Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2013

The Clausura 2013 season is the 30th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its 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.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador

Season	Clausura 2013
Champions	Firpo (10th Title)
Relegated	Once Municipal
Matches played	90
Goals scored	223 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Anel Canales (10)
Biggest home win	Alianza 7-0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
Biggest away win	Firpo 0-3 Alianza (23 February 2013) Águila 1-4 Atlético Marte (27 February 2013)
Highest scoring	Independiente 6-1 Isidro Metapán (10 February 2013) Alianza 7-0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
Longest winning run	4 games by: FAS and Alianza
Longest unbeaten run	6 games by: FAS, Alianza, Independiente, and Isidro Metapán
Longest winless run	15 games by: UES
Longest losing run	6 games by: UES
← Apertura 2012 Apertura 2013 →

Stadia and locations

Alianza

Atlético Marte

Águila

C.D. FAS

Isidro Metapán

Juventud Independiente

Luís Ángel Firpo

Once Municipal

Santa Tecla

UES

Location of teams in Apertura 2012/Clausura 2013

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
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
Once Municipal	Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeón Magaña	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	Julio Sosa	Victor Coreas	Diadora	Mister Donut, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Ramiro Cepeda	Lotto	Tigo, SINAI, Maseca
Atlético Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Jorge Alberto García	Galaxia	Rosvill, Foskrol, La Curaçao, UFG, Vive
FAS	Rafael Villacorta	Carlos Recinos	Mitre	Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos, Continental Motor
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Edwin Portillo	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Grupo Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro, Holan
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar	Edgar Henriquez "Kiko"	Joma	Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo
Once Municipal		Juan Andres Sarulyte	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic), Tropigas
Santa Tecla	Óscar Ortiz	William Renderos Iraheta	Galaxia	Mister Donut
UES	Rufino Quesada	Jorge Abrego	Galaxia	Alba Petróleos

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
FAS	Agustín Castillo	Resigned to become the national team coach	18 December 2012	Carlos Recinos	12 December 2012	3rd (Apertura 2012)
Santa Tecla	Guillermo Rivera	Resigned to become the assistant coach	18 December 2012	William Renderos Iraheta	18 December 2012	7th (Apertura 2012)
C.D. FAS	Carlos Recinos	Resigned due to problems with players	January 2013	William Osorio	January 2013	N/A

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Águila	Víctor Coreas	Sacked	April 2013	Omar Sevilla	April 2013	N/A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FAS	18	11	3	4	29	16	+13	36	Qualification for playoffs
2	Luis Ángel Firpo	18	10	2	6	19	19	0	32
3	Alianza	18	8	7	3	33	15	+18	31
4	Juventud Independiente	18	8	5	5	31	20	+11	29
5	Santa Tecla	18	8	5	5	24	17	+7	29
6	Isidro Metapán	18	6	8	4	19	20	−1	26
7	Atlético Marte	18	6	3	9	27	25	+2	21
8	Once Municipal	18	5	5	8	17	29	−12	20
9	Águila	18	3	5	10	13	26	−13	14
10	UES	18	1	5	12	11	35	−24	8

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2013. Source: elgrafico.com soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	FAS	FIR	MET	JUV	OMU	STE	UES
Águila		0–1	1–4	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0
Alianza	5–1		1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	0–0	2–0
Atlético Marte	2–0	3–3		2–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	3–1
C.D. FAS	1–0	2–0	3–1		1–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–0
Luis Ángel Firpo	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–1		2–1	0–3	0–2	2–1	1–0
Isidro Metapán	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Juventud Independiente	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	6–1		1–0	2–1	4–1
Once Municipal	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1		1–0	0–0
Santa Tecla	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–2		4–0
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–4

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Final
	1	C.D. FAS	1	1	2
	4	Juventud Independiente	2	0	2
								1	C.D. FAS	0
								2	Firpo	3
	2	Firpo	0	1	1
	3	Alianza	1	0	1

Semi-finals

First leg

12 May 2013

UTC−6

Juventud Independiente	2–1	FAS
Esnal 35' Céren 59'	Report	Águila 2'

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Edenilson Ventura

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12 May 2013

UTC−6

Alianza	1–0	Luis Ángel Firpo
De Paz 24'	Report

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Edenílson Ventura

Second leg

18 May 2013

UTC−6

FAS	1–0	Juventud Independiente
Águila 67'	Report

Estadio Oscar Quiteño, Santa Ana

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19 May 2013

UTC−6

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–0	Alianza
Monteagudo 47'	Report

Estadio Sergio Torres, Usulután

Final

May 2013

UTC−6

FAS	0–3	Luis Ángel Firpo
		Anel Canales 7' (pen.) Medardo Guevara 55' Marlon Trejo 66'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Jaime Carpio

FAS: GK 25 Óscar Arroyo  31' DF 3 Marvin González  5' DF 6 José Granadino DF 22 Carlos Carrillo DF 4 Ramon Flores MF 7 Jorge Morán  71' MF 26 Elder Figueroa  50' MF 19 Gerson Mayen  69' MF 15 Alexander Larín  9' FW 11 Williams Reyes FW 9 Alejandro Bentos  59' Substitutes: MF 8 Cristian Álvarez  59' FW 16 Jonathan Águila  69' MF 13 Carlos Aparicio  71' Manager: William Osorio

