The 2021–22 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 2021 and Clausura 2022. 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 to the 2021–22 seasons
Teams promoted to 2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador Platense
Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2021 Atlético Sonsonate (Originally C.D. Sonsonate were relegated, however the club disbanded due to non payments).
Teams relegated to Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2021 None
Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2021 Inter San Salvador Corinto FC
New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division Ilopango FC (Purchased spot of C.D. Liberal) Atletico Sonsonate (Purchased spot of Ilopaneco) Once Lobos (Returned after a hiatus) Racing Jnr (Returned after a hiatus) Topiltzin (Returned after a hiatus) Gerardo Barrios (Returned after a hiatus) El Vencedor (Returned after a hiatus)
Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2021 C.D. Liberal (Sold spot to Ilopango FC) Ilopaneco (Sold spot to Atletico Sonsonate)
Notable events
Change of name and ownership On July 11, 2021 after gaining promotion to the segunda división the team Inter Salvador Silvar changed ownership and the club was relocated to Santa Tecla, the club rebranded itself as Inter Tecla.
New team After the Apertura 2021 season, Real Atletico Sonsonate sold their spot to Fenix F.C. who were previously playing in ADFAS Sonsonate, equivalent to the fourth division.
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tablePre-Apertura changes CD Vendaval Angel Hernandez Resigned May 2021 Luis Landos June 2021 Preseason El Vencedor None On hiatus 2021 Ricardo Funes June 2021 Preseason Fuerte San Francisco Omar Sevilla Mutual Consent June 2021 Marvin Garcia June 2021 Preseason Cacahuatique Efrain Solano Mutual Consent 2021 Omar Sevilla June 2021 Preseason Once Lobos None On hiatus 2021 Carlos Che Martinez June 2021 Preseason AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín TBD Mutual Consent 2021 petro Portillo June 2021 Preseason Atletico Sonsonate None New club 2021 Angel Orellana July 2021 Preseason AD Destroyer Juan Ramon Paredes Mutual Consent June 2021 Jorge Abrego June 2021 Preseason Marte Soyapango Edson Flores Resigned July 2021 Mauricio Alfaro July 2021 Preseason CD Vendaval Luis Landos Resigned July 2021 Ramirez Moisa July 2021 Preseason Inter Tecla William Renderos Iraheta Mutual Consent July 2021 Juan Ramón Sánchez July 2021 Preseason Aspirante Carlos Che Martinez Mutual Consent June 2021 Samael Virgil August 2021 PreseasonApertura changes El Vencedor Ricardo Funes Mutual Consent August 2021 Ruben Alonso August 2021 Group th C.D. Dragon Jose Mario Martinez Sacked September 9, 2021 Oswaldo Franco (Interim) September 2021 Group Centro Oriente 9th CD Vendaval Ramirez Moisa Sacked September 11, 2021 Jorge Calles September 15, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín Sacked September, 2021 Marvin Linares September, 2021 Group Centro, th Fuerte San Francisco Marvin García Sacked September 21, 2021 Luis Ramírez Zapata September 22, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th Topiltzin Geovanni Trigueros Resigned to be Municipal Limeño September 11, 2021 Sebastian Hernandez September 15, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th CD Gerardo Barrios Ervin Soza Sacked September 30, 2021 Miguel Aguilar Obando September 30, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th Inter Sivar Juan Ramon Sanchez Sacked November, 2021 Juan Carlos Melgar “Interim” November, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th AD Destroyer Jorge Abrego Sacked November 17, 2021 Juan Ramon Paredes November 18, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 1stPre-Clausura changes Fuerte San Francisco Marvin Garcia End of contract November 24, 2021 Pablo Quinonez December 2021 Preseason Aspirante Samuel Vigil End of contract 2022 Geovanni Trigueros December 2021 Preseason C.D. Titan Edgar Batres End of contract 11 December 2022 Jorge Abrego 2022 Preseason CD Gerardo Barrios Miguel Aguilar Obando End of contract December 2021 Sergio Ivan Munoz December 15, 2021 Preseason Atletico Sonsonate Angel Orellana End of contract December 14, 2021 William Lopez 2022 Preseason Rácing Jr Jaime Medina End of contract December 2021 Angel Orellana 29 December 2021 Preseason C.D. Dragon Oswaldo Franco End of interimship, returns to being assistant coach December 2021 Marvin Benitez January 2022 Preseason Municipal FC Ennio Mendoza Mutual Consent January 2022 Marvin Zepeda January 2022 Preseason CD Gerardo Barrios Sergio Ivan Munoz End of contract January 2022 Eraldo Correira January, 2022 PreseasonClausura changes CD Gerardo Barrios Eraldo Correira Mutual Consent February 2022 Efrain Nunez February 17, 2022 1st Municipal FC Marvin Zepeda Sacked February 2022 Edgar Batres February 2022 1st El Vencedor Ruben Alonso Mutual Consent February 2022 Erasmo Lazo El Raton February 2022 1st Once Lobos Carlos Che Martinez Sacked March 2022 Enzo Henriquez March 2022 8th Aspirante Geovanni Trigueros Mutual consent, Moved to be assistant coach LA Firpo April 2022 Carlos Che Martinez April 2022 1st
Apertura Teams
Only 20 teams chose to participate in this season Competition
Team City Stadium Head coach Captain Foreign Players Atletico Sonsonate Sonsonate Estadio Municipal de Quelapa Angel Orellana * N/A Gregory Costly Ronald Benavides Aspirante Jucuapa Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa Samael Vigil Williams Reyes Jefferson Viveros AD Destroyer Puerto de La Libertad Cancha Chilama Jorge Abrego * Rosemberg Cueva Mayer Gil Brayan Obregón Cacahuatique Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique Omar Sevilla * N/A Luis Aroleda Murillo Luis Palacios * Corinto FC Corinto, Morazan Estadio Municipal Corinto Rolando Perez N/A Dragón San Miguel Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes Jose Mario Martínez Geovany Ulloa Maxi Morales El Vencedor Estadio Ricardo Funes Javier Hernandez Diomer Hinestroza Fuerte San Francisco San Francisco Gotera, Morazan Estadio Joe Amilcar Moreno Marvin Garcia N/A CD Gerardo Barrios Cancha Municipal de San Rafael Oriente Ervin Soza N/A Fary Mancilla Josielson Moraes Ilopango FC TBD Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Apopa Fredy Santos N/A Camilo Gomez Bryan Zuluga Inter San Salvador Santa Tecla Estadio las Delicias Juan Ramón Sánchez N/A Daley Mena Municipal FC Estadio Jose Milan Morales Enio Mendoza Eder Polanco Hector Lemus Carlos Salazar Marte Soyapango Soyapango Cancha Jorgito Melendez Mauricio Alfaro Erick Molina Jhony Moran Chan Argenis Alba Once Lobos Santa Ana Estadio Carlos Che Martinez * N/A Juan Camilo Delgado Duban Andrade Rácing Jr Armenia Estadio 21 de Noviembre Armenia Jaime Medina * Freddy Portillo Jadyr Da Sliva Santos San Pablo Municipal San Pabo Tacahico Cancha Municipal Valle Meza Rafael Mariona * Felix Sanchez Bryan Obregon Jeison Quinones AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín Santa Rosa Guachipilín, Santa Ana Estadio Jose Hernandez Alfredo Portillo * Denis Monterrosa Juna Chann Yeferson Palacios Titan Texistepeque, Santa Ana Estadio Titan Edgar Batres * Bryan Ortega Roger Guerrero Jonathan Cerrutti * C.D. Topiltzín Jisquilisco Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco Geovani Trigueros Ever Corto William Guerrero Jose Miguel Medrano Vendaval Apopa Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Ramirez Moisa Alan Gonzalez Boris Polo Alvaro Moreno
Regular seasons Group Centro Occidente
Centro-Oriente
Top scorers Grupo A Rank Player Club Goals1 Raul QuijadaAD Santa Rosa Guachipilín152 Carlos SalazarMunicipal123 Eduardo Aldair MerinoVendaval134 Reynaldo CarpioAD Destroyer105 Eder PolancoMunicipal9
Grupo B Rank Player Club Goals1 Levi MartinezIlopago132 Javier FermanDragon123 Rusvel SaraviaGerardo124 Gerson SanchezMarte Soyapango105 Elias GumeroTopiltzin9
Finals Quarter finals
First leg
Second leg
Inter Sivar tied 3–3 on Aggregate, won 4-3 penalties.
Municipal FC won 3–1 on Aggregate
Cacahuatique won 3–0 on Aggregate.
Marte Soyapango won 3–1 on Aggregate.
Semi finals
First leg
Second leg
Municipal FC won 5–3 on Aggregate.
Cacahuatique won 1–0 on Aggregate
Grand final
Municipal FC GK Ismael ValladaresDF Jose VegaDF Ulises MironDF Noe CapachoDF Miguel PerezMF Cesar Aguilar MF Marlon ColochoMF Davod Gomez MF Carlos SalazarFW Hector LemusFW Eder Polanco Substitutes:FW TBD MF TBD MF TBD Manager: Ennio Mendoza
Cacahuatique: GK Jonathan FunesDF Cristian PortilloDF Aldair ReyesDF Eldin AparicioDF Jose HernandezDF Jordy Bonilla MF Luis ArboledaMF Rene GranadosMF Jose Luis RodriguezFW Juan Carlos Argueta FW Enrique Rivaz Substitutes:FW TBD FW TBD Manager: Omar Sevilla
Individual awards Hombre GOLBest Goalkeeper Award Raul Quijada A.D. Santa Rosa Daniel Guiterrez Aspirante
Clausura Teams
Only 20 teams chose to Participate in this season Competition
Team City Stadium Head coach Captain Foreign Players C.D. Aspirante Jucuapa Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa Geovanni Trigueros * Yoan Ballesteros * Diomer Hinestroza * AD Destroyer Puerto de La Libertad Cancha Chilama Rodolfo Gochez * Rosemberg Cueva Cristian Caicedo Matias Coloca * Cacahuatique Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique Omar Sevilla * Cristian Portillo * Luis Aroleda Murillo * Luis Palacios * Corinto FC Corinto, Morazan Estadio Municipal Corinto Rolando Perez N/A Dandy Choles El Tigre * Dragón San Miguel Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes Marvin Benitez * Geovany Ulloa Manuel Murillo * Kevin Moreno * El Vencedor Estadio Ricardo Funes Javier Hernandez Gregory Costly Fenix FC/ Real Atletico Sonsonate Sonsonate Estadio Municipal de Quelapa William Lopez * N/A Wilson Palacios Hurtado * Ronald Benavides* Fuerte San Francisco San Francisco Gotera, Morazan Estadio Joe Amilcar Moreno Pablo Quinonez * N/A Steven Riasco * Cristian Maciel * CD Gerardo Barrios Cancha Municipal de San Rafael Oriente Eraldo Correira * N/A Fary Mancilla Jose Marcos Quinonez Ilopango FC TBD Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Apopa Fredy Santos * N/A Camilo Gomez Bryan Zuluga Inter San Salvador Santa Tecla Estadio las Delicias Juan Carlos Melgar * N/A Municipal FC Estadio Jose Milan Morales Marvin Zepeda * Eder Polanco Hector Lenus * TBD Marte Soyapango Soyapango Cancha Jorgito Melendez Mauricio Alfaro Erick Molina Jhony Moran Chan Argenis Alba Once Lobos Santa Ana Estadio Carlos Che Martinez * N/A Luciano Ezequiel Soria * Facundo Julian Carrizo * Rácing Jr Armenia Estadio 21 de Noviembre Armenia Angel Orellana * Freddy Portillo TBD Josielson Moraes * San Pablo Municipal San Pabo Tacahico Cancha Municipal Valle Meza Rafael Mariona * Felix Sanchez Bryan Obregon AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín Santa Rosa Guachipilín, Santa Ana Estadio Jose Hernandez Marvin Linares * Denis Monterrosa Juna Chann Yeferson Palacios Titan Texistepeque, Santa Ana Estadio Titan Jorge Abrego * Neimer Miranda * Jhony Moran * C.D. Topiltzín Jisquilisco Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco Sebastian Hernandez Ever Corto William Guerrero Jose Miguel Medrano Vendaval Apopa Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Jorge Calles * Alan Gonzalez Boris Polo Alvaro Moreno Teodulo Bonilla *
Regular seasons Group A
Group B
Top scorers Grupo A Rank Player Club Goals1 Jhony MoranTitan172 Aquiles MendezRacing Jr113 Reynaldo CarpioReal Destroyer104 Hector LemusMunicipal FC105 Yefersson PalaciosA.D. Santa Rosa10
Grupo B Rank Player Club Goals1 Javier FermanDragon132 Alex MarquezFuerte San Francisco123 Luis PalaciosCachuatique104 David DiazMarte Soyapango105 Elias GumeroTopiltzin9
Finals Quarter finals
First leg
Second leg
Racing Jr won 3–2 on Aggregate
Inter San Salvador won 4–2 on Aggregate
Cacahuatique won 3–2 on Aggregate.
C.D. Dragon won 2–1 on Aggregate.
Semi finals
First leg
Second leg
Inter SS won 3–1 on Aggregate.