2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season	2016–17
Champions	Santa Tecla F.C. (Apertura) ; Santa Tecla F.C. (Clausura)
Relegated	UES
Champions League	Santa Tecla F.C.
CONCACAF League	Alianza F.C.; C.D. Aguila
Top goalscorer	TBD (TBD)
Biggest home win	C.D. Aguila 5-1 UES (2016)
Biggest away win	Firpo 0–4 Alianza (2016) C.D. Pasaquina 0–4 Firpo (2016)
Highest scoring	UES 3–5 C.D. Pasaquina (2016)
Longest winning run	games by: TBD
Longest unbeaten run	games by: TBD
Longest winless run	games by: TBD
Longest losing run	games by: TBD
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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

Location of teams in Apertura 2016/Clausura 2017

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
3	Santa Tecla (C)	22	11	5	6	31	27	+4	38
4	Alianza	22	10	6	6	45	27	+18	36
5	Municipal Limeno	22	9	7	6	31	29	+2	34
6	Isidro Metapán	22	9	6	7	32	26	+6	33
7	FAS	22	8	7	7	27	26	+1	31
8	Pasaquina	22	8	5	9	28	35	−7	29
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

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scoring

[2]

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					Semifinals					Finals

6	Isidro Metapán	2	0	2

3	Santa Tecla	2	1	3
					TBD	Santa Tecla	4	0	4

					TBD	Águila	1	2	3
7	FAS	1	0	1

2	Águila	1	2	3
										TBD	Santa Tecla	3

										TBD	Alianza F.C.	2
5	Limeno	1	1	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

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.

First leg

November 30, 2016

15:00 UTC−6

Pasaquina	2–1	Sonsonate
Kevin Sagastizado 50' Miguel Solís 81'		Ricardo Ulloa 4'

Estadio San Sebastián, Pasaquina

Referee: Elmer Martínez

November 30, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

FAS	1–1	Águila
Jairo Henríquez 50'		Álvaro Lizama 87'

Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana

Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

December 1, 2016

15:00 UTC−6

Limeño	1-2	Alianza
Christopher Galeas 37'		Herbert Sosa 66' (pen.) Alexander Larín 75'

Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, Santa Rosa de Lima

December 1, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

Isidro Metapán	2-2	Santa Tecla
Romeo Parkes 56' Josué Flores 98'		Gerson Mayen 18' Marlón Cornejo 92'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Second leg

December 3, 2016

15:00 UTC−6

Sonsonate	1–0	Pasaquina
Paolo Suárez 11'

Estadio Anna Mercedes Campos, Sonsonate

2–2. Sonsonate advanced as the higher seeded team.

December 3, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

Águila	2–0	FAS
Henry Romero 36' Nicolás Fagúndez 58'

Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, Santa Rosa de Lima

Águila won 3–1 on aggregate.

December 1, 2016

15:00 UTC−6

Alianza	0-1	Limeño
		Carlos Del Giorno 93'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

2–2. Alianza advanced as the higher seeded team.

December 1, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

Santa Tecla	1–0	Isidro Metapán
Gerson Mayen 20'

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

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

First leg

December 7, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

Alianza	0–0	Sonsonate

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Ismael Cornejo

December 7, 2016

19:30 UTC−6

Santa Tecla	4–1	Águila
Marlón Cornejo 56' Sebastián Abreu 16' 32' 64'		Jimmy Valoyes 18'

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Referee: Germán Martínez

Second leg

December 11, 2016

18:00 UTC−6

Sonsonate	0–4	Alianza
		Rodolfo Zelaya 22' 65' (pen.) 84' Alexander Larín 51'

Alianza won 4–0 on aggregate.

December 11, 2016

19:30 UTC−6

Águila	2–0	Santa Tecla
Jimmy Valoyes 8' Ignacio Flores 63'

Santa Tecla won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

December 18, 2016

15:00 UTC−6

Alianza	2–3	Santa Tecla
Alexander Larín 49' Rodolfo Zelaya 55'		Gerson Mayen 47' Sebastián Abreu 78' 91'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 29,138

Referee: Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas


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
3	Santa Tecla	22	9	7	6	36	27	+9	34
4	Isidro Metapán	22	9	7	6	28	21	+7	34
5	Firpo	22	8	7	7	34	36	−2	31
6	FAS	22	7	10	5	21	23	−2	31
7	Municipal Limeno	22	7	6	9	26	32	−6	27
8	Pasaquina	22	6	8	8	24	23	+1	26
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

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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					Semifinals					Finals

6	FAS	0	0	0

3	Santa Tecla	0	1	1
					TBD	Santa Tecla	2	3	5

					TBD	Águila	0	2	2
7	Limeno	1	0	1

2	Águila	1	0	0
										TBD	Santa Tecla	4

										TBD	Alianza	0
5	Firpo	2	0	2

4	Isidro Metapán	1	1	2
					TBD	Isidro Metapán	0	0	0

					TBD	Alianza	0	2	2
8	Pasaquina	0	0	0

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.

First leg

November 30, 2017

15:00 UTC−6

Pasaquina	0-1	Alianza
		Rodolfo Zelaya 68'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

November 30, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

Limeño	1–1	Águila
Carlos del Giorno 44'		Ortíz 38'

Estadio Jose Ramon Flores, Santa Rosa de Lima

Referee: Joel Aguilar Chicas

December 1, 2016

15:00 UTC−6

FAS	0-0	Santa Tecla

Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana

December 1, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

Firpo	2-1	Isidro Metapán
Cesar Gonzales 45' Pierre Pluchino 76'		Romeo Parkes 91'

Second leg

May 7, 2017

Alianza	3-0	Pasaquina
Issac Portillo 26' Alexander Larin 38' Portillo 83'		None

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Alianza won 4–0 on aggregate.

May 7, 2017

19:00 UTC−6

Águila	2-2	Limeño
Irvin Valdez 25' James Cabezas 47'		Óscar Móvil 76' 90'

3–3. Aguila advanced as the higher seeded team.

May 6, 2017

15:00 UTC−6

Santa Tecla	1-0	FAS
William Canales 93'

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Santa Tecla won 1–0 on aggregate.

May 6, 2017

19:00 UTC−6

Isidro Metapán	1–0	Firpo
Josué Flores 20'

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

First leg

December 7, 2016

19:00 UTC−6

Isidro Metapan	0–0	Alianza

December 7, 2016

19:30 UTC−6

Santa Tecla	2-0	Águila
Juan Barahona 22' Gerson Mayen 28'

Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla

Second leg

May 14, 2017

18:00 UTC−6

Alianza	2-0	Isidro Metapan
None		Rodolfo Zelaya 9' Alexander Larín 13'

Alianza won 2–0 on aggregate.

May 14, 2017

19:30 UTC−6

Águila	2–3	Santa Tecla
Alvaro Lizama 4' James Cabezas 66'		Ricardinho 11' Marlon Cornejo 74' William Canales

Santa Tecla won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

May 21, 2017

Santa Tecla	4-0	Alianza
Marlon Cornejo 36' Gerson Mayen 46' William Canales 83' Carlos Bueno 90'		None

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 29, 392

Referee: Marlon Mejia


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.

Águila

Alianza

Iván Garrido
Oscar Guerrero
Luis Hinestroza
Fabricio Silva
Wálter Vázquez
Gustavo Guerreño
Darío Ferreira

Chalatenango

Bladimir Díaz
Eder Arias
Rodrigo Cubilla
Mauricio Mendoza
Carlos Angulo

Dragón

Álvaro Bely
Kenroy Howell
Jamal Jack
Luis Valencia
Josielson Moraes
Marcio Ayala
Georgie Welcome
Jackson de Oliveira

FAS

Guillermo Stradella
Juan Aimar
Facundo Martínez
Facundo Simioli
Matías Coloca
Allan Muraldo
Sandro Medaglia

Firpo

Jhony Rios
Allan Murialdo
Maximiliano Morales Roldán
Joel Perucci
César Iván González
Pierre Alexandre Pluchino Galuppo
Thiago Monteiro Accioli Da Silva

Isidro Metapán

Henry Rúa
Romeo Parkes
Ricardo Brown
Akeem Priestley
Alexis Ramos
Ayukokata Ndip

Limeño

Carlos Del Giorno
Jefferson Viveros
Clayvin Zúñiga
Jesús Toscanini
Julio César de León
Aly Arriola
Óscar Móvil

Pasaquina

Julián Chávez Ruíz
Gustavo Guerreño
Javier Lezcano
Andrés Britez
Arlie Bernárdez
Dwane James

Sonsonate

Zé Paulo
Carlos Hidalgo
Jackson de Oliveira
Elenilson Ferreira García
Josimar Moreira
Yosimar Arias
Johan Condega

Santa Tecla

Ricardinho
Joel Almeida
Sebastián Abreu
Oswaldo Alves Da Silva
Sergio Souza
Carlos Bueno

UES

William Guerrero
Mckauly Tulloch
Elison dos Santos
Weslie John
Diego González
Cristian Gil Mosquera
Rafael Ponzo
Lucas Rivero

(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^[a]
2	Águila	44	19	19	6	50	28	+22	76	CONCACAF League^[b]
3	Santa Tecla	44	20	12	12	67	54	+13	72	CONCACAF Champions League^[c]
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