2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador

The 2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 23rd season and 45th and 46th Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza and FAS are the defending champions of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments 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 six teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.

Primera División de El Salvador

Season	2021–22
Dates	31 July 2021 – 18 December 2021 (Apertura), 2022 – 29 May 2022 (Clausura)
Champions	Alianza (Apertura 2021) Alianza/Aguila (Clausura 2022)
Relegated	Municipal Limeno
2022 CONCACAF League	Alianza FC
2022 CONCACAF League	Aguila
2022 CONCACAF League	C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca
Matches played	72
Goals scored	206 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duvier Riascos (16 goals Apertura 2021) Bladimir Diaz (9 goals Clausura 2022)
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 18 April 2022.

The champions of Apertura or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF League. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF League. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2020–21 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2020–21 Segunda División.

C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca was promoted to the Primera División in June 2021 after defeating Real Destroyer in a playoff match by a score of 2–1.^[1]

C.D. Sonsonate was relegated to the 2021–22 Segunda División.^[2]

Stadiums and locations

Chalatenango

Isidro Metapán

Alianza

Águila

Atlético Marte

FAS

Luis Ángel Firpo

Platense

Municipal Limeño

Once Deportivo

Jocoro

Santa Tecla

Location of teams in 2021–2022 Primera División de El Salvador

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
A.D. Chalatenango	Chalatenango	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez	15,000
A.D. Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	10,000
Alianza F.C.	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	53,400
C.D. Águila	San Miguel	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
C.D. Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	53,400
C.D. FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Óscar Quiteño	17,500
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	Usulután	Estadio Sergio Torres	5,000
C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca	Zacatecoluca	Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle	10,000
C.D. Municipal Limeño	Santa Rosa de Lima	Estadio José Ramón Flores Berridos	5,000
Once Deportivo	Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeón Magaña	5,000
Jocoro F.C.	Jocoro	Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego	3,000
Santa Tecla F.C.	Santa Tecla	Estadio Las Delicias	10,000

Notable events

Notable deaths from Clausura 2021 season and 2022 Apertura season

The following people associated with the Primera Division died between the middle of 2021 and middle of 2022.

• Zizinho (Brazilian, ex FAS player)
• Oscar Montes (ex ADET player)
• Luis Angel Leon (ex ADET coach)
• Raul "Cayito" Mejia (ex Santa Anita, Atlante and Atlético Marte player)
• Edgar 'Pata Gorda' Morales (ex Alianza and Atlético Marte player)
• Conrado Miranda (ex Aguila, Atletico Marte player and Aguila, Atletico Marte, Queisqepue, Cojutepeque, Tiburones, Alianza coach)
• Hector Cedros (Uruguayan, ex FAS player)
• Hector Edmundo Valdiviseo (ex ADET, CESSA, Cojutepeque and Firpo player)
• Julio Cesar Oliva (ex Aguila player)
• Henrique Pasaquiri (Brazilian, ex FAS player)
• Ramon Zumbado (ex Atletico Marte player)
• Nahún Corro Bazan (Mexican, Ex Aguila player)

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Jocoro	Carlos Romero[3]	Contract finished	8 May 2021	Pablo Quiñónez[4]	22 May 2021
Águila	Armando Osma Rueda[5]		9 May 2021	Cristian Domizi[6]	13 May 2021
Atlético Marte	Cristian Domizi[7]		12 May 2021	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta[8]	2 June 2021
Municipal Limeño	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta[9]	Sacked	15 May 2021	Bruno Martínez[10]	16 May 2021
Once Municipal	Mario Elias Guevara	Returned back to assistant coach	May 2021	Carlos Romero[11]	18 May 2021

