Segunda División de El Salvador
The Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño is the second level of the El Salvador League System of football. Teams have a chance to gain promotion to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.
The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to the first division directly.
The losing side gets another chance to get promoted by again playing a promotional playoff. This time against the second worst team of the first division. The bottom team get relegated.
History
The Salvadoran Football Federation decided to improve the quality and competitiveness of football.Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño was created in 1950, with two groups and the winner was promoted to La Primera.
Category of Ascent was made of 12 teams, four teams in each zone: central, western and eastern.
The first 12 teams in Second Division were ANTEL, Atlético Marte, Marte Soyapango, Caterpillar de San Salvador, Picapiedra del Plan de la Laguna, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Dragón, Once Municipal, Molino F. C, Ahuachapán and Puertas de Santa Ana y San Rafael.
The first President of the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño was Dr Mauro Alfredo Bernal Silva.
The addition of teams worsened the level of competition remarkably having up to twelve teams per zone.
In 1986 the Legislative Assembly emitted a decree in the Reforms to the Law of Football and the Category of Ascent in which it stated that only 24 teams would be allowed in the Segunda División split into two groups.
In 2007, The league changed into the Apertura and Clausura format.
Members of the Segunda División (2020–21 season)
The league currently consists of the following 24 teams:Stadium and locations
Team Group A
Team Group B
Division set-up
Changes in division set-up
- Number of clubs: currently 24. From TBD to TBD there were two divisions, each of 20 teams. From TBD to TBD it had 20. The 1991–92 season was played in two groups of 12 teams each; TBD again in one group with 24 teams, TBD with 20 teams.
- Teams promoted to the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador : 3; 1981–1991 there was a promotion/relegation round, in 1991–92 there was 1 promotion per group.
- Number of relegations into the Regionalliga : 4; 1991–92: 2–3 per group ; 1992–93: 7.
Promotion and relegation
- From 2007 until 2010, the winner of the Apertura and Clausura would play for automatic promotion, where the loser of the match would play a playoff with the team that finished 9th in La Primera.
- Until the 2015–16 season, the bottom three teams were relegated into the Tercera Division. Since the 2016–17, the bottom three teams of each group play in a round robin tournament; the bottom team of that round robin tournament are relegated to the Tercera Division.
League matches derbies and classicos in Segunda Division
- Atletico Apopa vs Vendaval Apopa "Clásico de Apopa"
- Independiente FC vs CD Platense "Clásico Paracentral"
President
League champions
Source:| Season | Champions | Runner Up | Teams promoted |
| 1950/51 | H-13 | Leones | H-13 |
| 1951/52 | Atlético San Alejo | Leones | Atlético San Alejo |
| 1952/53 | H-13 | Leones | H-13 |
| 1953/54 | Ast Municipal | H-13 | Ast Municipal |
| 1954/55 | Leones | CD Universidad Gerardo Barrios | Leones |
| 1955/56 | CD Águila | Alianza FC | CD Águila, Alianza FC |
| 1956/57 | Santa Anita | CD Once Municipal | Santa Anita |
| 1957/58 | Quequeisque FC | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | Quequeisque FC |
| 1958/59 | Atlante | Leones | Atlante |
| 1959/60 | CD Once Municipal | Quequeisque FC | CD Once Municipal |
| 1960/61 | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | Santa Anita | CD Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 1961/62 | Telecomunicaciones | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | Telecomunicaciones |
| 1962/63 | CD Universidad Gerardo Barrios | CD Once Municipal | CD Universidad Gerardo Barrios |
| 1963/64 | Adler San Nicolás | Gatos de Monterrey | Adler San Nicolás |
| 1964/65 | Quequeisque FC | Sonsonate FC | Quequeisque FC |
| 1965/66 | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | Adler San Nicolás | CD Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 1966/67 | Sonsonate FC | Quequeisque FC | Sonsonate FC |
| 1967/68 | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | Atlante San Alejo | CD Luis Ángel Firpo |
| 1968/69 | CD Universidad Centroamericana | Sonstate FC | CD Universidad Centroamericana |
| 1969/70 | Atlético San Alejo | Atlante San Alejo | Atlético San Alejo |
