# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2014

The Apertura 2014 season was the 33rd edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions. The league consisted 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 took part in the playoffs.

## Team information

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the Clausura 2014 and one promoted from the 2013–14 Segunda División.
Firpo were relegated to 2014–15 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team were replaced by 2013–14 Segunda División Playoffs promotion winner. Pasaquina won the Apertura 2013 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Clausura 2014 champions side Once Lobos. Pasaquina won the playoffs by the score of 2-1.

### Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2014.
* Champions: Pasaquina
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2014.
* Last Place: C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

## 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 |
| C.D. Pasaquina | Pasaquina | Estadio San Sebastián | 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 | Pedro Arieta | Daniel Messina | Joma | Mister Donut, Pepsi |
| Alianza | Lisandro Pohl | Alejandro Curbelo | Lotto | UNO, Pepsi |
| Atlético Marte | Hugo Carrillo | Guillermo Rivera | Galaxia | Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka |
| C.D. Dragon | Carlos Meza | Roberto Gamarra | Milan | Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi, Farmacia La Buena |
| FAS | Byron Rodriguez | Efrain Burgos | Galaxia | Coop-1 de R.L. |
| Isidro Metapán | Rafael Morataya | Jorge Rodriguez | Milán (Jaguar Sportic) | Grupo Bimbo, Arroz San Pedro, Holcim, Pepsi, |
| Juventud Independiente | Romeo Barillas | Juan Ramón Sánchez | Milán (Jaguar Sportic) | Ria |
| Pasaquina | Abilio Menjivar | Jorge Garcia | Jaguar Sportic | Ria, Port |
| Santa Tecla | Oscar Ortiz | Osvaldo Escudero | Milan | Rio, La Curaçao, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup |
| UES | Rufino Quesada | Willian Renderos Iraheta | 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 |
| Águila | Jairo Rios | Contract not renewed | May 2014 | Daniel Messina | 2 June 2014 | 8th (Clausura 2014) |
| Santa Tecla F.C. | Edgar Henriquez | Contract not renewed | May 2014 | Osvaldo Escudero "El Pichi" | May 2014 | 5th (Clausura 2014) |
| Dragón | Nelson Ancheta | Contract finished | 25 May 2014 | Roberto Gamarra | 28 May 2014 | 4th and runner up (Clausura 2014) |
| Pasaquina | David Ramirez | Contract finished | 28 June 2014 | Jorge Garcia | 1 July 2014 | Promoted (Segunda Division 2013-2014) |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| C.D. FAS | Efrain Burgos | Resigned (Due to Family Reasons) | September 2, 2014 | Agustín Castillo | September 4, 2014 | 7th (Apertura 2014) |
| Alianza F.C. | Alejandro Curbelo | Sacked | October 6, 2014 | Ramiro Cepeda | October 8, 2014 | 4th (Apertura 2014) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Santa Tecla (Q) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 30 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Águila (Q) | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | FAS (Q) | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 28 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán (Q) | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 28 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Juventud Independiente | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 25 | |
| 6 | Dragón | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 25 | |
| 7 | UES | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 24 | |
| 8 | Alianza | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 21 | |
| 9 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 16 | |
| 10 | Pasaquina | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 15 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALI | ATM | DRA | FAS | MET | JUV | PAS | STE | UES |
| Águila | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Alianza | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Atlético Marte | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Dragón | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| C.D. FAS | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Isidro Metapán | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Juventud Independiente | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Pasaquina | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Santa Tecla | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 |
| C.D. Universidad de El Salvador | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Nicolás Muñoz | Isidro Metapan | 10 |
| 2 | Williams Reyes | C.D. Dragón | 9 |
| 3 | Irvin Valdez | Juventud Independiente | 9 |
| 4 | Cristopher Ramírez | Atlético Marte | 9 |
| 5 | Jesus Toscanini | Alianza F.C. | 5 |
| 6 | Gilberto Baires | C.D. Águila | 4 |
| 7 | Ronaille Calheira | C.D. Águila | 4 |
| 8 | Garrick Gordon | UES | 4 |
| 9 | Cleber Lucas | C.D. Dragón | 4 |
| 10 | Gabriel Rios | UES | 4 |

## Playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Santa Tecla | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Isidro Metapán | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | 2 | Águila | 1 (2) |
| 3 | FAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Águila | 1 (2) |
| 2 | Águila | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |

### Semi-finals
#### Second leg

Águila won 1–0 on aggregate.
Isidro Metapán won 2 – 1 on aggregate.

### Final

Isidro Metapán: :
| GK | TBD | Fidel Mondragón |
| DF | TBD | Francisco Jovel Álvarez |
| DF | TBD | Milton Molina | 101' |
| DF | TBD | Jonathan Barrios |
| DF | 15 | David López |
| MF | TBD | Marvin Monterrosa |
| MF | TBD | Christian Sánchez | 48' 76' |
| MF | TBD | Narciso Orellana |
| MF | TBD | José Ramos | 15' 56' |
| FW | TBD | Héctor Ramos |
| FW | 22 | Romeo Parkes | 107' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 14 | Nicolás Muñoz | 56' |
| FW | 9 | Josué Flores | 76' |
| FW | 6 | Víctor Merino | 107' |
| Manager: |||
| Jorge Rodríguez ||||
Águila: :
| GK | 1 | Benji Villalobos |
| DF | TBD | Ibsen Castro |
| DF | TBD | Henry Romero | 94' |
| DF | TBD | Eder Arias | 55' |
| DF | TBD | Deris Umanzor |
| MF | TBD | Óscar Cerén |
| MF | TBD | Isaac Zelaya |
| MF | TBD | Álvaro Lizama | 109' |
| MF | TBD | Marlon Trejo | 81' |
| FW | TBD | Sean Fraser | 45' 62' |
| FW | TBD | Gilberto Baires |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | TBD | Ronaille Calheria Seara | 62' |
| MF | TBD | Marcelo Posadas | 81' |
| MF | TBD | Christian Bautista | 109' |
| Manager: |||
| Daniel Messina ||||
* Apertura 2014 champions
* Isidro Metapán 10th title

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.