The Clausura 2014 season was the 32nd edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since the 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.
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 Luís Ángel Firpo Usulután Estadio Sergio Torres 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 Raúl Martínez Sambulá Diadora Mister Donut, Pepsi, Nevada Alianza Lisandro Pohl Alejandro Curbelo Lotto SINAI, Pepsi Atlético Marte Hugo Carrillo Guillermo Rivera Galaxia Lemus, Evisal, Galaxia, Techos Eureka C.D. Dragon Carlos Meza Nelson Mauricio Ancheta Milan Texas Casino, Hotel Real Centro, Pepsi FAS Byron Rodriguez Efrain Burgos Galaxia Coop 1, Pilsener, Lays, Canal 4 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) Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo, Pepsi Luis Ángel Firpo Enrique Escobar Ramiro Cepeda Joma Pilsener, Diana, Burger King Santa Tecla Oscar Ortiz Edgar Henriquez Milan Rio, La Curaco, Pollo, Plaza Merliot, Bingo Cup UES Rufino Quesada Jorge Alberto García 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 tableAlianza Juan Andres Sarulyte Contract finished December 2013 Alejandro Curbelo December 20135th (Apertura 2013)C.D. FAS Jaime de la Pava Contract finished December 2013 Efrain Burgos December 20132nd (Apertura 2013)
During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableC.D. Águila Raúl Martínez Sambulá Sacked February 8, 2014 Edwin Portillo February 9, 2014 9th (Clausura 2014)UES Jorge Alberto Garcia Sacked February 16, 2014 William Renderos Iraheta 2014 10th (Clausura 2014)Firpo Ramiro Cepeda Sacked March 1, 2014 Leonel Cárcamo March 2, 2014 6th (Clausura 2014)C.D. Águila Edwin Portillo Resigned March 24, 2014 Jairo Rios March 26, 2014 8th (Clausura 2014)
League table
Results
Season statistics
Scoring First goal of the season: Ronald Ascencio for UES against Alianza F.C., 11 minutes (19 January 2014) Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute - William Maldonado for Santa Tecla F.C. against UES (2 March 2014) Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 93 minutes - Irvin Valdez for Juventud Independiente against Santa Tecla F.C. (17 February 2014) & Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014) First penalty Kick of the season: Ricardinho Paraiba for Santa Tecla F.C. against C.D. FAS, 58 minutes (9 February 2014) Widest winning margin: 5 goals Atlético Marte 6–1 Firpo (2014) First hat-trick of the season: Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014) First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (2014) Most goals in a match: 8 Goals Santa Tecla F.C. 4–4 Alianza (March 2014) Most goals by one team in a match: 6 Goals Atlético Marte 6–1 C.D. Luis Angel Firpo ( March 2014) Most goals in one half by one team: 3 Goals C.D. Dragón 4–0 Alianza F.C. (3 March 2014) Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 3–4 Juventud Independiente (27 April 2014) Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals Héctor Ramos for A.D. Isidro Metapán against Firpo (23 February 2014)
Top scorers
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Williams Reyes C.D. Dragón122 Alexander LarínFAS103 Hector RamosIsidro Metapán104 Ricardo Ferreira Santa Tecla105 Nicolás MuñozIsidro Metapán106 Anel Canales Firpo97Jesus Daniel ToscaniniJuventud Independiente78 Cristian Sánchez PretteC.D. Águila69 Erick Molina Atlético Marte610 Jermaine Anderson C.D. Águila6
Top assists RankPlayerNationClubAssists1Óscar CerénJuventud Independiente102Ramiro CarballoC.D. Luis Ángel Firpo73Marvin MonterrosaA.D. Isidro Metapán64Juan Carlos PortilloJuventud Independiente45Allan Fernández Atlético Marte46 Williams ReyesC.D. Dragón47Ricardinho ParaibaSanta Tecla48Christian YeladianAlianza F.C.49Álvaro LizamaC.D. Águila310Carlos AparicioC.D. FAS3
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Isidro Metapan Luis Angel Firpo 3-0 23 February 2014
Club
Most clean sheets: TBD TBD Fewest clean sheets: TBD TBD Best Home record during the Clausura season: C.D. FAS 19 out of 27 points (6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses) Worst Home record during the Clausura season: C.D. Dragon and Atletico Marte 9 out of 27 points (2 wins, 3 draw and 4 losses) Best Away record during the Clausura season: A.D. Isidro Metapan 20 out of 27 points (6 wins, 2 draw and 1 loss) Worst Away record during the Clausura season: Firpo 7 out of 27 points (1 win, 4 draw and 4 losses) Highest scoring team: Atletico Marte, A.D. Isidro Metapan and Juventud Independiente 28 goals Lowest scoring team: Alianza F.C. 17 goals
Discipline
First yellow card of the season: Jonathan Jiménez for UES against Alianza F.C., 35 minutes (19 January 2014) First red card of the season: Juan Granados for Juventud Independiente against Metapan, 76 minutes (19 January 2014) Most yellow cards by a player: TBD TBD (TBD) Most red cards by a player: 2 Christoper Ramirez Atletico Marte, Ivan Mancia Santa Tecla F.C., Elman Rivas Alianza F.C., Ricardo Ferreira Santa Tecla F.C., Jermaine Anderson C.D. Aguila Most yellow cards by a club: 62 C.D. Aguila Most red cards by a club: 7 Santa Tecla F.C.
Playoffs
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Metapan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dragón won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final
Isidro Metapán: GK TBD Henry HernándezDF TBD Francisco Jovel ÁlvarezDF TBD Milton Molina DF TBD Jonathan BarriosDF 15 Edwin Hernández MF TBD Andrés Flores MF TBD Héctor Mejía MF TBD Narciso Orellana MF TBD José RamosFW TBD Héctor Ramos FW 22 Nicolás Muñoz Substitutes:MF 14 Marvin Monterrosa FW 9 Víctor Merino FW 6 Luis Perla Manager: Jorge Rodríguez
Dragón: GK 1 José Manuel GonzálezDF TBD Herbert Ulloa DF TBD Luis Hernández DF TBD Jimmy ValoyesDF TBD Jorge Umanzor MF TBD Jhony RiosMF TBD Aurelio Vásquez MF TBD Edwin Lazo MF TBD José OrtízFW TBD Williams Reyes FW TBD Rommel Mejía Substitutes:MF TBD Gabriel Ríos , MF TBD Nicolás Pérez , MF TBD Geofredo Portillo , Manager: Nelson Ancheta
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.
C.D. Águila Douglas Caetano Jermaine Anderson Ismael Rodríguez Cristian Sánchez Prette
Alianza F.C. Sean Fraser Jairo Araujo Christian Yeladian
Atlético Marte None
C.D. Dragon Jhony Rios Jimmy Valoyes Gabriel Ríos
Juventud Independiente Augustine Jibrin Santiago Risso Jesús Toscanini
(player released during the season)
C.D. FAS Alejandro Bentos Gonzalo Mazzia Cristian Noriega
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Roberto Carboni Guillermo Pfund Anel Canales
A.D. Isidro Metapán Héctor Ramos David López Romeo Ovando Parkes
Santa Tecla F.C. Facundo Nicolás Simioli Ricardo Ferreira da Silva Christian Vaquero
UES Klayton da Silva Cristian Gil Mosquera Garrick Gordon
Aggregate table
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