# 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

The 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 18th season and 35th and 36th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Alianza and Dragón were the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura, respectively. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top 8 teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.
The champions of Apertura or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2017 CONCACAF League. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF League. Should the final of both tournaments features the same 2 teams, the semifinalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.

## Team information

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División.
C.D. Atlético Marte were relegated to 2016–17 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team was replaced by the 2015–16 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. C.D. Municipal Limeño won the Apertura 2015 and Clausura 2016 title, meaning there was no need for a promotion playoff and were promoted automatically.

### Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2016.
* Champions: C.D. Municipal Limeño
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June, 2016.
* Last Place: Atlético Marte

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Águila | San Miguel | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| Alianza | San Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlán | 53,400 |
| Chalatenango | Chalatenango | Estadio José Gregorio Martínez | 15,000 |
| Dragón | San Miguel | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| FAS | Santa Ana | Estadio Óscar Quiteño | 15,000 |
| Firpo | Usulután | Estadio Sergio Torres | 5,000 |
| Isidro Metapán | Metapán | Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez | 8,000 |
| Limeño | Santa Rosa de Lima | Estadio Jose Ramon Flores | 5,000 |
| Pasaquina | Pasaquina | Estadio San Sebastián | 5,000 |
| Santa Tecla © | Santa Tecla | Estadio Las Delicias | 10,000 |
| Sonsonate | Sonsonate | Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos | 8,000 |
| UES ⓓ | San Salvador | Estadio Universitario UES | 32,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Águila | Pedro Arieta | Edgardo Malvestiti | Joma | Tigo, Canal 4, Pollo Campesto |
| Alianza | Lisandro Pohl | Jorge Rodríguez | Lotto | Canal 4, Mister Donut, Tigo, Gatorade, Veca airlines, Brahva |
| Chalatenango | Francisco Peraza | Carlos Mijangos | Milán | Ferreteria Lemus, Alcaldía Municipal de Chalatenango, Canal 4, Agua Fria,Galletas Choco Risas, Funerales la Nueva Proteccion |
| Dragón | Roberto Pérez | Henry Vanegas | Milán | Canal 4, L.A. Pizza, credito segguro 4orro |
| FAS | Guillermo Morán | Osvaldo Escudero | Milán | Coop-1 de R.L., Pilsener, Tigo, Canal 4 |
| Firpo | Raúl Galo | Ramón Sánchez | Galaxia | Dial Fm, Pilsener |
| Isidro Metapán | Rafael Morataya | Edwin Portillo | Milán | Arroz San Pedro, Gumarsal, Don Frijol, Canal 4, Sistema Porcredita |
| Limeño | Rómulo Gómez | Hugo Ovelar | Galaxia | Innova S Sport, Panama Electronic, Royal, Fanny |
| Pasaquina | Óscar Ramírez | Omar Sevilla | Milán | Canal 4, Tigo, Tienda Libre, Farmacias Brasil, ZZpita |
| Sonsonate | Pedro Contreras | Garabet Avedissian | Rush Atletic wear | ProACES, Caja de Crédito de Sonsonate, Alcadia Municipal Sonsonate, Canal 4, Leche salud, Ferreteria Santa Sofia, Coop-1 |
| Santa Tecla | José Vidal Hernández | Ernesto Corti | Milán | Powerade, DLC, Canal 21, Plaza Merliot, Pollo Indio, Petrox, Claro, Dizucar, Bolívar, Toledo, The Moustache |
| UES | Rufino Quezada | Edgar Henríquez | Galaxia | |

## 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 |
| Sonsonate | Mario Elias Guevara | Interim finished | 2016 | Agustín Castillo | 2016 | 7th (Clausura 2015) |
| FAS | Roberto Gamarra | Resigned | 2016 | Osvaldo Escudero | 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| Chalatenango | Ricardo Serrano | Contract not extended | 2016 | Rubén Alonso | 2016 | 8th (Clausura 2016) |
| Santa Tecla | Osvaldo Escudero | Resigned, hired as FAS coach | 2016 | Ernesto Corti | June 2016 | 1st (Clausura 2016) |
| Águila | Juan Ramón Sánchez | Sacked | June 2016 | Edgardo Malvestiti | June 2016 | 1st (Clausura 2016) |
| Municipal Limeño | Carlos Romero | Mutual consent | July 2016 | Mauricio Alfaro | July 2016 | Newly promoted |

