# 2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

The 2016–17 season (officially known as Liga de Plata and also as Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez) will be El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.

## Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons

Teams promoted to 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season
* C.D. Municipal Limeño
Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2016
* Atletico Marte
Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016
* Ciclón del Golfo
Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016
* Turin FESA
* Jocoro F.C.
* Rácing Jr
New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division
* Brujos de Izalco (Quequeisque changed their name and location to Brujos de Izalco)
* EF San Pablo Tacachico (originally de-registered but bought the spot of Toros FC)
Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2016
* EF San Pablo Tacachico (Team de-registered due to breaking player rules)
* C.D. Brasilia (Team de-registered due to not paying their debts)
* C.D. UDET (they were given a spot from Brasilia who had failed to pay their debts, however since they had formally joined terceea division they were not allowed)
* Toros (sold their spot to San Pablo)

## Team information

A total of 23 teams will contest the league, including sides from the 2015–16 Segunda División and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division.
Zona Occidental :
* Team
* Once Municipal
* Once Lobos
* Leones de Occidente
* Brujos de Izalco
* Rácing Jr
* EF San Pablo Tacachico
* Atl Apopa
* Turin FESA
Zona Central :
* Team
* Atletico Comalapa
* Marte Soyapango
* Atletico Marte
* Vendaval
* San Rafael Cedros
* Audaz
* El Roble
Zona Oriental :
* Team
* La Asuncion
* Fuerte San Francisco
* Jocoro
* Firpo
* Topiltzin
* Aspirante
* Platense
* Independiente

## Teams

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Manager | Captain | Kit Sponsor | Primera Division Affiliate or Partnership |
| Atletico Apopa | Apopa | Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez | 5,000 | Marcos Antonio Portillo | | | |
| Atletico Marte | Ilopango | Estadio Azteca | 2,000 | Juan Carlos Carreño | | | |
| Aspirante | Usulutan | Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa | 3,000 | Joaquin Perez | | | |
| Audaz | Apastepeque, San Vicente | Estadio La Coyotera | 2,000 | Efrain Burgos | | | |
| Brujos de Izalco | Izalco | Estadio Salvador Mariona | | Jorge Calles | | None | Smart Office Business Center |
| Comalapa | Chalatenango | Estadio Municipal de Comalapa | | Pablo Quiñones | | None | |
| El Roble | Ilobasco | Estadio Mauricio Vides | 4,000 | Fausto Vasquez | | KS | |
| Firpo II | Usultutan | Sergio Torres Stadium | 5,000 | Carlos Mario Joya | | TBD | Firpo |
| Fuerte San Francisco | San Francisco Gotera, Morazan | Estadio Correcaminos | 12,000 | Yahir Camero | | | |
| Independiente | San Vicente | Estadio Vicentino | 8,000 | Nelson Ancheta | | | Caja de Credito San Vicente, Injiboa |
| Jocoro | Jocoro, Morazan | Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego | | Edwin Garay | | | |
| La Asuncion | Anamoros | Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes | 5,000 | Eraldo Correia | TBD | | MAXH3, |
| Leones de Occidente | Metapan | Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez | 8,000 | Hector Jara | | | |
| Marte Soyapango | Soyapango | Complejo Deportivo Espana | 5,000 | Ricardo Serrano | | | |
| Once Lobos | Chalchuapa | Estadio Once Lobos | 2,000 | Ivan Ruiz | | | |
| Once Municipal | Ahuachapan | Estadio Simeon Magana | 5,000 | Víctor Coreas | | | |
| Platense | Zacatecoluca | Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle | 10,000 | Miguel Aguilar Obando | | | |
| Rácing Jr | Armenia, Sonsonate | Estadio 21 de Noviembre | | Carlos Romero | | | |
| EF San Pablo Tacachico | San Pablo Tacachico | Cancha Municipal Valle Meza | | Bairon Ernesto Garcia | | | |
| San Rafael Cedros | San Rafael Cedros, Cuscatlan | Estadio Anastacio Aquino | | Victor Giron | | | |
| Topiltzin | Usulutan | Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco | 5,000 | Sebastian Hernandez | | | |
| Turin FESA | Santa Tecla | Estadio Las Delicias | 10,000 | Pablo Andrés Leguizamo | | | |
| Vendaval | Apopa | Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez | 5,000 | Carlos Orellana | | | |

