2023–24 Primera División de El Salvador
The 2023–24 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga INDES, is the 25th season and 48th and 49th Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. FAS are the defending champions of the Apertura tournament. There was no Clausura champion as the season was cancelled due to Cuscatlan Tragedy. 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.
| Season | 2023–24 |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 2023 – December 2023 (Apertura), 2024 – 29 May 2024 (Clausura) |
| Champions | TBD (Apertura 2023) TBD (Clausura 2024) |
| Relegated | TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| Top goalscorer | TBD ( goals Apertura 2023) TBD ( goals Clausura 2024) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 11 May 2023. | |
The champions of Apertura and Clausura will qualify for the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the third team to qualify is the team with better aggregate record. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Teams
Promotion and relegation
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2022–23 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2022–23 Segunda División.
Fuerte San Francisco was promoted to the Primera División in June 25, 2023 after defeating Titan in a playoff match by a score of 3-0 in penalties, after the team were tied 0-0 after 120 minutes. [1]
Chalatenango was relegated to the 2023–24 Segunda División.[2]
Notable events
Municipal Limeno purchase of Atletico Marte spot in the Primera Division
On the 26th of June, 2023 Municipal Limeño acquired the spot of the historic team Atletico Marte in the Primera division. This ended 3 years of Atletico Marte being in the Primera division. [3]
Notable death from Apertura 2023 season and 2024 Clausura season
The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2022 and middle of 2023.
- Jorge Roldán (ex Guatemalan Once Municipal and Platense coach)
- José Sulantay (ex chilean UES and Atletico Marte player)
- Joaquin Santana Palma (ex Sonsonate and Juventud Olimpico Metalio player)
- Juan Jose Polio (Ex Aguila player)
- Hernán Carrasco (ex Chilean Alianza, Atletico Marte, FAS, Aguila, LA Firpo, Municipal Limeno, Excélsior F.C. coach)
- Eduardo Santana (ex Brazilian Aguila player)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguila |  Sebastian Bini |
Contract finished, Hired as Municipal new coach | May 27, 2023 | Ernesto Corti |
May 27, 2023 | th (2023 Clausura) |
| Santa Tecla | Ernesto Corti |
Mutual Consent, went on to become Aguila new coach | May 27, 2023 |  Francisco Medrano |
July 15, 2023 | th (2023 Clausura) |
| FAS | Efren Marenco |
Mutual Consent, Moved to be reserve coach | June 1, 2023 |  Raúl Arias |
June 8, 2023 | th (2023 Clausura) |
| Jocoro | Victor Coreas |
Mutual Consent | June 21, 2023 |  Agustin Castillo |
June 22, 2023 | th (2023 Clausura) |
| Alianza |  Eduardo Lara |
Mutual Consent | June 27, 2023 | Milton Melendez |
June 28, 2023 | th (2023 Clausura) |
| Municipal Limeno | Jose Romero |
Mutual Consent | June 21, 2023 |  Jorge Ernesto Pineda |
June 22, 2023 | None (2023 Clausura) |
During the Apertura season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Limeno | Jorge Pineda |
Mutual Consent | August 24, 2023 | Nelson Ancheta |
August 25, 2023 | th (2023 Apertura) |
| Municipal Limeno | Nelson Ancheta |
Resigned | October 17, 2023 | Abel Flores (Interim) |
October, 2023 | 9th (2023 Apertura) |
| Platense |  Juan Cortés Diéguez |
Resigned | October 23, 2023 | Jorge Abrego |
October 25, 2023 | 11th (2023 Apertura) |
| Santa Tecla | Francisco Medrano |
Resigned | October 23, 2023 | Juan Ramón Sánchez |
October 25, 2023 | 12th (2023 Apertura) |
Apertura 2023
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Águila | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 31 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Fuerte San Francisco | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 23 | |
| 3 | Alianza | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 22 | |
| 4 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 22 | |
| 5 | FAS | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 22 | |
| 6 | Municipal Limeño | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 22 | |
| 7 | Once Deportivo | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Jocoro | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 21 | |
| 9 | Dragón | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 21 | |
