2019–20 Primera División de El Salvador

Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2017–18 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2018–19 Segunda División.
Firpo were relegated to 2019–20 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team was replaced by the 2018–19 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. El Vencedor won the Apertura 2018, while San Pablo won the Clausura 2019 title, El Vencedor won the playoff match 6-5 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2019.

Champions: El Vencedor

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2019.

Last Place: Firpo
Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt Sponsors
Águila	Jose Alexander Menjivar	Daniel Messina	Andres Quejada	Umbro	Mister Donut, Canal 4, Tigo, Pilsener
Alianza	Adolfo Salume	Wilson Gutierrez	Marvin Monterroza	Umbro	Canal 4, Mister Donut, Tigo, Gatorade, Pepsi
Independiente	TBD	Omar Sevilla	Carlos Carrillo	PS	Acodjar de R.L. INJIBOA, Laya S.A. De C.V., Electrolit, Perlitas
Chalatenango	Rigoberto Mejia	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Henry Noe Reyes	Nil	Lemus, Premiun Center, Arjona Import & Export Co
Jocoro F.C.	Leonel Hernández	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	Giuviny Esquivel	Milan	Haciendo Regalo de Dios, Caja de Credito Jocoro
FAS	Guillermo Moran	Guillermo Riviera	Xavier Garcia	Joma	Pilsener, Tigo, Canal 4, Hospital Cader, Sol
El Vencedor	Marlon Claros	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Joel Almeida	Innova Sports	TBD
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Victor Coreas	Milton Molina	Milan	Canal 4, Arroz de San Pedro, Agroamigo, Morataya
Limeño	Martín Herrera	Alvaro Misael Alfaro	Francisco Jovel Álvarez	Innova Sports	GSR, Chilos Seafood Restaurant, TuriTravel, Disturbidora Torres
Once Deportivo	José Antonio Salaverría	Juan Dieguez	Christian Sánchez	Rush	Claro, Mister Donut, Pepsi, La Geo, Alcasa
Sonsonate	Pedro Contreras	Ruben da Silva	Jorge Morán	Milan	ProACES, Aldasa, Alcadia Municipal Sonsonate, Canal 4, Leche salud, Ferreteria Santa Sofia, Coop-1
Santa Tecla	José Eduardo Amaya	Osvaldo Escudero	Rodrigo Rivera	Maca	Pilsener, Tigo, Plaza Mertio, Pala-grip, Ferreteria Sumersa

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
Chalatenango	Alvaro Misael Alfaro	Resigned due to Contract dispute	May 2019	Juan Ramon Sanchez	July 2019	th
Santa Tecla	Sebastian Abreu	Interimship Finished	May 2019	Rodolfo Gochez	May 2019	th
Alianza	Jorge Humberto Rodriguez	Resigned	June 2019	Wilson Gutierrez	June 2019	th
Jocoro	Guillermo Rivera	Resigned, went on to become El Salvador under 23 coach	June 2019	Nelson Ancheta	June 2019	10th
El Vencedor	Giovanni Trigueros	Contract finished	June 2019	Victor Coreas	June 2019	Promoted
Independiente	Pablo Quiñonez	Cotract finished	July 2019	Juan Cortes Diéguez	July 2019	Bought the spot of Audaz
Once Deportivo	None	No previous coach, new club	July 2019	Pablo Quiñonez	July 2019	Bought the spot of Pasaquina

During the Apertura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure		Replaced by		Position in table
Jocoro	Nelson Ancheta	Sacked	August 2019	Oscar Eduardo Alvarez	August 2019	11th
Santa Tecla	Rodolfo Gochez	Sacked	August 2019	Leonel Carcamo	August 2019	10th
Jocoro	Oscar Eduardo Alvarez	Interimship over	September 2019	Marvin Benitez	September 2019	12th
FAS	Erick Dowson Prado	Sacked	September 2019	Guillermo Rivera	September 2019	9th
Santa Tecla	Leonel Carcamo	interimship finished	September 2019	Marco Sanchez	September 2019	10th
Independiente FC	Juan Cortez Diéguez	Sacked	September 2019	Omar Sevilla	October 2019	11th
Aguila	Carlos Romero	Sacked	October 2019	Santos Noel Riviera	October 2019	10th
Aguila	Santos Noel Riviera	Interimship finished	October 2019	Daniel Messina	October 2019	10th
Limeno	William Renderos Iraheta	Resigned due to personal reason	November 2019	Manuel Carranza Murrillo	November 2019	3rd

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Limeno	Manuel Carranza Murrillo	Interimship finished	December 2019	Alvaro Misael Alfaro	December 2019	3rd and Quarterfinal
Once Deportivo	Pablo Quinonez	Contract not renewed	December 2019	Juan Cortez	December 2019	12th
Isidro Metapan	Edwin Portillo	Sacked	December 2019	Victor Coreas	January 2020	th
Jocoro	Marvin Benitez	Sacked	December 2019	Juan Andres Sarulyte	January 2020	11th
El Vencedor	Victor Coreas	Sacked	December 2019	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	January 2020	th
Santa Tecla	Marco Sanchez	Sacked	December 2019	Osvaldo Escudero	January 2020	6th

During the Clausura season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure		Replaced by		Position in table
Jocoro F.C.	Juan Andres Sarulyte	Resigned due to difference with president	February 2020	Jose Romero	February 2020	10th
Jocoro F.C.	Jose Romero	Resigned	March 2020	Carlos Romero	March 2020	10th
C.D. FAS	Guillermo Rivera	Sacked	March 2020	Jorge Humberto Rodriguez	March 2020	6th
Independiente	Omar Sevilla	Sacked	March 2020	William Renderos Iraheta	March 2020	4th

Notable events

Change to Playoff

The league voted to change top qualify to the next round to the top six, with first and second spot qualifying directly to the semi finals, while teams from 3 to 6 have to playoff

Audaz giving their spot

On 28 of June, 2019 the only remaining member of the Audaz had taken the license from the previous board, he then gave charge to Independiente F.C.