### During the Apertura season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Alianza | Daniel Fernández | Resigned | August 2016 | Milton Meléndez | August 2016 | 11th (Apertura 2015) |
| Firpo | José Mario Martínez | Sacked | September 2016 | Juan Ramón Sánchez | September 2016 | 11th (Apertura 2015) |
| Dragón | Omar Sevilla | Resigned | September 2016 | Nelson Ancheta | September 2016 | 12th (Apertura 2015) |
| Chalatenango | Rubén Alonso | Resigned | October 2016 | Geovanni Portillo | October 2016 | 11th (Apertura 2015) |
| UES | Edgar Henríquez | Resigned | October 2016 | Horacio Reyes | October 2016 | 12th (Apertura 2015) |
| UES | Horacio Reyes | Interim Finished | October 2016 | Efraín Burgos | October 2016 | 12th (Apertura 2015) |
| Municipal Limeño | Mauricio Alfaro | Resigned (due to family issues) | November 2016 | Francisco Robles | November 2016 | 9th (Apertura 2015) |
| Águila | Edgardo Malvestiti | Sacked | November 2016 | Darío Larrosa | November 2016 | 1st (Apertura 2015) |

### Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Pasaquina | Hugo Ovelar | Resigned | December 2016 | Omar Sevilla | December 2016 | 8th (Apertura 2016) |
| Isidro Metapán | Jorge Rodríguez | Mutual Consent | December 2016 | Roberto Gamarra | December 2016 | 6th (Apertura 2016) |
| Chalatenango | Geovanni Portillo | Moved back to assistant coach | December 2016 | Carlos Alberto Mijangos | December 2016 | th (Apertura 2016) |
| Alianza | Milton Meléndez | Moved back to sports director | December 2016 | Jorge Rodriguez | December 2016 | 4th and runners up (Apertura 2016) |
| Águila | Darío Larrosa | Moved back to sports director | December 2016 | Jorge Daniel Casanova | December 2016 | 2nd and semi finalist (Apertura 2016) |

### During the Clausura season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| C.D. Chalatenango | Carlos Alberto Mijangos | Resigned, moved to become a sports director | February 2017 | William Renderos Iraheta | February 2017 | 10th (Clausura 2016) |
| Limeño | Francisco Robles | Sacked | February 2017 | Hugo Ovelar | February 2017 | 9th (Clausura 2016) |
| Dragón | Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | Sacked | February 2017 | Victor Coreas | March 2017 | 12th (Clausura 2016) |
| Sonsonate | Agustín Castillo | Sacked | February 2017 | Ernesto Góchez Interim | February 2017 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| FAS | Osvaldo Escudero | Resigned | February 2017 | Emiliano Pedrozo | February 2017 | 10th (Clausura 2016) |
| Sonsonate | Ernesto Góchez Interim | Interim Finished | March 2017 | Eraldo Correia | March 2017 | th (Clausura 2016) |
| Dragón | Victor Coreas | Resigned due to player pays | March 2017 | Henry Vanegas | March 2017 | 11th (Clausura 2016) |
| C.D. Chalatenango | William Renderos Iraheta | Resigned, moved to become Fitness coach | March 2017 | Carlos Alberto Mijangos | March 2017 | 10th (Clausura 2016) |

## Apertura 2016
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sonsonate | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 40 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Águila | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 39 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Santa Tecla (C) | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 38 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alianza | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 36 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Municipal Limeno | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 34 | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Isidro Metapán | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 33 | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | FAS | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 31 | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Pasaquina | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 29 | Quarterfinals |
| 9 | Firpo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Chalatenango | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 23 | |
| 11 | Dragón | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 14 | |
| 12 | UES | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 12 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALI | CHA | DRA | FAS | FIR | MET | LIM | PAS | STE | SON | UES |
| Águila | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 |
| Alianza | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Chalatenango | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Dragón | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| C.D. FAS | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Firpo | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Isidro Metapán | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Limeño | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Pasaquina | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Santa Tecla | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Sonsonate | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| C.D. Universidad de El Salvador | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |

#### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES, 21 minutes (July 29, 2016)
* First goal by a foreign player: Guillermo Stradella for C.D. FAS against UES, 21 minutes (July 29, 2016)
* Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes
** Eder Arias for C.D. Chalatenango against Metapán (August 16, 2016)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+1 minutes
** Jonathan Águila for C.D. FAS against UES (July 29, 2016)
* First penalty Kick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD, 89 minutes (August 3, 2016)
* Widest winning margin: 4 goals
** Alianza F.C. 4–0 C.D. Chalatenango (, 2016)
** Águila 5-1 UES (, 2016)
* First hat-trick of the season: Ricardo Brown for Metapán against C.D. Pasaquina (September 28, 2016)
* First own goal of the season: Kevin Carabantes (C.D. Chalatenango) for A.D. Isidro Metapán (August 16, 2016)
* Most goals in a match: 7 goals
** C.D. Chalatenango 3–4 C.D. Dragón (September 28, 2016)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
** Águila 5-1 UES (, 2016)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
** TBD 5–2(1–2) TBD (2nd half, September 30, 2016)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
** C.D. Chalatenango 3–4 C.D. Dragón (September 28, 2016)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
** Ricardo Brown for Metapán against C.D. Pasaquina (September 17, 2016)
** Gustavo Guerreño for Pasaquina against C.D. Universidad de El Salvador (September 2016)
** Williams Reyes for Firpo against C.D. Pasaquina (October 9, 2016)
** Sebastián Abreu for Santa Tecla F.C. against C.D. Águila (December 7, 2016)

#### Club

* Most clean sheets: C.D. Águila
** 11
* Fewest clean sheets: UES
** 1
* Best Home record during the Apertura season: Sonsonate
** 23 out of 33 points (7 wins, 2 draws, and 2 loss)
* Worst Home record during the Apertura season: Dragón and UES
** 6 out of 33 points (1 win, 3 draws, and 7 losses)
* Best Away record during the Apertura season: Águila
** 20 out of 33 points (5 wins, 5 draws, and 1 losses)
* Worst Away record during the Apertura season: UES
** 6 out of 33 points (1 win, 3 draws, and 7 losses)
* Highest scoring team: Alianza
** 45 goals
* Lowest scoring team: UES
** 48 goals

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Jefferson Viveros | Limeño | 13 |
| 2 | Rodrigo Cubilla | Chalatenango | 11 |
| 3 | David Díaz | UES | 10 |
| 3 | Oscar Guerrero | Alianza | 10 |
| 4 | Gustavo Guerreño | Pasaquina | 9 |
| 5 | Sebastián Abreu | Santa Tecla | 8 |
| 5 | Mckauley Tulloch | UES | 8 |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Portillo | Alianza | 7 |
| 9 | Ricardo Brown | Isidro Metapán | 8 |
| 9 | Marlón Cornejo | Santa Tecla | 6 |

### Top assists

| Rank | Player | Nation | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Yuvini Salamanca | SLV | Limeño | 13 |
| 2 | Óscar Cerén | SLV | Alianza | 8 |

### Individual awards

| Hombre GOL | Best Coach Award | Best Goalkeeper Award | Fair Player Award | Rookie Player Award |
| Jefferson Viveros Limeño | Agustín Castillo Sonsonate | Benji Villalobos Águila | Óscar Cerén Alianza | Josué Santos FAS |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 6 | Isidro Metapán | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Santa Tecla | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Santa Tecla | 2 | 1 | 3 | TBD | Santa Tecla | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | TBD | Águila | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| 7 | FAS | 1 | 0 | 1 | TBD | Águila | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Águila | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Águila | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | TBD | Santa Tecla | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | TBD | Alianza F.C. | 2 |
| 5 | Limeno | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | TBD | Alianza F.C. | 2 |
| 4 | Alianza | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Alianza | 2 | 0 | 2 | TBD | Alianza F.C. | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | TBD | C.D. Sonsonate | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 8 | Pasaquina | 2 | 0 | 2 | TBD | C.D. Sonsonate | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 1 | C.D. Sonsonate | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pasaquina | 2–2 (s) | Sonsonate | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| FAS | 1–3 | Águila | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Isidro Metapán | 2–3 | Santa Tecla | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Alianza | 2–2 (s) | Limeño | 1–2 | 0–1 |
* $^†$ Order of legs reversed.

