2012–13 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

The 2012–13 season (officially known as Liga de Plata) was El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The season was split into two championships Apertura 2012 and Clausura 2013. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.

Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Season	2012–13
Champions	Ciclon de Golfo (Apertura 2012) & C.D. Dragon (Clasura 2013)
Relegated	Arcense, Espíritu Santo
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The Apertura 2012 was named the Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez, after the 1982 world cup player Luis Ramírez Zapata.^[1]

Promotion and relegation 2012–2013 season

Teams promoted to Primera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2012

• Santa Tecla

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2012

• Vista Hermosa

Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2012

• Topiltzín

Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2011

• Espíritu Santo
• Turín FESA
• Ciclon de Golfo

Teams that failed to register for the - Apertura 2012

• Fuerte Aguilares
• Municipal Santa Maria

Team information

The league currently consists of the following 20 teams:

Grupo Centro Occidente
Team	Home city	Stadium
Arcense	Ciudad Arce, La Libertad Department (El Salvador)	Wismar Stadion
Brasilia	Suchitoto, Cuscatlán	Estadio Municipal de Suchitoto
Chalatenango	Chalatenango, Chalatenango	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez
El Roble	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Estadio Mauricio Vides
Isidro Metapán C	Metapán Santa Ana	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez
Marte Soyapango	Soyapango, San Salvador	Estadio Jorgito Melendez
Once Lobos	Chalchuapa, Santa Ana	Estadio Cesar Hernández
Platense	Zacatecoluca, La Paz	Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle
Titán	Texistepeque, Santa Ana	Cancha Sandoval
Turín FESA	San Salvador	El Transito

Grupo Centro Oriente
Team	Home City	Stadium
ADI	Intipucá, La Union	Estadio de Intipucá
Aspirante	Jucuapa, Usulután	Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa
La Asunción	Anamorós	Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes
Ciclon de Golfo	La Unión, El Salvador, La Union	Estadio Marcelino Imbers
Dragón	San Miguel, San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza
Espíritu Santo	Ises el Jobal, Usulután	Espíritu Santos
Liberal	Quelepa, San Miguel	Estadio Municipal De Quelapa
Municipal Limeño	Santa Rosa de Lima, La Union	Estadio Jose Ramon Flores
Pasaquina	Santa Rosa, La Union	Estadio Ramón Flores Berrios
C.D. Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera, Morazán Departmenr	Estadio Correcaminos

Apertura 2012

Apertura

Season	Apertura 2012
Matches played	180
Goals scored	486 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Guevara 11 goals, Turín FESA[2]
Biggest home win	Turín FESA 6-2 Isidro Metapán C (13 October 2012) Once Lobos 6-2 Marte Soyapango (18 November 2012)
Biggest away win	Vista Hermosa 1-6 ADI (9 August 2012)
Highest scoring	Turín FESA 6-2 Isidro Metapán C (13 October 2012) Once Lobos 6-2 Marte Soyapango (18 November 2012)

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Chairman	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
ADI x
Aspirante x	Martir Paredes x
Arcense x
Brasilia x	Milton Melendez X
Ciclon de Golfo x	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta x
Dragón x	Jose Mario Martinez x
El Roble x
Espíritu Santo x
Isidro Metapán C x
La Asunción x
Liberal x
Marte Soyapango x
Municipal Limeño x
Once Lobos x	Cesar Acevedo
Pasaquina x	Esteban Melara X
Platense x	Eduardo Lara Moscote X
Titán x	Antonio Garcia Prieto
Turín FESA x	Daniel Fernández X
Vendaval	Marcos Portillo X
Vista Hermosa