| 1970/71 | Excelsior CF | CD Municipal Limeño | Excélsior CF |
| 1971/72 | CD Once Municipal | CD Luis Ángel Firpo | CD Once Municipal |
| 1972/73 | Independiente FC | CD Platense | Independiente FC |
| 1973/74 | CD Dragón | CD Luis Angel Firpo | CD Dragón |
| 1974/75 | ANTEL | Sonsonate FC | ANTEL |
| 1975/76 | CD Fuerte Aguilares | CD Dragón | CD Fuerte Aguilares |
| 1976/77 | CD Once Lobos | CD Salvadoreño | CD Once Lobos |
| 1977/78 | CD Dragón | CD Chalatenango | CD Dragón |
| 1978/79 | CD Chalatenango | CD Municipal Limeño | CD Chalatenango |
| 1979/80 | CD Once Lobos | Adles San Nicolás | CD Once Lobos |
| 1980/81 | CD Once Lobos | CD UES | CD Once Lobos |
| 1981/82 | CD Univ. Centroamericana | Sonstate FC | CD Univ. Centroamericana |
| 1982/83 | CD Salvadoreño | CD Municipal Limeño | CD Salvadoreño |
| 1983/84 | CD Metapán | CESSA | CD Metapán |
| 1984/85 | CD Alba Acajutla | CD Dragón | CD Alba Acajutla |
| 1985/86 | CD Metapán | Sonstate FC | CD Metapán |
| 1986/87 | AD El Tránsito | CD Municipal Limeño | AD El Tránsito |
| 1987/88 | Cojutepeque FC | CD Dragón | Cojutepeque FC |
| 1988/89 | CD Chalatenango | CD UCA | CD Chalatenango |
| 1989/90 | CD Dragón | CD Municipal Limeño | CD Dragón |
| 1990/91 | CD Metapán | Sonsonate FC | CD Metapán |
| 1991/92 | CD Fuerte San Francisco | CD UES | CD Fuerte San Francisco |
| 1992/93 | CD Municipal Limeño | Metapán FC | CD Municipal Limeño |
| 1993/94 | CD El Roble | A.D.O. | CD El Roble |
| 1994/95 | CD Apaneca | Metapán FC | CD Apaneca |
| 1995/96 | CD Tiburones | CD Atlético Balboa | CD Tiburones |
| 1996/97 | CD Once Lobos | CD Tiburones | CD Once Lobos |
| 1997/98 | CD El Roble | Metapán FC | CD El Roble |
| Clausura 1999 | CD Atlético Balboa | CD Santiagueño | CD Atlético Balboa |
| Apertura 1999 | CD Tiburones | Metapán | CD Tiburones |
| 2000 Clausura | CD Juventud Olimpica Metalio | CD Atlético Balboa | CD Juventud Olímpica Metalio |
| 2000 Apertura | CD San Luis | Coca-Cola FC | CD San Luis |
| 2001 Clausura | AD Isidro Metapán | CD San Luis | CD Isidro Metapán |
| 2001 Apertura | CD Titán | CD Marte Soyapango | CD Titán |
| 2002 Clausura | CD Arcense | CD Atlético Chaparrastique | CD Arcense |
| 2002 Apertura | CD La Asunción | CD Atlético Marte | CD La Asunción |
| 2003 Clausura | CD Chalatenango | CD Dragón | CD Chalatenango |
| 2003 Apertura | CD Salvadoreño | Telecom FC San Salvador | CD Salvadoreño |
| 2004 Clausura | CD Once Municipal | CD Once Lobos | CD Once Lobos, CD Once Municipal |
| 2004 Apertura | CD Atlético Chaparratique | CD Arcense | CD Atlético Chaparratique |
| 2005 Clausura | CD Vista Hermosa | Coca-Cola FC | CD Vista Hermosa |
| 2005 Apertura | CD TACA | CD Municipal Limeño | CD TACA |
| 2006 Clausura | Nacional 1906 | CD Municipal Limeño | Independiente Nacional 1906 |
| 2006 Apertura | Nejapa FC | CD Juventud Independiente | Nejapa FC |
| 2007 Clausura | Nejapa FC | CD Atlético Balboa | Nejapa FC |
| 2007 Apertura | CD Atlético Balboa | CD Juventud Independiente | - |
| 2008 Clausura | CD Juventud Independiente | CD Atlético Balboa | CD Atlético Balboa and CD Juventud Independiente |
| 2008 Apertura | CD Atlético Marte | CD Municipal Limeño | - |
| 2009 Clausura | A.F.I. | CD Marte Soyapango | CD Atlético Marte and CD Municipal Limeño |
| 2009 Apertura | CD Once Municipal | ADI FC | - |
| 2010 Clausura | CD UES | CD Fuerte Aguilares | CD UES and CD Once Municipal |
| 2010 Apertura | CD Titán | Juventud Independiente | - |
| 2011 Clausura | Juventud Independiente | CD Once Lobos | Juventud Independiente |
| 2011 Apertura | CD Titán | Marte Soyapango | - |
| 2012 Clausura | Santa Tecla FC | Brasilia | Santa Tecla FC |
| 2012 Apertura | CSD Ciclón del Golfo | Turín FESA | - |
| 2013 Clausura | C.D. Dragon | C.S.D. Ciclón del Golfo | C.D. Dragon |
| Apertura 2013 | Pasaquina | Once Lobos | - |
| Clausura 2014 | CD Once Lobos | CD Brasilia | Pasaquina FC |
| Apertura 2014 | CD Guadalupano | CD Marte Soyapango | - |
| Clausura 2015 | Real Destroyer FC | CD El Roble | Real Destroyer FC |
| Apertura 2015 | CD Municipal Limeño | CD Fuerte San Francisco | - |
| Clausura 2016 | CD Municipal Limeño | CD Atlético Comalapa | CD Municipal Limeño |
| Apertura 2016 | Independiente FC | Turin FESA FC | - |
| Clausura 2017 | CD Audaz Apastepeque | Independiente FC | CD Audaz Apastepeque |
| Apertura 2017 | Jocoro FC | CD El Roble | - |
| Clausura 2018 | Jocoro FC | Brujos de Izalco | Jocoro FC |
| Apertura 2018 | CD El Vencedor | CD Platense | - |
| Clausura 2019 | CD San Pable Municipal | CD Platense | CD San Pable Municipal |
| Apertura 2019 | C.D. Platense | Racing Jr. | C.D. Platense |