# 1974–75 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

The 1974–75 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. The tournament began on 17 March 1974 and finished on 29 December 1974. Platense secured the club first Primera División title after defeating Negocios Internacionales in three-game series; they became the second club to win the first division in their very first appearance .

## Team information
### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Águila | TBD | Juan Francisco Barraza | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Alianza | TBD | Néstor Valdez Moraga | Salvador Mariona | Nil | Nil |
| Atlético Marte | TBD | Isaías Choto | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| FAS | TBD | Max “Katan” Cubas & Mauricio Mora | TBD | Nil | Nil |
| Luis Angel Firpo | TBD | Jorge Tupinambá | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Municipal Limeno | TBD | Luis “Chispo” Santana | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Negocios Internacionales | TBD | Gregorio Bundio | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Platense | TBD | Juan Quarterone | Edgar Cabrera | TBD | TBD |
| Sonsonate | TBD | Mario “Tiorra” Castro | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Universidad | TBD | Mauricio Pipo Rodriguez | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Notable events
### NEIN purchased spot of Juventud Olimpica

On 2 March, 1974 The directors of Juventud Olimpica sold their spot in the primera division to C.D. Negocios Internacionels

### Notable death from January 1974 season and January 1975 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2022 and middle of 2023.
* Vidal Coreas Merino (Current Platense player, passed away due to car accident)

## Managerial changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Platense | Jorge Tupinambá | Mutual Consent | January 1974 | Juan Quarterone | February 1974 | |
| LA Firpo | Luis ‘Chispo’ Santana | Resigned | February 1974 | Jorge Tupinambá | March 13, 1974 | |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Aguila | Juan Francisco Barraza | Resigned | 1974 | Hernán Carrasco Vivanco | 1974 |
| FAS | Max Katan Cubas | Sacked | 1974 | Carlos Javier Mascaró | 1974 |
| LA Firpo | Jorge Tupinambá | Sacked | 1974 | Marcelo Estrada | 1974 |
| Sonsonate | Mario “Tiorra” Castro | Sacked | 1974 | Jorge Tupinambá | 1974 |
| LA Firpo | Marcelo Estrada | Sacked | 1974 | Fermin Aguilar | December 1974 |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alianza F.C. | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 48 | Champion |
| 2 | C.D. Aguila | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 43 | |
| 3 | Once Municipal | 36 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 40 | |
| 4 | Atletico Marte | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 40 | |
| 5 | C.D. FAS | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 38 | |
| 6 | UES | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 38 | |
| 7 | Juventud Olimpico | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 34 | |
| 8 | ADLER | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 31 | |
| 9 | Sonsonate | 26 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 20 | |
| 10 | Atlante San Alejo | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 38 | 95 | −57 | 18 | Relegated to the Liga B |

## Playoffs
### Final

* 1974-1975
* Platense 1st title

## Records
### Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1. | Sergio Méndez | Atletico Marte | 27 |
| 2. | David Cabrera | FAS | 20 |
| 3. | Oscar Guerrero (Lotario) | Platense | 14 |
| 4. | Nelson Brizuela | Municipal Limeno | 14 |
| 5. | Guillermo Fischer | Sonsonate | 14 |
| 6. | Helio Rodriguez | Aguila | 14 |
| 7. | David Antonio Pinho | Aguila | 14 |
| 8. | Jose Edgardo Contreras | Sonsonate | 13 |
| 9. | Tony Rojas | UES | 13 |
| 10. | Rafael Bucaro | Platense | 12 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Herbert Machón for Alianza against Platense, 27 minutes (March 17, 1974)
* First goal by a foreign player: Tony Rojas for UES against Aguila, 66th minutes (March 20, 1974)
* Fastest goal in a match: 1 Minutes
** Luis César Condomí for Platense against Negocios Internacionales (December 22,1974)
* Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 90+7 minutes
** Ismael “Cisco” Díaz goal for Aguila against Atletico Marte, (May 5, 1974)
* First penalty Kick of the season: Jorge “Indio” Vásquez for Atletico Marte against FAS, th minutes (March 17, 1974)
* Widest winning margin: 6 goals
** Platense 5–0 Negocios Internacionales (November 17, 1974)
* First hat-trick of the season: Eduardo “Conejo” Valdez for FAS against Alianza (October 15, 1974)
* First own goal of the season: Salvador Mariona (Alianza) for FAS (July 31, 1974)
* Most goals in a match: 7 goals
** Aguila 3-4 Sonsonate (September 29, 1974)
** Negocios Internacionales 5-2 Sonsonate (October 27, 1974)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
** Platense 5–0 Negocios Internacionales (November 17, 1974)
** Negocios Internacionales 5-2 Sonsonate (October 27, 1974)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
** Negocios Internacionales 4-0 (5-2) Sonsonate (1st half, October 27, 1974)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
** Aguila 3-4 Sonsonate (September 29, 1974)
** LA Firpo 3–4 Sonsonate (November 3, 1974)
** Municipal Limeno 3–4 Aguila (November 3, 1974)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
** Sergio Méndez for Atletico Marte against Municipal Limeno (October 27, 1974)
* Players that scored a hat-trick':
** Eduardo “Conejo” Valdez for FAS against Alianza (October 15, 1974)
** Sergio Méndez for Atletico Marte against Municipal Limeno (October 27, 1974)

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 1974-75 Campeonato. The following players:
* have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
* have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace