The 2015–16 season (officially known as ''Liga de Plata'' and also as ''Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez'') will be

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of 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 by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016. 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 The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador (First Division of Professional Football of El Salvador), more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, also known as Liga Pepsi for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional ...

Team information

A total of 23 teams will contest the league, including sides from the

2014–15 Segunda División The 2014–15 Segunda División season (known as the ''Liga Adelante'' for sponsorship reasons) is the 84th since its establishment. The campaign began on 23 August 2014 and the league phase of 42 rounds ended on 7 June 2015. The entire season end ...

and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division. with the increase of 4 teams from the previous edition, teams from lower level could apply to join the league and would be judged based on facility, fans, locations and if they purchase a 10,000 or 15, 000 dollars license

Changes from the 2014-2015 seasons

Teams promoted to Primera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2015 *

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

(However sold their spot to Sonsonate and will return to Segunda Division) Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2015 * None Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2015 * C.D. Liberal Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2015 *

Fuerte San Francisco Fuerte San Francisco is a football club based in San Francisco Gotera, El Salvador that plays in the Primera División, the top flight of Salvadoran football. Nicknamed Los Comandos Azules (The blue commanders), the club has won two league sec ...

New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division * Leones de Occidente (Bought their spot from Guadalupano) * C.D. Brasilia (Originally relegated from the tercera division, however they purchased a spot in the segunda division) * Toros F.C. (Bought their spot from Atletico Marte) * Independiente F.C. (El Salvador) (purchased a spot in the segunda division) * EF San Pablo Tacachico (purchased a spot in the segunda division) * Atlético Apopa (purchased a spot in the segunda division) * FC San Rafael Cedros (Bought their spot from Turin FESA) *

Quequeisque Quequeisque was a professional football club in Nueva San Salvador, El Salvador, which have played the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional. They are the only team in El Salvador besides Hércules in soccer history to win 5 or more straigh ...

(Bought their spot from Real Destroyer) Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2015 * C.D. Chalatenango (Purchased a spot in the primera division and didn't sell or create a team to fill the spot) * Atletico Marte (originally relegated from the primera division, however they purchased a spot in the primera division) * C.D. Guadalupano (Sold their spot to Leones de Metapan) *

Sonsonate Sonsonate () is a city and district of El Salvador, of which it is also its municipal seat. It has an estimated population of 71,980 inhabitants for the year 2020. Sonsonate is the second most important city in western El Salvador. The town was ...

(Purchased the spot of Real Destroyer in the primera division) * Turin FESA (Sold their spot to San Rafael Cedros) *

(sold and dissolved to join Quequeispeque)

Stadia and locations

The following 23 clubs will compete in the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño during the 2015–2016 season:

Apertura

Personnel and sponsoring

Grupo Centro Occidente

Grupo Centro Oriente

Final Series

Apertura

Finals

First leg

Second leg

''Municipal Limeno won 4-2 on aggregate.''

Individual awards

Clausura

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

During the Apertura season

Grupo Centro Occidente

Grupo Centro Oriente

Final Series

Cláusura

Finals

First leg

Second leg

''Municipal Limeno won 5-4 on penalties, aggregate tied 3-3.''

Individual awards

Aggregate table

Grupo Centro-Occidente

Grupo Centro-Oriente

References

External links

* https://archive.today/20130807152309/http://www.futbolsv.com/category/segunda-division/ * http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/category/nacional/segunda-division-nacional/ * http://www.edhdeportes.com/futbol-nacional/segunda-division/ {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Segunda Division de Futbol Salvadoreno Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño seasons 2015–16 in Salvadoran football EL Sal