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dragón	18	10	5	3	24	14	+10	35
2	Once Lobos	18	10	4	4	35	23	+12	34
3	Turín FESA	18	9	3	6	28	17	+11	30
4	Pasaquina	18	8	6	4	25	16	+9	30
5	Ciclon de Golfo	18	7	8	3	26	15	+11	29
6	Municipal Limeño	18	7	8	3	25	19	+6	29
7	El Roble	18	8	5	5	25	19	+6	29
8	ADI	18	7	7	4	25	16	+9	28
9	Titán	18	7	6	5	29	23	+6	27
10	Brasilia	18	7	6	5	22	24	−2	27
11	La Asunción	18	7	5	6	27	22	+5	26
12	Liberal	18	7	3	8	26	24	+2	24
13	Platense	18	6	5	7	23	26	−3	23
14	Aspirante	18	4	8	6	16	18	−2	20
15	Vendaval	18	4	8	6	22	25	−3	20
16	Marte Soyapango	18	5	5	8	25	31	−6	20
17	Isidro Metapán C	18	5	3	10	27	42	−15	18
18	Arcense	18	3	7	8	18	24	−6	16
19	Espíritu Santo	18	2	5	11	18	40	−22	11
20	Vista Hermosa	18	2	3	13	20	48	−28	9

Updated to match(es) played on October 21, 2012. Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group standings

Grupo Centro Occidente

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Once Lobos	18	10	4	4	35	23	+12	34	Qualification for playoffs
2	Turín FESA	18	9	3	6	28	17	+11	30
3	El Roble	18	8	5	5	25	19	+6	29
4	Titán	18	7	6	5	29	23	+6	27
5	Brasilia	18	7	6	5	22	24	−2	27
6	Platense	18	6	5	7	23	26	−3	23
7	Vendaval	18	4	8	6	22	25	−3	20
8	Marte Soyapango	18	5	5	8	25	31	−6	20
9	Isidro Metapán C	18	5	3	10	27	42	−15	18
10	Arcense	18	3	7	8	18	24	−6	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home \ Away	ARC	BRA	ROB	MET	SOY	OLB	PLA	TIN	FES	VEN
Arcense		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2
Brasilia	1–1		2–1	3–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1
El Roble	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Isidro Metapán C	3–1	0–4	4–3		3–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–0
Marte Soyapango	2–1	4–2	0–1	3–1		0–1	2–2	3–3	3–0	2–2
Once Lobos	2–2	1–1	2–1	5–0	6–2		1–4	3–1	0–1	2–1
Platense	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	0–1		1–0	2–1	1–1
Titán	2–0	3–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	3–2	3–2		0–0	3–1
Turín FESA	2–1	2–0	2–0	6–2	1–2	5–1	3–0	1–0		1–2
Vendaval	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Centro Oriente

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dragón	18	10	5	3	24	14	+10	35	Qualification for playoffs
2	Pasaquina	18	8	6	4	25	16	+9	30
3	Ciclon de Golfo	18	7	8	3	26	15	+11	29
4	Municipal Limeño	18	7	8	3	25	19	+6	29
5	ADI	18	7	7	4	25	16	+9	28
6	La Asunción	18	7	5	6	27	22	+5	26
7	Liberal	18	7	3	8	26	24	+2	24
8	Aspirante	18	4	8	6	16	18	−2	20
9	Espíritu Santo	18	2	5	11	18	40	−22	11
10	Vista Hermosa	18	2	3	13	20	48	−28	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home \ Away	ADI	ASP	CDG	DRA	SAN	ASU	LIB	MLI	PAS	VIS
ADI F.C.		2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–1
Aspirante	0–0		0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0
Ciclon de Golfo	1–0	2–1		0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–3	4–0
Dragón	0–0	2–0	3–2		4–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0
Espíritu Santo	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–3
La Asunción	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–1	5–2		0–2	1–2	0–1	4–2
Liberal	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–1		0–1	1–2	4–2
Municipal Limeño	4–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–3	1–2	4–1		0–1	1–1
Pasaquina	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	3–2		4–2
Vista Hermosa	1–6	3–3	1–4	2–3	0–2	0–3	2–3	0–0	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1A	Once Lobos	1	2	3
	4B	Municipal Limeño	2	0	2
								1A	Once Lobos	0	0	0
								2B	Ciclon de Golfo	2	1	3
	3A	El Roble	1	0	1
	2B	Ciclon de Golfo	0	2	2
															2B	Ciclon de Golfo	0	2	2
															2A	Turín FESA	1	0	1
	2A	Turín FESA	0	1	1
	3B	Pasaquina	0	0	0
								2A	Turín FESA	3	1	4
								4A	Titán	1	1	2
	4A	Titán	2	1	3
	1B	Dragón	2	0	2

Quarterfinals

First leg

25 November 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Municipal Limeño	2–1	Once Lobos
Derlyn Romero 18' Erick Reyes 89' (pen.)	Report	Raul Estrada 26'

Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, Santa Rosa de Lima

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25 November 2012

15:00 UTC-6

El Roble	1–0	Ciclon de Golfo
Juan Carlos Melgan	Report

Estadio Mauricio Vides, Ilobasco

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24 November 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Pasaquina	0–0	Turín FESA
	Report

Estadio San Sebastian, Pasaquina

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25 November 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Titán	2–2	Dragón
Erick Orellana 46', 59'	Report	Rommel Mejía 25' Ortíz 50'

Estadio Sandoval, Texistepeque

Second leg

2 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Once Lobos	2–0	Municipal Limeño
Jesús Albeño 20' David Rugamas 45+2'

Estadio Cesar Hernández, Chalchuapa

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2 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Ciclon de Golfo	2–0	El Roble
Jhony Guzmán 45+4' (pen.) Alexis Hernández 48'

Estadio Marcelino Imbers, La Unión

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1 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Turín FESA	1–0	Pasaquina
Erick Padilla 53'

Estadio Santa Clara, San Luis Talpa

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2 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Dragón	0–1	Titán
		Mario Posadas 87'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Semi-finals

First leg

9 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Ciclon de Golfo	2–0	Once Lobos
Alexis Hernández 82' Emerson Linares 90'

Estadio Marcelino Imbers, La Unión

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9 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Titán	1–3	Turín FESA
Daniel Duarte 45+2'		Ricardo Guevara 40', 51' Erick Padilla 67'

Estadio Sandoval, Texistepeque

Second leg

16 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Once Lobos	0–1	Ciclon de Golfo
		Jorge Umanzor

Estadio Cesar Hernández, Chalchuapa

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16 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Turín FESA	1–1	Titán
Ricardo Guevara 80'		Olvin Duarte 32'

Estadio Santa Clara, San Luis Talpa

Finals

First leg

27 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Turín FESA	1-0	Ciclon de Golfo
Jairo Henríquez 49'		None

Estadio Santa Clara, San Luis Talpa

Second leg

30 December 2012

15:00 UTC-6

Ciclon de Golfo	2-0	Turín FESA
Yimmy Baloyes 6' Franklin Vinosis Webster 79'		None

Estadio Marcelino Imbers, La Unión

Apertura 2012 champions
Ciclon de Golfo 1st title

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
TBD TBD	TBD TBD

Clausura 2013

Clausura

Season	Clausura 2013

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager1	Chairman	Team captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
ADI x	Salomón Quintanilla X
Aspirante x
Arcense x
Brasilia x	Milton Melendez X
Ciclon de Golfo x	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta x
Dragón x	José Mario Martínez x
El Roble x	Carlos Meléndez
Espíritu Santo x
Isidro Metapán C x
La Asunción x
Liberal x
Marte Soyapango x	Raúl Toro
Municipal Limeño x
Once Lobos x	Cesar Acevedo
Pasaquina x
Platense x	Eduardo Lara Moscote X
Titán x	Antonio Garcia Prieto
Turín FESA x	Daniel Fernández X
Vendaval	Jorge Calles X
Vista Hermosa

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ciclon de Golfo	18	12	3	3	31	16	+15	39
2	Turín FESA	18	10	6	2	35	12	+23	36
3	Dragón	18	9	4	5	29	18	+11	31
4	Aspirante	18	9	3	6	33	20	+13	30
5	Vendaval	18	7	7	4	18	13	+5	28
6	Municipal Limeño	18	6	9	3	26	19	+7	27
7	ADI	18	8	3	7	23	20	+3	27
8	Brasilia	18	6	8	4	20	19	+1	26
9	Once Lobos	18	6	6	6	18	21	−3	24
10	La Asunción	18	5	8	5	26	23	+3	23
11	Titán	18	6	5	7	24	24	0	23
12	Platense	18	6	3	9	25	25	0	21
13	El Roble	18	6	3	9	18	24	−6	21
14	Marte Soyapango	18	3	11	4	24	24	0	20
15	Isidro Metapán C	18	4	8	6	33	36	−3	20
16	Vista Hermosa	18	5	5	8	18	27	−9	20
17	Arcense	18	5	5	8	18	35	−17	20
18	Pasaquina	18	3	9	6	26	31	−5	18
19	Liberal	18	2	7	9	21	38	−17	13
20	Espíritu Santo	18	2	7	9	20	41	−21	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group standings

Grupo Centro Occidente

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turín FESA	18	10	6	2	35	12	+23	36	Qualification for playoffs
2	Vendaval	18	7	7	4	18	13	+5	28
3	Brasilia	18	6	8	4	20	19	+1	26
4	Once Lobos	18	6	6	6	18	21	−3	24
5	Titán	18	6	5	7	24	24	0	23
6	Platense	18	6	3	9	25	25	0	21
7	El Roble	18	6	3	9	18	24	−6	21
8	Marte Soyapango	18	3	11	4	24	24	0	20
9	Isidro Metapán C	18	4	8	6	33	36	−3	20
10	Arcense	18	5	5	8	18	35	−17	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home \ Away	ARC	BRA	ROB	MET	SOY	OLB	PLA	TIN	FES	VEN
Arcense
Brasilia
El Roble
Isidro Metapán C
Marte Soyapango
Once Lobos
Platense
Titán
Turín FESA
Vendaval

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Grupo Centro Oriente

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ciclon de Golfo	18	12	3	3	31	16	+15	39	Qualification for playoffs
2	Dragón	18	9	4	5	29	18	+11	31
3	Aspirante	18	9	3	6	33	20	+13	30
4	Municipal Limeño	18	6	9	3	26	19	+7	27
5	ADI	18	8	3	7	23	20	+3	27
6	La Asunción	18	5	8	5	26	23	+3	23
7	Vista Hermosa	18	5	5	8	18	27	−9	20
8	Pasaquina	18	3	9	6	26	31	−5	18
9	Liberal	18	2	7	9	21	38	−17	13
10	Espíritu Santo	18	2	7	9	20	41	−21	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Home \ Away	ADI	ASP	CDG	DRA	SAN	ASU	LIB	MLI	PAS	VIS
ADI F.C.
Aspirante
Ciclon de Golfo
Dragón
Espíritu Santo
La Asunción
Liberal
Municipal Limeño
Pasaquina
Vista Hermosa

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final phase

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1A	Municipal Limeño	3	3	6
	4B	Turín FESA	2	4	6 (pen 4-1)
								1A	Turín FESA	0	2	2
								2B	Dragón	1	3	4
	3A	Aspirante	1	1	2
	2B	C.D. Vendaval	1	1	2 (pen 5-3)
															2B	C.D. Dragon	3	0	3
															2A	Ciclon de Golfo	1	1	2
	2A	C.D. Brasilia	1	0	1
	3B	Dragón	1	1	2 (after extra time)
								2A	Ciclon de Golfo	1	4	5
								4A	C.D. Vendaval	1	1	2
	4A	Ciclon de Golfo	0	2	2
	1B	Once Lobos	0	0	0

Clausura 2013 champions
C.D. Dragon 3rd title

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
Marvin Fuentes C.D. Municipal Limeno	Rodrigo Argueta Turin FESA