Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2011

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Season	Apertura 2011
Champions	Isidro Metapán; (6th Title)
Relegated	"None"
Champions League	Isidro Metapán
Matches played	90
Goals scored	233 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicolás Muñoz ; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Águila 5-1 Juventud Independiente; (28 August 2011); Once Municipal 5-0 Vista Hermosa; (27 November 2011)
Biggest away win	Isidro Metapán 1-4 Juventud Independiente; (27 November 2011)
Highest scoring	Luis Ángel Firpo 6-3 Once Municipal; (2 November 2011)
Longest winning run	4 games by FAS and Once Municipal
Longest unbeaten run	8 games by FAS and Once Municipal
Longest winless run	14 games by UES
Longest losing run	6 games by Juventud Independiente
	← Clausura 2011 Clausura 2012 →

The Apertura 2011 season (officially known as Torneo Apertura 2011 or also known as the Copa Capri for sponsoring reasons) was the 27th edition of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza entered into this tournament as the defending champions. The season began on 30 July 2011 and concluded at the end of the year. Like previous years, 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 by the end of the season took part in the playoffs.

Team information

Last updated: June 28, 2011

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 28, 2011.

Champions: Juventud Independiente

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 28, 2011.

Due to Issue: Atlético Balboa

Stadia and locations

Juventud Independiente

Location of teams in Apertura 2011/Clausura 2012

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
UES	San Salvador	Estadio Universitario UES	10,000
Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Julio Sosa	Salvador Coreas	Galaxia	Mister Donuts, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Vladan Vićević	Lotto	Tigo, SINAI, Maseca
Atlético Marte	Felix Guardado	Fausto Omar Vásquez	Galaxia	Rosvill, Vive, Canal 4
FAS	David Lineras	Willian Renderos Iraheta	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Edwin Portillo	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Grupo Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro, Holan
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	TBD
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar	Nelson Ancheta	Joma	Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo
Once Municipal	Andrés Rodríguez	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic)
UES	Rufino Quesada	Jorge Abrego	Galaxia	ALBA
Vista Hermosa	Francisco Benitez	Víctor Coreas	Aviva	TBD

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Replaced by	Position in table
FAS	Margarita Jaramillo	David Linares	2nd (Clausura 2011)
FAS	Agustín Castillo	Willian Renderos Iraheta	2nd (Clausura 2011)
Luis Ángel Firpo	Ramiro Cepeda	Nelso Ancheta	4th (Clausura 2011)

During the regular season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Alianza	Roberto Gamarra	Head Coach	September 6, 2011	Vladan Vićević	September 7, 2011	2nd (Apertura 2011)
Águila	Hugo Coria	Head Coach	September, 2011	Salvador Coreas	October 18, 2011	6th (Apertura 2011)
Atlético Marte	Juan Ramón Paredes	Head Coach	September 23, 2011	Fausto Omar Vásquez	September 27, 2011	9th (Apertura 2011)
UES	Eraldo Correia	Head Coach	September 25, 2011	Miguel Ángel Soriano	September 27, 2011	7th (Apertura 2011)
UES	Miguel Ángel Soriano	Head Coach	October, 2011	Jorge Abrego	October, 2011	9th (Apertura 2011)
Vista Hermosa	Víctor Coreas	Head Coach	November 3, 2011	José Rolando Perez	November 4, 2011	10th (Apertura 2011)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Isidro Metapán (C, Q)	18	11	3	4	32	21	+11	36	Qualification for playoffs^[a]
2	FAS (Q)	18	9	5	4	24	17	+7	32
3	Once Municipal (Q)	18	8	6	4	29	20	+9	30
4	Águila (Q)	18	8	5	5	34	26	+8	29
5	Luis Ángel Firpo (Q)	18	8	5	5	31	27	+4	29
6	Alianza	18	6	6	6	18	17	+1	24
7	Atlético Marte	18	6	5	7	21	21	0	23
8	Juventud Independiente	18	5	2	11	18	30	−12	17
9	UES	18	2	8	8	15	29	−14	14
10	Vista Hermosa	18	1	7	10	11	25	−14	10

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2011. Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

^ Luis Ángel Firpo won the extra game against Águila for the last place of the Playoffs.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
Isidro Metapán	2	2	5	3	1	3	3	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FAS	5	7	2	5	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Once Municipal	4	8	6	7	8	6	8	8	5	5	3	3	3	4	3	3	5	3
Águila	3	10	4	6	5	4	6	6	3	6	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4
Luis Ángel Firpo	6	1	3	2	6	5	5	4	6	4	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5
Alianza	10	4	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	3	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6
Atlético Marte	1	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Juventud Independiente	9	5	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
UES	7	3	7	4	4	7	4	5	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9
Vista Hermosa	8	9	10	10	7	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: [1]
= Leader; = Qualification to the playoffs; = Last place

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	FAS	FIR	MET	JUV	OMU	UES	VIS
Águila		1–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	5–1	2–2	3–0	2–2
Alianza	1–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1
Atlético Marte	2–4	0–2		0–0	0–1	5–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
C.D. FAS	1–3	2–1	1–0		1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1
Luis Ángel Firpo	2–0	2–2	1–0	3–1		1–3	2–1	6–3	1–1	0–2
Isidro Metapán	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–2		0–1	1–1	4–2	1–0
Juventud Independiente	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–4		1–2	3–1	1–1
Once Municipal	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		0–1	5–0
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–3		0–0
Vista Hermosa	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2011. Source: [2]

These matches previously scheduled for August 17, (v.Metapán), September 21, (V. Metapán) were postponed to October 5 (Firpo v. Metapán), October 10 (Vista v. Metapán) respectively, because of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.

These matches previously scheduled for September 3 or 4, were postponed to September 21 respectively, because of the El Salvador 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals					Final

1	Isidro Metapán	3	3	6

4	L.A. Firpo	3	0	3
					1	Isidro Metapán	1

					3	Once Municipal	0
2	FAS	0	1	1

3	Once Municipal	1	2	3

Semi-finals

First leg

December 3, 2011

19:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	3–3	Luis Ángel Firpo
Blanco 22' Turcios 51' (o.g.) Flores 68'	Report	García 3' Alas 69' Jiménez 90'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Attendance: 2,530

Referee: Elmer Arturo Bonilla

December 4, 2011

15:00 UTC-6

Once Municipal	1–0	FAS
Figueroa 58'	Report

Estadio Simeón Magaña, Ahuachapán

Attendance: 3,947

Referee: Kenso Araujo

Second leg

December 10, 2011

15:00 UTC-6

Luis Ángel Firpo	0–3	Isidro Metapán
	Report	Blanco 38', 79' Sánchez 69'

Sergio Torres Stadium, Usulután

Referee: Marlon Mejía

December 11, 2011

19:00 UTC-6

FAS	1–2	Once Municipal
Williams Reyes 45'	Report	Pablo Hütt 68' Sean Fraser 84'

Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Fidel Mejía

Final

December 18, 2011

15:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	1–0	Once Municipal
Suárez 51'	Report

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 24,700

Referee: Élmer Bonilla


Isidro Metapán:
GK	1	Miguel Montes
DF	23	Ricardo Alvarado
DF	19	Alexander Escobar
DF	2	Milton Molina
DF	15	Alfredo Pacheco
FW	14	Andrés Flores 90+4'
MF	20	Héctor Mejía
MF	16	Ramón Sánchez 72'
MF	10	Paolo Suárez
FW	17	Léster Blanco	88'
FW	9	Allan Kardeck 73'	77'
Substitutes:
DF	5	Ernesto Aquino	77'
FW	11	Christian Bautista	88'
FW	12	Edwin Sánchez	90+4'
Manager:
Edwin Portillo


Once Municipal:
GK	1	Jassir Deras
DF	5	Julio Castro
DF	22	Miguel Solís
DF	2	Andrés Medina
FW	11	Ricardo Orellana	55'
MF	7	Ronald Pimentel
MF	18	Juan Lazo 63'
MF	8	Diego Chavarría
MF	6	Elder Figueroa 72' 85'
FW	15	Mario Deras 46'	48'
FW	12	Sean Fraser 95'
Substitutes:
FW	9	Alexander Campos 54'	48'
MF	10	Pablo Hütt	55'
Manager:
Juan Andrés Sarulyte

