# 2024–25 Primera División de El Salvador

The 2024–25 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 26th season and 50th and 51st Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Aguila and Alianza are the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournament respectively. The league will consist of 11 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 20 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top six teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.
The champions of Apertura and Clausura will qualify for the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the third team to qualify is the team with better aggregate record. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation

A total of 11 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2023–24 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2023–24 Segunda División.
Cacahuatique was promoted to the Primera División on July 1, 2024, after defeating Titan in a playoff match by a score of 4-3 in penalties, after the team were tied 1-1 after 120 minutes.
Santa Tecla was relegated to the 2024–25 Segunda División.
Jocoro withdrew from the league.

## Notable events
### Changes for 2024-2025 Season

On the 13th of June, 2024 The President of the Primera Division Samuel Gálvez announced changes for the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 included the final being played over two legs instead just one game, the finals will be held at the finalist stadiums. The four foreign players quota will remain. One reserve or under 17 player must be played for 90 minutes per game.

### Jocoro sold spot in primera division to Titan

It was announced on July 13, 2024 that Titan had made agreement with Jocoro to acquire their spot in the Primera division.

### Primera division denys Joroco selling of spot, Only 11 teams will participate

FESFUT announced with Jocoro failure to meet the requirement to register in the Primera Division, they would lose their spot and therefore could sell their spot to Titan. Despite protest and pleas from Titan board to be allowed to take the spot and give a slight extension to the club for meet the requirement, on June 18, 2024 FESFUT President Humberto Sáenz Marinero announced the league will proceed with only 11 teams.

### FESFUT denied double legged final

On 29 September, it was announced by FESFUT that they had denied primera division decision to have two legged grand final, the grand final will remain one legged final

### Announcement no team will be relegated 2024–2025 season

On 24 October, 2024 it was announced by the primera division that no team will be relegated for the 2024–2025, after Jocoro FC license being suspended, and only 11 teams participating in the league, the league stated that one team will be promoted to make it even 12 teams again and no team will be relegated

### Grand Final to be played at Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González

On December 3, 2024 It was announced that the final will be playing in the Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González for the first time since 2004.

### Notable death from Apertura 2024 season and 2025 Clausura season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2024 and middle of 2025.
* Manuel Ayala (ex Luis Angel Firpo player)
* Joel Estrada (ex FAS player)
* Jose Leandro Linares (ex FAS and Gatos de Monterrey player)
* Juan Ramon Martinez (ex Aguila, Atletico Marte, Juventud Olimpica and Once Municipal player)
* Eder Renderos (ex Luis Angel Firpo, UES and Audaz player)
* Julio Leiva (Guatemalan ex Aguila player)
* Amadeo Machado (ex Aguila and Luis Angel Firpo player)
* Domingo Albil (Argentinian ex FAS, Alianza and Sonsonate player)
* Héctor Alcides Piccioni (Argentinian ex FAS player)
* Luis Ernesto Tapia (Panamanian ex Alianza, Atletico Marte, UES and Juventud Olimpica player)
* Gerson Menjívar (ex Atletico Marte player)
* Óscar "Chino" Portillo (ex Dragon Player)
* Amilcar Humana (ex Aguila and Dragon Player)
* Manuel Antonio Solis Chinito (ex FAS player)
* Norberto Huezo (ex UES, ANTEL, Atletico Marte, Cojutepeque, FAS)
* TBD (ex TBD player)

## 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 | Ernesto Corti | Contract finished, | May 27, 2024 | Daniel Messina | May 27, 2024 | 4th and Quarterfinalist (2024 Clausura) |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Nelson Ancheta | Contract Finished | May 27, 2024 | Jorge Martinez Merino | June 29, 2024 | 11th (2024 Clausura) |
| Dragon | Manuel Acevedo | Mutual Consent | June 7, 2024 | Marvin Benítez | June 7, 2024 | 9th (2024 Clausura) |
| Isidro Metapan | Carlos Martinez Che | Returned to assistant coach role | June 18, 2024 | Hector Omar Mejia | July 3, 2024 | 7th and Semi-Finalist (2024 Clausura) |
| Cacahuatique | Pablo Quiñones | Mutual Consent | July 4, 2024 | Daniel Corti | July 9, 2024 | None (2024 Clausura) |

### During the Apertura season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| FAS | Ricardo Preza | Sacked | August 20, 2024 | Agustin Castillo | August 20, 2024 | 7th (2024 Apertura) |
| Municipal Limeno | William Renderos Iraheta | Sacked | September 19, 2024 | Abel Flores (Interim) | September 20, 2024 | 7th (2024 Apertura) |
| Dragon | Marvin Benítez | Resigned | September, 2024 | Pablo Quiñones | September , 2024 | 12th (2024 Apertura) |
| Municipal Limeno | Abel Flores (Interim) | Interimship ended | October 5, 2024 | Guillermo Rivera | October 5, 2024 | 6th (2024 Apertura) |
| Platense | Jorge Abrego | Mutual Consent | October 11, 2024 | David Hernández (Interim) | October 11, 2024 | 11th (2024 Apertura) |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Jorge Merino | Mutual Consent | October 16, 2024 | Ruben Alonso | October 18, 2024 | 9th (2024 Apertura) |

### Between the Apertura and Clausura season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Alianza | Jorge Rodríguez | Contract finished and did not renew | December 12, 2024 | Ernesto Corti | December 15, 2024 | 5th (2024 Apertura) |
| Municipal Limeno | Guillermo Rivera | Contract finished and not renewed | December 23, 2024 | Jose Romero | December 23, 2024 | 7th (2024 Apertura) |
| Once Deportivo | Erick Prado | End of contract | December 28, 2025 | Fabio Gaston Larramendi | January 7, 2025 | 5th & Champion (2024 Apertura) |
| Isidro Metapan | Hector Mejia | Contract Finished | December 4, 2025 | Erick Prado | January 4, 2025 | 5th (2024 Apertura) |
| TBD | TBD | End of interimship | January 4, 2025 | TBD | January 4, 2025 | 5th (2024 Apertura) |

### Clausura seasons

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| FAS | Agustin Castillo | Sacked | February 24, 2025 | David Caneda (Interim) | February 24, 2025 | 8th (2025 Clausura) |
| Once Deportivo | Fabio Larramendi | Sacked | March 11, 2025 | Guillermo Rivera | March 12, 2025 | 11th (2025 Clausura) |

## Apertura 2024
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Águila | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 41 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Cacahuatique | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 40 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 39 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 35 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Alianza | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 32 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | Once Deportivo | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 32 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | Municipal Limeño | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 27 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 8 | FAS | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 23 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 9 | Fuerte San Francisco | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 15 | |
| 10 | Dragón | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 13 | |
| 11 | Platense | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 9 | |

### Apertura 2024 Records
#### Records

* Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Worst home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Worst away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
* Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
* Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
* Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Gustavo Souza for Firpo against Platense, 6 minutes (Month day, 2024)
* First goal by a foreign player: Gustavo Souza for Firpo against Platense, 6th minutes (A, 2024)
* Fastest goal in a match: 5 Minutes
** Luis Enrique Vasquez for Once Deportivo against Platense (August 2, 2024)
* Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes
** TBD goal for TBD against TBD (Month day, 2024)
* First penalty Kick of the season: Julian Grueso for Cacahuatique against Firpo, 43rd minutes (August 4, 2024)
* Widest winning margin: 4 goals
** TBD 5–1 TBD (August 20, 2023)
* First hat-trick of the season: Emiliano Villar for FAS against Alianza (November 16, 2024)
* First own goal of the season: Ronald Aparicio (Platense) for Aguila (August 26, 2024)
* Most goals in a match: 7 goals
** FAS 3-4 Aguila (October 20, 2024)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
** TBD 5-3 TBD (Month day, 2024)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
** TBD 5-0 (5-3) TBD (1st half, Month day, 2024)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
** FAS 3-4 Aguila (October 20, 2024)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
** Emiliano Villar for FAS against Alianza (November 16, 2024)
* Players that scored a hat-trick':
** Emiliano Villar for FAS against Alianza (November 16, 2024)

#### Top Goalscorer (Apertura 2024)

| No. | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gustavo Moura | LA Firpo | 14 |
| 2 | Emiliano Villar | FAS | 11 |
| 3 | Emerson Mauricio | Alianza | 9 |
| 4 | Alexander Marquez | Cacahuatique | 8 |
| 5 | Blas Sosa | Aguila | 8 |
| 6 | Yair Delgadillo | Isidro Metapan | 7 |
| 7 | Mauricio Cerritos | LA Firpo | 6 |
| 8 | Javier Ferman | Municipal Limeno | 6 |
| 9 | Steven Guerra | Isidro Metapan | 6 |
| 10 | Juan Carlos Argueta | Isidro Metapan | 5 |
| 10 | Isaac Esquivel | Isidro Metapan | 5 |

### Playoff
#### Quarterfinals
##### Second legs

1-1. Isidro Metapan won 5-3 on penalties
Once Deportivo won 3-2 on Aggregate
FAS won 2-1 on Aggregate
1-1. Cacahuatique won 3-1 on penalties

