal 4, Mister Donut, Tigo, Gatorade, Veca airlines, Brahva
Chalatenango	Francisco Peraza	Rubén Alonso	Milán	Ferreteria Lemus, Alcaldía Municipal de Chalatenango, Canal 4, Agua Fria,Galletas Choco Risas, Funerales la Nueva Proteccion
Dragón	Roberto Pérez	Omar Sevilla	Milán	Canal 4, L.A. Pizza, credito segguro 4orro
FAS	Guillermo Morán	Osvaldo Escudero	Milán	Coop-1 de R.L., Pilsener, Tigo, Canal 4
Firpo	Raúl Galo	Jose Mario Martinez	Galaxia	Dial Fm, Pilsener
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Jorge Rodríguez	Milán	Arroz San Pedro, Gumarsal, Don Frijol, Canal 4, Sistema Porcredita
Limeño	Rómulo Gómez	Mauricio Alfaro	Galaxia	Innova S Sport, Panama Electronic, Royal, Fanny
Pasaquina	Óscar Ramírez	Hugo Ovelar	Milán	Canal 4, Tigo, Tienda Libre, Farmacias Brasil, ZZpita
Sonsonate	Pedro Contreras	Agustín Castillo	Rush Atletic wear	ProACES, Caja de Crédito de Sonsonate, Alcadia Municipal Sonsonate, Canal 4, Leche salud, Ferreteria Santa Sofia, Coop-1
Santa Tecla	José Vidal Hernández	Ernesto Corti	Milán	Powerade, DLC, Canal 21, Plaza Merliot, Pollo Indio, Petrox, Claro, Dizucar, Bolivar,Toledo , the moustache
UES	Rufino Quezada	Edgar Henríquez	Galaxia	Canal 4

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
Sonsonate	Mario Elias Guevara	Interim finished	2016	Agustín Castillo	2016	7th (Clausura 2015)
FAS	Roberto Gamarra	Resigned	2016	Osvaldo Escudero	2016	th (Clausura 2016)
Chalatenango	Ricardo Serrano	Contract not extended	2016	Rubén Alonso	2016	8th (Clausura 2016)
Santa Tecla	Osvaldo Escudero	Resigned, hired as FAS coach	2016	Ernesto Corti	June 2016	1st (Clausura 2016)
Águila	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Sacked	June 2016	Edgardo Malvestiti	June 2016	1st (Clausura 2016)
Municipal Limeño	Carlos Romero	Mutual consent	July 2016	Mauricio Alfaro	July 2016	Newly promoted

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Alianza F.C.	Daniel Fernández	Resigned	August 2016	Milton Melendez	August 2016	11th (Apertura 2015)
Firpo	Jose Mario Martinez	Sacked	September 2016	Juan Ramón Sánchez	September 2016	11th (Apertura 2015)
Dragon	Omar Sevilla	Resigned	September 2016	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	September 2016	12th (Apertura 2015)
Chalatenango	Ruben Alonso	Resigned	October 2016	Geovanni Portillo	October 2016	11th (Apertura 2015)
UES	Edgar Henríquez	Resigned	October 2016	Horacio Reyes	October 2016	12th (Apertura 2015)
UES	Horacio Reyes	Interim Finished	October 2016	Efrain Burgos	October 2016	12th (Apertura 2015)
Municipal Limeno	Mauricio Alfaro	Resigned (due to family issues)	November 2016	Francisco Robles	November 2016	9th (Apertura 2015)
Aguila	Edgardo Malvestiti	Sacked	November 2016	Darío Larrosa	November 2016	1st (Apertura 2015)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pasaquina	Hugo Ovelar	Resigned	December 2016		December 2016	8th (Apertura 2016)

Apertura 2016

League table

Template:2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season Apertura table

Results

The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES, 21 minutes (July 29, 2016)
• First goal by a foreign player: Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES, 21 minutes (July 29, 2016)
• Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes
  • Eder Arias for C.D. Chalatenango against A.D. Isidro Metapan (August 16, 2016)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+1 minutes
  • Johnathan Aguila for C.D. FAS against UES (July 29, 2016)
• First penalty Kick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD, 89 minutes (August 3, 2016)
• Widest winning margin: 4 goals
  • Alianza F.C. 4–0 C.D. Chalatenango (, 2016)
  • Aguila 5-1 UES (, 2016)
• First hat-trick of the season: Girvon Brown for Metapan against C.D. Pasaquina (September 28, 2016)
• First own goal of the season: Kevin Carabantes (C.D. Chalatenango) for A.D. Isidro Metapan (August 16, 2016)
• Most goals in a match: 7 goals
  • C.D. Chalatenango 3–4 C.D. Dragon (September 28, 2016)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
  • Aguila 5-1 UES (, 2016)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
  • TBD 5–2(1–2) TBD (2nd half, September 30, 2016)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
  • C.D. Chalatenango 3–4 C.D. Dragon (September 28,2016)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
  • Girvon Brown for Metapan against C.D. Pasaquina (September 17, 2016)
  • Gustavo Guerreño for Pasaquina against C.D. Universidad de El Salvador (September 2016)
  • Williams Reyes for Firpo against C.D. Pasaquina (October 9, 2016)

Club

• Most clean sheets: C.D. Aguila
  • 11
• Fewest clean sheets: UES
  • 1
• Best Home record during the Apertura season: Sonsonate
  • 23 out of 33 points (7 wins, 2 draws, and 2 loss)
• Worst Home record during the Apertura season: Dragon and UES
  • 6 out of 33 points (1 win, 3 draws, and 7 losses)
• Best Away record during the Apertura season: Aguila
  • 20 out of 33 points (5 wins, 5 draws, and 1 losses)
• Worst Away record during the Apertura season: UES
  • 6 out of 33 points (1 win, 3 draws, and 7 losses)
• Highest scoring team: Alianza F.C.
  • 45 goals
• Lowest scoring team: UES
  • 48 goals

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Assists
1	Yuvini Salamanca	SLV	Limeno	13
2	Óscar Cerén	SLV	Alianza	8

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First leg

Pasaquina v Sonsonate

November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30) 15:00 UTC−6

Pasaquina	2-1	Sonsonate
Kevin Sagastizado  50' Miguel Solís Estupiñián  81'		Ricardo Ulloa  4'

Estadio San Sebastián, Pasaquina Referee: Elmer Martinez

FAS v Aguila

November 30, 2016 (2016-11-30) 19:00 UTC−6

FAS	1 – 1	Aguila
Jairo Henríquez  50'		Alvaro Lizama  87'

Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicos

Limeno v Alianza

December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01) 15:00 UTC−6

Limeno	1-2	Alianza
Christopher Galeas  37'		Herbert Sosa  66' Alexander Larín  75'

Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, Santa Rosa de Lima

Isidro Metapán v Santa Tecla

December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01) 19:00 UTC−6

Isidro Metapán	2-2	Santa Tecla
Romeo Parkes  56' Josue Flores  98'		Gerson Mayen  18' Marlon Cornejo  92'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Second leg

Sonsonate v Pasaquina

December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03) 15:00 UTC−6

Sonsonate	1-0	Pasaquina
Paolo Suárez  11'		None

Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, Sonsonate

2-2. Sonsonate advanced as the higher seeded team.

Aguila v FAS

December 3, 2016 (2016-12-03) 19:00 UTC−6

Aguila	2-0	FAS
Henry Romero  36' Nicolas Fagúndez  58'

Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, Santa Rosa de Lima

Aguila won 3 – 1 on aggregate.

TBD won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Santa Tecla v Isidro Metapán

December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01) 19:00 UTC−6

Santa Tecla	v	Isidro Metapán
TBD  33'

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

TBD won 2 – 0 on aggregate.

Clausura 2017

League table

Template:2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season Clausura table

Results

The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2016–17 season. The following players:

1. Have played at least one game for the respective club.
2. Have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released and its before the close of the season transfer window.

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

References