# 1986–87 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

The 1986–87 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the 36th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. The tournament was scheduled to end in December 1986. On October 10, a 5.7 Earthquake struck San Salvador. The league postponed many games and the final round finally ended in February 1987. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams took part in the final group stage. Alianza, the best team in the final group, won the championship match against a Águila, the best regular season team.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Head coach | Captain |
| Acajutla | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Atletico Marte | TBD | Estadio Cuscutlan | | |
| Aguila | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Alianza | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Chalatenango | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| FAS | TBD | Estadio | TBD | Jose Luis Rugamas |
| Firpo | TBD | Estadio | TBD | Arnolo Quintanilla |
| Marte Soyapango | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Metapan | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Once Lobos | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| UCA | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| UES | TBD | Estadio | TBD | Mario Bonilla Pacharaca |

## Managerial changes
### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| TBD | TBD | Sacked | 1989 | | 1990 | |
| TBD | TBD | Sacked | 1989 | | 1990 | |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | C.D. Águila | 33 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 45 | Qualified to finals. Won the right to play a Championship Game if they fail to win the final round. |
| 2 | Once Lobos | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 41 | Qualified to finals. |
| 3 | Atlético Marte | 33 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 40 | Qualified to finals. |
| 4 | Alianza F.C. | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 38 | Qualified to finals. |
| 5 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 38 | Qualified to finals. |
| 6 | C.D. FAS | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 33 | |
| 7 | C.D. Chalatenango | 33 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 32 | |
| 8 | Metapán | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 30 | |
| 9 | Acajutla | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 29 | |
| 10 | UES | 33 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 28 | Relegated to Segunda Division. |
| 11 | Marte Soyapango | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 25 | Relegated to Segunda Division. |
| 12 | UCA | 33 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 21 | 65 | −44 | 17 | Relegated to Segunda Division. |

## Final round standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alianza F.C. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 10 | Qualified to championship game |
| 2 | Atlético Marte | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | |
| 3 | C.D. Águila | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Once Lobos | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 1 | |

## Final

Águila: :
| GK | 1 | Alcides Caballero |
| DF | 2 | Mario Castillo (c) |
| DF | 3 | Fredy Orellana |
| DF | 4 | Juan Carlos Carreño |
| DF | 25 | Carlos Coreas |
| MF | 8 | Ramón Maradiaga |
| MF | 6 | Eduardo Santana |
| MF | 10 | Luis Ramírez Zapata |
| MF | 12 | Dagoberto López Medrano |
| FW | 9 | Ned Barbosa |
| FW | 11 | Salvador Coreas |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 21 | Julio Herrera x López Medrano |
| Manager: |||
| Hernán Carrasco Vivanco ||||
Alianza: :
| GK | 15 | Raúl Chamagua |
| DF | 5 | Carlos Medrano |
| DF | 6 | Óscar Rodríguez |
| DF | 7 | Antonio García Prieto |
| DF | 12 | Jorge Orantes |
| MF | 11 | Hernán Sosa |
| MF | 21 | Juan Ramón Pacheco |
| MF | 22 | Carlos Reyes |
| FW | 10 | Joaquín Canales |
| FW | 16 | Julio Palacios Lozano (c) |
| FW | 20 | Rubén Alonso |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 3 | Óscar Biegler x García Prieto |
| FW | 13 | Rodolfo Alfaro x Palacios Lozano |
| Manager: |||
| Ricardo Sepúlveda ||||

## Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1. | Ruben Alonso | Alianza F.C. | TBD |
| 2 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 5. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 6. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 10. | Jose Mario Figueroa | Atletico Marte | 9 |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 1986-1987. The following players:
* have played at least one game for the respective club.
* have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace