Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2014

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Season	Clausura 2014
Champions	Isidro Metapán
Relegated	Luis Ángel Firpo
Champions League	FAS
Top goalscorer	Williams Reyes (12)
Biggest home win	Atletico Marte 6-1 Firpo; (TBD)
Biggest away win	TBD 0-3 TBD; (TBD)
Highest scoring	TBD - TBD
Longest winning run	- games by: TBD
Longest unbeaten run	- games by: TBD
Longest winless run	- games by: TBD
Longest losing run	- games by: TBD
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The Clausura 2014 season was the 32nd edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since the 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

Alianza
Atlético Marte
UES

Águila
Dragon

FAS

Isidro Metapán

Juventud Independiente

Luís Ángel Firpo

Santa Tecla

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Location of teams in Apertura 2013/Clausura 2014

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	Pedro Arieta	Raúl Martínez Sambulá	Diadora	Mister Donut, Pepsi, Nevada
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Alejandro Curbelo	Lotto	SINAI, Pepsi
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Guillermo Rivera	Galaxia	Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka
C.D. Dragon	Carlos Meza	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Milan	Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi
FAS	Byron Rodriguez	Efrain Burgos	Galaxia	Coop 1, Pilsener, Lays, Canal 4
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)	Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo, Pepsi
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar	Ramiro Cepeda	Joma	Pilsener, Diana, Burger King
Santa Tecla	Oscar Ortiz	Edgar Henriquez	Milan	Rio, La Curaco, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup
UES	Rufino Quesada	Jorge Alberto García	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
Alianza	Juan Andres Sarulyte	Contract finished	December 2013	Alejandro Curbelo	December 2013	5th (Apertura 2013)
C.D. FAS	Jaime de la Pava	Contract finished	December 2013	Efrain Burgos	December 2013	2nd (Apertura 2013)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Águila	Raúl Martínez Sambulá	Sacked	February 8, 2014	Edwin Portillo	February 9, 2014	9th (Clausura 2014)
UES	Jorge Alberto Garcia	Sacked	February 16, 2014	William Renderos Iraheta	2014	10th (Clausura 2014)
Firpo	Ramiro Cepeda	Sacked	March 1, 2014	Leonel Cárcamo	March 2, 2014	6th (Clausura 2014)
C.D. Águila	Edwin Portillo	Resigned	March 24, 2014	Jairo Rios	March 26, 2014	8th (Clausura 2014)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FAS (Q)	18	11	3	4	25	21	+4	36	Qualification for playoffs^[a]
2	Isidro Metapán (Q)	18	10	4	4	28	14	+14	34
3	Juventud Independiente (Q)	18	8	5	5	28	24	+4	29
4	Dragón (Q)	18	6	7	5	23	18	+5	25
5	Santa Tecla	18	7	4	7	25	24	+1	25
6	Águila	18	6	4	8	22	25	−3	22
7	Atlético Marte	18	5	4	9	28	27	+1	19
8	UES	18	5	4	9	21	28	−7	19
9	Luis Ángel Firpo	18	5	4	9	25	34	−9	19
10	Alianza	18	4	7	7	17	27	−10	19

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Dragón won the extra game by 2-1 against Santa Tecla for the last place of the playoffs.

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	DRA	FAS	FIR	MET	JUV	STE	UES
Águila		1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–3
Alianza	1–2		2–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0
Atlético Marte	1–2	2–2		2–2	1–2	6–1	2–2	1–3	0–1	2–1
Dragón	0–1	4–0	0–2		1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2
C.D. FAS	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2		2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1
Luis Ángel Firpo	2–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–2		1–3	3–4	1–0	3–1
Isidro Metapán	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–0		3–1	2–0	1–2
Juventud Independiente	3–2	0–0	3–2	0–0	3–4	2–0	0–3		1–0	2–0
Santa Tecla	2–0	4–4	0–0	2–0	5–2	0–1	1–0	2–2		2–1
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Ronald Ascencio for UES against Alianza F.C., 11 minutes (19 January 2014)
Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute - William Maldonado for Santa Tecla F.C. against UES (2 March 2014)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 93 minutes - Irvin Valdez for Juventud Independiente against Santa Tecla F.C. (17 February 2014) & Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014)
First penalty Kick of the season: Ricardinho Paraiba for Santa Tecla F.C. against C.D. FAS, 58 minutes (9 February 2014)
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
- Atlético Marte 6–1 Firpo (2014)
First hat-trick of the season: Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014)
First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (2014)
Most goals in a match: 8 Goals Santa Tecla F.C. 4–4 Alianza (March 2014)
Most goals by one team in a match: 6 Goals
- Atlético Marte 6–1 C.D. Luis Angel Firpo ( March 2014)
Most goals in one half by one team: 3 Goals C.D. Dragón 4–0 Alianza F.C. (3 March 2014)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
- C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 3–4 Juventud Independiente (27 April 2014)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
- Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014)

Top scorers

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Williams Reyes	C.D. Dragón	12
2	Alexander Larín	FAS	10
3	Hector Ramos	Isidro Metapán	10
4	Ricardo Ferreira	Santa Tecla	10
5	Nicolás Muñoz	Isidro Metapán	10
6	Anel Canales	Firpo	9
7	Jesus Daniel Toscanini	Juventud Independiente	7
8	Cristian Sánchez Prette	C.D. Águila	6
9	Erick Molina	Atlético Marte	6
10	Jermaine Anderson	C.D. Águila	6

Top assists

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Assists
1	Óscar Cerén	SLV	Juventud Independiente	10
2	Ramiro Carballo	SLV	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	7
3	Marvin Monterrosa	SLV	A.D. Isidro Metapán	6
4	Juan Carlos Portillo	SLV	Juventud Independiente	4
5	Allan Fernández	SLV	Atlético Marte	4
6	Williams Reyes	SLV	C.D. Dragón	4
7	Ricardinho Paraiba	BRA	Santa Tecla	4
8	Christian Yeladian	URU	Alianza F.C.	4
9	Álvaro Lizama	SLV	C.D. Águila	3
10	Carlos Aparicio	SLV	C.D. FAS	3

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Héctor Ramos	Isidro Metapan	Luis Angel Firpo	3-0	23 February 2014

Club

Most clean sheets: TBD
- TBD
Fewest clean sheets: TBD
- TBD
Best Home record during the Clausura season: C.D. FAS
- 19 out of 27 points (6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses)
Worst Home record during the Clausura season: C.D. Dragon and Atletico Marte
- 9 out of 27 points (2 wins, 3 draw and 4 losses)
Best Away record during the Clausura season: A.D. Isidro Metapan
- 20 out of 27 points (6 wins, 2 draw and 1 loss)
Worst Away record during the Clausura season: Firpo
- 7 out of 27 points (1 win, 4 draw and 4 losses)
Highest scoring team: Atletico Marte, A.D. Isidro Metapan and Juventud Independiente
- 28 goals
Lowest scoring team: Alianza F.C.
- 17 goals

Discipline

First yellow card of the season: Jonathan Jiménez for UES against Alianza F.C., 35 minutes (19 January 2014)
First red card of the season: Juan Granados for Juventud Independiente against Metapan, 76 minutes (19 January 2014)
Most yellow cards by a player: TBD
- TBD (TBD)
Most red cards by a player: 2
- Christoper Ramirez Atletico Marte, Ivan Mancia Santa Tecla F.C., Elman Rivas Alianza F.C., Ricardo Ferreira Santa Tecla F.C., Jermaine Anderson C.D. Aguila
Most yellow cards by a club: 62
- C.D. Aguila
Most red cards by a club: 7
- Santa Tecla F.C.

Playoffs

Semifinals					Final

1	FAS	0	0	0

4	Dragón	1	0	1
					4	Dragón	0 (5)

					2	Isidro Metapán	0 (6)
2	Isidro Metapán	2	2	4

3	Juventud Independiente	2	0	2

Semi-finals

First leg

May 10, 2014

19:00 UTC-6

Dragón	1–0	FAS
Jimmy Valoyes 90+4'	Report

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Attendance: 4,336

Referee: Germán Martínez

May 11, 2014

15:00 UTC-6

Juventud Independiente	2–2	Isidro Metapán
Jesús Toscanini 70' Jonathan Barrios 76' (o.g.)	Report	Héctor Ramos 43', 57'

Complejo Municipal, San Juan Opico, La Libertad

Attendance: 1,647

Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

Second leg

May 17, 2014

19:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	2–0	Juventud Independiente
Nicolás Muñoz 30' Andrés Flores 58'	Report

Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez, Metapán

Referee: Elmer Bonilla

Metapan won 4–2 on aggregate.

May 18, 2014

15:00 UTC-6

FAS	0–0	Dragón
	Report

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Referee: Marlon Mejia

Dragón won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

25 May 2014

15:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	0–0	Dragón
	Report
Penalties
Nicolás Muñoz Marvin Monterrosa Héctor Ramos Victor Merino Milton Molina Andres Flores Francisco Jovel Álvarez	6–5	Williams Reyes Gabriel Ríos Rommel Mejía José Manuel González Luis Hernández Jimmy Valoyes Herbert Ulloa

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 7,865

Referee: Joel Aguilar


Isidro Metapán:
GK	TBD	Henry Hernández
DF	TBD	Francisco Jovel Álvarez
DF	TBD	Milton Molina	115'
DF	TBD	Jonathan Barrios
DF	15	Edwin Hernández	40' 58'
MF	TBD	Andrés Flores
MF	TBD	Héctor Mejía	20' 108'
MF	TBD	Narciso Orellana	56' 72'
MF	TBD	José Ramos
FW	TBD	Héctor Ramos
FW	22	Nicolás Muñoz
Substitutes:
MF	14	Marvin Monterrosa	58'
FW	9	Víctor Merino	72'
FW	6	Luis Perla	108'
Manager:
Jorge Rodríguez


Dragón:
GK	1	José Manuel González
DF	TBD	Herbert Ulloa	38'
DF	TBD	Luis Hernández	66'
DF	TBD	Jimmy Valoyes
DF	TBD	Jorge Umanzor	66'
MF	TBD	Jhony Rios
MF	TBD	Aurelio Vásquez	56'
MF	TBD	Edwin Lazo	97'
MF	TBD	José Ortíz
FW	TBD	Williams Reyes
FW	TBD	Rommel Mejía	74'
Substitutes:
MF	TBD	Gabriel Ríos	56', 81'
MF	TBD	Nicolás Pérez	66', 73'
MF	TBD	Geofredo Portillo	97', 119'
Manager:
Nelson Ancheta

Clausura 2014 champions
Isidro Metapán 9th title

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

Alianza F.C.

Atlético Marte

None

C.D. Dragon

Jhony Rios
Jimmy Valoyes
Gabriel Ríos

Juventud Independiente

(player released during the season)

C.D. FAS

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Roberto Carboni
Guillermo Pfund
Anel Canales

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Santa Tecla F.C.

Facundo Nicolás Simioli
Ricardo Ferreira da Silva
Christian Vaquero

UES

Klayton da Silva
Cristian Gil Mosquera
Garrick Gordon

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FAS	36	18	10	8	48	41	+7	64	Qualification for 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Isidro Metapán	36	16	12	8	54	38	+16	60	Qualification for 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
3	Juventud Independiente	36	16	11	9	68	47	+21	59
4	Atlético Marte	36	14	12	10	60	46	+14	54
5	Alianza	36	12	12	12	43	50	−7	48
6	Dragon	36	12	11	13	36	36	0	47
7	Santa Tecla	36	11	11	14	49	54	−5	44
8	UES	36	11	7	18	43	53	−10	40
9	Águila	36	8	12	16	34	47	−13	36
10	Luis Ángel Firpo (R)	36	8	10	18	37	60	−23	34	Relegation to Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2014. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

External links

[table_note_res_QP0.50707444153124-1] Dragón won the extra game by 2-1 against Santa Tecla for the last place of the playoffs.

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