Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2013

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season Clausura 2013
Matches played 90
Goals scored 223 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer Anel Canales (10)
Biggest home win Alianza 7-0 Once Municipal
(10 March 2013)
Biggest away win Firpo 0-3 Alianza
(23 February 2013)
Aguila 1-4 Atletico Marte
(27 February 2013)
Highest scoring Independiente 6-1 Isidro Metapan
(10 February 2013)
Alianza 7-0 Once Municipal
(10 March 2013)
Longest winning run 4 games by: FAS and Alianza
Longest unbeaten run 6 games by: FAS, Alianza, Independiente, and Isidro Metapan
Longest winless run 15 games by: UES
Longest losing run 6 games by: UES
← Apertura 2012
Apertura 2013 →

The Clausura 2013 season is the 30th edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions. The league will consist 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 at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Stadia and locations

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
Santa Tecla Santa Tecla Estadio Las Delicias 10,000
UES San Salvador Estadio Universitario UES 10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila El Salvador Julio Sosa El Salvador Victor Coreas Diadora Mister Donut, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway
Alianza El Salvador Lisandro Pohl Argentina Ramiro Cepeda Lotto Tigo, SINAI, Maseca
Atlético Marte El Salvador Hugo Carrillo Argentina Jorge Alberto García Galaxia Rosvill, Foskrol, La Curaçao, UFG, Vive
FAS El Salvador Rafael Villacorta El Salvador Carlos Recinos Mitre Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos, Continental Motor
Isidro Metapán El Salvador Rafael Morataya El Salvador Edwin Portillo Milán (Jaguar Sportic) Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro, Holan
Juventud Independiente El Salvador Romeo Barillas El Salvador Juan Ramón Sánchez Milán (Jaguar Sportic) Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador Enrique Escobar El Salvador Edgar Henriquez "Kiko" Joma Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo
Once Municipal El Salvador Argentina Juan Andres Sarulyte Milan (Jaguar Sportic) LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic), Tropigas
Santa Tecla El Salvador Oscar Ortiz El Salvador William Renderos Iraheta Galaxia Mister Donut
UES El Salvador Rufino Quesada El Salvador Jorge Abrego Galaxia Alba Petróleos

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
FAS Peru Agustin Castillo Resigned to become the national team coach 18 December 2012 El Salvador Carlos Recinos 12 December 2012 3rd (Apertura 2012)
Santa Tecla El Salvador Guillermo Rivera Resigned to become the assistant coach 18 December 2012 El Salvador William Renderos Iraheta 18 December 2012 7th (Apertura 2012)
C.D. FAS El Salvador Carlos Recinos Resigned due to problems with players January 2013 El Salvador William Osorio January 2013 N/A

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Aguila El Salvador Victor Coreas Sacked April 2013 El Salvador Omar David Sevilla April 2013 N/A

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FAS 18 11 3 4 29 16 +13 36 Qualification to playoffs
2 Luis Ángel Firpo 18 10 2 6 19 19 0 32
3 Alianza 18 8 7 3 33 15 +18 31
4 Juventud Independiente 18 8 5 5 31 20 +11 29
5 Santa Tecla 18 8 5 5 24 17 +7 29
6 Isidro Metapán 18 6 8 4 19 20 1 26
7 Atlético Marte 18 6 3 9 27 25 +2 21
8 Once Municipal 18 5 5 8 17 29 12 20
9 Águila 18 3 5 10 13 26 13 14
10 UES 18 1 5 12 11 35 24 8

Updated to games played on 14 March 2013.
Source: elgrafico.com soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ÁGU ALI ATMFASFIRMETJUVOMUSTEUES
Águila 01 14 01 02 00 22 21 11 10
Alianza 51 11 32 01 11 11 70 00 20
Atlético Marte 20 33 23 11 21 21 41 01 31
FAS 10 20 31 12 02 10 41 10 30
Luis Ángel Firpo 02 03 10 01 21 03 02 21 10
Isidro Metapán 21 11 10 11 00 10 21 11 21
Juventud Independiente 21 12 21 11 12 61 10 21 41
Once Municipal 11 00 10 21 12 10 11 10 00
Santa Tecla 10 10 21 11 21 00 12 32 40
UES 00 03 10 12 02 22 11 11 24

Updated to games played on 14 March 2013.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

  Semifinals Final
                     
1  C.D. FAS 1 1 2  
4  Juventud Independiente 2 0 2  
    1  C.D. FAS 0
  2  Firpo 3
2  Firpo 0 1 1
3  Alianza 1 0 1  

Semi-finals

First leg

12 May 2013
UTC-6
Juventud Independiente 2 1 C.D. FAS
Esnal  35'
Céren  59'
Report Águila  2'
Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla
Referee: Edenilson Ventura

12 May 2013
UTC-6
Alianza 1 0 Firpo
De Paz  24' Report
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Referee: Edenilson Ventura

Second leg

18 May 2013
UTC-6
C.D. FAS 1 0 Juventud Independiente
Águila  67' Report
Estadio Oscar Quiteño, Santa Ana

19 May 2013
UTC-6
Firpo 1 0 Alianza
C. Monteagudo  47' Report
Estadio Sergio Torres, Usulután

Finals

May 2013
UTC-6
C.D. FAS 03 Firpo
Anel Canales  7'
Medardo Max Guevara  55'
Marlon Trejo García  66'
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador
Referee: Jaime Carpio
FAS:
GK 1 El Salvador Oscar Arroyo  31'
DF 2 El Salvador Marvin González  5'
DF 3 El Salvador José Granadino Yellow cardYellow cardRed card
DF ' El Salvador Carlos Carrillo
DF ' El Salvador Ramon Flores Yellow cardYellow cardRed card
MF El Salvador Jorge Morán  71'
MF 20 El Salvador Elder Figueroa  50'
MF 16 El Salvador Gerson Mayen  69'
MF 41 El Salvador Alexander Larin  9'
FW 11 El Salvador Williams Reyes
FW 22 Argentina Alejandro Bentos  59'
Substitutes:
MF ' El Salvador Cristian Álvarez  59'
FW ' El Salvador Jonathan Águila  69'
MF 6 El Salvador Carlos Aparicio  71'
Manager:
El Salvador William Osorio
Firpo:
GK 1 El Salvador Dagoberto Portillo
DF ' El Salvador Moisés Xavier García
DF ' El Salvador Mauricio Quintanilla
DF ' El Salvador Carlos Monteagudo
DF ' El Salvador Marlon Trejo García  66'
MF ' El Salvador Dennis Alas
MF ' El Salvador Carlos Ayala  52'
MF ' El Salvador Diego José Chavarría  62'
MF ' Uruguay Martín Mederos  9'  61'
FW ' Panama Anel Canales  7'
FW ' El Salvador Medardo Max Guevara  31'  55'  73'
Substitutes:
MF ' El Salvador Jorge Sánchez  52'
MF ' El Salvador Cristian Portillo  61'
MF ' El Salvador César Vásquez  73'  74'
Manager:
Argentina Roberto Gamarra
Clausura 2013 Champions

Firpo
10th Title

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Panama Anel Canales Luis Angel Firpo 10
2 Panama Nicolas Muñoz Isidro Metapán 9
3 Dominican Republic Jonathan Faña Alianza 8
El Salvador William Reyes FAS 8
5 El Salvador Darwin Ceren Juventud Independiente 7
El Salvador Osael Romero Alianza 7
7 El Salvador Odir Flores Alianza 6
El Salvador Kevin Santamaria Santa Tecla 6
El Salvador Juan Campos Aguila 6
10 El Salvador Jonathan Águila FAS 5
El Salvador Fabricio Alfaro Santa Tecla 5
El Salvador Cesar Larios Atletico Marte 5

Updated to games played on 25 May 2013.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Assists table

Rank Player Club Assists

Goalkeepers

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
El Salvador Luis Contreras 5 8 0.63 FAS
El Salvador Miguel Montes 5 7 0.71 Alianza
El Salvador Jassir Deras 9 8 1.13 Juventud Independiente
El Salvador Dennis Salinas 7 6 1.17 Luis Angel Firpo
United StatesEl Salvador Derby Carillo 6 5 1.20 Santa Tecla
El Salvador Diego Duarte 8 6 1.33 Atlético Marte
El Salvador Benji Villalobos 12 8 1.50 Aguila
El Salvador David Aguilar 6 4 1.50 UES
El Salvador Fidel Mondragón 14 8 1.75 Isidro Metapan
El Salvador Yimmy Cuéllar 16 8 2.00 Once Municipal

Bookings

Rank Team Red card Total
1 Isidro Metapan 12 2 14
2 FAS 17 0 17
3 Alianza 15 3 18
Aguila 16 2 18
Once Municipal 16 2 18
UES 17 1 18
7 Juventud Independiente 17 3 20
8 Luis Angel Firpo 21 0 21
9 Atletico Marte 25 1 26
10 Santa Tecla 25 3 28
Total 181 17 198

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Dominican Republic Jonathan FañaAlianzaOnce Municipal07March 10, 2013

Season statistics

Scoring

Discipline

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. 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

Alianza F.C.

Atlético Marte

Juventud Independiente

  • Uruguay Juan Carlos Reyes
  • Colombia Mario Alberto Abadía

C.D. FAS

(player released mid season)

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Once Municipal

  • Brazil Danilo Oliveira
  • Brazil Carlos Regis Araujo

Santa Tecla F.C.

  • Argentina Facundo Nicolás Simioli
  • Uruguay Cristian Vaquero
  • Panama Rogelio Juarez

UES

  • None

Aggregate table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FAS 36 20 9 7 56 32 +24 69
2 Alianza 36 18 11 7 71 34 +37 65
3 Isidro Metapán 36 17 11 8 56 45 +11 62 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
4 Luis Ángel Firpo 36 17 6 13 45 43 +2 57 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
5 Santa Tecla 36 13 11 12 48 50 2 50
6 Juventud Independiente 36 12 12 12 58 54 +4 48
7 Águila 36 12 9 15 42 42 0 45
8 Atlético Marte 36 13 5 18 55 50 +5 44
9 UES 36 5 13 18 31 60 29 28
10 Once Municipal (R) 36 6 7 23 33 82 49 25 Relegation to Segunda División

Updated to games played on 14 March 2013.
Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

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