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Pos. in table
Isidro Metapán	Juan Cortés[12]	Sacked	16 August 2021	Misael Alfaro[12]	16 August 2021	10th
Jocoro	Pablo Quiñónez[13]		25 August 2021	Víctor Coreas[14]	26 August 2021	10th
Municipal Limeño	Bruno Martínez[15]		26 August 2021	José Manuel Romero[16]	26 August 2021	10th
Chalatenango	Ricardo Montoya[17]		14 September 2021	Ricardo Serrano (interim)[18]	14 September 2021	10th
	Ricardo Serrano[18]	Returned back to assistant coach	16 September 2021	Erick Dowson Prado[18]	16 September 2021	10th
Santa Tecla	Rubén da Silva[19]	Resigned	27 September 2021	Rodolfo Góchez (interim)[20]	29 September 2021	10th
Municipal Limeño	José Manuel Romero[16]		29 September 2021	Giovanni Trigueros[16]	29 September 2021	12th
Águila	Cristian Domizzi[21]	Sacked	2 October 2021	Agustín Castillo[22]	5 October 2021	6th
Isidro Metapán	Misael Alfaro[23]		4 October 2021	Omar Mejía (interim)[23]	4 October 2021	10th
Once Deportivo	Carlos Romero	Resigned	30 October 2021	Mario Elías Guevara (interim)	30 October 2021	5th
Municipal Limeño	Giovanni Trigueros[24]		24 November 2021	José Manuel Romero	24 November 2021	12th

Between the Apertura and Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Pos. in table
Municipal Limeño	José Manuel Romero	Intermship finished	December 2021	Carlos Romero	December 2021	12th
Santa Tecla F.C.	Rodolfo Gochez		December 2021	Daniel Bartolotta	December 2021	12th
Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan	Mario Elias Guevara		December 2021	Ruben da Silva	December 2021	th
Jocoro	Victor Coreas	Sacked	December 2021	Edgar Henriquez	January 2022	10th

Clausura seasons

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Firpo	Roberto Gamarras	Resigned	14 February 2022	Eraldo Correia	February 2022	10th (Clausura 2022)
Santa Tecla	Daniel Bartolotta	Changed roles to Sporting director	16 March 2022	Leonel Cárcamo	16 March 2022	12th (Clausura 2022)
Platense	Guillermo Rivera	Mutual Consent	19 April 2022	Ivan Ruiz	April 2022	5th (Clausura 2022)

Apertura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza (Q)	22	16	3	3	48	19	+29	51	Qualification to Quarterfinals
2	FAS (Q)	22	11	5	6	33	20	+13	38
3	Luis Ángel Firpo (Q)	22	9	8	5	36	28	+8	35
4	Once Deportivo (Q)	22	9	8	5	39	32	+7	35
5	Águila (Q)	22	9	7	6	36	27	+9	34
6	Platense (Q)	22	7	8	7	22	27	−5	29
7	Chalatenango (Q)	22	7	6	9	31	31	0	27
8	Jocoro (Q)	22	5	11	6	31	33	−2	26
9	Atlético Marte	22	6	7	9	22	30	−8	25
10	Santa Tecla	22	6	6	10	23	33	−10	24
11	Isidro Metapán	22	3	7	12	16	35	−19	16
12	Municipal Limeño	22	2	8	12	16	38	−22	14	Relegation to the Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2021. Source: Liga Pepsi
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Apertura 2021 results

Round 1 Date & time Home Score Away Report 31 July – 18:00 Chalatenango 2–2 Platense Report 31 July – 19:00 Isidro Metapán 0–0 Atlético Marte Report 1 August – 15:00 Once Municipal 2–2 Águila Report 1 August – 15:00 Luis Ángel Firpo 1–1 Jocoro Report 1 August – 15:15 FAS 3–1 Santa Tecla Report 1 August – 15:15 Alianza 4–1 Municipal Limeño Report

Round 2 Date & time Home Score Away Report 7 August – 18:00 Atlético Marte 0–2 Chalatenango Report 7 August – 18:00 Santa Tecla 3–0 Isidro Metapán Report 7 August – 19:00 FAS 1–1 Águila Report 7 August – 19:00 Jocoro 3–4 Once Municipal Report 8 August – 15:15 Municipal Limeño 1–1 Luis Ángel Firpo Report 8 August – 15:15 Platense 2–2 Alianza Report

Round 3 Date & time Home Score Away Report 4 August – 15:30 FAS 4–1 Santa Tecla Report 10 August – 15:00 Atlético Marte 0–1 Jocoro Report 11 August – 15:30 Luis Ángel Firpo 3–2 Platense Report 11 August – 18:00 Chalatenango 2–1 Alianza Report 11 August – 19:00 Isidro Metapán 2–2 Águila Report 12 August – 15:30 Once Municipal 4–1 Municipal Limeño Report

Round 4 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 5 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 6 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 7 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 8 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 9 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 10 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 11 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 12 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 13 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 14 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 15 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 16 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 17 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 18 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 19 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 20 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 21 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Round 22 Date & time Home Score Away Report