#### Semi-finals
##### Second legs

FAS won 2-1 on aggregate
2-2. Once Deportivo won 5-3 on penalties

#### Final

FAS :
| GK | 1 | Kevin Carabantes |
| DF | 30 | Mathias Goyeni | |
| DF | 4 | Edson Melendez |
| DF | 22 | Bryan Tamacas | |
| DF | 28 | Rudy Clavel | |
| MF | 8 | Jonathan Nolasco | |
| MF | 5 | Jose Portillo | |
| MF | 29 | Rodrigo Rivera | |
| FW | 7 | Rafael Tejada |
| FW | 26 | Emiliano Villar |
| FW | 39 | Bryan Rios | 35' |
| Substitutes: |||||
| MF | 2 | Jose Guevara | |
| MF | 14 | Emerson Rivas | |
| DF | 19 | Martin Correra | |
| DF | 57 | Samuel Rosales | |
| FW | 9 | German Aguila | |
| Manager: |||||
| Agustin Castillo |||||
Once Deportivo :
| GK | 1 | Gerson Lopez | 44' |
| DF | 3 | Miguel Murillo | |
| DF | 4 | Diego Chavez |
| DF | 29 | Jorge Cruz |
| DF | 5 | Carlos Anzora |
| MF | 8 | Cesar Flores |
| MF | 10 | Jomal Williams | 95' |
| MF | 12 | Angel Ortega | |
| MF | 17 | Eduardo Gonzalez | |
| MF | 32 | Julio Paulino | |
| FW | 26 | Josue Rivera | 64' |
| Substitutes: |||||
| GK | 51 | Cesar Melara | | 44' |
| MF | '22 | Giovanni Avila | | |
| MF | 6 | Efrain Carcamo | | |
| DF | 19 | Luis Vasquez | |
| DF | 11 | Kemal Malcolm | |
| Manager: |||||
| Erick Prado |||||
* Apertura 2024 champions
* Once Deportivo 1st title

## Clausura 2025
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Águila | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | Alianza | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | Cacahuatique | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Platense | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | Isidro Metapán | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | Fuerte San Francisco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 8 | Municipal Limeño | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 9 | FAS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 10 | Once Deportivo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 11 | Dragón | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

### Clausura 2025 Records
#### Records

* Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Worst home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Worst away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
* Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
* Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
* Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
* Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Carlos Salazar for Alianza against Limeno, 46 minutes (January 19, 2025)
* First goal by a foreign player: Carlos Salazar for Alianza against Limeno, 46 minutes (January 19, 2025)
* Fastest goal in a match: 27 Seconds
** Edgar Valladares for Platense against Aguila (January 26, 2025)
* Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 93 minutes
** Dixon Rivas goal for Aguila against Isidro Metapan (February 26, 2025)
* First penalty Kick of the season: Bryan Paz for Platense against LA Firpo, 20th minutes (January 20, 2025)
* Widest winning margin: 4 goals
** Dragon 4-0 Once Deportivo (February 16, 2025)
* First hat-trick of the season: Styven Vasquez for LA Firpo against Once Deportivo (February 26, 2025)
* First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (Month day, 2025)
* Most goals in a match: 5 goals
** Alianza 4-1 Limeno (January 19, 2025)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 4 goals
** Alianza 4-1 Limeno (January 19, 2025)
* Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
** Alianza 4-1 Limeno (2nd half, January 19, 2025)
* Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
** TBD 3–5 TBD (August 19, 2025)
* Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 goals
** Styven Vasquez for LA Firpo against Once Deportivo (February 26, 2025)
** Rafael Tejada for FAS against Platense (March 8, 2025)
* Players that scored a hat-trick':
** Styven Vasquez for LA Firpo against Once Deportivo (February 26, 2025)
** Rafael Tejada for FAS against Platense (March 8, 2025)

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in the 2024–25 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 is released and it is before the close of the season transfer window.
Águila
* Gonzalo Ramirez
* Blas Sosa
* Dionatan Machado
* Carlos Salazar
* Edgar Medrano
* Diego Gregori
Alianza
* Mitchel Mercado
* Sebastián Julio
* Ányelo Rodríguez
* Anthony Sosa
* Ramiro Rocca
* Carlos Salazar
* Julián Grueso
Cachuatique
* Elías Umeres
* Germán Aguila
* Wilker da Silva
* Julián Grueso
* Jorge Lara
Dragon
* Yair Arboleda
* Kevin Moreno
* Manuel Chala
* Yerson Tobar
* Samuel Campaña
* José Miguel Medrano
* Gonzalo Ramirez
* Kevin Telmo Smaldone
* Tobias Quintana
FAS
* Germán Aguila
* Edgar Medrano
* Elcarlos Junior
* Martin Correra
* Mathias Goyeni
* Emiliano Villar
* Jorge Ramos
Firpo
* Marcelo Argüello
* Wilber Arizala
* Guilherme Silva
* Jonathan Santana
* Gustavo Souza
Fuerte San Francisco
* Luis Acuña
* Camilo Delgado
* Andres Murillo Rentería
* Colorado Murray
* Yosimar Rodríguez
* Gabriel Negueba
* Wilker da Silva
Isidro Metapán
* Luca Orozco
* Javier Cetre
* Diego Gregori
* Yair Delgadillo
* Juan Mosquera
* David Livingston
Municipal Limeno
* Lucas dos Santos
* Juan Diego Lasso
* German Mejia
* Joel Almeida
* Aldo Magaña
* Sebastián Julio
* Nico González
Once Deportivo
* Manuel Murrillo
* Kevin Martin
* Kemal Malcolm
* Jomal Williams
Platense
* Matheus da Silva
* Magno Costa Fernandes
* Argenis Alba
* Sandro Melgarejo
* Nayan Andrés Bello
* Jhonathon Urrutia
* Julian Silvestre
(player released beginning the Apertura season, Never played a game) (player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season) (Injured and ruled out for the rest of the season) (player naturalized for the Clausura season) (player released beginning the Clausura season, Never played a game)