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
SeasonClausura 2013
ChampionsFirpo
(10th Title)
RelegatedOnce Municipal
Matches played90
Goals scored223 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerAnel Canales (10)
Biggest home winAlianza 7-0 Once Municipal
(10 March 2013)
Biggest away winFirpo 0-3 Alianza
(23 February 2013)
Águila 1-4 Atlético Marte
(27 February 2013)
Highest scoringIndependiente 6-1 Isidro Metapán
(10 February 2013)
Alianza 7-0 Once Municipal
(10 March 2013)
Longest winning run4 games by: FAS and Alianza
Longest unbeaten run6 games by: FAS, Alianza, Independiente, and Isidro Metapán
Longest winless run15 games by: UES
Longest losing run6 games by: UES

Stadia and locations edit

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 edit

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) 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 edit

Before the start of the season edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

First leg edit

Juventud Independiente2–1FAS
Esnal   35'
Céren   59'
Report Águila   2'
Referee: Edenilson Ventura

Alianza1–0Luis Ángel Firpo
De Paz   24' Report
Referee: Edenílson Ventura

Second leg edit


Final edit

FAS0–3Luis Ángel Firpo
[1] Anel Canales   7' (pen.)
Medardo Guevara   55'
Marlon Trejo   66'
Referee: Jaime Carpio
 Clausura 2013 champions 
Luis Ángel Firpo
10th title

Player statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Goalkeepers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Discipline edit

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

List of foreign players in the league edit

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.

Aggregate table edit

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

References edit

External links edit