Apertura 2011 champions
Isidro Metapán 6th title

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nicolás Muñoz	Águila	15
2	Sean Fraser	Once Municipal	14
2	Anel Canales	Luis Ángel Firpo	14
4	Williams Reyes	FAS	10
5	Osael Romero	Águila	8
5	Paolo Suárez	Isidro Metapán	8
7	Leonardo Da Silva	Alianza	6
8	Juan Carlos Reyes	Juventud Independiente	6
9	Víctor Turcios	Luis Ángel Firpo	5
	Christopher Ramírez	Atlético Marte	5
	Alfredo Pacheco	Isidro Metapán	5
	Walter Soto	Vista Hermosa	5

Updated to games played on November 23, 2011. 

Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Bookings

Rank	Team			Total
1	Luis Ángel Firpo	20	6	26
2	Alianza	33	1	34
3	UES	36	1	37
4	Isidro Metapán	36	3	39
4	Vista Hermosa	35	4	39
6	Juventud Independiente	38	5	43
7	FAS	45	3	48
8	Atlético Marte	43	4	47
9	Once Municipal	48	8	56
10	Águila	53	4	57
	Total	383	39	422

Hat-tricks

Sequence	Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Round
1.	Nicolás Muñoz	3	8', 59' (p), 72'	Águila	3–0	UES	3rd
2.	Nicolás Muñoz	3	16', 25' (p), 72'	Águila	5-1	Juventud Independiente	5th
3.	Anel Canales	3	29', 31', 46',	Luis Ángel Firpo	6-3	Once Municipal	15th
4.	Sean Fraser	3	36' 65', 86,	Once Municipal	5-0	C.D. Vista Hermosa	18th

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Best Coach Award	Best Goalkeeper Award	Fair Player Award	Rookie Player Award	Kings of the Stands
Anel Canales Águila	Edwin Portillo Isidro Metapán	Luis Contreras FAS	Luis Contreras FAS	Darwin Cerén Juventud Independiente	FAS

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Osael Romero for Águila against Once Municipal 39 minutes (30 July 2011)
Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes
- Anel Canales for C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo against FAS (2 October 2011)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+4 minutes
- Jaime Alas for Firpo against FAS (31 July 2011)
- Mardoqueo Henríquez for Águila against Firpo (22 October 2011)
First penalty Kick of the season: 45 minutes- Williams Reyes (scored) for FAS against Luis Ángel Firpo
Widest winning margin: 5
- Águila 5-1 Juventud Independiente (28 August 2011)
- Once Municipal 5-0 Vista Hermosa (27 November 2011)
Most goals in a match: 9
- Luis Ángel Firpo 6-3 Once Municipal (2 November 2011)
First hat-trick of the season: Nicolás Muñoz for Águila against UES (17 August 2011)
First own goal of the season: Fidel Jiménez (Atlético Marte) for Firpo (21 August 2011)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
- Nicolás Muñoz for Águila against UES (17 August 2011)
- Nicolás Muñoz for Águila against Juventud Independiente (28 August 2011)
- Anel Canales for Luis Ángel Firpo against Once Municipal (2 November 2011)
- Sean Fraser for Once Municipal against Vista Hermosa (27 November 2011)
Most goals by one team in a match: 6
- Luis Ángel Firpo 6-3 Once Municipal (2 November 2011)
Most goals in one half by one team: 4
- Juventud Independiente 1-4 Isidro Metapán(27 November 2011)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3
- Luis Ángel Firpo 6-3 Once Municipal (2 November 2011)
- Atlético Marte 5-3 Isidro Metapán(5 November 2011)

Average home attendance

Highest average home attendance:
Lowest average home attendance:

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets - 6 FAS and Atlético Marte
Fewest clean sheets - 3 Águila

Unbeaten run

Longest winning run - 4 games FAS (28 August-21 September) and Once Municipal (21 September-23 October)
Longest unbeaten run - 8 games FAS (1 August-21 September) and Once Municipal (21 September-30 October)
Longest winless run - 14 games UES(27 August-27 November 2011)
Longest losing run - 6 games Juventud Independiente (17 August-21 September)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2011. The following players:

have played at least one apertura 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 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.

C.D. Águila