| 10 | Isidro Metapán | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 15 | |
| 11 | Platense | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 10 | |
| 12 | Santa Tecla | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Records
- Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst home records: TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
- Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst away records : TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
- Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
- Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Santos Ortiz for Aguila against Santa Tecla, 22 minutes (August 14, 2023)
- First goal by a foreign player:
Jomal Williams for Once Deportivo against Platense, 76th minutes (August 14, 2023) - Fastest goal in a match: 23 Seconds
- Yerson Tobar for Alianza against Santa Tecla (October 23, 2023)
- Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes
- Lizandro Claros goal for LA Firpo against Jocoro (August 20, 2023)
Roberto Gonzalez for Once Deportivo against Fuerte San Francisco (August 21, 2023)
- First penalty Kick of the season: Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against FAS, 7th minutes (August 19, 2023)
- Widest winning margin: 4 goals
- First hat-trick of the season: Carlos Salazar for Aguila against Dragon (August 21, 2023)
- First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (September 25, 2022)
- Most goals in a match: 8 goals
- Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
- Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
- Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
- Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
- Players that scored a hat-trick':
- Carlos Salazar for Aguila against Dragon (August 21, 2023)
- Duvier Riascos for Aguila against Isidro Metapan (September 10, 2023)
- TBD for TBD against TBD (October 24, 2022)
Top Goalscorer (Apertura 2023)
| No. | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German Aguila |
Jocoro | 12 |
| 2 | Carlos Salazar |
Aguila | 11 |
| 3 | Luis Ángel Landín |
Municipal Limeno | 11 |
| 4 | Jhon Montano |
Dragon | 8 |
| 5 |  Nicolas Gonzalez |
Fuerte San Francisco | 7 |
| 6 | Javier Ferman |
Dragon | 7 |
| 7 | Duvier Riascos |
Aguila | 7 |
| 8 |  Sebastián Julio |
LA Firpo | 6 |
| 9 | Jomal Williams |
Once Deportivo | 6 |
| 10 | Kevin Reyes |
FAS | 5 |
| 11 | Enrique Contreras |
Platense | 4 |
Clausura 2024
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | To be determined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Records
- Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst home records: TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
- Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst away records : TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
- Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
- Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in the 2023–24 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 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
Lucas Ventura- Duvier Riascos
- Carlos Salazar
Carlos Daniel Pimienta
Alianza
- Mitchel Mercado
- Yerson Tobar
TBD- TBD
Dragon
- Luis Angulo
- Yair Arboleda
- Kevin Moreno
- Jhon Montaño
FAS
Firpo
- Mateus Da Silva
- Sebastián Julio
- Tardelis Pena
- Oliver Almirón
Fuerte San Francisco
- TBD
Colorado Murray- Nicolas Gonzalez
- Samuel Gimenez
Isidro Metapán
- Luca Orozco
- Paulo Henrique
Javier Cetre- Diego Gregori
Jocoro
- Luis Acuna
- Germán Aguila
- Elmer Guity
- Junior Padilla
Municipal Limeno
Once Deportivo
- Victor Landazuri
- Camilo Delgado
- Manuel Murrillo
- Jomal Williams
Platense
- Raúl Peñaranda
- Ronaldinho Caicedo
- Luis Angel Rodriguez
Pablo Gállego
Santa Tecla
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
(player released beginning the Apertura season, Never played a game)
(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)
(player released beginning the Clausura season, Never played a game)
References
- "Fuerte San Francisco regresa a la Primera División" [Fuerte San Francisco returns to thefirst division]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- "¡El Chalatenango descendió a la Segunda División de fútbol!" [Chalatenango relegated to second division]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- "Limeno regresa Primera División" [Limeno returns to thefirst division]. elsalvador.com (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
External links
- https://laprimera.com.sv/ (Official website)