The Copa El Salvador is the top knock-out football tournament in El Salvador. The first edition was played in 1999, resulting champion C.D. Águila of El Salvador. From 2000 to 2006, the competition was played two more times with Atlético Balboa and Once Municipal winning the cup. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 2006, was restored in 2016 The cup is currently sponsored by Claro and thus officially known as the Copa Claro. The Cup tournament is played as a separate tournament from the league (played between First, Second and Third Division).
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| Region | El Salvador |
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| Number of teams | 32 |
| Current champions | Santa Tecla (2nd title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Águila (2 titles) Santa Tecla (2 titles) |
 2018–19 Copa El Salvador | |
Format Change edit
In 2014, the tournament was briefly brought back played between Águila and FAS. However, the cup turned out to be a one-off event.
Re-launch edit
On June 16, 2016 it was announced that a new cup competition would be played during Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. The tournament will involve 12 teams from the First Division, plus 10 of the Second Division and 10 of the Third Division for a total of 32 participants. The teams will be placed into 8 groups of 4. The 8 group winners, plus the 8 group runners-up, move on to the new round (round of 16).
The cup will be called Copa Claro for sponsorship reason and the winner will receive 15,000 dollars.[1]
List of finals edit
Copa Presidente (1939–2023) edit
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Goalscorers for the Champion | Goalscorers for the runner up | Manager |
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| 1930-31 | CD 33 | 1-0 | Firpo | |||
| 1931-32 | CD 33 | 0-0(4-2) | Aguilas | |||
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| 1938-39 | Corsario del Puerto Libertard | 4-0 | El 44 (Santa Ana) | |||
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| 1990-91 | Atletico Marte | 2-1 | LA Firpo |  Nildeson  Misael Rodriguez
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Mauricio Cienfuegos
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Armando Contreras Palma
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| 1999-2000 | Águila | 3–2 |
Luis Ángel Firpo |  Adrián Mahía (2)  Paul Cominges |
Celio Rodríguez (2) |
Hugo Coria
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| 2005-2006 | Atlético Balboa | 2–0 |
Independiente Nacional 1906 | Nelson Reyes (2) |
None | Jorge García
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| 2006-2007 | Once Municipal | 1–0 |
Águila | Mario Deras |
None | Nelson Ancheta
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| 2013-14 |
Copa Presidente/Independencia (2014–15) edit
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Goalscorers for the Champion | Goalscorers for the runner up | Manager |
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| 2014–15 | Águila | 2–0 |
FAS |  Sean Fraser Ronaille Calheira |
None | Daniel Messina
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| 2015-16 |
Copa Claro (2016–present) edit
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Manager |
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| 2016–17 | Santa Tecla | 1–0 |
FAS | Ernesto Corti
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| 2017-18 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Santa Tecla | 1–0 |
Audaz |  Sebastian Abreu
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| 2019-20 | ||||
| 2020-21 | ||||
| 2021-22 | ||||
| 2022-23 |
List of winners edit
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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| Santa Tecla | 2 | 0 | 2016–17, 2018–19 |
| Águila | 2 | 1 | 1999–2000, 2014–15 |
| Atlético Balboa | 1 | 0 | 2005–06 |
| Once Municipal | 1 | 0 | 2006–07 |
References edit
External links edit
- http://www.elsalvador.com/noticias/2006/11/23/deportes/dep1.asp
- El Salvador - List of Cup Finals, RSSSF.com
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