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First legs

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Jocoro	2–3	Alianza
Nelson Alvarenga 15' Santos Guzman 49'		Rodolfo Zelaya 27' 34' Jonathon Jimenez 67'

Polideportivo Tierra de Fuego, Jocorro

Referee: Ismael Cornejo

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

15:15 (UTC-6)

Platense	2–2	Firpo
Rafael Burgos 8' Camilo Delgado 10'		Luis Canales 26' Jomal Williams 91'

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca

Referee: Ivan Barton

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

19:00 (UTC-6)

Aguila	1–1	Once Deportivo
Fabricio Alfaro 47'		Jose Contreras 23'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Referee: Juan Quinteros

2 December 2021 (2021-12-02)

18:30 (UTC-6)

Chaltenango	0–0	FAS
Nil		Nil

Estadio Gregorio Martinez

Second legs

5 January 2021 (2021-01-05)

15:00 (UTC-6)

FAS	1–1	Chaltenango
Erivan Flores 40'		Bladimir Diaz 86'

Estadio Oscar Alberto Quiteno

Chalatenango won 4–2 on penalties, after drawing 1–1 on aggregate

5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

20:00 (UTC-6)

Alianza	1–0	Jocoro
Marvin Monterroza 63'		Nil

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Alianza FC won 4–2 on Aggregate

5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Once Deportivo	0–0	Aguila
Nil		Nil

Estadio Arturo Simeon Magana, Ahuachapan

Once Deportivo won 4–3 on penalties, after tying 1–1 aggregate

5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Firpo	1–2	Platense
Jomal Williams 16'		Rafael Burgos 23' Camilo Delgado 59'

Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera, Usulutan

Platense won 4–3 on aggregate

Semifinals

First legs

8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)

15:30 (UTC-6)

Once Deportivo	1–1	Alianza
Enner Orellana 14'		Rodolfo Zelaya 46'

Estadio Arturo Simeon Magana, Ahuachapan

9 December 2021 (2021-12-09)

19:00 (UTC-6)

Chaltenango	1–1	Platense
Kemal Malcom 19'		Denilson Rosales 45'

Estadio Gregorio Martinez, Chalatenango

Second legs

12 December 2021 (2021-12-12)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Alianza	2–0	Once Deportivo
Duvier Riascos 19' Ezquiel Rivas 57'		Nil

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Referee: Ivan Barton

Alianza won 3–1 on aggregare

12 December 2019 (2019-12-12)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Platense	1–0	Chaltenango
Camilo Delgado 73'		Nil

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca

Referee: German Martinez

Platense won 2–1 on aggregate

Final

20 December 2021 (2021-12-20)

15:00 UTC−6

Final

Alianza	2–1	Platense
Duvier Riascos 36' 41'		Victor Landazuri 54'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: TBD

Referee: Ivan Barton

Alianza F.C. GK 25 Mario González DF 4 Ivan Mancía  43' DF 16 Bryan Tamacas DF 15 Marvin Monterrosa DF 12 Juan Carlos Portillo  72' DF 20 Jonathan Jiménez  90' MF 6 Oscar Rodriguez  72' MF 27 Narcisco Orellana  82' MF 21 Harold Osorio FW 11 Duvier Riascos 36' 41'  69' ST 23 Rodolfo Zelaya  76' Substitutes: ST 19 Michell Mercado  72' ST 22 Ezquiel Rivas  72' DF 10 Isaac Portillo  76' DF 17 Alexis Renderos  90' Manager: Milton Melendez

Platense GK 22 Manuel Gonzalez DF 3 Mario Martinez DF 28 Denilson Vidal Rosales DF 21 Wilber Arizala DF 16 Gilberto Baires  64' MF 15 Geovanny Sigaran  85' MF 12 Steve Alfaro  32' MF 19 Rodolfo Orellana  46' MF 10 Javier Lezcano  78' FW 17 Juan Camilio Delgado FW 23 Victor Landazuri  47' 54' Substitutes: MF 4 Melvin Alfaro  46' MF 6 Rafael Burgos  78' MF 11 Bryan Martinez  85' Manager: Guillermo Rivera

Apertura 2021 champions
Alianza 16th title

Apertura 2021 records

Records

• Best home records: Alianza F.C. (31 points out of 33 points)
• Worst home records: Limeno (8 points out of 33 points)
• Best away records : Once Deportivo (21 points out of 33 points)
• Worst away records : Isidro Metapan (3 points out of 33 points)
• Most goals scored: Alianza F.C. (48 goals)
• Fewest goals scored: Isidro Metapan
  Limeno (16 goals)
• Fewest goals conceded : Alianza F.C. (19 goals)
• Most goals conceded : Limeno (38 goals)

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Duvier Riascos	Alianza F.C.	16
2	Jomal Williams	Firpo	14
3	Rodolfo Zelaya	Alianza F.C.	11
4	Jhon Machado	Jocoro F.C.	9
5	Camilio Delgado	Platense	9
6	Luis Peralta	C.D. FAS	9
7	Wesley Da Silva	Firpo	8
8	Edgar Medrano	Once Deportivo	8
9	Bryan Paz	Once Deportivo	7
10	Nicolas Martinez	Aguila	7

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Miguel Lemus for Chalatenango against Platense, 16 minutes ( 2021)
• First goal by a foreign player: Camilo Delgado for Platense against Chalatenango, 23rd minutes ( 2021)
• Fastest goal in a match: 15 Seconds
  • TBD for Limeno against FAS 2021)
• Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 90+2 minutes
  • Nicolas Martinez goal for Aguila against Once Deportivo, (2021)
• First penalty Kick of the season: Camilo Delgado for Platense against Chalatenango, 23rd minutes ( 2021)
• Widest winning margin: 3 goals
  • Alianza F.C. 4–1 Limeno (18 October 2021)
• First hat-trick of the season: Duvier Riascos for Alianza F.C. against Limeno ( 2021)
• First own goal of the season: Alexander Mendoza (Santa Tecla F.C.) for Alianza F.C. (11 October 2020)
• Most goals in a match: 8 goals
  • TBD 3–5 TBD ( , 2021)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4 goals
  • Alianza F.C. 4–1 Limeno (18 October 2021)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 3 goals
  • TBD 2–3 (2–3) TBD (2nd half, 20 December 2021)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
  • TBD 3–5 TBD (, 2021)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
  • Duvier Riascos for Alianza against Limeno ( 2021)
• Players who scored a hat-trick:
  • Duvier Riascos for Alianza against Limeno ( 2021)
  • Duvier Riascos for Alianza against Jocoro (September ,2021)
  • Kenroy Howell for C.D. Chalatenango against Isidro Metapan (September ,2021)
  • Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against Santa Tecla (november 17, 2021)

Clausura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alianza	22	12	6	4	33	21	+12	42	Advance to Playoffs
2	Aguila	22	11	8	3	36	15	+21	41
3	Chalatenango	22	11	5	6	30	25	+5	38
4	Platense	22	8	7	7	24	22	+2	31
5	FAS	22	7	9	6	31	30	+1	30
6	Isidro Metapan	22	6	11	5	25	21	+4	29
7	Jocoro	22	7	7	8	28	33	−5	28
8	Luis Angel Firpo	22	6	7	9	23	22	+1	25
9	Municipal Limeno	22	6	7	9	18	27	−9	25
10	Once Deportivo	22	5	8	9	16	22	−6	23
11	Atletico Marte	22	4	8	10	19	32	−13	20
12	Santa Tecla	22	4	7	11	19	32	−13	19

Source: https://au.soccerway.com/national/el-salvador/primera-division/20212022/clausura---1st-phase/r63765/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Clausura 2022 results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

First legs

10 May 2022 (2022-05-10)

15:15 (UTC-6)

FAS	0–1	Platense
Nil		Rafael Burgos 46'

Estadio Oscar Alberto Quiteno, Santa Ana

Referee: Juan Francisco Quinteros

10 May 2022 (2022-05-10)

15:15 (UTC-6)

Jocoro	1–2	Aguila
Junior Padilla 37'		Kevin Santamaría 16' 68'

Polideportivo Tierra de Fuego, Jocorro

Referee: Ismael Cornejo

11 May 2022 (2022-05-11)

19:15 (UTC-6)

Firpo	1–2	Alianza
Jomal Williams 48'		Wilber Arizala 73' Marvin Monterroza 85'

Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera, Usulutan

Referee: Ivan Barton

11 May 2022 (2022-05-11)

19:15 (UTC-6)

Isidro Metapan	1–0	Chaltenango
Bayron Lopez 31'		Nil

Estadio Jorge Suarez Landaverde, Metapan

Referee: Giovanni Corona

Second legs

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Chalatenango	1–2	Isidro Metapan
Ricardo Guevara 80'		Christian Aguilar 60' Yerson Gutierrez 96'

Estadio Gregorio Martinez, Chalatenango

Isidro Metapan won 3–1 on aggregate

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)

20:00 (UTC-6)

Alianza	2–1	Firpo
Narciso Orellana 20' Juan Portillo 94'		Moises Mejia 2'

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Alianza FC won 4–2 on Aggregate

14 May 2022 (2022-05-14)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Aguila	1–1	Jocoro
Santos Ortiz 45'		Junior Padilla 62'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

Aguila won 3–2 on Aggregate

15 May 2022 (2022-05-15)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Platense	2–1	FAS
Juan Barahona 41' Victor Landazuri 46'		Rudy Calvel 8'

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca

Platense won 3–1 on aggregate

Semifinals

First legs

18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)

14:30 (UTC-6)

Platense	1–0	Alianza
Steve Gonzalez 71'		Nil

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca

Referee: Edgar Ramirez

18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)

19:00 (UTC-6)

Isidro Metapan	1–2	Aguila
Yerson Gutierrez 62'		Kevin Santamaria 5' Edgar Medrano 54'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapan

Referee: German Martinez

Second legs

22 May 2022 (2022-05-22)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Alianza	3–1	Platense
Bryan Tamacas 10' Rodolfo Zelaya 65' Michell Mercado 84'		Juan Barahona 43'

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Alianza won 3–2 on aggregare

22 May 2022 (2022-05-22)

15:00 (UTC-6)

Aguila	2–1	Isidro Metapan
Santos Ortiz 24' Edgar Medrano 80'		Bairon Lopez 53'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Águila won 4–2 on aggregate

Final

29 May 2022 (2022-05-29)

15:00 UTC−6

Final

Alianza	1–1	Aguila
Xavier Garcia 77' (o.g.)		Kevin Santamaria 54'
Penalties
Alexis Renderos Óscar Rodríguez Franco Arizala Marvin Monterroza Bryan Tamacas Mario Jacobo Narciso Orellana	5–4	Fabricio Alfaro Luiz Caetano Edgar Medrano Yan Maciel Jairo Henríquez Gerson Mayén Fredy Espinoza

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: TBD

Referee: Edgar Ramírez

Alianza F.C. GK 25 Mario Gonzalez DF 15 Jonathan Jiménez  74' DF 4 Ivan Mancía  43'  54' DF 16 Henry Romero  54' DF 20 Bryan Tamacas MF 26 Ezequiel Rivas  60' MF 11 Juan Carlos Portillo  74' MF 21 Marvin Monterrosa MF 6 Narcisco Orellana  44' ST 22 Rodolfo Zelaya  80' FW 23 Michell Mercado Substitutes: ST 19 Mario Jacobo  60' ST 22 Oscar Ceren  74'  113' DF 10 Franco Arizala  74' DF 17 Alexis Renderos  80' DF 17 Oscar Rodriguez  113' Manager: Milton Melendez

Aguila GK 22 Benji Villalobos  109' DF 4 Freddy Espinoza DF 21 Marlon Trejo  73' DF 16 Kevin Melara  60' DF 8 Xavier Garcia  48' 77' (o.g.) MF 17 Yan Maciel  85' MF 12 Santos Ortiz  32'  73' MF 10 Gerson Mayen  50' MF 15 Fabricio Alfaro FW 11 Kevin Santamaria 54'  73' FW 20 Edgar Medrano  62' Substitutes: MF 4 Jairo Henriquez  73' MF 6 Fabio Burbano  73' MF 11 Edwin Lazo  73'  120' MF 6 Luiz Caetano  120' Manager: Agustin Castillo

Clausura 2022 champions
Alianza 17th title

Clausura 2022 records

Records

• Best home records: Alianza F.C.
  Jocoro
  Chalatenango (22 points out of 33 points)
• Worst home records: Atletico Marte (12 points out of 33 points)
• Best away records : Aguila (21 points out of 33 points)
• Worst away records : Santa Tecla F.C. (5 points out of 33 points)
• Most goals scored: Aguila (36 goals)
• Fewest goals scored: Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan (16 goals)
• Fewest goals conceded :Aguila (15 goals)
• Most goals conceded : Jocoro (33 goals)

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bladimir Diaz	FAS	9
2	Andres Quejada	Atletico Marte	8
3	Kevin Santamaria	Aguila	7
4	Franco Arizala	Alianza F.C.	7
5	Irvin Herrera	Platense	7
6	Jhon Machado	Jocoro	6
7	Nicolas Munoz	Limeno	6
8	Carlos Salazar	Chalatenango	6
9	Roberto Gonzalez	Santa Tecla	6
10	Jomal Williams	LA Firpo	5

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Henry Castillo for Firpo against Limeno, 9 minutes (15 January 2022)
• First goal by a foreign player: Henry Castillo for Firpo against Limeno, 9 minutes (15 January 2022)
• Fastest goal in a match: 2 Minutes
  • Jair Crisanto for Jocoro against Alianza, (22 January 2022)
• Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes
  • Nelson Alvarenga goal for Jocoro against FAS, (26 January 2022)
• First penalty Kick of the season: Fabricio Alfaro for Aguila against FAS, 81st minutes (23 January 2022)
• Widest winning margin: 3 goals
  • Aguila 4–1 Jocoro (26 January 2022)
  • FAS 3–0 Atletico Marte (13 February 2022)
• First hat-trick of the season: Carlos Salazar for C.D. Chalatenango against Jocoro (23 April 2022)
• First own goal of the season: Kevin Galdamez (Jocoro) for Isidro Metapan (13 February 2022)
• Most goals in a match: 11 goals
  • Jocoro F.C. 6–5 C.D. Chalatenango (23 April 2022)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4 goals
  • Aguila 4–1 Jocoro (26 January 2022)
• Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
  • Jocoro 4–3 (6–5) C.D. Chalatenango (2nd half, 23 April 2022)
• Most goals scored by losing team: 5 goals
  • C.D. Chalatenango 5–6 Jocoro F.C. (23 April 2022)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
  • Carlos Salazar for C.D. Chalatenango against Jocoro (23 April 2022)
• Players who scored a hat-trick:
  • Carlos Salazar for C.D. Chalatenango against Jocoro (23 April 2022)
  • Franco Arizala for Alianza against Limeno (23 April 2022)

Aggregate table

The aggregate table is the general ranking for the 2021–22 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022 tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine seeding for the CONCACAF Tournaments and relegation to the segunda division.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2021–22 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 is released and it is before the close of the season transfer window.^[25][26]

Águila Yan Maciel Luiz Carlos Caetano de Azevedo Júnior Lucas Ventura Nicolas Martinez Elison Rivas Edgar Medrano Fáider Fabio Burbano Alianza Mitchel Mercado Victor Arboleda Duvier Riascos Stiver Mena Franco Arizala Atletico Marte Andres Quejada Ricardinho Joaquin Verges Yoan Ballesteros Luis Cuesta Col Eduardo Rodriguez Tardelius Pena Chalatenango Kemal Orlando Malcolm Kenroy Howell Yosel Piedra Bladimir Diaz Carlos Salazar Hector Renteria Dieter Vargas FAS Luis Peralta Roberto Chen Clayvin Zuniga Mateo Ahmed Jeferson Collazos Bladimir Diaz Firpo Tardelius Pena Jomal Williams Wesley Tanque Da Silva Darryl Parker Henry Castillo Gabriel Ventura

Isidro Metapán Gregori Diaz Manuel Dimas Suarez Juan Ramón García Martínez Luis Copete Edenilson Paulino Castillo Joao Do Rosario Jhoaho Hinestroza Yerson Gutierrez Cuenca Luca Orozco Jocoro Junior Padilla John Machado Diego Areco Jose Luis Rodriguez Jairy Crisanto Nissi Sauceda Yohalin Palacios Limeño Felipe Ponce William Palacio Yosimar Quinones Manual Murillo Sandro Melgarejo Javier Lescano Yair Arboleda Once Deportivo Edgar Medrano Dieter Vargas Craig Foster José Miguel Barreto Juan Ignaio Mare Kamoy Kadeem Simpson Jabari Hylton Platense Camilo Delgado Wilber Arizala Victor Labndazuri Javier Lescano Santa Tecla Alejandro Dautt Cristian Olivera Eduardo Rodriguez Fabricio Silva Elio Castro Jahir Barraza

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