List of Salvadoran football champions


The Salvadoran Football Champion is the winner of the El Salvador National Football Championship or the Liga Mayor of football in El Salvador.
Currently, there are two champions each calendar year with one champion for the Apertura season and one for the Clausura season.

Short Tournament (1926–1946)

Three regional champions, faced each other in the national championship. Each team represented a different section of the country.
SeasonChampionRunner-Up
1926ChinamecaNequepio
1927HérculesChinameca
1928HérculesExcélsior F.C.
1929-30HérculesExcélsior F.C.
1930-31*Hércules
1931-32*Hércules
1932-33*Hércules
1933-34*Hércules
1934-35*C.D. Maya
1935-36*C.D. Maya
1937C.D. 33C.D. Alacranes
1938C.D. 33C.D. Maya
1939*C.D. 33
1940*España F.C.
1941*Quequeisque
1942QuequeisqueJuventud Olímpica
1943QuequeisqueFerrocarril
1944*Quequeisque
1945*Quequeisque
1946Libertad F.C.Once Municipal

* - There was no national championship held during this year, only regional championships. These championships are now often considered national titles.

League System (1947–1997)

** - No national championship was held during these years

Apertura/Clausura format (1999-present)

The first winner of the shorter tournament has been deemed "Champion Cup", and the next, that of the Clausura 1999, as "champions". The First Division of El Salvador has not changed that status competition.

Performance by club