##### Second leg

2–2. Sonsonate advanced as the higher seeded team.
Águila won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2. Alianza advanced as the higher seeded team.
Santa Tecla won 3–2 on aggregate.

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sonsonate | 0–0 | Alianza | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Águila | 3–4 | Santa Tecla | 4–1 | 2–0 |

##### Second leg

Alianza won 4–0 on aggregate.
Santa Tecla won 4–3 on aggregate.

#### Final

Alianza F.C. :
| GK | 25 | Óscar Arroyo |
| DF | 5 | Andrés Flores Jaco |
| DF | 6 | Mario Jacobo |
| DF | 4 | Fabricio Silva |
| DF | 15 | Danny Torres |
| MF | 7 | Rudy Valencia | 60' |
| MF | 8 | Óscar Cerén |
| MF | 42 | Alexander Larín 49' |
| MF | 11 | Juan Carlos Portillo | 37' | 60' |
| MF | 3 | Herbert Sosa | 76' |
| FW | 22 | Rodolfo Zelaya 55' |
| Substitutes: |||||
| FW | 9 | Rodrigo Rivera | 77' | 60' |
| FW | 10 | Oscar Guerrero | 76' |
| Manager: |||||
| Milton Meléndez |||||
Santa Tecla F.C. :
| GK | 1 | Joel Almeida |
| DF | 3 | Bryan Tamacas |
| DF | 12 | Roberto Domínguez |
| DF | 26 | Ivan Mancia |
| DF | 6 | Juan Barahona | 48' |
| MF | 7 | Kevin Ayala |
| MF | 5 | Diego Chavarría | 76' |
| MF | 8 | Gerson Mayen | 47' 47' |
| MF | 57 | Marlón Cornejo | 38' |
| FW | 9 | William Maldonado | 59' |
| FW | 15 | Sebastián Abreu | 47' 78' 91' |
| Substitutes: |||||
| FW | 11 | Léster Blanco | | 59' |
| MF | 25 | Sergio Souza | | 76' |
| Manager: |||||
| Ernesto Corti |||||
* Apertura 2016 champions
* Santa Tecla 2nd title

## Clausura 2017
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alianza | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 44 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Águila | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 37 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Santa Tecla | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 34 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 34 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Firpo | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 31 | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | FAS | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 31 | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Municipal Limeno | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 27 | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | Pasaquina | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 26 | Quarterfinals |
| 9 | UES | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 26 | |
| 10 | Dragón | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 25 | |
| 11 | Sonsonate | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 21 | |
| 12 | Chalatenango | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 20 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALI | CHA | DRA | FAS | FIR | MET | LIM | PAS | STE | SON | UES |
| Águila | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Alianza | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Chalatenango | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dragón | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| C.D. FAS | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Firpo | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Isidro Metapán | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Limeño | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Pasaquina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Santa Tecla | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sonsonate | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | | 0–1 |
| C.D. Universidad de El Salvador | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |

#### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Erick Villalobos for C.D. Pasaquina against Alianza, 35 minutes (January 14, 2017)
* First goal by a foreign player: Darío Ferreira for Alianza F.C. against Pasaquina, 57 minutes (January 14, 2017)
* Fastest goal in a match: 1 minutes
** Miguel Lemus for Firpo against C.D. Municipal Limeno (2017)
* Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+1 minutes
** TBD for TBD against TBD (2017)
* First penalty Kick of the season: Danilo Peinado for C.D. Águila against Firpo, 81 minutes (15 January 2017)
* Widest winning margin: 3 goals
** C.D. Aguila 5-2 Firpo (15 January 2017)
* First hat-trick of the season: ** Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against Dragon (2 April 2017)
* First own goal of the season: Bladimir Osorio (C.D. Dragon) for UES ( 2017)
* Most goals in a match: 7 goals
** C.D. Águila 5-2 Firpo (15 January 2017)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
** C.D. Águila 5-2 Firpo (15 January 2017)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 3 goals
** C.D. Águila 3–0 (5–2) Firpo (1st half, 2017)
* Most goals scored by losing team: TBD goals
** TBD 3–4 TBD ( 2017)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
** Rodolfo Zelaya for Alianza against Dragon (2 April 2017)
** Oscar Movil for Limeno against TBD ( April, 2017)

### Individual awards

| Hombre GOL | Best Coach Award | Best Goalkeeper Award | Fair Player Award | Rookie Player Award |
| Javier Lezcano Pasaquina | Jorge Rodriguez Alianza | Benji Villalobos Águila | Wilma Torres Firpo | Gerardo Guirola Isidro Metapan |

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 6 | FAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Santa Tecla | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Santa Tecla | 0 | 1 | 1 | TBD | Santa Tecla | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | TBD | Águila | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Limeno | 1 | 0 | 1 | TBD | Águila | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Águila | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Águila | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | TBD | Santa Tecla | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | TBD | Alianza | 0 |
| 5 | Firpo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | TBD | Alianza | 0 |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 1 | 1 | 2 | TBD | Isidro Metapán | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | TBD | Alianza | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 8 | Pasaquina | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD | Alianza | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 1 | Alianza F.C. | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pasaquina | 0-4 | Alianza | 0-1 | 3–0 |
| Limeño | 3–3 (s) | Águila | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| FAS | 0–1 | Santa Tecla | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Firpo | 2–2 (s) | Isidro Metapán | 2–1 | 1-0 |
* $^†$ Order of legs reversed.

##### Second leg

Alianza won 4–0 on aggregate.
3–3. Aguila advanced as the higher seeded team.
Santa Tecla won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2. Isidro Metapan advanced as the higher seeded team.

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Alianza | 2–0 | Isidro Metapan | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Águila | 2–5 | Santa Tecla | 2–0 | 2–3 |

##### Second leg

Alianza won 2–0 on aggregate.
Santa Tecla won 5–2 on aggregate.

#### Final

Santa Tecla F.C. :
| GK | 1 | Joel Almeida |
| DF | 3 | Bryan Tamacas |
| DF | 26 | Ivan Mancia | 15' |
| DF | 12 | Roberto Domínguez | 33' |
| DF | 6 | Juan Barahona | 44' |
| MF | 7 | Marlón Cornejo | 36' 85' |
| MF | 5 | Kevin Ayala | 46' 79' |
| MF | 8 | Aldair Rivera |
| MF | 57 | Gilberto Baires | 86' |
| FW | 9 | Gerson Mayen | 46' |
| FW | 15 | Ricardinho | 70' |
| Substitutes: |||||
| MF | 25 | Carlos Bueno | | 90' 70' |
| MF | 25 | William Canales | | 83' 79' |
| FW | 11 | Diego Chavarría | | 86' |
| Manager: |||||
| Ernesto Corti |||||
Alianza F.C. :
| GK | 25 | Óscar Arroyo | 46' |
| DF | 5 | Andrés Flores Jaco | 65' |
| DF | 6 | Mario Jacobo |
| DF | 4 | Dario Ferreira | 91 |
| DF | 15 | Danny Torres |
| MF | 7 | Alexander Larín |
| MF | 8 | Óscar Cerén | 46' | 61' |
| MF | 42 | Rudy Valencia |
| MF | 11 | Rodrigo Rivera | 46' |
| MF | 3 | Luis Hinestroza | 76' |
| FW | 22 | Rodolfo Zelaya | 91 |
| Substitutes: |||||
| FW | 9 | Herbert Sosa | 46' |
| FW | 10 | Juan Carlos Portillo | 76' |
| FW | 10 | Gustavo Guerreno | 76' |
| Manager: |||||
| Jorge Rodriguez |||||
* Clausura 2017 champions
* Santa Tecla 3rd title

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2016–17 season. 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
A new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player/s is released and its before the close of the season transfer window.
(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alianza | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 83 | 48 | +35 | 80 | CONCACAF League |
| 2 | Águila | 44 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 76 | CONCACAF League |
| 3 | Santa Tecla | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 72 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 67 | |
| 5 | FAS | 44 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 62 | |
| 6 | Sonsonate | 44 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 61 | |
| 7 | Municipal Limeno | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 61 | |
| 8 | Firpo | 44 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 59 | |
| 9 | Pasaquina | 44 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 55 | |
| 10 | Chalatenango | 44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 75 | −22 | 43 | |
| 11 | Dragón | 44 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 39 | |
| 12 | UES | 44 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 54 | 80 | −26 | 38 | Segunda División |
* ↑ As Apertura and Clausura runners-up
* ↑ As non-finalists with best aggregate
* ↑ As Apertura and Clausura champions