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 F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even m ...

and

C.D. FAS Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana. It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professiona ...

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. 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 The 2020–21 Segunda División season, also known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, was the 90th since its establishment. The season began on 12 September 2020 and concluded on 31 May 2021. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) ...

C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca Club Deportivo Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca, usually abbreviated to just ''Platense'', is a El Salvador, Salvadoran association football, football club based in Zacatecoluca, the departmental capital city of La Paz Province, they currently pl ...

was promoted to the Primera División in June 2021 after defeating

Real Destroyer Asociación Deportiva Destroyer are a Salvadoran professional football team based in Puerto de la Libertad, El Salvador, and governed by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol The Salvadoran Football Federation ( es, Federación Salvadoreña ...

in a playoff match by a score of 2–1.

C.D. Sonsonate Futbol Club Sonsonate is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Sonsonate, El Salvador. The club plays its home games at Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, a stadium located in the City suburb of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, since 2009. The team is ...

was relegated to the

2021–22 Segunda División The 2021–22 Segunda División (known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons) football season, is the 91st since its establishment in Spain. Teams Team changes Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of 22 teams will contest the le ...

Stadiums and locations

Notable events

Notable death from Clausura 2021 season and 2022 Apertura season

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

Zizinho Thomaz Soares da Silva, also known as Zizinho (; 14 September 1921 – 8 February 2002), was a Brazilian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the Brazil national football team. He came to international prominence at the 195 ...

(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 José Conrado Miranda Sasso (14 October 1928 – 13 October 2021) was a Salvadoran football player and coach who created a legacy in El Salvador. He and longtime partner Juan Francisco Barraza helped evolve football in El Salvador. He was known ...

(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

During the Apertura season

Between the Apertura and Clausura season

Clausura seasons

Apertura 2021

League table

Apertura 2021 Results

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Once Municipal Club Deportivo Once Municipal was a Salvadoran football team from Ahuachapán that last competed in the Primera División, the premier division of Football in El Salvador, in 2018. It was nicknamed "''The Canarian Tank"'', and its home stadium ...

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Luis Ángel Firpo Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11, 1894 – August 7, 1960) was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas''. Boxing career In 1917, Firpo began his professional boxing career by beating Frank Hag ...

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Municipal Limeño Club Deportivo Municipal Limeño is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión, El Salvador. Their home stadium is Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, with a capacity of 5,000. Limeño have won five Segunda Divisió ...

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Playoffs

Quarterfinals

=First legs

=Second legs

= ''Chalatenango won 4-2 on penalties, after drawing 1-1 on aggregate '' ''Alianza FC won 4-2 on Aggregate'' '' Once Deportivo won 4-3 on penalties, after tying 1-1 aggregate'' ''Platense won 4-3 on aggregate ''

Semifinals

=First legs

=Second legs

= ''Alianza won 3-1 on aggregare'' ''Platense won 2-1 on aggregate ''

Final

Apertura 2021 Records

Records

* Best home records:

(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:

(48 goals) * Fewest goals scored: Isidro Metapan
Limeno (16 goals) * Fewest goals conceded :

(19 goals) * Most goals conceded : Limeno (38 goals)

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

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against Once Deportivo, (2021) * First penalty Kick of the season: Camilo Delgado for Platense against Chalatenango, 23rd minutes ( 2021) * Widest winning margin: 3 goals **

4-1 Limeno (October 18, 2021) * First

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of the season: Duvier Riascos for

against Limeno ( 2021) * First

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of the season: Alexander Mendoza (

Santa Tecla F.C. Santa Tecla Fútbol Club is a Salvadoran multi-sport club based in Santa Tecla since being formed in 2007. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Santa Tecla is mostly known for its professional association football team. The clu ...

) for

(October 11, 2020) * Most goals in a match: 8 goals **

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3-5

( , 2021) * Most goals by one team in a match: 4 goals **

4-1 Limeno (October 18, 2021) * Most goals in one half by one team: 3 goals **

2-3 (2-3)

(2nd half, December 20, 2021) * Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals **

3-5

(, 2021) * Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals ** Duvier Riascos for Alianza against Limeno ( 2021) * Players that 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 Asociación Deportiva Chalatenango is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Chalatenango, El Salvador, they are currently playing in the top-tier Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador. The club was founded in 1950 as C.D. Alac ...

against Isidro Metapan (September ,2021) **

Rodolfo Zelaya Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García (born 3 July 1988) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Salvadoran club Alianza and the El Salvador national team. In October 2013, Zelaya was given a one-year ban from foot ...

for Alianza against Santa Tecla (november 17, 2021)

Clausura 2022

League table

Clausura 2022 Results

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

=First legs

=Second legs

= ''Isidro Metapan won 3-1 on aggregate '' ''Alianza FC won 4-2 on Aggregate'' ''Aguila won 3-2 on Aggregate'' ''Platense won 3-1 on aggregate ''

Semifinals

=First legs

=Second legs

= ''Alianza won 3-2 on aggregare'' ''Águila won 4-2 on aggregate ''

Final

Clausura 2022 Records

Records

* Best home records:

Jocoro
Chalatenango (22 points out of 33 points) * Worst home records: Atletico Marte (12 points out of 33 points) * Best away records :

(21 points out of 33 points) * Worst away records :

(5 points out of 33 points) * Most goals scored:

(36 goals) * Fewest goals scored:

Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan is a Salvadoran professional football club based in Ahuachapán, El Salvador. The club was founded on 20 July 2019, and plays its home games at Estadio Simeón Magaña. History On July 20, 2019, Primera Division awar ...

(16 goals) * Fewest goals conceded :

(15 goals) * Most goals conceded : Jocoro (33 goals)

Scoring

* First goal of the season: Henry Castillo for Firpo against Limeno, 9 minutes (January 15, 2022) * First goal by a foreign player: Henry Castillo for Firpo against Limeno, 9 minutes (January 15, 2022) * Fastest goal in a match: 2 Minutes ** Jair Crisanto for Jocoro against Alianza, (January 22, 2022) * Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes ** Nelson Alvarenga goal for Jocoro against FAS, (January 26, 2022) * First penalty Kick of the season: Fabricio Alfaro for

against FAS, 81st minutes (January 23, 2022) * Widest winning margin: 3 goals **

4-1 Jocoro (January 26, 2022) ** FAS 3-0 Atletico Marte (February 13, 2022) * First

of the season: Carlos Salazar for

against Jocoro (April 23, 2022) * First

of the season: Kevin Galdamez ( Jocoro) for Isidro Metapan (February 13, 2022) * Most goals in a match: 11 goals ** Jocoro F.C. 6-5

(April 23, 2022) * Most goals by one team in a match: 4 goals **

4-1 Jocoro (January 26, 2022) * Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals ** Jocoro 4-3 (6-5)

(2nd half, April 23, 2022) * Most goals scored by losing team: 5 goals **

5-6 Jocoro F.C. (April 23, 2022) * Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals ** Carlos Salazar for

against Jocoro (April 23, 2022) * Players that scored a hat-trick': ** Carlos Salazar for

against Jocoro (April 23, 2022) ** Franco Arizala for Alianza against Limeno (April 23, 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: # Have played at least one game for the respective club. # Have not been capped for the

El Salvador national football team The El Salvador national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de El Salvador) represents El Salvador in international football, and is governed by the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT). In 1899, two teams from Santa Ana and San Sa ...

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

Águila * Yan Maciel * Luiz Carlos Caetano de Azevedo Júnior * Lucas Ventura Blue x

* Nicolas Martinez Blue x

* Elison Rivas Blue x

* Edgar Medrano * Fáider Fabio Burbano Alianza * Mitchel Mercado *

Victor Arboleda Victor Manuel Arboleda Murillo (born 1 January 1997) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Safa. Career Arboleda joined United Soccer League side Portland Timbers 2 on 24 March 2016. He was selected in the USL's 20 under 20, hi ...

* Duvier Riascos Blue x

* Stiver Mena Blue x

* Franco Arizala Atletico Marte * Andres Quejada * Ricardinho Blue x

* Joaquin Verges Blue x

* Yoan Ballesteros Blue x

* Luis Cuesta Col * Eduardo Rodriguez * Tardelius Pena Chalatenango * Kemal Orlando Malcolm Green x

* Kenroy Howell Blue x

* Yosel Piedra Blue x

* Bladimir Diaz Blue x

* Carlos Salazar * Hector Renteria * Dieter Vargas FAS * Luis Peralta Blue x

Roberto Chen Roberto Leandro Chen Rodríguez (born 24 May 1994) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Salvadoran club FAS. He is also capable of playing on the right side and is good with the ball at his feet. Club ca ...

* Clayvin Zuniga * Mateo Ahmed Blue x

* Jeferson Collazos * Bladimir Diaz Firpo * Tardelius Pena Blue x

* Jomal Williams * Wesley Tanque Da Silva Blue x

* Darryl Parker * Henry Castillo * Gabriel Ventura Isidro Metapán * Gregori Diaz * Manuel Dimas Suarez Orange x

* Juan Ramón García Martínez Orange x

* Luis Copete Orange x

* Edenilson Paulino Castillo Blue x

* Joao Do Rosario Blue x

* Jhoaho Hinestroza Green x

* Yerson Gutierrez Cuenca * Luca Orozco Jocoro * Junior Padilla * John Machado * Diego Areco Blue x

* Jose Luis Rodriguez Blue x

* Jairy Crisanto * Nissi Sauceda * Yohalin Palacios Limeño * Felipe Ponce Blue x

* William Palacio Blue x

* Yosimar Quinones * Manual Murillo Blue x

* Sandro Melgarejo * Javier Lescano * Yair Arboleda Once Deportivo * Edgar Medrano Blue x

* Dieter Vargas Blue x

* Craig Foster Blue x

* José Miguel Barreto * Juan Ignaio Mare * Kamoy Kadeem Simpson *

Jabari Hylton Jabari Hylton (born 5 November 1998) is a footballer who last played for C.D. Once Deportivo of the Salvadoran Primera Division. Born in the United States, he has represented Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the C ...

Platense * Camilo Delgado * Wilber Arizala * Victor Labndazuri * Javier Lescano Blue x

Santa Tecla * Alejandro Dautt Orange x

* Cristian Olivera Blue x

* Eduardo Rodriguez Blue x

* Fabricio Silva Blue x

* Elio Castro * Jahir Barraza Orange x

''(player released during the Apertura season)'' Blue x

''(player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons)'' Green x

''(player released during the Clausura season)'' Red x

''(player naturalized for the Clausura season)''

References

External links

Calendario Nuevo Liga El Salvador Apertura
{{DEFAULTSORT:2021-22 Primera Division de El Salvador season Primera División de Fútbol Profesional seasons

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

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