Firpo: GK 1 Dagoberto Portillo DF 2 Xavier García DF 3 Mauricio Quintanilla DF 4 Carlos Monteagudo DF 21 Marlon Trejo 66' MF 24 Dennis Alas MF 17 Marlon Martínez  52' MF 8 Diego Chavarría  62' MF 10 Martín Mederos  9'  61' FW 9 Anel Canales 7' FW 11 Medardo Guevara  31' 55'  73' Substitutes: MF 14 Jorge Sánchez  52' MF 15 Cristian Portillo  61' MF 6 César Vásquez  73'  74' Manager: Roberto Gamarra

Clausura 2013 champions
Luis Ángel Firpo 10th title

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Anel Canales Luis Ángel Firpo 10 2 Nicolás Muñoz Isidro Metapán 9 3 Jonathan Faña Alianza 8 Williams Reyes FAS 8 5 Darwin Ceren Juventud Independiente 7 Osael Romero Alianza 7 7 Odir Flores Alianza 6 Kevin Santamaria Santa Tecla 6 Juan Campos Águila 6 10 Jonathan Águila FAS 5 Fabricio Alfaro Santa Tecla 5 Cesar Larios Atlético Marte 5 Updated to games played on 25 May 2013. Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Assists table Rank Player Club Assists

Goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Luis Contreras	5	8	0.63	FAS
Miguel Montes	5	7	0.71	Alianza
Jassir Deras	9	8	1.13	Juventud Independiente
Dennis Salinas	7	6	1.17	Luis Ángel Firpo
Derby Carillo	6	5	1.20	Santa Tecla
Diego Duarte	8	6	1.33	Atlético Marte
Benji Villalobos	12	8	1.50	Águila
David Aguilar	6	4	1.50	UES
Fidel Mondragón	14	8	1.75	Isidro Metapán
Yimmy Cuéllar	16	8	2.00	Once Municipal

Bookings

Rank	Team			Total
1	Isidro Metapán	12	2	14
2	FAS	17	0	17
3	Alianza	15	3	18
	Águila	16	2	18
	Once Municipal	16	2	18
	UES	17	1	18
7	Juventud Independiente	17	3	20
8	Luis Ángel Firpo	21	0	21
9	Atlético Marte	25	1	26
10	Santa Tecla	25	3	28
	Total	181	17	198

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Jonathan Faña	Alianza	Once Municipal	0–7	March 10, 2013

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Anel Canales for Luis Ángel Firpo against UES, 42 minutes (2 February 2013)
• Fastest goal in a match: 1 minutes – Alexander Campos for Juventud Independiente against C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (27 February 2013)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match:
• First penalty Kick of the season: Danilo Oliveira for Once Municipal against Luis Ángel Firpo, 86 minutes (9 February 2013)
• Widest winning margin: 7 goals
  • Alianza 7–0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
• First hat-trick of the season: Jonathan Faña for Alianza against Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
• First own goal of the season: Mardoqueo Henriquez (Águila) for Atlético Marte (27 February 2013)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 7 Goals
  • Alianza 7–0 Once Municipal (10 March 2013)
• Most goals in one half by one team:
• Most goals scored by losing team: 2 Goals
  • Santa Tecla 3–2 Once Municipal (2 February 2013)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
  • Jonathan Faña for Alianza against Once Municipal (10 March 2013)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season:
• First red card of the season:

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura 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 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 Yaikel Pérez Tiago dos Santos Roberto Heslley Couto Alianza F.C. Jonathan Faña Jairo Araujo Orlando Rodríguez Atlético Marte Daniel Ruiz Cristian Gil Mosquera Gonzalo Mazzia Juventud Independiente Juan Carlos Reyes Mario Alberto Abadía C.D. FAS Alejandro Bentos Juan Carlos Enríquez (player released mid season)

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Anel Canales Martin Mederos Luis Mendoza A.D. Isidro Metapán Ernesto Aquino Jorge Ramírez Junio Pinto Catarin Once Municipal Danilo Oliveira Carlos Regis Araujo Santa Tecla F.C. Facundo Nicolás Simioli Christian Vaquero Rogelio Juárez UES None

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FAS	36	20	9	7	56	32	+24	69
2	Alianza	36	18	11	7	71	34	+37	65
3	Isidro Metapán	36	17	11	8	56	45	+11	62	Qualification for 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
4	Luis Ángel Firpo	36	17	6	13	45	43	+2	57
5	Santa Tecla	36	13	11	12	48	50	−2	50
6	Juventud Independiente	36	12	12	12	58	54	+4	48
7	Águila	36	12	9	15	42	42	0	45
8	Atlético Marte	36	13	5	18	55	50	+5	44
9	UES	36	5	13	18	31	60	−29	28
10	Once Municipal (R)	36	6	7	23	33	82	−49	25	Relegation to Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2013. Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated