# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2013

The Apertura 2013 season is the 31st edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Firpo are 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.

## Team information

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including nine sides from the Clausura 2013 and one promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División.
Once Municipal were relegated to 2013–14 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team were replaced by 2012–13 Segunda División Playoffs promotion winner. Ciclon de Golfo won the Apertura 2012 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Clausura 2013 champions side C.D. Dragon. Dragon won the playoffs by the score of 3–1.

### Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2013.
* Champions: C.D. Dragón
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2012.
* Last Place: Once Municipal

### Controversy

Twelve players were banned for life from playing football after they were found guilty for match fixing El Salvador international match fixtures. ten of those players played their football in El Salvador, which caused the clubs affected to replace them mid season. The clubs affected from the match fixing scandals including Águila with four players banned for life (Luis Anaya, Darwin Bonilla, José Henríquez, Reynaldo Hernández), Firpo with three players banned for life(Christian Castillo, Dagoberto Portillo, Dennis Alas) and one player banned for 18 months Carlos Romeo Monteagudo, Alianza with two players banned for life (Osael Romero, Miguel Montes), FAS with two players banned for life (Miguel Granadino, Ramón Flores), Metapan with one player banned for life Alfredo Pacheco and one player banned for six month Eliseo Quintanilla, and Santa Tecla F.C. with one player banned for life Marvin González .

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Águila | San Miguel | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| Alianza | San Salvador | Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González | 32,000 |
| Atlético Marte | San Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| C.D. Dragon | San Miguel | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Julio Sosa | Vladan Vićević | Diadora | Mister Donut, Pepsi |
| Alianza | Lisandro Pohl | Miloš Miljanić | Lotto | SINAI, Pepsi |
| Atlético Marte | Hugo Carrillo | Guillermo Rivera | Galaxia | Rosvill, Foskrol, La Curaçao, UFG, Vive |
| C.D. Dragon | Carlos Meza | José Mario Martínez | Milan | Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro |
| FAS | Rafael Villacorta | Jaime de la Pava | Mitre | Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos, Continental Motor |
| Isidro Metapán | Rafael Morataya | Jorge Rodriguez | Milán (Jaguar Sportic) | Grupo Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim |
| Juventud Independiente | Romeo Barillas | Juan Ramón Sánchez | Milán (Jaguar Sportic) | Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | Enrique Escobar | Roberto Gamarra | Joma | Pilsener, Diana, Burger King |
| Santa Tecla | Oscar Ortiz | William Renderos Iraheta | Milan | La Curaco, Rio, Pollo |
| UES | Rufino Quesada | Carlos Antonio Meléndez | Milan | Alba Petróleos, Gatorade |

## 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 |
| Aguila | Victor Coreas | Sacked | April 2013 | Vladan Vićević | June 2013 | 10th (Clausura 2013) |
| Alianza | Ramiro Cepeda | Resigned | May 2013 | Miloš Miljanić | May 2013 | 3rd (Clausura 2013) |
| Atletico Marte | Jorge Garcia | contract expired and not renewed | May 2013 | Guillermo Rivera | May 2013 | 7th (Clausura 2013) |
| C.D. FAS | William Osorio | contract expired and not renewed | May 2013 | Jaime de la Pava | June 2013 | 2nd (Clausura 2013) |
| UES | Carlos Antonio Melendez | Resigned (due to late player payments) | July 2013 | Jorge Garcia | July 2013 | 10th (Clausura 2013) |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Dragón | José Mario Martínez | Sacked | 26 August 2013 | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | August 2013 | 10th (Apertura 2013) |
| Águila | Vladan Vićević | Sacked | 6 September 2013 | Raúl Martínez Sambulá | September 2013 | 8th (Apertura 2013) |
| Santa Tecla F.C. | William Renderos Iraheta | Resigned | 21 September 2013 | Edgar Henriquez "Kiko" | September 2013 | 9th (Apertura 2013) |
| Firpo | Roberto Gamarra | Mutual consent | 23 September 2013 | Ramiro Cepeda | September 2013 | 8th (Apertura 2013) |
| Alianza | Miloš Miljanić | Resigned | 28 October 2013 | Juan Andrés Sarulyte | 28 October 2013 | 2nd (Apertura 2013) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlético Marte (Q) | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 35 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Juventud Independiente (Q) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 30 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | FAS (Q) | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 28 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán (Q) | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 26 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Alianza | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 26 | |
| 6 | Dragón | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 22 | |
| 7 | UES | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Santa Tecla | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 19 | |
| 9 | Águila | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 17 | |
| 10 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 15 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALI | ATM | DRA | FAS | FIR | MET | JUV | STE | UES |
| Águila | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Alianza | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Marte | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Dragón | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| C.D. FAS | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Isidro Metapán | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| Juventud Independiente | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–4 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Santa Tecla | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–6 | | 2–0 |
| C.D. Universidad de El Salvador | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Juventud Independiente | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 3 | FAS | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 3 | FAS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | FAS | 0 |
| | | | | | 4 | Isidro Metapán | 1 |
| 1 | Atlético Marte | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Isidro Metapán | 1 |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |

### Final

FAS: :
| GK | 1 | Luis Contreras |
| DF | 20 | Alexander Méndoza | 50' |
| DF | 2 | Dony Valle | 88' |
| DF | 22 | Carlos Carrillo | 92' |
| DF | 31 | Bryan Tamacas |
| MF | 21 | Edwin Miranda | 89' |
| MF | 5 | Néstor Renderos |
| MF | 13 | Juan Carlos Moscoso |
| FW | 9 | Alejandro Bentos | 71' |
| FW | 24 | Jefferson Viveros |
| FW | 11 | Williams Reyes |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 19 | Gerson Mayen | 71' |
| MF | 17 | Edwin Sánchez | 89' 93' |
| Manager: |||
| Jaime de la Pava ||||
Isidro Metapán: :
| GK | 1 | Henry Hernández |
| DF | 2 | Milton Molina |
| DF | 3 | Francisco Álvarez |
| DF | 21 | Jonathan Barrios |
| DF | 12 | Julio Cerritos |
| MF | 20 | Héctor Mejía |
| MF | 14 | Andrés Flores | 84' |
| MF | 42 | Diego Peraza | 62' |
| MF | 7 | Marvin Monterrosa | 62' 88' |
| FW | 26 | Héctor Ramos |
| FW | 22 | Nicolás Muñoz |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 22 | Victor Merino | 62' |
| DF | 8 | Luis Perla | 88' |
| Manager: |||
| Jorge Rodríguez ||||
* Apertura 2013 champions
* Isidro Metapán 8th title

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Jesús Toscanini | Juventud Independiente | 13 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Mazzia | Atlético Marte | 13 |
| 3 | Rommel Mejía | Dragón | 8 |
| 4 | Williams Reyes | FAS | 8 |
| 5 | David Rugamas | Juventud Independiente | 8 |
| 6 | Nicolás Muñoz | Isidro Metapán | 7 |
| 7 | Sean Fraser | Alianza | 7 |
| 8 | Christian Vaquero | Santa Tecla | 7 |
| 9 | Alexander Larín | FAS | 6 |
| 10 | Hector Ramos | Isidro Metapan | 6 |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. 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
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.