Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
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| Primera División de Fútbol Profesional |
|---|
 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño Apertura 2008 |
| Founded |
| 1950 |
| Nation |
 El Salvador |
| Promotion to |
| Primera División de Fútbol Profesional |
| Number of Teams |
| 24 |
| Current Champions (2007 Apetura) |
| C.D. Atletico Balboa |
| Website |
| http://216.75.63.183/?cat=11 |
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 Profesional; nevertheless, The champions gain automatic promotion while the second place side has qualifly through a two leg playoff with the that finshes second last. The bottom team get relegated.
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[edit] History
The Salvadoran Federation of Soccer 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 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional.
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,C.D. Marte Soyapango,Caterpillar de San Salvador,Picapiedra del Plan de la Laguna, Antiguo Cuscatlán ,Dragón, 11 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 (36 teams altogether).
In 1986 the Legislative Assembly emitted a decree in the Reforms to the Law of Soccer and the Category of Ascent in which it stated that only 24 teams would be allowed in the Segunda División splitted into two groups.
[edit] President
| Name |
|---|
| Mauro Alfredo Bernal Silva |
| Mauricio Villalta |
| Haron Marcheli |
| Gerardo Sosa Ramos |
| Américo Pérez Posadas |
| Salvador de Leon |
| Vincent Vasquez |
[edit] Teams for the 2007 - 2008 Season
The league currently consists of the following 24 teams:
[edit] Group A
- Atlético Marte
- A.D. Municipal
- Arcense
- C.D. Curazao
- Estadiantes F.C.
- Fuerte Aguilares
- J. Independiente
- C.D. Marte Soyapango
- Once Lobos
- Santa Tecla F.C.
- C.D. Sonsonate
- C.D. Vendaval
[edit] Group B
- Asociación de Futbolistas de Ilobasco
- ADI F.C.
- Aspirante
- C.D. Atletico Balboa
- C.D. Atletico Chaparratique
- Fuerte San Francisco
- C.D. Liberal
- Liberal I.R.
- C.D. Municipal Limeño
- C.D. Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca
- C.D. Tehuacan
- Topiltzín