Pasaquina their spot

On 3 of July, 2019 Pasaquina failed to meet the requirements that FESFUT had placed for clubs to be allowed to play in the Primera division, the club failed to pay off any outstanding debts. The club will be forced to sell their spot in Primera division.

New club registered in the Primera Division

On the 12th of July, 2019 a group of investors raised the capital and necessary funds to purchase the spot of Pasaquina, the club will be located the Ahuachapan department and will called Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan.

Clubs moving stadium

Several clubs announced that due to their home stadium not meeting new CONCACAF standards, minimal crowd numbers or/and their previous stadium not finishing their renovations in time.
Jocoro will be playing at Jose Ramon Flores Berrios which is located at the La Union.
FAS will be playing at the Estadio Cuscatlan which is located at San Salvador.
El Vencedor will be playing at the Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera which is located at Usulutan. Independiente announced that while their home stadium is going through renovations they would be playing at the Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera which is located at Usulutan.

Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

Since March, the season has been affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
On 13 March, following an emergency meeting between the Primera division, FESFUt, Segunda and Tecera division, it was unanimously decided to suspend professional football in El Salvador until at least 18 April 2020.

Season suspended, new champion and relegation

In a historic meeting FESFUT declared to the public that the rest of Clausura 2020 season will be cancelled. Once Deportivo will be crowned champion due to leading the competition prior the suspension of the season, Along with Alianza and FAS qualified for CONCACAF Competition. Jocoro who were bottom of the aggregate table prior to the suspension of the season will be forced to play promotion/relegation playoff against Platense.

Clausura title retracted, no relegation

At the FESFUT extraordinary meeting on 29 April 2020, it was decided that the Clausura 2020 season title originally awarded to Once Deportivo would be retracted and the title would not be awarded. However, they would remain the third representative of El Salvador in the 2020 CONCACAF League. Moreover, no promotion and relegation would be applied for this season.
FESFUT decided on 30 May 2020, to name Municipal Limeno, who were third in the aggregate table after Alianza and FAS, the final and third representative of El Salvador in the 2020 CONCACAF League, removing the spot awarded to Once Deportivo.

Notable death from Clausura 2019 season and 2020 Apertura season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2019 and middle of 2020.

Óscar Enrique Sánchez
Walter Martínez
Miguel Hermosillo
Edwin Beltrán
Roger Mayorga
Francisco “Paco” Frances Ortiz
Victor Emmanuel Rodriguez
Leonardo Salas
Maximiliano Belloso Cubas Catan
Apertura

Results

Records

Best home records: Alianza FC
Worst home records: Once Deportivo
Best away records : Alianza FC
Worst away records : Jocoro FC
Most goals scored: Alianza and FAS
Fewest goals scored: Once Deportivo
Fewest goals conceded : Alianza F.C.
Most goals conceded : Once Deportivo
Top goalscorers

No.	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicolas Munoz	El Vencedor	19
2	Bryan Gil	CD. FAS	15
3	Armando Polo	Santa Tecla F.C.	15
4	Clayvin Zuniga	CD Municipal Limeño	13
5	Raul Penaranda	Alianza F.C.	11
6	Diego Areco	Jocoro FC	10
7	Craig Foster	Chalatenango	10
8	Michell Mercado	El Vencedor	7
9	Tardelis Pena	Independiente	7
10	David Diaz	AD. Isidro Metapan	6

Scoring

First goal of the season: Ricardinho for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango, 15 minutes
First goal by a foreign player: Ricardinho for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango, 15 minutes
Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes
* TBD for TBD against TBD
Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 90+2 minutes
* Armando Polo goal for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango,
First penalty Kick of the season: Ricardinho for Santa Tecla against Chalatenango, 15 minutes
Widest winning margin: 5 goals
* Santa Tecla 5–0 Independiente
First hat-trick of the season: Bryan Gil for FAS against El Vencedor
First own goal of the season: Franklin Campos for Limeno
Most goals in a match: 7 goals
* Alianza F.C. 4-3 El Vencedor
Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
* Santa Tecla 5–0 Independiente
Most goals in one half by one team: 3 goals
* TBD 3-1 TBD
Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
* El Vencedor 3-4 Alianza F.C.
Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
* Bryan Gil for FAS against El Vencedor
Players that scored a hat-trick':
* Bryan Gil for FAS against El Vencedor
* Raul Penaranda for Alianza against Limeno
* Bryan Gil for FAS against Chalatenango
Quarterfinals

First legs

Second legs

advances due to being 4th place in the league even though there was a tie of 1-1 aggregate. Will face Alianza in the semifinal.
Santa Tecla advances 3-2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First legs

Second legs

Alianza advances 4-1 on aggregate.
1-1, FAS advances Due to be higher rank.

Final

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Hernán Carrasco Vivanco	Fair player Award	Revelation player of the tournament	Best Goalkeeper Award
Nicolas Munoz El Vencedor	Wilson Gutiérrez Alianza	Tardelis Peña Independiente FC	Bryan Gil FAS	Rafael García Alianza

Clausura