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Pre-Apertura Changes |||||||
| | | Resigned | 2016 | | 2016 | th |
| | | Resigned | 2016 | | 2016 | th |
| Apertura Changes |||||||
| Audaz | Wilson Angulo | Resigned | September 2016 | Jorge Abrego | September 2016 | th |
| Independiente | Nelson Ancheta | Resigned to become coach of Dragon | September 2016 | Willy Mirnda (interim) | September 2016 | th |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Yahir Camero | Sacked | September 2016 | Luis Dagoberto Sosa (interim) | September 2016 | th |
| Leones de Occidente | Hector Jara | Resigned due to lack of payment | October 2016 | Edwin Portillo | October 2016 | th |
| Platense | Miguel Aguilar Obando | Resigned | September 2016 | Ervin Loza (interim) | September 2016 | th |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Luis Dagoberto Sosa | Interimship finished | October 2016 | Omar Sevilla | October 2016 | th |
| Platense | Ervin Loza | Interimship finished | October 2016 | Salvador Velasquez Lovo | October 2016 | th |
| Independiente | Willy Mirnda (interim) | Interimship finished | October 2016 | Ruben Alonso | October 2016 | th |
| | | Resigned | 2016 | | 2016 | th |
| Pre-Clausura Changes |||||||
| FC San Rafael Cedros | Victor Giron | Resigned | 2016 | Juan Ramon Paredes | 2016 | th |
| C.D. Vendaval Apopa | Carlos Orellana | Resigned | 2016 | Francisco Hernandez | 2016 | th |
| Atletico Comalapa | Pablo Quiñones | Resigned | 2016 | Jorge Abrego | 2016 | th |
| Atletico Marte | Juan Carlos Carreño | Resigned | 2016 | Luis Guevara Mora | 2016 | th |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Omar Sevilla | Mutual Consent, Later went on to become coach of Pasaquina | 2016 | Luis Carlos Asprilla | 2016 | th |
| Once Municipal | Víctor Coreas | Resigned | 2016 | Juan Andrés Sarulyte | 2016 | th |
| Audaz | Jorge Abrego | Resigned | 2016 | German Perez | 2016 | th |
| | | Resigned | 2016 | | 2016 | th |
| | | Resigned | 2016 | | 2016 | th |
| Clausura Changes |||||||
| Platense | Salvador Velasquez Lovo | Sacked | February 2017 | Mario Martinez | February 2017 | th |
| | | Resigned | 2016 | | 2016 | th |
| | | Resigned | 2016 | | 2016 | th |

## Apertura 2016
### Group A
#### Results

| Home \ Away | APO | BRU | LEO | OLB | OMU | RAC | SAN | TUR |
| Atlético Apopa | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 |
| Brujos de Izalco | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Leones de Occidente | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Once Lobos | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Once Municipal | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Rácing Jr | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| San Pablo | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| Turin | 5–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |

### Group B
#### Results

| Home \ Away | AUD | COM | ROB | MAR | SOY | SRC | VEN |
| Audaz | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Compala | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| El Roble | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Marte | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Marte Soyapango | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| San Rafael Cedros | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 |
| Vendaval | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |

### Group C
#### Results

| Home \ Away | ASP | FIR | FSF | IND | JOC | ASU | PLA | TOP |
| Aspirante | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Firpo | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Fuerte San Francisco | 2–3 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Independiente F.C. | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Jocoro | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 |
| La Asunción | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Platense | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 1–1 |
| Topiltzín | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |

## Final Series

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| El Roble de Ilobasco | El Roble de Ilobasco | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jocoro F.C. (s) | Jocoro F.C. (s) | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jocoro F.C. (s) | Jocoro F.C. (s) | 0 | 2 | 2 | Jocoro F.C. | Jocoro F.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Turin | Turin | 0 | '1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FC San Rafael Cedros | FC San Rafael Cedros | 4 | 3 | 7 | Turin | Turin | 0 | '1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Turin (s) | Turin (s) | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Turin (s) | Turin (s) | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | Turin | Turin | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | San Pablo FC | San Pablo FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Topiltzín | Topiltzín | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | San Pablo FC | San Pablo FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Marte Soyapango | Marte Soyapango | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marte Soyapango | Marte Soyapango | 0 | 0 | 0 | Topiltzín | Topiltzín | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | San Pablo FC (s) | San Pablo FC (s) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Firpo B | Firpo B | 2 | 0 | 2 | San Pablo FC (s) | San Pablo FC (s) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Pablo FC | San Pablo FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Pablo FC | San Pablo FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | Turin | Turin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Independiente | Independiente | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rácing Jr | Rácing Jr | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Independiente | Independiente | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Independiente | Independiente | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Independiente | Independiente | 0 | 1 | 1 | Once Lobos (s) | Once Lobos (s) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Independiente | Independiente | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Once Lobos | Once Lobos | 4 | 2 | 6 | Independiente | Independiente | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Compala | Compala | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Compala | Compala | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | Independiente (s) | Independiente (s) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Once Lobos | Once Lobos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Once Lobos | Once Lobos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Finals
#### Second leg

Independiente won 3-1 on aggregate.
* Apertura 2016 champions
* Independiente ? title

### Individual awards

| Hombre GOL | Best Goalkeeper Award |
| Marvin Medrano San Rafael Cedros | Luis Chamagua Soyapango |

## Clausura 2017
### Group A
#### Results

* Home \ Away
* Atlético Apopa
* Brujos de Izalco
* Leones de Occidente
* Once Lobos
* Once Municipal
* Rácing Jr
* San Pablo
* Turin

### Group B
#### Results

* Home \ Away
* Audaz
* Compala
* El Roble
* Marte
* Marte Soyapango
* San Rafael Cedros
* Vendaval

### Group C
#### Results

* Home \ Away
* Aspirante
* Firpo
* Fuerte San Francisco
* Independiente F.C.
* Jocoro
* La Asunción
* Platense
* Topiltzín

## Final Series

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | Preminilaryfinals | | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Once Lobos | Once Lobos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FC San Rafael Cedros | FC San Rafael Cedros | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FC San Rafael Cedros | FC San Rafael Cedros | 0 | 0 | 0 | Once Lobos | Once Lobos | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Compala | Compala | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| C.D. La Asuncion | C.D. La Asuncion | 2 | 0 | 2 | Compala | Compala | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Compala | Compala | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Compala | Compala | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | Once Lobos | Once Lobos | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | C.D. Audaz | C.D. Audaz | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | | | | | | |
| Audaz (s) | Audaz (s) | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | C.D. Audaz | C.D. Audaz | 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | | | | | | |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Fuerte San Francisco | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Fuerte San Francisco | 2 | 2 | 4 | Audaz (s) | Audaz (s) | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Once Municipal | Once Municipal | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Once Municipal (s) | Once Municipal (s) | 0 | 1 | 1 | Once Municipal | Once Municipal | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jocoro F.C. | Jocoro F.C. | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jocoro F.C. | Jocoro F.C. | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | C.D. Audaz | C.D. Audaz | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Independiente | Independiente | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independiente (s) | Independiente (s) | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Independiente | Independiente | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| San Pablo FC | San Pablo FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Pablo FC | San Pablo FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | Independiente (s) | Independiente (s) | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Turin | Turin | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marte Soyapango | Marte Soyapango | 1 | 1 | 2 | Turin | Turin | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Turin | Turin | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Turin | Turin | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Independiente (s) | Independiente (s) | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Once Municipal | Once Municipal | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Once Municipal | Once Municipal | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Finals
#### Second leg

Audaz won 4-1 on aggregate.
* Clausura 2017 champions
* Audaz 1st title

### Individual awards

| Hombre GOL | Best Goalkeeper Award |
| Andrés Vallecilla Fuerte San Francisco | Edwin Driotis Independiente |

## Relegation table

The three teams that finished last in their respective group would normally be relegated . However, all three teams will play a series of home and away games and only two will be relegated to the Tercera Division this season. Platense finished top and survived relegation. While Vendaval and Leones de Occidente were relegated.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PLA | VEN | LEO |
| 1 | Platense | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Vendaval | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | N/A | | 3–3 |
| 3 | Leones de Occidente | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | |